Maine Audubon will host its sixth Native Plants Festival and Sale at Gilsland Farm Audubon Center on Saturday, June 11, from 9 am to 3 pm. We are anticipating 90 or so species of Maine native plants, and past experience shows we can expect all you excited shoppers lining up for the 9 am opening […]
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Introducing the new Bringing Nature Home Manager, Andrew Tufts
Greetings, everyone!� My name is Andrew Tufts, and I am the new �Bringing Nature Home� Program Manager at Maine Audubon. I come to the role after growing up in Topsham and pursuing an education and career devoted to landscape design, municipal planning, habitat stewardship, and landscape management.� I am thrilled to be the first manager […]
Get ready for the 2022 Maine Native Plants Sales!
This gorgeous weather has made us forget that we still have a month to go, but the 2022 Plants Sales season is officially underway.� We are THRILLED to be hosting our first in-person Native Plants Festival & Sale at Gilsland Farm on Saturday, June 11. We�ll feature thousands of great Maine native plants for sale, […]
Give the Gift of Growing Native Plants from Seeds This Winter!
As we report and gear up for late fall and early winter, we often remind folks that fall is the best time to start your own native plants from seed. Maine native plants are beneficial and beautiful, and growing your own from seeds is economical, simple, fun, and rewarding.� Maine Audubon is thrilled to be […]
Sign Unveiling Celebrates Collaborative Project with King Middle School Students
Braving freezing temperatures, students and teachers from King Middle School joined leaders from Portland Parks, Maine Audubon, US Fish and Wildlife, and others to unveil a new interpretive sign about an ongoing project in Deering Oaks park early in the morning on Wednesday, November 17. A short ceremony included remarks from various partners about the […]
Online plants sales are over but there’s still time to plant
That�s a wrap!� The 2021 Native Pants Sale is in the books, and it has been another incredible season.� Huge thanks go to our incredible horticulture staff �James, Nikki, Ayden, and Alex, our vendors, sponsors, funders, partners, and, most of all, YOU!�� Online sales have ended, but you still have another 2-3 weeks to plant […]
Why September is the best month for planting in Maine
Welcome to the best month for planting in Maine! September offers the perfect combination of cooler nights, high dew points, warm soil, and, typically, more rainfall. Plants that go in the ground this month will have a few weeks to settle, root out a little, and become dormant for winter. Plants planted in early fall […]
Nanotagging Monarch Butterflies — Very, Very Carefully — at Fields Pond
Once inside the front door of the Nature Center, summer visitors to the Fields Pond Audubon Center have been greeted by a display of Monarch Butterflies.� Beginning as either eggs or small caterpillars, we collected these from the plethora of milkweed plants that grow all around the Nature Center.� To date we�ve raised and fledged […]
August Plants Sale Update
August 2021 Plants Sale Update: Make the dog days of this summer about cats — caterpillars that is! August 1 always marks the halfway point of what we consider Maine�s growing and planting season (May 15 to October 15), essentially the five-month space between hard frosts. This year, the rainy July has sure kept things […]