“Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.” —Henry David Thoreau Does it seem a little cold and early for sowing seeds? While that may be the case for …
Bringing Nature Home
Spread the Love of Native Plants
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 (read about the importance of fall and winter seed dormancy and dispersal here). Maine native plants are beneficial and beautiful, and growing your own …
Native plant update: it’s time for dormancy and seed dispersal
September 1: Welcome to fall! October 1: Welcome to fall! November 1:Welcome to fall! November 14 . . . 15 . . . Ok, now. It finally feels like fall in Maine! As the climate changes, our growing season changes with it. Historically, gardeners would bid goodnight to their plants by …
Appreciating Portland’s Big Trees
On a beautiful, sunny Friday afternoon in late October, staff members from Maine Audubon, Portland Parks, U.S. Forest Service, Maine TREE Foundation, and The Nature Conservancy gathered in Portland to visit some of Maine’s biggest trees right here in “Forest City.” While all of us on the tour …
Native Plants Sale: 2022 season wrap-up
End of Sale! The 2022 Maine Audubon Bringing Nature Home Plant Sale has come to a close. We’ve had another wonderful season growing, selling, and planting native plants. Thousands of plants were sent to new homes all around Maine, providing critical habitat for wildlife. Thank you! We’d …
Last chance: Fall native plants sale (with 20% off)!
After another tremendous season, the 2022 Bringing Nature Home Plant Sale is coming to a close. The last day for ordering your native plants will be Friday, September 30, with final pickups occurring the following Thursday (October 6) and Friday (October 7) curbside at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth. …
Keep hummingbirds happy with native plants
Late summer is a wonderful time for observing Ruby-throated Hummingbirds foraging in the garden, and an even better time for planning fall plantings to benefit your visiting hummingbirds next summer. There are many native plants that hummingbirds utilize for food, and providing a variety of these …
September: The ideal month for planting native plants in Maine
The nights are cooler, the dew point is higher, and the soil is warmer: we have made it to September, the ideal month for planting in Maine! What makes it ideal? Plants that go in the ground this month have a few weeks to settle, root out a little, and become dormant for winter. Plants planted …
Maine Audubon Releases Guide to Habitat Restoration and Native Plantings for Solar Development
Thanks in large part to incentives put in place by Governor Mills in 2019, clean, renewable solar energy is cropping up all across Maine. From fewer than 100 MW of solar energy on the ground in Maine in 2019, there are more than 525 MW installed today. Maine is on track to meet its clean energy …