The heat has finally broken. Those final few days of June were certainly tough on people, plants, and animals. While that heat wave was clearly a weather event, it’s a good reminder that things seem to be changing much more broadly; it’s more than just record highs on specific dates and what’s doing …
Bringing Nature Home
It’s Mayhem: Maine Audubon is busting out all over
In the same way that blossoms started to unfurl and migratory birds began to appear, so too did restless Maine Audubon staffers, tentative at first, and then all at once in a glorious riot of activity. May was the busiest month we’ve seen in ages, in terms of our interaction with the public. …
Native plants sale begins today
The 2021 Native Plants Sale is officially underway! We’ve started taking orders at shop.mainenativeplants.org, and contactless curbside pick-ups begin this Thursday and Friday. We will run our sales and pick-ups at Gilsland Farm through September, and we will be making new plants available …
Announcing the 2021 Native Plants Sale
We are thrilled to kick off another season of plants sales, the hallmark of Maine Audubon’s "Bringing Nature Home” program. Our hoop house and farmhouse lawns are loaded up with thousands of beautiful, healthy, and organic potted Maine native plants. Just like last year, we launch online sales at …
Celebrate the wonder of trees in Maine Arbor Week
In 1978, the Maine legislature designated the third week of May “Arbor Week,” a result of successful lobbying led by a classroom of students from Dover-Foxcroft. They successfully made the case that the national Arbor Day holiday in April, which actually started as a movement to restore trees in …
Maine Audubon partners with City of Portland to create wildlife-friendly area on Franklin Street
Portlanders, remember that football-field-sized black tarp covering a field in the center of Franklin Street, between Congress and Cumberland? It was unveiled today and the City's horticulture staff will begin a transformation from lawn to urban meadow that Portlanders can watch grow literally from …
Final Week of 2020 Native Plants Sale!
Summer 2020 has been a difficult and unprecedented one on so many different levels. However, we couldn't be more proud of what we have accomplished in promoting and restoring Maine native plants, and the countless resulting benefits to wildlife and habitat throughout the state over the last four …
Bringing Nature Home: Behind the scenes at our native plants sales
Take a behind-the-scenes tour of Maine Audubon's native plant sales and growing operations with Properties Director Peter Baecher. In this video, he takes you into the hoop house, outdoor growing area, and demonstration garden, talking about what plants are on sale right now that are perfect for …
Nature Play, Native Plants, and Local Birds: Maine Audubon webinar series at Springvale Library focuses on outdoor exploration
From nature-based play, to growing native plants, to spotting birds in your backyard, a new three-part series of virtual workshops will help Springvale and Sanford community members use birding and wildlife gardens as springboards for outdoor exploration. Maine Audubon and Springvale Library …