Happy August! As you enjoy the final month of summer vacation, and perhaps do a little watering, stop to look around. Hopefully, you are seeing Monarch butterflies – we are entering peak abundance time and should take note of where we see them and especially, why… Milkweed, Monarchs, and Maine As …
Bringing Nature Home
Let plants thrive in July
Happy summer! It's late July, but don't believe the hype about summer being mostly over. Ecologically, there are still three important months left of the growing and blooming season before we get to fall. Each of those months is special and important is its own way. July's focus should be letting …
2019 Native Plants Sale & Festival a huge success!
Maine Audubon's 2019 Native Plants Sale & Festival was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who came, explored, and shopped. If you missed the big event, it's not too late to get great native plants this summer -- please keep reading! The results On June 15th, we sold over 2,000 Maine …
“Bringing Nature Home:” The Native Plants Sale & Festival
The Native Plants Sale is just 10 days away! We're busy getting more than 3000 plants ready for June 15th. We've been busy sourcing plants, keeping them watered and healthy, and watching germination of seeds we sowed last fall. The schedule for the day includes workshops, activities, food trucks, …
Andy’s Note: June is the month of flora, fauna, and daylight
Who doesn't love June? Most of us fell in love with June during our youth. With the end of the school year and nearly 16 hours of daylight in Maine, we could pack nearly twice as much outdoors activity into a day than we could during the December solstice – and be much warmer doing it. As an …
“Bringing Nature Home” in May
Spring is here! Make 2019 the year you start transitioning your garden or yard to include more native plants and other benefits to wildlife. Maine Audubon is here to help with “Bringing Nature Home” in Maine. We will be creating blogs/emails at least monthly through the growing season to help you …
Creative Ideas from Maine College of Art Students
For the second straight year, Maine Audubon joined forces with the Maine College of Art (MECA) to help teach a class on grant writing. Under the tutelage of Professor Bob Jenkins, students learned about the importance of developing an idea and pitching it to a foundation for funding. Once again, …
Native Plant Pop Quiz #7 (the Final Installment)!
Welcome to "Name That Native Plant!" -- a quiz to help familiarize you with the native plants that provide such critical support Maine's insects, birds, and other wildlife. For our seventh and final installment, we're featuring this Maine Audubon-grown native plant... I am named for a …
Native Plant Pop Quiz #6!
Welcome to "Name That Native Plant!" -- a quiz to help familiarize you with the native plants that provide such critical support Maine's insects, birds, and other wildlife. For our sixth (and final) installment, we're featuring this Maine Audubon-grown native plant... While often …