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 …
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Announcing a Special Maine Audubon Beer!
The good people at Banded Brewing have proven to be great partners of Maine Audubon. Our relationship began in 2019, when Banded hosted our Friends of East Point Audubon Sanctuary group for several nights at their Biddeford brewery. The idea was hatched during that time to collaborate on a beer …
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 …
July Plants Update: Plants for a Changing Climate
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 …
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 …
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: Native Plants Grown From Seed
In the five years that Maine Audubon has been promoting and selling native plants, we have also been growing many of our favorite pants from seeds. Propagating our own plants this natural way is more economical, uses less fossil fuel, sustains natural genetics of straight species, and ensures our …