
NGBH events include regular work sessions at the garden site and occasional lectures and other special events. Check our listing below for upcoming events and highlights. To be notified of events, please join our mailing list using the button below.

Upcoming Calendar
Intro to Making Compost: Soil Ecosystem Restoration
Monday, March 31, 6:00-6:30PM
Online via Zoom (click to request link)
Co-hosted by NGBH and College of the Atlantic, Spero Latchis of the Living Soil Network will lead an introduction on how plants grow symbiotically with microbes in the natural world, and how to stimulate these processes in our gardens and landscapes. Free & open to all.
Parts 2-4 of this program will take place in April and May to include hands-on gathering of material and preparation of compost piles using Spero's method at NGBH and College of the Atlantic. Click here to register.
MOFGA Seed Swap & Scion Exchange
Sunday, April 6, 12-4pm
MOFGA Common Ground Education Center, Unity
Visit NGBH Executive Director Cathy Rees & Board Vice Chair Suzanne Morse at the NGBH table! Click for more info.
Springtime in the Gardens
Saturday, April 12
1:30-3:30PM
NGBH Gardens, 49 South St
Space is limited; click here to pre-register (required).
Sliding scale: $25 suggested fee
The time approaches for all of us to be outside in the gardens. Join Native Gardens co-founder and board chair Avy Claire in a workshop where she will share her tips for spring maintenance, what to consider for the coming growing season, and native plants that offer special interest for this time of the year. Wear appropriate clothing to spend about an hour walking around the gardens.
Garden Volunteer Days
NGBH Gardens, 49 South St
bi-weekly on Friday mornings
Resuming April 18
9AM-12PM
Join us in spring 2025 to build and maintain the native gardens alongside experienced mentors. There are always multiple projects to choose from, and volunteers and visitors are welcome!
Upcoming Workshops
Request link for March 31
Free Zoom Presentation
Click here to register
for Parts 2-4 (limited space)
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April 12 Workshop
Sliding scale
Click here to register
Highlights from last season.






White Admiral on Eupatorium perfoliatum
Photo by Leslie Clapp

Summer blooming wetland shrub. photo by Martha Moss.

Summer blooming wetland shrub. photo by Martha Moss.