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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.

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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

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Highlights from last season.

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White Admiral on Eupatorium perfoliatum

White Admiral on Eupatorium perfoliatum

Photo by Leslie Clapp

creating public gardens of Maine native plants
Native Gardens of Blue Hill, PO Box 1543, Blue Hill, ME 04614
Gardens located at Bagaduce Music, 49 South St, Blue Hill 
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