Wild Ones Midcoast Maine at the Green Home + Energy Show on March 28!
Wild Ones Midcoast Maine will be at the Green Home + Energy Show on Saturday, March 28! Join our president Amy Thomas, restoration ecologist, for an engaging workshop on “How to Transition Your Yard to Natives” at 1:00 PM.
See sample gardens before, during, and after their transition to natives; examples of residential and permaculture gardens; and a meadow restoration. Take part in a seed sowing and growing demonstration and learn how to source quality native plants.
📍 Located at The Point Community Center at 345 Clarks Pond Parkway, in South Portland!
Learn more and get tickets at greenmainehomes.com/workshops
Thank you to the Cissy VD Bryson Fund!
Today we reach across state lines to thank a generous donor. Wild Ones Midcoast Maine is honored to receive a $1,200 grant from the Cissy VD Bryson Fund at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation.
We are thrilled and will put this gift to good use! Thank you again to the Cissy VD Bryson Fund, at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation.
The Greater Milwaukee Foundation is Wisconsin’s largest community foundation and was among the first established in the world. Since 1915, we have been at the heart of the civic community, helping donors achieve the greatest philanthropic impact, elevating the work of changemakers across neighborhoods, and bringing people and organizations together to help our region thrive.
Recent Past Events
Join permaculture aficionado and seed starting enthusiast Joan Herzog for her “Successful Seed Starting” on Thursday, February 26 at 6:00 PM in the Picker Room. The program is free although registration is preferred so we know how many folks to expect. Click the button below to sign up!
It’s time! You carefully collected and saved seeds from last year’s crops with high hopes. Your gardening catalogs are dog-eared and your selections have arrived in the mail. You’ve perused the garden center seed racks with anticipation and maybe some deep dread. What do you do now?
Bring a notebook, your questions and seeds to share, if you have them. The library has a Seed Library for your extras.
This program is designed to teach you all you need for early garden season success. Joan Herzog will demonstrate 3 different methods – Winter Sowing, Seed Trays and Soil Blocks. Topics will include the basics of seed selection, growing mediums, temperatures, humidity, light and nutrients. The goal is to increase your confidence and improve your yields! Joan have decades of gleaned garden know-how to pass on. She’s learned the hard way so you don’t have to. You will leave with native Camden Butterfly Mix seeds and your individual plan to sow them.
Joan E Herzog is a Permaculture Garden Designer, retired Registered Dietitian and health columnist with a passion for organic gardening. In five years, she converted a 1/4 acre plain city lot into a lush bird and insect haven with over 85 native plant species and large vegetable and fruit beds. Joan has taught hundreds of nutrition workshops and is thrilled to transition to teaching permaculture garden techniques.