Wild Ones Midcoast Maine’s Camden Native Plant Celebration & Sale is Sunday, September 15, 2024

Wild Ones’ Midcoast Maine chapter’s most important event of the year is coming right up. The annual 2024 Camden Native Plant Celebration & Sale is September 15. Volunteer opportunities are numerous and varied and filling them is critical to the success of this event. Help us create great access to the locally grown native plants and plant education.

To volunteer or to inquire for more information please send a message: [email protected]

There are also other board and volunteer positions open within our chapter and your participation is very important to our mission and success.

Pictured: Black Eyed Susan (rudbekia hirta) image by Lisa Looke, Wild Seed Project

Please join us on September 15, 2024, purchasing plants, and/or volunteering in support of our nurseries.
Tell your friends, and help us make native plants the preference for everyone’s landscapes and gardens supporting a healthy environment.




Scientific NameCommon name(s)
Abies balsameaBalsam Fir
Achillea millefoliumCommon Yarrow, Yarrow
Actaea pachypodaDoll’s-Eyes, White Baneberry
Actaea racemosaBlack Bugbane
Actaea rubraRed Baneberry
Adiantum pedatumMaidenhair Fern
Ageratina altissimaWhite Snakeroot
Allium cernuumNodding Onion
Amelanchier canadensisShadbush
Anaphalis margaritaceaPearly Everlasting
Andropogon gerardiiBig Bluestem
Anemone canadensisCanada Anemone
Anemone virginianaTall Thimbleweed, Tall Anemone
Antennaria plantaginifoliaPlantain-leaf Pussy Toes, Ladies Tobacco
Apios americanaGroundnut
Aquilegia canadensisWild Columbine, Red Columbine, Eastern Red Columbine
Arctostaphylos uva-ursiBearberry, Kinnickkinnick, Pinemat Manzanita
Arisaema triphyllumJack-in-the-Pulpit
Aronia melanocarpaBlack Chokeberry, Black Aronia
Asclepias incarnataSwamp Milkweed, Rose Milkweed
Asclepias syriacaCommon Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosaButterflyweed
Aster macrophyllusBig Leaf Aster
Caltha palustrisMarsh Marigold
Campanula rotundifoliaScotch Bellflower, Harebell
Carex albicansWhite-tinged Sedge
Carex bicknelliiBicknell’s Sedge
Carex luridaLurid Sedge
Carex pensylvanicaPennsylvania Sedge
Carex plantagineaSeersucker Sedge, Plantain-leaved Sedge
Carex radiataEastern Star Sedge
Carex roseaGolden Star Sedge
Carex sprengelliiLong-beaked Sedge
Carex strictaTussock Sedge
Carex vulpinoideaFox Sedge
Ceanothus americanusNew Jersey Tea
Cephalanthus occidentalisButtonbush
Chamaenerion angustifoliumFireweed
Chelone glabraWhite Turtlehead
Chenopodium capitatumStrawberry Spinach, Strawberry Goosefoot, Strawberry Blite
Clematis virginianaVirgin’s Bower Clematis
Clethra alnifoliaCoastal Pepperbush, Coastal Sweet-Pepper, Summer Sweet
Cornus alternifoliaPagoda Dogwood, Alternateleaf Dogwood
Cornus racemosaGray Dogwood
Danthonia spicataPoverty Oatgrass, Poverty Grass
Desmodium canadenseShowy Tick-Trefoil
Diervilla loniceraBusy Honeysuckle
Doellingeria umbellataTall White Aster
Dryopteris marginalisMarginal Shield Fern, Marginal Wood Fern
Ecinacea pallidaPale Purple Coneflower
Eragrostis spectabilisPurple Lovegrass
Elymus hystrixBottlebrush Grass
Eupatorium perfoliatumBoneset Thoroughwort, Boneset
Eurybia divaricataWhite Wood Aster
Eurybia macrophyllaLarge-leafed Aster, Big-leafed Aster
Euthamnia graminifoliaGoldenrod, Flat-topped Goldenrod, Lance-leaved Goldenrod
Eutrochium dubiumCoastal Plain Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatumSpotted Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureumPurple Joe Pye Weed
Gaultheria procumbensWintergreen
Gentiana andrewsiiClosed Gentian, Closed Bottle Gentian
Geranium maculatumWild Geranium, Cranesbill Geranium, Cranesbill
Geum fragaroidesAppalachian Barren Strawberry
Gillenia trifoliataBowman’s Root
Hamamelis virginianaWitch Hazel
Helenium autumnaleHelen’s Flower, Sneezeweed
Ilex verticillataWinterberry
Iris versicolorBlue Flag
Juncus tenuisPath Rush
Juniperus communisPasture Juniper
Liatris novae-angliaeBlazing star
Lobelia cardinalisCardinal Flower
Lobelia siphiliticaGreat Blue Lobelia, Blue Lobelia
Lysimachia ciliataFringed Loosestrife
Monarda fistulosaWild Bergamot
Monarda punctataSpotted Bee Balm
Morella caroliniensisSmall Bayberry
Myrica pensylvanicaNorthern Bayberry
Osmunda claytonianaInterrupted Fern
Osmunda regalisRoyal Fern
Ostrya virginianaHophornbeam
Packera aureaGolden Ragwort, Golden Groundsel
Panicum virgatumSwitchgrass
Parthenocissus quinquefoliaVirginia Creeper
Penstemon digitalisFoxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon hirsutusDwarf Hairy Beardtongue, Hairy Beardtongue, Northeastern Beardtongue
Physostegia virginianaObedient False Dragonhead, Obedient Plant
Polemonium reptansJacob’s Ladder
Polystichum acrostichoidesChristmas Fern
Prunus pumilaSandcherry
Pycanthemum muticumBroad-Leaved Mountain Mint, Clustered Mountain Mint, Short-Toothed Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianumVirginia Mountain Mint
Rhus hirtaStaghorn Sumac
Rosa virginianaVirginia rose
Rubus oderatusFlowering Raspberry
Rudbeckia laciniataGreen-headed Coneflower, Wild Goldenglow
Rudbeckia trilobaThree-lobed Coneflower
Salix discolorPussywillow
Salix nigraBlack Wllow
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensisBlack Elderberry, American Elder
Sambucus racemosaRed Elderberry
Sanguinaria canadensisBloodroot
Schizachyrium scopariumLittle Bluestem
Scrophularia lanceolataEarly Figwort
Scrophularia marilandicaLate Figwort
Sedum ternatumWoodland Stonecrop
Solidago bicolorSilverrod
Solidago caesiaBlue-stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulisZigzag Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralisGray Goldenrod
Solidago sempervirensSeaside Goldenrod
Solidago ulmifoliaElm-Leaved Goldenrod
Spiraea tomentosaSteeplebush
Swida amomumSilky Dogwood
Symphyotrichum cordifoliumHeart-leaved Aster, Blue Wood Aster, Common Blue Wood Aster, Heart-leaved Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoidesHeath Aster
Symphyotrichum laevisSmooth American Aster, Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum lateriflorumCalico Aster
Symphyotrichum puniceumPurple-stemmed Aster
Symphyotricum novae-angliaeNew England Aster
Thalictrum pubescensTall Meadow Rue, King of the Meadow
Tiarella cordifoliaFoamflower
Trillium erectumWake Robin, Red Trillium
Vaccinium agustifoliumLowbush blueberry
Verbena hastataBlue Vervain, Blue Verbena
Vernonia noveboracensisNew York Ironweed
Veronicastrum virginicumCulver’s Root
Viburnum dentatumSmooth Arrowwood, Arrowwood Viburnum
Viburnum lentagoNannyberry, Wild Raisin
Viburnum nudumWild Raisin
Viburnum trilobumHighbush Cranberry
Vitis ripariaRiver grape
Zizia apteraHeart-leaved Alexander
Zizia aureaGolden Alexanders


There will be shopping from local native plant nurseries, educational booths with various organizations; conversations with native plant growers, experts, gardeners, and landscapers; two speakers; music; special guest of honor Rachel Bok Goldman, and more! This is a great opportunity to learn more about native plants and incorporate them into your own garden and yard.

At 10:00 am Sharon Turner of Crystal Lake Farm Tree & Plant Nursery will speak on “Keystone Tree and Shrub Species to Support Bird and Wildlife Populations.”

At 11:00 a.m. there will be a welcoming of the event’s Guest of Honor Rachel Bok Goldman, the granddaughter of the library parks benefactor, Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist — both women ahead of their times and champions of Maine’s beautiful native plants. 

At 12:00 p.m. noon, David Kibbe of Old Soul’s Farm Permaculture / Food Gardening will speak on “The Benefits of Using Native Pollinator Plants for Vegetable and Fruit Growing.”

Throughout the day Environmental Educator Lynn Rutter of Roots n Shoots After School Care will provide educational activities for children. Come and Play! Dig a hole and plant an Oak. Design your own Backyard Habitat. Sort seeds and paint wildflowers! Join a Wildflower Bingo Game – and lots more fun and meaningful activities!

Featured Artist Cassie Sano, plein air artist and children’s book author, will be painting and displaying her works featuring native plants and habitats throughout the day.


About Native Plants
All plants are from local native plant nurseries and are grown without the use of pesticides, herbicides, and neonicotinoids. Once established in the right environment, native plants are low maintenance and normally don’t require watering, fertilizer, herbicide, fungicides, or pesticides. Native plants are beloved by those who want to do their part to make their garden a natural oasis for wildlife.

About the Library’s Commitment to Native Plants
This event is part of the Camden Public Library’s ongoing celebration of Fredrick Law Olmsted Sr. and our historic parks. Considered by many to be the father of modern day landscape architecture, Olmsted’s firm oversaw the design of Camden’s iconic Harbor Park, noted for its utilization of native plants and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Together with the Library’s Amphitheatre, designed by Fletcher Steele (and designated a National Historic Landmark in 2013), the two parks are champions of native plant and garden design. A portion of the proceeds from this event will benefit the Camden Public Library.