Seminars
Tips, Techniques & Growing Inspiration
Dig into design, get your hands dirty, learn about sustainable practices, methods and materials, and discover new ways to transform your own space into an oasis bursting with life and color. Gardening enthusiasts wait for this opportunity all year long, and our seminars kick off just in time to initiate the growing season.
All seminars are open to the public — no sign-up is required. Visitors will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Learn, have fun, and get inspired!
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TIME |
SPEAKER |
ORGANIZATION |
TOPIC |
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THURSDAY March 28 |
10:30 | Kerry Ann Mendez | Estabrook’s |
Powerhouse Perennials that work Overtime so You Don’t! |
| 12:30 |
Suzanne Bushnell and Judy Stallworth |
Garden Club Federation of Maine |
Growing Dahlias in Maine |
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| 2:30 | Jesse O’Brien | DownEast Turf |
Want a Happy Lawn? It Starts Underneath in the Soil |
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| 4:30 | Darrell Pelotte | Gagne |
How to Install your own paver walk or patio |
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FRIDAY March 29 |
10:30 | Andi Ross | Its Natures Way |
Hip Hip Hydrangeas! Go Native! |
| 12:30 | Bob Maurais | Mainely Ticks |
Deer Tick Alert… They’re Out Already! |
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| 2:30 | Panel Presentation | Panel Team |
Growing Healthy Landscapes – Case Studies Given by a panel of professionals |
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| 4:30 | Charlotte Albers | Paintbox Garden |
HidCote Manor and Gardens of the Cotswolds |
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SATURDAY March 30 |
10:30 | Mike & Angelina Chute | Rose Solutions |
15 Remarkable Roses for Northern N.E. Gardens |
| 12:30 | Petra Page Mann | Fruition Seeds |
Make Your Own Seed Bombs! |
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| 2:30 | Deborah Perkins | First Light Habitats |
Landscaping for Birds, Pollinators and Other Wildlife |
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| 4:30 | Kathleen Gagan | Peony’s Envy |
Top Ten Questions you never knew to ask about growing Peonies |
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SUNDAY March 31 |
10:30 | Curtis Jirsa | Winterbloom Farm |
Cultivating Native Plants in your Garden: A How-To for your Landscape |
| 12:00 | Petra Page-Mann | Fruition Seeds | 7 keys to container gardening | |
| 1:30 | Tom Estabrook | Estabrooks |
Landscaping — How it effects home values and adds Happiness to our lives |
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| 3:00 | Irene Brady Barber | CMBG |
Gardening with Ease |
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