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WISCASSET – Chicken wire, sticks and dried hydrangeas, put to an artful purpose, are the tools of the trade for dried floral designer Maria Salcines. During Wiscasset Art Walk set for 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, Salcines plans to install a cascading arrangement of dried florals in Wiscasset Village.

Maria Salcines, a dried floral designer, harvests flowers from her gardens at Fogwood Gardens. She dries them to create a floral sculpture during Wiscasset Art Walk from 2-7 pm. Thursday, Aug. 29. Melissa Keyser photo

According to Salcines, who lives and works at her farm, Fogwood Gardens in Arrowsic, she’ll start with a concept for the Wiscasset Village arrangement but will fill in the details during the event. A branch or stick will run horizontally along a railing, and a structure of chicken wire will cascade down.

An assortment of garden flowers, recently harvested and dried by Maria Salcines, will be used to create a “waterfall of flowers” during Wiscasset Art Walk from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29. Fogwood Gardens photo

The final Wiscasset Art Walk of the 2024 season is set for 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26.

In 2024, the businesses that support the many free WAW activities and performers are lead sponsor Islebrook Village at Wiscasset, and major sponsors Ames True Value, Big Barn Coffee, BIRCH Home Furnishings & Gifts, Bradbury Art & Antiques, Carriage House Gardens, First National Bank, IndustrialME, J. Edward Knight & Co., Jodie’s Café and Bakery, Peter Eaton Antiques, Red’s Eats, Rock Paper Scissors, Sherri Dunbar/Tim Dunham Realty, and Water St. Kitchen.

For more information, visit wiscassetartwalk.org or email [email protected].

 

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