Four years after Deering Oaks first participated in a trial of low-maintenance roses, it’s clear that not all roses are troublemakers.
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It’s not too late to plant radishes
They go from seed to table in about a month.
All-day symposium offers plenty for the gardener who wants to go native
Attendees in South Paris will learn how to grow natives from seed, identify plants and much more
Cultivating the art of practical magic on a Rockport farm
Deb Soule runs Maine’s first biodynamic farm and her crop is all herbs.
The right way and the wrong way to grow raspberries
But both may bring you luck with the resilient, perennial plants.
Double your gardening pleasure by learning how to arrange flowers
Then you can enjoy the blossoms’ beauty inside and out.
Let it be a wild, wild world
Landscape architect Thomas Rainer tells gardeners to invite in the wilderness.
Fort Williams, and just about everywhere else in Maine, struggles with invasive plants
The Wild Seed Project offers advice for dealing with some of the worst offenders.
Don’t fret; it’s not too late to plant your garden
You can still plant – and more importantly harvest – vegetables from your garden. Here’s how:
June’s a good time to plant cosmos
They bloom in late summer, producing cheery blooms in the garden or in pots