Maine Gardener

Published
March 26, 2023

Build your own mini indoor garden at Portland plant shop Terrarium

Horticulturalist and business owner Rob Sinnott will show you how.
Published
March 19, 2023

Maine Gardener: Preventing pollution should be top of mind when making yardscaping plans

Supporting native insects is another important consideration.
Published
March 12, 2023

What impact will this winter’s waffling weather have on your garden this summer?

The answer has to do in part with how well you readied the garden last fall.
Published
March 5, 2023

For better-looking lettuce, look to one-cut varieties

The heads produce a greater number of uniform leaves with a single cut.
Published
February 25, 2023

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. The trees offer no end of other benefits, too

During winter, our columnist catches up on his reading and finds plenty of note in Douglas Tallamy's 'The Nature of Oaks.'
Published
February 19, 2023

The Maine Gardener’s Hawaiian Adventure, Part 2

Even when he's away from his garden, Atwell thinks about gardens. In Hawaii, he visited a thriving organic farm and learned how chocolate is made.
Published
February 12, 2023

The Maine Gardener’s Hawaiian adventure

The trees in Hawaii grow tall, but not strong, pineapples are less important than you thought, and more fun facts about Hawaiian flora.
Published
February 5, 2023

In the depths of winter, a gardener looks for something, anything, to do

It's too early to plant, but not too early to plan.
Published
January 29, 2023

Skip the grow lights. Try a method that’s stood the test of time

A centuries-old gardening method for starting seedlings is finding new life.
Published
January 22, 2023

Viles Arboretum experiments with ‘Forest of the Future’

As climate change alters conditions for Maine's flora, the arboretum experiments with non-native trees to figure out which species could thrive in warmer conditions.