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Wild Seed Project: Returning native plants to the Maine landscape

Join our Team

by Jess Gildea

We’re looking for a new E-Commerce Manager to oversee all aspects of our online shop, including inventory management, sourcing, order fulfillment, and customer support. The E-Commerce Manager also manages our […]

Supporting Ash Protection Collaboration Across Wabanakik

by Jess Gildea

Ash Protection Collaboration Across Wabanakik (APCAW) is a group of Indigenous and non-indigenous researchers, Tribal members, and forest caretakers working together to bring more awareness of the cultural and ecological […]

The Gardener’s Dilemma: Wild-type Plants or Nativars?

by Mark Richardson

The answer lies in genetic diversity. *This article was originally published in Wild Seed magazine Volume 3, pp.  14-17. A spring trip to a garden center to seek out new […]

Return of the Meadow

How to Make a Meadow

by Heather McCargo

Meadows are beautiful dynamic habitats with rich populations of plants and animals, and unfortunately, they have been reduced substantially in the last 50 years. Contributing to their decline is the […]

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How to Find Native Plants

by Heather McCargo

Finding native plants to purchase can be challenging for native species enthusiasts. Small local growers of nursery stock have nearly disappeared, and today many nurseries purchase plants that have been […]

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Leave the Leaves!

by Anna Fialkoff

Rethink Garden “Clean Up” While planting native plants is an essential step toward creating habitat, how we manage our plantings will determine whether we can sustain and support the life-cycles […]

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Spring “Cleanup” in the Meadow

by Gregg Raymond

We share our meadow with many living things, and we do our best to keep them happy. Each fall, we leave the dead stems and seedpods standing to provide winter […]

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Staying Healthy with Native Plants: Elderberry Shrub

by Michelle Smith

By now, many of us have heard about the wonderful health benefits of elderberries – they are high in antioxidants, vitamins C and B6, and support overall immune health. It […]

Ferns: Ancient Plants for 21st Century Landscapes

by Heather McCargo

Ferns are ancient plants whose ancestors first appeared on Earth over 300 million years ago. Members of a division of primitive plants called Pteridophytes, ferns are one of the earth’s […]

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Hellstrip Plantings: Creating habitat in the space between the sidewalk and the curb

by Heather McCargo

Urban environments are dominated by pavement, the bane of most living things. One area ripe for community greening is the hellstrip—the narrow space between the sidewalk and street curb. Sometimes […]

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