Name: In Person: Seed Sowing Workshop at Hidden Valley Nature Center
Start: 2023-11-18T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2023-11-18T12:00:00-05:00
Location: Hidden Valley Nature Center

August 2023

In Person: Plant Sale Pick Up

August 26, 2023 - August 27, 2023

Turkey Hill Farm 120 Old Ocean House Drive, Cape Elizabeth

Dates and Times:
Saturday, August 26th: 10am-3pm
Sunday, August 27th: 10am-2pm

*Alternate pick up date scheduled for Saturday, September 9th: 10am-2pm
Pleased email Rachel to register for the September 9th pick up.

Address:
Plant pick up is at Turkey Hill Farm, 120 Old Ocean House Drive, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107

Plant Vendors:
The following native plant growers will be selling plants or offering pre-order pickups
(please reach out to them for more information):
Native Haunts
Rebel Hill Farm
Blue Aster Native Plants (order forms can be found HERE)
Sweet Fern Maine

Artist Vendors:
The following artists, who Wild Seed Project has collaborated with on various projects, will also have tables and will be selling their artwork.
Isabella Zoe Ciolfi
Lin Snow
Opal Robinson

September 2023

Online: September Member’s Q&A

September 14, 2023 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Each month, WSP’s resident plant experts join members on Zoom to answer questions and talk all things native plants. Current members will receive a link to the session via email.

Not a member? Join today!

Online: Hedges and Edges: Increasing the Resilience and Diversity of Your Garden’s Ecosystem

September 15, 2023 @ 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Join Wild Seed Project’s Founder Heather McCargo, a renown plant ecologist and landscape designer, as she inspires us to use hedges and edges in our garden design and puts this natural phenomenon to good use increasing productivity and biodiversity of our yards.

Creating hedgerows between garden zones breaks up the space and adds a whole new range of microclimates and growing conditions. Learn how to group together shrubs of different species into a hedgerow for small or large spaces, add herbaceous groundcovers and small trees to the shrub layer for a multi-level garden that creates amazing habitat for a variety of species.

In Person: Wild Seed Project at Common Ground Fair

September 22, 2023 - September 24, 2023

See you at the Fair! Find us in Agricultural Products this year!

The Common Ground Country Fair will be held at the Common Ground Education Center in Unity, Maine on September 22, 23 and 24, 2023. The fairgrounds are open Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Seed Program Manager, Emily Baisden will be presenting “Planting for Pollinators” on the Litchfield Stage on Friday, 9.22 at 12PM
Executive Director, Andrea Berry will be presenting “Planting Seeds of Resilience” on the Litchfield Stage on Saturday, 9.23 at 1PM

The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association’s (MOFGA) annual celebration of rural living features 1000-plus exhibitors and speakers, and emphasizes vibrant communities, sustainable living and local economies, while highlighting organic agriculture.

October 2023

In Person: 4 Seasons Walk at the Eastern Prom

October 10, 2023 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Eastern Promenade 510 Eastern Promenade, Portland

In this Portland-based Four Season Walks series, co-hosted by Wild Seed Project and Portland Trails, participants will learn how to identify and form relationships with many of the native plants that grow in the places we live, work and play. Join Nell Houde, Wild Seed Project’s education lead, as we explore the Midslope Trail on the Eastern Prom in the bustling city of Portland. This will be the third of four walks, spaced throughout the year in each unique season, where we will all engage in observing and asking questions of our surroundings, and identifying the varied plants, shrubs, trees, ferns, and wildlife along the trail.

In Person: Seed Saving Walk with the Maine Audubon

October 12, 2023 @ 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Gilsland Farm - Falmouth 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth

A Wild Seed Project & Maine Audubon Collaboration

Do you want to grow your own native plants from seed? This walk will focus on the identification, responsible harvest, processing, and sowing of native plant species.

In Person: Building a Biodiverse Yard

October 12, 2023 @ 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Thomas Memorial Library 6 Scott Dyer Rd, Cape Elizabeth

Nell Houde, Wild Seed Project’s educational lead, will present ways to increase the diversity of native plants in yards, parks, and other places where people gather, live, and play.

Learn more here.

In Person: Member + Friends Open House

October 13, 2023 @ 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Turkey Hill Farm 120 Old Ocean House Drive, Cape Elizabeth

Stop by our new growing spaces and learn how the Native Seed Center is transforming our work with native seeds and their conservation. Guided tours will take place every half hour, led by our wonderful Wild Seed Project staff.

Connect with like-minded individuals who share a passion for our natural environment. Don’t miss this opportunity to talk winter sowing and make new friends while enjoying live music and tasty fall treats. See you there!

In Person: 4 Seasons Walk at Captain Fitzgerald Park

October 18, 2023 @ 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Captain Fitzgerald Park Lindberg Crossing, Brunswick

Come experience the beauty of fall at the blueberry barrens!

In this Brunswick-based Four Season Walks series, participants will learn how to identify many of the native plants growing around the conservation area. Join Emily Baisden, Wild Seed Project’s seed program manager and resident entomologist to explore the flora and fauna of this area. This will be the third of the four walks. If you came to the spring or summer walk, we encourage you to come to this one as well!

Online: October Member’s Q&A

October 24, 2023 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Each month, WSP’s resident plant experts join members on Zoom to answer questions and talk all things native plants. Current members will receive a link to the session via email.

Not a member? Join today!

In Person: 4 Seasons Walk at Skyline Farm

October 24, 2023 @ 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Skyline Farm 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth

In this Four Season Walks series, learn how to identify many of the native plants that grow at Skyline Farm. Wild Seed Project Staff will share about the native wildflowers, ferns, shrubs, and trees and their field and forest habitats around the farm. They’ll also share other fun information on the plants’ uses as edibles, herbals and landscape plantings. Learning to recognize the native species in our midst is the first step toward becoming caring stewards of the places we live, work, and play.

In Person: Seed Saving Walk with the Maine Audubon

October 26, 2023 @ 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Josephine Newman Audubon Sanctuary - Georgetown Sanctuary Access Road (Off Route 127), Georgetown

A Wild Seed Project & Maine Audubon Collaboration

Do you want to grow your own native plants from seed? These naturalist-led walks will focus on seeds and different ways they are dispersed, and how we can help native plant populations thrive.

This walk takes place at the Josephine Newman Audubon Sanctuary in Georgetown.

November 2023

CANCELED: Seed Sowing Workshop at Lewiston Public Library

November 2, 2023 @ 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Lewiston Public Library 200 Lisbon Street, Lewiston

In this workshop, Wild Seed Project staff will facilitate the first steps of growing native Maine plants from seed and establishing diverse landscapes using seed-grown plants. Weather permitting, this class will begin outside with a walk, identifying different plants in the area and demonstrating ecologically responsible seed collecting practices for those plants.

In Person: Seed Sowing Workshop at South Portland Public Library

November 2, 2023 @ 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

South Portland Library 482 Broadway, South Portland

Join Wild Seed Project at the South Portland Public Library for a seed saving and sowing event! We will focus on how to process and sow native perennial seeds to prepare them for winter. We will also learn about the diverse plants that grow here in Maine and their unique seed collection and seed sowing processes.

We’ll explore the library garden grounds (if weather allows) to identify native plants you may (or may not!) recognize and demonstrate ecologically-responsible seed collecting practices for those plants. Then participants will get to practice winter seed sowing themselves inside. Wild Seed Project staff will teach the best practices for keeping your seeds outside for the winter. Each participant will sow two pots of seeds! One to take home, and one to leave at the library, to expand the biodiversity around the community space.

POSTPONED: Seed Sowing Workshop at Prince Memorial Library

November 4, 2023 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Prince Memorial Library 266 Main Street, Cumberland

Learn the basics of sowing native seeds. Wild Seed Project will lead participants through a hands-on workshop. Seeds will be provided, along with sowing materials. Each person will sow two pots, one to stay behind for future planting at the new community orchard, and the other to take home.

This event will now take place on November 4th at 10am.

Presentation: Native Trees for Northeast Landscapes

November 4, 2023 @ 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Connecticut College, Blaustein Humanities Center 270 Mohegan Avenue, New London

Presentation: Native Trees for Northeast Landscapes
Heather McCargo, Founder, Wild Seed Project

Planting a diversity of native trees into our human dominated landscapes is a powerful act that each of us can take in our communities to support diverse wildlife and buffer local ecosystems as the climate changes. In this presentation Heather will help you think like a forest with its layers of vegetation above ground to the diverse soil community below, and to also understand the importance of planting seed grown trees to support the genetic diversity of our native plants as we bring more of them into our landscapes.

This presentation is part of the Annual SALT seminar.

Smaller American Lawns Today, SALT, is a movement introduced in June of 1997 by William A. Niering, professor of botany at Connecticut College. The SALT mission is to decrease the size of lawns in America by restoring home grounds to more harmonious, productive, ecologically sound and naturalistic landscapes. SALT offers an alternative vision of the monocultured lawn.

In Person: Supporting the Wild Workshop: Maine College of Art & Design Liveable Worlds Symposium

November 4, 2023 @ 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

The Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA&D 522 Congress Street, Portland

Supporting the Wild: Wild Seed Saving Initiative

Join Nell Houde of the Wild Seed Project to learn about the diverse plants growing in Maine and their unique seed sowing processes. In this workshop, Wild Seed Project will facilitate a hands-on exploration of the many steps of growing native plants from seed, and steps for establishing diverse landscapes using seed-grown plants. This class will begin with an exploration of the unique sizes, shapes, and strategies of some of our local seeds, and then transition to focus on winter seed sowing. We will talk through the best practices for keeping your seeds outside for the winter, and each participant will sow a pot of seeds to take home with them.

This workshop is part of the Liveable Worlds Symposium, a parallel program to the Livable Worlds exhibition at the Maine College of Art & Design. The exhibition will feature works combining organic materials such as soil, water, and plants with found materials and technological tools to create sculpture, painting, film, photography, installation, community projects, and performance. The symposium is hosted by the Institute of Contemporary Art.

In Person: Seed Saving Walk with the Maine Audubon

November 4, 2023 @ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

A Wild Seed Project & Maine Audubon Collaboration

Do you want to grow your own native plants from seed? Join Emily Baisden, Wild Seed Project’s Seed Program Manager, to learn about seeds, different ways they are dispersed, and how we can help native plant populations thrive.

This walk takes place at the Hamilton Audubon Sanctuary in West Bath.

In Person: Why Native Plants Matter

November 5, 2023 @ 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Porter Town Hall 71 Main Street, Porter

Offered in partnership with the Francis Small Heritage Trust

Join Andrea Berry, Executive Director of Wild Seed Project, and the Francis Small Heritage Trust, to learn about how communities can collectively repopulate landscapes with the plants that expand wildlife habitat, support biodiversity, and build climate resilience, while centering traditional indigenous ecological knowledge. We’ll explore the “how-to’s” of conservation through community; including tangible actions that everyone can take in order to reestablish resilient landscapes in the places we live, work, and play. Wild Seed Project is a Maine-based non-profit organization working to inspire communities to make a difference in this time of climate change by doing the smallest of acts: planting native seeds. We believe that planting native plants, grown from seed, within communities, and with a decolonization framework, is both the recipe and the process of creating tangible change. This program will take place directly after the Trust’s Annual Meeting.

In Person: Seed Sowing Workshop at Scarborough Public Library

November 9, 2023 @ 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Scarborough Public Library 48 Gorham Road, Scarborough

Come join the Wild Seed Project at the Scarborough Public Library to learn about the diverse plants that grow here in Maine and their unique seed collection and seed sowing processes. In this workshop, Wild Seed Project staff will facilitate a hands-on exploration of the many steps of growing native plants from seed, and establishing diverse landscapes using seed-grown plants. This class will begin outside with a walk, identifying different plants in the area and demonstrating ecologically-responsible seed collecting practices for those plants. The second part of the workshop will move us inside, where we will all practice winter seed sowing, and talk through the best practices for keeping your seeds outside for the winter. Each participant will leave with a pot of sown seeds!

In Person: “These Trees Tell a Story:” A Conversation with Noah Charney and Heather McCargo

November 9, 2023 @ 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Witherle Memorial Library 41 School Street, Castine

Noah Charney and Heather McCargo will discuss Dr. Charney’s newly released book, These Trees Tell a Story. This program is free and all are welcome. The discussion will take place in Emerson Hall, Court Street in Castine.

Noah Charney is Assistant Professor of Conservation Biology at UMaine Orono. Work in the Charney Lab spans landscape ecology, conservation biology, natural history, public policy, and environmental education. Dr. Charney is author of These Trees Tell a Story and coauthor of the award-winning Tracks and Signs of Insects and Other Invertebrates: A Guide to North American Species.

Heather McCargo founded Wild Seed Project in 2014 and served as Executive Director from 2014 to 2021. A former head plant propagator at the New England Wild Flower Society’s (now Native Plant Trust) Garden in the Woods during the 1990s, she has lectured nationally and is widely published in journals and magazines.

These Trees Tell a Story

Charney sees the details of a landscape less for their aesthetic qualities than for their contributions to the record of a place. He connects the seemingly unrelated, showing how salamanders in the Northern Hemisphere can trace their existence to a fluke of plate tectonics; how a meandering river has created a staircase along an embankment; and the effect of deer on mice, who in turn affect the spongy moth and oak trees, which in turn affect the deer. The cumulative effect of his book on the reader is the realization that, as much as we talk about “managing” nature, nature has been managing itself for eons just fine without us.

In Person: Seed Sowing Workshop

November 10, 2023 @ 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

St. Mary's Nutrition Center 208 Bates Street, Lewiston

Join Wild Seed Project at the St. Mary’s Nutrition Center, in partnership with the Androscoggin Valley Soil & Water Conservation District for an event on seed saving and sowing! We will focus on how to process native perennial seeds to prepare them for winter. We will also learn about the diverse plants that grow here in Maine and their unique seed collection and seed sowing processes. Wild Seed Project will guide a hands-on exploration of the many steps of growing native plants from seed, and establishing diverse landscapes using seed-grown plants.

We’ll explore the Nutrition Center garden grounds (if weather allows) to identify native plants you may (or may not!) recognize and demonstrate ecologically-responsible seed collecting practices for those plants. Then participants will get to practice winter seed sowing themselves inside. Wild Seed Project will teach us the best practices for keeping your seeds outside for the winter. Each participant will sow two pots of seeds! One to take home, and one to leave at the St. Mary’s Nutrition Center, to expand the biodiversity around the community space.

In Person: Seed Sowing Workshop at Viles Arboretum

November 11, 2023 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Viles Arboretum Augusta

Come join the Wild Seed Project at Viles Arboretum to learn about the diverse plants that grow here in Maine and their unique seed collection and seed sowing processes. In this workshop, Wild Seed Project staff will facilitate a hands-on exploration of the many steps of growing native plants from seed, and establishing diverse landscapes using seed-grown plants. This class will begin outside with a walk, identifying different plants in the area and demonstrating ecologically-responsible seed collecting practices for those plants. The second part of the workshop will move us inside, where we will all practice winter seed sowing, and talk through the best practices for keeping your seeds outside for the winter. Each participant will sow two pots of seeds; one to take home with them, and one to stay at Viles Arboretum to add to the plant diversity at these amazing community spots!

This class will include a 45 minute seed collection walk and a 45 minute indoor seed sowing lesson. Each participant will get to take home a pot of seeds that they have sown.

Online: November Member’s Q&A

November 15, 2023 @ 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Each month, WSP’s resident plant experts join members on Zoom to answer questions and talk all things native plants. Current members will receive a link to the session via email.

Not a member? Join today!

In Person: Seed Sowing Workshop at Hidden Valley Nature Center

November 18, 2023 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Hidden Valley Nature Center 131 Egypt Rd, Jefferson

Come join the Wild Seed Project at the Hidden Valley Nature Center to learn about the diverse plants that grow here in Maine and their unique seed collection and seed sowing processes. In this workshop, Wild Seed Project staff will facilitate a hands-on exploration of the many steps of growing native plants from seed, and establishing diverse landscapes using seed-grown plants. This class will begin outside with a walk, identifying different plants in the area and demonstrating ecologically-responsible seed collecting practices for those plants. The second part of the workshop will move us inside, where we will all practice winter seed sowing, and talk through the best practices for keeping your seeds outside for the winter. Each participant will sow two pots of seeds; one to take home with them, and one to stay at HVNC to add to the plant diversity at this amazing community spot!

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