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Commonly spotted along road verges and forest margins, shaded streambanks and grassy fields, native wildflowers are staples in the Maine landscape.

Garden design talk  BAR HARBOR — The Beatrix Farrand Society’s program season at Garland Farm concludes on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 4 p.m. with

Science, suspense, folklore and delightfully charming characters from Betty Culley, and winter gardening from Blue Hill landscape designer Cathy Rees

Events Audubon presents birding in Costa Rica Mid-Coast Audubon and Camden Public Library will host a free online Zoom pictorial overview of the 2020 Maine Audubon trip to Costa Rica at 6 p.m. Thursday. Maine Audubon’s staff naturalist Doug Hitchcox will head the presentation, detailing a trip he and 10 Audubon members took to Costa Rica, which is considered a birding paradise. This travelogue will follow the group’s travels day by day, highlighting the birds, food, and stunning vistas, as ...

The Camden Garden Club Winter Horticulture Series continues at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 16 with guest speakers Avy Claire and Cathy Rees from Native Gardens of Blue Hill. 

Cathy Rees and Avy Claire. (Photo courtesy Camden Garden Club) The Camden Garden Club Winter Horticulture Series continues Tuesday, Feb, 16, 2021, at 9:30 a.m., with guest speakers Avy Claire and Cathy Rees from Native Gardens of Blue Hill.  The Camden Public Library will host the program on Zoom and anyone wishing to attend should email jpierce@librarycamden.org to request a Zoom link. Native Gardens of Blue Hill has undertaken the creation of a public garden to give a diverse group of gard...

Pandemic spurs library to show and sell artists’ clay creations   BROOKLIN — It was very much by chance that Odette Heideman fell into the craft of making pottery. For years, the Naskeag Point Road resident explained, her husband had given her gift certificates for facials and massages that went unused. Heideman floated an idea of something she might like to do, so he gave her a gift certificate for six lessons with a potter in Sag Harbor, N.Y., where they used to live. Heideman, who...