Dick Vermeulen will lead an online presentation called, General Beekeeping, hosted by Merryspring Nature Center on Tuesday, March 11 at 12:00 pm. A member of the Knox-Lincoln County Beekeepers (KLCB) and Maine State Beekeepers (MSBA), Vermeulen will be talking about the fascinating hobby of keeping honey bees alive and productive in Maine. His presentation will […]
Please join us for our Late Winter Ecology Walk at Merryspring. This free family event starts at 10am for an hour of exploration of the fields and meadows looking for signs of spring, birds and animal tracks. This free event is limited to 15 people (adults and children) and requires pre-registration. To register, please call […]
Are you new to gardening or new to gardening in Maine? This talk will cover what it is like to garden in Maine, when we do things, what our soils are like and what kinds of plants you can grow. Please join us via zoom for our weekly Tuesday Talks. Each Tuesday features a talk […]
Please join us this Saturday at 1pm for a walk with Harbour Mitchell about the history of Merryspring Nature Center. This one hour walk will cover this history of activities at Merryspring from ancient peoples through the 20th century. The weather looks good - please dress accordingly especially footwear (mud). The walk is limited to […]
Hillary Peterson, Integrated Pest Management Specialist at the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, will share tips for making informed choices about garden pests. Learn to identify common pests and beneficials, decide how much garden damage is acceptable, and explore the "IPM Toolbox," including the pros and cons of different pesticides and why homemade […]
During the last 1 million years of the Pleistocene, Earth’s climate experienced quasi-cyclical ice ages each lasting about 100,000 years. The last glacial cycle over North America peaked 18,000–24,000 years ago, when the southeast lobe of the Laurentide Ice Sheet covered all of Maine, extending beyond the modern coastline to George’s Bank. Deglaciation occurred across […]
Please join us in the greenhouse for a hands on workshop to learn to start flower, vegetable and herb seeds. Each participant will start and take home one flat of started seeds to grow on for the season. There will be a discussion of what a seed is, how germination works and how to care […]
"In their histories as biological disciplines, both physiology and ecology have offered revolutionary integrations of evolutionary, cellular, and molecular theory in biology. They connect the individual organism to all other organisms and aim to identify and explain the processes that underlie the diversity we see in nature. Today, a further integration of physiology and ecology seeks to understand […]
About Dahlias Please join Maine Master Gardener Volunteer John Fromer for an in depth talk on everything dahlias. Fromer will discuss growing dahlias from seed, rooting cuttings, dividing and planting tubers, care of plants, and lifting and storing dahlia tubers in fall. Very easy to grow and a wonderful fall flowering plant, dahlias are beautiful […]
There is more to the Gulf of Maine than what can be seen from the beach. Sea creatures from all over the Atlantic stream into the Gulf to take advantage of the abnormally cold, food-rich waters. High tides passing over a rough sea floor churn up the food in predictable places. What happens in Maine […]
Spring brings a bloom of activity to Merryspring Nature Center. On this guided walk, guests of all ages will look and listen for returning migrating birds, find early-blooming wildflowers, discover the amphibians and macro-invertebrates that live beneath the shallow waters of Merryspring’s vernal pool, and more. This program is part of the Free Family Programs […]
Kitchen gardens have existed since antiquity and are still popular today. Why have these gardens been important to western cultures? How were they designed and how are they used today? What were the diets of people over the centuries and how did kitchen gardens help support families? What were and are popular vegetables and herbs […]