Lecture Content Information

Sonia Chianchette
Saturday 4:30 and 5:30pm
Fresh Flower Arranging

Sonia is well known both as a flower designer and a grower. Join her in the Civic Center Lecture Hall for 2 sessions on how to make a fresh flower arrangement. You'll leave with your own arrangement as well as the knowledge of how to make others. Sonia is the owner of Through the Garden Gate in Newport, ME. She has been very active in the Garden Club Federation of Maine and is currently the New England Regional Director for the National Garden Club. $5.00 fee.

 

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Tony Sohms
Friday 9am
Maine Discovery Museum - Carnivorous Plants

Go almost anywhere in the State of Maine and you'll find people who know about Tony the “Bug Man”, a Maine Discovery Museum's natural history educator.. Sohms has brought his science programs to audiences from Seattle to Searsport, along with his infectious enthusiasm for anything that creeps, crawls, slithers, hops or flies.

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Roger Swain

Preparing your Garden for Planting (Saturday 1pm)
Pruning – All you Need to Know (Friday 5:30pm)
The Truth about Pruning (Sunday 1pm)

The Man in the Red Suspenders, and for many years the host of Victory Garden.

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Stan Richmond
Saturday 9am
Live Owls

Stan Richmond and his live owls call Birdsacre, a certified avian rehabilitative facility home. Join Stan and his owls while he shares some of his many rewarding rehab experiences. Children and adults will enjoy this perennial favorite at the Bangor Garden Show.

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Afternoon Tea with the Societies
Friday 2pm
Maine Peony Society – Ken Liberty
Maine Daylily Society – Susan Shaw
Maine Orchid Society – Mary Lou Hoskins

Back by popular demand. Learn about these plants and how to best grow them in Maine, while taking a break and enjoying a cup of herbal tea and a snack.

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Julie Beckford
Saturday 11-Noon
The Ecology of Gardening with Native Plants

Julie Beckford and her husband, Pete, of Rebel Hill Farm in Clifton, Me., have grown perennials in the field and wholesaled them since 1991.Their plants are certified organic and their emphasis is on plants native to Eastern North America.

Julie will explain the ecological concepts of "native" and "invasive". You will become aware of the connections between your garden and the surrounding natural environment. She'll help gardeners preserve the beauty in their gardens.

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Paul Tukey
Editor- People, Places & Plants Magazine           
2:30-3:30pm Saturday
Your Children, Your Pets, Your Lawn:  How and Why to grow grass without chemicals that are known to be toxic. 

The national spokesperson for SafeLawns.org, Paul Tukey is author of the "Organic Lawn Care Manual" will talk about the toxicity issues surrounding lawn care and offer safe alternatives.  A book signing will follow.

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Jim Ecker
Maine Forestry Dept
4:30 to 5:30pm  Friday
What about Wildlife? In your BackYard?