McLaughlin Garden & Homestead

Do you love potting up plants? Grab a pair of gloves and come on by. We're dividing plants from the garden for our Plant Sale to help keep the Garden growing!

June's Artist of the Month is Cassie Sano, organizer of the Kennebec Valley Plein Air Painters. Cassie works in both watercolor and oil and her work is focused largely on the beauty and charm of the Maine outdoors.

Meet and talk with Artist Cassie Sano whose paintings capture the many moods of Maine.  Cassie has been known to paint (and give painting lessons) in the Garden and will be available to discuss her techniques and inspiration.

Join Garden Club members and volunteers in the barn for propagating and potting up plants from the Mclaughlin Garden to support our plant sale.

Join us in the garden for this fun and family-friendly series presented by Oxford Federal Credit Union. Music from the Beatles with Danielle Tran and Dawson Hill.

Sarah Long is a native New Englander who has been forecasting in northern New England for over two decades.  She earned a BS in Meteorology at UMass Lowell, and has spent time at the FAA, research facilities, and the Mt. Washington Observatory, where she experienced some of the most exciting weather in the world. Join […]

Visitors during the month of July can enjoy the work Award-Winning painter Sandra Pealer.Sandra Pealer currently lives and paints in and around South Paris, Maine, though she has painted throughout the Northeast for over thirty years. She has earned accolades across the US and Canada for her watercolors which she describes as a “dance between […]

Join Garden Club members and volunteers in the barn for propagating and potting up plants from the McLaughlin Garden to support our plant sale.

Thursday, July 13 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm- Broadway in the Barn - Pianist Danielle Tran is back and this time she's taking you for a walk down Broadway. She's bringing along fellow vocal musicians and stage artists, Jon Potter and Janelle Raven, for an entertaining evening of belting out Broadway tunes and learning answers to […]

Allow creative children to join artist and author Cassie Sano, in creating an illustrated storybook step-by-step in this unique camp. Children will join artist and author Cassie Sano, in creating an illustrated storybook step-by-step. In this unique three-session camp, children will learn and practice different illustration techniques, practice plein air sketching from the garden, and […]

Join us in the barn as Susan Rotholz (Flute) and Eliot Bailen (Cello) make beautiful music together in this free, all ages concert.  Susan is Principal Flute of the Greenwich Symphony, The New York Pops, and The New York Chamber Ensemble, and is a member of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the Little Orchestra […]

Join artist and author Cassie Sano in discovering how an illustrated storybook is created. In this three-session camp, kids will practice different illustration techniques, practice plein air sketching from the garden, and brainstorm ideas for a story about the McLaughlin frogs. Kids will finish the camp with a picture storybook they created to take home. […]

But were afraid to ask.  Join author Frank Hyman as he discusses the ins and outs of hunting for mushrooms in woods and fields.  Frank has written the definitive guide to this delicious and satisfying pastime; How to Forage Mushrooms Without Dying: an Absolute Beginners' Guide. Frank is a humorous and engaging speaker who will […]

Join artist and author Cassie Sano in discovering how an illustrated storybook is created. In this three-session camp, kids will practice different illustration techniques, practice plein air sketching from the garden, and brainstorm ideas for a story about the McLaughlin frogs. Kids will finish the camp with a picture storybook they created to take home. […]

Contemporary, multi-media artist Virginia Valdes is our featured artist of the month for August.  Virginia's work has been shown around the world and she is a recipient of a Lef Foundation grant which supported her truly interactive installation, Wasteland, at Bates College.  Her work deals with illusions, the denial of lived experiences, and the rift […]

Join Garden Club members and volunteers in the barn for propagating and potting up plants from the McLaughlin Garden to support our plant sale.

Record your visit to McLaughlin Garden by printing our plants on fabric! Maine fiber artist Mary DeLano will teach you the art and craft of Eco-printing; a process where plant materials are placed on specially treated fabric and then steamed to release the pigments in the plants, leaving realistic prints of the plants on the […]

Nationally recognized singer-song writer Lyle Divinsky bring his sweet, sweet sounds and innate story-telling ability to McLaughlin Garden! All are welcome to join us in this late summer evening celebration. 300 to 400 candles light up the pathways through the Garden, creating an intimate and “other-worldly” experience under the stars to share with your friends […]

As a watercolor painter, Joyce Coyne’s art career has spanned more than 30 years. In that time, she has participated in solo exhibits as well as group shows, including most notably, the Juried Canadian Watercolorists acceptance into “Les Fleurs” held at Montreal’s Botanical Gardens. She has received numerous awards at sidewalk art shows throughout Maine […]

Join Garden Club members and volunteers in the barn for propagating and potting up plants from the McLaughlin Garden to support our plant sale.

McLaughlin Garden opens its doors again this year to welcome the public to the Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce's 12th annual Festival of Trees. For three days, the barn will be filled with glittering lights, magical displays, and the sounds of the holiday. Get into the holiday spirit with one of the most beautiful and […]

McLaughlin Garden opens its doors again this year to welcome the public to the Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce's 12th annual Festival of Trees. For three days, the barn will be filled with glittering lights, magical displays, and the sounds of the holiday. Get into the holiday spirit with one of the most beautiful and […]

McLaughlin Garden opens its doors again this year to welcome the public to the Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce's 12th annual Festival of Trees. For three days, the barn will be filled with glittering lights, magical displays, and the sounds of the holiday. Get into the holiday spirit with one of the most beautiful and […]

The McLaughlin Garden Winter Lectures series opens with guest speakers Brian and Suzanne Dunham of Dunham Farm and Velvet Hollow Sugar Works in Greenwood. Their lecture, “Bird-Friendly Maple”, includes both maple sugaring and birding information. The Dunhams commit to increasing the diversity of birds and wildlife who call the forests on their property home. Their […]

Michelle Cloutier, owner of the cut flower design business Squash Pie Blossom, will be presenting “The Miracle of Seeds: A Flower Gardener’s Journey”. Her garden is located in Norway and features rows of colorful annuals that she grows from seed. During the growing season, Michelle harvests her fresh flower blooms and designs them into unique […]

Lecture #3 introduces us to Greg LeClair, founder and organizer of Maine Big Night. Greg, is a Ph.D student at UMO, a 2022 Brookie Award recipient, and a 2023 recipient of the NWF's National Conservation Young Leader Award. His presentation "Maine Big Night: From a Salamander to a Statewide Movement" describes his work in amphibian […]

The final lecture of the 2024 series features Marianne Dodge as she presents “Gardening in Troughs and the Plants that Thrive in Them”. A member of St Mary's Garden Club, Marianne is also a member of the North American Rock Garden Society (NARGS). Troughs are most often used for planting miniature rock gardens,  but other […]

Join us on the second Tuesday of every month during the growing season from 9:30a.m to noon to divide and pot up plants from our garden for sale in the McLaughlin plant sale. Power Propagators is a great opportunity to learn about plants and meet new people. Bring your favorite pair of gloves and get […]