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Join Beekeeper Bev Stevens from Old Glory Bees and Honey as we welcome our hive back to the Garden for the season. Attendance is limited to 10 people, so please call us to reserve your spot!
Event Dates: May 23 - May 26, 2025, from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm daily. Lilacs are the pride of the McLaughlin Garden and the focal point of this weekend’s celebration. With 125 different varieties of lilacs on more than 200 trees, visitors are sure to enjoy this “scent-sational” experience. Enjoy glorious sights and smells […]
Event Dates: May 23 - May 26, 2025, from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm daily. Lilacs are the pride of the McLaughlin Garden and the focal point of this weekend’s celebration. With 125 different varieties of lilacs on more than 200 trees, visitors are sure to enjoy this “scent-sational” experience. Enjoy glorious sights and smells […]
Bring Your Camera or Phone to the Lilac Festival! Join professional photographer Mike Leonard for a hands-on photography workshop during the Lilac Festival at McLaughlin Garden and learn how to take your best shots of lilacs and so much more! Mike will guide you through the fundamentals of great photography, including composition, setting white balance, […]
Event Dates: May 23 - May 26, 2025, from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm daily. Lilacs are the pride of the McLaughlin Garden and the focal point of this weekend’s celebration. With 125 different varieties of lilacs on more than 200 trees, visitors are sure to enjoy this “scent-sational” experience. Enjoy glorious sights and smells […]
Event Dates: May 23 - May 26, 2025, from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm daily. Lilacs are the pride of the McLaughlin Garden and the focal point of this weekend’s celebration. With 125 different varieties of lilacs on more than 200 trees, visitors are sure to enjoy this “scent-sational” experience. Enjoy glorious sights and smells […]
Join artist Sophia Maamouri for a full-day, hands-on mosaic workshop using the Picassiette method—a beautiful mosaic technique using broken dishes and ceramics to create unique, textured artwork. What’s Included: All essential materials are provided: • A sturdy base for your mosaic • Adhesive • A selection of broken ceramic and tile pieces Make it personal: […]
Join us on the second Tuesday of every month during the growing season from 9:30am 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 […]
Curious About Beekeeping? Here is your chance to explore the fascinating world of honey bees and find out what beekeeping is really all about! Join Bev Stevens of Old Glory Bees and Honey for an informal, hands-on introduction to beekeeping. Whether you are only curious or seriously considering getting your own hive, this is the […]
McLaughlin Garden and the Norway Memorial Library are delighted to partner for a 5-week summer series. Please join Sherri Otterson this morning for Old Fashioned Games in the Garden, as we begin our series with outdoor active games in the garden! For more information, please contact Annika at the library (207-743-5309, ext. 4) or call the […]
Join us on the second Tuesday of every month during the growing season from 9:30am 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 […]
McLaughlin Garden and the Norway Memorial Library are delighted to partner for a 5-week summer series. Please join us this morning for Within the Whale where you will experience the thrill of stepping into a life-size, inflatable humpback whale named Chunk! For more information, please contact Annika at the library (207-743-5309, ext. 4) or call the […]
We are thrilled to Welcome Back Mr. Drew and His Animals Too! Join us at the McLaughlin Garden Barn for an unforgettable one-hour, hands-on learning experience. Get an up close look at a fascinating array of exotic reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. Learn what it takes to care for these incredible creatures and their environments. Ask […]
Whimsical Quilled Flower Bouquets – a crafting workshop with Susan Weiler. Create up to 5 whimsical quilled flowers of various sizes, arranged in a tiny vase with faux greenery. This workshop is perfect for: Young adults (14 and older) and adults Children (13 and under) accompanied by an adult Family units (1 adult + 1 […]
Children are the future of beekeeping, and here is their chance to learn more about this wonderful and important craft! Join Bev Stevens from Old Glory Bees and Honey for a fun and educational journey into the fascinating world of bees, pollination, and the natural world. Explore an empty hive to learn how bees live […]
McLaughlin Garden and the Norway Memorial Library are delighted to partner for a 5-week summer series. Today you will join author Jennifer Comeau as she shares her book The Inside of ME, which explores special places in Maine! What better place than McLaughlin Garden to see how good it feels to be outside! For more […]
The musicians of the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival will once again bring their world-class artistry to the barn at McLaughlin Garden for an unforgettable concert experience. This concert is part of the Festival’s ongoing mission to share the vitality of live music and to demonstrate how it enriches the lives of everyone in our community. […]
McLaughlin Garden and the Norway Memorial Library are delighted to partner for a 5-week summer series, and today we welcome Forcefield for Good with Barry Lane. In his interactive concerts, Barry teaches The Power of Kindness using music and songs that encourage kids to be their higher selves and to weave a forcefield for good. […]
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The historic McLaughlin Barn is the perfect setting for this Barn Quilt Class with Saskia Reinholt, founder of the Maine Barn Quilt Trail. In this class, participants will learn about the history of barn paintings, color theory, painting techniques, and drafting a quilt block, and they will create their own barn quilt to take home. […]
McLaughlin Garden and the Norway Memorial Library are delighted to partner for a 5-week summer series, and we end the series with a very special guest. Mattie Rose Templeton is an extraordinarily talented artist and illustrator who lives here in Western Maine and we are so lucky that she will join us this evening. At […]
Join us on the second Tuesday of every month during the growing season from 9:30am 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 […]
Join us on the second Tuesday of every month during the growing season from 9:30am 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 […]
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