Botanical Garden Project

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Botanical Garden Project

The Witherle Memorial Library Botanical Garden extends the legacy of the Witherle Family’s commitment to preserving and enjoying the natural environment and addresses issues resulting from climate change. The garden, a landscape featuring native plants, includes materials grown, produced, and quarried in Maine which exemplify our State’s geological and botanical history.

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Our Team

Heather McCargo is the founder and former executive director (2014-2021) of Wild Seed Project. A former head plant propagator at . . . read more »

Garden Planning and Approval Timeline

  Below are important dates in the development of the Library’s Botanical Garden. August 15, 2024 Planning Board Meeting Board . . . read more »

Plant List

  Shade Trees Burr oak Quercus macrocarpa Black gum Nyssa sylvatica Sweetbirch Betula lenta Chestnut or swamp white oak Quercus . . . read more »

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