A new native plant group has launched in Midcoast Maine and is now recruiting founding members and officers for its inaugural year. Wild Ones Midcoast Maine is the state’s first chapter of the national nonprofit Wild Ones.

Wild Ones Midcoast Maine promotes environmentally friendly, sound landscaping to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration, and establishment of native plant communities in Midcoast Maine.

The chapter was launched February 9, 2023 by a local restoration ecologist and ecological gardener in the wake of the success of Camden’s first native plant sale in September 2022 at the Camden Public Library.

“The event affirmed the local interest in native plants and clarified the need for more native plant resources in the region,” said Wild Ones Midcoast, in a news release.

Wild Ones Midcoast Maine serves Knox, Waldo, Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties but is open to all, regardless of resident status in the Midcoast area or state. 

Those interested in learning more or joining can visit the chapter’s website at midcoastmaine.wildones.org.

Wild Ones Midcoast Maine is a native plant gardening group based in Camden, Maine and serving midcoast Maine. Its mission is to promote environmentally friendly, sound landscaping to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration, and establishment of native plant communities in midcoast Maine. More at midcoastmaine.wildones.org.