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Blueberry Hill Farm Field Day in Jonesboro

Blueberry Hill Research Farm 1643 Route 1, Jonesboro, ME, United States

This event will highlight the cutting edge innovation and practical application of research-based knowledge conducted at the University of Maine on wild blueberry. This work is shaping the future of wild blueberry production in Maine with you and for you. Farmers and interested members of the public are invited to learn, connect, and contribute! In […]

Free

Canning and Preserving Strawberry Jam in Westbrook

Westbrook Community Center 426 Bridge Street, Westbrook, ME, United States

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a workshop about canning and preserving strawberry jam on Thursday, June 26, 2025, from 5–7:30 p.m. at the Westbrook Community Center, 426 Bridge Street. Participants will learn how to prepare and preserve strawberry jam, including methods for using less sugar. The instructor will teach safe preservation techniques for […]

$20

Virtual Summer Equine Speaker Series: Setting Up Foals & Young Horses for Success

Virtual Event Virtual Event

University of Maine Cooperative Extension announces a virtual Equine Speaker Series for 2025. The theme of the summer webinar series is “From Foaling to Farewell: Essential Knowledge Covering the Equine Lifecycle” with presentations by topic experts from Maine and across the country. All webinars start at 6 p.m. EST. The first in the series will […]

$5

Integrated Disease and Weed Management in Christmas Tree Production

Quinn's Tree Farm 290 West Ridge Road, Cornville, ME, United States

Participants will learn how to apply crop protectants using backpack sprayers safely and efficiently. UMaine Extension Plant Pathologist Alicyn Smart will introduce participants to the biology and management of Phytophthora root rot disease of true fir. Extension Ornamental Horticulture Specialist Manjot Sidhu will introduce integrated strategies for both broadleaf and grass weeds that commonly impact Christmas […]

$20

Lucia: The Secret of Shooting Stars

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

Vladimir, a polar bear, and James, a penguin, travel into space aboard the Polaris to study polar auroras.  Hit by a meteorite, they crash at the foot of a pre-Columbian […]

Habitat Earth

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

Living networks connect and support life forms large and small—from colonies of tiny microbes and populations of massive whales to ever-expanding human societies. Discover what it means to live in […]

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