Workers from McLaughlin Garden in Paris work to thwart deer from eating their lilacs Wednesday afternoon.
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Garden lectures begin at McLaughlin Garden
The 2019 McLaughlin Garden lecture series begins Feb. 20 with Tom Estabrook who will speak on underused plants in landscaping.
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Messin' with food: Couple brings new style of cuisine to Paris
PARIS — A Bryant Pond couple said they are moving their dining business to Bethel for the winter, with plans to return to the small blue food trailer next to McLaughlin Garden in the spring. Le Mu Eats — translation: “the pig eats” — has been operating the past two months, offering what cook Sayvepen “Sav” […]
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Jack-o-lanterns added to cows' diet
Diane Ward of Oxford organizes pumpkins Thursday evening in the barn at McLaughlin Garden on Main Street in Paris. Hundreds of pumpkins displayed at the annual Jack O’Lantern Spectacular last month are being fed to cattle at Sunnycroft Farm on Christian Ridge Road in South Paris. (Matthew Daigle/Sun Journal)
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Carvers prepare for Jack O'Lantern Spectacular
Marcia Hilton of Norway uses a power drill with a special attachment Wednesday afternoon to gut pumpkins at McLaughlin Garden. The pumpkins are for the Jack O’Lantern Spectacular from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday at 97 Main St. in Paris. Hilton said she and others are gutting between 500 and 600 pumpkins in […]
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McLaughlin Garden celebrating summer garden with three events
PARIS — The McLaughlin Garden & Homestead is having its annual Fairy House workshop from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 8. All natural materials will be supplied for folks to build fairy houses. Each house costs $5 and the creations will be added to the fairy house village for Garden Illuminated, which will be […]
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Davis to describe gardens of England at McLaughlin lecture
PARIS — “Gardens and Castles of England and Wales,” presented by Carolyn Davis, will be the final lecture in the 2018 McLaughlin Garden series on Wednesday, April 4. Davis has visited the properties in the United Kingdom that she will discuss in her illustrated lecture. Listeners will experience both public and private gardens as well […]
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Native Plant Symposium Aug. 29 PARIS — The Garden Club Federation of Maine is sponsoring a Native Plant Symposium on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at the McLaughlin Garden. Lectures will cover plant identification, native plants in gardens, herbariums and preservation of natural areas. The all-day conference will include a tour of the McLaughlin Garden and an […]
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Mclaughlin Garden first Family Fun Day to include road show
PARIS — The Mclaughlin Garden & Homestead will host its first ever Family Fun Day on Sunday, Aug. 6. Starting at 2 p.m., the garden will host the Celebration Barn Road Show, “On the Go!,” a fusion of comedy, physical theater and vaudeville. The cast includes Jess Bryant from North Carolina, Khalil LeSaldo from Maine, […]
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Fairy houses to be featured at McLaughlin Garden & Homestead's Garden Illuminated
PARIS — The McLaughlin Garden & Homestead is holding its annual Garden Illuminated event on Saturday, July 15, at 97 Main St. The rain date will be July 22. Leading into the event, there will be a Fairy House workshop from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 9. Supplies will be provided; each fairy house […]