Edgewood Nursery

Spring shipping season is here! Bare root plants are shipping now, seeds and tubers are still mostly available, and cuttings and scions are basically done for the season. Open nursery hours will return on May7th! As usual, we will be open Tuesdays 9-5 or by appointment. Cash, Checks, Paypal and Venmo are all accepted, we can’t currently process credit/debit cards for in person sales.

Unfortunately we recently discovered Jumping Worms (Amynthas spp.) in our nursery beds, so we are changing many nursery practices to adapt and minimize the potential for worm spread. Bare root plants will be double washed and potted stock will be potted in medium that is free of worms and has been carefully stored off the ground.

We are a small plant nursery in Wabanaki Territory aka Falmouth, Maine. We are focused on unusual edible/medicinal plants and local ecotype native plants. Most of our offerings are not widely available from other local sources, and several are not available anywhere else in the country.

All of our plants are grown in living soil, without the use of artificial fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides or fungicides. We prioritize using locally sourced materials and offer plants in reused pots as much as possible.

We offer plant material in different forms depending on the season and delivery method. Potted and bare-root plants are available for local customers from spring through fall. Bare-root plants are available for shipping in early spring and late fall. Seeds are available locally and through the mail year round. Scionwood and cuttings are available in winter and early spring. Sorry, we don’t offer international shipping.

Upcoming Events

  • March 2nd 10:00am - Prince Memorial Library Introduction to Food Forest Design - A food forest is a way of laying out a landscape to mimic a natural forest, providing food and other human needs with a minimum amount of external inputs and maximum benefits to wildlife and the greater environment. This workshop will introduce the concepts of ecological niches, analogs, and resource partitioning so you can design your own home-scale food forest. To help you implement your design we will also cover best practices for starting a food forest and recommended species to plant. Free and open to the public. The library is at 266 Main St, Cumberland, ME

  • March 9th 1:00pm - Renovating old fruit trees at Boyd St. Community Garden - While the principals of pruning older/ overgrown fruit trees are similar to young trees, there are some details and techniques that are especially suited to old trees. We will be helping out our friends at Boyd St. Community Garden get some large fruit trees back into shape and you are invited to come learn and help. Please dress for the weather and bring any pruning tools you have with you. Free and open to the public. The garden is at 2 Boyd St., Portland, ME.

  • March 16th 1:00pm - Prince Memorial Library Grafting Apple and Pear Trees (A Hands on Workshop) Join us for a session learning about bench grafting apple and pear trees! We’ll be giving an introduction to grafting skills, and you’ll have the opportunity to try your hand at grafting, too. The apple and pears trees grafted during this workshop will be destined for the Cumberland Community Nursery in 2025 after sizing up for a year in nursery beds. Free and open to the public. The library is at 266 Main St, Cumberland, ME

  • March 23rd 1:00pm - Mt. Joy Orchard Pruning round 2. We had a great pruning workshop on Feb 24th, but we didn't quite get the job finished. So we will have a second session. We'll have a optional pruning workshop for folks who aren't familiar with pruning. Please dress for the weather and bring any pruning tools you have with you. Free and open to the public. The Orchard is at 181 Washington Ave, Portland, ME.

  • March 24, 12 - 4 p.m. - MOFGA Seed and Scion Exchange - Unity, ME -  I'll be teaching Seed Saving for Home Gardeners (in the Library) from 12:30-1:15 p.m. and Propagating Woody Plants Without Grafting from 2:30-3:15 p.m. One of my favorite perennial events! If you have seeds/scions to share, bring ‘em, but even if you don’t, all items are freely shared at this swap. click HERE for full schedule / info.

  • April 28 1:00pm - Living Soils and Water-Wise Gardening We will be walking around Cumberland's Community Orchard site in preparation for our first planting of trees on May 5t. We will learn about the soil food web, how to care for our soils, and what we can do to manage our gardens (and orchard) for better water retention. For those who would like to help out, the educational presentation will be followed by a few hours of prep work to get all our tree planting sites ready. The orchard is on Stiles Way, Cumberland, ME

  • July 20/21 - MOFGA Agroforestry days in Unity, ME Details TBD