Insider secrets from Maine people who love to put their hands in the dirt
These are the talented gardeners who've contributed to the Maine Garden Journal and are quoted liberally throughout. They're "Real" Maine gardeners who've shared their experiences and expertise. They've not only revealed the secrets of their success, but did so with an enthusiasm that's contagious.
| Charleen E. Aldrich | Lincoln |
| Stephanie Armstrong | Hermon |
| Carol Arnold | Veazie |
| Lou and Murray Bain | Orono |
| Gina Ballew | Fairfield |
| Barbara Bardack | Freeport |
| Mimi Barnes | Orono |
| Norman Beland | Springvale |
| Robin Betterley | Bangor |
| Pat Blake, Great Things, Inc. | Otisfield |
| Agnes Brooks | Farmington |
| Sarah Cass Walsh Brown | Wellington |
| Robert Burgess | Orland |
| Gloria Burrill | Corinna |
| Suzanne Bushnell | Harpswell |
| Jo Ann Carlson | Bucksport |
| Phyllis Cass, Eagle Nook Farm | Wellington |
| Leah Cohen | Portland |
| Jamie Cronin | Bangor |
| Karen Curtis | Southport |
| Mary Ellen Durkin | Machias |
| Beverly Dutton | Morrill |
| Marcia Ellis | Holden |
| Priscilla Emerson | Litchfield |
| Susan Ernst | Vassalboro |
| Donna Fancy | Belfast |
| Linda Feeney | York |
| Gale Flagg | Fort Kent |
| Maryellen Foley | Cape Porpoise |
| William Foster | York Harbor |
| James Gallant | Bangor |
| Katy Gannon-Janelle | Falmouth |
| Peggy Gates | Gorham |
| Sarah Giles | East Boothbay |
| Linda Grant | Yarmouth |
| Roberta Griffiths | Presque Isle |
| Debra Ham | Alfred |
| Bonnie Harradon | Kennebunk |
| Kaye Hill | Windham |
| Barry Humbert | Hermon |
| Holly Ihloff, Great Things, Inc. | Otisfield |
| Shelley Jemison | Orono |
| Carole Johnson | Bath |
| Karen Johnson | Bucksport |
| Ed Kidder | Otis |
| Peter Lewis | York |
| Donna McCullough | Gorham |
| Joanne Mckee | New Gloucester |
| Gretchen Mead | Thomaston |
| Judith Merck | Dover-Foxcroft |
| Janice Newell | Boothbay Harbor |
| Royce O'Donal, O'Donal's Nursery | Gorham |
| Alma Otto | Orono |
| Sandy Pellerin | Winslow |
| Crystal Phinney | Sanford |
| Aimee Picard | Hancock |
| Rita Porter | Farmington |
| Harold Radochia | York |
| Harriet B.L. Robinson, PhD | Otisfield |
| A. Tiemer and NeKisha Rowe | St. Albans |
| Jane Rollins | Shapleigh |
| Christine and Glenn Ross | Exeter |
| Adele St. Pierre | Bangor |
| Heidi Schultz | Searsport |
| Pat Shaw | Bowdoinham |
| Cheryl Shaw, Garden Endeavor | South Berwick |
| Gretchen Shaw | Brunswick |
| Ellen Shibles | York |
| Bernie Slofer | E. Winthrop |
| Carol Smith | Brewer |
| Pat Smith | Cape Porpoise |
| Louise Snow | Orono |
| Judy Stallworth | West Bath |
| Marion Syversen | Hampden |
| Jackie Tanner | Belgrade |
| Pete Thibeault | Madawaska |
| Pat Thompson | Orono |
| Lenore Tipping | Orono |
| Andrea Treadwell | Orrington |
| Beverly Tucker | Medford |
| Barbara Walch | Thorndike |
| Carmen Weatherbie | Cape Elizabeth |
| Faith Webster | York |
| Linda Weinmann | Orrington |
| Martha Whitehouse | Hampden |
| Anita Wihry | Orono |
| Carolyn Williams | Topsham |
| Janet Williams | Searsport |
| John Wilson | Hermon |
| Jackie Wood | Orrington |
| Letha and Roger Wood | Orland |
| Sharon Wood | Smithfield |
In addition, a number of people gave me fabulous details about their gardens but preferred to remain anonymous. They come from Bangor, Bath, Brewer, Cape Porpoise, East Millinocket, Edgecomb, Fort Kent, Gorham, Hampden, Lebanon, Newcastle, Orono, Rockport, Scarborough, Skowhegan, Stockton Springs, Veazie, Vinalhaven, Westport Island, Whiting, and York.
