UMaine Extension offers holiday gifts for gardeners: webinars on demand

Orono, Maine — If you’re in need of a gift for the gardener in your life, University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering 8 new bundles of pre-recorded webinars on gardening-related topics.

The On Demand Webinar bundles include 3 to 4 pre-recorded webinars plus helpful related resources. New topics include: ornamental garden design and maintenance, garden problem solving, homesteading, decorating with nature, and a range of crops from mushrooms to cranberries. This is in addition to bundles already available on home orchards, natives, compost and soil health, and seed selection and starting. 

The webinar bundles are offered on a sliding scale fee ($7.50 – $30). More information and links to purchase the bundles are available on the On-Demand Webinar page. 

For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Rebecca Gray, 207.356.1348; extension.gardening@maine.edu.

About University of Maine Cooperative Extension

As a trusted resource for over 100 years, Extension has supported UMaine’s land and sea grant public education role by conducting community-driven, research-based programs in every Maine county. UMaine Extension seeks to build thriving communities and grow the food-based economy, focusing on aspects from production and processing to nutrition, food safety and food security. Extension also conducts the most successful out-of-school youth educational program in Maine through 4-H which offers hands-on projects in areas like health, science, agriculture and civic engagement and creates a positive environment where participants are encouraged to take on proactive leadership roles.