On Demand Webinars

The University of Maine Cooperative Extension presents On Demand Gardening Webinars, which come in bundles of 3 to 4 pre-recorded webinars (60 to 75 minutes each) on a gardening related topic as well as a list of resources.

Please note: If you don’t automatically receive the link in your email within 2 business days, please contact us at extension.gardening@maine.edu.

Home Orchard Bundle

In our home orchard bundle, you’ll learn how to start your very own backyard orchard, including site and variety selection, pest and disease management, pruning techniques, and more!

The following webinar recordings are included in this bundle:

  • Planning a Backyard Orchard with CJ Walke, MOFGA Agricultural Specialist for Downeast Maine
  • Reflections on the Season: Growing Fruit Trees in Maine with a Panel of Experts
  • Protecting Fruit Trees from Insects and Disease with George Hamilton, UNH Extension Fruit & Vegetable Production Field Specialist and Glen Koehler, UMaine Extension Associate Scientist of Integrated Pest Management
  • Science of Pruning with Emma Erler, UNH Extension Landscape and Greenhouse Field Specialist

Program Fee: Offered on a sliding Scale – $0, $15, $30
 Register here to receive the recording links!

Gardening with Natives Bundle

In our gardening with natives bundle, you’ll learn about the important role of native plants in our ecosystems, how to start and care for seed grown native plants, landscape design and maintenance practices that support pollinators, and edible native plants found in the wild and your own backyard.

The following webinar recordings are included in this bundle:

  • Choosing Native Plants for Pollinators with York County Master Gardener Volunteer, Ginger Laurits
  • Native Seed Startingwith York County Master Gardener Volunteer, Ginger Laurits
  • Nibbling on Natives in Your Backyard with Russ Cohen, Expert Forager and Author of “Wild Plants I Have Known…and Eaten”
  • Supporting Pollinators in Your Landscape with Philip Fanning, UMaine Assistant Professor of Entomology and Emma Erler, UNH Extension Field Specialist for Landscape and Greenhouse

Program Fee: Offered on a sliding Scale – $0, $15, $30
Register here to receive the recording links!

Composting and Soil Health Bundle

In our composting and soil health bundle, you’ll learn about the basic principles of composting, the benefits and uses for cover crops in the home garden, when and how to apply manure, and best practices for optimizing soil health.

The following webinar recordings are included in this bundle:

  • Backyard Composting with Mark Hutchinson, UMaine Extension Educator
  • Getting the Most Out of Compost and Manure with Olivia Saunders, UNH Extension Field Specialist in Fruit & Vegetable Production
  • Cover Crop and Soil Management with Caragh Fitzgerald, UMaine Extension Associate Professor

Program Fee: Offered on a sliding Scale – $0, $15, $30
Register here to receive the recording links!

Seed Selection and Starting Bundle

In our seed selection and starting bundle, you’ll learn how to select seeds for the home garden, exciting new vegetable varieties and their unique characteristics, how to select lights for indoor seed starting, and how to manage your indoor lighting to enhance plant growth.

The following webinar recordings are included in this bundle:

  • Planning Your Vegetable Garden: Selecting the Right Seeds with Caleb Goossen, MOFGA’s Crops and Conservation Specialist
  • Exciting New Vegetable Varieties for Home Gardeners with a Panel of Experts, including Heron Breen, Seeds Branch Area Coordinator in charge of Trials Programs for Fedco Seeds, Lauren Giroux, Director of Product Selection and Trialing at Johnny’s Selected Seeds, Becky Sideman, UNH Sustainable Horticulture State Specialist, and Mark Hutton, UMaine Extension State Vegetable Specialist
  • Optimizing Plant Growth with Indoor Lighting with Jonathan Ebba, UNH Extension Field Specialist

Program Fee: Offered on a sliding Scale – $0, $15, $30
Register here to receive the recording links!

For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Rebecca Long, 207.743.6329; extension.gardening@maine.edu.