Rockport Garden Club will hear from guest speaker Davis Saltonstall, co-owner ScrapDogs Community Compost, Thursday, April 2, at 12:30 p.m., at West Rockport Baptist Church, 545 Park Street, West Rockport. 

Reader Gallery 13 continues a tradition of sharing photos that are taken by readers — locals and visitors who take joy in the always soul-nourishing landscape of Maine.

The Rockport Public Library will host its second annual Seed Fest on Saturday, April 11. This free, family-friendly event will take place on the upper and lower levels of the library.

From 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., visitors can browse educational exhibits and activities covering seed-starting, pollinators, soil health, composting, native plants, heirloom vegetables, growing rice and grains in Maine, Wabanaki food sovereignty, and much more.

At noon on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, writer, boatbuilder, and outdoor enthusiast Kevin Martin will speak in the Abbott Room at the Belfast Free Library about the biggest trees in Maine and New England. This talk, sponsored by the Belfast Garden Club, is free and open to the public. All are invited to attend the tree-measuring walk and demonstration that will take place at 3:30 p.m.

Join Georges River Land Trust for a guided group hike along the trails of the Appleton Preserve on Saturday, April 18. Hikers should meet at the trailhead at 10 a.m. The hike will cover about 2.5 miles of trails, with portions of uneven ground. Planning for wet and muddy conditions by wearing boots may be helpful, according to GRLT, in a news release.

In celebration of Earth Day, the City of Rockland will host the Rockland Harborside Cleanup on Saturday, April 25. The Cleanup is an opportunity to care for Rockland’s shared spaces as a community and reduce the amount of litter and marine debris in and around Rockland Harbor.

The Cleanup will take place from 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., beginning at Harbor Park in Rockland. Cleanup volunteers will be provided with all the tools needed to help collect litter at various locations around Rockland’s waterfront.

On Wednesday, April 8, at 1 p.m., Maine Master Gardener Volunteer John Fromer will give a presentation at the Rockport Public Library that will explore which types of flowers are pollinator-friendly, and which have become unfriendly due to over-hybridizing. 

BELMONT—The garden space is still fallow on a dreary March day at  77 Halls Corner Road in Belmont, but a bright, hand-painted wooden cupboard at the end of the driveway beckons neighbors to stop and take a peek inside.

Mossflower Cottage Bakery is the home-baking business of Whitney Brown, 37, a wife and mother of two boys, 10 and 14, whom she schools at home.

The Rockland Harbor Trail Committee invites everyone to join them on Thursday, April 9, for their next Discover the Trail adventure. Led by local birder Kate Doiron, the committee will host a bird walk. The Discover the Trail adventure, in partnership with the Friends of the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge, will take place from 8:30 to 10 a.m.

The Belfast Free Library invites youth to celebrate National Poetry Month. Waldo County children and teens are invited to write poems on the theme of “Where the Land Meets the Sea: Poems about Home, Saltwater and Soil.” 

Join Coastal Mountains Land Trust and Maine Health’s Community Health program, Thursday, April 2, at 10 a.m., for a Happy Wanderers Hike at the Mill Brook Preserve in Searsport. This walk is at Coastal Mountains’ first Learning Landscape.

The group will park behind the Searsport High School and walk from the school to Millbrook Preserve, following the route students take for outdoor learning excursions.  

Steven Michaud stepped down on March 1 as president of the Maine Hospital Association after serving 26 years as the state’s top lobbyist for hospitals and after being with the organization for a total of nearly 40 years.

Two days after handing over the job to Jeffrey Austin, who was serving as vice president of government affairs and communications, Michaud, who lives in Durham, talked with The Maine Monitor about how the health care industry has changed in Maine.

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (KLSWCD) will host an Environmental Youth Education Fundraiser, Tuesday, March 24, from 5 to 8 p.m., at American Flatbread Company, 399 Commercial Street (U.S. Route 1) in Rockport. American Flatbread will donate a portion of the evening’s pizza sales to support KLSWCD’s free K–12 education programs for students in Knox and Lincoln counties. Programs include the National Conservation Poster Contest (grades K–6), Read ME Agriculture (Pre-K–4), and the Maine Envirothon competition (grades 9–12).

Quarry Hill will host Bridget Mariner, founder of Union Street Sourdough, for a free presentation on the benefits of baking with sourdough on Thursday, March 26, at 3 p.m., at the Anderson Inn.

Mariner will share her journey from a lifelong love of baking to discovering sourdough during the pandemic—a passion that now nourishes her family and community.

The Lincolnville School Committee will hold a special meeting March 18, at 6 p.m., at the Lincolnville Central School's Walsh Commons, with the proposed $5.54 million budget conversation topping the agenda.

Vietnam and era Veterans are invited to a special luncheon on March 29, at American Legion Post 30 in Camden.

"Post 30 encourages all Vietnam and era Veterans to attend whether they served in country or in support roles to connect with their Brothers and Sisters," said Jeff Sukeforth/District 6 Legion Commander, in a news release.

Each veteran may also bring a guest to the luncheon.

Social time begins at noon with lunch being served at 12:30 p.m. Vets eat free with a donation requested for their guests.

"Did you know that the Stockton Springs Community Library offers a Seed Library available to all community members?" said the Library, in a news release.

With the growing season just around the corner, the community is invited to attend an informative presentation on March 28, at 2 p.m., at the Stockton Springs Community Library. This event will introduce attendees to the library’s Seed Library—what seeds are available to share, how the Seed Library works, and how community members can contribute to it.