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Welcome to Horticulture

The horticulture program helps to ensure that healthy plant material is sold within the state of Maine. This is done through licensing and inspecting businesses selling plants, certifying plants exported from the state, regulating plants entering the state and assisting growers with plant pest problems. Other responsibilities of the program include overseeing the arborist, ginseng and integrated pest management (IPM) programs and public education and outreach on horticultural issues. The state horticulturist, two assistant horticulturists and an IPM entomologist staff the horticulture program.

What's New in Horticulture

March 2008 - Organic Turf and Lawn Workshop

February 2008 - Greenhouse IPM Workshops

February 2008 - Invasive Plant Report to the Legislature

December 2007 - Invasive Plant Steering Committee Meeting Minutes

December 2007 - 2007 Year End Update

November 2007 - Invasive Plant Steering Committee Meeting Minutes

October 2007 - Greenhouse IPM Survey Results

October 2007 - Chrysanthemum White Rust Found in Maine

 

Horticulture news archive

 

Featured Topics

• Giant Hogweed
• Importing Hemlock
• Invasive Plants
• Licensed Nurseries
• Nursery License Application (.pdf)
• Pest Information
• Shipping Christmas trees and Wreaths
• Shipping Plants to Other States
  

Related Links

• Maine Landscape & Nursery Association
• Maine Forest Service
• National Plant Board
• New England Environmental Horticulture Economic Industry Survey
• Ornamental Horticulture Council
• University of Maine Cooperative Extension
• USDA-APHIS-PPQ
  

 

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