Building Home Habitats:
Residential yards cover 40-50 million acres in the continental US. Pollinators, songbirds, wildlife, and their habitats are in decline. Healthy, affordable food is increasingly inaccessible. People feel disconnected from each other and the living world around them.
We can do better than ecologically dead lawns, endless mulch, and non-native ornamentals (sorry hostas)….
WE CAN PLANT ABUNDANCE!
At Twin Oak Forest Farm, we believe in a future where humans are reintegrated into their local ecosystems. Where people know what plants grow around them, perennial food plants are abundant, and our yards sing with pollinators and birds.
We aim to provide our community with the plants, designs, and skills to make this vision a reality.
Landscaping
We offer full-service design, installation, hardscaping, and timber-framed outdoor structures. Our designs bring Maine’s amazing plant diversity to your door by replicating local habitats.
Education
We teach workshops on pruning, grafting, plant ID, foraging, and permaculture topics among others. Our goal is to share land stewardship skills with as many people as possible in an accessible way.
We grow fruit and nut trees & native and medicinal plants to help transform your home into an abundant, verdant oasis. We focus on perennials that provide food and habitat for humans, pollinators, and wildlife as we believe “all flourishing is mutual” (Robin Wall Kimmerer).
Plant Nursery
Create beautiful, functional, bio-diverse landscapes.
Grow with us
These are a fast-growing hybrid of American persimmon and Asian persimmon developed by Clifford England of England’s nursery and orchard. A 1-year old seedling will be between 8” and 16” tall.
Trees will produce fruit in 4-6 years. Persimmon fruit is extremely astringent if unripe, fruit should be left on the trees until it is soft to the touch, often into November and December.
All of our persimmon seedlings are 1 year old and have overwintered outside in USDA zone 6A on the coast of Maine.
Similar to a walnut, the heartnut (Juglans ailantifolia) is fast growing nut tree that will produce a crop of delicious nuts in 3-5 years. Heartnuts are more easily cracked than walnuts and often produce large nut meats.
Our seedling trees are 1 year old and have overwintered outside on the coast of Maine, USDA zone 6A. These are seedlings of selected trees from England’s Orchard of McKee, Kentucky.
Size available: 2 gallon potted tree
Size at maturity: 40–60' Tall × 40–60' Wide
Bloom Time: May (Catkins)
Sun Pref: Full sun
Soil Pref: Deep, rich, moist, well-drained loams
Native Range: Japan (Introduced/Cultivated Nut Crop)
Spotted Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum) is a stunning native perennial with large clusters of pink blooms. It grows quite tall and is beloved by butterflies and other pollinators. Plants are grown from local ecotype seeds from Lincoln County.
Size Available: 4” pot
Mature Size: 4–7' Tall × 1–3' Wide
Bloom Time: July–September blooms
Sun Pref: Full sun to part shade
Soil Pref: Consistently moist to wet rich soils; will tolerate average garden soils
Native Range: Maine and Northeast North America
Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) is a native herbaceous plant known for its’s anise scent and flavor, used in teas and extracts. Anise Hyssop is a deer deterrent, pollinator magnet.
4” potted plant
Size: 24–48" Tall × 12–24" Wide
Bloom Time: June–September blooms
Sun Pref: Full Sun to part shade
Soil Pref:Loam or light clay, well-drained. Drought tolerant once established
Native Range: Native to Western/Northern North America
Photo Credit: https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/agastache-foeniculum/
The American Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) is known widely for it’s antioxidant rich berries, tolerance of wet soils and beautiful white mid-summer blooms. These are rooted cuttings of native, unnamed plants from around Midcoast Maine.
Size: 5–12' Tall × 5–12' Wide
Bloom Time: June–July blooms
Sun Pref: Full sun to part shade
Soil Pref: Medium to wet, moisture-retentive loam or heavy clay
Native Range: Maine and Eastern North America
Photo Credit: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/sambucus_nigra_l.shtml
Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) has unique perfoliate leaves joined around the stem. White flowers in the mid to late summer. Historical fever-breaking medicinal herb.
Size: 36–48" Tall × 24–36" Wide
Bloom Time: July–September blooms
Sun Pref: Full sun to partial shade
Soil Pref: Moist to wet, rich soils; handles muddy spots well
Native Range: Maine and Eastern North America
Photo Credit: https://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=58757
Learn with us
Learn to bud graft Apple and cherry trees this summer! Bud grafting is a way that we can preserve fruit tree genetics and create trees of desired varieties.
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