Meeting House Farm

10/08/2025

Fall is the perfect season to plant Solomon’s Seal. As the days cool and the soil still holds warmth, roots establish themselves quietly underground, preparing for vigorous growth come spring. Planting now gives Solomon’s Seal the best start — allowing it to root deeply, rest through winter, and return with strength and vitality when the seasons turn.

For support in your planting journey, we’re excited to share our Solomon’s Seal Root Wisdom Virtual Plant Immersion Course — a 4-module journey into the healing power of this remarkable root. Guided by herbalist Emily Springer of Meeting House Farm and Infusion Herb Company, you’ll learn how to grow, harvest, and work with Solomon’s Seal to support the body’s systems.

Through four 20–30 minute video modules (plus PDFs), you’ll discover:

🌿How to plant, tend, and prepare Solomon’s Seal

🌿Its connection to the digestive and musculoskeletal systems

🌿How to make extracts, oils, and a healing salve

👉 Enroll today and root into wisdom with us!

This Root Wisdom Virtual Plant Immersion Course is a 4-module course that dives deeply into Solomon’s Seal and how it works with your body’s systems. Learn how to plant, tend, harvest, and use this amazing plant. We are offering an optional Certificate of Completion if you opt to take the final ...

10/07/2025

NEW In-Person Class: The Art of Blending Tea - October 21 at 5:30 pm at Slate and Moss, a teaching kitchen in Boothbay, Maine.

Join Emily Springer of Meeting House Farm to learn about the history and art of blending tea/tisane. Meeting House Farm grows organic herbs for Infusion Herb Co., a local producer of organic herbal products.

Using locally-sourced herbs, create your own blend to take home. Learn to taste each herb separately and then blend a perfect cup! Leave with a handout on the principles of tea blending, a bamboo tea press, and your own blended tisane in a glass jar.

Location: Slate and Moss
18 Eagle Ridge Rd
Boothbay, ME 04537

Sign up by emailing [email protected]

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10/03/2025

We’re thrilled to welcome two wonderful new Farm Hands to our team — Emerentia and Ellen! You’ll see them out in the fields, lending their hands and hearts to the rhythm of the farm as they help with weeding, and harvesting flowers, leaves, and roots. Their energy and care are already such a gift, and we’re so excited to have them growing alongside us this season.

10/02/2025

Our Harvest Table is stocked up for the week… the season is quickly coming to an end!

Stop by (35 Hunnewell Road in Scarborough) to grab winter squash, zucchini, green peppers, cabbages, and flowers. We hope to have pepper ristras (wreaths) next week, too.

Your donation supports our farm and we are so grateful! 🫑🌸🥬

10/01/2025

Broadleaf sage (Salvia officinalis), a member of the mint family (Lamiaceae), is a perennial known for its soft, gray-green, velvety leaves. Unlike the common narrow-leaf varieties, broadleaf sage offers wider, more rounded foliage and a gentler flavor. Long associated with wisdom, clarity, and longevity, sage has been revered since ancient times—its very name comes from the Latin salvare, meaning “to save” or “to heal.”

Traditionally valued for supporting digestion, soothing sore throats, and strengthening memory, it has also held a special place in kitchens, where its mild taste makes it a versatile culinary herb. While white sage is traditionally used for incense and smudging, it can't be grown in the northeast - broadleaf sage is more versatile and can also be used in as incense.

Our Herbal Marketplace offers sage from a number of farms in our herb grower collaborative:

🌿Garden Sage from Woven Hearts Herb Farm

🌿Clary Sage from Horsetail Herb Farm

🌿Clary Sage Hydrosol from Moonrise Meadows Farm

🌿Culinary Dried Sage from The Maine Ingredient

Check out our website to stock up on sage today!
https://www.meetinghouse.farm/

09/30/2025

Calendula harvesting tips and tricks! Are you growing calendula? How often do you harvest? Was it a good growing year for you? Let us know in the comments!

09/27/2025

🐝Our bees are simply buzzing about these garlic chives.🐝

09/26/2025

We are so thankful for the rain! 💧🙏

09/25/2025

Introducing the Grow Your Own Apothecary Calendar 2026! Have you taken Emily’s Grow Your Own Apothecary class—or wished you had before it sold out? This calendar is the perfect companion for both seasoned students and those waiting to join the next session.

Each month features a unique herb, with detailed materia medica to deepen your understanding, plus practical gardening tips and seasonal wellness practices to help you cultivate your own healing apothecary.

From planting guides and drying techniques to recipes and time-honored traditions, this calendar is designed to inspire your herbal journey all year long. Whether you’re tending herbs in your backyard or weaving them into daily life, the Grow Your Own Apothecary Calendar 2026 will guide you through the rhythms of the seasons, helping you harvest, create remedies, and celebrate the beauty of nature.

📅 Calendars begin shipping mid-November 2025. Pre-order now to be sure yours is reserved!

https://www.meetinghouse.farm/products/grow-your-own-apothecary-calendar-2025

09/21/2025

As the seasons shift, the soil begins to rest—and so do the roots. Fall and early spring are ideal times to plant bare roots, giving them a chance to settle in and establish before the growing season ahead.

We’re excited to offer Comfrey, Solomon’s Seal, Black Cohosh, and Arnica for pre-order. These strong and healing are ready to become part of your own apothecary . Whether you’re dreaming of Solomon’s Seal winding gracefully along shaded beds, the golden blooms of Arnica brightening a patch, or Comfrey’s deep green leaves nourishing the soil, this is a chance to root your garden with plants that will serve you for years to come.

Pre-ordering ensures you’ll have the bare set aside and ready when it’s time to plant. Quantities are limited, so now is the moment to reserve yours.

https://www.meetinghouse.farm/collections/fresh-bare-roots

09/19/2025

We’re excited to share that Sammi has stepped into a second role of Farm Manager at Meeting House Farm. Many of you already know Sammi from her work as our Herbal Marketplace Collaborative Director, where she helps shape and strengthen our community of growers and makers.

Now, as Sammi takes on this additional role as Farm Manager, she will also lead our daily operations, support our team, and make sure the herbs we grow are nurtured with the same care and attention that defines everything we do here.

Her journey with us has already been one of dedication and collaboration, and we’re thrilled to see her talents continue to flourish in this new, additional role. Please join us in celebrating this next chapter for Sammi — and for the farm.

We are also pleased to let you know that we have hired two new Farm Hands! We'll share more information about them in an upcoming email, so stay tuned.

More About Sammi:

Sammi lives in Lisbon, Maine and brings a strong background in horticulture and commercial greenhouse management to Meeting House Farm. Drawn by a desire to expand her focus from fruits and vegetables to herbs, she found both the plants and the supportive mentorship she was seeking here.

Beyond the farm, Sammi enjoys spending time outdoors and creating art. You’ll often find her paddleboarding in coastal estuaries, painting with acrylics and watercolors, wood-burning detailed landscape scenes, or—when time allows—rock climbing on the dramatic cliffs of Acadia.

09/18/2025

Harvesting Echinacea in September - Flowers? Leaves? Roots? We hope this video helps you decide!