Produce that feeds Land, Body & Community
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A Certified Organic farm specializing in greens & herbs, and a community space, The Hive, waiting for you.
For over 20 years, we’ve been a production farm, specializing in produce for chefs and farmers’ markets in Midcoast and Southern Maine. In 2018 we moved to our forever land in Bowdoinham.
We love vegetables & herbs that are small, intensely flavored, and often pushing the boundaries of the norm.
THE HIVE is our dream of bringing inspired dinner conversations to life. A newly built timber framed space, we have programs for you, as well as a space for you to rent in the middle of our working farm.
Featured Farm Products, Workshops & Events
*** All purchases made prior to May 1, 2026 will have an added 10% value. For example, a $200 purchase will earn you $220 in credit. ***
Build A Stronger Relationship With Your Farm: Pre-Purchase Farm Credit
CSA models, or farm credit, is a way to help complete the loop of being committed to supporting local agriculture. We sincerely value getting to know you better as regular customers, and likewise, hopefully the consistency of our product will come to feel familiar and nourishing to you!
Why Pre-Purchase?
Ultimate Flexibility: Choose exactly what you want, when you want it—from weekly vegetables to herb seedlings for your garden and our well loved value-added products.
Support Us Directly
Your share provides the stable, upfront income we need to plan our season and pay our staff. You're investing in a local business and keeping food growing right here.Know Your Food, Know Your Farmer
See exactly where your food comes from and how it's grown. We believe in transparency and welcome you to be part of our farming story.Easy Gifting: Give the gift of fresh, local food to a friend or family member.
How it works:
Purchase credit in $100 increments.
Use your credit on anything we sell: fresh vegetables, seedlings, value-added products, and herbal items.
Credit never expires and is transferable to friends or family.
Credit is non-refundable.
Using Your Credit at the Farmers' Market:
We'll create a debit card for you that will be logged into our farmers’ market register program. You can ask our farmers for your balance anytime.
Famers' Markets 2026
Portland, Deering Oaks park, Saturdays April 18 - October 31 (7-1); November 7-21 (8-1)
Our stand is just north of the stone bridge in the center.
Herbs are life. It may feel like an extreme statement, but herbs have been the background of our favorite culinary flavors and used for medicine for as long as we’ve defined health and healing. Our bodies would not be what they are if it weren’t for herbs.
In 2026 we challenge you to deepen your relationship with these special plants. There is nourishment in simply being around a living plant. You have the option for easily freezing or drying them to extend their use through the winter.
We’re intentionally selling you plants that are in the small-medium stage of their seedling life, wanting you to take home a plant that is at the stage of accelerated growth, rather than slowing down from being inhibited by it’s pot.
At our plant sale we’ll have a much greater selection than this pre-order offers. Keep an eye here, and for announcements in our newsletter, to learn about our full selection.
PLANTS MUST BE PICKED-UP AT OUR PLANT SALE ON MAY 30 & 31 from 9am-12pm
or the farmers’ market in Deering Oaks Park, Saturday May 30th
$30 MINIMUM ORDER. If you don’t want to order that many seedlings in advance, consider coming to browse the sale!
We’re not responsible for the health of your plant after purchase, but we’re here to help. Feel free to reach out with questions.
Our farm house made soups have become a staple at the farmers’ market, with customers appreciating the seasonal variation and vegetable forward profiles. Clean and flavorful, I can quietly and easily down a quart for lunch or dinner.
Soups generally come frozen.
Size: One Quart
Current Options:
Tomato Bisque: Tomato, carrot, celery, onion, garlic, maple syrup, vegetable stock, tomato paste, cream, olive oil, thyme, nutmeg, salt, pepper
Carrot & Sweet Potato (VEGAN): Carrots, sweet potatoes, apples, onions, lime juice, honey, olive oil, cumin, coriander, turmeric, salt & pepper
Date: April 25, 2026
Time: 12pm - 4pm
Instructor: Quincy (same as our Herbal First Aid series)
Price: sliding scale $68-$95, please pay the price that best fits you
Explore traditional folk practices that help to ground the mind, body and spirit with the healing power of plants. This is an experiential workshop which will cover 3 herbal practices that you can start to weave into your routine with ease and confidence. By engaging the senses and directly connecting with the healing power of plants, we can achieve grounded states of presence that help to support our nervous systems and our overall well being. In addition to these practices, there will be a brief lesson acquainting you with 6 different herbs that are safe and deeply supportive to the nervous system. Please bring a journal and pen, a mug, and whatever other supports you desire.
- Smoke Cleansing/Saining - mugwort, rosemary, lavender, pine resin, juniper, cedar
- Body Oil for Protection - mugwort, yarrow, rose, pine, bay laurel
- Flower Essence journaling - Rose, Nicotiana
- Tea time with 6 herbal allies; materia medica for nervous system support: milky oats, skullcap, tulsi, lemon balm, blue vervain, kava
Workshops, Events, Rentals
We believe that the more connected we are to our food source, the more we allow ourselves to touch, taste, feel, and sense the environment around us, the healthier we are. Building this awareness is hard and takes time, and sometimes being in the company of others helps. The Hive, a building to gather in, is our version of the modern grange and a place where we can practice what we preach.
Learn about Dandelion Spring Farm
Farmers’ Markets & Wholesale to Chefs
A place for building community. Dancing. Eating.
Workshop & Event Sign-ups. Herbs to ship. CSA for market.
Located in Bowdoinham, Maine.
Just 40 minutes from Portland, a stone’s throw from Augusta, Lewiston, Brunswick, Damariscotta, and on hour from Camden-Rockland.
961 Ridge Rd
Bowdoinham, ME 04008
RSVP
RSVP for classes and special events, buy herbal products online, or buy your CSA share!
Participate
Interested in renting The Hive or teaching? Let us know and someone will reach out.
