Brouse.House.Gardens

06/23/2026

🌿 Monday, June 22 Plant Library Update 🌿

The plant library is looking pretty fantastic this morning!

Available today:
🌱 Blue Iris
🌱 Oregano
🌱 Garden Flax
🌱 Poppies
🌱 Ditch Lilies
🌱 Tahitian Wedding Veil
🌱 Spider Plants
🌱 Cabbage
🌱 French Breakfast Radishes
🌱 Safflower

We also have a coloring book, a Farmers’ Almanac, seeds, stickers, buttons, earrings, pens, and all kinds of other delightful goodies waiting to be discovered.

And don’t miss the conversation stakes! There are some really fun ones left, and a few are so good I almost kept them for myself. 😂

Stop by, take what you need, leave what you can, sign the guest book, and enjoy a little planty treasure hunting while you’re here.

Happy planting, y’all! 🌿💚

06/20/2026

06/20/2026

🌿 Downtown Bangor Plant Library Update 🌿

43 Columbia St. got a little restock today!

Available now:
🌱 Culinary Lavender
🌱 Tahitian Wedding Veil
🌱 Creeping Jenny
🌱 Broccoli
🌱 A Pepper Plant
🌱 Snapdragons
🌱 Plenty of Seeds for your garden

Whether you’re looking to add something edible, something colorful, or something unique to your garden, there’s a little bit of everything waiting for a new home.

Stop by, take what you need, leave what you can, and help keep the plant library growing! 💚

Happy planting, y’all! 🌿

06/19/2026

🌿💚 Agnes Update! 💚🌿

Remember that giant aloe donation from yesterday?

Well, I’m happy to report that one of the biggest pieces, weighing in at about 8 pounds, has already found a new home and received a beautiful new pot! 🌵✨

But here’s the best part…

The donor shared that this aloe’s name is Agnes, and I’m happy to say that Agnes’s new plant parent has decided to keep her name. 💚

Seeing these plants continue their journey is one of my favorite parts of running the plant library. A plant that was lovingly cared for, shared with the community, and then welcomed into a new home where even her name lives on.

To the wonderful donor: thank you again for your incredible generosity. Your aloe donation has already brought a lot of smiles, and Agnes is happily settling into her next chapter.

From your home, to the plant library, and now to a new plant parent, Agnes’s story continues. 🌿

Happy planting, y’all! 🌵💚

06/19/2026

🌿☀️ Friday Morning Plant Library Update! ☀️🌿

The library is looking great this morning, and we have some fun goodies available!

🌿 What was labeled as chocolate mint, although I’m pretty sure it’s actually oregano. 😂
💜 Tahitian Wedding Veils
🥬 Cabbage
🌹 Blue roses
🪴 String of Pearls donated by a generous visitor. Thank you! These are absolutely amazing.
🌱 Coleus
🌿 Pothos

We also still have:

🌱 Plenty of seeds
🏷️ Garden labeling stakes
📖 Farmers’ Almanacs
🏳️‍🌈 Stickers and buttons
📚 The guest book waiting for your signature

I love seeing what comes and goes from the library and reading all of the notes visitors leave behind. If you stop by, don’t forget to sign the guest book!

Take what you need, leave what you can, and help keep the kindness growing. 💚

Happy planting, y’all! 🌿🌱

06/18/2026

🌿💚 Donation Spotlight! 💚🌿

Today I was lucky enough to be at the plant library when a visitor dropped off one of the most impressive donations I’ve seen in quite a while!

Not only did she donate a massive aloe, she donated multiple aloes. When I say massive, I mean MASSIVE. The kind of plant that makes every plant lover stop and stare. 😍🌵

What makes this donation even more special is the story behind it. The donor shared that her sister gave her this aloe plant about five years ago. At the time, she thought it was nearly dead, but over the past five years she lovingly nursed it back to health, even feeding it fish tank water. Thanks to her care and patience, it absolutely exploded with life and produced multiple aloe plants that she is now sharing with the community.

Some of these beauties will be staying at the home library, and some will likely make their way down to the downtown plant library at 43 Columbia Street so more people can enjoy them.

A huge thank you to the wonderful donor. If you see this post, I’d love for you to tag yourself so everyone can help give you the recognition you deserve. Your generosity is helping keep both plant libraries stocked and thriving.

Moments like this remind me how amazing this community is. Thank you for helping me spread a little more green and a little more kindness throughout Bangor. 💚

Happy planting, y’all! 🌿🌵

06/18/2026

🌿☀️ Thursday Morning Plant Library Update! ☀️🌿

The library is looking pretty full this morning, and we have lots of goodies waiting for new homes!

Available now:

🌸 Impatiens
🌼 Native asters
💜 A cute little potted Lobelia
🌿 Several Tahitian Wedding Veils
💙 A beautiful blue iris
🌸 Pansies
💜 Culinary lavender
🥬 Either a cabbage or cauliflower… I’m honestly not sure which one! 😂
🌱 Coleus
🌿 Pothos
💚 Jade starter
🌻 Safflower
🍫 Chocolate mint

We also have:

🌱 Tons of donated seeds
🏷️ Cute plant-labeling stakes
🔨 Handmade garden marker signs
🏳️‍🌈 Stickers and buttons

The handmade garden signs are especially cool and definitely worth stopping by to check out in person! Someone made them from backsplash tiles and large nails, and they’re labeled for all kinds of garden plants.

As always, take what you need, leave what you can, sign the guest book, and help keep this little community project growing.

Happy planting, y’all! 🌿💚

06/17/2026

🌿☀️ Wednesday Morning Plant Library Update! ☀️🌿

We had another wonderful donation come in! Someone dropped off three pots of chocolate mint, and they smell amazing. 🍫🌿

Here’s what’s available this morning:

🌿 Chocolate mint
💜 Several Tahitian Wedding Veils
🌼 Native asters
🥬 Either cabbage or cauliflower (I forgot which one!)
🌻 A couple of safflowers
💚 Jade starter
🌿 Pothos
🌱 Coleus
🌺 Amaryllis bulb
📖 Farmers’ Almanacs
🏷️ Conversation stakes

And my favorite addition…

🔨 Someone created the coolest garden markers using backsplash tiles and large nails! They have labels like zucchini, beet, leaf lettuce, cilantro, cabbage, squash, and more. They are absolutely adorable and such a creative garden project. You really have to stop by and see them in person!

As always, take what you need, leave what you can, sign the guest book, and help keep the kindness growing. 💚

Happy planting, y’all! 🌿🌱

06/16/2026

🌿🌆 Tuesday Evening Downtown Plant Library Update! 🌆🌿
📍43 Columbia St., Bangor

I stopped by the downtown plant library this evening and found a couple of wonderful new donations!

A generous visitor dropped off:
🌵 Two aloe plants
🌸 A begonia

I also did a little restock and added:
💜 Culinary lavender
🌵 A beautiful, good-sized Thanksgiving cactus
🎃 A winter squash plant
🍓 A strawberry plant
🌱 Some seeds

It’s always exciting to see what shows up in the library from one visit to the next. Thank you to everyone who continues to donate, share, and help keep this little community project growing.

If you’re downtown, swing by 43 Columbia Street and see if there’s something you’d like to take home!

Take what you need, leave what you can, and help keep the kindness growing. 💚

Happy planting, y’all! 🌿

Downtown Bangor