Great Gardens Start with The Best Soils & Fertilizers .... Naturally!
We supply organic and traditional bulk and bagged products to the independent garden centers, nurseries and greenhouses. Our unique marine based compost blends bring the benefits of the ocean to anything you are growing.
Coast of Maine Organic Products, inc. is a company founded in Maine that has been producing truly exceptional, organically approved, compost-based soils, enriching mulches, soil supplements and liquid fertilizers, for more than 20 years. Designed to enhance and support healthy soil biology, they compost residuals sourced locally in Maine and New Brunswick, such as shellfish (lobster & crab), salmon, wild blueberries, and cow manure. Additional local ingredients include: tree bark, worm castings, and seaweed. The company distributes their organic retail bagged goods to independent garden centers along the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
What Makes Coast of Maine Special? Episode 1
Coast of Maine was founded in 1996 with a focus on making the best compost blends, using Maine marine residuals while supporting local retailers. Our explosive growth today is based on our dedicated, motivated, and creative employees.
In this first episode our VP of Marketing, Cameron Bonsey, interviews Felicia Newman, Director of Operations Planning, Product Development, and Quality. Her experience, drive, and creativity is a huge reason that Coast of Maine continues to grow in the organic gardening world with gardeners who want to be able to trust the organic growing media they are using. Enjoy!
The Organic Starter Pallet
Wicked Organic! Our product ingredients and claims are reviewed and approved for organic growing, which should not only give you the confidence that they are clean grow products, but they are held to the highest standards in the industry. From Organic Potting Soil to Organic Cactus & Succulent Mix, this starter pallet has everything you need to satisfy any organic gardener! 66 beautifully packaged products in total, will allow you to instantly create an isle just for organic growers! It couldn’t be easier!
| Bar Harbor Blend Organic Potting Soil OMRI Listed. An all-purpose organic soil mixture made with salmon, blueberry, lobster and other composts, lobster shells, sphagnum peat, perlite and kelp meal. It provides the perfect balance of water retention / drainage needed for healthy plants. |
| Sprout Island Organic Seed Starter OMRI Listed. A rich mixture of blended sphagnum peat moss, perlite, kelp meal, worm castings and well-aged compost. It was designed specifically for germinating seeds and rooting cuttings and growing them into healthy, disease resistant plants. |
Planting Strawberries in a Container with Coast of Maine!
Late spring and early summer is a great time to plant strawberries! Because of their shallow roots, they grow great in containers. Check out this fun video and get inspired to plant your own!
Products used: Coast of Maine Bar Harbor Blend & Coast of Maine Stonington Blend Organic Plant Food.
The Coast of Maine Story
There is a long composting tradition in Maine and Maritime Canada, especially among the region's salmon, wild blueberry and shellfish processors. In the late 1980's the State formed the Maine Compost Team - a group of specialists from the State Departments of Agriculture and Environmental Protection and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service - to help many of these processors set up successful composting programs.
Coast of Maine Organic Products was founded in early 1996 together with Great Eastern Mussel Farms (an early convert to composting) to better coordinate these efforts by investing in quality, capacity and the development of new markets for these truly exceptional composts.
By late 1996, we had taken over the management of a salmon composting facility in Marion Township, Maine owned by Washington County. The Marion site is located in easternmost Downeast, Maine, about 20 miles from the border town of Calais and a good four-hour drive to the north and east of Portland. The site is convenient to the region's salmon aquaculture farms, wild blueberry barrens and vast softwood forests that together yield the ingredients needed for our compost recipes.
In late 2008 we purchased the 26 acre site from the County and are in the midst of a significant expansion. Our new bagging and office building is complete, making us much more efficient. We also work closely with other composters in Maine and Maritime Canada, and have added kelp, lobster, hen manure, aspen bark and sphagnum peat to our ingredient list.
This expanding line of organically approved plant food and compost-based soils represents a real environmental win-win: we are finding important new uses for our region's natural resources and introducing our customers to a cost-effective alternative for growing beautiful,