Community Support for Holbrook Island Sanctuary State Park
Friends of Holbrook Island Sanctuary
Member Businesses: Education
Blue Hill Garden Club
The Blue Hill Garden Club provides resources, programs and networking opportunities for the full-time and seasonal residents of the Blue Hill peninsula that will inspire the creation and stewardship of gardens that beautify and feed both our bodies and our souls.
Colloquy Downeast
Colloquy Downeast was formed in 2000 to provide a program for learning and thoughtful discussion of topics of general interest. Since then, we have organized more than 100 colloquies on a wide variety of subjects. The organization is managed by an all-volunteer Steering Committee comprised of up to 15 members of the community.
The mission of Colloquy Downeast is to create an independent learning community (supported and nourished by residents of the Blue Hill Peninsula, Deer Isle and beyond) engaged in enriching discussions through exchange of thoughts and ideas. This mission is supported by informed volunteer facilitators who offer analytical, interactive and conversational learning experiences to participants willing to share ideas and challenge their own assumptions.
Blue Hill Maritime Heritage Festival
Maritime Heritage Festival held in August (date is tide dependent) taking place at the Blue Hill Town Wharf and adjacent historic village.
In 2025 the 6th annual Festival will take place on Saturday, August 9th, 10am-4pm.
TSCA is a national 501c3 organization that hosts and cosponsors the Festival. It is registered in Maine.
Community Childhood Learning Place
The Community Childhood Learning Place is a year round, full-day program serving children, three-months to 4 years of age and an after school and summer programming for school aged children (5 years to 12 years), that recognizes the rich potential of each child physically, cognitively, and emotionally through child centered, play based discovery in the Reggio Emilia approach. The program values the contribution of family interaction, community involvement and the importance of engaging teachers well grounded in child development, learning philosophies and wellness principles
Three Points Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
We are a family owned and operated Brazilian jiu jitsu gym. We offer classes for kids and adults of all skill levels in a safe and welcoming environment.
Apricot Academy
We are a small K-8 Micro-school and believe in hands-on, minds-on learning.
Good Talks Mental Health, LLC
I provide quality, accessible, mental health support, especially focused on moms / femme parents. My sessions are online, choose-your-own-price, & flexible scheduling to make it as easy as possible for moms / femme parents to find support through behavioral questions, boundaries, development, & more.
Island Meadow Arts
Island Meadow Art is an art studio for kids located in Brooklin Maine. Our classes aim to encourage students’ exploration, enliven imaginations, and bring art history to life through a variety of mediums. Painting, drawing, sculpting, and printmaking are among some of the mediums students have the opportunity to work with. Students get individual attention in a focused environment.
Island Heritage Trust
The Island Heritage Trust is a non-profit private land trust dedicated to conservation that protects significant open space, scenic areas, wildlife habitats, natural resources, and historic and cultural features that offer public benefit and are essential to the character of the Deer Isle area.
Our membership is open to all. We are funded by the tax-deductible charitable contributions of our members. A board of 11 volunteer members governs the Trust through its Chair and Executive Director and staff.
Mission Statement
IHT contributes to the well-being of the island community by conserving its distinctive landscapes and natural resources, maintaining public access to valued trails, shoreline and islands, and by providing educational programming for all ages.
Golden Sun Childcare
Childcare Center on the Blue Hill Peninsula providing amazing care and education for your children.
Accepting children from 6 weeks – 5 years old!
Native Gardens of Blue Hill
The mission of Native Gardens of Blue Hill is to create public gardens of Maine native plants to demonstrate their beauty and value and to encourage sustainable gardening practices. Since 2015, we have been building a demonstration garden at the campus of Bagaduce Music on South St with the help of volunteers. Recently, we have begun to deepen our mission to include training and support for existing and new businesses in the field of sustainable landscaping, including the nursery trade. We envision serving as a training ground for entrepreneurship and innovation, a hub for ecological best practices in the community, and the supportive home to a regional guild of sustainable landscape stewards.
Chickadee Compost
We are a community composting business that collects compostable waste from around the peninsula and turns it into a high quality soil amendment.
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Mission: Investigate craft and art in aesthetic climate that honors tradition while acknowledging the rich potential of contemporary visual art, craft practice and research. Architecturally significant campus and focused energy of Haystack provide an environment that supports serious exploration.
Offering two-week residency, one- and two-week workshops, conference; May-September. blacksmithing, ceramics, glass, graphics, metals, textiles, wood, writing, and more. Scholarships available. Residency and Scholarship applicant deadline: March 1. General applicant deadline: April 1. All levels welcome.
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
89 Haystack School Drive, Deer Isle
On campus tours are offered on Wed., 1 p.m.,
for a nominal charge, from June 3 to August 26;
evening presentations, open to the public, 7:00 p.m.
348-2306 HYPERLINK http://www.haystack-mtn.org
89 Haystack School Drive
Deer Isle, Maine 04627 United States
Lawrence Family Fitness Center / Blue Hill YMCA
We are a non-profit, community-based health and fitness center with membership and programming for all ages.
32 Mines Road
Blue Hill, Maine 04614
Blue Hill Harbor School
The Blue Hill Harbor School is an independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) high school serving grades 9 through 12.
Bay School
School Union #93
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries
Discovery Wharf offers a live touch marine tank, a map-based touch wall of the Coast of Maine, a virtual reality exhibit with a library of 360 degree experiences, a large projection wall with a video library theater, a workshop corner with trap building tools, a knot tying station, a makeshift lobster boat wheelhouse with working electronics and interactive pulleys, as well as other static fishing gear displays providing historical context. And if you are lucky enough, you may even get to hear first hand stories about life on the sea by our always entertaining Captain Leroy Weed.
Join the more than 5,000 visitors each year seeking insights into the workings of the fishing community and information about what is happening in our ocean ecosystem. We strive to ensure that every visitor learns something new about Maine’s coastal fisheries, the natural environment supporting the fisheries and MCCF’s work to sustain these important resources and support our coastal communities.
Discovery Wharf provides a positive and memorable experience for all visitors, so please plan to make us part of your travel plans May through October 2024. Discovery Wharf is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 4pm. We strongly recommend that you make your reservation today at https://coastalfisheries.org to guarantee you premiere limited access around our touch tank, you won’t regret it!
Admission Fees:
Adults (13 and older) $10
Children (2 – 12 years old) and seniors 65+ are $5
Children under 2 and Military are FREE
Families (up to 5 people) $25
Reservation Times:
10am –10:45am
11am – 11:45am
noon – 12:45pm
1pm – 1:45pm
2pm – 2:45pm
3pm – 3:45pm
New Surry Theatre
Community Theater and Performing Arts School
The Shaw Institute
George Stevens Academy
An independent town academy serving as the 9-12 high school for students from the Blue Hill Peninsula and beyond. Discover your world at GSA.
Blue Hill Heritage Trust
The mission of the Blue Hill Heritage Trust is: To lead in conserving land, water, and wildlife habitat on the greater Blue Hill Peninsula. To teach and practice a stewardship ethic. To promote ecological, economic, and community health for this and future generations.
BHHT maintains a vast network of trails and road systems across the Blue Hill Peninsula and offers free programming year round. Visit their website for a list of events, trail maps, and more!
Who We Are:
We are a nationally accredited nonprofit, donor-based land conservation organization founded in 1985 by residents of the Blue Hill Peninsula in coastal Maine. We are working to conserve the farmland, forest, wetlands, and wildlife habitat needed to sustain ecological and community health in a changing climate. Our goal is to protect the resources and sense of place upon which traditional livelihood depends, and to work with our communities to embrace a stewardship ethic. We recognize the value of conserving land and water for its own sake, as well as valuing the recreational, economic, and quality-of-life benefits of conservation. By advancing this vital connection between healthy land and healthy communities, the Trust strives to be fully involved in peninsula communities through strong collaborations with our partners, including municipalities. To date, Blue Hill Heritage Trust has protected over 10,000 acres of land that will be forever stewarded for wildlife, recreation, scenic beauty, sustainable use and historical importance.