Our Farm
Our small acreage farm and native plant nursery is located in Orono, Maine (in the Greater Bangor area).
It began as a homestead over a dozen years ago. In 2026, we are going into our fifth year as a farm business with several enterprises & credentials:
- Native Plant Nursery
- Certified Green Infrastructure Practitioner
- Permaculture & Garden Planning Services
We enjoy teaching, writing and speaking about what we know. If you are interested in booking a presentation or speaker for your group, please see our Public Speaking page here.
If you would like to buy native plants, native shrubs, native trees & seeds, visit us during the growing season at the Orono and Bangor Farmers' Markets.
Learn about gardening classes; or view our products under Shop. Book a garden consultation here.
Season Five in 2026!
Our fifth growing season as a farm business in 2026!
We are busy behind the scenes getting ready for the upcoming season! Many more native plants for sale, gardening classes, collaborations, events and products for the coming year.
Check our calendar often or follow us on Instagram for announcements about classes, presentations, workshops, new products and native plant events in 2026!
Or subscribe to our monthly newsletter. Subscribers are always the first to know!
Bas Rouge Farm & Forge is Veteran and Latina owned. Click the Calendar button below to learn more about our upcoming events.
Happy planting!
The Farmers
Glenn (he/him/his)
Ivonne (she/her/ella)
Ivonne (she/her/ella)
GIS professional turned mushroom grower and sometimes beekeeper.
Glenn is a USMC Veteran. He enjoys long walks with our Beaucerons, growing mushrooms for wholesale accounts and is the carrier of things around the farm.
He holds several degrees in
Engineering including an MS in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and is a certified opticia
GIS professional turned mushroom grower and sometimes beekeeper.
Glenn is a USMC Veteran. He enjoys long walks with our Beaucerons, growing mushrooms for wholesale accounts and is the carrier of things around the farm.
He holds several degrees in
Engineering including an MS in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and is a certified optician.
Glenn completed a beekeeping certificate program from Heroes to Hives-MSU Extension and Growing Specialty Mushrooms from e Cornell.
Ivonne (she/her/ella)
Ivonne (she/her/ella)
Ivonne (she/her/ella)
Former Master Gardener Volunteer, Registered Maine Guide, hobby naturalist, writer, photographer and hobby Blacksmith. Ivonne teaches, writes and speaks about native plants, gardening, pollinators, sustainability and farm & garden DIY projects.
She holds certificates in Sustainable Landscape & Garden Management, Permaculture Design. In 20
Former Master Gardener Volunteer, Registered Maine Guide, hobby naturalist, writer, photographer and hobby Blacksmith. Ivonne teaches, writes and speaks about native plants, gardening, pollinators, sustainability and farm & garden DIY projects.
She holds certificates in Sustainable Landscape & Garden Management, Permaculture Design. In 2025 she obtained Certification as a Green Infrastructure Practitioner (GIP) through the ANSI Accredited NGICP/Envirocert and Local Project Administration (LPA) Certification through MaineDOT.
Ivonne sits on the Boards of Directors of the Maine School Garden Network, MOFGA and Fedco Seeds.
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Our native plants are pollinator safe & friendly.
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