Scandinavian folklore arrives in Maine to help protect nature 

The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens stretch over more than 300 acres along the New England shore. Hundreds of thousands of visitors explore the wooded grounds every year, and this season, five new guests straight out of Scandinavian folklore are calling the gardens home. The World’s Bianca Hillier reports on the “Guardians of the Seeds.”

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