ABOUT HEDGEROW

Anne Cox and Julie Wortman founded Hedgerow organic market in 2003, six years after moving to Martinsville, an historic village area on the St. George Peninsula. Led by Cox, who has a Masters degree in landscape architecture, Hedgerow was at first primarily a landscape design/installation and garden maintenance business with clients from Islesboro to Damariscotta. Eventually, Cox and Wortman expanded the vegetable gardens at their Martinsville property to a point which led to the opening of a small market in their barn.

A partnership with India and John McConochie of Green Bean Cookhouse (located on the river side of the peninsula) expanded the market’s offerings to include prepared food particularly appealing to the area’s summer clientele. In addition, Wortman began developing the market into a shop offering specialty grocery items, goods for home and garden, and a smattering of books, greeting cards and games.

Cox’s interest in creating original hooked rugs eventually garnered sufficient recognition to merit the addition of a small gallery in which to display them. Soon she also began showing her growing portfolio of paintings in this space. The gallery also sometimes features the work of other Maine artists and artisans.