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by Outspoken on Sun May 25, 2008 8:40 am
See how the gardens grow
Seven Maine landscapes display designs and flowers.
By KITTY WHEELER
For the Maine Sunday Telegram
Maine gardens dazzle the eye. Many public gardens are open to visit, but individual gardens planted by residents often steal the show. As you navigate your way to the seven gardens below, please keep your eyes open for local color and design. You can always glean new ideas to improve your own garden.
Call ahead of time to find out what the blooming specialty is that week.
Tate House Garden, 1270 Westbrook St., Portland; 774-6177: The lovely herb garden is tucked behind Capt. George Tate's house museum in the Stroudwater neighborhood. Head west on Congress Street, turn left on Waldo and a sharp right on Westbrook. The building and gardens are on the left.
With its unique Georgian architecture, the house is the only surviving pre-Revolutionary home in greater Portland open to the public. The 18th-century-style herb garden is planted on both sides of rose granite steps on the terraced hill leading to the Stroudwater River. There are 70 varieties of herbs commonly used by the Tate family for culinary and medicinal purposes.
Specific garden tours are given on Wednesdays. It is also possible to see the gardens from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Admission is $7, and includes a tour of the house.
McLaughlin Garden, 97 Main St., South Paris; 743-8820: Take Route 26 north to the town, and the garden is on the left just before the railroad tracks.
These gardens feature late spring lilacs that bloom from Memorial Day through the middle of June. Peonies, day lilies, asters and sedums carry on through the summer months.
Paths wind through the garden, native plants dot the landscape, and perennials catch the eye. A barn and farmhouse, both built in 1840 and modernized in 1880 by John Calvin Stevens, add to the charm of the setting. Bernard McLaughlin lived there and developed the garden from the 1930s to the 1990s.
A caf operates Wednesdays through Sundays from late May to Labor Day, and the garden, as well as a gift shop, is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A donation of $5 for adults and $3 for seniors and students is recommended to help support the nonprofit organization.
Enjoy the delightful scent of white and purple lilacs in the next few weeks. Then plan other visits during the summer months to welcome other blooming plants.
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Barters Island Road, Boothbay; 633-4333: Follow Route 27 south toward Boothbay. At the monument, bear right and go straight at the stop sign. After a quarter of a mile, turn right on Barters Island Road, and the entrance is one mile ahead on the left.
The 248-acre site presents a splendid array of different plants in formal gardens and native forests. Winding paths which lead down to the Sheepscot River's mile-long waterfront highlight stone walls and rock formations. One path meanders through a native plant area, where lady slippers knock your eyes out in early June.
The stunningly designed visitor's center will have an art exhibit of Alan Fishman's "Seasons in Maine" paintings until July 7.
More here: http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=189408&ac=PHnws
Scott Vlaun, courtesy of Moose Pond Arts+Ecology
Seven Maine landscapes display designs and flowers.
By KITTY WHEELER
For the Maine Sunday Telegram
Maine gardens dazzle the eye. Many public gardens are open to visit, but individual gardens planted by residents often steal the show. As you navigate your way to the seven gardens below, please keep your eyes open for local color and design. You can always glean new ideas to improve your own garden.
Call ahead of time to find out what the blooming specialty is that week.
Tate House Garden, 1270 Westbrook St., Portland; 774-6177: The lovely herb garden is tucked behind Capt. George Tate's house museum in the Stroudwater neighborhood. Head west on Congress Street, turn left on Waldo and a sharp right on Westbrook. The building and gardens are on the left.
With its unique Georgian architecture, the house is the only surviving pre-Revolutionary home in greater Portland open to the public. The 18th-century-style herb garden is planted on both sides of rose granite steps on the terraced hill leading to the Stroudwater River. There are 70 varieties of herbs commonly used by the Tate family for culinary and medicinal purposes.
Specific garden tours are given on Wednesdays. It is also possible to see the gardens from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Admission is $7, and includes a tour of the house.
McLaughlin Garden, 97 Main St., South Paris; 743-8820: Take Route 26 north to the town, and the garden is on the left just before the railroad tracks.
These gardens feature late spring lilacs that bloom from Memorial Day through the middle of June. Peonies, day lilies, asters and sedums carry on through the summer months.
Paths wind through the garden, native plants dot the landscape, and perennials catch the eye. A barn and farmhouse, both built in 1840 and modernized in 1880 by John Calvin Stevens, add to the charm of the setting. Bernard McLaughlin lived there and developed the garden from the 1930s to the 1990s.
A caf operates Wednesdays through Sundays from late May to Labor Day, and the garden, as well as a gift shop, is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A donation of $5 for adults and $3 for seniors and students is recommended to help support the nonprofit organization.
Enjoy the delightful scent of white and purple lilacs in the next few weeks. Then plan other visits during the summer months to welcome other blooming plants.
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Barters Island Road, Boothbay; 633-4333: Follow Route 27 south toward Boothbay. At the monument, bear right and go straight at the stop sign. After a quarter of a mile, turn right on Barters Island Road, and the entrance is one mile ahead on the left.
The 248-acre site presents a splendid array of different plants in formal gardens and native forests. Winding paths which lead down to the Sheepscot River's mile-long waterfront highlight stone walls and rock formations. One path meanders through a native plant area, where lady slippers knock your eyes out in early June.
The stunningly designed visitor's center will have an art exhibit of Alan Fishman's "Seasons in Maine" paintings until July 7.
More here: http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=189408&ac=PHnws
Scott Vlaun, courtesy of Moose Pond Arts+Ecology
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