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More than flowers on the Camden Garden Tour.

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

Rockport rose on the Camden Garden Tour.

Within the gorgeous gardens on Maine’s garden tours, the architecture, art, history, and people, can amaze as well.

Here are just a few glimpses of the Camden Garden Tour on a very overcast, and sometimes drippy, last Thursday. (Getting used to a new camera.)

Delightful fish folk art in a Rockport harbor garden.

Fantastic fish swim on the boathouse of the Patti & Bruce Westphal’s Garden on Rockport Harbor. The home was filled with a very amusing folk art collection that expanded into the garden.

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Andre the Seal loved visiting this lobsterman’s house. Fish (the edible variety) were of interest to him as well.

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Nancy & Ben Allen’s lovely renovated Victorian home and overflowing perennial  garden in Lincolnville.

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The fences at the Berwick Hill in Rockport are as classic as the gardens.

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The pool at Berwick Hill surrounded by luscious flora at the home of Dyke Messler & Rickey Celentano.

Apologies for spelling, grammar and context errors recently. Rushing too much is the excuse.


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Oh no! There are only a few garden tours left this summer.

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Rock garden in Maine.

Here are the last garden tours of Maine’s summer season.

July 16Camden Garden Tour, 9:30 am – 4 pm, $25 advance, $30 day of tour, 207-236-8946.

July 18Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance Home and Garden Tour, 10 am -5 pm, $20,  pdf brochure, Buck O’Herin — 207-589-3230 or email buckoherin@fairpoint.net

July 19, Sunday, 10 am – 4 pm, The Bar Harbor Garden Club Garden Tour, Tickets $20 in advance, $25 day of tour, 207-288-9689.

July 26, Sunday,11 am – 4 pm - Southwest Harbor House & Garden Tour, benefiting the library – ‘featuring six lovely gardens strung along the shore from Southwest Harbor to Manset, to Bass Harbor and up to West Tremont.’

Any information about others will be greatly appreciated!

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Earthly Delights — Summer Garden Tours in Maine

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

St. George Watershed Tour.

This is a partial list. Check back for updates. If you know of others, please note them in the comments below.

Throughout the summer — Belfast Friday Garden Tours, 10 am – 5 pm, $3 donation per garden.

June 20, Saturday – Stonington, Evergreen Garden Club Private Garden Tour – (pdf) (207) 348-2753

June 20, Saturday, Otisfield, McLaughlin Gardens with a View, 10 am -3 pm, visit their site for lots of gardening activities.

July 9, Damariscotta, Miles Memorial Hospital League House and Garden Tour, 9 am – 4:30 pm, $25, 207 790-2009.

July 11, Lewston Music Society Home & Garden Tour, 10 am – 5 pm, $20 advance, $22 day of tour.

July 16, Camden Garden Tour, 9:30 am – 4 pm, $25 advance, $30 day of tour, 207-236-8946.

July 11, Gardens in the Watershed, July 12, 10 am – 4 pm, go to the site to get list of the gardens. (Photos from last year.)

July 19, Sunday, 10 am – 4 pm, The Bar Harbor Garden Club Garden Tour, Tickets $20 in advance, $25 day of tour, 207-288-9689.

July 26, Sunday,11 am – 4 pm – Southwest Harbor House & Garden Tour, benefiting the library – ‘featuring six lovely gardens strung along the shore from Southwest Harbor to Manset, to Bass Harbor and up to West Tremont.’

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Tulip blast.

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

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These photos were taken yesterday at the 2009 Spring Bulb Tour at Waters Edge, the Stewart Estate, in Northeast Harbor, on Somes Sound. It’s open again next Saturday, May 23, so you still have a chance to enjoy this spectacular event.

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This is the post from last year. This is a link to the photos from last year. This is the link to their site. This is a link to a preview of this year’s show.

 

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Gardens in the Watershed.

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Puffy clouds, blue skies, and swirling wind set the mood in the George’s River Land Trust’s annual tour last Sunday.

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