Archive for the ‘landscape’ Category

A tiny whale of a garden.

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Just across the Rockport harbor from this, if you’re lucky, you just might stumble upon this wee bit of a garden.

Whale garden in Rockport.

Summer, 2009.

Whale garden in Rockport.

Spring, 2009.

A big thank you to the unknown, but talented, gardener.

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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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Blooming spring.

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

Spring’s unfurling, summer’s just around the corner.

mSnowdrift Crabapple buds will soon be fluffy white blossoms.

>Fern fronds survived another winter.

Cranesbill Geranium getting ready for the hummingbirds.

>Unfurling fern fronds.

>Blue blooms, polka dot leaves.

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Tracking visitors.

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

One great thing about snow is that it’s easy to see who’s stopped by. But sometimes an analytics program would be helpful — is this a rabbit, or a squirrel? Or something else?

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Painted white.

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

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Fall foliage layers.

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

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