2bnMaine » garden tours http://2bnmaine.com/blog Maine Lifesyle -- natural, and man-made beauty, talented people, smart businesses, and good times to be found in the state of Maine -- with a persistent design slant. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:21:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Digging Summer. http://2bnmaine.com/blog/2010/06/17/digging-summer-2010-garden-tour-events-in-maine/ http://2bnmaine.com/blog/2010/06/17/digging-summer-2010-garden-tour-events-in-maine/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:12:32 +0000 2bnMaine http://2bnmaine.com/blog/?p=7007 St. George Watershed Tour.

We have mere moments until it’s officially summer, 2010, so dig out the croquet set and squeeze the lemonade.

Here’s a list of tours and events to get your gardening inspiration reved up this summer. Please check back for updates. And if you know of others, or spot any errors, please note them in the comments below. Thanks! It’s going to be a very pretty summer.

June 18, Bangor, Liberty Garden Tour — Peonies.

June 18-19 – Stonington, 9th Annual Lupine Festival & Evergreen Garden Club Private Garden Tour – (pdf) (207) 563-4800.

Otisfield, McLaughlin Gardens with a View — this schedule hasn’t been posted yet. But it may be found at this link when it is.

July 8, Damariscotta, Miles Memorial Hospital League House and Garden Tour, 9 am – 4:30 pm, $25, 207 790-2009, $25.

July 11, Gardens in the Watershed, 10 am – 5 pm, rain or shine. (Photos from previous year.)

July 15 & 16, Camden House & Garden Tour, which this year also includes a Decorator Show House featuring designers from the area, and from away, 9:30 am – 4 pm, $25 advance, $30 day of tour, 207-236-8946. (2bnMaine postings from last year — More than flowers. – Fish out of water.)

July 24, MDI, The Garden Club of Mount Desert Open Garden Day, rain or shine, 10am – 4 pm.

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.’

July 29, Castine, Castine House & Garden Tour, “Under the Elms and By the Sea” presented by the Castine Historical Society.

August 11, Cranberry Island Home, Art & Garden Tour — Tickets for the tour (including round trip ferry, but not lunch) are $35 per person in advance ($20 tour, $15 reduced-fare ferry), or $49 the day of the tour ($25 tour, $24 normal ferry fare.) From their website — There will be eight stops on the tour:

  1. A nineteenth century sea captain’s home
  2. A garden that is part of the Archives of American Gardens of the Smithsonian Institute
  3. The Heliker-LaHotan Foundation, a beautiful compound of buildings hosting an artist residency program
  4. Musical events throughout the day at the Congregational Church
  5. Cranberry House and its Preble-Marr Historical Museum
  6. An Art Show throughout the day at Cranberry House
  7. A mile-long hiking trail leading to Cranberry Island’s magnificent back shore
  8. Lunch available at the café at Cranberry House

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

All summer — Camden,  Garden Talks at Merryspring.

All summer — Boothbay, Maine Botanical Gardens Blog covers all their activities.

All summer — Garden Club Federation of Maine — Visiting Gardens & Tours.

]]> http://2bnmaine.com/blog/2010/06/17/digging-summer-2010-garden-tour-events-in-maine/feed/ 2 Don’t blink, you might miss them. http://2bnmaine.com/blog/2008/06/07/maine-garden-tours-dont-blink/ http://2bnmaine.com/blog/2008/06/07/maine-garden-tours-dont-blink/#comments Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:03:21 +0000 2bnMaine http://2bnmaine.com/blog/?p=93 Belfast, Maine garden Miss Kim lilac

A ‘Miss Kim’ lilac in Sharon Walsh’s seaside garden — one of the Belfast Open Gardens.

The spectacular Maine summer is just never long enough. With the longest day of the year coming in a few weeks, passionate gardeners are shifting into their faster gears.

There will be a ‘Garden’ page soon, but just so you don’t miss anything, the following is a partial list of some of the garden tours offered this summer.

Please note: not all the facts have been checked, and there have been several inconsistencies. So please check before you go.

And please send along information about other events, or more information about these. It will be greatly appreciated! This posting will be updated as needed, so please check back.

Belfast Garden Club Open Garden Days / May 9 – September 19 /10 – 5 / $3

Charming Gardens of Coastal Maine / Portland / Boothbay Harbor / Casco Bay / June 16 – 22

Miles Memorial Hospital League House and Garden Tour / “Along Muscongus Bay” /  Round Pond and Bremen / July 6 / 9:30 – 5  / rain or shine / $20-$25 / 207-563-8791

Eartheart Gardens in Harpswell / July 8 / 1 – 5 / Free / South Harpswell / 207-833-6905

Munjoy Hill Hidden Garden Tour / Portland / July 8 / 10 – 4 / $15-$20 / Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Organization / 92 Congress St. / 207-541-3607

The Maine Music Society’s Garden Tour / Auburn / Lewiston / Saturday, July 12 / 10 – 4 /rain or shine / $10-$12 / 207-782-1403

Gardens in the Watershed Tour / Sunday, July 13 / 10 – 5  / rain or shine

Waldo County Hospital Aide Garden Tour / Belfast / July 13 & 14 / 10 – 4 / $12-$15 / 207-338-3213

Private Gardens of the Kennebunks /  July 14 / 10 – 4 / $15 / 207-985-5975

Pittsfield Garden Club and the trustees of the Pittsfield Library / July 14 / 10 – 4 / $10-$12 / 207-487-5670 or 207-487-5088

Brunswick Garden Tour / July 15 / 10 – 3 / $12 / 207-725-2716

Camden Garden Tour / July 17 / 9:30 am to 4:00 pm

Hidden Treasures House & Garden Tour / Boothbay Harbor / Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens / July 19 / 207-633-4333

Windham Summer Garden Tour / July 21, 10 – 3 / (rain date July 28) / $15-$12 / Windham Hill / UCC Church / 140 Windham Center Rd. / 207-892-4948

Southwest Harbor Public Library Open Garden Day / July 22 / 11 – 4 / rain or shine /$20-$25 / Somesville and Southwest Harbor / 207-244-7065

Open Garden Day / The Garden Club of Mount Desert / Saturday, Juy 26 / 10 – 4 / rain or shine

Maine’s Visiting Gardens / Maine Garden Clubs

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