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Tag: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

  • Wednesday, March 13, 9:30 am – Sugar, Sex and Poison: Shocking Plant Secrets Caught on Camera

    Engaging speaker, horticulturist, author, and photographer Bill Cullina will entertain The Lexington Garden Club, and the public, again on Wednesday, March 13, beginning at 9:30 am at the National Heritage Museum, 33 Marrett Road in Lexington. This time the Executive Director of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will give us a close-up view of the many clever and beautiful ways plants defend themselves and attract animals, insects and other partners in the work of pollination, seed dispersal, and nutrient acquisition. We’ll also have an opportunity to purchase Bill’s books before and after his talk.  Free.

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  • Wednesday, August 17, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm – Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and More

    Enjoy the glories of two coastal Maine gardens – one a renowned Botanical Garden and the other a stunning private garden on the coast nearby. On Wednesday, August 17, from 9 – 3, Plant and Garden Curator Bill Cullina welcomes New England Wild Flower Society members and friends to the magnificent Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, officially opened in 2007, but already making a name for itself nationally with the newly installed two-acre Children’s Garden, the Garden of the Five Senses, multiple ornamental displays, an area of native Maine plantings, fairy villages, waterfalls — all surrounded by exceptional natural beauty and incomparable stonework and sculpture. After an orientation from Bill, you tour the Gardens with a docent and then enjoy lunch at the Kitchen Garden Café.

    After lunch and time to explore on your own, you drive a short distance along the coast to Frogs Leap, where owner Ellie Freeman shares her exuberant plantings inspired by art and literature, creating a wonderful expression of horticultural form and color. The garden includes a blend of classic Maine perennials with modern varieties and native plants. A human-sized frog sculpture contemplates a water garden where real frogs bask on lily pads. We explore this rocky coastal site, now transformed with a hillside stroll garden, game lawn, vegetable and cutting garden, chess lawn, lily pond, moss walk, dry-stone Asian-style contemplative garden, and 150-foot long borders ablaze with late summer bloom.

    Cost: $89 (includes cost of tour and lunch) (Member) / $104 (Non-Member. Register at www.newfs.org.

  • Monday, July 19 and Tuesday, July 20, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Bedrock Exposure: Geology of the Gardens

    This two-session set of field walks on Monday, July 19 and Tuesday, July 20 from 1 – 4 pm with geologist Robert Doyle provides exposure to the fascinating rocks of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and an overview of the geological history of Maine. The first day examines the Lerner Garden of the Five Senses and Great Lawn, focusing on folding, faulting, and metamorphic rocks. The walk will continue with an exploration of glacially-shaped “sugarloafs” along the Birch Allée, concluding at the Rhododendron Garden’s waterfall. On the second day, you’ll traverse the Haney Hillside Garden to study the Back River fault, the incredible rocks placed along the hillside and in the Meditation Garden, and numerous shoreline features. This class is geared for beginners and anyone interested in learning more about local geology.  $45 for CMBG members, $55 for non-members.  Meet in the Visitor Center.  To register, or for more information, log on to www.mainegardens.org, or call 207-633-4333.

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  • Friday, June 18 – Sunday, June 20 – The Maine Gardeners and Artisans Festival

    The three-day Garden Fair at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens June 18 – June 20  features an amazing array of merchandise by vendors from many areas of the U.S. Each day will bring new entertainment, tours, and talks – all free to those who attend. In addition, Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman will present the keynote lecture Eating from the Garden Year-Round, Even in Maine from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm on Saturday, June 19. See a display of container gardens created by professionals and amateur gardeners, with some of the containers available for sale. Garden Fair media sponsors are WHOM and Down East Magazine, Books & Online.  Free with Gardens admission.  For a complete schedule and directions to Boothbay, Maine, log on to www.mainegardens.org, or call 207-633-4333.

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  • Monday, August 10, 7 pm – Gordon Hayward Garden & Art Talk

    Nationally recognized garden designer, writer, and lecturer Gordon Hayward will be at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine, on Sunday, August 10, for an illustrated talk in which he’ll explore the visual language shared by painters and garden designers. The lecture, ‘Fine Painting as Inspiration for Garden Design,” begins at 7:00 p.m. and will be in the Visitor Center.

    Gordon Hayward’s presentation is based on his new book, Art and the Gardener (Gibbs Smith Publishing, 2008). The illustrated lecture will highlight artists Bonnard, Cezanne, Hassam, Monet and other masters whose paintings can inspire gardeners to virtually copy ideas from their favorite works of art to visually link house to garden.

    Hayward has been writing for Horticulture magazine for 25 years and was a contributing editor at Fine Gardening magazine for six years. He is the author of ten books on garden design. Your House, Your Garden (WW Norton, 2003) won a book award from The American Horticultural Society in 2004. His book, Small Buildings, Small Gardens (Gibbs Smith, 2007) won The Benjamin Franklin Award for the best garden book for 2007 from the Independent Book Publishers Association.

    To be sure of a place, please register in advance on line at www.mainegardens.org, stop by the Visitor Center, or call (207) 633-4333.

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  • Tuesday, August 4, 5:30 p.m. – Gardens Private and Personal

    ‘Gardens Private and Personal,’  the second program in the Gardens and Art Lecture Series, will be held on Tuesday, August 4, at 5:30 p.m., at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine. Author Nancy D’Oench will present an illustrated program based on the Garden Club of America book she helped create. She will also sign copies of the book.

    Gardens Private and Personal celebrates 100 years of the Garden Club of America. Nancy D’Oench has written an exquisite book about more than 90 gardens from all around the United States, including Maine. Photographs are by Mick Hales, one of the world’s leading garden photographers; and gardening expert Bonny Martin was the project’s coordinator.

    The book is organized according to parts of the garden – entryways, herbaceous borders, water features, hedges, etc. – with exquisite pictures accompanied by insightful commentaries and extended captions. Quotations from the owners, dedicated gardeners all, offer an additional source of inspiration to any garden lover.  Nancy D’Oench of Portland, Connecticut, is a writer, award-winning flower arranger, lecturer, flower-show judge, and longtime member of the Garden Club of America.

    The fee for the  presentation is $10 for Maine Botanical Society members or $15 for non-members Pre-registration is suggested, either on-line at www.mainegardens.org, or by calling (207) 633-4333.

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  • Thursday, July 9 – Saturday, July 11 – Antiques in the Gardens

    Antiques in the Gardens will return to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay Harbor, Maine,  in an expanded format on Friday and Saturday, July 10 and 11, with a gala preview party on Thursday evening, July 9. Dozens of selected members of the Maine Antiques Dealers Association will show and sell their finest wares. The Gala Preview Party will offer a first glimpse at the antiques show amid a delightful atmosphere and with superb food and drink. See below for the latest list of the exceptional featured caterers for the preview party.

    The Gala Preview Party from 5:00-8:00 p.m. includes wine, beer, and spirits from across Maine, along with delectable treats from Maine’s finest food purveyors; for example, Hartstone Inn, Treats, Sweetgrass Farm Winery & Distillery.

    Tickets to the Preview Party are $75 per person and must be purchased in advance, either by logging on to www.mainegardens.org or calling (207) 633-4333. Preview Party tickets include not only admission to the party on Thursday, July 9, but also admission to both the Gardens and show for Friday and Saturday.

    Admission to the show alone on Friday and Saturday is $12; admission to both the show and Gardens is $20. Tickets are available only at the door.