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  • Sunday, August 28, 3:30 pm – 7:00 pm – By the Sea, By the Sea Marginal Way Preservation Fundraiser at the Beachmere Inn

    Five gardens will be featured on August 28 at the By the Sea, By the Sea garden tour from 3:30 – 7 in beautiful Ogunquit, Maine, including a garden by Garden Club of the Back Bay member Louesa Gillespie. Your contributions are vital in order to preserve the Marginal Way, maintain pedestrian safety, and guarantee long-term safety and access to the Marginal Way. $150 per person, including wine and hors d’oeuvre and silent auction.

    For Silent Auction items, Gallery Paintings, and more information on the Garden Tour please visit www.marginalwayfund.org

    Parking available at the Baptist Church on Shore Road and at Jonathan’s overflow lot on Rt. 1. All guests for By the Sea, By the Sea, A Garden Tour on Sunday, August 28, are requested to park at Ogunquit Baptist Church, 157 Shore Rd in Ogunquit, as there will be no parking allowed at the Beachmere. A shuttle will be available to transport you between the parking lot and the Beachmere.

    Louesa Gillespie’s garden on the Marginal Way access path is a 100 year old mature garden in an English country style with different areas on a ledge slope
    19 Israel Head Rd

    Paul Kapela and Russell Clevesy’s formal garden is a three tiered terrace designed to be color throughout the season consisting of 50% perennials and 50% annuals.
    80 Israel Head Rd.

    Joan and Norman Suslock’s garden on the Marginal Way path is a large eclectic colorful garden surrounding the property.
    92 Israel Head Rd. 

    Joan and Peter Griswold’s garden on the Marginal Way path is a small gem of a seaside garden planted with native plants featured in several publications.
    20 Briar Bank

    Barbara and Richard O’Leary’s gardens by the sea feature colorful plantings ensconced in beautiful multi-level natural settings with several intimate seating areas.
    51 Ontio Way

    Purchase tickets through PayPal at https://www.marginalwayfund.org/garden-tour/


  • Friday, June 19 – Sunday, June 21, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Ogunquit Museum 5th Annual Art in Bloom

    Join the Ogunquit Museum of American Art, 543 Shore Road in Ogunquit, Maine, on Friday, June 19 through Sunday, June 21, from 10 – 5, for the 5th Annual Art in Bloom, produced and presented by the talented arrangers of the Piscataqua Garden Club, a member of the Garden Club of America.  One of the Garden Club of the Back Bay’s members, Louesa Gillespie, is also a member of Piscataqua, and highly recommends this three day celebration of fine art and interpretive floral arrangements inspired by works of art from the Museum’s exhibitions.  On Saturday, June 20, from 11 – 3, Lars Turin Clayworks of York, Maine will be in the Shop at OMAA.  Turin’s works in clay are created using a number of different techniques and processes, and evoke patterns found in nature.  Sponsored in part by Maine, the magazine, Kennebunk Savings, and Art Collector Maine.