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Tuesday, July 27 – Saturday, July
31, 2009
Maine Summer Garden Tour
After an early
departure from Downingtown, we’ll arrive at the Tower Hill Botanic
Garden in Boyleston, Mass. in time for lunch and a tour of the
extensive gardens.
www.towerhillbg.org.
Then we move onward to our hotel in Boothbay Harbor, Maine where we’ll
settle in for 3 nights.
www.boothbayharborinn.com.
On Wednesday, we
begin with a visit to the Maine Coastal Botanic Garden on 248
waterfront acres, where we’ll also have a catered lunch in the garden.
www.mainegardens.org.
Next up are 2 private gardens, including the garden of Joan and
Carlton Plummer, featuring stone walls and sea views! The Plummers
are artists and the gallery will also be open for a visit. Upon
return to our hotel, we’ll have an authentic downeast clambake.
Day 3 begins with
a visit to the Farnsworth Art Museum & Wyeth Center in Rockland.
www.farnsworthmuseum.org.
The museum, whose grounds include Olsen House and many paintings by
the Wyeths of Brandywine Valley, also features an extensive collection
of Louise Nevelson sculptures. Afterward, we’ll have a lunchtime
visit to Hedgerow Landscape Design and Nursery.
www.hedgerowdesign.com.
Then we’re off to visit gardens in the nearby village of Cushing.
You’ll have free time in the evening to explore Boothbay Harbor.
After departure
from the Inn on Friday, we’ll visit a garden in the Boothbay area,
then head southward to 2 gardens in York Harbor, including Braveboat
Harbor Farm, dramatically sited on the Atlantic ocean. Our final
evening will be spent at the Best Western in Framingham, Mass.
www.bestwesternmassachusetts.com.
Saturday morning
we’ll visit the Garden in the Woods
www.newf.org.
We’ll have time for some shopping (cypripediums, anyone?) enjoy lunch
in the garden, and then homeward bound.
COST - $750 pp (single supplement $175.) Includes: Transportation, 4
nights lodging, 5 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 1 dinner (clambake), all
admissions, garden visits.
This trip is
limited to a maximum of 35 HPS members .For more info email info@hardyplant.org.
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