Mid-Atlantic Gardening: My Maine "Vacation", 1 by rcn48

rcn48 wrote:
Well it's been over a week since I returned but the "crud" knocked me down and it's taken me forever to get my photos organized to share with you. Most of you know my "summer projects" were put on hold when I traveled to Maine to landscape my daughter and son-in-law's new home. I probably won't get everything posted today but I'll start it off with a few photos from our visit to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. http://www.mainegardens.org/ I've been wanting to visit these gardens ever since they opened three years ago and it just so happened the second weekend I was there they were holding their second annual Garden Fair! The weather wasn't cooperating with my planting schedule but fortunately, even though they received 4" of rain the day before, the rain subsided just long enough for our visit to CMBG. The gardens were absolutely incredible and hard to believe they were so "young" - the plantings were so lush and everything was HUGE! I was disappointed however that a lot of my photos were MIA - I was so excited and frantically snapping pics so quickly that I guess I wasn't paying attention and didn't press the button on the camera all the way down :(

This planter was located along one of the paths and perched at the top of the stone ledges which were throughout the gardens. The planter was made by Lunaform, another place I've wanted to visit for years along the Maine coast. Their pieces are beautiful but a little too pricey for my budget! http://www.lunaform.com/index.html