Garden Club Federation of Maine

Visiting Gardens & Tours

Whether you are planning a day trip with friends or want to be part of a more extensive trip this is the place to check. 

Visiting Gardens & Tours is divided into sections for your convenience. 
  • Gardens of Maine listed below
  • Gardens to see and tour by GCFM Districts (coming soon)
  • Tour & Trips offers three selections; tours hosted by local clubs,  National Tours, and International Tours.
Click the link on the navigation bar at the top of the page to make your selection.

New adventures are just around the corner,  I will see you in the gardens.



Asticou Garden, with Azaleas in Bloom photo by Michaeleen Ward

Photo by Melda Page ~ Red Roses in the National Botanical Gardens in Dublin

 

Maine's Visiting Gardens
Mary Blackstone, Past Chairman

 

    1. AMEN FARM GARDENS, Naskeag Point Road, Brooklin, 359-8982

    2. ASTICOU AZALEA GARDEN, Rt. 198 & 3, Northeast Harbor, 276-5130
    3. BATH CITY PARK, Summer Street, Bath 443-5143.
    4. BELFAST CITY PARK, Northport Avenue, Belfast
    5. COLONEL BLACK MANSION, 81 West Main, Rt. 172, “Woodlawn”, Ellsworth, 667-8671, www.woodlawnmuseum.com. 

       

       

       

    6. BLAINE HOUSE GARDENS, The Governor’s Mansion, State & Capitol Street, Augusta, 662-6363.
    7. BOK AMPHITHEATRE GROUNDS, Camden.
    8. BOK CHILDREN’S CHAPEL, Beauchamp Point, Rockport.
    9. BREWSTER INN GARDENS, 37 Zion’s Hill, Dexter, 924-3130.
    10. BUTTERFLY GARDENS, Rt. 43, Farmington Road, Starks, 696-8165.
    11. CAMDEN CHILDREN’S GARDEN, Rt. 1, 55 Main Street, Camden, 236-3440.
    12. CAMDEN HILLS STATE PARK, Rt. 1, Camden, 236-3109.
    13. CASTINE INN GARDENS, Main Street, Castine, 326-4365.
    14. CHRISTINA’S GARDEN, the Olson House, Hathorn Point Road, Cushing, 354-0102.
    15. ROGER CLAPP GARDENS, All American Selection, University of Maine, Orono, 870-7270.
    16. COASTAL MAINE BOTANICAL GARDEN, INC., Barter Island Road, Boothbay, 633-4333.
    17. R.P. COFFIN WILDFLOWER RESERVATION, Chopps Point Road, Woolwich.
    18. COTTAGE GARDEN, North Lubec Road, Lubec, 733-2902, www.eastportme.info.
    19. DEERING OAKS PARK ROSE CIRCLE, High Street & State Street, Portland, 874-8793, www.mainerosesociety.com.
    20. DOWNING PARK ON THE BIKE PATH, Presque Isle.
    21. ECOTAT, Rt. 2, Hermon, 848-3485.
    22. FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM CAMPUS, 352 Main Street, Rockland, 596-6457, www.farnsworthmuseum.org.
    23. BEATRIX FARRAND GARDEN & REFERENCE LIBRARY, College of the Atlantic, Rt. 3, Bar Harbor, 288-5015.
    24. FIELDS POND & WILDLIFE SANCTUARY NATURE CENTER, Maine Audubon Society, 216 Fields Pond Road, Holden, 989-2591, email: fieldspond@juno.com.
    25. THE GARDEN INSTITUTE AT MERRY GARDENS, Upper Mechanic Street, Camden, 236-9064.
    26. HAMILTON HOUSE, 40 Vaughn’s Lane, South Berwick, 384-2454. www.historicnewengland.orgg
    27. HARRASEEKET INN GARDENS, 162 Main, Freeport, 865-9377, www.harraseeketinn.com.
    28. HARRINGTON HOUSE (Freeport Historical Society), 45 Main Street, Freeport, 865-3170, www.freeportusa.com.
    29. HEATHER GARDEN, Wolf Neck, University of Southern Maine, Wolf Neck Road, Freeport, 865-3428.
    30. HEATHER GARDEN AT WALKER ART MUSEUM, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, 725-3000, ext. 3311.
    31. ANNE FRANCES HODGKINS PARK, ARBORETUM at Harpswell Center.
    32. MEMORIAL GARDEN, HOWELLS’ PARK, Harbourside Garden Club, c/o Janet Gourley, 52 Whipple Road, Kittery, 03904-1736.
    33. FAY HYLAND BOTANICAL PLANTATION, College Avenue, University of Maine, Orono.
    34. JOHNNY’S SELECT SEEDS TRIAL GARDENS, Foss Hill Road, Albion, 437-9294.
    35. JORDAN POND FLOWER GARDENS, Park Loop Road, Acadia National Park, Seal Harbor, 288-3338.
    36. KENNEBEC VALLEY GARDEN CLUB PARK, Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, 622-4256.
    37. LAUDHOLM FARM, Laudholm Farm Road, Wells, 646-1555, www.wellsreserve.org.
    38. LEIGHTON SCULPTURE GARDEN, 24 Parker Point Road, Blue Hill, 374-5001, www.leightongallery.com.
    39. LYLE E. LITTLEFIELD TRIAL GARDEN, University of Maine, Orono, 581-2918, www.umaine.edu
    40. LONGFELLOW ARBORETUM/PAYSON PARK, Ocean Avenue & Baxter Boulevard, Portland, 874-8783.
    41. LONGFELLOW GARDEN, 487 Congress Street, Portland, 879-0427.
    42. LYNDON PARK (embankment garden), Main Street, Caribou.
    43. MAINE AUDUBON SOCIETY, Gilsland Farm, Rt. 1, Falmouth, 781-2330.
    44. MAINE STATE GAME FARM (native plantings in sanctuary), Rt. 26, Gray, 657-4977, www.state.me.us/ifw/education/wildlifepark.htm.
    45. DANIEL MARRETT HOUSE (Victorian gardens), Rt. 25, Standish, 642-3032, www.mainemuseums.org.
    46. HARTLEY MASON ESTATE FAIRY GARDEN AT KENNEBUNK FREE LIBRARY, 112 Main Street, Kennebunk, 985-2173.
    47. BERNARD MCLAUGHLIN GARDEN, 97 Main Street, South Paris, 743-8820, www.mclaughlingarden.org.
    48. MERRIMAN POND WILDFLOWER PRESERVE, Rt. 123, Harpswell.
    49. MERRYSPRING HORTICULTURE CENTER, PO Box 893, Camden, 236-9046.
    50. MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY, State Street, Rt. 2, Bangor.
    51. NICKELS-SORTWELL HOUSE SUNKEN GARDENS, Rt. 1 & Federal Street, Wiscasset, 882-6218.
    52. ROSE GARDENS AT THE LADY PEPPERELL HOUSE, Kittery.
    53. PERKINS ARBORETUM, Colby College, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, 872-3000, www.colby.edu.
    54. PETIT PLAISANCE (includes Japanese garden), South Shore Road, Northeast Harbor, 276-3940.
    55. PETTINGILL FARM GARDENS, 45 Main Street, Freeport, 865-3170.
    56. PINE TREE STATE ARBORETUM, 153 Hospital Street, Augusta, 621-0031, www.pinetreestatearboretum.org.
    57. PORTLAND HEAD LIGHT KEEPER’S GARDEN & CIRCLES, Fort Williams Park, Cape Elizabeth, 799-0229.
    58. POST OFFICE PARK, Exchange & Middle Street, Portland, 874-8300.
    59. ROGERS FARM, Bennoch Road, Orono, 287-7396.
    60. ST. ANTHONY’S MONASTERY, Beach Avenue, Kennebunkport, 967-2011.
    61. SANFORD PARKS, Main Street, Sanford, 324-9130.
    62. SPRING POINT ARBORETUM, Southern Maine Technical College, South Portland, 767-7670.
    63. STATE HOUSE GROUNDS & CAPITOL PARK, Capitol & State Street, Augusta.
    64. STONE HOUSE CONFERENCE CENTER, University of Southern Maine, 642 Wolf Neck Road, Freeport, 865-3428.
    65. STOVER PARK MARSH, Harpswell.
    66. A. STURGIS WILDFLOWER SANCTUARY, Holman Day Road, Vassalboro.
    67. TATE HOUSE MUSEUM HERB GARDEN, 1270 Westbrook Street, Portland, 774-6177, www.tatehouse.org.
    68. CELIA THAXTER’S GARDEN, Appledore Island, Isle of Shoals, 607-255-3717, email: Shoals-Lab@cornell.edu.
    69. THUYA GARDENS & THUYA LODGE, Rt. 3, Northeast Harbor, 276-5130.
    70. TIDEBROOK CONSERVATION TRUST (saltwater farm), 38 Bartol Island Road, Freeport, 865-3856.
    71. VESPER HILL CHILDREN’S CHAPEL, off Calderwood Lane, Rockport, 236-0603.
    72. WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW HOUSE, 487 Congress Street, Portland, 774-1822.
    73. WILD GARDENS OF ACADIA, Rt. 3, Acadia National Park, 288-3338.

To submit information to the Visiting Gardens Chairman email visitinggardens@mainegardenclubs.org

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