The Camden Garden Club, in collaboration with the Camden Public Library, invite you to attend their Winter Horticulture Series, Re-Visioning Your Garden: Talks About Landscape Design, Tuesday mornings from Jan. 27th to Feb. 24th. Attend in person at the Camden Public Library or join via ZOOM. You must register in advance for in-person or online attendance CLICK TO REGISTER .

A landscape designer and advocate for green infrastructure, Sharon Turner of Crystal Lake Farm and Nursery will share her insights on designing gardens that are both aesthetically pleasing and environmentally responsible.

Sharon will show participants how to select plants that are best suited for the gardens they are designing.

The land that is now Crystal Lake Farm & Nursery has been in Sharon’s family for almost 70 years. In 1955, when Sharon was 10, her father purchased a former boys’ camp and the family moved from Connecticut to the old farmhouse on her current property. For the next six years, Sharon and her family lived the country life, learning about nature, raising livestock, and growing bountiful gardens. In 1961, the family moved to Brunswick.

Although the farm stayed in the family, the house and land remained largely unoccupied until 1995 when Sharon’s son Eli built a cabin and moved to the farm. He spent the next five years (and more) restoring the land, using low-impact methods to manage the woodlands and reclaim open spaces for buildings, fields, and gardens.

In 2004, Eli built a cabin for Sharon and the seed for Crystal Lake Farm & Nursery was planted. For the past 20 years, mother and son have worked together to build their business and act as stewards of this small piece of Maine.