by Susan | Jul 7, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
Photography with my iPhone and a clip-on macro lens is a favorite past-time. I find the close-up detail in flowers incredibly appealing. The Coastal Maine Botanical Garden was a treasure trove of subjects. There’s so much to see when you take a closer that you...
by Susan | Jul 6, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
I am drawn to patterns and textures in nature. That fascination was nourished at Coastal Maine Botanical Garden last week. I see patterns in the flowers, and in the trees. I notice textures in the contrasts, and in the man made versus the natural. I spot it in the...
by Susan | Jul 5, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
The lure of the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden is the flora, but the fauna is the serendipity that makes the experience extraordinary. We spent an inordinate amount of time studying the frogs. It’s a frog eat frog world. New this visit is the butterfly house...
by Susan | Jul 4, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
Yesterday dawned cool and drizzly as Hannah, and I embarked on our journey to the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden in Boothbay, Maine a three-hour drive. It’s been three years since we first visited, and it’s on Hannah’s summer “To Do”...
by Susan | Oct 30, 2015 | Out and About in Maine
Today was my first visit to the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden in Boothbay. On this next-to-last day of the season there was little in bloom and the worker bees were putting gardens to bed. Yet I could still appreciate the beauty of the place, the hardscape and design...
