A landscape designer creates a welcoming entry with swirling stonework and colorful, textured plants. Photographed by Douglas Merriam house renovation should make you happy, but whenever Karen and her husband pulled into the driveway of their freshly updated Boothbay home, their spirits sank. The problem wasn’t the house — they loved it, and they loved […]
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Price and and Steffen’s garden features dozens of varieties of daylilies. Tough and wind resistant, the plants are a good choice for coastal conditions.
A passion for plants transforms a humdrum home into a waterfront delight. Photographed by Douglas Merriam he enthusiasm with which WCVB-TV anchorman Randy Price and his husband, Mark Steffen, discuss their daylilies, dahlias, and hostas is contagious. In fact, their shared obsession with gardening borders on maniacal, and Price chuckles about the reputation they’ve established […]
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This woodsy coastal Maine landscape looks as if it has been this way for centuries, but a few years ago it had been devastated by construction damage, insects, and Hurricane Hanna. The understory was gone, leaving the property exposed to the elements and quickly eroding. Landscape architect Matthew Cunningham gave the first phase of renewal […]
Read MoreGreen-thumbed friends gather among vegetable beds for a laid-back meal in a Phippsburg potting shed.
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A Jefferson garden grows — and grows — with contributions from friends and relatives.
Read MoreA sophisticated garden yields a wholesome bounty in Castine.
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Dedicated to her mother-in-law’s vision, Cynthia Hosmer tends a landmark coastal garden in York.
Read MoreA village garden is blessed with a bucolic view.
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Get inspiration for your patch of green by touring some of the prettiest gardens in Maine.
Read MoreThe Camden Garden Club celebrates its 100th anniversary with a house and garden tour that steps back to its early years.
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