The Wild Gardens of Acadia / Anne M. Kozak and Susan S. Leiter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kazak, Anne M., author.

Leiter, Susan S., author.

Series:

Images of modern America.

Images of modern America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Native plant gardens--Maine--Acadia National Park.

Native plant gardens.

Wild flowers--Maine--Acadia National Park.

Wild flowers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (95 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2016]

Summary:

Founded in 1961 at Sieur de Monts Spring in Maine's Acadia National Park, the Wild Gardens of Acadia display, preserve, propagate, and label native plants in areas simulating natural plant communities. The gardens, which originated from a competition in growing native plants sponsored by the Bar Harbor Garden Club, continue to be developed and maintained by volunteers in partnership with Friends of Acadia and Acadia National Park. Each of the gardens" 13 habitats, ranging from mountain to beach to bog to deciduous and coniferous woods, displays plants native to the park. Since the founding, countless park visitors have come to the gardens to identify plants they have seen on walks or hikes or to learn more about cultivating native plants. Many of the images in this book are drawn from the extensive photograph collection of the Wild Gardens of Acadia.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (page 95).

ISBN:

9781439656198

1439656193