Gardens

Mount Desert Island is home to many world-famous gardens. The Azalea Garden has 20 different varieties of azaleas as well as an extensive variety of native plants and trees and a Japanese sand garden. In the Asticou Azalea Garden azaleas, rhododendrons, mountain laurels, and heathers were used to transform a swamp into a stroll garden.

The Thuya Garden is a combination of formal English flower beds with informal Japanese effects. Shrine-like pavilions, a pool, tone jars and tubs are set against a background of Maine woods, tucked artfully into a mountainside.

The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden sits atop a wooded bluff in the Maine village of Seal Harbor. With its Spirit Path and English-style flower garden, it is an unusual blend of Western and Eastern elements.