Summer was threatening to end in just a couple short weeks when I received the most lovely invitation to make a day trip to Kennebunk, Maine for a lobster roll lunch, some shopping at Snug Harbor Farm, and exclusive entree into a few of the most charming gardens on the east coast. I accepted, of course, and brought back the pictures to prove it. It was a day of visual beauty coupled with the sound of waves crashing on rocky beaches, birdsong, and the industrious hum of landscaping crews.
The two-hour drive there was well worth it to experience all that. I returned home, spiritually renewed and glad that I detached for a day to explore a part of my own New England backyard that I’d never checked out before. Even if you’re a Maine regular (as I found out that day that so many of you are), you’ll enjoy this armchair view of Kennebunk, a place that prides itself on being, “The only village in the world so named.”
We started out at Snug Harbor Farm, an amazing place for plant enthusiasts looking for beautiful plants and garden accessories.
Mary Moffitt, manager of the greenhouses at Snug Harbor Farm, pictured in the succulents greenhouse.
One of the outbuildings at Snug Harbor Farm, covered in climbing hydrangea.
A crisply edged late-summer border in Kennebunk. Sedum, asters, and butterfly bush are in bloom, while lily pods add spent-flower interest.
I swooned for this view.
My intrepid garden club cronies and I followed the mysterious path…
…that led to a rocky beach that welcomed us as its sole visitors. More pics of Snug Harbor Farm and the gardens of Kennebunk, below.
Cherubic statuary mingle with the shubbery at Snug Harbor Farm.
They’ve got hens and roosters at Snug Harbor Farm.
These stone froggy yogis greeted us at the entrance to Snug Harbor Farm. I took a few deep breaths with them and moved along.
Everywhere you turn, there’s another vignette.
Grapes growing against one of the many interesting outbuildings at Snug Harbor Farm.
A large succulent potted in a terra cotta urn.
A corner of the shop at Snug Harbor Farm.
Back to the gardens…
Adirondack chairs suggest you sit a while and take in the view.
A lone beach rose provides a spot of color on the beach.
The next day I received the most lovely thank-you gift for doing the driving — a perfect summer peach.
Thanks for a great day, LH. You were the hostess with the mostess.
