Wednesday, August 8, 2012

A Touch of England

Thuya Garden, Seal Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine  © Doug Hickok  All Rights Reserved
(Click on image for larger view)


Pavilions, lawns, rows of annual and perennial flowers planted in semi-formal style might indicate a garden in the English countryside. But surrounding this garden are the Maine woods of Mount Desert Island. The 140 acre paradise near Seal Harbor once belonged to a Boston landscape architect, but the land was eventually donated in trust to the residents of the island for public enjoyment.

18 comments:

  1. A wonder to behold Doug. Must be a popular place for weddings I would think. Verdant, green and bountiful.

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  2. This is such a beautiful image, Doug. Love the foreground detail, and how you've used it to enhance the feeling of depth.

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  3. So beautifull and lovely garden, like in England, I suppose :)

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  4. What a beautiful image of an enchanted place. Indeed, looks like an english garden.. :)
    Greetings

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  5. This is what can only be called "breathtakingly beautiful"!

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  6. great mood, really looks british

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  7. I've strolled through this garden too. The smells! Ah...

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  8. It looks so lush and beautiful . . . makes me miss home.

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  9. What a lovely garden!
    Do you get harbour view from that pavilion?
    A feel of old England in New England, eh? ;o)

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  10. Just like an English country garden. Thanks for sharing that, Doug.

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  11. A lovely garden to roam and shoot.

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  12. 140 acres? That is ostentatious.

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  13. I presume those on the right are Astilbe flowers and they look great in the landscape!

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  14. this is SUMMER ! it always amazes me what a profusion of colours and smells and shapes northern gardens produce in summer, much more so than southern gardens!
    (it was the same in iceland and now, in stockholm! i guess that's because everything blooms at more or less the same time !)

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  15. this is simply a lovely place.. great catch! :)

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  16. A frame utterly filled with beauty.

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