Kennebunkport Conservation Trust Partners with Graves Memorial Library for Secret Garden Tour and Plant Sale Event!

By Shelley Wigglesworth

Ganny’s Garden on the River Green in Kennebunkport was unveiled and dedicated in 2011 as a gift and tribute to Former First Lady Barbara Bush. This popular garden full of perennials, sculptures and hardscape has received national attention and is visited year-round. Some people may not know that there are other lovely Trust gardens located at the Gravelly Brook Road KCT Headquarters, and these may be some of the best kept secret gardens in town. Lovingly planted and maintained by KCT volunteer gardeners, the Emmons’s House Gardens, the entryway garden, a new perennial garden featuring stonework by Brian Fairfield, and flowering native plant areas will be highlighted as part of the Graves Memorial Library Secret Garden Tour, which is scheduled for Saturday, July 16th, 2022, rain, or shine.

Along with the self-guided Trust Garden tours, visitors may explore the Trust’s Labyrinth and beautiful trails.

A plant sale featuring Maine grown, lovingly cared for plants, all priced between $5-$25- will be held from 8:30am-3pm, or until plants are sold out. KCT gardeners will be on hand to offer planting and care tips, and a free packet of Ganny’s Garden Shirley Poppy Seeds, harvested from the late former first lady’s flowers at Ganny’s Garden, will be given to each person who purchases a plant, while supplies last. Beach Dawg food truck will be on sight offering refreshments for purchase and Gemini cakes will offer desserts.

“We have a variety of plants to choose from, all at reasonable prices, including unique, unusual, and hard to come by perennials such as the double white blood root. Hosta, lupines, Shasta daisies, and other garden favorites will also be available,” KCT volunteer gardener Gail Roller said.

You do not have to be a part of the garden tour to visit the Trust gardens or properties, or to take part in the plant sale, as the Trust is open to all, free of charge. Those who purchase tickets to the Library’s Secret Gardens Tour will have access by trolley to the Trust during the tour.

FMI:

Secret Garden Tour: https://graveslibrary.org/event/secret-gardens-of-kennebunkport-a-fundraiser-for-graves-library-2/

Kennebunkport Conservation Trust: https://www.kporttrust.org/

Beach Dog Food Truck: https://www.facebook.com/BeachDawgsHotDogsAndMore/

Gemini Cakes: https://www.facebook.com/geminicakes2/?ref=page_internal