Open Garden Day 2026
Saturday, July 25, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Mount Desert Island, Maine
Proceeds benefit dozens of local horticultural and conservation projects.
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Your donation helps support our programs around Mount Desert Island. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
The Garden Club of Mount Desert, a non-profit 501(c)(3), was founded in 1926 and is a member of the Garden Club of America and the Garden Club Federation of Maine. The Club's mission is to advance gardening among amateurs, to stimulate and increase knowledge of horticulture, to aid in the protection of native flora and fauna, and to encourage civic planting.
Proceeds
After expenses are met, all proceeds from Open Garden Day are donated to not-for-profit organizations on Mount Desert Island and elsewhere that promote horticulture and/or conservation. These are the organizations we support:
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Charlotte Rhoades Park and Butterfly Garden
Coastal Maine Botanical Garden
Garden Club of America Interchange Fellowship
Garden Club of America Summer Scholarship Fund
MDI Elementary School
Mt. Desert Land & Garden Preserve
Natural Resources Council of Maine
Nell Goff Federation Scholarship Fund
Northeast Harbor Marina
Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society
Somesville Village Improvement Society