Open Garden Day 2024

Saturday, July 27, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Seal Harbor, Maine

Six private gardens—details here.

Open Garden Day ‘24 is SOLD OUT for online ticketing 

Same day tickets for END OF DAY, 2:00 pm admission, available at McAlpin Farm, $50 cash or check only. Park on east Cooksey Drive, take shuttle to check-in. Contact tracy01combs@gmail.com for information.

Proceeds benefit dozens of local horticultural and conservation projects.

Note this is a shuttle-only tour, no private car access. Signs and volunteers will direct you to parking on east Cooksey Drive. Free bus access to Seal Harbor from Northeast Harbor and Bar Harbor via Island Explorer. Most gardens have uneven terrain, stairs or narrow paths so are not handicap or stroller accessible. Houses are NOT open. Restroom available at Seal Harbor Village Green. No video cameras, dogs, or smoking. Cell phone photography only.

Make a day of it!

Lunch tent on Seal Harbor Village Green: BYO picnic from our friends at The Salt Market and Milk and Honey.

Unique shopping and dining in Seal Harbor includes Acadia Outdoor Center, Lighthouse Inn, and Rusticator.

Open Garden Day

Afternoon Admission
$50.00
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Morning Admission
$50.00
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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.

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