Acadia National Park was featured on the “Today” show this week, so any doubts about  blogging our visit to the Asticou Gardens while there in June for my daughter’s college graduation were dashed aside!  If the Today show can do it…so can I!

Last year we looked at pictures from the Thuja Gardens which are located down the road and up the side of the mountain from The Asticou Gardens. A more sheltered spot is down low and tucked against the hillside nearer to the village of Northeast Harbor.  The ocean is across a two lane road just a few hundred feet away.  As you drive around a bend in the road you see the small lake and lots of moss and lawn. When you start your walk you can feel the cool breeze off the water.

Take a break from the 102 degree days we are feeling this summer and walk through these pictures with me.

So much thanks to my creative family members Fred Miller who took the landscape pictures, and Kristin Reed who took the stunning picture of the ferns with the Blue Globe Allium floating above.

Christie lives in Manakin Sabot , Virginia where she manages a 3 acre garden. Her blogs are written from her 35 years as a personal and professional gardener.