Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (Boothbay, ME) : Plantings on the Haney Hillside Garden
- Creator:
- Riddell, Bruce John, b. ca. 1963
- Published/Created:
- Boothbay, Maine, United States
Barters Island Road; 132 Botanical Gardens Drive
opened 2007 - Physical Description:
- 248 ac (area)
- Date Depicted:
- 6/11/2011
- Materials:
- wood; brick; plant material; stone
- Notes:
- Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, with 248 acres (1 km2) and a mile of waterfront in the mid-coast town of Boothbay, is Maine's first and only botanical garden. After 16 years (founded 1991) of planning, building and planting, in 2007 the Gardens opened to the public with numerous ornamental and theme gardens and a shingle-style Visitor Center. It is set in a natural landscape of forest, ledge, and native plants. The most-recent addition to the main campus is the Bosarge Family Education Center, which opened July 15, 2011. The two-wing structure surrounded by zoned landscaping with native plants, "rain gardens" and other sustainable elements, is being hailed as the greenest public building in Maine. It earned the highest platinum LEED (Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design) rating, and is targeted to reach net-zero-energy status, indicating that it generates more energy than it uses.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- United States -- 21st century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Contemporary
Twenty-first century - Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-BH-CMBG-A62
- Coordinates:
- +43.875-69.661667
- Genre:
- gardens: botanical gardens (AAT)
landscape architecture (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- buildings; garden structures; open spaces; gardens; botanical gardens architecture; botanical; landscape; seascape; Gardens
- Source Creator:
- Kelly-Monroe, Leigh
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Seven
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
6/11/2011 12:00:00 AM - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4349
- OID:
- 10470635
- PID:
- digcoll:1800031