The Wild Gardens of Acadia - Paperback

by Anne M. Kozak (Author), Susan Leiter (Author)

Founded in 1961 at Sieur de Monts Spring in Maine's Acadia National Park, the Wild Gardens of Acadia display, preserve, propagate, and label native plants in areas simulating natural plant communities. The gardens, which originated from a competition in growing native plants sponsored by the Bar Harbor Garden Club, continue to be developed and maintained by volunteers in partnership with Friends of Acadia and Acadia National Park. Each of the gardens' 13 habitats, ranging from mountain to beach to bog to deciduous and coniferous woods, displays plants native to the park. Since the founding, countless park visitors have come to the gardens to identify plants they have seen on walks or hikes or to learn more about cultivating native plants. Many of the images in this book are drawn from the extensive photograph collection of the Wild Gardens of Acadia.

Author Biography

Since the early 1970s, Anne M. Kozak and Susan S. Leiter have volunteered in the gardens. A freelance writer and editor, Kozak teaches writing and directs the writing program at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor. A retired school library media specialist, Leiter has played a major role in managing the gardens since the mid-1980s.