UPCOMING  EVENTS CELEBRATING 

DESIGNING THE MAINE LANDSCAPE

By Theresa Mattor and Lucie Teegarden 



August 1 at 11:00 a.m.  Lecture and book signing at Beatrix Farrand Society’s  Garland Farm, 1029 Route 3, Bar Harbor . 

August 8 from 10-2:00 Book signing (no lecture) for Coastal Mountains Land Trust,

August 19, lecture and book signing, 7p.m. Morrell Meeting Room, Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant Street, Brunswick. http://webserver.curtis-mem.lib.me.us/events/events.php#today

September 5, Lecture and book signing, 4:00 p.m. at McLaughlin Garden, 97 Main Street, South Paris. http://www.mclaughlingarden.org/

September 10, lecture and book signing, 5:30 p.m. Hamilton House, South Berwick. http://www.historicnewengland.org/things/calendar/events.asp

October 2, lecture at 10:15 a.m., with book signing during lunch (12:30-1:15 p.m.) Bangor Book Festival c/o Bangor Public Library. http://bangorbookfest.org/ 

October 16, lecture and book signing, 7:30 p.m., White Church, Salmon Fallls Road, Bar Mills. Procceds to benefit the Saco River Grange Hall. http://sacorivergrangehall.org/schedule.html/



PAST EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE ALLIANCE 



LECTURE HIGHLIGHTS 

2008   “We Take to the Woods:  Historic Preservation in Maine’s North Woods”
by  Patrick McGowan & Alan Stearns
Spring Lecture at Maine Historical Society, Portland 

2007   “You CAN Get There from Here:  Tourism and the Maine Landscape”
by Dona Brown
Spring Lecture at Maine Historical Society, Portland 

2006   “A City of Vivid Contrasts:  The Illusory Search for a Middle Landscape at the Poland Spring Resort”
by David Richards
  Poland    

2003   “Frederick Law Olmsted in Maine:  The Continuing Tradition”
by Charles Beveridge
  Portland 

2000    “Held in Trust:  Charles Eliot’s Vision for the New England Landscape”
by Keith Morgan
  Brunswick 

1999   “John Charles Olmsted and the Influence of Foreign Travel”
by Arleyn Levee
Brunswick 

1998   “Libraries and Landscapes”
by Robin Karson
  Brunswick 

1997   “The Gardens of Ellen Biddle Shipman”
by Judith Tankard
  Brunswick 

1997   “Officers and Enlisted Men:  The Evolution of the Designed Landscape of Military Posts in Maine, 1790-1945”
by Joel Eastman
Portland     

1994   “1883:  Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., at Cushing’s”
by Elizabeth Igleheart
&
          "The Designed Landscape of Cushing’s Today”
by Lauren Meier
Portland 

1992   “As Maine Goes:   Beatrix Farrand and the Transformation of the American Garden”
by Patrick Chasse
Bridgton 

1991   “Fletcher Steele and the Camden Library Theatre, 1929-1935”
by Robin Karson
Rockport 
 
 
 
 

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS 

2005    Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens,   Boothbay 

2004    McLaughlin Foundation Garden and Horticulture Center,  South Paris 

1999    Kenarden Lodge and Skylands,   Mount Desert Island   

1996    Ram Island Farm, Hidden Court, Fort Williams Park,   Cape Elizabeth 

1995    Blaine House and Capitol Park, Augusta

            1995 River House and High Pasture,   York 

1993   Wadsworth Longfellow House and Garden,   Portland 
 
 
 

CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA HIGHLIGHTS 
 

2007   "Maine Gardens:  Nature and Design”
   Rockland 

2005 “Designing Maine Neighborhoods:  Shaping Landscapes and Community”
             Bowdoin College, Brunswick 

2004    “Landscape and Art:  Reflections on Places and Spaces”
Bowdoin College, Brunswick 

2003 “The Third Place:  Public and Private Spaces in Search of Community”
              Bowdoin College, Brunswick 

2002 “Beyond the Pavement:  Cultural Landscapes and Roadway Design in Maine”
              Bowdoin College, Brunswick

2001 “Affection for Home Place:  Becoming Better Stewards of Our Community”
Bowdoin College, Brunswick