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Mackworth Island State Park – Falmouth, ME

Maine / Megan

Microclimate cracks me up.   Good thing I got to see blooming trout lilies last week…

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Squill

Hamilton House – South Berwick, ME

Maine / Megan

This is the earliest we’ve ever stopped by Hamilton House, and I was delighted to find that there are blue squill and grape hyacinth (my two favorite Spring garden flowers) naturalized down the slopes toward the Salmon River.     I cannot tell you how happy it made me to see all that blue. The

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Cherry blossoms

Flowers around Kittery, Maine and Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Maine, New England / Megan

We’re finally past mud season.     Not that things are perfect yet, but there are blooms!    Pretty much everywhere.    (Most of the above came from the overflow parking lot at the Kittery Outlets, which was not where I was expecting to have a nice little wildflower walk.)

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Portland Headlight

Fort Williams – Cape Elizabeth, ME

Maine / Megan

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Newburyport

Newburyport, MA

New England / Megan

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Fort Williams Park and Portland Headlight

Fort Williams Park – Cape Elizabeth, ME

Maine / Megan

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Fall flowers

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens – Boothbay, ME

Maine / Megan

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Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House

Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House – Gloucester, MA

New England / Megan

We joined Historic New England last year (our gateway being Hamilton House).     We’ve worked our way through several Maine and New Hampshire properties, and decided to take advantage of a friend’s cookout in the Boston area to add a few Massachusetts properties to the list.     The first was Beauport, which ended up being

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Scarborough Marsh – Scarborough, ME

Maine / Megan

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Mackworth Island State Park

Mackworth Island State Park – Falmouth, ME

Maine / Megan

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