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Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Barters Island Road, PO Box 234
Boothbay, ME  04537
Phone: 207-633-4333

Open: Year-round, weekdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and until8 p.m. on Wednesdays in July and August; weekends, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

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New England’s largest botanical garden features acres of spectacular ornamental gardens and stonework, waterfront and woodland trails, a beautiful visitor center with café and gift shop, and a shorefront Fairy House Village – all on 248 acres of coastal landscape. Special events and programs for all ages, year-round, include a house and garden tour, book fair, Maine Fairy House Festival, Kitchen Garden Series, college horticulture courses, and more. Admission: Adults, $10; seniors, $8 seniors; children age 5-17, $5; free for children under 5.



Grotto Cascade Park
State Street, past Eastern Maine Medical Center
Bangor, ME  04401
Phone: 207-992-4490

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Cascade Park, the city’s most beautiful and popular park, features a lighted water fountain and a water fall that's more than 20 feet high. The park, which overlooks the Penobscot River, also has a small gazebo, picnic tables, and short walking trails.



Merryspring Horticultural Nature Park
Conway Road
Camden, ME  04849
Phone: 207-236-2239

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This nature preserve offers visitors ample opportunities to observe gardens of wildflowers and wildlife, as well as hiking and cross-country ski trails.
Hours: Daily from dawn to dusk. No charge.



Pine Tree State Arboretum
153 Hospital St.
Augusta, ME  04332
Phone: 207-621-0031

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Enjoy the native trees of Maine and North America while strolling on over 25 miles of trails. Good for hiking and winter cross-country skiing.
Hours: open daily. No charge.



Stanton Bird Sanctuary
Highland Spring Road
Lewiston, ME  04240

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Also known as Thorncrag, this 230-acre nature preserve is one of the largest in New England. Visitors will enjoy observing a wide variety of native birds and small animals, among thousands of wildflowers.



“Hansel and Gretel” with PORTopera – Portland, ME
July 29, 2010 to July 31, 2010
AXIS Dance Company -- Lewiston, ME
July 30, 2010 to July 31, 2010
Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul – Rockland, ME
July 31, 2010
Bar Harbor Summer Arts & Craft Festival -- Bar Harbor, ME
July 31, 2010 to August 1, 2010
Michael Menes in Egadz! – South Paris, ME
July 31, 2010
Circus Smirkus – Kennebunkport, ME
August 2, 2010 to August 3, 2010
Silhouettes -- Thomaston, ME
August 3, 2010
Crafts 'n Culture for Kids: Foods of China -- Lincolnville, ME
August 3, 2010
“The Tempest” with the Freeport Shakespeare Festival – Freeport, ME
August 3, 2010 to August 6, 2010
A Taste of Greater Waterville -- Waterville, ME
August 4, 2010
Maine Lobster Festival -- Rockland, ME
August 4, 2010 to August 8, 2010
Circus Smirkus – Freeport, ME
August 5, 2010 to August 6, 2010
Maine Fairy House Festival -- Boothbay
August 6, 2010 to August 8, 2010
Native American Pow Wow -- Gray, ME
August 7, 2010 to August 8, 2010
Arootsakoostik Music Festival -- New Sweden, ME
August 7, 2010
Saddleback Mountain Bluegrass Festival -- Rangeley, ME
August 7, 2010
Eliot Bicentennial Parade – Eliot, ME
August 7, 2010
Bates Dance Festival Finale -- Lewiston, ME
August 7, 2010
Ukulele Summit with Brittni Paiva and Victoria Vox -- Portland
August 7, 2010
Audiobody – South Paris, ME
August 7, 2010
Mike Doughty -- Rockland, ME
August 8, 2010
Willie Nelson & Family - Portland
August 11, 2010
Maine Antiques Festival -- Union, ME
August 13, 2010 to August 15, 2010
Joan Osborne -- Rockland, ME
August 14, 2010
Winter Harbor Lobster Festival -- Winter Harbor, ME
August 14, 2010
Joan Osborne – Rockland, ME
August 14, 2010
Michael Lane Trautman in Head in the Clouds – South Paris, ME
August 14, 2010
Tribes of the Dawn Land Cultural and Heritage Days -- Princeton, ME
August 14, 2010
Castlebay -- Freeport, ME
August 14, 2010
“Sleuth” -- Harrison, Maine
August 19, 2010 to August 21, 2010
Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars – Rockland, ME
August 20, 2010
Suzy Bogguss -- Rangeley, ME
August 20, 2010
Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival -- Brunswick, ME
August 21, 2010
The Wailin’ Jennys -- Rockland, ME
August 21, 2010
Jazz-Harpist Deborah Henson-Conant – South Paris
August 21, 2010
“Twelfth Night” -- Castine, ME
August 22, 2010
Noel Paul Stookey -- Stonington, ME
August 22, 2010
Sidewalk Art Show and Sale – Ogunquit, ME
August 26, 2010
Annual ChiliFest -- Wells, ME
August 28, 2010
Women in Every Day Life 1789-1890 -- Standish, ME
August 28, 2010
Maine Woodsman Day -- Gray, ME
August 28, 2010
Village Green Craft Show -- Kennebunkport, ME
August 28, 2010
Native American Summer Market -- New Gloucester, ME
August 28, 2010
Rhonda Vincent and the Rage – Rockland, ME
September 3, 2010
Open Lighthouse Day -- Various, ME
September 18, 2010
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