Thursday, September 10 at 5:30 p.m., co-authors Theresa Mattor and Lucie Teegarden will offer an illustrated presentation on Maine’s rich heritage of designed landscapes, at the Hamilton House Garden Cottage, 40 Vaughan’s Lane, South Berwick. Copies of their book, Designing the Maine Landscape, will be available for purchase and signing by the authors. The talk is free and open to the public.

Designing the Maine Landscape was drawn from a ten-year survey of Maine’s historic designed landscapes. The book, a collaborative effort between the Maine Olmsted Alliance for Parks and Landscapes and Down East Books, celebrates the history and legacy of Maine’s historic landscapes and showcases familiar parks open to the public, private estates, golf courses, designed neighborhoods, rural cemeteries, and school and college campuses. Among the featured landscapes are two local favorites, Hamilton House and nearby Berwick Academy. The authors’ presentation at Hamilton House will include historic and contemporary photographs of a sample of Colonial Revival gardens in Maine, including those at Hamilton House. For additional information about Hamilton House please visit  http://www.historicnewengland.org.

Theresa Mattor is a landscape architect and author based in Greater Portland. A native of Laconia, New Hampshire, she received a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from the University of Oregon. Since moving to Maine in 1988, she has enjoyed a design career that focuses on historic and contemporary landscapes, with a specialty in residential sites. She lectures frequently about contemporary landscape design, native plants, and historic landscapes. She lives in Hollis, Maine, with her husband and son.

Lucie Teegarden is a writer and editor who has spent more than 35 years producing college, university, and museum publications and books. She holds a B.A. in languages from the College of New Rochelle and an M.A. in French from Yale University and is director of publications emerita at Bowdoin College. She enjoys editing French and English as a Second Language (ESL) materials as well as books on art, history, gardening, and other subjects. Before moving to Brunswick, Maine, in 1983, she lived in Kenitra, Morocco, and in the suburbs of Boston, New Haven, and New York City.

Admission: Free to Garden and Landscape members, $6 Historic New England members, $12 nonmembers
Please note: Registration required

Take part in a special opportunity to learn about the landscape and gardens at Hamilton House with Historic New England’s Piscataqua Region Landscape Manager Gary Wetzel. Imagine the changes in the land as wilderness yielded to a busy commercial waterfront, then to farming, and finally, to formal gardens. Learn about the flowers, trees, and other plants at Hamilton House and hear how Wetzel and gardeners Mimi Demers and Kathy Gray create and maintain the beautiful formal gardens. Garden and Landscape tours available for private groups by special arrangement. Call 207-384-2454 for details.

Landscape and Garden Tour, Hamilton House, South Berwick, Me.
Wednesday, June 11, 10-11:30
Phone: 207-384-2454
Admission: $8 Historic New England members, $12 nonmembers
Take part in a special opportunity to learn about the landscape and gardens at Hamilton House with Historic New England’s Piscataqua Region Landscape Manager Gary Wetzel. Imagine the changes in the land as wilderness yielded to a busy commercial waterfront then to farming and, finally, to formal gardens. Learn about the flowers, trees and other plants that surround Hamilton House and how Gary and his gardeners create and maintain the beautiful formal gardens. Pre-registration required.

Sarah Orne Jewett Walking Tour, Sarah Orne Jewett House, South Berwick, Me.
Wednesday, June 11, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Phone: 207-384-2454
Admission: $5 Historic New England members, $10 nonmembers
Celebrate the life and works of Sarah Orne Jewett with a walking tour of her former haunts. With the Jewett Memorial Committee’s new Sarah Orne Jewett Walking Tour Map in hand join this guided tour on an exploration of the streetscape of downtown S. Berwick. Imagine what life was like during Sarah’s lifetime with stops at places Jewett family members knew and frequented.