Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden - Looking Into the Garden

by Anita Pollak

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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden - Looking Into the Garden

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Anita Pollak

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I was fortunate to visit the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden in Seal Harbor, Maine as part of a garden photography workshop last week. This was my first visit to the garden, which is only open to the public for limited hours from July to early September.

The garden is now owned by the Land and Garden Preserve, which also owns Thuya Garden and Asticou Azalea Garden, two places we have been to many times, and love to visit when we travel to Acadia National Park.

The garden was designed by Beatrix Farrand and incorporates many Asian art objects collected by the Rockefellers. It is surrounded by a beautiful Chinese wall, and you enter through a series of formal gates.

From the Land and Garden Preserve Web site:

"The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden in Seal Harbor, Maine was created between 1926 and 1930 by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and noted garden designer Beatrix Farrand. Set within acres of moss-carpeted woods, the garden is designed to be at floral peak in August. Its unique atmosphere is derived from a combination of Eastern statuary with a border garden in which perennials build the foundation of the flower beds and annuals provide an explosion of color."

This photo captures one of the garden doors up close, from the outside of the wall. It's so hard to capture the beauty of this amazing place in a photograph - what a joy it was to be there!

Processed in Photoshop with some basic adjustments and a touch of Topaz Impression.

Nikon D810 with Nikon 24-70mm lens at 40mm.

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August 23rd, 2019

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