Visit Celia Thaxter's Island Garden

Posted by Georgene A. Bramlage Jul 28, 2006

The tour to Appledore Island and Celia Thaxter's Island Garden is limited to 50 participants and reservations are required. The M/V Lady Tracey Ann, operated by the Eastman's Docks in Seabrook, NH, transports tour members directly to Appledore Island from the mainland.

Appledore Island, 95 acres, is one of the nine Isles of Shoals in the Gulf of Maine. The fragile ecosystem of Appledore Island is managed and directed by the Shoals Marine Laboratory (SML) operated by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Cornell University (NY) in cooperation with the University of New Hampshire - Durham, NH.

For information or to make a reservation please contact the Shoals Marine Laboratory office at Cornell University: Telephone:607)254-2900, or (607)255-3717;

E-mail: shoals-lab@cornell.edu.

Individuals interested in a more in-depth exploration of Celia Thaxter's Island Garden might enjoy the Shoals Marine Laboratory adult education course A Garden is a Sea of Flowers.

© Text by Georgene A. Bramlage, July 28, 2006. Reproduction without permission prohibited.