Keywords: Garden clubs
Item 100185
Longfellow Garden Club tree planting, Portland, 1957
Contributed by: Longfellow Garden Club Date: 1957 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 12035
Children's Gate, Longfellow Garden, Portland, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Longfellow Garden Club Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: Lantern slide
Exhibit
Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland
The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
Site Page
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3
"Pomona was a goddess of abundance of fruit and gardens, and Flora was the goddess of flowers. Ceres was the goddess of food plants, and her name has…"
Story
How roses became a big part of my life
by Clarence Rhodes
Clarence Rhodes's experiences growing, exhibiting, and judging roses in Maine and around the world.
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
