No Boat Needed to Experience Celia Thaxter’s Appledore Island Garden

Poppy at Prescott Park
June 28, 2021
DURHAM, N.H.— The colorful island garden of beloved writer Celia Thaxter will be blooming at Prescott Park in Portsmouth again this summer giving aficionados another rare chance to take in the sights and sounds of this cherished historic garden. Each summer, horticultural and literary lovers of the popular poet make the coveted 10-mile pilgrimage by boat to Appledore Island to visit the restored garden maintained by Shoals Marine Laboratory (SML), which is jointly run by the University of New... - Read Full Article

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