List of botanical gardens and arboretums in Maine

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This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in Maine is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of Maine [1] [2] [3]

NameImageAffiliationCity
Mount Desert Land & Garden Preserve:
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden
  • Asticou Azalea Garden
  • Thuya Garden
  • Little Long Pond & Natural Lands
 Mount Desert Island, Maine
Carnegie Science Arboretum Bates College Lewiston
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens This Sculpture Thing (17330921983).jpg Boothbay
Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum Hermon
Fay Hyland Botanical Plantation University of Maine Orono
Harvey Butler Memorial Rhododendron Sanctuary Springvale
Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden Littlefield Garden Trees.jpg University of Maine Orono
Longfellow Arboretum Longfellow Arboretum (Portland, ME) - IMG 8146.JPG Portland
Perkins Arboretum Colby College Waterville
Shoreway Arboretum Shoreway Arboretum - Southern Maine Community College, South Portland, ME - IMG 8164.JPG Southern Maine Community College South Portland
Wild Gardens of Acadia Acadia National Park Mount Desert Island
Viles Arboretum Augusta

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