Home & Garden
Magnum Opus
The work of top Maine craftsmen reaches a crescendo in an elaborate new home in Southport.
Island Summers
A rustic cottage on a tiny midcoast island proves that when it comes to summer fun, size truly doesn’t matter.
Create a Showcase Garden
- By: Aurelia C. Scott
During the gardening season, Robin Whitten has been known to arrive for work as editor of AudioFile magazine with mulch-stained knees. That’s because from mid-April into November, she spends the dawn hours among her plants, watering, rearranging, deadheading, and kneeling to pull recalcitrant weeds. After work, you’ll find her outside again, reveling in the color and scent as she clips, shovels, and tidies.
On Display
Garden tours are a great way to get ideas for sprucing up your own backyard. Here are some of the best in Maine, arranged alphabetically.
The House of His Dreams
A radical lakeside home uses technology and bold design to reinvent the Maine camp experience.
Wild Winter
A new book describes how Maine’s flora and fauna adapt to our changing seasons. Here’s the story of how three creatures — barred owls, red foxes, and snowshoe hares — weather the month of February.
