Celia Thaxter's Island Garden, Planting Day, June 12, 2007 Photo Gallery by cernynh at pbase.com

Celia Thaxter's Island Garden, Planting Day, June 12, 2007

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The 2007 planting of Celia Thaxter's Island Garden took place on June 12th, under the direction of caretakers Pam and Mark Boutilier, with the rest of the planting team consisting of Priscilla Chellis (public tour leader), Mary Smith (public tour leader), Jo Hartford (volunteer), and Keith Mills (volunteer). Chris Robarge raises the annuals at the UNH greenhouses. Willy Bemis, Director of the Shoals Marine Laboratory, provides overall support and encouragement.

Images are organized in order as the day progressed (with exceptions). Weather was excellent, mostly a high overcast, mixed with periods of sun and two brief sprinkles. Temperature was in the mid-60s, with wind out of the NE at 10-20 mph. Ed Spinney was the captain on the "Heiser" for the trip out and back.

Related links:
Guided Tours of the Garden.
An Island Garden by Celia Thaxter, a Google book image (PDF).

Photography by Jim Cerny using a Sony A100 digital camera.

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Celia Thaxter's Island Garden, Planting 2007	The Planting Team (Take 1)	The Planting Team (Take 2)	The Planting Team (Take 3)
Mark Boutilier, Portrait	Pam Boutilier, Portrait	Priscilla Chellis, Portrait	Mary Smith, Portrait
UNH Thompson School Truck, Outside Greenhouse	UNH Greenhouse Interior	Chris Robarge, UNH Horticulture Facility Manager	Mark Boutilier Loading Truck at UNH Greenhouses
Pam Boutilier Loading Truck at UNH Greenhouses	Truck Loaded at UNH Greenhouses	Plants at Dockside, Portsmouth	Loading Plants on the "Heiser"
Jo Hartford Loading the "Heiser"	Pam Boutilier Loading the "Heiser"	Captain Ed Spinney, "Heiser" Skipper for the Day	Voyage Out Aboard the "Heiser"
"Heiser" Passes "Kingsbury" on way to High Tide Dock	Captain Davis Looks at Appledore Arrival	Offloading Flats from the "Heiser", at the High Tide Dock	Loading the Gator
Truck Loaded at Dock, for Short Trip to Garden	Keith Mills, Helping theTruck	Mark Boutlier Drives Truck and Signs OK	Offloading Truck at the Garden
Offlloading Truck, Babbs Cove Backdrop	Garden Before Work Begins	Cottage Foundation, with Hesperis	Hesperis in Foundation Remains of Celia Thaxter's Cottage
Garden as Seen from Kiggins	Garden as Seen from Kiggins (Arrow Label)	Garden as Seen from Kiggins, Zoomed	Garden Tool Box
Tools of the Garden Trade	Jo Hartford Carrying Plant Tray	Trays Positioned for Planting	Jo Hartford, Planting
Jo Hartford, Planting	Priscilla Chellis, Planting	Priscilla Chellis, Planting	Keith Mills, Raking
Keith Mills Prepares Root Ball	Keith Mills Placing Plant in Ground	Mark Boutilier, Watering	Mary and Mark Confer
Mary Smith, Planting	Mary Smith in Action	Mary Smith and Jo Hartford, Planting	Mary Smith, Planting
Pam Boutilier, Planting	Pam Boutilier, Planting	Pam Boutilier's Worksheet	Priscilla, Pam, Mark, and Mary, Planting
Mary, Jo, and Pam, Planting	Vines on Garden Fence	Mark Boutilier Trains Hops	Hops Tied and Trained
Hops Reaching to Fence Post	Weathered Garden Fence Post	Planting Waste	Geraniums Destined for Laighton Cemetery
Columbine, No. 13 on Garden Plan	Rugosa, No. 79 on Garden Plan	Hal Weeks Views Progress	Carol Spinney Views Progress
Tom Davis Smells the Flowers (Hesperis)	Keith Mills Planting Geraniums on Celia Thaxter's Grave	Gull Surveying Geranium Planting	Garden Completed, Looking Westward
Completed Garden Bed	Pam and Mark Survey Results	Willy Bemis Says Goodbye at End of Day	Willy Bemis Says Goodbye at End of Day
Seagull Supplement	Nesting in Grass, Respiration Cooling	Seagull Protesting	Seagull Chick, Near Garden
Seagull on Pedestrian Bridge	Seagull Alerted	Seagull Nesting, in Open

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