Celia Thaxter was a poet and story writer who lived her life on Appledore, in the Isles of Shoals, serving as host for her father’s famous Appledore House hotel. She was also a gardener. Her book, An Island Garden, published in 1894, inspired the Shoals Marine Laboratory to restore the gardens she grew up with in front of the hotel.

Please join us as Marie tells us about the challenge of nurturing and adding to the collection of heirloom plants and flowers while preserving the history of the garden and island.