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A sign at the entrance from the Routes 3/198 parking lot near the northeast corner of the Garden
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paths are raked regularly in a manner that suggests flowing water. There is also a
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Asticou Azalea Garden at the Mount Desert Land & Garden Preserve's website
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Group photographs for weddings at the inn are often taken in the Garden.
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still standing today. The present-day pond was formerly surrounded by an
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Mount Desert Land & Garden Preserve. "Asticou Azalea Garden"
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Asticou Azalea Garden at Mount Desert Land & Garden Preserve
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An October 2019 view across Asticou Pond from Peabody Drive
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A 2006 view from just inside the Peabody Drive entrance
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Route 198
Northeast Harbor
Maine
www.gardenpreserve.org/asticou-azalea-garden/index.html
Northeast Harbor
Maine
Reef Point Estate
Bar Harbor
Beatrix Farrand
collection
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
hemlock
Route 198
Route 3
rhododendrons
azaleas
Rhododendron canadense
gravel
sand garden
Asticou Inn
treehouse
rope swing
white pine
alder
swamp
A sign at the entrance from the Routes 3/198 parking lot near the northeast corner of the Garden
Concentric circles in the sand garden
Concentric circles
An example of the Japanese influence

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