Portland, Maine 04101 United States
The Longfellow Garden Club celebrates its centennial in 2024. To mark 100 years of tending Maine Historical Society’s (MHS) historic Longfellow Garden, the club collaborated with MHS and Maine College of Art and Design (MECA&D) on the exhibition, Art in the Garden: Celebrating 100 years of the Longfellow Garden Club.
Continuing Education students at MECA&D created works inspired by the Garden in June 2024. The exhibit features their art, displayed alongside historic images of the Longfellow Garden.
First created by the Wadsworth-Longfellow family in 1785, the Longfellow Garden is located directly behind the Wadsworth-Longfellow House on Maine Historical Society’s campus. Designed in the Colonial Revival style, it is a secluded green oasis in the heart of downtown Portland. MHS provides free access to the Garden for the general public from May to October.