Image Gallery: Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden
The Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden is open! Kids and their grown-ups are discovering and enjoying every inch of this two-acre garden, and those with family memberships can return as often as they like with no admission fee. You’ll find feature after feature offering opportunities for active play and learning or quiet reading and contemplation. Whales spray, dragons “growl,” and a bronze bear roams the Blueberry Islands. There are boats to climb in, a maze to conquer, and a tree house with a rope bridge to cross. A topiary Miss Rumphius and her cat live beside the Lupine Meadow. The Story Barn is full of wonderful books, and Storytime in the Garden is another great way for kids to experience reading. A coop nearby holds live chickens. In this exuberant garden, flowers and plants are in every size, color, and shape. But even the best photos can’t do justice to this masterpiece. Please visit soon to see it for yourself!
- The Stump Jump is fun...and good exercise.
- Carole Hanson carved whales that spray for the Children's Garden entryway.
- Hydrangeas welcome visitors.
- The Garden is beautiful for all ages.
- "Miss Rumphius" (Pat Jeremiah) reads in the Storyteller's Chair.
- Veggies and herbs are grown in the learning garden area.
- Color plays a part in all areas of the Children's Garden.
- The Blueberry Pond provides lots of interactive fun
- A whale of a good time on opening day!
- The Blueberry Ponds are often draped in early morning fog.
- The Keeper's Cottage
- One of three dragon heads by Carole Hanson
- Story Teller's Chair
- Unusual conifers add whimsy to the plantings.
- The Rainbow Terraces delight.
- Meet "Sal's Bear" on the Blueberry Islands.
- It's easy to get "lost" in the Maze.
- The Story Barn has "a great read" for everyone.
- The dock on the Blueberry Ponds offers opportunites to board a rowboat or a toss a lobster trap.
- Miss Rumphius
- The Cottage and the Story Barn are at the center of this amazing two-acre experience.





















