What better place to savor fresh, delicious creations than in a garden? Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ Kitchen Garden Dinner Series brings some of Maine’s finest chefs right into our Kitchen Garden Café to prepare innovative, seasonal multi-course meals. In a society where the consumer buys salad in a bag and any kind of fruit at any time of year, it’s great to be reminded of how good food tastes when it is fresh. The Gardens, through this series, seeks to do its part to remind guests what it means to reap (and eat!) what you sow.

See below for our 2010 schedule. Please make your reservations early, by calling (207) 633-4333. All dinners begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Kitchen Garden Cafe and include wine, tax, and gratuities; ticket price is $70/members and $85/non-members. Menus will be published as available, with at least three weeks advance notice.

Wednesday, May 12
Chef Rob Evans of Hugo’s in Portland
SORRY! SOLD OUT & WAITING LIST FULL!

 June, Date TBA
Chef Jonathan Cartwright of White Barn Inn in Kennebunkport

Wednesday, September 15
Chef Lee Skawinski of Vignola and Cinque Terre, both in Portland

Tuesday, October 12
Chef Jeff Landry of The Farmer’s Table in Portland

Tuesday, November 16
Chef Larry Matthews of Back Bay Grill in Portland

Monday, December 13
Chef Pierre Gignac of 98 Provence in Ogunquit