Northeast Harbor innkeeper and resident Charles K. Savage (1903 - 1979) designed both the Asticou Azalea Garden and neighboring Thuya Garden in the mid-1950s. These two major life works were created from plantings rescued from legendary American landscape designer Beatrix Farrand's dismantled Bar Harbor estate, Reef Point. The Asticou Azalea Garden which Savage designed and his crew of local workers assembled in a firepond across from his Asticou Inn came first. Within a few years of the 1958 opening of the Azalea Garden, Savage and his crew completed Thuya Garden, an English border garden and plantings in what was originally a small orchard behind Thuya Lodge on Asticou Hill.

Sunday, May 18, 4-6 PM
Two Island Gardens: 50 Years Old, a visual program and discussion of the people, plants, and preservation of Asticou Azalea and Thuya Gardens
Location: Mellon Room, Northeast Harbor Library.

May 18 - August 1
The Island Design Legacy of Charles K. Savage, an exhibit of selected landscape designs, illustrations, drawings, wood carvings, photographs, and handmade books created by Charles K. Savage (1903-1979)
Location: Main Reading Room, Northeast Harbor Library.

Wednesday, July 9, 8-10 PM
An Evening Lantern Stroll, an opportunity to visit the garden lit with lanterns in a recreation of Mr. Savage's decorated garden of the 1960s.
Location: Asticou Azalea Garden
(Rain Date: July 10)

Tuesday, August 19, 5-7 PM
Music of Liza Rey Butler, jazz harp music and tea
Location: Thuya Garden (Shuttle service will be available from Northeast Harbor)
(Rain Date: August 20)