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Wild Gardens Of Acadia Closed For Installation Of Irrigation System

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By NPT Staff - June 14th, 2017

These Pink Lady's Slippers, and other plants, will benefit from a new irrigation system being installed at the Wild Gardens of Acadia/Friends of Acadia

To allow for the installation of a new irrigation system, the Wild Gardens of Acadia in Acadia National Park will be closed through June 23.

Park officials say the new system will replace "a makeshift system of buried garden hose fraught with leaks."

The Wild Gardens of Acadia is located at Sieur de Monts in the national park. The nature center, Abbe Museum, parking lot, restrooms, and trail access at Sieur de Monts will remain open during construction. The installation of the new irrigation system is funded by park entrance fees and includes drilling an independent water well and running water lines throughout the gardens. The closure is needed to allow workers access to the pathways where they will be trenching and installing the new water lines.

The work will be completed under contract with Ganneston Construction Corp of Augusta, Maine, which is subcontracting with Williams Irrigation Systems of Ellsworth, Maine.

“The much needed replacement of the irrigation system at Wild Gardens of Acadia is a wonderful example of how park entrance fees are retained by the NPS for reinvestment in facilities that directly benefit park visitors,” said Acadia Superintendent Kevin Schneider.

The National Park Service established the Wild Gardens of Acadia in 1961 to propagate, preserve, and display the native plants of the park for the public’s education and enjoyment. The gardens include a microcosm of 12 of the park’s plant communities consisting of mixed woods, roadside, meadow, mountain, heath, seaside, brookside, bird thicket, coniferous woods, bog, marsh, and pond.

The park operates the Wild Gardens of Acadia through an agreement with Friends of Acadia, which created a committee made up of a dedicated cadre of volunteers for the purpose of maintaining and preserving the gardens, and providing related educational opportunities for visitors

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