Proceeds

After expenses are met, all proceeds from Open Garden Day are donated to not-for-profit organizations on Mount Desert Island and elsewhere that promote horticulture and/or conservation. These are the organizations we support:

Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association

Beatrix Farrand Society

Charlotte Rhoades Park and Butterfly Garden

Coastal Maine Botanical Garden

College of the Atlantic

Friends of Acadia

Garden Club of America Interchange Fellowship

Garden Club of America Summer Scholarship Fund

Maine Coast Heritage Trust

Maine Seacoast Mission

MDI Elementary School

MDI Historical Society

Mt. Desert Land & Garden Preserve

Native Plant Trust

Natural Resources Council of Maine

Nature Conservancy of Maine

Nell Goff Federation Scholarship Fund

Northeast Harbor Library

Northeast Harbor Marina

Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society

Somesville Village Improvement Society

Student Conservation Association

Wild Gardens of Acadia