Trolls at the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden & TOP 5 gardens in the US list (Boothbay, Maine)

[@Jayscollo]

The Maine gardens are magical when decorated for Christmas!

[@SteveAudra]

I've seen some pics. I bet it's amazing! Right up there with Longwood Gardens in PA!

[@Magnum1-]

Botanical gardens are very nice! I love the one in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia Canada, oops Steve there’s that word!!!!!!!!! Nova Scotia is BEAUTIFUL ❤ I love the Bay of Fundy and all of the lighthouses😊 Have a great week you two kids❣️

[@SteveAudra]

Lol. No, not the "C" word!!! 😂

[@Christina0623]

Next time you're in Chicago, there's Morton Arboretum in Lisle. You'd love it, Audra. And I love Longwood Gardens!! Especially at Christmas time. Great vlog!! 🎄🎅🧑‍🎄

[@SteveAudra]

Ooh! And I spy another troll there! I've added that spot on my map. Thanks for the recommendation! Glad you enjoyed the episode. I loved this garden so much. It's pretty hard to top Longwood Gardens though. I have yet to get there at Christmas but would love to! 💮🎄💙

[@Kayte...]

Christmas there is amazing. I loved the fountain synched with Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

[@grayandgrumpy]

This was an excellent episode. Whoever did your principal photography is very talented.

[@SteveAudra]

It's about time. We had to have a little heart to heart with our film crew. It was either time to shape up and perform or we were going to have to start firing people. Tough to find good help these days.

[@travelingwithmugsy]

Hi Steve and Audra. Love the video. Beautiful gardens. The one with the troll 🧌 was amazing.

[@SteveAudra]

Thank you so much! We have felt so blessed to be able to see so much beauty and to get to visit all these gardens. This one was an especially fun one! The trolls were so cool and they did a really great job here with their garden designs.

[@michele2017promastertravel]

Steve's humor always makes me laugh...

[@SteveAudra]

You and me both! 🙂

[@E6fireman237]

Comment!

[@grayandgrumpy]

We contribute so much to the discourse 😂😂😂

[@SteveAudra]

🤣

[@Every_State_Park]

Christina would love this garden so I suspect we'll visit on our next trip to the northeast.

[@SteveAudra]

I definitely thought of her when we were there!

[@mccproc]

Loved the videography of the Gardens. I prefer the colorful Gardens in the North to the Botanical Gardens in Florida. Not much color in Florida. Next time you are in Pittsburgh i recommend Phipps Conservatory. A multi room indoor Greenhouse. Beauty personified!! Rob McCann

[@SteveAudra]

Thanks, Rob! It's actually interesting to hear that perspective. When we moved to Florida, I fell in love with the tropical plants - with their variety of bold colors and shapes (blooms and foliage) such as ginger plants, orchids, bromeliads, etc. and always enjoy finding gardens up north that have a tropical garden. I suppose you're right that there might be a bigger variety of color up north though. The two regions are so different! Thanks for the recommendation on Phipps. I've added it to our map!

[@rongreen7308]

Very nice. We have just added that place to our must see list. The arboretum near us had some trolls like that and you could see them from the highway. They have since been removed and loaned out to somewhere else. We wonder if they were by the same artist 2+2+1

[@SteveAudra]

@@rongreen7308 Thank you! I bet they were by the same artist! Too bad they aren't still there.

[@jshenderson]

Well done with the list. Glad Steve had fun with the trolls. Do you recall where the used material come from originally? some of their parts looked like old house shingles. Also I was curious how often they have to be maintained.

[@SteveAudra]

@@jshenderson Thanks, Jeff! I was reading about the trolls but didn't really see the answers to those questions. I'll have to see what I can find out!

[@lannyandroxanneadvantures2546]

Beautiful gardens Glad there was a bench for ya Steve, they are so important! Did any of them ther Trolls make you pay to cross that bridge?

[@SteveAudra]

We both loved this garden! Those benches are very important, of course. These trolls were nice trolls. No goats or humans were hurt in the filming of this episode! LOL!

[@grayandgrumpy]

FIRST!!!!!

[@SteveAudra]

Well done! 🏆