We welcome you to visit our beautiful two-acre medicinal herb gardens, especially in summer. When you enter the garden gate, especially in summer, you will find yourself immersed in a peaceful and magical garden, filled with aromatic herbs and flowers, radiant hummingbirds, colorful butterflies and playful fairies. Meandering stone paths, meditation benches and handcrafted arbors, bridges and gates add to the colors and textures of our thoughtfully designed garden. Over 125 common and unusual medicinal herbs grow in Avena's garden. Intermingled with the herbs are a variety of flowering trees and annual and perennial flowers that feed the pollinators. A garden map is available at the garden entrance for visitors to use while touring the garden. A booklet entitled A Plant Guide to Avena Botanicals' Medicinal Herb Garden is also available at the garden entrance for visitors to use and/or purchase. This 25-page booklet contains botanical information and medicinal uses of the plants growing in Avena's garden.
Avena Botanicals Herbal Apothecary is adjacent to the medicinal herb gardens. Visitors may purchase herbal remedies in our shop after touring the gardens. You are welcome to read about our herbal products from our catalog or from our informational booklet entitled Traditional Uses of Herbal Formulations.
Experiencing the beauty of our gardens is in itself an uplifting experience. Please come visit if you can.
Wherever you are, when you open an Avena Botanicals' bag of tea or bottle of herbal extract, the healing essence of our garden is there for you to receive.
Visitors Welcome to Avena's Gardens and Shop
May, June, July, August and September
Monday - Friday: Noon to 5pm
October, November, December, January, February, March and April
Monday-Thursday: Noon to 5pm and on Friday: 9am-1pm
Closed Weekends
Directions and Map to Avena Botanicals' Organic Herb Gardens and Apothecary
219 Mill St., Rockport, ME 04856 (207) 594-0694
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From the South: Travel north on Route 1 to Warren, Maine. Turn left onto Route 90. Continue on Route 90 for approximately 6 miles. Soon after passing "Swift Storage", turn right onto Mill Street.
On Mill Street: After almost a mile on Mill Street look for our sign and a large mailbox (#219) on the right side of the road. The apothecary and office are in the farmhouse down the driveway and beyond the gardens.
From the North:Travel south on Route 1 through Camden to Rockport, Maine. Turn right onto Route 90 at the stoplight. Pass through the intersection of Routes 17 and 90. Continue on 90 for less than a mile, passing a large pond (Tolman Pond) on your left. At the end of the pond, turn left onto Mill Street and follow the above directions from Mill Street.
From the West: Travel on Route 17 to West Rockport, Maine, and turn right onto Route 90. Continue on 90 for less than a mile, passing a large pond (Tolman Pond) on your left. At the end of the pond, turn left onto Mill Street and follow the above directions from Mill Street.
Note: Traffic can be heavy on Route 1 during the tourist season, June through October. Allow extra travel time if you're attending a workshop at Avena.