Garden Variety

One of my favorite places to visit in all of Maine!!!
If you are anywhere near Belfast, ME or looking to get off Route 1 and see a bit of the countryside; This is a great place to stop and recharge!
The woman who runs the store is Diana and she is amazing. She has the most unique items in her store from all over Maine and beyond. Lots of antiques and neat stuff for almost any room in your house.
Make sure to inquire about the letter press she owns. She showed me pictures of the Gutenberg letter press she uses to make the beautiful cards and prints. Her skill is unmatched and eye for detail is unmatched
OH… she bakes all kinds of yummy treats. My personal favorite is the ginger cookies. and the bread. She makes the best tasting organic items you’ll ever find.
If you are having a party she also says she does some catering events.
She also has rail bikes for rent! You’ll get to pedal bikes that run along the rail road tracks and it’s a blast. and a work out.
Kip is a great guy who works there and loves to chat and will help ya with the bikes. It is such a great way to see Maine.
She said she has a facebook page but She’s working on a webpage.
I live in Colorado and visiting Maine is wonderful. I love getting off route 1 and seeing the country side in the summer.
25 Gordon Hill Road
Thorndike, ME 4 986‑3227
(207) 568‑3523

After you take a thing or two from the free box, you have to go inside to buy stuff, but it’s no problem. The woman running this place has wonderful taste, a light hand with the pricing, and a talent for letterpress printing: she makes all kind of clever cards, including page-​markers for cookbooks (now why didn’t I think of that?) She sells some locally-​made food products, but mostly she sells things I would buy if I had an inch of extra room: a heavy, elegant hand-​crocheted tablecloth with deep fringe ($ 18.00), handsome pitchers from local potters (ok, I bought the one with the rabbits) and funny old toys and gadgets. I also passed up a child’s quilt embroidered with nursery rhyme characters. if you need it, it’s still there. This is AFTER you’ve visited Bryant’s Stove Museum and BEFORE you’ve eaten at the CrossTrax Café in nearby Unity. You’ve got yourself the agenda for a marvelous day.