Inspiring Stories

Claire Hunt was many things to the Gardens: one of the original founders, the first membership coordinator, and past President of the Board of Directors. “I have a passion and a fire in my belly,” Claire once said, “and the Gardens is my passion.”

Those of us who spend time in Maine know what a work of art it is in which we reside. Certainly this is true for Rob Radloff and Ann Beha, seasonal Maine residents who see art as an essential aspect of life, a link to the landscape and a way to help navigate our own—and each other’s—humanity. 

BJ Dobson is not afraid of hard work. Although, to hear her tell it, her nearly 30-year docent career at the Gardens hasn’t felt much like work.

One of the highlights of volunteer and donor Pat Schubert’s year is driving over the Piscataqua River Bridge into Maine. “I love driving over the border and seeing the sign, ‘The Way Life Should Be.’ I always take a deep breath and say, yes, this is exactly where I should be.”

Charter members since 1996 and volunteers since 1999, Mollie and Wells Moore have been integral to the Gardens, from mobilizing a group to travel the world investigating sensory gardens to Mollie’s two terms on the Board of Directors to Wells’ chairing of the grounds committee in 2004.

Charter members since 1996 and volunteers since 1999, Mollie and Wells Moore have been integral to the Gardens, from mobilizing a group to travel the world investigating sensory gardens to Mollie’s two terms on the Board of Directors to Wells’ chairing of the grounds committee in 2004.