Blog
Welcome to our blog about the Benjamin F Packard House Bed and Breakfast, and notes about what’s going on in the Bath, Maine area.
My Favorite Flower
Right now blooming in the front and back gardens - irises, my favorite flower.
Garden Update
The patio garden is done! Amy and her sister who was visiting from Pennsylvania worked hard this past week and got the pots planted, mulch down and the perennials planted that Amy bought at the local garden club sale. Tille and I were not much help but we did keep a...
A Weekend of Quilting
I had the pleasure this weekend of meeting the Canoe City Quilters when they booked a quilting weekend at the B&B. What a fun group of ladies! Aside from the fact the lavished me (and Tille) with attention, they were just fun to hang out with on the patio while...
The garden is ready and waiting…
Amy and Mark spent a lot of time this past weekend getting the garden and patio ready for guests and all their hard work paid off. Pots are ready to be planted later in May, some perennials are blooming in the garden beds and the patio is decked out with lights,...
Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yesterday Amy posted a Facebook picture of a new cookie she baked. As usual with food pictures she had a great response and everyone wants to know the recipe. Of course, she volunteered me to post it in my next blog and gave me a strict deadline that I must post it...
Why Bath?
Recently some of Mark's family visited who had never been here before and asked Amy and Mark "Why do people come to visit Bath?" Granted they were visiting in the quiet season on a cold, rainy, overcast April day so maybe Bath's many charms were not as evident. So...
About Benjamin F. Packard
Benjamin F. Packard was a successful and well known shipwright and was a partner in Goss, Sawyer & Packard, one of the most successful ship-building companies in the world during the late nineteenth century. Packard was a junior partner in the firm. He became quite prominent in Bath and was one of the founders of Bath Savings Institution. The bank still uses a picture featuring the ship named after Packard on their logo.
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Benjamin F. Packard House
Bed & Breakfast
45 Pearl Street, Bath, ME 04530
866-361-6004 | 207-443-6004