Diane Edwards
Wild Iris Inn
273 State Street
Portland, ME 04101
800-600-1557
www.wildirisinn.com
Diane@wildirisinn.com
We are the only certified green bed and breakfast in downtown Portland Maine. Everyone at the inn is committed to making our environment healthier and green. We have seven rooms that are all cleaned with environmentally friendly cleaning and laundry products. We recycle, compost,buy local and for those items we have to use paper we only use 100% recycled. We have been going green since 2002.

Tuesday I made my annual spring pilgrimage to the Maine Botanical Garden's in Boothbay Harbor. It was a picture perfect spring day and my friend's Keri and Nini joined me. It is only about an hour and fifteen minutes from Portland so it makes a great morning adventure and then go out to lunch in Boothbay. The Azaleas were in bloom and looked gorgeous. We also saw lots of other beautiful spring flowers while meandering through the woodland paths and the gardens. You can check out their website at http://www.mainegardens.org/ as they have many interesting events going on throughout the year. It is definitely worth a visit.
The Wild Iris Inn just got two bikes at Gorham Bike Shop Swap last weekend. So now guests can park their cars while staying at the inn and borrow our bikes to explore Portland and the coast. It is a great way to see the sights and be green! Portland Trails, http://www.trails.org/ has a great trail map of places to explore in the area, from beaches to parks to waterfalls. You can ride to all the different lighthouses in the area or take the bikes on the ferry to an island and go explore. Portland is a very bike friendly place! So come to the Wild Iris Inn in Portland and park your car and explore!
