Blooming Art, 2023 at
The Old Mill
is on the horizon!
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Join us for this annual celebration of art and flowers
brought to you by
the MV Garden Club,
Island Artists and
Floral Designers of the MVGC!
$10.00 admission is taken
at the door.
All Artwork is for Sale with a portion of the sale donated to the MVGC by the artists. This is the Garden Club's biggest fundraiser of the year, so do come and support our Club!
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE about Blooming Art & for directions to the Mill!
The Old Mill
is on the horizon!
~ ~ ~
Join us for this annual celebration of art and flowers
brought to you by
the MV Garden Club,
Island Artists and
Floral Designers of the MVGC!
$10.00 admission is taken
at the door.
All Artwork is for Sale with a portion of the sale donated to the MVGC by the artists. This is the Garden Club's biggest fundraiser of the year, so do come and support our Club!
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE about Blooming Art & for directions to the Mill!
TO SHARE INFO ABOUT BLOOMING ART WITH YOUR FRIENDS and FAMILY,
CLICK HERE to share our Blooming Art Newsletter via the socials...!
CLICK HERE to share our Blooming Art Newsletter via the socials...!
Something quite exciting coming in August!
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Stay tuned to the website and our Garden Club newsletters for information about this upcoming "Edgartown Garden Stroll"
slated for August 10, 2023.
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Take in the beauty of Edgartown as you stroll the town and visit five private Edgartown gardens and
one public historic botanic garden
at your own pace.
Due to Blooming Art happening in June, there is no June member meeting...
our next meeting will be on:
Tuesday, July 18 – Speaker: Samantha Look of the Vineyard Conservation Society
Program Title: Love Song for the Vineyard Lawn
Begins @ 1:00pm at The Old Mill located in West Tisbury
our next meeting will be on:
Tuesday, July 18 – Speaker: Samantha Look of the Vineyard Conservation Society
Program Title: Love Song for the Vineyard Lawn
Begins @ 1:00pm at The Old Mill located in West Tisbury
The Vineyard Conservation Society (VCS) is the Island's local environmental organization, dedicated to preserving our land and water through advocacy, education, and legal defense.
In this program Samantha will share the details of the VCS "Vineyard Lawns" initiative. Due to rising concerns for how the health of our ponds, our wildlife, our pets and our own bodies are impacted by lawn care practices, VCS is advocating for a more holistic and ecologically friendly approach to how we maintain our lawns. The collective area dedicated to lawn space in the United States is roughly equivalent to the combined landmass of Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. How we reduce and manage these spaces has significant impacts. Sam will share information about how the seemingly simple act of caring for a lawn intersects strongly with climate change, water quality and personal health, as well as tips and resources for how to apply the Vineyard Lawn approach in your own backyard.
BIO: Samantha is the newly-appointed Executive Director of VCS. She began working with the organization in 2014 and helped lead plastic pollution reduction efforts, including the island-wide plastic bag ban. She is one of the three member team that maintains the Island Climate Action Network and is the liaison for the Land Use, Natural Resources and Biodiversity section of the MV Climate Action Plan. She helped lead efforts to draft and campaign the house size bylaw that was successfully adopted in West Tisbury in 2022. Sam is an avid gardener, and before working for VCS, was an assistant designer in her mother, Carly Look's, landscape design office. Understanding the role that home gardeners can play in the protection of biodiversity and the ways in which our yards can act as extensions of our local ecosystems is a central interest to Sam and VCS.
FREE to MVGC Members / Open to non-members @ $10.00 pp
Oak Bluffs members and VP to provide snacks & refreshments
In this program Samantha will share the details of the VCS "Vineyard Lawns" initiative. Due to rising concerns for how the health of our ponds, our wildlife, our pets and our own bodies are impacted by lawn care practices, VCS is advocating for a more holistic and ecologically friendly approach to how we maintain our lawns. The collective area dedicated to lawn space in the United States is roughly equivalent to the combined landmass of Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. How we reduce and manage these spaces has significant impacts. Sam will share information about how the seemingly simple act of caring for a lawn intersects strongly with climate change, water quality and personal health, as well as tips and resources for how to apply the Vineyard Lawn approach in your own backyard.
BIO: Samantha is the newly-appointed Executive Director of VCS. She began working with the organization in 2014 and helped lead plastic pollution reduction efforts, including the island-wide plastic bag ban. She is one of the three member team that maintains the Island Climate Action Network and is the liaison for the Land Use, Natural Resources and Biodiversity section of the MV Climate Action Plan. She helped lead efforts to draft and campaign the house size bylaw that was successfully adopted in West Tisbury in 2022. Sam is an avid gardener, and before working for VCS, was an assistant designer in her mother, Carly Look's, landscape design office. Understanding the role that home gardeners can play in the protection of biodiversity and the ways in which our yards can act as extensions of our local ecosystems is a central interest to Sam and VCS.
FREE to MVGC Members / Open to non-members @ $10.00 pp
Oak Bluffs members and VP to provide snacks & refreshments
Need Fall bulbs for your garden?
You've come to the right place!
Buy bulbs, plants, perennials, gardening books and tools
and support the MVGC at the same time!
Your order via Brent and Becky's will earn the MV Garden Club 25% of your purchase!
Visit www.bloominbucks.com, and select our Club's registered name
(which is Martha's Vineyard Garden Club, Inc.) and begin your shopping.
The items you choose will be sent directly to you and our Club
will receive 25% of your total purchase. It's really that easy!
Our Dear Judy...You are sorely missed!
It is with great sadness that we let our members know about the passing of dear, beloved and past MVGC President, mentor and visionary, Judy Bryant. To say we were shocked and extremely saddened puts it mildly since the last time we were all together at our October member meeting she was 'the same Judy’, all smiles, sharing good advice and full of positive exuberance for the next chapter of her life to come with her daughter in Pennsylvania. There is not a lot to say at this point from the MVGC perspective, other than to let you know that we plan that the 2023 MV Scholarship will be given in her memory. In addition, we feel that the 'Greenhouse' should somehow reflect her devotion, love and dedication to this integral part of the MV Garden Club, but there is more info to come as we figure this out and how we should proceed. We extend our deepest sympathies to Judy’s sister, GC Member, Nancy Cabot and to the rest of Judy’s family. Our hearts are with you and we send love to you all at this difficult time. Judy’s obituary is here.
Our Love & Thanks to You Always, dear Judy. You are and always will be an inspiration to those of us
who were privileged to know you.
It is with great sadness that we let our members know about the passing of dear, beloved and past MVGC President, mentor and visionary, Judy Bryant. To say we were shocked and extremely saddened puts it mildly since the last time we were all together at our October member meeting she was 'the same Judy’, all smiles, sharing good advice and full of positive exuberance for the next chapter of her life to come with her daughter in Pennsylvania. There is not a lot to say at this point from the MVGC perspective, other than to let you know that we plan that the 2023 MV Scholarship will be given in her memory. In addition, we feel that the 'Greenhouse' should somehow reflect her devotion, love and dedication to this integral part of the MV Garden Club, but there is more info to come as we figure this out and how we should proceed. We extend our deepest sympathies to Judy’s sister, GC Member, Nancy Cabot and to the rest of Judy’s family. Our hearts are with you and we send love to you all at this difficult time. Judy’s obituary is here.
Our Love & Thanks to You Always, dear Judy. You are and always will be an inspiration to those of us
who were privileged to know you.
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MARTHA'S VINEYARD GARDEN CLUB
The Martha's Vineyard Garden Club, established in 1924, is an island-wide community organization of almost two hundred members (including many seasonal residents), who share a passion for gardening, conservation, and maintaining our unique environment. Our monthly meetings are both educational and social; our programs are varied and designed to meet personal and community needs. We value Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and everyone is welcome to be a member or guest of our club.