Garden Club Meetings & Events For May!
Tuesday, May 31 at 1:00 p.m @ the Wakeman Center in Vineyard Haven...
Interactive Floral Demonstration Workshop with Judy Bryant and Nancy Cabot
~ OPEN ONLY TO MVGC Members ~
Interactive Floral Demonstration Workshop with Judy Bryant and Nancy Cabot
~ OPEN ONLY TO MVGC Members ~
Free to all Garden Club Members - Not Open to non-members...sorry! Join sisters and former Garden Club Presidents Judy Bryant and Nancy Cabot for this interactive floral demonstration session. The workshop will feature helpful hints for floral design including choosing and caring for flowers, containers, size and scale of arrangements, accessories, mechanics of flower arranging. Known for their calm presence and teaching method, Judy and Nancy will instill confidence in your floral design skills and will have samples of foliage from Polly Hill Arboretum to show how foraged plant material can be incorporated into floral arrangements.
Judy and Nancy joined the Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club in the late 1960’s and have been members ever since. They have been active participants in Blooming Art each year since the fundraiser for the MV Garden Club began. Judy worked to recruit floral designers for the event and has done floral designs each year. Nancy contributed artwork in the early years of the show along with floral designs. In addition, she worked at the Granary Gallery for many years and contributed flower arrangements to the Sunday Artists Openings at the Gallery.
Judy and Nancy joined the Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club in the late 1960’s and have been members ever since. They have been active participants in Blooming Art each year since the fundraiser for the MV Garden Club began. Judy worked to recruit floral designers for the event and has done floral designs each year. Nancy contributed artwork in the early years of the show along with floral designs. In addition, she worked at the Granary Gallery for many years and contributed flower arrangements to the Sunday Artists Openings at the Gallery.
May 28 & 29, 2022, 10am-2pm @ The Old Mill in West Tisbury
The Greenhouse Committee Plant Sale Open to the Public!
Our Greenhouse Committee members run and manage the MV Garden Club's annual plant sale each year, and to these devoted folks, we express our most sincere appreciation! This sale is a huge fundraiser for the Club and we hope the public will support our Club through this Plant Sale!
The Greenhouse Committee Plant Sale Open to the Public!
Our Greenhouse Committee members run and manage the MV Garden Club's annual plant sale each year, and to these devoted folks, we express our most sincere appreciation! This sale is a huge fundraiser for the Club and we hope the public will support our Club through this Plant Sale!
DO SUPPORT THE MV FILM CENTER's ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND!
The MV Film Center is screening 'PUSHED UP THE MOUNTAIN' on Friday, May 27th at 4PM!
The MV Garden Club is co-hosting the event by helping to promote this screening for the Film Center's Environmental Film Festival!
PUSHED UP THE MOUNTAIN is a poetic and emotionally intimate film about plants and the people who care for them. Through the tale of the migrating rhododendron, now endangered in its native China, the film reveals how high the stakes are for all living organisms in this time of unprecedented destruction of the natural world.
Garden Club member, and rhododendron aficionado Peter Norris, will be present at the screening to say a few words about his spectacular collection of rhododendron.
Do support the Film Festival, Peter Norris and the MVGC by attending!
The MV Film Center is screening 'PUSHED UP THE MOUNTAIN' on Friday, May 27th at 4PM!
The MV Garden Club is co-hosting the event by helping to promote this screening for the Film Center's Environmental Film Festival!
PUSHED UP THE MOUNTAIN is a poetic and emotionally intimate film about plants and the people who care for them. Through the tale of the migrating rhododendron, now endangered in its native China, the film reveals how high the stakes are for all living organisms in this time of unprecedented destruction of the natural world.
Garden Club member, and rhododendron aficionado Peter Norris, will be present at the screening to say a few words about his spectacular collection of rhododendron.
Do support the Film Festival, Peter Norris and the MVGC by attending!
* Blooming Art at The Old Mill *
* June 17 - 19, 2022 *
We're getting excited about Blooming Art, so stay tuned for updates and the fine details as we move closer to the date! Do check out the Blooming Art 2022 page for information and updates as the dates approach!
In honor of Earth Day and Climate Week ...
Support the NO MOW MAY movement by leaving your lawn alone!
Suggested by Garden Club Member, Nancy Weaver
New England and the Vineyard's often unpredictable weather allows
lawn mowing in Massachusetts to typically begin around May.
By delaying the start of mowing by just 31 days, the grass will grow taller,
the clover will bloom, and other plants that share our lawns to
feed the pollinators will help in feeding the wildlife and us!
Read more by clicking here...
Support the NO MOW MAY movement by leaving your lawn alone!
Suggested by Garden Club Member, Nancy Weaver
New England and the Vineyard's often unpredictable weather allows
lawn mowing in Massachusetts to typically begin around May.
By delaying the start of mowing by just 31 days, the grass will grow taller,
the clover will bloom, and other plants that share our lawns to
feed the pollinators will help in feeding the wildlife and us!
Read more by clicking here...
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Get Your Garden Club Aprons!
In case you missed this last month...we are selling MV Garden Club aprons! The aprons are made of cotton canvas, are 24" in length and have our GC logo and name on them. Aprons are available on a first come, first served basis for members to purchase and there will be a limited quantity available. Do place your order asap if you want one (or two!). Carol Goldstein is handling orders and will reserve and has begun distributing the aprons at our April meeting. If you are interested in purchasing an apron, do contact Carol via email to reserve. In addition, we will sell aprons to the general public at our Garden Club events as a bit of a fundraiser, so if you want an apron, DO RESERVE via: carol.on.senge@gmail.com Apron cost is $20.00.
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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.