MARTHA'S VINEYARD GARDEN CLUB
  • WELCOME
  • Meetings/Events/Workshops
    • 2023 Program & Events
    • Directions to the WAKEMAN CENTER
    • Directions to the OLD MILL
  • About Us
    • Who we are
    • Leadership
    • Committees
    • Charitable Projects
    • Fun with the MVGarden Club
    • AG FAIR and the Garden Club!
  • JOIN the Club, RENEW OR DONATE!
  • Garden Club History
    • Blasts from the Past
    • The OLD MILL Yesterday
    • The OLD MILL Today
    • Garden Club Seale
  • Giving Back
    • Rose Styron Garden
    • Harbor Homes
    • Woodside Community Garden
    • Mytoi Gardens on Chappy!
    • Floral Arrangements for Hospice Soiree!
  • Blooming Art
    • Blooming Art - Preview 2023
    • After Blooming Art 2022
    • Blooming Art 2022 Photos and Thank You!
  • Member's Gardens
    • 2022 Garden Walkabouts hosted by our Members
    • Jane Bradbury's Edgartown Garden
    • September: Minor Knight
    • August: Nancy Kilson
    • July: Susan Hobart and Susan Rust
  • Resources
    • Conservation Information
    • Horticultural HInts for January
    • Reference Info, Magazines & Apps
    • Virtual Presentations, Garden Tours and Websites
    • Allied Organizations on MV
    • Prominent Horticultural Organizations
  • Members Only
    • WT & MVCB Grant Information
    • Membership List
    • Branding presentation
    • Bylaws (Aug. 2013)
The 2019 Program & Major Events
Please note: Monthly meetings begin at 1 pm.  January through May meetings are at the Wakeman Center in Vineyard Haven and July through October meetings are at the Old Mill in West Tisbury.


THE 2019 PROGRAM OVERVIEW:

JANUARY 15, 2019:  A Tick Can Make You Sick: Reducing Tick-Borne Illnesses on Martha's Vineyard
Richard Johnson, Biologist, Martha's Vineyard Tick-Borne Illness Prevention Initiative

FEBRUARY 19, 2019: Going Green: How We Can Use the Lessons Learned at Solviva Farm
Anna Edey, Garden Club Member and Owner, Solviva Farm, West Tisbury 

MARCH 19, 2019: Pruning: The Shape of Things to Come
Ian Jochems, Horticulturist/Arborist, Polly Hill Arboretum
 
APRIL 16, 2019:  Medicinal Herbs: Growing Them, Finding Them and Using Them
Heidi Schmidt-Laliberte, Founder and Owner of Vineyard Sound Herbs

MAY 21, 2019: More About Birds and Bees: Attracting Native Pollinators
Mary Kay Fox, Treasurer, Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge, Inc.  

JUNE 2019: No Meeting: Blooming Art 2019!
Blooming Art will be held from June 20 - June 23
 
JULY 16, 2019: Orthoptera: Springers and Singers
Matt Pelikan, Director of Islands Programs, The Nature Conservancy and Columnist, MV Times

AUGUST 20, 2019 (Annual Meeting): The History, Ecology, and Conservation of Martha's Vineyard
David Foster,  Director, Harvard Forest, Harvard University

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019: Gardening is Murder
Neal Sanders, Mystery Writer, Gardener and Garden Blogger

OCTOBER 22, 2019: History of Our Home: The Old Mill - Then and Now
A. Bowdoin (Bow) Van Riper, Research Librarian, Martha's Vineyard Museum

NOVEMBER 19, 2019: Dark and Creepy: Shade Gardens and Ground Covers
Cammie Naylor, Garden Designer, Donaroma's

DECEMBER, 2019:  The Annual Holly Day Party at the Ag Hall is our meeting!

2019 EVENTS:
Annual Greenhouse Plant Sale (Members):  1 hr. before and 1 hr. after the May meeting, Wakeman Center
Annual Memorial Day Weekend Greenhouse Plant Sale  (General Public)  
Daffodil Walk (Members)
Flower Arranging Demonstration for Blooming Art Designers (May)
​Blooming Art 2019
Wreath-Making Workshop (Members)
Holly Day Party
Information about these events will be announced at meetings and via email. 

The 2019 Program Committee:  Chair; Anda Woodward, with Kathy Kitsock, Tracie Clark, Mary Lou DeLong and Barbara Watts.
  • WELCOME
  • Meetings/Events/Workshops
    • 2023 Program & Events
    • Directions to the WAKEMAN CENTER
    • Directions to the OLD MILL
  • About Us
    • Who we are
    • Leadership
    • Committees
    • Charitable Projects
    • Fun with the MVGarden Club
    • AG FAIR and the Garden Club!
  • JOIN the Club, RENEW OR DONATE!
  • Garden Club History
    • Blasts from the Past
    • The OLD MILL Yesterday
    • The OLD MILL Today
    • Garden Club Seale
  • Giving Back
    • Rose Styron Garden
    • Harbor Homes
    • Woodside Community Garden
    • Mytoi Gardens on Chappy!
    • Floral Arrangements for Hospice Soiree!
  • Blooming Art
    • Blooming Art - Preview 2023
    • After Blooming Art 2022
    • Blooming Art 2022 Photos and Thank You!
  • Member's Gardens
    • 2022 Garden Walkabouts hosted by our Members
    • Jane Bradbury's Edgartown Garden
    • September: Minor Knight
    • August: Nancy Kilson
    • July: Susan Hobart and Susan Rust
  • Resources
    • Conservation Information
    • Horticultural HInts for January
    • Reference Info, Magazines & Apps
    • Virtual Presentations, Garden Tours and Websites
    • Allied Organizations on MV
    • Prominent Horticultural Organizations
  • Members Only
    • WT & MVCB Grant Information
    • Membership List
    • Branding presentation
    • Bylaws (Aug. 2013)