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Our 2023 Programs, Workshops & Garden Club Events
The Martha's Vineyard Garden Club Program Schedule for 2023 January & February – NO ‘Formal’ Programs to take place in January and February. Hydrangea Pruning Demonstrations are planned for January and May. As of January 10, 2023, WE ARE COMPLETELY BOOKED for both January & May Hydrangea Pruning demonstrations. Details with dates/times for both demos were sent via email to those who have signed up to be a part. AND to those who have signed up...be sure to check your email for info as the date gets closer. (Demo Time, Weather Forecast, Event Address, etc!) Tuesday, March 21 – Speaker: Kathie Skinner Program Title: ‘Hydrangeas: Which One is Right for Me?’ Begins @ 1:00pm at The Wakeman Center located in Vineyard Haven / Program Room This lecture focuses on the key points that gardeners should consider before they invest in a hydrangea. With over 600 cultivars to select from, it’s easy to select a plant based on some attributes only to find that it will definitely not be the “right plant in the right place. ” The seven species are identified, examples of each are provided, and their best use in the landscape. CLICK HERE to access the webpage and download Kathie's Hydrangea Program Handout if you want to take notes at the meeting... BIO: Kathie is a Senior Principal Master Gardener, the past Education Coordinator and current Master Gardener Training Coordinator for the MMGA. She is a retired educator with over 40 years teaching and administering in K-12. She currently does education policy research and writing for various state and national education organizations. FREE to MVGC Members / Open to non-members @ $10.00 pp West Tisbury members and VP to provide snacks & refreshments Tuesday, April 18 – Speaker: Heidi Schmidt of Vineyard Sound Herbs for Mind, Body Spirit Program Title: ‘Awakening with Spring through your Herb Garden’ Begins @ 1:00pm at The Wakeman Center located in Vineyard Haven / Program Room Learn about the nutritious and healing qualities of the herbs (cultivars and otherwise) peeking through winter’s litter of last year’s growth in your garden…Tea tastings and herbal delights to taste as you journey with Heidi into the virtues of these plants for wellbeing of your body, mind, spirit and soil health of your garden. *Heidi will bring items for Teas for tasting, teas you can make yourself, facial steams and herbs to make you feel good just by growing and seeing them. BIO: Heidi founded Vineyard Sound Herbs in 1987, on Martha’s Vineyard. In 2004, she moved her business to a mountainside in Fayston, Vermont. Since then, she has added The Tiny Tea House, where complimentary tea can be sampled. She also offers private and group classes by appointment. Heidi has a B.S. in Land Management Resources from Montana State University and an Herbalist Certificate from the Center of the Light, Monterey, Massachusetts. She has also attended the College of Phytotherapy* in East Sussex, England and apprenticed in a London phytotherapy clinic. Along the way, she also worked as an Assistant Naturalist at Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary. She is the daughter of our long-time member and Daffodil Walk organizer, Martha Schmidt. FREE to MVGC Members / Open to non-members @ $10.00 pp Chilmark/Aquinnah members and VP to provide snacks & refreshments Tuesday, May 16 – Speaker: Christin Geall Program Title: 'Arts & Ideas: Dutch Floral Still Life' Begins @ 1:00pm at The Wakeman Center located in Vineyard Haven / Program Room Join writer, designer and photographer, Christin Geall, author of Cultivated: The Elements of Floral Style, for special presentation and demonstration exploring Dutch Floral Still Life. Christin will deliver a slide presentation to be followed by a live foam-free design demonstration. The program will run approximately 90 minutes. Christin Geall teaches and speaks internationally. Her presentation will be followed by a book signing. Historical knowledge, a bit of art history, design tips and an appreciation of the art of arranging will be takeaways from Christin's presentation. BIO: BIO: Over thirty years ago, Christin Geall apprenticed with the herbalist Heidi Schmidt in West Tisbury and a lifelong love of plants, Heidi, and the island was born. Christin is now a featured Garden Club of America ‘On Demand’ speaker and teaches and speaks internationally. She was educated in Canada, the US, and the UK, and holds a BA in Environmental Studies and Anthropology and a MFA in creative nonfiction. She is delighted to add that from this spring forward she will divide her time between British Columbia and her new home in Chilmark. Visit Christin's website: https://www.cultivatedbychristin.com/about/christin FREE to MVGC Members / Open to non-members @ $20.00 pp Edgartown members and VP to provide snacks & refreshments June – Blooming Art / no program – Blooming Art event is slated for June 16-18, 2023 Tuesday, July 18 – Speaker and Program - TBD Begins @ 1:00pm at The Old Mill located in West Tisbury Oak Bluffs members and VP to provide snacks & refreshments Tuesday, August 15 – Annual Meeting – Speaker: Liz Durkee of the Martha's Vineyard Commission Program Title: ‘Climate Change and the Natural Environment’ Begins @ 1:00pm at The Old Mill located in West Tisbury Climate change is stressing the natural environment, from coastal erosion to biodiversity loss. The best way to adapt is to work with nature/ not against it. We'll look at the impacts, what's being done to address them, and positive action you can take to help make the Island as climate change resilient as possible. Liz hopes attendees will gain an understanding of how climate change is affecting the island's natural environment and inspiration to take positive action to address the impacts. BIO: Liz is the climate change planner at the Martha's Vineyard Commission. She spent summer vacations on the Island growing up and moved here full-time in 1983. She was the conservation agent for the Town of Oak Bluffs for twenty-two years before being hired as the Commission's first climate change planner in 2021. As the conservation agent she became concerned about sea level rise and that led her to months of off-duty research to understand how climate change would specifically affect the Vineyard. The result was 9 fifteen-part series in the Vineyard Gazette/ way back in 2011, called Climate Change on Martha's Vineyard. Last year the Commission released the Island's first Climate Action Plan, The Vineyard Way: Connected to Our Past, Committed to Our Future. https://thevineyardway.org/plan-development FREE to MVGC Members / Open to non-members @ $10.00 pp Vineyard Haven members and VP to provide snacks & refreshments Tuesday, September 19 – Speaker: John Forti Program Title: ‘Heirloom Gardening’ Location TBD depending on weather/temperature - STAY TUNED as the date approaches! Begins @ 1:00pm at The Old Mill located in West Tisbury Heirloom Gardening is John’s newest presentation. This PowerPoint program shares inspiration from our long history of heirloom preservation, garden craft and homestead lifeways. Artisanal lifestyles that are helping us to rebuild vibrant local agricultural economies and celebrate sustainable cottage industries that are contributing to our new, homegrown American arts & crafts movement and backyard environmentalism. This program allows for a look at how you can make a difference in your own backyard and community. The presentation draws from his book of traditional plants and skills for the modern world. Illustrated with period images and contemporary woodcuts. BIO: John Forti is an award-winning heirloom specialist, garden historian, ethnobotanist, garden writer, and local foods advocate. He is executive director of Bedrock Gardens, an artist-inspired public sculpture garden and landscape in Lee, New Hampshire, and the recipient of a national 2020 Award of Excellence from National Garden Clubs. John was formerly the Director of Horticulture for Plimoth Plantation and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and is involved with Slow Food USA, the national chapter of Slow Food, a global organization and international grassroots movement connecting food producers and consumers to champion local agriculture, farmers markets, and traditional, regional cuisine. http://www.jforti.com/ The Heirloom Gardener - John Forti on Facebook John Forti- The Heirloom Gardener Book- Amazon FREE to GC Members / Open to non-members - cost TBD at a later date West Tisbury members and VP to provide snacks & refreshments Tuesday, October 17 – Speaker: Irwin Ehrenreich, Master Rosarian Program Title: ‘All About Roses’ Begins @ 1:00pm at The Wakeman Center located in Vineyard Haven / Program Room The program will cover rose classification, and the care of roses from Spring pruning through Winter protection. There will be a slide show of Irwin’s rose garden at his Barnstable home plus photos of some of his rose care client’s roses. He will show how the gardens were designed and go over structures, layout and ornaments. Members will learn how to select and care for roses. Irwin will explain the differences between the various classes of roses and the ease or difficulty growing each class. BIO: Irwin Ehrenreich, a retired Surgeon (Ear, Nose & Throat), is the owner of The Rose Man, a rose care service on Cape Cod (formerly The Rose Man Nursery). He and his wife, Cindy, care for over 2,000 roses-550 in their garden plus the roses of their rose care clients. He was featured in the May 2011 issue of Cape Cod Magazine. His Barnstable home garden was featured in the Spring 2008 Country Garden Magazine, on N.E.C.N.’s New England Dream House, on HGTV Gardens and in C.L. Fornari’s book A Garden Lover’s Cape Cod. His Carver nursery and garden were featured in The Boston Globe and American Rose magazine. He is an American Rose Society Master Rosarian, past president of 3 rose societies, past Yankee District coordinator for Roses in Review, recipient of the American Rose Society’s Outstanding Consulting Rosarian Award, 2 Bronze Medals and a Silver Medal. He is currently a member of the Rhode Island Rose Society and the New England Rose Society. He is also a Master Gardener. He has lectured on rose care and rose garden design throughout New England. He has spoken to local rose societies, at district rose conventions, garden clubs and at the Boston Flower Show. FREE to MVGC Members / Open to non-members @ $10.00 pp Chilmark/Aquinnah members and VP to provide snacks & refreshments Tuesday, November 21 – Speaker: Lifetime Master Gardener, Kathi Gariepy Program Title: ‘Forcing Bulbs’ Begins @ 1:00pm at The Wakeman Center located in Vineyard Haven / Program Room Forcing bulbs is easy and fun. In the depths of the New England winter we all long for a little color and sunshine. Forcing bulbs in autumn can bring fragrance, color, and joy to the holiday season. Forcing spring bulbs lets us enjoy the beauty and fragrance of spring a few weeks early and helps to make the last weeks of winter bearable. Learn about the history of bulbs, which bulbs are best for forcing, and how and why they are able to be forced. BIO: Kathi Gariepy is a former special needs preschool and kindergarten teacher who has been gardening since she was a child. She is a Lifetime Master Gardener with the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association, volunteering more than 10,000 hours, past Vice President of the MMGA, past chair of the Master Gardener Advisory Board, past president of the Attleboro Garden Club. Kathi is a Landscape Design Consultant and on the Gardening Study Council. Kathi has worked as lead teacher for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, education coordinator for MassAudubon and studied landscape design at Rhode Island School of Design. She is also the recipient of the MMGA’s Lifetime Achievement Award (the Golden Trowel) and the MHS Silver Medal and is currently the chair of the Attleboro Conservation Commission. Kathi teaches children and adults about the wonders of nature. She also owns the garden design company Pleasant Vistas. Kathi lives in an old farmhouse with perennial borders, herb gardens, a vegetable garden, grapes, blueberries, raspberries and some very old, still producing, apple trees. FREE to MVGC Members / Open to non-members @ $10.00 pp Edgartown members and VP to provide snacks & refreshments December – No Meeting – Holly Day party @ The Ag Hall or Old Mill open to MVGC members and one guest Date / Location - TBD Garden Club 'General' Meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month, and begin at 1:00pm. The first 10-15 minutes of the meeting, address 'MV Garden Club business' and then the Program follows. Meetings are held at either The Old Mill in WT or at the Wakeman Center in VH in the 'Program Room' there. We will post the location of each meeting one month prior on our home page with a program description and short bio on the presenter. At the conclusion of each meeting, there is a 'Social Time' which offers light snacks and refreshments to attendees. It is hosted by the VP's of each Vineyard town (via rotation) and highlights our Club members culinary creations. We encourage the general public to join us for a program that is of interest, and hopefully in turn they decide to join our Club! – Donna Arold, Program Committee Chair 2023 Fawn Hurwitz, Angela Egerton, Program Committee MV Garden Club Learning Experiences ...
coming in the future for members 
'The Art of Bonsai' Demonstration was postponed until Spring due to lack of attendance / interest. We will reschedule this demo after our Blooming Art event for sometime in June or July. Stay tuned to our website for dates & more information... 
Slab Pottery Workshop - Date and detail info has yet been determined ...but we are working on it! DO stay tuned to the website and newsletter for details and sign up information once it becomes available! |
Wildflower Poster - Early September, 2023 - Exact Date TBD - The Wakeman Center, VH
We are fine tuning the details on this, too...but here's your chance to get one of these coveted and 'Vintage' Martha's Vineyard Garden Club Wildflower posters for your very own! Members will meet as they color-in their take-home poster, suitable for framing! Led by MV watercolor artist and Garden Club Veteran, Angela Egerton, we will be guided with a sample poster (see right) and use proper color/s for filling in the plant images. Colored pencils, crayons, and posters will be provided along with complimentary snacks and refreshments. Stay tuned to the website and newsletters for information on date and time! There will be a $10.00 cost to attend to cover materials cost.
We are fine tuning the details on this, too...but here's your chance to get one of these coveted and 'Vintage' Martha's Vineyard Garden Club Wildflower posters for your very own! Members will meet as they color-in their take-home poster, suitable for framing! Led by MV watercolor artist and Garden Club Veteran, Angela Egerton, we will be guided with a sample poster (see right) and use proper color/s for filling in the plant images. Colored pencils, crayons, and posters will be provided along with complimentary snacks and refreshments. Stay tuned to the website and newsletters for information on date and time! There will be a $10.00 cost to attend to cover materials cost.
The Vineyard's Cranberry Bog...A Visit and Tour for MVGC Members Only
Thursday, November 2 at 1:00pm
Take a tour and even pick some cranberries to get a feel for this little Vineyard jewel and how they operate! Read all about Vineyard cranberries here and stay tuned for a more comprehensive description of this Tour as info becomes available! In the meantime, here's another link to more cranberry bog info! Club members should gather at The Wakeman Center at 12:30/12:45. FREE and open to GC Members, but donations are appreciated by 'the bog'.
Thursday, November 2 at 1:00pm
Take a tour and even pick some cranberries to get a feel for this little Vineyard jewel and how they operate! Read all about Vineyard cranberries here and stay tuned for a more comprehensive description of this Tour as info becomes available! In the meantime, here's another link to more cranberry bog info! Club members should gather at The Wakeman Center at 12:30/12:45. FREE and open to GC Members, but donations are appreciated by 'the bog'.
Oyster Shell Trinket Dish / Ornament Workshop
Learn the process of decoupage while creating a fun and easy 'island related' craft! Attendees will create a unique oyster shell trinket dish to take home. Choose a pattern you like from the materials provided...sweet cocktail napkin designs or magazine clippings...learn the process of decoupage to 'seal' the design. You will finish your shell with a classic gold or silver trim. All materials are provided along with complimentary nibbles and refreshments. Stay tuned for the reschedule date...There will be a $10.00 cost to attend.
Learn the process of decoupage while creating a fun and easy 'island related' craft! Attendees will create a unique oyster shell trinket dish to take home. Choose a pattern you like from the materials provided...sweet cocktail napkin designs or magazine clippings...learn the process of decoupage to 'seal' the design. You will finish your shell with a classic gold or silver trim. All materials are provided along with complimentary nibbles and refreshments. Stay tuned for the reschedule date...There will be a $10.00 cost to attend.
2023 MV Garden Club Upcoming Community & Member Events:
May 8 - Falmouth GC Event in Falmouth at the First Congregational Church
Container Gardening Program with Deb Trickett
(doors open at 9am)
The Falmouth Garden Club's Monthly Meeting
($10 Admission charged, Travel on your own, CLICK HERE for details)
May 27 & 28 MVGC Annual Plant Sale - at the Old Mill in West Tisbury
June, 2023 - Blooming Art at The Old Mill - June 16, 17, & 18.
June / July / August, 2023 - Garden Club Member Garden Walkabouts -
exact dates TBD
Member Plant Swap - dates TBD
Four O'Clock Fridays for GC Members @ The Old Mill - dates TBD
Tour of the Vineyard Cranberry Bog for GC Members - November 2
May 8 - Falmouth GC Event in Falmouth at the First Congregational Church
Container Gardening Program with Deb Trickett
(doors open at 9am)
The Falmouth Garden Club's Monthly Meeting
($10 Admission charged, Travel on your own, CLICK HERE for details)
May 27 & 28 MVGC Annual Plant Sale - at the Old Mill in West Tisbury
June, 2023 - Blooming Art at The Old Mill - June 16, 17, & 18.
June / July / August, 2023 - Garden Club Member Garden Walkabouts -
exact dates TBD
Member Plant Swap - dates TBD
Four O'Clock Fridays for GC Members @ The Old Mill - dates TBD
Tour of the Vineyard Cranberry Bog for GC Members - November 2
