The August 15 Meeting at the Old Mill in West Tisbury:
C.L. Fornari will speak on Color All Summer: Reports from Annual Alley
C.L. Fornari will speak on Color All Summer: Reports from Annual Alley
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About our August speaker:
C.L. Fornari is a creative gardening expert (aka plant geek) who transitioned from artist to garden communicator in 1995. She is the author seven books including her latest, The Cocktail Hour Garden, published by St. Lynn’s Press.C.L. is the host of two radio programs on Saturdays, heard on WXTK and WRKO Boston. She speaks to audiences at horticultural trade shows, garden clubs, botanical gardens, master gardener symposiums, alumni/women’s groups and neighborhood associations. In addition to speaking, radio, and writing, C.L. blogs and runs a consultation service for Hyannis Country Garden, an independent garden center on Cape Cod. In 2012 C.L. was awarded the Garden Communicator award from the Perennial Plant Association and in 2013 won three awards from the Garden Writers Association. In 2015 C.L. launched the first annual Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival, a ten-day regional celebration of gardens that raised over $30,000.00 for local non-profits. C.L. loves children, cooking, and dogs. Her not-so-secret mission is to cultivate the gardening revival in the USA…in the meantime she grows multitudes of plants on Poison Ivy Acres in Sandwich, MA. 
Fornari is currently the
host of Garden Line... ...a call-in talk-radio program on WXTK 95.1FM every Saturday morning starting at 8 AM, and The Garden Lady on WRKO 680 AM (Boston) every Saturday afternoon from 1 to 3 PM Eastern Time. Click here to find out more about C.L. Fornari on her website. |
NOTE: The Google map below is deceiving. The Old Mill is located directly across the street from the Mill Pond. The Mill Pond (to the left of the red marker ) is actually larger than it appears on this map.
Driving directions from Chilmark/Aquinnah and
Alley's General Store in West Tisbury: Note: The Old Mill is less than 1/10th of a mile from Alley's General Store. Pass Alley's General Store on your left. Drive 200 feet, and turn right onto the Edgartown Road (toward the Airport and Edgartown). The second driveway on your right leads to the Old Mill's parking area. Driving directions from the entrance to the MV Airport
(at the intersection of Airport Road and the Edgartown: Head west on the Edgartown Rd toward West Tisbury Center. Drive 3.8 miles. The Old Mill will be on your left, directly across from Mill Pond. The driveway is immediately beyond the building. From Vineyard Haven and Up Island Cronig's:
Pass Up Island Cronig's (469 State Road) on your right. Turn left onto Edgartown Road (toward the Airport and Edgartown). The second driveway on your right leads to the Old Mill's parking area. IMPORTANT: From July through September, all meetings are held at the Old Mil on the Edgartown Road in West Tisbury. Parking is limited. Please carpool.
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Upcoming Meetings:
Check HERE to see who else will be speaking in 2017.
* PLEASE NOTE:
Our meetings are open to the public; there is a meeting fee of ten dollars
for non-members.
Any updates and weather-related scheduled changes will be noted here and
messages sent via email to members.
Check HERE to see who else will be speaking in 2017.
* PLEASE NOTE:
Our meetings are open to the public; there is a meeting fee of ten dollars
for non-members.
Any updates and weather-related scheduled changes will be noted here and
messages sent via email to members.
2017 Program Committee:
Members: Chair: Anda Woodward, with Karen Kolb, Kathy Kitsock, Tracie Clark,
and Mary Lou DeLong.
Members: Chair: Anda Woodward, with Karen Kolb, Kathy Kitsock, Tracie Clark,
and Mary Lou DeLong.