MARTHA'S VINEYARD GARDEN CLUB
  • WELCOME
  • Meetings/Events/Workshops
    • Plant Sale 2022
    • Directions to the WAKEMAN CENTER
    • Directions to the OLD MILL
    • 2022 Program & Events
  • About Us
    • Charitable Projects
    • Fun with the MVGarden Club
    • Who we are
    • Leadership
    • Committees
  • RENEW/JOIN 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!
  • Blooming Art
    • Blooming Art 2022
    • For Our 2022 Floral Designers
    • Floral Design Demos BA 2022
    • Blooming Art 2021
    • Photos Blooming Art 2021
  • Member's Gardens
    • September: Minor Knight
    • August: Nancy Kilson
    • July: Susan Hobart and Susan Rust
  • Resources
    • Horticultural Hints for May
    • No Mow May!
    • Periodicals & an App!
    • 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 MV Garden Club's prized 'Seale' 

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​Our seal is the ancient official seal of the county of Dukes County, adopted a few years after the settlement of Martha’s Vineyard.  Edgartown records of 1655 state, “the common seale of this place shall be a bunch of grapes.”

The earliest representation of the seal is found in early manuscript papers kept by the Congressional Library.  Certain of these papers have been designated as “Athern Mss.” Because they are original drafts of legal documents prepared by Kames and Jabez Athern in their official capacities as Justices of the Peace and Clerk of the Courts on Martha’s Vineyard.  The representation of the seal in the Athern manuscripts of 1722 looks exactly like our logo!
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We are very fortunate to have a seal with such a ling Island history.  It could have gone to many other groups but it is our good fortune to have secured it for ourselves.
  • WELCOME
  • Meetings/Events/Workshops
    • Plant Sale 2022
    • Directions to the WAKEMAN CENTER
    • Directions to the OLD MILL
    • 2022 Program & Events
  • About Us
    • Charitable Projects
    • Fun with the MVGarden Club
    • Who we are
    • Leadership
    • Committees
  • RENEW/JOIN 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!
  • Blooming Art
    • Blooming Art 2022
    • For Our 2022 Floral Designers
    • Floral Design Demos BA 2022
    • Blooming Art 2021
    • Photos Blooming Art 2021
  • Member's Gardens
    • September: Minor Knight
    • August: Nancy Kilson
    • July: Susan Hobart and Susan Rust
  • Resources
    • Horticultural Hints for May
    • No Mow May!
    • Periodicals & an App!
    • 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)