Gardening Resources 1 - Reference Info, Documents, Books, Websites, Newsletters, Apps and more...
Suggested by MVGC member and Special Projects Chair, Joan Cavazuti!
From Rebecca McMackin's newsletter 'Grow Like Wild': If you’re working to keep neonics and other pesticides off your land, maybe reconsider that tulip planting? Laura Fenton reveals that safe bulbs are hard to find. Fully organic bulbs aren’t available in the US yet, but Hudson Valley Seed Co doesn’t use any systemics, while White Flower Farms and Brent & Becky’s are free of neonics. To view her current newsletter or sign up for future ones, CLICK HERE to subscribe to Rebecca's news!
From Rebecca McMackin's newsletter 'Grow Like Wild': If you’re working to keep neonics and other pesticides off your land, maybe reconsider that tulip planting? Laura Fenton reveals that safe bulbs are hard to find. Fully organic bulbs aren’t available in the US yet, but Hudson Valley Seed Co doesn’t use any systemics, while White Flower Farms and Brent & Becky’s are free of neonics. To view her current newsletter or sign up for future ones, CLICK HERE to subscribe to Rebecca's news!
The Vineyard's Cranberry Bog...did you know we have one right here on the Island?
CLICK HERE for directions to Cranberry Acres and for more information!
In Fall of 2023, the MVGC took a trip to Cranberry acres / the bog and it was simply fantastic! We picked cranberries and got quite an education on the history of the property and the bog. It was amazing to see the old equiptment they still use and to be a part of such a grassroots project. Contact Cranberry Acres if you want to go pick cranberries OR if you want to volunteer to help out in the barn. Thanks to Carol Magee for the education you gave us last year and to Eric Peters of VOLF for sharing the two cranberry recipes that are below.
CLICK HERE for directions to Cranberry Acres and for more information!
In Fall of 2023, the MVGC took a trip to Cranberry acres / the bog and it was simply fantastic! We picked cranberries and got quite an education on the history of the property and the bog. It was amazing to see the old equiptment they still use and to be a part of such a grassroots project. Contact Cranberry Acres if you want to go pick cranberries OR if you want to volunteer to help out in the barn. Thanks to Carol Magee for the education you gave us last year and to Eric Peters of VOLF for sharing the two cranberry recipes that are below.
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From Communications!
Below is my favorite cranberry 'side' for Thanksgiving Day! It's a simple and yummy recipe...and if there's any left over, put it over a dollop of vanilla yogurt and garnish with a fresh sprig of mint for breakfast! -submitted by Donna Arold, Communications Mulled Wine Cranberry Sauce |
Gardening For Kids ( < click on the words to be taken to the website!)
This beginner's guide to gardening link was submitted to us by a young lady named Cassie…she is a follower of the MVGC through our website and is working on her Girl Scouts 'Gardeners Badge'! The link above may serve other kids who are interested in gardening or adults who want to get their kids, grands or young friends interested in gardening and nature. We are happy to encourage Cassie and all young people in future gardening pursuits. Cheers to you, Cassie...,huge congratulations on earning your gardening badge!
This beginner's guide to gardening link was submitted to us by a young lady named Cassie…she is a follower of the MVGC through our website and is working on her Girl Scouts 'Gardeners Badge'! The link above may serve other kids who are interested in gardening or adults who want to get their kids, grands or young friends interested in gardening and nature. We are happy to encourage Cassie and all young people in future gardening pursuits. Cheers to you, Cassie...,huge congratulations on earning your gardening badge!
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A few tips from our October, 2023 meeting regarding forcing spring bulbs!
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John Forti was our Speaker at the September, 2023 meeting at The Old Mill! If you want to follow John, find him on Facebook via this link! |
To purchase John's book, which he referenced and sold at the September meeting, (The Heirloom Gardener, Traditional Plants and Skills For The Modern World) follow this link to purchase it via Amazon. |
Teri Culletto (aka @vineyardbaker) so generously shares her recipes via her website. For those who missed Teri's 2022 September presentation (and the totally yummy focaccia bread!) to the MV Garden Club, click here to get to the recipes page on her website.
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Below and next door are some resources from The Climate Action Fair that our MVGC Members took part in! Check out what they passed out to attendees and maybe print what interests you out for your own garden notes... >>>
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The Chicks who made the CAF happen are pictured above!
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Christin Geall, writer, designer, photographer, and author facilitated a floral design program for our Club in May, 2023. Her program and demonstration explored 'Dutch Floral Still Life' and her approach to that style of floral design. Several of our 'veteran' MV Garden Club floral designers have said Christin's book, 'Cultivated : The Elements of Floral Style' is the most well done and comprehensive book on floral design that they have ever seen. The book can be purchased locally at Morrice Florist or Bunch of Grapes or online via Barnes and Noble or Amazon . 
A GREAT RESOURCE for purchasing bulbs, plants, etc, and support the MVGC via this year-round fundraiser!
Buy bulbs, plants, perennials, gardening books and tools...Your order via Brent and Becky's will earn the MV Garden Club 25% of your purchase! Visit www.bloominbucks.com, and select our Club's registered name (which is Martha's Vineyard Garden Club, Inc.) and begin your shopping. If you need delivery before heading south for the winter, you can call and request an earlier delivery or request an earlier delivery in the comments section. HERB LOVERS! Here's a great resource for growing herbs from UCONN! CLICK HERE to download it... An EXTREMELY helpful guide to information on pruning specific trees and shrubs put out by Rutgers Cooperative Extension. CLICK HERE to access the document. Some Wonderful 'Heirloom Garden' Reading suggested by Old House Gardens/Heirloom Bulbs: CLICK HERE for some of their favorite books about bulbs, heirloom flowers, and garden history. Some tips from Robyn Athearn of Morning Glory Flowers after her presentation to the Club in November, 2022: Annuals are plants that germinate, come into flower, set seed and die in one season or year. Hardy Annuals are plants with the ability to withstand cold temperatures, thrive with minimal care and produce abundantly for weeks. They are often the first annuals to bloom in the spring. If planted in autumn and given time to develop healthy roots, they can explode into bloom as soon as early spring, at a time when you need flowers the most. Biennials have a two-year life cycle. During the first year, they grow only the roots, stems and leaves. In the second year they come into flower, produce seeds and die. We grow these as hardy annuals in the fall. True perennials don’t just reseed themselves or die off after a couple of years. Short lived perennial are not really perennials :) Robyn's Favorite Hardy Annuals: Queen Anne's Lace, Monarda, Strawflower, Snapdragons, Calendula, Rubeckia Tribola, Lisianthius, Dill, Poppies, Bachelor Buttons, Feverfew, Scabiosa, Orlaya, Soapwort, Cynoglossom, Stock, Yarrow, Statice, Bells of ireland, Agrostemma, Clarkia, Bupleurum, Nigella Robyn's Favorite True Perennial: Roses, peonies, lilacs, yarrow, lupines, echinacea, irises, daffodils, hellebore, geum, hypericum, astillble, delphinium, japanese anemone, sea holly, echinops, rudbeckia tribola. Websites Robyn recommends: https://www.floretflowers.com/ https://www.johnnyseeds.com/ https://thegardenersworkshop.com/ https://www.bouquetbootcamp.com/ https://www.thetulipworkshop.com/ https://www.ballhort.com/ We were so lucky to have Jesse Ausubel speak to our Club in the Summer of 2022! If you missed it, click on the underlined info to see a beautiful booklet he created just for us...! Jesse Ausubel's 'Growing Cherries' Booklet he created for the MV Garden Club after his presentation to us in July! Teri Culletto (aka @vineyardbaker) so generously shares her recipes via her website. For those who missed Teri's 2022 September presentation (and the totally yummy focaccia bread!) to the MV Garden Club, click here to get to the recipes page on her website. 'Picture This' is an awesome app for plant lovers and gardeners that help identify plants using your phone. Just snap a pic and plant matches will pop up with care and plant information. A useful tool and costs $39.99 yearly. Recommended by Donna Arold Don't know the name of an insect or a spider in your garden? Just point your phone's camera at an insect and let the learning begin! 'Picture Insect' is a great app for nature lovers and gardeners to help identify insects by using your phones camera. Just snap a pic and the insect matches will pop up with information that applies! A useful tool (especially when it may be a poisonous type!) Cost is $39.99 yearly. Recommended by Donna Arold Like That Garden (an app for gardeners!) If you notice a flower you have never seen before (or you forget its name), you can take a photo of it on your smartphone, and the LIKE THAT GARDEN app will give you the flower's name. It works! Recommended by Angela Egerton Birds & Blooms http://www.birdsandblooms.com Recommended by MaryAnn Dolezsar Garden Gate Magazine http://www.gardengatemagazine.com Recommended by MaryAnn Dolezsar Free Botanical Prints https://mymodernmet.com/free-botanical-illustrations-online/ Recommended by Karen Huff Fine Gardening Magazine www.finegardening.com/ Recommended by Donna Arold Any suggestions for this page can be sent to: [email protected] |
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