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  • Monday, September 24 – Wednesday, September 26 – Landscapes of Nantucket

    Join the Polly Hill Arboretum for this visit to our island neighbor to explore the Nantucket landscape.  While Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket share similar ecosystems, we will also discover some diffferences in the landscapes.  With the help of colleagues at the Nantucket Land Council, we will visit a few conservation properties and learn about land preservation on Nantucket. Downtown Nantucket is also home to some majestic street trees, including several American elms.  The trip will include a walking tour with Nantucket’s tree warden, to learn about the legacy of these historic trees.  Two private garden visits, arranged by the Nantucket Garden Club, are also included in the tour.  The tour price includes round trip airfare from Martha’s Vineyard to Nantucket via Cape Air, two nights at the Jared Coffin House, all ground transportation on Nantucket, and a $100 tax deductible contribution to the Polly Hill Arboretum.  $694 per person for queen sized bed (based on double occupancy), $660 per person for full sized bed (based on double occupancy), and $510 per person for room with one twin bed.  Tour is limited to 18 people, so sign up early by calling 508-693-9426, visiting www.pollyhillarboretum.org, or emailing karin@pollyhillarboretum.org.

  • Tuesday, January 10, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The 18 Year Effort to Establish the American Burying Beetle to Nantucket

    Nantucket probably doesn’t need any more visitors, but on Tuesday, January 10, the Cambridge Entomological Club will present Lou Perrotti, Director of Conservation Programs at the Roger Williams Park Zoo, who will present a lecture entitled The 18 Year Effort to Establish the American Burying Beetle to Nantucket Island.  CEC meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month from October through May. The evening schedule typically includes an informal dinner (6:15 to 7:15 PM) followed by our formal meeting (7:30 – 9:00 PM) in MCZ 101, 26 Oxford Street, Harvard University. The latter begins with club business and is followed by a 50 minute entomology related presentation. Membership is open to amateur and professional entomologists.  For more information, email CEC President Jessica Walden-Gray at jessisoutside@gmail.com.

  • Wednesday, July 20 – Saturday, July 23 – Third Annual Nantucket Garden Festival

    The Nantucket Lighthouse School will sponsor the Third Annual Nantucket Garden Festival Wednesday, July 20 – Saturday, July 23.  For complete information log on to www.nantucketlighthouseschool.com.

  • Thursday, June 23, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Nantucket Open Days Program Garden Tour

    The Garden Conservancy’s Open Days program returns to Nantucket on Thursday, June 23, featuring four private gardens open to the public, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to each private garden is $5, Open Days are rain or shine, and no reservations are required. Call 1-888-842-2442, or visit www.opendaysprogram.org for more information.

    The Doubleday Garden (28 Easton Street) is a quintessential summer garden, featuring stone walls and a rose border, a mixed border of choice annuals, perennials and shrubs, a rose arbor that overflows with a mixed palette of color, plentiful window boxes and flower pots on the waterside deck, with views of downtown Nantucket, its harbor and coastline. The Garden at 186 Cliff Road contains a variety of garden rooms, including a formal rose-and-boxwood parterre, a deer-resistant perennial bed in yellows, blues, whites, and pinks, a small courtyard with a water feature, and a vegetable garden. At Cliffmoor (102 Cliff Road), large masses of perennials give the whole landscape a serene feel, while a sunken vegetable garden is flanked by productive espaliered apples and a grape arbor on opposing sides. The Hallowell/Langer Garden (15 Trotts Hills Road) features a dramatic stone wall and is planted with proven favorites and interspersed with rare and unusual perennials the owner collects from specialty nurseries.  Photo below from Nantucket Lawn & Garden.

    These Open Days gardens are featured in the 2011 Open Days Directory; a soft-cover book that includes detailed driving directions and vivid descriptions written by their owners. The directory includes garden listings in eighteen states and costs $21.95 including shipping. Visit www.opendaysprogram.org or call the Garden Conservancy toll-free at 1-888-842-2442 to order with a Visa, MasterCard or American Express, or send a check or money order to: the Garden Conservancy, P.O. Box 219, Cold Spring, NY 10516. Discount admission tickets are available as well through advanced mail order.

    The 2011 Open Days program is generously sponsored by Fine Gardening magazine as its National Media Sponsor. Fine Gardening magazine brings you breathtaking design ideas, helpful techniques, and the know-how to get great results in your own garden.

    The Garden Conservancy introduced the Open Days program in 1995 as a means of introducing the public to gardening, providing easy access to outstanding examples of design and horticultural practice, and proving that exceptional American gardens are still being created. The Open Days program is America’s only national private garden-visiting program, and is made possible by the work of hundreds of volunteers nationwide.

  • Wednesday, August 11, 11:00 am – 4:30 pm – Annual Nantucket House and Garden Tour

    The Nantucket Garden Club hosts its Annual House and Garden Tour on Wednesday, August 11, from 11 – 4:30.  For more than fifty years, the tour has become the venue to have a glimpse of many historic and new homes and gardens on the island.  Each year a different neighborhood is selected, from ‘Sconset to Monomoy to Brant Point.  The 2010 venue is Cliff Road – Sherburne Turnpike.  Tickets are $40.  A shuttle bus to Cliff Road can be picked up at the Transportation Center on Washington Street. The Garden Club members provide exquisite flower arrangements to compliment the rooms in the homes.  The revenue from this major event supports the local community in conservation projects, local scholarships and provides funding for club educational programs and conference expenses.  For specific information about this year’s tour, you may call The Nantucket Visitor Center/Information Bureau at 508-228-0925, or The Nantucket Chamber of Commerce at 508-228-1700.  You may also call Vicki Livingstone at 626-233-8060, or log on to www.nantucket.org/gardenclub/.

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  • Thursday, July 22 – Saturday, July 24 – Nantucket Garden Festival

    The Nantucket Garden Festival is back. Events are located downtown, under the tent at the Dreamland Theater Lot, at the Nantucket Lighthouse School, 1 Rugged Road, and in private island gardens. Complete details and registration opportunities may be found at www.nantucketgardenfestival.com.

    Thursday, July 22, 2010

    * A guided tour of four different ways to keep chickens
    * A hands-on workshop with Amy Pallenberg on late summer container gardening
    * Back by popular demand: A tour of three notable but very different vegetable gardens
    * A late summer container competition, judged by the Nantucket Garden Club
    * Opening Night Preview and Party featuring the many wonderful vendors in our Garden Marketplace !

    Friday, July 23, 2010

    * Early Bird Garden Marketplace with continental breakfast
    * The Garden Marketplace
    * An early morning tour of a very special seaside garden, hosted by Stephen Orr
    * A talk by Noel Kingsbury on the ‘natural garden’
    * A talk by Dean Riddle on context in gardening
    * A hands-on Obelisk workshop with Janice Shields of Cut It Out
    * A tour of three contemporary West End gardens with marvelous views
    * A garden based workshop with Noel Kingsbury, from a rabbit’s point of view
    * “Know your Geophytes!”: Russell Stafford’s talk about creative ways to use bulbs
    * A Monomoy Garden Tour in the late afternoon with wine and cheese
    * Dinner Alfresco and talk with Russ and Marian Morash

    Saturday, July 24, 2010

    * The Garden Marketplace
    * A hands-on Trellis workshop with Janice Shields of Cut It Out
    * A composting workshop with Katie Hemingway
    * An interactive discussion with David Berry of Nantucket Honey Bee Co. on keeping bees
    * Small group tours of island bee hives with David Berry
    * Tracy DiSabato-Aust’s luncheon lecture on the Well-Designed Mixed Garden
    * A garden tour focused on contrast, ending in a rarely visited garden where guests will linger over wine and cheese

    Children’s Workshops:

    Friday, July 23, 2010

    * Create a Garden Fairy House (Kinderclass teacher Barrie Sanders)
    * Make a Garden Mobile with found items (Primary teacher Erin Dancik)

    Saturday, July 24, 2010

    * Make a Mosaic Flower Pot (Kinderclass teacher Monika Geerling with ceramicist Nell Van Vorst)
    * Birds of the Garden: stitch and adorn a colorful bird for your garden (Lighthouse School co-founder, Lizbet Carroll Fuller)

  • Saturday, April 24, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm, and Sunday, April 25, 10:00 am – 4:30 pm – 36th Annual Daffodil Flower Show

    In connection with the previously reported Nantucket Daffodil Festival, the Nantucket Garden Club, Inc. (member of The Garden Club of America), in conjunction with The American Daffodil Society, Inc., will host the 36th Annual Daffodil Flower Show on Saturday, April 24, from 2 – 5, and on Sunday, April 25, from 10 – 4:30.  The title of this year’s event is Island Lights, and the show organizers encourage entries in horticulture, arrangement and photography.  All entrants are encouraged to use www.daffodilusa.org for assistance in identifying specimens.  For more information, contact Sally Nash at 508-228-4912, or email sally@Polpis.com, or Mary Malavase at 508-221-2093, email mmalavase@comcast.net.  No admission charge.

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  • Through October 11, 2009, 9 – 2 – Chappaquiddick Natural History Tour

    Enjoy a 2 ½ hour oversand vehicle exploration across Chappaquiddick’s barrier beach, sponsored by the Trustees of Reservations. Your guided tour includes an exploration of the rare maritime forests that inhabit the farthest reaches of the island. You’ll also stop at the Cape Poge Lighthouse to learn its history, climb the spiral staircase, and witness breathtaking views of Martha’s Vineyard, Cape Cod and Nantucket.  Relax and enjoy the birding, beachcombing, and photographic moments this journey has to offer, as you discover the fascinating natural history of Cape Cod.  For more information, log on to www.thetrustees.org.

    Program duration: 2.5 hours
    Frequency: Daily
    Times: 9AM and 2PM
    Members: Adult $30; Child (15 and under) $15.
    Nonmembers: Adult $40; Child (15 and under) $18.
    Please call 508.627.3599

  • Thursday, July 23 – Saturday, July 25 – Nantucket Garden Festival

    The Nantucket Garden Festival benefits the Nantucket Lighthouse School, an independent day-school serving children pre-school through sixth grade through a developmentally appropriate education that engages the whole child – head, heart and hand.


    Thursday, July 23

    6:00 – 8:00 p.m.            Preview Party and Keynote:
    Holly Shimizu, first-look at the Garden Marketplace, auction, hors d’oeuvres and libations. Read more.

    Friday, July 24

    9:00 – 11:00 a.m.          Hypertufa Workshop:
    Kathy and Chris Tracey. Make a look-alike stone trough planter.  Limit 12; bring rubber gloves.  Read more about it.

    9:00 – 10:00 a.m.         “Out of their Element”:
    Ellen Hornig’s power point lecture on growing tender plants in inhospitable climates. Read more about it.

    9:30 – 11:00 a.m.          Cut it Out:
    Janice Shields demonstrates making garden trellis from vines and twigs. Read more about it.

    10:10 – 11:10 a.m.        “Epimediums: No Longer Just a Groundcover:”
    Karen Perkins Probst is the proprietor of Garden Visions, the nursery credited with breeding epimediums, botany’s gift to dry shade. Read more about it.

    11:15 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.    Garden Tour & Luncheon with Michael May:
    A tour of four private gardens with lunch catered by Sarah Leah Chase.  Limit 30. See “Special Events” for details. Read more about it.

    3:00 – 5:00 p.m.            “True Organics: Landscaping with Yesterday’s Knowledge and Today’s Science” Seminar with Michael Nadeau. Read more about it.

    10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.    Stonewalling Demonstration by Nantucket Plantsman. Read more about it.

    6:30 – 9:30 p.m.            Dinner in the Garden with David Wheeler:
    A dinner party in an evening garden setting.  Seating limited. Read more about it.

    Saturday, July 25

    9:00 – 10:00 a.m.          Beekeeping Seminar:
    David Berry discusses the rewards of beekeeping. Read more about it.

    9:00 – 10:00 a.m.          “Thinking Like a Seed”:
    Ellen Hornig’s challenge in this power point lecture. Read more about it.

    11:15 – 1:15 p.m.          Hypertufa Workshop:
    Make a look-alike stone trough planter. Limit 12; bring rubber gloves. Read more about it.

    11:15 – 3:00 p.m.          Garden Tour & Luncheon with Russ and Marian Morash:
    A tour of four very different vegetable gardens with lunch catered by Black Eyed Susans.  Limit 30.  See “Featured Events.” Read more about it.

    3:00 – 4:00 p.m.            Raffle

    10:00 – 2:00 p.m.          Stonewalling Demonstration by Nantucket Plantsman. Read more about it.

    Children’s Program conducted by Lizbet Carroll Fuller, co-founder of the Nantucket Lighthouse School

    Friday:

    9:00 – 10:15                    Feather Your Own Nest (ages 6 – 12)

    10:45 – 12:00                  Make a Mosaic Flowerpot (ages 6 – 12)

    Saturday:

    9:00 – 10:15                    Create a Miniature Fairy Garden (ages 6 – 12)

    10:45 – 12:00                  Make a Sunprint Pillow (ages 6 – 12) or                                                                                                                         Build a Wooden Birdhouse (ages 8 – 12)

    Check back for event details as they develop.  Call 508.228.0427 for event details and information about participation.

  • Thursday, June 25, 10 – 4 – Nantucket Open Day

    The Garden Conservancy is pleased to announce that, as part of the Nantucket Open Day on Thursday, June 25, the Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum/1820 Garden at 49 Union Street, Open Days visitors will be admitted free.  For more information on obtaining tickets, log on to www.gardenconservancy.org.

    11 Mill Street

    Old fashioned and whimsical describes this piece of Nantucket garden history perfectly. The rustic pergola at the rear of the garden provides a resting place for the eye. The perennial borders flowing out from either side of the pergola divide the space in a colorful and informal way. The garden is punctuated with important structural plants such as fruit trees (apple and plum), magnolias, and hedges of yew and rose of Sharon. The American pillar roses on the fence are spectacular specimens.

    44 Orange Street

    This is a work in progress and will not be fully designed until the house itself is renovated. There will be some exterior reconfiguring of the house and the gardens. As they are now, the gardens are for the pleasure of passers-by and the homeowners. The prior owner had a rose garden that she dearly loved and we have been maintaining it. We invite you back in future years when the gardens are fully developed. Until then, please enjoy the glorious views and work in progress.

    Hoffman Gampetro, 102 Orange Street

    The plantings of this garden move through the year as if set to music—for it is truly a four-season show of color, texture, and form. Ten years of collaborating with the gardener Marcus has packed every corner of the yard with individual interest, while maintaining a grand theme. The wild landscape is kept in check with selective weeding, artful pruning, and an approach that strays from the typical Nantucket look.

    Tristram Bunker House

    The Tristram Bunker House is nearly 300 years old and was originally located in Nantucket’s early harbor town of Sherburne. It was moved to its present location in 1756. At that time the site was outside of the town gates; now it is virtually lost in the midst of edge-of-town commercial Nantucket. Moving from six acres on Eel Point Road in 2006, the owner has made a new garden that has almost nothing to do with either the spirit of time or of place. Every blade of grass on what had been a totally grassed-over plot, was removed and graveled over. Taking advantage of a generous change in grade, two distinct areas were created. The upper level, partly terraced for table and chairs, and shaded by an enormous pear tree, is an escape from the sun, and is calm and green with a pretty Acer palmatum ‘Seiryu’, boxwoods, sarcococca, many hostas, and a profusion of spring bulbs and autumn colchicum amongst edgings of euphorbia, epimedium, and lady’s mantle. The lower level, long and narrow, is divided through its length by a copper-lined rill spilling out of an old stone basin at the edge of the stone wall that retains the upper level. On either side of the rill are beds of mostly high- and late-summer perennials, particularly helenium, echinacea, heuchera, more euphorbia, grasses, and many different hardy geranium cultivars. There are poppies for earlier summer. A short, sort of semi-woodland walk across the back of the house is full of tree peonies, hydrangeas, hostas, spring bulbs, enkianthus, boxwood, and yew, along with even more geraniums and other choice plants that will eventually form a groundcover amidst the gravel.

    Whitney Garden at Moors End, 19 Pleasant Street

    This Federal-style brick house and garden were built in 1829 by Jared Coffin. The current owner has been restoring the intricate patterns of boxwood that outline beds of old roses. Within the walled garden is an ornamental iron gazebo surrounded by hostas, lilies, rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus, and white oak-leaf hydrangea.

    The Grieves Garden, 5 Mill Street

    A charming perennial border with a rose-covered cottage tucked in behind an eighteenth-century house which has been meticulously restored by a well-known architect.