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)
