'A Way We Grow'
Martha's Vineyard Garden Club
Very Late April 2023
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OUR MAY MEETING!
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Tuesday, May 16
Begins 1pm @ the Wakeman Center
Program Title: 'Arts & Ideas: Dutch Floral Still Life'
Speaker: Christin Geall
Join writer, designer and photographer, Christin Geall, author of Cultivated: The Elements of Floral Style, for special presentation and demonstration exploring Dutch Floral Still Life. Christin will deliver a slide presentation to be followed by a live foam-free design demonstration. The program will run approximately 90 minutes. Christin Geall teaches and speaks internationally. Her presentation will be followed by a book signing. Christin will be selling books (to be signed) puzzles and cards from her 'Cultivated' collection.
Historical knowledge, a bit of art history, design tips and an appreciation of the art of floral design and arranging will be takeaways from Christin's presentation.
BIO: Over thirty years ago, Christin Geall apprenticed with the herbalist Heidi Schmidt in West Tisbury and a lifelong love of plants, Heidi, and the island was born. Christin is now a featured Garden Club of America ‘On Demand’ speaker and teaches and speaks internationally. She was educated in Canada, the US, and the UK, and holds a BA in Environmental Studies and Anthropology and a MFA in creative nonfiction. She is delighted to add that from this spring forward she will divide her time between British Columbia and her new home in Chilmark.
This program is FREE to MVGC Members / Open to non-members @ $20.00 pp *
* Edgartown members and VP to provide snacks & refreshments
* There will be items available for purchase.
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TO GARDEN CLUB MEMBERS...
PLEASE remember to bring a
garden related goodie to add to the basket
we are donating to the
'Blooming Bids For Kids'
Event in Support of Big Brothers Big Sisters!
Thanks in advance for your support!
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Art in Bloom via The Museum of Fine Arts - ZOOM on May 24, 2023 @ 7:00pm
The Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club is pleased to offer a unique virtual event as part of our Blooming Art 2023 festivities. The Boston Museum of Fine Arts virtual tour will provide an up-close look at both the art and floral designs from the Art In Bloom Show held last year at the Museum of Fine Arts. This will be different from the presentation we offered last year which was called Treasures from the Vault.
The Zoom power-point presentation you will see this spring will take viewers through the actual onsite Art in Bloom 2022. It begins with some "behind the scene" shots of arrangers and then moves on to a selection of art accompanied with floral interpretations. In each case, an art guide will describe the work of art and a floral guide will explain both the plant materials in the arrangement and the motivation/inspiration described by the Garden Club arrangers. It will also show arrangements created by professional designers for Art in Bloom 2022 and take a peek at the Master Classes that were offered. It concludes with photos from a special Art in Bloom fashion show. There will be a Question and Answer Period at the end of the presentation.
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts virtual tour is a fundraiser for the Club. Proceeds from this event will help underwrite the charitable initiatives of the MV Garden Club.
***MV Garden Club members and the General Public may purchase tickets for this virtual event. One ticket please, per transaction, cost is $10.00.
Each purchaser will receive a zoom link sent to the email that you provide
at registration online prior to the tour.
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April's Interactive Member Meeting! |
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On Tuesday, April 18, the Garden Club was pleased to welcome Heidi Schmidt owner and founder of Vineyard Sound Herbs, which began as a plant nursery on the north shore of Martha’s Vineyard in 1987 and soon after, a store in Vineyard Haven.
Heidi moved to Vermont in 2005 where she continues her work at The Tiny Tea House on the Mad River Path Millbrook Trail. Heidi still considers the Vineyard her home and returns frequently, offering workshops where she shares her philosophy of “herbs for a happier earth.”
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During this interactive afternoon presentation Heidi described the many positive uses for herb, both wild and cultivated. Heidi is bubbly and warm, she shared herbal teas and homemade biscuits, which we all tasted and enjoyed, and passed around extracts, oils, and balms. |
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Heidi answered questions about specific herbs and described in detail how to prepare her herbal teas. Heidi clearly had a wealth of information to share. The presentation was both informative and fun. There were 32 members and guests in total that attended Heidi's program. |
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Thanks to the Chilmark/Aquinnah members for the refreshments and to Linda Shaw for the pics and the recap of the meeting. |
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Heidi has a Facebook page which is 'Vineyard Sound Herbs' or you may email her at thetinyteahouse@gmavt.net to order items she sells or for a product list. |
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WELCOME TO OUR
NEW MEMBERS!!!
Linda Thompson - E
Randi Baird - WT
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'Forest Conservation' in
New England Presentation
6 pm, Tuesday May 2, 2023
The 30% Climate Solution: Forest conservation and management in New England presented by Bob Perschel, Chilmark resident and Executive Director of the New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF), which is executing an exciting forest restoration initiative that has the potential to offset 30% of our regional climate mitigation needs.
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To learn more about this presentation in person or for streaming,
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Location - The Old Mill in West Tisbury
Friday, June 16 ~ 10am - 5pm
Saturday, June 17 ~ 10am - 5pm
Sunday, June 18 ~ 10am - 3pm
We still need a few more Floral Designers for Blooming Art...no experience is necessary! You may partner with a friend or request a mentor.
To help out as a docent for Blooming Art, please contact Gay Smith, via her email gaybeSmith@gmail.com .
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Coming On Mother's Day Weekend...
Learn the art of floral design and create a stunning bouquet for the special mom in your life with Martha's Vineyard Garden Club’s, Wiet Bacheller and the Edgartown Library's own, Emily Becker. Give a gift and show some love with gorgeous seasonal blooms, provided by Morrice Florist, to a mother who you admire and cherish. Join the ladies at the Library anytime during the 'open studio' hours, 11:00am - 1:00 pm to create your arrangement. Date is Saturday, May 13. Flowers and small vases are provided.
Registration is required, Click here to register. Registration for this event opens Monday, May 1st at 7:00am.
This program has been generously funded by the Friends of the Edgartown Free Public Library, and sponsored by Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club and Morrice Florist of Martha’s Vineyard. Program location: Edgartown Public Library, Edgartown, MA.
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The residents at Windemere Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center were visited by Joan Eville and Gay Smith for a flower arranging project earlier today. Donaromas Nursery provides the flowers each month and residents always enjoy their time with the Garden Club volunteers for various activities. If you are interested in participating in future projects at Windemere with Garden Club volunteers, please reach out to Joan Eville, our Windemere representative for more information.
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