'A Way We Grow'
Martha's Vineyard Garden Club
July - 2023
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From our President...
Dear Garden Club Members,
What a spectacular month we’ve had, with our two major annual fundraisers, the PLANT SALE and BLOOMING ART, only three weeks apart! Both events were very successful.
When the previous Greenhouse Committee retired last fall, we budgeted $0 revenue, but thanks to enthusiastic Club and greenhouse newcomers led by Anne Kushwaha, revenues from the sale equated to last year’s results.
Blooming Art garnered acclaim for the spectacular floral designs, many by new club members. 16 of the 36 works of displayed art, sold as well as 6 pieces of unframed art from the bin. Last year we broke previous records with 13 framed works having been sold. We also learned a lot
from this year’s event that will make Blooming Arts even more successful.
What gratifies me most, though, is that the Garden Club is healthy and thriving: many of you volunteers are new to the club, enjoy participating and have developed a sense of community. Membership has grown to 180, and one third are new members this year!
A THANK YOU to all of you who participated. Now we can all take a beat and prepare for holiday houseguests!
But if you’re free, stop by the Old Mill for our first 4:00 Friday of the season on June 30 from 4:00-5:30, meet some Board members. - Susan Hobart, Club President
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Our Next Meeting: Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Social Time: 12:30,
Meeting/Program Time: 1:00pm
Location: The Old Mill in West Tisbury
Speaker: Samantha Look of the Vineyard Conservation Society
Program Title: 'Love Song for the Vineyard Lawn'
FREE to MVGC Members / Non-members @ $10.00 pp
Oak Bluffs members to provide snacks & refreshments
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The 'veteran' Club members and designers who provided support to our Blooming Art floral designers each gave a different presentation and perspective at the demonstrations done prior to Blooming Art. The final demo was done by Nancy Cabot. Her 'natural' ease and simple but well thought out approach to floral design and use of foraged materials left us all with a real appreciation of the foliage, grasses and flowers we have in our own backyards or along the roadside. Here are a few photos from Nancy's presentation to us at Wakeman...
Thank you, Nancy...you are a true MV Garden Club 'treasure'!
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Nancy demonstrates her natural approach to floral design!
Simply lovely!
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For those who may have missed Blooming Art in mid-June, (where have you been!?) Visit our website for a little photo story...click below to see:
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Huge Congratulations to Samuel Gurney, our 2023 Scholarship winner...and to the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, class of 2023!
Thank you to our Scholarship Committee for your diligence in choosing the recipient, and to Joan Eville, Scholarship Committee member for presenting the award to Samuel on Awards Night!
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Summer is just beginning, but did your garden not perform as expected or desired this spring?
A great way to perk up your garden performance when perennials are slow to launch and you haven't gotten your annuals in, is to plant bulbs. Whether it's early performing bulbs such as narcissus or tulips or the wide variety of later performing alliums (late May early June).
And the place to buy these bulbs is through Bloomin' Bucks at Brent and Becky's. The garden club receives 25% of every order placed when you use the link below and the drop down menu choosing Martha's Vineyard Garden Club. It's not too early to place an order which will be sent in the fall at the proper time for our zone. If you need delivery before heading south for the winter you can call and request that the delivery or make a notation in the comments section which they should be able to accommodate. |
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A Warm Welcome to our
New Members!
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Whitney Dailey - WT
Jen Hoffman - WT
Louisa Gould - C
Grey Hirschfeld - E
Alexis Holden - VH
Rosemary O'Brien - E
Robin Perschel - WT
Anne Robb - OB
Heather Robb - OB
Annie Rudner - C
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FOR MVGC MEMBERS SUBMITTED BY CHILMARK VP IRENE ZIEBARTH:
Our Chilmark/Aquinnah VP, Irene Ziebarth, is going to explore the flora of the Azores with Jan Buhrman and as many as 16 others. Check out the details by clicking here.
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Joan Eville and Gay Smith will be leading the monthly flower arranging project at Windemere on July 19th. They will also help Helen,(pictured at the right, with Chloe) a resident, celebrate her 103rd birthday that day with balloons and cards. Helen always attends flower workshops and loves making bouquets with the group. |
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Pics below from some of the GC Walkabouts, 2023! |
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Joan Cavazuti's luscious and diverse garden! One of the first garden walkabouts this year... |
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Susan Hobart's Seaside Sanctuary! What well planned, natural gardens! |
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Nancy Kilson has some killer plants...such an interestingly curated garden! |
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It was just lovely visiting Ty Johnston's peaceful West Tisbury property! |
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Donna Arold's cottage-y wild garden and happy place right after
the downpour!
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Photos from later July and August walkabouts will be in our next Newsletter, so stay tuned! And if you're interested in opening up your garden for a future walkabout, please contact MV Garden Club VP, Ty Johnston! |
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The year 2024 will mark the Martha Vineyard Garden Club's 100th Anniversary! If you're thinking you would like to be involved with the event planning connected to celebrating...to volunteer as a committee member do email our VP, Ty Johnston.
CLICK HERE to read a bit about when the MVGC first acquired the Old Mill!
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Fun After Blooming Art at the Old Mill...our Thursday night 'Thank You' party to members who participated in its success! |
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It was fun getting together and talking through our participation in Blooming Art! Even though the weather was cold and iffy, we made the best of it...Thanks to all who braved big rain to spend some time together! |
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COME TO Four O'Clock FRIDAY...
next one is JULY 28!
In an effort to meet new members and rekindle friendships with existing members we have planned
Four O'Clock Fridays at the Old Mill!
Members are invited to the
Old Mill in West Tisbury...its Carry In / Carry out, (just like when you go to the beach), bring a snack and a drink you want to enjoy yourself or share with others. Time is 4:00 - 5:30 and the vibe is super casual! Four O'clock Fridays will be held the last Friday of each month and will continue through the warm months, hopefully until October!
We hope to see you there!
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Hello Members!
If you would like to contribute to the newsletter, please reach out to me! Anything that's garden related or even some pics of what you're growing this time of year would be wonderful to include! I would love to have some feedback and hear your thoughts on this newsletter! My email is donna.arold@gmail.com. Thanks so much for reading, and have a wonderful Summer! :-) Donna Arold, Communications
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