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Many people likely know the Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club for its signature event — Blooming Art, an exhibit in which members create floral arrangements inspired by the work of Island artists. But the club is so much more. Celebrating its centennial, the M.V. Garden Club carries on the vision of its founder, Mrs. Agnes Meikleham, […]

I grew up in Upstate New York, and I can remember going out with my family to cut down our Christmas trees. My dad would grab an old rusty hand saw that lived in our garage and off we’d go. It snowed a lot back then and my brothers and I would weave in and […]

Polly Hill Arboretum announced that it is adding two new homes to support staff housing. The organization is celebrating the completion of the project with an event on Friday, June 30, from 1 to 3 pm.  According to a release, the arboretum has been developing a strategy since 2019 to address the “shortage of affordable […]

TAMPA — The Young Dubliners recently announced their “Pre Paddy’s Day Tour,” which kicked off in Jacksonville on Jan. 25. The tour will bring the band to the Tampa Bay

Volunteers planted New England Blazing Star at Bamford Preserve, a rare sandplain grassland on Martha's Vineyard. Sandplain grasslands are biodiversity hotspots found only along the northeast Atlantic Coast.

Nestled between Slough Cove Road and South Beach sits Katama’s Bamford Preserve, a 60-acre parcel of land owned by The Nature Conservancy. On a warm sunny Thursday, a team consisting of members from various conservation organizations and public volunteers were led by conservancy stewardship manager Mike Whittemore, in planting 1,000 rare New England blazingstar plants […]

The Oak Bluffs select board voted 4-0, with one member absent, to approve a tree species change for the Circuit Avenue streetscape project. On the recommendation of Tim Wong of the Waterfield Design Group and Tim Boland, executive director of Polly Hill Arboretum, the board nixed Callery pears (also known as Bradford pears) in favor […]

The West Tisbury select board unanimously approved the formation of a tree advisory committee during a Zoom meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 9. The issue of replacing dangerous trees in West Tisbury was brought up in October.  Tim Boland, who is helping to establish the committee and is the executive director of Polly Hill Arboretum, said […]

The recent news of tree cutting and replacement planting raises the question, Do we have a plan for our future treescapes? No, the simple answer is, the Island’s insular town administrators plan and plant without thoughtful consideration of all the options. Poor plant selection without regard for adaptability, or choosing old and inferior (often invasive) […]