2014 Nantucket Garden Festival

THE SIXTH ANNUAL

NANTUCKET GARDEN FESTIVAL A CELEBRATION OF ISLAND GARDENING

PA RT I E S TOURS WORKSHOPS

July 23 & 24, 2014 W W W. NA NT UC K E TG A R DE N F E ST I VA L .O RG

SIXTH NANTUCKET GARDEN FESTIVAL

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TO REGISTER FOR FESTIVAL EVENTS VISIT: www.nantucketgardenfestival.org

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS M ONDAY, J U LY 21

8:00- What’s Your Vessel: Drop Off 10:00 Community Challenge!

Free!

Fair Street Park pg. 11

Free!

Fair Street Park

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9:00- East of Main Street Walking $50.

11:00 Garden Tour

Fair Street Park

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9:00- Painting Workshop en Plein $175.

12:00 Air with Illya Kagan

2 Spring Street

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10:00- Fairy Garden Building $30.

12:00

Nantucket Lighthouse pg. 7 School

1:30- C. L. FORNARI - Success in the $45.

3:30 Garden: All the Latest Dirt

Private Garden on pg. 8 Millbrook Road

6:00- A Garden Soirée $125.

9:00 Opening Night Celebration

Middle Brick Garden pg. 4 95 Main Street

WEDNE S DAY, J U LY 2 3

All Day

Family Scavenger Hunt

THU RSDAY, J U LY 24

All Day

Family Scavenger Hunt

9:00- West of Main Street Walking 11:00 Garden Tour

Free!

Fair Street Park

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$50.

Fair Street Park

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10:00- Fairy Garden Building $30.

12:00

Nantucket Lighthouse pg. 7 School

10:00- Printmaking Workshop with $50.

12:00 Bee Shay

9:00- Cisco Garden Bike Tour $75.

12:00

Nantucket Lighthouse pg. 8 School Cisco Brewery

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2:00- Garden Walk and Summer Tea $60.

4:00 with Cinda Gaynor

Nantucket Wildflower Farm

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3:00- Moors End Farm Tour & CSA Talk $5* 5:00

Moors End Farm

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TO REGISTER FOR FESTIVAL EVENTS VISIT: www.nantucketgardenfestival.org

*Suggested Donation

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OPEN IN G NIG H T C E LE B RATI ON Opening Night Celebration: A Garden SoirÊe Wednesday, July 23 | Middle Brick Garden | 6:00—9:00 pm | $125.

Join us for the party of the summer! Celebrate the Nantucket Garden Festival among the historic gardens of the famed Middle Brick. Enjoy inventive farm-to-table cuisine by Greg Margolis, a festive raw bar by YOHO and the musical delights of Coq au Vin and NCMC/Nantucket Lighthouse School students. The party will also include a fabulous and eclectic silent auction and a special guest appearance by author and gardener Lucy Leske.

Purchase tickets in advance.

TOU R S East of Main Street Walking Garden Tour Wednesday, July 23 | Fair Street Park | 9:00—11:00 am*| $50.

Join design specialist Amy Pallenberg for a mid-morning tour of in-town gardens. See how creativity, imagination and clever use of your space can create a garden eden for the senses. Town gardens are known for their unusual specimens and clever combinations in a protected oasis. *Meet at the Fair Street Park on the corner of Fair and Main at 8:45 a.m.

West of Main Street Walking Garden Tour Thursday, July 24 | Fair Street Park | 9:00—11:00 am* | $50.

Join design specialist Amy Pallenberg for a mid morning tour of in-town gardens. See how creativity, imagination and clever use of your space can create a garden eden for the senses. Town gardens are known for their unusual specimens and clever combinations in a protected oasis. *Meet at the Fair Street Park on the corner of Fair and Main at 8:45 a.m.

Cisco Garden Bike Tour Thursday, July 24 | Cisco Brewery | 9:00—12:00 pm | $75.

Join us for a tour of Cisco area gardens. Partnering with Nantucket Bike Tours, participants will enjoy a morning ride along the Hummock Pond Road bike path, stopping at a variety of private gardens. This will be a moderate ride with frequent stops at some of the island’s most alluring gardens.

Pre-registration is required.

Please meet at the Cisco Brewery parking lot.

Bikes provided by Nantucket Bike Tours.

TO REGISTER FOR FESTIVAL EVENTS VISIT: www.nantucketgardenfestival.org

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TOU R S Garden Walk and Summer Tea with Cinda Gaynor Thursday, July 24 | Nantucket Wildflower Farm | 2:00­—4:00 pm | $60.

Walk through the gardens at Nantucket Wildflower Farm with landscape designer and restoration horticulturist Cinda Gaynor who will introduce you to the subtle beauty achieved in merging native and cultivated plants.

Then enjoy a proper afternoon tea, served in her beautiful summer garden. Many of you will remember the Tea in the Garden that Cinda served when her garden was a retail space – we are bringing it back just for the Garden Festival. Come and enjoy tea in a country garden with friends under the tent.

This event is limited to 25 participants. Pre-registration is required.

Moors End Farm Tour & CSA Talk Thursday, July 24 | Moors End Farm | 3:00—5:00 pm | $5.*

See the gardens and greenhouses and meet the animals that live at Moors End Farm. Join Sam and Abbey Slosek for a private tour of the farm and learn about CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) programs which allow you to enjoy a variety of farm fresh veggies all season!

Proceeds to support the Nantucket Lighthouse School garden and greenhouse fund. *suggested donation

The Nantucket Garden Festival encourages the use of public transport and supports The Wave bus service. For more information visit: www.nrtawave.com

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TO REGISTER FOR FESTIVAL EVENTS VISIT: www.nantucketgardenfestival.org

WOR KSH O PS Painting Workshop en Plein Air with Illya Kagan Wednesday, July 23 | 2 Spring Street | 9:00­—12:00 pm | $175.

A unique opportunity to join renowned artist Illya Kagan for a morning of painting en plain air among the beautiful gardens at 2 Spring Street.

Bring your easel and supplies to paint in the medium of your choice.

This event is limited to 10 participants. Pre-registration is required.

Fairy Garden Building Wednesday, July 23 | Nantucket Lighthouse School | 10—12 pm | $30.* Thursday, July 24

| Nantucket Lighthouse School | 10—12 pm | $30.*

Children ages 4 and up, and their families, are invited to join us in creating one-of-a-kind fairy container gardens. With some seeds, soil, and a little imagination, kids young and old can create miniature gardens perfect for attracting fairies. Come hear a fairy tale, create a mini fairy doll for play or ornament, and build an enchanting fairy realm on the Nantucket Lighthouse School campus. Costumes welcomed and encouraged. Oh, and pixie dust for all! Supplies will be provided.

$15 per additional child

TO REGISTER VISIT: W W W. N A N T UC K E T G A R D E N F E S T I VA L .O R G OR CALL: 508-228-0427

TO REGISTER FOR FESTIVAL EVENTS VISIT: www.nantucketgardenfestival.org

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WOR KSH O PS C.L. Fornari — Success in the Garden: All the Latest Dirt Wednesday, July 23 | Millbrook Road | 1:30­­—3:30 pm | $45.

Author, artist and gardener C.L. Fornari approaches gardening with humor and a wheelbarrow full of practical, hands-on advice for home gardeners and landscape professionals. She hosts a weekly radio garden talk show on WXTK (95.1) and has written several books on gardening, the most recently published in late spring, Coffee for Roses.

C.L. lives and gardens on Cape Cod and understands the challenges posed by coastal landscapes and diverse growing conditions. Held in a private garden on Millbrook Road, she will talk about gardening trends, new plants, style, design, and ideas for success in gardens of all sizes.

This event is limited to 25 participants. Pre-registration is required.

Printmaking Workshop with Bee Shay Thursday, July 24 | Nantucket Lighthouse School | 10—12 pm | $50.

“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful”

Ready to take William Morris’ advice? Enhance your home environment with handcrafted botanical prints – that are both beautiful and functional – we’ll show you how! Printing with nature can be very rewarding, and enjoyable for all ages. In this exciting, hands-on workshop you will learn several traditional and not-so-traditional techniques of botanical printing and how those can be used to make greeting cards, gift tags, wrapping paper, pillows and many other functional pieces of botanical art. You will leave with an understanding of the history of botanical print-making, prints of your own, and ideas for how to use them!

This event is limited to 10 participants. Pre-registration is required.

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TO REGISTER FOR FESTIVAL EVENTS VISIT: www.nantucketgardenfestival.org

A RT IS T IN R E SID E N C E

Artist in Residence

Bee Shay, a published author and island resident who washed ashore permanently in early 2007, has been a full or part-time art educator since 1978. Currently working at The Tile Room on Nantucket, Bee always makes sure to leave time for community work. A long standing member of The Nature Printing Society (www.natureprintingsociety.org), an educational non-profit organization, she is currently serving as Executive Board President to this international group of printmakers. She has also served on both regional and national boards for S.A.L.I., an educationally based non-profit organization in the world of Early American Arts.

For the past six years, Bee has taught Early American Craft and Nature Printing at the Nantucket Historical Association’s 1800 house and has volunteered for island non-profits such as the Lightship Basket Museum and the NHA. Currently, Bee serves on the Board of the Nantucket Lighthouse School and the Nantucket Arts Council.

Bee will be offering a Printmaking Workshop on Thursday, July 24th.

The Best of Summer

Organic Greens and Herbs Sweet Corn and Heirloom Tomatoes Freshly Made Food To Go Acres of Scenic Flower Fields Farm To Table Dinners

Open Every Day 33 Bartlett Farm Road 21 Old South Wharf www.bartlettsfarm.com 508-228-9403

COMM U NIT Y C H AL LE N G E What’s Your Vessel?

Monday, July 21 | Fair Street Park | 8:00 —10:00 am | Free!

Open to individuals, families, businesses and organizations, this unique challenge invites all community members to think outside the clay pot.

How many different objects can be used as a planter? A variety of vessels will be displayed downtown prior to the Festival at Fair Street Park. Look for inspiration from what landscape & design professionals have created.

Vessels must be delivered to the Fair Street Park (corner of Fair Street and Main Street) on Monday, July 21st between 8-10am for judging by a panel of design professionals. With the creator’s permission, vessels will be available for purchase at Nantucket Garden Festival’s A Garden Soirée. Don’t miss out on this playful community challenge.

Registration forms will be available at dropoff.

Historic Garden Scavenger Hunt Wednesday, July 23 | Fair Street Park | Anytime | Free!

Thursday, July 24

| Fair Street Park | Anytime | Free!

Explore downtown Nantucket by solving clues leading you through town’s historic public gardens and green spaces. Begin your hunt at the What’s Your Vessel exhibit at Fair Street Park and follow the clues around town to a hidden treasure box!

TO REGISTER FOR FESTIVAL EVENTS VISIT: www.nantucketgardenfestival.org

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Nantucket Lighthouse School Garden & Greenhouse Fund

Help our school grow by supporting the Nantucket Lighthouse School Garden and Greenhouse Fund which aims to raise $10,000 to fund the school garden redesign, support ongoing maintenance and purchase tools, equipment and supplies.

Please call Logan Gomes at (508) 228-0427 if you are able to make a tax deductible contribution.

2014 Garden Festival Committee Rachael Freeman Logan Gomes Margaret Hallowell Candice Kelly Ginny Kinney Leith Kinney Amy Pallenberg Bee Shay Jenne Verney Julie Wood

Advisory Committee Caroline Ellis Marsha Fader Cary Hazlegrove Dale Rutherford Merrielou Symes Connie Umberger

S US TAIN AB ILIT Y PLE D G E We thank ReMain Nantucket for their support of the 6th Annual Nantucket Garden Festival. The Nantucket Garden Festival pledges to work toward the following sustainability goals: • Use and purchase green, sustainable and local products.

• Practice zero waste through ticketless events, compostable or re-useable service-ware, food-waste composting, and sorting biodegradable, compostable and recycled materials throughout the event.

• Encourage transportation by bike or bus to and from festival events.

• Reduce energy use by adhering to Town of Nantucket noise and light policies.

• Educate vendors, sponsors and attendees about environmental stewardship.

T H ANK YO U Special thanks to our underwriters and supporters: Naomi Aberly and Larry Lebowitz

Hingham Institution for Savings

Karen Borchert

Illya Kagan

Cary Hazlegrove Photography

William and Mary Jane MacLean

The Crane Foundation

Robert and Carol Miller

Mary Drew

Eric & Wendy Schmidt

Diane Freeman

Bee and Lowell Shay

Cinda Gaynor

Geoff Smith, Inc.

The Gilbert Verney Foundation

David and Barbara Spitler

The Greater Houston Community

The Tile Room

Foundation

Waterworks of Nantucket

Jim and Maureen Hackett

Liz Zoppo (as of July 1, 2014)

LOVE NANTUCKET? PUT IT ON YOUR CAR!

100% of proceeds benefit kids on Nantucket All of the proceeds from the Nantucket License Plates benefit Nantucket Lighthouse School, the project sponsor, and other island non-profits with a commitment to children.

Learn more and register for your plate at: www.nantucketlicenseplate.org

T H ANK YO U

Our Generous Sponsors:

COVER PHOTO: Peony by Amy Pallenberg

Come Grow with Us! Lighthouse School is opening another section of its Small School for 2014-2015

Learn more about our program for your 3 – 5 year old

Nurturing, family-like environment · Experienced, talented teachers Individualized attention · Joyful community of learners

Call 228.0427 email Cheryl Evans /Director of Admissions at cevans@nantucketlighthouseschool.org or scan this QR code with your mobile device to learn more and schedule a tour 1 Rugged Road, Nantucket, MA 02554 · 508.228.0427 www.nantucketlighthouseschool.org

508.228.0427

or call:

www.nantucketgardenfestival.org

To register visit:

N A N T UC K E T G A R D E N F E S T I VA L 1 Rugged Road Nantucket MA 02554