The intersection of art and gardens is time-honored, and it continues today, here on Martha’s Vineyard.
One Vose family member describes it as “the center of our universe,” and goes on to say that “we continually ask ourselves, ‘How did we get so lucky? Why us?’ ”
By Ali Berlow
Vineyarders find refuge in meditation rooms of all shapes and sizes.
By Ali Berlow
The last weekend of July is one of the busiest summer “turnover” weekends. As vacationers – coming and going – wait in ferry lines, unnoticed and unsung armies of cleaning crews scramble to clean up before and after them.
By Shelley Christiansen
In the midst of winter some of us dream big garden dreams. And we start out with the best of intentions, we really do. Come July, though, we might just be overwhelmed by the gardening equivalent of eyes-being-bigger-than-stomachs, and a mess of weeds and tangled flowers. What’s a desperate gardener to do?
By Laura D. Roosevelt
Putting down roots in a new place can be as hard for plants as for the humans who nurture them.
By Sally Bennett
The architects of the new Oak Bluffs library at work, and at home, in the woods of Harthaven.
By Holly Nadler
The French game of pétanque (or boules) was brought to the Vineyard in the early 1960s by Yvette and Max Eastman.
By Ellinor Mitchell
In Edgartown, a hotel for dogs and their human companions.
By Margaret Knight
One gigantic zucchini, and perfect pumpkins, much larger than your head.
By Laura D. Roosevelt
What makes a good kitchen? Is it efficiency? The right tools? Size? A beautiful space? A great view? There are probably as many versions of “good kitchen” as there are good Island cooks. Here are four of them and the places where they work their magic.
By Catherine Walthers
