On-Island hydrangeas: “Pink and Pretty is beautiful,” says Don Brown of Vineyard Gardens in West Tisbury, “but I’d have to say Nikko Blue is my favorite. There are just so few things that bloom that true blue in the garden.”
Rhonda and Erik Albert and their children Iris and Miles live in an old sixteen-room house in Oak Bluffs. Last year they had nearly a thousand summer guests, and this year they’d like to have more.
By Margaret Knight
The Ark is built on one of the lowest spots in the Camp Ground of Oak Bluffs. When it rains, the whole backyard floods and with all that water around it, the house resembles the stern of Noah’s Ark, says owner Marina Firestone.
By Mary-Jean Miner
Some Ideas from Our Resident Gardener and a Few of Her Gardener Friends.
By Karen Huff
Emily Bramhall’s flower garden in Chilmark may call to mind a painting by Monet, but it is better likened to a moving picture than to a still image.
By Laura D. Roosevelt
What does it take to make a house feel like home? Is it family photographs, your great-grandmother’s patchwork quilt, the smell of bread baking? Five professionals who create homes for clients show us the places they come home to.
By Laura D. Roosevelt
Island workers are laid back. We have lives as well and people have to understand that.” – Billy O’Callaghan, Mason, Vineyard Haven
By C.K. Wolfson
We consulted with our favorite gardeners, both professional and merely obsessional, and came up with this handy to-do list for spring flower duties.
It’s really quite simple. You start with an iconic house, add impeccable taste and an eye for art, and what you get is summer living at its best.
By Erin Ryerson
As Edgartown considers doubling the size of its historic district, and with ancient houses on stilts all over the Island, we wondered about the state of historic preservation.
By Shelley Christiansen
Peter Norris of Chilmark is on a quest to create the holy grail of rhododendrons.
By Joe Keenan
