Frances Tenenbaum’s 2006 book, Gardening at the Shore, holds a place of honor on many an Island bookshelf.
Phyllis Meras
Renowned among Island gardeners, Paul Jackson has spent years working the soil in his Edgartown home garden, with awe-inspiring results.
Susan Catling
It’s not often that you hear the words sensual and bulldozer in the same breath.
Geoff Currier
Fifteen tried-and-true perennials, plus a few other thoughts on flowers and foliage.
Peggy Schwier
A day after talking to farmer, gardener, and SBS owner Liz Packer of Vineyard Haven about gardening with seaweed and other sea-related products, she calls from the north shore and leaves this message: “I’m standing on the beach and I just have to say that we live in an extraordinary place – most of our waters are healthy enough to still be rife with fish, shellfish, and seaweed.” She takes a breath and continues, “And there is an interconnectedness between the land and sea here that is amazing.
Mollie Doyle
Artist and gardener David Geiger created a vibrant, ever-changing aquatic habitat at his wooded Chilmark property.
Joyce Wagner
If you ask any farmer or gardener on Martha’s Vineyard, they’ll tell you that manure is one of our most precious resources.
Mollie Doyle