Upcoming Events
Photo by Gwen Norton
See our events in calendar form here!
NOTE: Free registration forms do not always show up on this page. If you do not see the event registration form, please click “View Event” to visit the full event listing and sign up.
Edible Garden Tour with Carol Collins and Janet Woodcock
Friday, July 24th from 5–6:15 PM
In this garden tour, Carol and Janet will share their community garden plot, which is grown almost entirely from saved seed. They will share how they balance experimentation and production to build a garden that is "a lot of work but a lot of food and a lot of fun!" While they grow tomatoes, peas, potatoes, and other common vegetables, their favorite crops are slightly off the beaten path: sweet potatoes, kidney beans, and okra.
COST: FREE for Ag Society members, $10 for non-members. Pre-registration required.
NON-MEMBERS please sign up using this link:
AG SOCIETY MEMBERS please sign up using the form below.
Celebration of Pets
Saturday, July 25th from 1 to 3 PM at the Ag Hall
ANIMAL SHELTER OF MARTHA’S VINEYARD& AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF MARTHA’S VINEYARD invite you and your pets from farm and home to join us! (Misty Meadows Equestrians and all MV 4-H Clubs are WELCOME!)
Ring B: (Domestic Animals)
1:15-2:45 Jeremy Jones
1:00-2:45 The Great Detective Hunt, Karen Ogden, Positive Rewards
At the Ag Hall Door
2:00 Blessing of the domestic animals
2:45 Small animal Parade
All day events:
Jewelry Table, Nancy Langman
Face painting, dog/cat/tiger
Coloring for children large and small
Hayrides with Chilmark the Ox
Clifford the Big Red Dog
COST: FREE and open to all!
Pizza Party and Bonfire at North Tabor Farm
Tuesday, July 28th from 6–8 PM at North Tabor Farm
Celebrate high summer with a pizza party at North Tabor Farm! After a brief farm tour, we will settle down to enjoy a variety of pizzas made in North Tabor's pizza oven with local ingredients.
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Dinner provided, registration appreciated.
Edible Garden Tour with Laura Silber
Friday, July 31st from 9:30–10:45 AM
In this garden tour, gardener and seed saver Laura Silber will show how she balances food production and pollinator gardening. In addition to many heirloom tomatoes, she grows food plant varieties that are not generally available on the island, such as garlic chives, Thai basil, bitter melon, shiso, futsu squash, Korean chiles, tomatillo, ground cherry, yellow and purple pole beans, chocolate mint, and pickling cucumbers. Outside of her garden fence, Laura has converted her lawn to deer-proof perennial pollinator flowers and edible plants.
COST: FREE for Ag Society members, $10 for non-members. Pre-registration required.
NON-MEMBERS please sign up using this link:
AG SOCIETY MEMBERS please sign up using the form below.
Tomato Tasting and Potluck at Ghost Island Farm
Tuesday, September 1st from 5:30–7:30 PM at Ghost Island Farm
It's tomato time! We'll be visiting Ghost Island Farm, which grows over a dozen varieties of tomatoes every year. After a farm tour, we'll taste their many tomatoes and vote on our favorite tomato of 2026. Bring a tomato-themed dish to share for our tomato potluck or just yourself!
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Potluck dinner, registration appreciated.
Beekeeping Club
Wednesday, September 2nd from 5–6 PM at the Ag Hall
All Island beekeepers and bee enthusiasts are invited to the monthly meeting of the MV Beekeeping Club! We host regular meetings on the first Wednesday of the month to discuss disease prevention, hive maintenance, and more. If you keep hives on the Island or are bee-curious, please join us!
COST: FREE and open to all, no pre-registration required.
Garden Tour with Patrick Best
Friday, September 4th from 6–7:15 PM
In this tour, Patrick Best will share his Vineyard Haven garden. Patrick uses raised beds with mixed flower and vegetable polycultures, sheet mulching/wood chips, dense plantings, terracing, cold frames, trellises, and more.
COST: FREE for Ag Society members, $10 for non-members. Pre-registration required.
Wampanoag Food Sovereignty with the Aquinnah Cultural Center
Tuesday, September 8th from 5:30–7:30 PM at TBD
For many, learning about corn, beans, and squash—commonly called the Three Sisters by Haudenausaunee speakers—is a common experience in school. But there's a more nuanced story at play, one that is often sanitized and left out: one of food sovereignty, land dispossession, and land back. Join the Aquinnah Cultural Center team to learn more about what food sovereignty on Nôepe (Martha's Vineyard) means for the Wampanoag community and how access to growing our food has been limited over time. We'll spend time in one of the garden spaces where our team is leading an effort to expand food production and teach cultural knowledge while sharing this effort and its meaning to our community.
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Dinner provided, registration appreciated.
Homegrown Club Meeting
Wednesday, September 9th from 6–7 PM at the Ag Hall
This is our monthly meeting of the Ag Society's new Homegrown Club, a monthly meetup for backyard growers on the island. We meet on the 2nd Wednesday of each month (time varies by season). At each meeting, we'll talk about best practices for your garden in that time of year, share resources, and brainstorm answers to your questions about everything from seed varieties to pests. Please join us!
COST: FREE and open to all. Just show up!
Garden Tour with Jess Miller
Sunday, September 13th from 1–2:15 PM
Jess started her garden with little to no soil in a frost bottom 20 years ago. After many years of haphazard experimentation, she has narrowed my focus to growing snacking crops (tomatoes, peas and berries) and storage crops (winter squash, garlic and potatoes). She also loves growing herbs, edible flowers and cutting flowers, trying to provide plenty of pollinator-friendly plants. Using mostly found and foraged inputs from within a small radius, she continues to improve her soil health and crop output in a way that feels very fun and satisfying to both soul and body.
COST: FREE for Ag Society members, $10 for non-members. Pre-registration required.
Working Waterfronts with Martha's Vineyard Fishermen's Preservation Trust
Tuesday, September 15th from 5:30–7:30 PM in Menemsha
More info to come!
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Dinner provided, registration appreciated.
The Giving Garden: Fall Tour, Taste, and Take-Home with Roxanne Kapitan
Friday, September 18th from 4–5:30 PM at MV Public Charter School
Visit the Food Forest at the charter school to learn about perennial sources of foods and take away seedings and root stock divisions for your own garden! Taste perennials like pilgrim cranberries and sea kale while learning the fundamental principles of forest gardening.
Leave the workshop with a better understanding of the many delights of a perennial food forest—and seeds or divisions of plants like meadowsweet, sweet cecily, walking onion, elderberry, sea kale, and vervain!
COST: FREE and open to all, registration required.
Farmer Olympics
Sunday, September 20th from 2–6 PM at Morning Glory Farm
Back by popular demand: the Farmer Olympics are upon us! Teams of 4 to 6 will contend in close to a dozen contests (some samples from last year: blind flower arranging! hay bale toss! seed ID!), and the winning team will be crowned the farmer champions of 2025. Whippoorwill Farm and Pilot Hill Farm will be defending their title, but it's anyone's game!
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Dinner provided, registration appreciated. Form a team with your coworkers or just show up and we’ll match you!
Milling and Baking Demonstration at Beetlebung Farm
Tuesday, September 29th from 5:30–7:30 PM at Beetlebung Farm
Learn all about local grains and bread with Matt, Beetlebung's baker! After a brief farm tour, he will share each step that goes into the process of making bread at Beetlebung, from milling to baking. We will then get to taste a variety of breads highlighting different grains. Ethan, who runs the farm, will also be giving tours on regenerative practices at their operation!
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Dinner provided, registration appreciated.
Perennial Cover Crop Q&A with Lincoln Fishman of Momentum Ag
Wednesday, July 22nd from 5:30–7 PM on Zoom
Curious about using perennial cover crops like dutch white clover to increase soil health and suppress weeds? Living mulch can be a great option for climate-friendly gardens, but establishing the living mulch and planning for successful crops is complex. Please join Lincoln Fishman of Momentum Ag, who has been working with farms across the country on that very thing, to discuss best practices for establishment and production in living mulch.
This will be a casual opportunity to share and troubleshoot together. Please bring all your questions and experiences!
COST: FREE and open to all, registration required.
Flower Farming and Arranging 101 at Tea Lane Farm
Tuesday, July 21st from 6–8 PM at Tea Lane Farm
Learn all about flower farming with Krishana Collins of Tea Lane Farm! After a brief tour of the farm, Krishana will demonstrate the basics of flower arranging. Each attendee will then have a chance to pick their own flowers and make a small bouquet to bring home!
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Dinner provided, registration appreciated.
Fair Move-In Day
Sunday, July 19th from 10 AM–2 PM at the Ag Hall
Help us clean the Hall and install the many cabinets, tables, and displays used during the Fair! After we're done, we'll enjoy lunch together to celebrate the Fair season.
Please bring a drill or shopvac if you have one. Some jobs require heavy lifting, but we have a role for everyone!
COST: FREE and open to all, registration appreciated.
Building a Local Food Movement: Organic and Regenerative Ideas in Practice
Saturday, July 18th from 5–6:30 PM at the Ag Hall
Join us for a lively discussion about the future of food and farming with organic and regenerative principles. Caroline Pam, Co-Executive Director of Island Grown Initiative, will moderate a conversation between Dave Chapman of Long Wind Farm in VT and the Real Organic Project and Andrew Woodruff, owner of Whippoorwill Farm and IGI's Regenerative Farming Consultant.
COST: FREE and open to all, registration helpful. Sign up below!
The Future of Agriculture: An Evening with American Farmland Trust
Thursday, July 16th from 6–8:30 PM at the Ag Hall
Please join American Farmland Trust and AFT Board Chair Bob Egerton at the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society for a reception and conversation with AFT President & CEO John Piotti and other special guests. Discover how AFT works to uplift and strengthen the farmers and ranchers who steward working lands–on Martha’s Vineyard, and beyond.
COST: FREE and open to all. Hors d'oeuvres and drinks provided, registration required. Sign up on American Farmland Trust's website!
Food Forest Tour and Farm-Based Education 101 with Roxanne Kapitan and Island Grown Schools
Tuesday, July 14th from 6–8 PM at MV Public Charter School
Growing perennial foods can be a game changer for farmers. Experience a forest garden in action with Roxanne Kapitanand see firsthand how the interplanting of berries, greens, rooting crops, herbs, and medicinals yield a beneficial community of edible plants.
We will also discuss best practices for agricultural education and how Island Grown Schools use food forests and gardens at each school to educate the next generation!
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees! Dinner provided, registration preferred.
Edible Garden Tour at Island Cohousing
Tuesday, July 14th from 3–4:15 PM
In this garden tour, learn from Cohousing's four core gardeners (Heather Majkowski, Cary Steinberg, Jessica Russell, and Randi Baird) about co-operating a large community garden!
In their words: "Our cohousing community garden is now 26 years old and continues to be a beautiful example of shared care and collaboration. The garden is approximately 90 x 70 feet and is supported by the wider community, with a few dedicated families helping to lead the effort each season. We grow fruits, vegetables, and flowers, and we also have an unheated tunnel for season extension, allowing us to start earlier in the spring and continue growing later into the fall. The garden provides space for growing food, learning from one another, and staying connected to the land and to each other."
COST: FREE for Ag Society members, $10 for non-members. Pre-registration required.
Non Members please sign up using this link:
Ag Society MEMBERS please sign up using the form below:
Indigo Dyeing at Native Earth Teaching Farm
Sunday, July 12th from 3–5 PM at Native Earth Teaching Farm
Learn all about indigo dyeing with Rebecca Gilbert of Native Earth Teaching Farm! After a brief tour of her farm with its gardens, goats, and ducks, Rebecca will demonstrate the basics of indigo dyeing. Bring your old, stained, or worn-out clothes to dye blue and bring home!
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Heavy snacks provided, registration appreciated.
Regenerative Farm Tour at Island Grown Initiative
RESCHEDULED to Thursday, July 9th from 6–8 PM at Island Grown Initiative (from Tuesday 7/7)
Join us for a farm tour and talk about regenerative farming at the Island Grown farm! IGI has been trialing and implementing reduced tillage systems to build soil health and increase biodiversity on their 42-acre farm. Learn about IGI's multi-species cover crop and animal grazing rotations and innovative trials planting into living clover mulch. Check out their custom-built implements including a zone tiller and tarp winder, and other essential tools like the roller-crimper, chisel plow, and no-till drill. Bring questions and share your experiences from your farm.
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Dinner provided, registration appreciated.
Homegrown Club
Wednesday, July 8th from 6–7 PM at the Ag Hall
This is our monthly meeting of the Ag Society's new Homegrown Club, a monthly meetup for backyard growers on the island. We meet on the 2nd Wednesday of each month (time varies by season). At each meeting, we'll talk about best practices for your garden in that time of year, share resources, and brainstorm answers to your questions about everything from seed varieties to pests. Please join us!
COST: FREE and open to all. Just show up!
Pollinator Walk with Matt Pelikan and Mary Sage Napolitan
Sunday, July 5th from 1–3 PM at Island Grown Initiative
Spend your Sunday learning about our local pollinators! We will explore the Island Grown Initiative community garden looking for sweat bees, bumblebees, and other local pollinators (there are over 200 different native species!). Mary Sage will also share her best strategies for pollinator plantings. Leave with a new appreciation for all the small creatures that make all our flowers and fruit possible!
COST: FREE and open to all, registration required.
Beekeeping Club
Wednesday, July 1st from 5–6 PM at the Ag Hall
All Island beekeepers and bee enthusiasts are invited to the monthly meeting of the MV Beekeeping Club! We host regular meetings on the first Wednesday of the month to discuss disease prevention, hive maintenance, and more. If you keep hives on the Island or are bee-curious, please join us!
COST: FREE and open to all, no pre-registration required.
Farming the Sea
Tuesday, June 30th from 6–8 PM at John T. Hughes Hatchery and Research Station (57 Shirley Avenue, Oak Bluffs, follow road to the end)
Why does the MV Shellfish Group raise millions of baby shellfish each year for island waters? We'll answer this and all of your questions as you explore hatchery systems, look through microscopes, and handle local marine life. For 50 years, MVSG's knowledgeable team of scientists has engaged in habitat restoration, education, and shellfish seed production. See why farming the sea is vital to sustaining our island's culture and environmental well-being!
For more info, please contact nina@mvshellfishgroup.org or visit www.mvshellfishgroup.org.
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Dinner provided, registration appreciated. Sign up below!
(Belated) Farm Day: Allen Farm Sheep to Sweater Tour
Please note: This event has been rescheduled to Tuesday, June 30th due to a scheduling conflict.
Tuesday, June 30th from 10 AM–11 AM at Allen Farm
Tour the Allen Farm pastures, greenhouse, and loom - following the path of sheep to sweater!
This tour is now full. Please sign up for one of our other events instead!
Farm Day : Beetlebung Farm Tour
Friday, June 26th from 4–5 PM at Beetlebung Farm
Learn all about how Beetlebung Farm uses mulch, cover crops, and compost to do regenerative agriculture: building soil while feeding the island!
COST: FREE and open to all, registration required. Sign up below!
Farm Day : Morning Glory Vegetable Tour
Friday, June 26th from 4–5 PM at Morning Glory Farm
Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour of the vegetable fields at Morning Glory Farm and learn how they grow produce to feed our community!
COST: FREE and open to all, registration required. Sign up below!
Farm Day : Island Grown Initiative Regenerative Farm Tour
Friday, June 26th from 2:30–3:30 PM at Island Grown Initiative's farm (Stoney Hill Road)
Spend an afternoon at the Island Grown Farm for an inside look at our regenerative farming practices with Andrew Woodruff, Regenerative Agriculture Consultant, and Tim Connelly, Farm Director. After the tour, hear from our Co-Executive Directors, Noli Taylor and Caroline Pam, as they share more about IGI’s mission to build a regenerative and equitable food system.
COST: FREE and open to all, registration required. Sign up below!
Farm Day: Morning Glory Livestock Tour
Friday, June 26th from 2:30–3:30 PM at The FARM Institute
Meet the Morning Glory cattle and pigs at their homes at Katama Farm and learn more about how they use animals to feed our community and improve the land over time!
This tour is now full. Please sign up for one of our other farm day tours instead!
Farm Day: Whippoorwill Farm Tour
Friday, June 26th from 1–2 PM at Whippoorwill Farm
Check out the flower field, vegetable farms, and greenhouses at Whippoorwill Farm, an island staple! Learn how the farm feeds the island past, present, and future.
This tour is now full. Please sign up for one of our other farm day tours instead!
Farm Day: North Tabor Farm Tour
Friday, June 26th from 11:30 AM–12:30 PM at North Tabor Farm
See behind the scenes at North Tabor Farm, a family-run diversified vegetable and livestock operation!
This tour is now full. Please sign up for one of our other farm day tours instead!
Farm Day: Edible and Medicinal Weed Walk with Rebecca Gilbert
Friday, June 26th from 10 AM–11 AM at Native Earth Teaching Farm
Join Rebecca Gilbert, farmer and author of Weedy Wisdom for the Curious Forager, on a foraging-focused tour of Native Earth Teaching Farm!
COST: FREE and open to all, registration required. Sign up below!
Summer Fruit Tree Pruning with Ian Jochems
Wednesday, June 24th from 5:30–7 PM at a private residence
Come join the Agricultural Society and Ian Jochems of Polly Hill Arboretum for a summer fruit tree pruning class! This workshop will build on our spring pruning workshop and will include a short lecture/demonstration followed by hands-on experience pruning fruit trees.
Please come dressed or prepared for any weather conditions. Tools will be provided; no need to bring your own.
COST: FREE and open to all, registration required. Sign up on our website!
Pasture Walk at Katama Farm
Tuesday, June 23rd from 6–8 PM at The FARM Institute
Join us for a tour of the pastures at the history Katama Farm, which are grazed by Slough Farm and The FARM Institute! We will also tour the commercial kitchen at The FARM Institute, a Trustees property, and discuss how The FARM Institute approaches farm and garden education.
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Dinner provided, registration helpful. Sign up below!
Edible Garden Tour with Doug Reece
Thursday, June 18th from 4–5:15 PM
In this garden tour, Doug Reece will discuss his approach to fun, easy gardening in raised beds. After fending off all manner of animals, including crows who love to eat one bite of each tomato and pepper, his garden is partly covered with wire ("I now sleep better at night"). Doug has particular success with snap peas, lettuce, and spinach in spring, and potatoes, broccoli, corn, and sweet peppers in summer. He is especially proud of his now 6-year-old asparagus bed!
COST: FREE for Ag Society members, $10 for non-members. Pre-registration required. Sign up on our website for the address!
NON-MEMBERS, please sign up using this link:
AG SOCIETY MEMBERS, please sign up using the form below:
Summer Farmworker Social
Tuesday, June 16th from 5:30–8 PM at the Ag Hall
Our annual farmworker social, sponsored by Slough Farm, is a celebration of the summer season and all our farmers! Socialize with farmworkers from other farms and learn a little more about island agriculture. A brief talk by a local farmer will begin at 5:45 and dinner will follow. All food and drinks are provided!
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Food and drinks provided, registration helpful. Sign up below!
Tomato Pruning Workshop with Lydia Fischer
Sunday, June 14th from 1–2 PM at the Ag Hall
In this workshop, Lydia Fischer of The Garden Farm will demonstrate how to remove tomato suckers to keep the plant healthy and maximize your tomato crop. Learn to prune tomatoes and then try your hand with two plants of your own!
This workshop fee includes two large Sungold tomato plants from The Garden Farm to prune during the workshop and take home.
COST: $20 for Ag Society members, $25 for non-members. Registration is required, as space is limited. Please email ed@mvagsoc.org to sign up!
Food Forest Banquet with Cathy Walthers and Roxanne Kapitan
Saturday, June 13th from 10:30 AM–12 PM at The Farm Institute
Enjoy the unique flavors of fruits and vegetables collected from the food forest at the Charter School! Let Cathy Walthers, local five time cookbook author, and Roxanne Kapitan, garden creator, wow your taste buds with delicious nutrient-packed greens, grains, herbal mocktails, and more.
COST: FREE and open to all, registration required. Sign up on the Trustees’ website!
Homegrown Club Meeting
Wednesday, June 10th from 6–7 PM at the Ag Hall
This is our monthly meeting of the Ag Society's new Homegrown Club, a monthly meetup for backyard growers on the island. At each meeting, we'll talk about best practices for your garden in that time of year, share resources, and brainstorm answers to your questions about everything from seed varieties to pests. Please join us!
COST: FREE and open to all. Just show up!
Farmworker Safety Training
Tuesday, June 9th from 6–8 PM at the Ag Hall
The Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety is visiting the island to provide this safety training for island farmworkers. Topics include beginner first aid, food safety, safe lifting/carrying, and heat illness. Please join us!
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Dinner provided, registration helpful. Sign up on our website!
The Giving Garden: Summer Tour, Taste and Take-Home with Roxanne Kapitan
Thursday, June 4th from 4 - 5:30 PM at MV Public Charter School
Learn the basic principles of how a food forest works while tasting a wide variety of edible and medicinal plants! At this workshop, you will have a chance to taste asparagus (and learn how to lacto-ferment it!), lovage, good king henry, sea kale, vining spinach (habitzia), and berries like blackcurrants, champagne currants, and juneberries.
Leave the workshop with a better understanding of the many flavors of a perennial food forest—and the seeds of red orach (mountain spinach) and the tips of currant plants for root-growing and fall planting!
COST: FREE and open to all, registration required. Sign up below!