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.
Plywood on Pasture 4-H Fundraiser
Wish you had farm animals of your own? Want grazing cattle without all the cow patties? Support the 4-H herd by renting some one-of-a-kind lawn ornaments!
Here’s how it works:
Fill out the request form below for our plywood calves, handmade by 4-Hers for this project. The cost is $15 per day or $70 per week (7 days). You can request specific dates or wait and be surprised!
Wait for your time in the pasture rotation. Each cow is roughly 4 feet across. All the cattle need is a small “pasture” to graze. No water or hay necessary. Install and removal are provided.
Enjoy gazing at your herd! All funds raised will support Martha’s Vineyard 4-H and the care of our real cattle herd, housed at the MV Agricultural Society.
This program is being administered by the Katama Cowpokes 4-H club; please reach out to 4-H leader Carole Soule at carole@soulecoaching.com with any questions or concerns.
Soil Testing Workshop with Faren Osnoss
Tuesday, October 14th from 5:30–7 PM at the Ag Hall
Soil health is at the foundation of every successful garden, but soil testing can be intimidating! This workshop will cover the principles of soil health, a demonstration of collecting and processing a sample to send to the UMass lab, how to interpret a soil test report, and what to do with the information. Then, return for a drop-in session later this fall for support interpreting results from your own garden!
About Faren: Faren Osnoss helps islanders build healthy soil and grow food through her business Kitchen Gardens MV. You can read more about her background and find her newsletter with seasonal gardening advice at kitchengardensmv.com.
COST: FREE, registration required. Sign up below!
Soil Testing Workshop with Faren Osnoss
Sunday, October 19th from 1–2:30 PM at the Ag Hall
Soil health is at the foundation of every successful garden, but soil testing can be intimidating! This workshop will cover the principles of soil health, a demonstration of collecting and processing a sample to send to the UMass lab, how to interpret a soil test report, and what to do with the information. Then, return for a drop-in session later this fall for support interpreting results from your own garden!
About Faren: Faren Osnoss helps islanders build healthy soil and grow food through her business Kitchen Gardens MV. You can read more about her background and find her newsletter with seasonal gardening advice at kitchengardensmv.com.
COST: FREE, registration required. Sign up below!
Farmer Spa Day
Sunday, October 19th from 3–7 PM at the Ag Hall
Take a minute to slow down at the end of the growing season with an herbalism workshop with Astrid Tilton (3 to 4:30 PM), contrast therapy in a mobile sauna/cold plunge (3 to 4:30 PM or 4:30 to 6 PM), and a sound bath with Anna Marden (6 to 7 PM).
This retreat is sponsored by MassGrown Wellness, a program of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources.
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Light dinner provided. Registration required, as space is limited. Sign up below, filling out a separate form for each registrant!
Harvest Festival
Saturday, October 25th from 10 AM–2 PM at the Ag Hall
Mark your calendars for our annual Harvest Festival! Expect all the classics: pumpkin carving, animals, hay maze, crafts for kids, demos for adults, local bites, a pie baking contest, a pie eating contest, music by the Flying Elbows, and more.
We can't wait to celebrate the season with you all!
COST: FREE and open to all, no registration required.
Sowing Fruitful Futures: Growing Gift Economy in Everyday Ways + Potluck with Petra Page-Mann of Fruition Seeds
Saturday, October 25th from 3:30–6:30 PM at the Ag Hall
Co-sponsored by the Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society and Slough Farm.
Do you love Robin Wall Kimmerer's words and hunger to weave this wisdom into your daily life? With plants as our teachers, join us for an embodied practice of growing gift culture, with seeds and community at the center. Expect to laugh, cry and come alive as we explore living in old and new ways! Bring a bag to bring home an abundance of seeds to sow more fruitful futures for all generations to come. Join us for conversation and potluck to follow!
Petra Page-Mann grew up gifting seeds grown in her father's garden. After co-founding Fruition Seeds and selling seeds for 12 years, she's returned to gifting seeds and is so honored to share them with you.
COST: FREE and open to all, registration appreciated but not required. Sign up below!
Cultivating Seed & Gift Culture Together with Petra Page-Mann of Fruition Seeds
Saturday, October 26th from 3:30–5 PM at Stillpoint
Co-sponsored by the Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society, Slough Farm, and Stillpoint.
Do you dream of a more resilient food and seed culture? Do you love Robin Wall Kimmerer's words and hunger to weave this wisdom into your daily life? You are not alone! Gather with like-minds to cultivate these questions and possibilities both personally and collectively. With embodied practices and seeds as our teachers, come feel, reflect and embody gift economy with us. Everyone will return home with practices to engage in daily life as well as an abundance of seeds to grow more abundant futures for us all.
Petra Page-Mann grew up gifting seeds grown in her father's garden. After co-founding Fruition Seeds and selling seeds for 12 years, she's returned to gifting seeds and is so honored to share them with you.
COST: FREE and open to all, donations graciously accepted. Registration helpful but not required. Sign up on the Stillpoint website!
Deer Breakdown and Butchery
Tuesday, October 28th from 5:30–7 PM at The FARM Institute
Hunting season! If you are hunting on the island this season, learn to break down and butcher your own deer at the Farm Institute with Charlie Granquist of Slough Farm. The class will demonstrate cutting, deboning, trimming, and packaging your deer.
This event is co-hosted by the Farm Institute, Slough Farm, and the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society, host of the Island Deer Cooler. Learn more about the Island Deer Cooler here.
COST: FREE, but pre-registration is required as space is limited. Sign up on the Trustees website!
Mending Night with Dalila Bennett
Tuesday, November 4th from 5:30–7:30 PM at the Ag Hall
Led by Dalila Bennett of Fire Cat Farm. Are your Carhartt's looking a little worse for wear? Are your sweaters full of holes? Bring all your old and worn-down clothes to the Ag Hall and we’ll learn to mend them together!
Dalila will demonstrate visible mending by hand and needlefelting (for wool items). They will also be on-hand with a sewing machine for more difficult projects, like larger patches and thick fabrics.
COST: FREE and open to all, registration appreciated but not required. Sign up below!
Bee Club Meeting
Wednesday, November 5th 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.
Barn Raisers Day
Saturday, November 8th from 1 PM–2:30 PM at the"new" Ag Hall
To celebrate the 31st anniversary of our community barn raising, we are building tiny Ag Halls! Visit the Ag Hall to enjoy snacks and warm drinks while working to construct a barn of your own—a model of the Ag Hall built from cardboard, craft supplies, play-doh, legos, and more! All materials will be provided (although you are welcome to bring your own!).
This event is for all ages. Entries will be displayed at the Barn Raisers Ball, where people will vote for their favorite entry, and winners will receive a free 2026 Ag Society membership!
COST: FREE and open to all, no registration required.
Barn Raisers Ball
Saturday, November 8th from 7–10 PM at the Ag Hall
We're excited to dance the night away with you all to celebrate the 1994 construction of our barn by over 300 community members! 30 years later, community still makes all our work possible, and we can't wait to celebrate with you all. Like past years, this will be a BYOB event with a dessert potluck and music by Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish.
COST: Open to all, suggested donation of $10 at the door.
Heritage Corn in the Kitchen with Tim Wilcox
Sunday, November 16th from 1–3 PM at the Ag Hall
Corn has been an essential part of the landscape and diet of Martha’s Vineyard for thousands of years. Tim Wilcox will show you how to make the most of this staple crop. With a few basic tools and methods, you can easily grow, cook, and eat homegrown corn all year round. Tim will demonstrate how to grind corn into flour and grits, how to nixtamalize corn into hominy and how to grind masa and make delicious soft tortillas. There will be hands-on tortilla pressing lesson and taco tasting.
COST: $15 for Ag Society members, $20 for non-members, pre-registration required. Sign up using the link below!
Soil Testing Q&A
Sunday, November 23rd from 1–2:30 PM at the Ag Hall
Come to the Ag Hall to review your soil test results and brainstorm next steps with Faren Osnoss and other soil enthusiasts! Note: This session is most appropriate for backyard growers who have attended one of our soil testing workshops, tested their soil, and received testing results back from UMass.
About Faren: Faren Osnoss helps islanders build healthy soil and grow food through her business Kitchen Gardens MV. You can read more about her background and find her newsletter with seasonal gardening advice at kitchengardensmv.com
COST: FREE and open to all, registration appreciated. Sign up below!
Mending Night with Dalila Bennett
Tuesday, December 2nd from 5:30–7:30 PM at the Ag Hall
Led by Dalila Bennett of Fire Cat Farm. Are your Carhartt's looking a little worse for wear? Are your sweaters full of holes? Bring all your old and worn-down clothes to the Ag Hall and we’ll learn to mend them together!
Dalila will demonstrate visible mending by hand and needlefelting (for wool items). They will also be on-hand with a sewing machine for more difficult projects, like larger patches and thick fabrics.
COST: FREE and open to all, registration appreciated but not required. Sign up below!
Bee Club Meeting
Wednesday, December 3rd 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.
Soil Health Test Kit Workshop with UMass Extension
Friday, October 10th from 2:30–4:30 PM at the West Tisbury Library
Healthy soil supports healthy plants and healthy ecosystems, but knowing how to measure soil health can feel complicated. In this workshop, we’ll introduce the UMass Soil Health Test Kit, a simple, hands-on toolkit for farmers, gardeners, and land managers.
Participants will see demonstrations of quick field tests, including measurements of soil structure, compaction, water infiltration, pH, and biological activity. We will discuss how to interpret the results, keeping in mind the unique sandy soils of Martha’s Vineyard. After the demonstration, the kit will be permanently housed at the West Tisbury Library’s “Library of Things,” so anyone with a library card can check out the items.
COST: FREE and open to all!
Twilight Meeting with UMass Extension
Thursday, October 9th from 5–7 PM at Morning Glory Farm
Join us for a weed and soil health walk with Sam Glaze-Corcoran and Maria Gannett of UMass Extension! At this tour, Maria will host a weed-walk focusing on some common species that are difficult to control, such as bindweed, jimsonweed, mugwort, and yellow nutsedge. Learn how to confidently identify these species and what traits to consider for more effective management. Sam will then share her knowledge on how to maintain soil health in sandy soils, including in-ground demos. Dinner will follow.
Sam Glaze-Corcoran is the Soil Testing Lab Manager, and her specialties are soil health, soil fertility, field crop management (corn, pasture, hay), grazing management, manure management, cover crops, and plant nutrition. Maria Gannett is the Extension's weed management specialist; she has been working lately on no-till organic weed management and weed management in compost.
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Dinner provided, registration appreciated. Sign up below!
Preparing Your Garden for Winter with Rosemary Confalone
Monday, October 6th from 5:30 to 7 PM at the Ag Hall (NOTE: Moved from September 25th due to a speaker conflict)
As we head into the colder months, learn about how to put your garden to bed. This talk will cover basic cover cropping, mulching and other soil covers, crop storage, seed storage, and preliminary planning for next spring.
About Rosemary: Rosemary Confalone is a lifelong backyard grower, and former farmer. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts in Plant and Soil Science, with a focus in Sustainable Food and Farming.
COST: FREE, registration appreciated. Sign up online here!
MV Beekeeping Club
Wednesday, October 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.
Regenerative Grazing Tour at Slough Farm
Tuesday, September 30th from 5:30–7:30 PM at the Slough Farm horse barn (38 Butlers Cove Rd)
Learn about regenerative approaches to livestock management at Slough Farm! Slough Farm staff will show us around their farm and then we'll enjoy dinner as a group.
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Dinner provided, registration appreciated. Sign up on below!
Garden Tour with Susie Middleton
POSTPONED to Wednesday, September 24th from 5–6:15 PM
In this garden tour, former farmer and future market gardener Susie Middleton will show how she is converting parts of her small property into a market garden. The tour will include three areas: A current, small, efficient home garden with raised beds where Susie grows peas, lettuce, beans, tomatoes, onions, herbs, other veg, and lots of flowers; a 20 x 40 hoop house (built three years ago to start and harden off seedlings), and the infrastructure and soil-in-progress for the new large market garden. Susie will offer tips learned as a farmer for home growers and an overview of her "slow farming" plan for turning a field into a garden.
COST: FREE for Ag Society members, $10 for non-members. Pre-registration required. Sign up below and we’ll send out the address several days before the tour!
This tour is now full. Please email Lucy at programs@mvagsoc.org to be added to our waitlist and we’ll let you know if we have any cancellations!
Milling and Baking Demonstration at Beetlebung Farm
Tuesday, September 23rd from 5:30–7:30 PM at Beetlebung Farm
Learn all about local grains and bread with Matt, Beetleebung'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.
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Dinner provided, registration appreciated. Sign up below!
Farmer Olympics and Fall Farmworker Social
Tuesday, September 16th from 5:30–8 PM at the Ag Hall
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. Morning Glory will be defending their title, but it's anyone's game!
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees! Dinner to follow the games. Form a team with your coworkers or just show up and we’ll match you!
Beekeeping 201: Splits, Hive Types, Overwintering, and Chemical-free Beekeeping with Massachusetts Apiary Inspector Kim Skyrm, Ph.D.
Monday, September 15th from 5:30 to 7 PM at the Ag Hall
Join us for a talk by the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture's apiary inspection team! This year, they will be covering the topics requested by the bee club, including splits, different hive types, overwintering, and chemical-free beekeeping.
NOTE: While they are on-island, the team will also be inspecting hives. If you would like to request a hive inspection, please reach out to Lucy at programs@mvagsoc.org and/or complete this form!
COST: FREE and open to all, no pre-registration required!
Canning Your Homegrown Tomatoes with Tim Wilcox
Sunday, September 14th from 1–3 PM at the Ag Hall
In this workshop we will cover two safe and easy ways to preserve your tomato harvest for use during the rest of the year. Tomato puree, aka passata, can be hot packed into jars. Whole tomatoes—blanched, peeled, and packed into jars—preserve a taste of summer during the coldest months of the year.
Tim Wilcox, founder of Kitchen Garden Farm in Sunderland, MA, will discuss the whole process, from variety selection to planting and harvest, and show the equipment needed to set up your home canning operation. This is a hands-on workshop that will show you all of the steps needed to turn your tomato glut into a well-stocked larder.
Tim has been canning his own tomatoes for personal use each summer for 25 years. At Kitchen Garden Farm he produced shelf stable value added products including hot sauce, salsa, and tomato products for sales nationwide. He currently lives in West Tisbury with his wife, Caroline Pam.
COST: $20 for Ag Society members, $25 for non-members, pre-registration required. Each attendee will walk away with one quart of tomato puree and one quart of whole tomatoes to enjoy fresh or can at home!
This workshop is now full! Please email programs@mvagsoc.org to be added to our waitlist.
Garden Tour with Laura Silber
Sunday, September 14th from 10–11:15 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. Sign up below and we’ll send out the address several days before the tour!
This tour is now full. Please email Lucy at programs@mvagsoc.org to be added to our waitlist and we’ll let you know if we have any cancellations!
Tomato Tasting and Potluck at Ghost Island Farm
Tuesday, September 9th from 6–8 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 2025. 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. Sign up below!
Bee Club Meeting
Wednesday, September 3rd 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.
Regenerative Farm Tour at Island Grown Initiative
Tuesday, August 12th from 6–8 PM at Island Grown Initiative
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. Sign up below!
Fair Move-In Day
Sunday, August 3rd from 10–1 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. Sign up below!
Garden Tour with Patrick Best
Friday, August 1st 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. Sign up below and we’ll send out the address several days before the tour!
This tour is now full. Please email Lucy at programs@mvagsoc.org if you’d like to be added to the waitlist!
Indigo Dyeing at Native Earth Teaching Farm
Tuesday, July 29th from 6–8 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. Dinner provided, registration appreciated. Sign up below, filling out the form separately for each registrant.
Garden Tour with Roxanne Kapitan
Friday, July 25th from 4–5:15 PM
In this garden tour, Roxanne Kapitan will share how her studies of permaculture have shaped her personal garden. When she decided to not be a farmer anymore, she was faced with the important question of what to do with her own yard, full of shade and invasives. Studying permaculture taught her to embrace a systems approach where the problem is the solution. She transformed her yard into “rooms,” each with its own unique purpose but interconnected with the other areas. Roxanne says, "My yard is my home."
COST: FREE for Ag Society members, $10 for non-members. Pre-registration required. Sign up below and we’ll send out the address several days before the tour!
NON-MEMBERS please sign up using this link:
AG SOCIETY MEMBERS please sign up using the form below:
Flower Farming and Arranging 101 at Tea Lane Farm
Tuesday, July 22nd 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. Pre-registration strongly appreciated, as flowers and food are limited. Please sign up below, filling out the form separately for each registrant.
Garden Tour with Carol Collins and Janet Woodcock
Sunday, July 20th from 1–2:15 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. Sign up below and we’ll send out the address several days before the tour!
NON-MEMBERS please sign up using this link:
AG SOCIETY MEMBERS please sign up using the form below:
Pizza Party at North Tabor Farm
Thursday, July 17th 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. Sign up below, filling out the form separately for each registrant.
CANCELLED: Chappaquiddick Garden Tours with Jay Hunter, Laura Pla, and Hadley Berkowitz
Friday, July 11th from 9:30 AM–12 PM
Tour three edible gardens on Chappaquiddick! Jay Hunter will show us his garden first, which is farm-style with production rows (including a whole row of garlic!), then we'll drive over to Laura Pla's and Hadley Berkowitz's neighboring gardens. Highlights include large berry patches, an orchard, and thoughtful landscaping!
Please walk onto the ferry (ferry ticket not included) and meet in the parking lot on the Chappy side at 9:30 sharp. We will have a van for transportation from the ferry and between the gardens on Chappaquiddick.
COST: $25 for Ag Society members, $40 for non-members. Pre-registration required.
This tour has been cancelled due to low enrollment. Please sign up for one of our other garden tours instead!
Farming the Sea: The Benefits of Aquaculture from a Restoration Hatchery
Tuesday, July 8th 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 nearly 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, filling out the form separately for each registrant.
Garden Tour with Nancy Cole
Monday, July 7th from 4–5:15 PM
In this garden, first dug 31 years ago, Nancy will share how it has grown and evolved while producing food and flowers for the table and preserving. Using some saved seeds, the garden has the usual tomatoes, peppers, peas, and greens. Each year, she has tried new vegetables or varieties as her household grew then shrank. Nancy will share various problems and solutions she has had and loves to get advice!
COST: FREE for Ag Society members, $10 for non-members. Pre-registration required.
This tour is now full. Please email Lucy at programs@mvagsoc.org if you’d like to be added to the waitlist and we’ll do our best to fit you in!
Garden Tour With Doug Reece
RESCHEDULED to Sunday, July 6th from 3–4:15 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 5-year-old asparagus bed!
COST: FREE for Ag Society members, $10 for non-members. Pre-registration required. Sign up below and we’ll send out the address several days before the tour!
This tour is now full. Please email Lucy at programs@mvagsoc.org to be added to the waitlist; we typically have some cancellations and will try to fit you in!
Farm Pollinator Walk with Matt Pelikan of Biodiversity Works
Sunday, July 6th from 10 AM–12 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 around 200!). You will 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. Sign up below, filling out the form separately for each registrant.
Beekeeping Club
Wednesday, July 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.
Dairy Tour at Grey Barn
Tuesday, June 24th from 6–8 PM at Grey Barn
Learn all about Grey Barn, one of the island's two dairies, at this farm tour! We will meet the cows and tour the farm and dairy before sitting out to enjoy some local cheese.
COST: FREE and open to all current farm employees. Dinner provided, registration appreciated. Sign up on our website!
Summer Farmworker Social
Tuesday, June 17th 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. Just show up; we’d love to see you!