CALENDAR OF EVENTS 


Registration links for Botanical Spotlight tours will be added at the beginning of each month.

 

Members receive free or discounted registration fees. If you are unsure of your membership status,

please email [email protected] before signing up.

 

Jun 12 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
The Little Sprouts Caregiver & Me classes are narrative storytelling yoga classes with an incorporation of free flowing creative movement, music and art. Each class is themed and includes an introduction to yoga poses, a[...]
Jun 13 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Tuesday mornings at 9am (excluding July 4th & September 5th). Registration is currently posted through April. Sign up for one or all! Stay tuned for summer registration. Deepen your appreciation of nature by joining in[...]
Jun 15 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
6 Thursday mornings, 9-11am. Sign up for one or all! Join local artist Lynn Hoeft for one class or all, each week looking to carefully observe and draw whatever the Arboretum offers us. You’ll have[...]
Jun 17 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Sponsored by the Dukes Soil Conservation District Invite the wild things into your landscape so they can pollinate plants, eat bugs, and add beauty. Learn which plants provide food and shelter for butterflies, birds, and[...]
Jun 19 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
The Little Sprouts Caregiver & Me classes are narrative storytelling yoga classes with an incorporation of free flowing creative movement, music and art. Each class is themed and includes an introduction to yoga poses, a[...]
Jun 20 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Tuesday mornings at 9am (excluding July 4th & September 5th). Registration is currently posted through April. Sign up for one or all! Stay tuned for summer registration. Deepen your appreciation of nature by joining in[...]
Jun 22 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
6 Thursday mornings, 9-11am. Sign up for one or all! Join local artist Lynn Hoeft for one class or all, each week looking to carefully observe and draw whatever the Arboretum offers us. You’ll have[...]
Jun 23 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
  Botanical Spotlight Tours run the 2nd and 4th Friday of the month, June through September, 10-11am. Registration is required. Tours are free with $5 admission/free for members. Learn more about the Arboretum and its[...]
Jun 24 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Teresa Speight, author of Black Flora, a new book about African Americans in the world of floriculture, tells the stories of farmers, florists, and other floral creatives who answered the call of the flowers, tapped[...]
Jun 26 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
The Little Sprouts Caregiver & Me classes are narrative storytelling yoga classes with an incorporation of free flowing creative movement, music and art. Each class is themed and includes an introduction to yoga poses, a[...]
Jun 27 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Tuesday mornings at 9am (excluding July 4th & September 5th). Registration is currently posted through April. Sign up for one or all! Stay tuned for summer registration. Deepen your appreciation of nature by joining in[...]
Jun 27 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Sponsored by The Nature Conservancy Join PHA Grounds Manager/Arborist Ian Jochems to learn all about maintaining meadows on Martha’s Vineyard. Ian will cover what makes native plants better suited for meadows and naturalized areas. During[...]
Jul 6 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
In celebration of our 25th year as a public garden, please join PHA Executive Director Tim Boland as he shares some incredible stories behind some of the most emblematic and special trees found at the[...]
Jul 10 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
The Little Sprouts Caregiver & Me classes are narrative storytelling yoga classes with an incorporation of free flowing creative movement, music and art. Each class is themed and includes an introduction to yoga poses, a[...]
Jul 11 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Tuesday mornings at 9am (excluding July 4th & September 5th). Registration is currently posted through April. Sign up for one or all! Stay tuned for summer registration. Deepen your appreciation of nature by joining in[...]
Jul 11 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Relax under the shade of a tree and enjoy summer with your family while listening to a nature-based children’s book read by one of our volunteers. A simple walk or activity related to the book[...]
Jul 13 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
6 Thursday mornings, 9-11am. Sign up for one or all! Join local artist Lynn Hoeft for one class or all, each week looking to carefully observe and draw whatever the Arboretum offers us. You’ll have[...]
Jul 14 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
  Botanical Spotlight Tours run the 2nd and 4th Friday of the month, June through September, 10-11am. Registration is required. Tours are free with $5 admission/free for members. Learn more about the Arboretum and its[...]
Jul 17 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
The Little Sprouts Caregiver & Me classes are narrative storytelling yoga classes with an incorporation of free flowing creative movement, music and art. Each class is themed and includes an introduction to yoga poses, a[...]
Jul 18 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Tuesday mornings at 9am (excluding July 4th & September 5th). Registration is currently posted through April. Sign up for one or all! Stay tuned for summer registration. Deepen your appreciation of nature by joining in[...]
Jul 18 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Relax under the shade of a tree and enjoy summer with your family while listening to a nature-based children’s book read by one of our volunteers. A simple walk or activity related to the book[...]
Jul 19 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Annual Lisina & Frank W. Hoch Memorial Lecture Plant exploration—documenting wild plant diversity—is not just a Victorian Era ideal, but is alive and well in 2023. Veteran plant explorer Michael Dosmann uses examples from his[...]
Jul 20 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
6 Thursday mornings, 9-11am. Sign up for one or all! Join local artist Lynn Hoeft for one class or all, each week looking to carefully observe and draw whatever the Arboretum offers us. You’ll have[...]
Jul 24 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
The Little Sprouts Caregiver & Me classes are narrative storytelling yoga classes with an incorporation of free flowing creative movement, music and art. Each class is themed and includes an introduction to yoga poses, a[...]
Jul 25 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Tuesday mornings at 9am (excluding July 4th & September 5th). Registration is currently posted through April. Sign up for one or all! Stay tuned for summer registration. Deepen your appreciation of nature by joining in[...]
Jul 25 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Have you ever wondered how we decide what is planted on the grounds at the Arboretum and how we keep track of our plants? Have you heard whisperings of a Dukes County Flora project and[...]
Jul 25 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Relax under the shade of a tree and enjoy summer with your family while listening to a nature-based children’s book read by one of our volunteers. A simple walk or activity related to the book[...]
Jul 26 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Rain date for this lecture is Thursday, July 27 at 7:30pm We share our island home with six species of bats that provide significant insect pest control services each year. Just like humans, some bat[...]
Jul 27 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
6 Thursday mornings, 9-11am. Sign up for one or all! Join local artist Lynn Hoeft for one class or all, each week looking to carefully observe and draw whatever the Arboretum offers us. You’ll have[...]
Jul 28 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
  Botanical Spotlight Tours run the 2nd and 4th Friday of the month, June through September, 10-11am. Registration is required. Tours are free with $5 admission/free for members. Learn more about the Arboretum and its[...]