Martha’s Vineyard, MA Open Day

Sat, Jul 10, 2021

As the pandemic continues to evolve, please observe these new procedures and help us ensure a safe, contactless, and seamless garden experience for all visitors as well as our generous garden hosts:

• Pre-registration is REQUIRED for each garden. Pre-register for each on this website, except where specifically indicated otherwise. Children under 12 are free and do not need to be pre-registered if accompanied by pre-registered adult.
• Capacity is limited. Sorry, no walk-ins allowed; no paper tickets or cash payments will be accepted on-site.
• Masks are required, at the discretion of the garden owners, and social distancing is encouraged at all in-person events.

For more details about these changes for this season, see the 2021 Open Days Q&A.

To register, please click on the garden name or photo below for each garden you would like to visit.

July 6 update: Unfortunately, the Holmes-Coffin House will not be able to open this day.

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Also happening on this day:
DIGGING DEEPER program: July 10, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., A Summer Seaside Garden, with Nan Sinton. Click on the name of program for a description and to register. Registration for this Digging Deeper program includes admission to the Garden at 85 South Water Street on this Open Day.

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  Garden of John & Judith Tankard

  A new garden planted in 2006 to complement the historic house built around 1730 and fully renovated by the owners: an architect and a garden writer.

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  85 South Water Street

  In 1950 a sunken geometric garden in the form of a Union Jack flag was laid out to complement the historic eighteenth-century house.