Desert Garden Tour

The Polly Hill Arboretum is offering an exclusive tour of gardens of southern Arizona from March 22 to 26, 2015.

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Going Green at Polly Hill

If you have a bad case of garden envy, Polly Hill Arboretum has the cure. Its annual end of the season plant sale is on Saturday, Sept. 13.

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A Walk With Imagination at Polly Hill
Colette Lathan

An arrow and a butterfly peek out of the grass at Polly Hill Arboretum. Follow that arrow, and you will come across the beginning of a story.

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Young Scientists Explore Polly Hill Arboretum
Derek Schwartz

First grade students from Edgartown School explored the education programs at Polly Hill Arboretum, which are offered free of charge to kindergarten through fourth grade students throughout the Island.

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Holly Hat Racking Demo

The Polly Hill Arboretum abounds with mature overgrown hollies this time of year. Learn how to tame these beasts on Saturday, March 15.

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Fruits of Their Labor

The Polly Hill Arboretum and the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center are coming together to bring The Fruit Hunters to the screen on Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the film center at the Tisbury Marketplace. This cinematic odyssey through the jungles of Borneo and the hills of Umbria, to name a few, follows an obsessed few determined to save rare and exotic fruit from becoming extinct through overdevelopment and agrobusiness concerns. Bill Pullman stars as himself.

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Winter Walks

Polly Hill Arboretum offers a way to get outdoors and explore the off season on the grounds.

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Earth and Sky at Polly Hill

A chance to clean up the grounds and then a later opportunity to check out the night sky with amateur astronomer Barbara Caseau is coming up Thursday, Oct. 24 at Polly Hill Arboretum. Grounds volunteer day is from 9 a.m. to noon and is a basic fall sprucing-up event. Bring gloves and dress for the weather.

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Mushroom Walk-and-Talk

Marlene Snecinski, also known as Mushroom Marlene, leads a fall walk foraging for wild mushrooms at Polly Hill Arboretum in West Tisbury on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 2 to 4 p.m. She will point out fun fungi facts and discuss mycophagy along the way.

Preregistration is required for this mushroom walk-and-talk so call 508-693-9426 for more information or visit pollyhillarboretum.org.

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Trees Do Grow in Brooklyn

It’s all about Brooklyn at the Polly Hill Arboretum on Wednesday, Sept. 18. Chris Roddick, senior arborist at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden kicks it off with a talk about pruning techniques and tool maintenance from 1 to 3 p.m. There will be a hands-on demonstration and a chance to practice newly learned pruning prowess. Bring hand pruners if you have them. Cost for this event is $20 or $10 if you’re a member of Polly Hill.

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