JULY 17-19, 2018

NANTUCKET GARDEN FESTIVAL
A CELEBRATION OF ISLAND GARDENING

The 10th Annual Nantucket Garden Festival highlights the unique and beautiful garden ecosystems on Nantucket and focuses on the importance of sustainability, conservation and gardening ethics for the long-term health of the island. Scheduled for July 17th-19th, the festival celebrates gardening through creative workshops, exquisite garden tours, children’s workshops, family activities and an opening night party. 

 

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NGF18 Keynote Speaker - Thomas Rainer
NGF18 Keynote Speaker - Thomas Rainer

We are very excited to announce the 2018 Keynote Speaker for the 10th Anniversary Nantucket Garden Festival. Please join us in welcoming Thomas Rainer, Principal of Phyto Studio in Washington, D. C., to our Festival and island.

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NGF18 Features Jennie Love of Love 'n Fresh Flowers
NGF18 Features Jennie Love of Love 'n Fresh Flowers

We are thrilled to be welcoming Jennie Love of Love 'n Fresh Flowers to Nantucket for the Festival's first Celebrity Floral Design Workshop. This half-day event, hosted in the Nantucket Yacht Club's Governor's Room, will include six hours of hands-on design and instruction.

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Celebrating 10 Years!
Celebrating 10 Years!

Scheduled for July 17th-19th, 2018, this summer marks the 10th anniversary of this signature Nantucket event. Over the course of three days, locally celebrated and nationally-known leaders in horticulture will lead educational workshops, lectures and garden tours.

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NANTUCKET GARDEN FESTIVAL SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
NANTUCKET GARDEN FESTIVAL SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Since 2008, the Nantucket Garden Festival has been a community celebration of horticulture, design and sustainability. Your support of the Festival, at any level, nurtures a year-round community of Nantucket Lighthouse School students who practice and model the spirit of sustainability every day. Join us as a sponsor of this signature Nantucket event. 

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Happy Monday! Noticing lots of monarchs around the island ☺️🐛#nantucket #monarch #ack #pollinators #echinacea #coneflower
Perfection. 💕 #nantucket #flower #fleur #flora #ackgardenfest #floweroftheday #instablooms #instaflower #flowerpower
Monday morning never looked so good. This beautiful property was featured on last week’s Garden Tour with @amypallenberg_gardens 💕🌿 • 📷 by: @bzachary7 #nantucket #ackgardenfest #garden #gardensofack #design
These beauties are s o a k i n g up today’s rain 💦 #nantucket #garden #ackgardenfest #gardensofack #flowers #meadow #rain
This year we offered 5️⃣ sold-out Garden Tours, sponsored by our friends at Surfing Hydrangea Nursery. 🙏 Our fabulous tour guides 👉 gardeners and NGF18 Committee Members Jenne Atherton, Katie Hemingway, Lu Machiavelli, Amy Pallenberg and Julie Wood brought guests on thoughtfully curated, guided tours of some of the island’s most alluring gardens. So much time and coordination goes into the planning. A heart-felt thank you to these fabulous ladies who made this year’s Festival so special. 👏💕 Photos by NGF18 Committee Member Barbara Zachary @bzachary7 @amypallenberg_gardens @hithercreekgardener @nantucketgrassroots @greyladygardens @acklife #nantucket #garden #flowers #gardening #gardentour #design #landscape #seascape #coastalliving #gardendesign
Our ‘thank you’ ferns 🌿 potted up by NGF18 Committee Member and gardener Lindsey Maurer 🙏 to be delivered to our lovely Garden Tour hosts + sponsor 👉The amazing homeowners who graciously invited us to view their spectacular gardens, and Surfing Hydrangea Nursery who generously sponsored the tours for a third consecutive year. Thank you for making our popular tours possible. @surfinghydrangea #gratitude #ackgardenfest #nantucket #ack #02554 #garden #tour #gardens #flowers #plants #fern #gardening
The sold-out ✨Garden Soirée✨ was a magical night to remember. NGF18 Committee Members + Nantucket Lighthouse School parents Candice Tetrault and Barbara Zachary 🙌 curated the most beautiful garden party, where guests sipped, shopped, dined and celebrated all things gardening, 🌿 with proceeds benefitting Nantucket Lighthouse School and the happy, thoughtful kids g r o w n here. 💙 We are truly blessed to have such talented and dedicated parents. Thank you, Candice and Barbara, for co-producing THE party of the summer. A very special thank you to the amazing NLS parents, faculty, Trustees and friends who volunteered for this event.👏 @xoxcandice @bzachary7 #nantucket #ack #02544 #sconset #soiree #garden #ackgardenfest #gardenparty #headhearthand #gratitude
A glimpse at our ever-popular Mommy & Me Garden Tea Party • Every year 👆this event👆 b r e a k s the internet, selling out within an hour. We offered two Garden Tea Parties this year and enjoyed lovely guests and gracious volunteers. ✨ This one-of-a-kind experience is the vision of NGF18 Committee Member extraordinaire Leith Kinney. Nantucket Lighthouse School parent of 2️⃣, Leith pours a tremendous amount of time and creative energy into this event...and it shows! Thank you, Leith, for curating TWO tea parties this year. We love you. 💖 @leithkinney #nantucket #ack #02554 #teaparty #fairytail #party #gardenparty #mommyandme #headhearthand