Books & Ideas
On May 31, the Polly Hill Arboretum and the Vineyard Conservation Society will welcome Paul Tukey, founder of SafeLawns.org, an international coalition promoting environmentally friendly lawn care, for a lively discussion on lawns.
In Mystery on the Vineyard, author Tom Dresser delves into a grisly unsolved murder. Here is an extract from the new book. It was pre-World War II and a dapper off-Islander arrived, impressing the locals. Drawn to the prettiest girl, he was upset when an elderly woman tried to break up the romance.
This story happened on East Chop in Oak Bluffs nearly 70 years ago. The Red Sox led the American League in early June and John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath had recently been released as a movie, starring Henry Fonda.
Executive chef James McDonough of the Beach Plum Inn will demonstrate how to prepare salmon cakes with Frangelico cream sauce on Wednesday, April 16, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Chilmark Public Library, as part of the library’s chef series.
Tagging Vineyard Osprey:
Expert Explains Research
Rob Bierregaard, who has been studying the osprey population on the Vineyard for more than 35 years, will speak about the raptors in a lecture at the Wakeman Center off Lambert’s Cove Road in Vineyard Haven on Saturday, April 12 at 7 p.m.
Mr. Bierregaard is speaking in conjunction with the annual osprey festival sponsored by Mass Audubon’s Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary in Edgartown.
Ecological Eating: New
Discussion Group Begins
Menu for the Future is the title of a new discussion group at the Vineyard Haven Library. The group workshop is designed by the North West Earth Institute, the source of the previously successful library programs Choices for Sustainability and Voluntary Simplicity.
Noted permaculture designer and teacher Dick Pierce will present a slide show and talk called An Introduction to Permaculture: Practical Sustainability on Thursday, April 17, at 5 p.m. at the Chilmark Public Library.
Permaculture, a movement begun in the 1970s, initially focused on soil management to promote agricultural sustainability. It has segued into a holistic approach to sustainable living.
The idea is this: develop ecologically suitable design systems for sustainable living in all parts of your existence.