robin ortega - featured artist

1:00 - 4:00

Naturalist and Manager of Sustainable Nantucket’s Farmers and Artisans Market Peggy

Turco will offer visitors a table talk on wild plants.

Bean Bugs - Leaf Caterpillars - Seed Pod Flowers

10:00 - 1:00

Children will have an opportunity to make a collage using local flora, dried beans and

seeds as well as other natural materials. sponsored by sustainable Nantucket 

make a grassheaad

Family Nutrition

10:00 - 1:00

Kathleen Minihan, Sustainable Nantucket’s Farm to School Manager, will present an

interactive display on nutrition.

make a fashion necklace

choose your favorite pre-sewn strand of cloth, various beads, to make a beautiful

necklace for yourself, a friend, or your "best-dressed" pet!!

all proceeds go to support the Fair

choose your favorite pre-sewn strand of cloth, various beads, to make a beautiful

necklace for yourself, a friend, or your "best-dressed" pet!!

all proceeds go to support the Fair

EVENTS FOR THE 2015 FAIR ARE UNDERDEVELOPMENT

if you are interested in participating contact
 
nantucketislandfair@gmail.com
  or
 go to opportunities tab and send us a note

Get to Know Nantucket’s Native Plants

Fairy house competition

cupcake eating contest

apple peeling contest

revised dog show

dahlia show & judging

sack race

kiddie corral

farm yard pet show

foraging for wild edibles

10 :00 to 2 :00  Sunday

join peggy turco, author and naturalist, for a discussion of harvesting  nantucket's wild 

edibles sustainably.  Peggy will have examples of what to look for and will discuss how to 

identify them as well as how to use them.

our water world

10:30 - 1:30 Sunday

Join Sarah Oktay, Director of the UMass Boston Nantucket Field Station to learn more 

about water quality, marine life, and the many projects conducted by scientists and 

students of all ages at the Field Station

canning your harvest

12 - 4

Once again mary warwro has volunteered her time and knowledge to discuss and 

demonstrate the art of canning  pickles, jams, jellies, etc.

 

healthy soil in your garden

11 - 12 SaturdaY

join kathleen minihan of sustainable nantucket's farm to school program for a discussion 

of best practices for improving your garden's soil

GERTRUDE'S FARM STAND - sUNday

BRING ALL ENTRIES FOR "EVERYTHING Cookies" TO GERTRUDE'S FARM STAND BY NOON SUNDAY

"EVERYTHING cookies" = Enter YOUR BEST cookies

    please bring 6 cookies for each entry 


BRING ALL ENTRIES FOR THE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT EXHIBITION TO GERTRUDE'S FARM STAND BY NOON 

SUNDAY

         FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS MAY BE DRIED OR FRESH    MUST BE COMPLETED BY ENTRANT


JUDGING AT 1 PM

RIBBONS AWARDED UPON COMPLETION OF JUDGING


                                    PICK UP ENTRIES AFTER 3

umass water quality

1 TO 2 P.M. SATURDAY

JOIN SARAh oktay managing director of THE UMASS field station TO FIND OUT ABOUT 

environmental STUDIES THEY ARE CURRENTLY conductingON NANTUCKET.