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Nantucket Garden Club’s Coastal Resilient Plant Garden

By Claire McElwain

This tour highlights the Nantucket Garden Club’s Coastal Resilient Plant Garden at the Nantucket Saltmarsh Center, located at 81 Washington Street. Designed with durability and sustainability in mind, this garden uses hardy native plants to stabilize coastal banks, reduce erosion, and withstand the impacts of a changing climate—all without the need for fertilizer or pesticides.…

Nantucket Land Bank’s Garden of the Sea Tour

By Claire McElwain

Located at 16 Candle House Lane, the Garden of the Sea is a 0.25-acre pollinator garden designed to demonstrate the power of thoughtful, biodiverse planting. Featuring three distinct garden beds, each abundant with native species, this landscape supports pollinators while illustrating how small-scale interventions can contribute to the health of Nantucket’s broader ecosystem. As part…

Nourish Nantucket expands grocery-card program

By Claire McElwain

The Inquirer and Mirror – (Nov. 21, 2025) Nourish Nantucket has expanded its grocery card program this winter to provide supplemental food support to 600 year-round island residents, including adults and children. Read the full story here.