Nantucket Today

Historic Renovation on Farmer Street

Nowhere in this country are there more charming and diverse cottages featuring small pocket gardens and window boxes than here on Nantucket.

Many of these cottages are now being renovated and restored by...

Green Up your Winter Abode with Houseplants

When it’s time to put my garden to bed each year, there are decisions to be made. The thrifty Yankee in me wants to bring in plants and fill the house. The practical me says, “Whoa” and my husband says,...

In the Garden: Going Natural

I can relate to people who are obsessed with their lush green lawns. Really, I can.

My siblings and I spent a great deal of time riding a lawn mower in our youth. That is not to say that our parents made...

Easy Breezy Beach House

This stylish cottage in Madaket is designed for simplicity.

Home to award-winning interior designer Trudy Dujardin and her husband Frank Fasanella, her fifth house on the island is a testament to...

Cottage Style of the Looms

NANTUCKET LOOMS has been an institution on the island since 1968 when two men – Bill Euler, with a degree in hotel management from Michigan State University and Andy Oates, a weaver and textile designer...

Daffodils Mean Spring!

Pink, yellow, white or orange, or any combination thereof, daffodils provide bursts of color and interest in the spring landscape from March through May, and are one of the hardier and most rewarding...

North Star

Former Nantucket art-gallery owner and “outsider art” expert Lyn Walsh lives in a delightful RESTORED CARRIAGE HOUSE right next to Greater Light on Howard Street.

The little lane off Upper Main that runs...

Plan(t) for Privacy

PRIVACY is a commodity here on our wide-open island. FENCES, hedges and STONE WALLS demarcate BOUNDARIES, real and imagined. Unmowed road edges can grow into hedgerows while hundreds of man-hours are spent...

A Dream House in Madaket

The house is surrounded by Rosa Rugosa bushes and nestles into the property with spectacular views of Madaket Harbor from every room. The sun porch provides the way into the house.

Diana Brown and Scott...

SUMMER’S END in the Garden

The weather is cooling down and people are beginning to settle into their fall routines.

College kids are back on campus and much of the summer crush is behind us. It’s the perfect time to putter in the...