Coming Up at BBG

Vegetables pulled from the earth (radishes).

Farm to Table Lunch Series

Miriam Rubin will lead this Farm to Table cooking class series on Sundays, May 12 to September 15, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

painting of a yellow lemon hanging from a branch/Anastasia Traina

Language of Flowers Continues with a Splash of YELLOW

Join Anastasia Traina for a two-day workshop on Thursday, May 16 and Friday, May 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Large trees and stone wall within a farm landscape.

Boggy Meadow and Bunker Farm

We are off to Boggy Meadow Farm in New Hampshire and Bunker Farm in Vermont on Thursday, May 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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Videos

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A Plant Sale Thriller: The Battle for Botanical Bounty!

We're planning for our annual Plant Sale (May 10-11). Pfft ... No big deal.

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Garden Check-Up with Ron Kujawski

What time is it? Pest and disease scouting time, particularly when it comes to the boxwood leafminer.

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"Re-Rooted" in the Leonhardt Galleries

“As our environmental crisis becomes ever more urgent, my art takes its inspiration from the quiet work plants do to survive, adapt and heal our planet," says Ellen Driscoll.

Articles

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Be a Better Gardener: The Consequences of Fertilizer

One bit of advice I commonly offer to fellow gardeners at this time of year is to have a soil test done before you fertilize. With the data the test provides, you can apply precisely the nutrients that your soil lacks. Here's what to do.

Gardeners Checklist: Here Is What to Do on the Week of May 8

Caterpillar-like critters? Weed worries? Why plant coneflowers, Russian sage, Joe-Pye weed, etc.? What do roses love? What should you be scouting for now in your vegetable crops? What temptation must you resist? (Must, must, must resist?)

17 Students Graduate from BBG's Horticulture Certificate Program

On this, the 90th anniversary year of the founding of Berkshire Botanical Garden, we have another historic achievement to announce: Seventeen people have graduated from our Horticulture Certificate Program.

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