Coming Up at BBG

Join Berkshire Botanical Garden for Family Fridays, featuring Mr. Twisty's Super Silly Magic Show on Friday, August 14, from 11 a.m. to noon. Join us for giggles, goofy tricks, and magical mayhem that’s packed with audience participation and laugh-out-loud fun for all ages.

Get ready to feel the rhythm! On Monday, Aug. 17, Pulso de Barro brings the vibrant sounds of Latin Mesoamerican folk music to the Garden from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. as part of our Music Mondays summer concert series.
Join Sunder Ashni, Somatic Experiencing® practitioner and yogi, for 90 minutes of deep listening to nature and the body on Monday, Aug. 17, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Videos

Eric Ruquist, BBG’s director of horticulture, introduces us to a curious plant that keeps a schedule. Meet Mirabilis viscosa, this week’s botanical superstar that can be found in our Carol Tatkon Entry Garden.

Let's go behind the scenes to see what makes this beautiful annual tradition tick.

Seasonal Gardener Claire Lynch takes a "paws" from her gardening to share a favorite and peculiar plant — Anigozanthosnow in bloom beside our Fitzpatrick Greenhouse.

Articles

There are second acts, and then there are Marian McEvoy’s second acts: elegant, unexpected and just a little bit subversive.

Plant a little more, save some summer bounty, dry those herbs and flowers, and cool off with a cucumber or two. There’s still plenty of gardening fun to be had!
A stroll through the Herb Display Garden yields a view of scores of plants at peak growth and beauty; this week’s topic will focus on two splendid herbs blooming with distinctive flowers. As usual, their histories and uses prove interesting.