Coming Up at BBG

Come and learn 10 ways (at least) to keep your saw running efficiently and cutting great on Dec. 16, from 1 to 5 p.m. with Melissa LeVangie Ingersoll and Bear LeVangie.

The second seasonal course spread throughout the year, join us on Dec. 18, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. for a morning of tree identification.

An eagerly awaited tradition continues on Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 8-10. The event includes the legendary Gallery of Wreaths, regional artisan vendors, live music, and s'mores around a campfire.

Videos

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Before Ann Getsinger closes out her extraordinary "Garden of Curiosity" exhibition here on Nov. 19, she shares the story behind one of her favorite paintings.

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During a recent tree tour at BBG, the arborist and Berkshire Botanical Garden Trustee Tom Ingersoll stopped to pay tribute to the wonders of oaks.

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Ann Getsinger's "The Garden of Curiosity" closes here at Berkshire Botanical Garden on Nov. 19. The Leonhardt Galleries are open daily through Nov. 19, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come meet "Otherglow" and others!

Articles

Ron Kujawski shares gardening-related tips on what you could be doing this week.

Protect your fruit trees from field mice. Consider another sort of Christmas bulb. Your indoor herbs require your attention. Thoughts on self-reliance. Ron Kujawski shares this week's tips and tricks.

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Its dark green, elliptical leaves turn yellow in the fall and drop from the twigs, which only enhances the display of its innumerable colorful berries, which can turn the shrubs into a blaze of scarlet.

I heard a wake-up call, loud and clear, last summer. I was part of a group touring a garden in Connecticut, and we were gathered round a handsome kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa) in full bloom.

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