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Until recently, my understanding of naturally based gardening has been plant-centric and frankly reactionary.

These plants were a home gardener’s staple when I was first learning my horticulture back in the 1970s.

Including outdoor sculptures in the gardens and indoor artwork in the Leonhardt Galleries, “Symbiosis” aesthetically merged art and the botanical world. Curated by renowned art collector Beth Rudin DeWoody.

We have a new neighbor and friend here at Berkshire Botanical Garden. Scott Lambert, along with his five siblings, has donated 3.46 acres to us. 

One of the things I love about gardeners is the enthusiasm they typically bring to their craft. Enthusiasm, however, to be productive, must be based on a foundation of sound information.

Congratulations to BBG’s Madeline Hooper, who with personal fitness trainer Jeff Hughes has created “GardenFit,” a new TV series that premiered on PBS in March.

A comprehensive installation of Hunt Slonem’s signature artwork featuring bunnies, butterflies, tropical birds and orchids.

Curated by Sue Muskat and Phil Knoll, "Shimmer" brings light to dark times.

A concrete foundation for a compost pile was created on this site to serve a nearby Victory Vegetable Garden during World War II. After the war, the foundation and surrounding area was filled in with soil and graded and a collection of unusual evergreens planted on top.

An exhibition of nature-inspired work by Community Access To Arts (CATA) artists with disabilities.

Berkshire artist Madeline Schwartzman's anthropocentric practice aims to create a crack in human awareness and serve as an antidote to passivity and inaction surrounding the future of nature.

For the first time in his 50-year career, Berkshire resident Nicholas Mongiardo presented a solo show of his signature lacquerwork at Berkshire Botanical Garden’s Leonhardt Galleries.

Fine arts photographer Tom Zetterstrom exhibited three-dozen gelatin silver prints from his "Portraits of American Trees" portfolio in the Garden's Leonhardt Galleries, from Sept. 17 through Oct. 31, 2021.

New York-based artist Marc Dennis, known for his hyper-realistic and strikingly detailed paintings, presented a collection of 14 paintings in oil-on-canvas and watercolor, many of which were created expressly for this show, which ran from July 30, to Sept. 6, 2021.

New York-based photographer Gregory Crewdson spent a summer photographing fireflies each evening at his family's cabin in the Berkshires. A selection of these small-scale, black-and-white images were on display in BBG’s Leonhardt Galleries from June 12 through July 18, 2021.

New York-based photographer Gregory Crewdson spent a summer photographing fireflies each evening at his family's cabin in the Berkshires. A selection of these small-scale, black-and-white images were on display in BBG’s Leonhardt Galleries from June 12 through July 18, 2021.

Renowned art collector and friend of the Garden Beth Rudin DeWoody curated a marvelous collection of sculptures by notable and emerging artists from June 11 through Oct. 31, 2021.

Renowned art collector and friend of the Garden Beth Rudin DeWoody curated a marvelous collection of sculptures by notable and emerging artists from June 11 through Oct. 31, 2021.

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