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It's not just the bees that are buzzing during the summer months at BBG. Everywhere you turn you'll find activity during all times of the day: children running around at camp, visitors on our daily tours, students engaged in classes, community members doing sunset yoga on the lawn, painting students set up with their easels, and many more. There's something for everyone. Whether you're visiting for a day or the whole summer, learning opportunities abound here at BBG.
Contact us if you are an EBT, WIC, or ConnectorCare Card Holder interested in purchasing a ticket for one of these programs with a 50% discount for the Card-holder.
Program Calendar
Wednesday, Feb 11 to Wednesday, Mar 18
Join Pat Hogan from Wed., Feb. 11 to Wed., March 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a winter watercolor series at Berkshire Botanical Garden. Let’s celebrate the crystal beauty of the Berkshire Botanical Garden in the winter landscape, like painting “breath on...
Friday, Feb 13 to Friday, Mar 6
Whether you are an amateur or professional horticulturist, you are a steward of the landscape, and probably spend more time than anyone among the flowers, shrubs and trees. This course offered on Fridays, Feb. 13 through March 6, from 1 to 5 p.m., and...
Saturday, Feb 21
Berkshire Botanical Garden is thrilled to welcome Karl Gercens III, renowned section gardener at Longwood Gardens, as our 29th annual Winter Lecture speaker on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 2 p.m. Known for his vibrant and artistic use of color in the garden,...
Thursday, Feb 26 to Thursday, Mar 19
This four-week course, held on Thursdays, Feb. 26 through March 19, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and taught by Jenna O’Brien, will teach the skills required for beautiful and successful container gardens. Get to know the plants that thrive in containers and how...
Saturday, Feb 28
Learn to bring your design ideas to life through clear, compelling perspective sketches on Sat., February 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Taught by Tom Smith of Springfield Technical Community College, this course introduces the fundamentals of freehand...
Tuesday, Mar 3
Come together at the Stockbridge Library with the Library's Director Wendy Pearson and Berkshire Botanical Garden's Director of Education, Jennifer Patton to discuss Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy on Tuesday, March 3 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. There will...
Tuesday, Mar 3 to Tuesday, Apr 14
This design course, taught by Tyler Horsley, will introduce students to the design process—the systematic way designers approach a site and client. The course will include a series of simple projects that will end with a garden designed by the students....
Saturday, Mar 7
Create a beautiful, functional willow basket while learning the foundational techniques of stake-and-strand weaving on Saturday, March 7, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Perfect for holding bread rolls, chips or everyday odds and ends, your finished basket...
Saturday, Mar 7
Discover the art of kokedama, a centuries-old Japanese practice that blends horticulture and design, on Saturday, March 7, from 1 to 4 p.m. Unlike bonsai, which focuses on outdoor trees, or ikebana, which features cut flowers, kokedama are living plants,...
Saturday, Mar 14
Learn vegetable and flower seed-starting and plant-growing techniques from organic grower Maureen Sullivan of Left Field Farm in Middlefield, Mass on Sat., March 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This lecture and hands-on workshop will focus on indoor sowing and...
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