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What's Coming Up in the Garden?
June 1, 2011
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You are Cordially Invited
Bird Necessities: Outdoor Installations Created by Artists
This exhibition explores ways to provide birds with food, shelter, habitat and the artful assistance in attaining them. Curator and artist Anne G Fredericks is joined by Naomi Blumenthal, Dale Culleton and Jon Piasecki. The exhibit will be on display through September 15.
Opening Reception with the Artists
Saturday, June 11, 5:30-7pm
Click here for more information and tickets
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Now Showing!
Know Your Herbs!
Allium schoenoprasum
Chives
Totally underestimated, chives are so much more than a baked potato topping! One use is to collect its stunning purple blossoms to make arguably one of the finest infused vinegars. Maintain its shocking pink color by keeping it out of the sunlight.
Tanacetum vulgare var. crispum Fern-Leaf Tansy Dried flower stems are attractive in arrangements and dried stems with foliage can be hung in rooms to repel flies.
Visit the Garden! Open daily, 9-5 Starting June 15: Public Garden Tours Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10:00am Meet at the Garden Shop Free with Garden Admission (Members always Free!) Volunteer in the Garden Shop Be a Garden Ambassador! Meet and greet visitors, be an integral part of the Garden Team, and enjoy the Garden from a new perspective! Many shifts available - from one hour a week to half day positions. . . Join us! Contact: Sharon Shepherd 413-298-3926 |
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The Herb Associates Want YOU!
 | | A team effort: from left, Duncan McQueen, Michele Bryski, Iris Bass, Fred Wurtemberger, Steve Miller and Shirley Miller |
Laugh, learn. . .and make herb mustard! Join an experienced team of herb experts, learn the art and science of herb products production, and have fun! There are many jobs to do including maintaining the organic herb production garden on site at BBG, harvesting and drying herbs and working in the kitchen to create the tasty products in high demand at the Garden Shop and Harvest Festival. For decades, Berkshire Botanical Garden's Herb Associates have created their own line of sumptuous products. This week, they were hard at work harvesting French tarragon for the infamous "J. Wilson's Tarragon French Dressing," a recipe brought out of retirement in 2009 for the Garden's 75th Anniversary. During June, Herb Associates will be making their signature jellies: mint, rose geranium, and grape rosemary. . .in addition to many other products. (Note: their herb mustard, California herb dressing, basil tomato dressing and herb salt are among the venerable favorites with recipes dating back to 1954. ) Join them Tuesdays, 9:30-noon at the Center House (located directly across the street from the Garden's main parking area). Bring a bagged lunch and be prepared for an upbeat morning at the Garden. For more information, please contact Steve Miller, srm@abcs.com.
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For more information about Berkshire Botanical Garden
call: 413.298.3926
check out our website: www.berkshirebotanical.org
write:
Berkshire Botanical Garden
PO Box 826, Stockbridge, MA. 01262
email:
info@berkshirebotanical.org
visit:
5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge, MA 01262
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