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What's Coming Up in the Garden?
March 29, 2012
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Save the Date!
Gimme Shelter:
Architects Design for Shade
Reception, Saturday, April 28, 5-7pm
Join us for the opening reception of our first exhibition of 2012. Meet the architects as they lead a tour of these exciting new structures that are bound to inspire and delight!
Keeping with our tradition of high design in small spaces, we explore a new design concept: how to create shade! The Garden will be in full spring regalia - it is a wonderful time to celebrate the opening of the season. Featuring designs from New England Modern & Co.,
Crisp Architects, Burr & McCallum Architects and Kristine Sprague.
Tickets: $25 members, $30 nonmembers
To reserve, call 413-298-3926 or register online.
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Farm in the Garden
Summer Camp
Weekly Sessions July 9 - August 3
A new, full-day summer camp for children ages 5 to 10 held on the beautiful grounds of Berkshire Botanical Garden in partnership with The Farm Education Collaborative.
Children's Food Production Garden Hands-on animal care
Growing, preparing, cooking, and eating the food that we grow
Weekly child-run farm stand for families
Sharing and celebrating together at the Friday Farm Feast
***Master Gardeners Horticultural Hotline
Have gardening questions? The Western Massachusetts Horticultural Hotline resumes on Monday, April 2 from 9am - noon and will continue on Mondays through September. Call 413-298-5355 or stop in at the Center House at Berkshire Botanical Garden where Master Gardener volunteers are on duty on Mondays. To visit the Western Massachusetts Master Gardeners online, click here.
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Call for Volunteers
Would you like to volunteer at the Garden? Meet new people and make new friends. The Garden has a need for volunteers to work in the Garden Gift Shop and to help with office administration, weeding and planting, and special events! Morning and afternoon shifts are available. Contact Sharon Hulett-Shepherd, Volunteer Coordinator, at 413-298-3926, x14 or
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Job Openings at the Garden
Farm in the Garden Camp
Instructors
Includes activities in the children's garden, hands-on animal care and productive farm work, preparing and sharing the food we grow and much more. To download job descriptions and apply:
Apply Here!
Berkshire Botanical Garden is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Save the Date! 
Happy in Their Habitats
Choosing the Right Plant for the Right Place
Get a jump start on the season with our fabulous annual plant sale, which has become an iconic harbinger of spring in the Berkshires. This year's sale features plants appropriate to northeastern gardens, organized into the habitats in which they thrive. Choose from 5,000+ plants, many propagated at Berkshire Botanical Garden and not available elsewhere.
A Gardener's Dream!
Free plant advice from knowledgeable gardeners and a Container Design Station, where professionals will work with you to create one-of-a-kind container gardens to take home.
Back by Popular Demand!Regional and local vendors with their collections of plants, antiques and vintage/modern items for garden, patio, and home.
Vegetable and Small-Fruit Plants! Organic herbs and vegetables from Monkshood Nursery & Garden and small-fruit plants from Nourse Nurseries, including raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, blueberries, asparagus, and rhubarb.
And More! This year, the Botanical Garden's expanded store will stock everything a gardener could dream of. And don't miss the popular Not Your Mother's Tag Sale in the weekend lineup. Also on premises, delicious food: breakfast, lunch, and snacks.
Mother's Day Gifts!For more information on the plant sale, click
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Gardening After Dark
A Series for the Perennial Gardener
Thursday evenings
April 5, 12, 19, 6-8pm
Join professional gardener Pat Parkins for an intensive exploration of perennial border gardening. The course is designed for both first time and intermediate gardeners at a time when they are out in the garden looking for new ideas.
Members: $60; Nonmembers $70
Click here to register online, or call 413-298-3926.
Become a Garden Member and save on classes, workshops and much more. Read about it here.
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Pruning for Fruit Production
Pome and Stone Fruit Trees
and Small Fruits
Saturday, April 7, 10 am - 3 pm
Learn the principles of pruning for shape, size, and fruit production of stone and pome fruit trees and some small fruits, including cane fruits and ribes. Instructor Steve McKay, Grape and Small Fruit Specialist for Cornell Cooperative Extension in eastern New York State, will give a structural pruning demonstration on newly planted fruit trees.
Members: $55; Nonmembers $65
This is an off-site class held in Sheffield, MA. Directions available: call 413-298-3926.
Click here to register online, or call 413-298-3926.
Become a Garden Member and save on classes, workshops and much more. Read about it here.
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Cultivating All the Right Moves
Body Mechanics for Gardeners
This Saturday, March 31, 2012 1 - 3 pm Hurry! There are only a few spaces left. Learn a simple, effective, and energizing stretching routine to help prevent garden-related injuries.
Click here to register online.
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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:
intersection of Routes 102 & 183, Stockbridge, MA
Open from 9 am - 5 pm daily. We look forward to meeting you!
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