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Herb Associates Yesterday and Today

The Berkshire Botanical Garden’s Herb Associates began in 1957 when three women who loved and grew herbs — Gertrude Burdsall, Emily Rose, and Amy Bess-Miller — decided to make and sell herbal products to benefit the Garden.

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Be a Better Gardener: The Consequences of Fertilizer

Soil testing and "balanced" fertilizers: Are you poisoning your soil?

Be A Better Gardener: A New Challenge for Apples and Others

Some facts about fire blight and tips for how to manage it.

Be A Better Gardener: A Better Mulch for our Gardens

A history of mulch, and a better alternative.

Be A Better Gardener: Native Annuals

How native annuals can benefit your garden's ecosystem.

Be a Better Gardener: Annuals With Style

Be bold with annuals!

Here is What to Do the Week of May 1

It's asparagus and rhubarb time! Start checking for spider mites! And Ron reminds us: Don't forget Mom on Mother's Day!

Gardener's Checklist: Here Is What to Do On The Week of April 24

Your weekly tick warnings! Plus horseradish root management, seedlings and a celebration of Arbor Day!

field of corn stalks

Be A Better Gardener: Landrace Gardening

As a horticulturist, I was taught to be a plant connoisseur. Joseph Lofthouse of Paradise, Utah, recently changed the way I think about my Sandisfield garden.

 

Gardeners Checklist: Here Is What to Do on the Week of April 16

Watch out for Eastern Tent Caterpillars! And do everything on Ron's list of weekly tasks! Or you can play golf instead.

Gardeners Checklist: Here Is What to Do on the Week of April 10

It's (finally) time to get your cool-season crops in the ground! Ron's got the scoop on what you can plant now. Also, who loves potatoes as much as he does?

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Be a Better Gardener: Co-Existence and Drawing a Line

Peter Rabbit had it coming? I recently drew a storm of condemnation from Facebook members when I reacted to a much-delayed obituary in the New York Times for the great children’s books author Beatrix Potter.

Gardeners Checklist: Here Is What to Do on the Week of April 1

More about tomato seedlings. It's moving day for plants! And is it time to think about Fall? Self-proclaimed "curmudgeon" Ron Kujawski shares this week's tips and tricks.

"Re-Rooted" Featuring Works by Ellen Driscoll from April 20 through May 27

Berkshire Botanical Garden’s 2024 Art/Garden series continues with “Re-Rooted,” an exhibition featuring the drawings of Brooklyn-based artist Ellen Driscoll, who takes her inspiration from the resilience and regenerative power of plants.

Gardeners Checklist: Here Is What to Do on the Week of March 25

Do you have a crocus protection plan? Why start tomato seeds indoors now? What are you going to do about spores? Who doesn't like walking on eggshells? Ron Kujawski shares this week's tips and tricks.

BBG Creativity Unleashed

Berkshire Botanical Garden presented the art exhibition “BBG Creativity Unleashed,” from March 29 through April 12, in our Leonhardt Galleries.

Gardeners Checklist: Here Is What to Do on the Week of March 18

Honey bees aren't the only things awakening. Busy gardeners are all abuzz. Here's your To-Do list — and your Don't-Do list — for the week.

Gardeners Checklist: Here Is What to Do on the Week of March 11

Ron Kujawski says that all those forced hardy bulbs still have life in them yet — and so do all those survivors of the holidays. Also it's seed-starting time. It's deer tick time, too. And why is repotting houseplants like changing your engine oil?

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