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Compost is waste turned to gold. Who needs Midas when you have a compost pile? And more tips and tricks this week from Ron Kujawski.

Like many gardeners who want to do right by nature, I have drawn great inspiration from the work of this insect ecologist and champion of native plants.

Think "outer leaves." Make sure your leafy greens don't bolt. Thin your radishes. Snip your chives. Patience is your ally when it comes to corn and bush beans.

I was invited to an Earth Day celebration last month to speak on the topic of lawns. The common response would have been to bash turf as an eco offender, and as we currently manage our lawns, that is true.

There’s still time to sow seeds of cool season crops. There’s no better time to plant a new perennial garden than now. Follow the one-third rule when mowing lawns. And more.

Go out on a limb. Satisfy your fruit cravings. Some specific seeds will need to be planted. Fall leaves can now play a huge role. Ticks will be troublesome. Ron Kujawski explains what you could be doing right about ... now!

Hardy vegetable crops, organic matter, and thoughts about potatoes, houseplants, wildflowers and more. Ron Kujawski explains what you could be doing right about ... now!

Berkshire Botanical Garden’s 2023 art season continues with “Alchemy and Innocents,” featuring works by Anastasia Traina, from May 5 through June 25, in the Leonhardt Art Galleries. The opening reception is Friday, May 5, from 5 to 7 p.m. 

Cold hardy seedlings are on the move. Be aware of plants that resent division. It's time to prune late-summer flowering hydrangea. And let's ponder rhubarb, shall we?

Berkshire Botanical Garden began its 89th season with its second annual Spring Hoppening on Saturday, April 8, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Consider tomato varieties, LED lights, transplanting, spring flowering bulbs, stepping stones, and getting the young ones in your life involved in the garden. Ron Kujawski shares his checklist for the week.

As a horticultural student at the New York Botanical Garden in the 1970s, I was thoroughly inculcated with the romance of plant explorers.

You are savoring the resulting explosion of flowers, when out of the blue you receive a notice of violation from your town government or homeowners association. Now what?

Community Access to the Arts (CATA) ​and Berkshire Botanical Garden present “The View from Here​,” an exhibit of nature-inspired paintings and drawings by artists with disabilities​.