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Be a Better Gardener: Veganic Gardening

John avoids many of the common organic means of maintaining soil fertility. He does not use animal manures or by-products of industrial agriculture such as blood or bone meal.  

Gardeners Checklist: Here Is What to Do in This Fourth Week of June

Brussels sprouts. Long season cabbage. Adult squash vine borers. Wayward hedges. Yellow or brown leaves. Hot and steamy thoughts. Ron Kujawski shares tips and tricks as we enter the last days of June.

Herb Feature of the Week: Beauty

What's happening in the BBG’s Herb Garden? Four herbs currently blooming that are lovely to behold and worthy of addition to your garden.

Perennial Joy: Cynthia Wick in Bloom (Once Again) 

The seeds for Cynthia Wick's upcoming art exhibition, “Floraborealis,” were sown more than three years ago amidst dark uncertainty. The exhibition opens Friday, June 30. 

Gardeners Checklist: Here Is What to Do in This Third Week of June

Continue planting anything and everything. Think fungicides for your tomatos. Make the last harvest of rhubarb and asparagus. And more tips and tricks from Ron Kujawski.

Herb of the Week: Angelica!

What's happening in the BBG’s Display Herb Garden and kitchen this week? We take a closer look at a majestic herb that may be grown for both ornamental and culinary purposes.

The Primrose Walk in Springtime

Let's head down the Primrose Path with our Director of Horticulture Eric Ruquist and discover what's so special about these showy blooms.

Gardeners Checklist: Here Is What to Do on This Second Week of June

Water roses deeply. Repot and groom houseplants. Pull up radishes, spinach, arugula and leaf lettuce that are bolting. And more tips and tricks from Ron Kujawski.

Herb of the Week: Chives!

What's happening in the BBG Herb Garden and kitchen this week? We take a closer look at a perennial herb with grassy foliage and lovely purple pom-pom flowers.

A Ribbon Is Cut and With It, the Inauguration of BBG's Expanded Educational Mission

The new Farm in the Garden Camp building is the centerpiece for Berkshire Botanical Garden’s expanding education campus.

Gardeners Checklist: Here Is What to Do on This First Week of June

Time to think about crop spacing ... and shade ... and bolting ... and annual herbs ... and stocking up on seed. Ron Kujawski shares tips and tricks for this first week of June.

The Lost Lamb Can Be Found Here

The Lost Lamb can be found here — at Berkshire Botanical Garden. Our cafe is open Thursdays through Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Meet Kohlrabi: Like an Upside-Down Octopus

Checking in on Berkshire Botanical Garden's Edible Garden, we discover one of our horticulturalist's favorite crop.

Floraborealis: Featuring Works by Cynthia Wick, June 30 through Aug. 27

Berkshire Botanical Garden's featured 2023 summer art exhibition was Cynthia Wick’s “Floraborealis,” from June 30 through Aug. 27.

Spring Bounty: Violets!

What's happening this week in the Herb Garden and kitchen? Lots! This week, the kitchen crew prepared violet simple syrup, which can be added to drinks of all kinds — lemonade, club soda or your favorite cocktail.

Be A Better Gardener: Veganic Gardening, an Introduction

“Veganic,” John explained to me is the result of turning two words, vegan and organic, into one. The fundamental premise of this approach to gardening comes from veganism.

Gardeners Checklist: Here Is What to Do on This Third Week of May

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.

Be A Better Gardener: Meet Dr. Douglas Tallamy

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.

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