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White ribbons are gushing at Berkshire Botanical Garden! BBG's Director of Horticulture Eric Ruquist turns our attention to a "magical" extrusion this time of year.

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At our annual Arborists Day on Nov. 8, held at the Norman Rockwell Museum, BBG Trustee Tom Ingersoll took some time to explain a challenging task: how to care for trees whose lateral branches have grown too big for their britches.

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Before Ann Getsinger closes out her extraordinary "Garden of Curiosity" exhibition here on Nov. 19, she shares the story behind one of her favorite paintings.

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Ann Getsinger's "The Garden of Curiosity" closes here at Berkshire Botanical Garden on Nov. 19. The Leonhardt Galleries are open daily through Nov. 19, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come meet "Otherglow" and others!

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Ann Getsinger, whose works comprise “The Garden of Curiosity” art exhibition at Berkshire Botanical Garden through Nov. 19, explains how this distinctive work of oil on linen came into being.

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Dressed seasonally like a human road cone, Stewart Edelstein — the author of An Alphabetical Romp Through the Flora of Berkshire Botanical Garden, From Agave to Zinnia — explains a gourd-eous tradition.

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One of our beloved volunteers here at Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stewart Edelstein, shares a new essay he wrote about fall, autumn, the harvest!

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Locusta, languste, lobsters ... say what? Stewart Edelstein, author of "An Alphabetical Romp Through the Flora of Berkshire Botanical Garden: From Agave to Zinnia," goes out on a limb to explain.

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"The Garden of Curiosity" creator Ann Getsinger explains the work that has kept her focused for decades. 

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Berkshire Botanical Garden's Harvest Festival returns on Oct. 7-8. Here's to community, the natural world and our agricultural heritage!

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Here is one of the stunning works in Ann Getsinger's exhibition, "The Garden of Curiosity," now showing at Berkshire Botanical Garden through Nov. 17.

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Ann Getsinger tells the story behind her painting "Sylvanus," one of about 50 works in her show "The Garden of Curiosity," showing at Berkshire Botanical Garden through Nov. 19.

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Frogs! Flowers! And Fall is coming! Here's a Garden close-up from mid-September.

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Should we worry about those leaves? They are discoloring and falling already. Ron Kujawski stopped in this week to explain what's going on now and why.

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“Creating visual art is the closest I’ve ever come to having my life make any sense at all. It’s both indulgent and essential,” says Ann Getsinger, whose art exhibition, “The Garden of Curiosity,” runs from Sept. 1 through Nov. 19.

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Have you seen them yet this year? Stewart Edelstein, author of "An Alphabetical Romp Through the Flora of Berkshire Botanical Garden: From Agave to Zinnia," shares his essay on these prized plants.

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Symbiosis all around. Come along as we follow the mid-summer buzz. (Music composed and performed by the BBG Orchestra.) 

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What's this painting all about? Cynthia Wick explains. Come see her exhibition, "Floraborealis," in our Leonhardt Galleries through Aug. 27. Open seven days a week, 9 to 5 p.m. (And Cynthia is in the galleries Fridays through Sundays!)

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