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Curvaceous Craftsmanship: What Nature Provides, Rustic Gardens Designs
A family-owned business in Kent, Connecticut creates custom works of art for indoor and outdoor spaces.
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To Gather And To Grow: The Plant Connector Pops Up In Pittsfield
A popular North Adams plant shop brings its community and connection mindset to central Berkshires for the holiday season.
Peek Into The Region’s Best Private Gardens
Private citizens show off their spectacular gardens during the Garden Conservancy's Open Days.
Garden: To Dig Or Not To Dig?
What’s good for the garden — the broadfork — is good for the gardener, too.
Moles, Voles And Shrews: How To Deal With Your Tiny Neighbors
Those unsightly mounds and tunnels in the snow may look like lawn damage, but there's another way to think about them.
Be A Better Gardener: Plant Now, Enjoy Next Spring
Plant spring ephemerals for an early spring bloom and a boost to the local ecosystem.
Summer Events Are In Full Bloom At Gardens And Estates
Public gardens and historic estates offer a full roster of tours, classes, and other summertime activities.
Next To Normal: Trade Secrets Is Back, But In A New Location
A larger venue and added activities welcome back Trade Secrets aficionados who’ve waited two years for the elegant extravaganza.
Garden: Autumn’s Downfall Has Its Upsides
Stop raking! That's a mini goldmine you've got there. Add the leaves to your winter compost pile.
Garden: Chrysanthemums for Keeps
How "hardy" are chrysanthemums, really? Here's what you need to know to find perennial mums that really are.
Garden: Weeding The Organic Way
An expert explains how she manages her plantings in such a way as to minimize weeds’ opportunities.
North Chatham Free Library Holds First-Ever Vegetable Garden Tour
Meet the gardeners and learn successful tips from four well-established home gardens in the Chatham area.
The (Sort Of) Good News About This Tick Season
There’s a website to help you identify ticks, and products to treat your clothes to ward them off.
Garden: Reconsidering Annuals For Late Summer Blooms
Perennial flowers have the advantage of persistence, but annuals allow you to have two or more displays each season.
Garden: Rose Hunting, A Different Approach To Rose Acquisition
Here's how (and why) to start your own roses rather than buy them from a nursery.
Garden: Harvesting H2O
Learn how a passive rain harvesting system will help you manage water wisely.
Garden: Consider A Native Lawn
A horticulturist encourages us to nurture a native lawn, and what that means for the environment.
Garden: The Art Of Growing Food
Ellen Ecker Ogden, author of "The New Heirloom Garden," will give an illustrated talk about growing food from seeds.
Let’s Get Dirty: Digging Into Some Horticultural Therapy
A class at the Berkshire Botanical Garden will focus on why working with plants is therapeutic.
How Paul Iappini’s Country House And Gardens Grew
The retired psychologist has found joy in the creative outlet of his Spencertown Cape Cod and three acres of land.
Spring Waits For No One: Garden Centers Are Up And Running
For those who see gardening as an essential activity, these garden centers are open for business while we're under lockdown.