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Garden Notes: Aug. 30, 2023

Berkshire Botanical Garden ornamental vegetable garden. Upcoming programs at Berkshire Botanical Garden STOCKBRIDGE – Berkshire Botanical Garden presents the following upcoming programs: Sunday, Sept.

Berkshire Botanical Garden ornamental vegetable garden.

Upcoming programs at Berkshire Botanical Garden

STOCKBRIDGE – Berkshire Botanical Garden presents the following upcoming programs: Sunday, Sept. 3, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Berkshire Woodworkers Guild Fine Woodwork Show and Silent Auction.” A fine woodwork show and sale featuring designs by professional woodworkers from the Berkshires and neighboring counties in New York and Connecticut. Throughout the weekend, Guild members will demonstrate various woodworking techniques including woodturning, longbow construction, marquetry, joinery, and hand-cut dovetails. Admission is $5 general, $3 BBG members; Tuesdays, from Sept. 5 through Sept. 26, “Herbaceous Plants,” 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. This intensive four-session class led by Lee Buttala, explores the world of herbaceous plants, from their identification, selection and use in the garden through their basic botany, life cycle, and propagation. Participants are asked to create a final project highlighting a genus or plant family related to the curriculum. A part of the Level 1 Horticulture core curriculum, this class is essential for the committed gardener and includes lectures, hands-on activities and field study, and group discussion. The class aspires to give participants a deeper understanding of annuals, perennials, and ornamental vegetables and their role in the garden. Students should dress for outdoor field study. Cost is $185 members, $215 non-members: Wednesdays, Sept. 6 through Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., in watercolor fun, “Fall Flower fest in Painting,” with artist Pat Hogan, painting gorgeous fall blooms in the comfort of the studio. Hone your skills in mixing colors, painting containers and backgrounds, and economical brushwork. Most importantly, participants will practice painting light. Cost is $235 members, $255 nonmembers; Saturdays, Sept. 9 through Sept. 30, “Qigong at Berkshire Botanical Garden,” 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Enjoy the ancient Chinese mind-body practice of Qigong (life energy optimization) in the Berkshire Botanical Garden. Qigong, a simpler form of Tai Chi, combines gentle movements that mimic nature, self-applied massage, breathwork, and meditation with the goal of improving and maintaining our health and well-being. This self-care practice has been found to relieve stress, calm the mind, and may help reduce pain, improve mobility, balance, posture, strength, immunity, and sleep. Wear comfortable shoes or bring a mat and practice barefoot. Bring a chair/stool if you prefer to practice seated. Beginners welcome. Cost is $65 members, $80 non-members. To register or for more information, visit www.berkshirebotanical.org. Berkshire Botanical Garden is located at 5 West Stockbridge Road.

Agawam Garden Club meeting

AGAWAM – The next meeting of the Agawam Garden Club will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 6:30 p.m. at the Agawam Public Library, 750 Cooper St., in the Feeding Hills section. After a short business meeting, Jacqueline Clark will present the program titled “Put Your Garden to Sleep.” Jacqueline, a Certified Landscape designer, and Horticulturalist, started her own business in 2005, “Garden Designs by Jacqueline.” A ticket for the bus trip to the New York Botanical Garden on Sept. 17, will be raffled at this meeting. Club meetings are open to the public and not restricted to Agawam residents. More information about the club can be found on the website www.agawamgardenclub.com or follow them on Facebook.

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