On our daily walks, I try to focus on the positive (ignoring the cold wind) by studying the subtle colors and textures of tree bark as well as seed heads of wildflowers.
This column publishes on Thursday after the first great snowfall of December 2025. I hope you were able to clear the snow easily and continue happily with your usual daily activities.
Gardener and writer Clark Lawrence is coming to Dewey Hall to screen a film about his garden in Italy and to share his adventures of going from Manassas, Virginia, to Italy, where he lives a life that feels like a re-gendered Italian reboot of “Eat, Pray, Love.”
Abra Lee’s speech next Sunday will bring something new to the audience at Rooted in Place—an understanding that the art and science of gardening the land we cherish can be learned both in a classroom and on the outskirts of a farm.
I am reminding you that some vines, trees, or shrubs will escape your landscape plans to become immortal pests around your property. Do not be fooled by their calm, care-free, and easy-to-grow nature. These are nutrient thieves and squatters of the worst kind.
On the eve of Berkshire Botanical Garden’s Rooted in Place conference, author and speaker Kevin West shares his tenets for gardening, cooking and canning that can fill our gardens, tables, and larders with sustenance for the body and soul.
Often viewed as the first landscaped cemetery in the United States, Mount Auburn was formed in 1831, and its 175 acres are charged with the goal of comforting the bereaved and commemorating the deceased in a beautiful setting.
I love a good autumn display of squash and pumpkin. But caution! If you plan to eat your squash, you need to protect it from frost or it will turn mushy.
As we head into a long weekend for some (and not many gardeners) celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day (AKA Columbus Day), I want to remind us all that we garden here in the Berkshires on the ancestral homeland of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans, currently living in Wisconsin.
The student, who was born in Italy, called into question our assumption that foreign plants are aggressors by asking who determines what belongs where.
