After observing some early research on the use of exclusion netting, the Berry Patch's co-owner Dale-Ila Riggs obtained a grant to test the use of the netting on her half-acre blueberry planting.
"Gilded Age estates are the Berkshires. They are the distinguishing characteristic of our region, like the great country homes of England."
-- Laurie Norton Moffatt, Director and CEO of the Norman Rockwell Museum
"Restoring Elm Court in this way is like embalming a corpse. It's a trade off, more than a fair trade."
-- Gregory Whitehead, speaking for the Old Stockbridge Road Neighborhood Association
