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Daily Digest | The Blackinton Neighbors group are seeking volunteers to help clean up the historic Blackinton Cemetery off Massachusetts Avenue in North Adams on Saturday from around 9 to 2. Historian Paul W. Marino will talk on the cemetery at 1 p.m. |
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Berkshire Botanicals 39th Annual Flower Show - July 23, 2008
STOCKBRIDGE – The 39th annual Flower Show takes place at the Berkshire Botanical Garden, located at Routes 102 and 183 in Stockbridge. The two day event will be open to the public Saturday, August 2 from 1 to 5 p.m. and Sunday, August 3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This year’s Flower Show will feature seven classes in the Design Division including the perennial favorite Men’s Challenge Class. There will also be a class for a mass arrangement including a watering can or garden hose. Entrants are invited to create a Bird House using dried plant materials with a touch of fresh flowers. The show will also feature a Photography Class featuring garden plants, views, vistas and close-ups.
The show also includes three classes in the Youth Division (for ages 5 to 12) entitled: Plant the Seeds, Weed the Garden, and Harvest the Flowers.. There are more than 50 classes for Horticulture and all are encouraged to enter annuals and perennials, bulbs, roses, vegetables, herbs, potted plants and flowering shrubs. All entries are welcome: you don’t have to be experienced or even a member to participate. Plants and arrangements should be delivered to the Garden’s Exhibit Hall on Saturday, August 2, between 8 and 10 a.m. For details, call the Garden at 413-298-3926.
“This show is one of the oldest competitions of flowers, fruit and flora in the area,” says Berkshire Botanical Garden’s Executive Director, John Parker. “It’s intended to be fun and educational for novice and experienced gardeners alike.”
Last season the Flower Show attracted over 600 attendees and exhibitors. The staff and volunteers are gearing up for the visitors and invite all who come to take time to tour the garden’s new exhibitions. “Homes for Birds” features artisan-made and vintage birdhouses, and “Cultivate” offers a garden-wide show of new, site-specific works of contemporary art in collaboration with MASS MoCA. For more information about programs and events, stop by the Garden, call 413-298-3926 or go to www.berkshirebotanical.org. |
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