Pittsfield Garden Tour

12:00AM / Tuesday, June 20, 2006Print Story | Email Story

This year the Pittsfield Garden Tour celebrates 10 successful years of showing beautiful gardens throughout the city. Our mission is â€œTo recognize and celebrate the beauty of Pittsfield by organizing garden tours of selected private gardens and public spaces; the monies raised to be used for project(s) to enhance Pittsfield.â€ The Garden Tour was begun by two women ten years ago during a period when Pittsfield was suffering from low morale and tremendous negativism by citizens and visitors alike. One of the reasons the garden tour was born was as a small means to help to change the paradigm and showcase the truly gorgeous neighborhoods that abound in this city. Pittsfield is now in the middle of a renaissance and we are happy to be part of it. Thanks to our two major sponsors, Legacy Banks Foundation and Teddi and Fran Laurin of Laurin Publishing, this year the Garden Tour Committee plans a spectacular gift to the city. We will construct a living 4 layer topiary birthday cake made of different annual plants. The first layer of this cake will be 10â€™ in diameter and the four layers will measure 9â€™ tall plus the topper. This cake will be planted with more than 4,500 annual plants in Pittsfield Garden Tour colors of deep pinks and burgandies along with greens and maroons. This cake will be planted during the first weekend in June so that the plants will have time to fill out prior to the BIG weekend which begins on Thursday, July 13th with a free, open to the public, family friendly birthday party on Park Square. There will be food, music, face paintings, stilt walkers, jugglers and a cake lighting ceremony. This party promises to entertain young, old, happy and grumpy alike. During the birthday celebration some 52 birdhouses, built and donated by Bill Jette, have been decorated by local artists, (we call them celebrities) will be sold at a silent auction. This will be the 5th year of the birdhouse project and they have become a much sought after collectorâ€™s item. The birdhouses will be on display at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Rennie Ave. Pittsfield from June 9th through July 12th. Silent auction bids may be placed during the exhibit. A reception to meet the birdhouse artists will take place on June 9th from 5-7 p.m. On Saturday and Sunday, July 15th and 16th the actual garden tour highlighting 8 very special gardens throughout the city of Pittsfield will take place. Some 850 to 1000 people are expected to attend the Garden Tour. Tickets will go on sale June 5th at: Dr. Laheyâ€™s Garden, 1032 South Street, Pittsfield Joseph on the Mall, Crowne Plaza, South Street, Pittsfield Trillium Garen Co. 25 Pittsfield Road, Lenox Churchill Gardens, 1034 Churchill Rd, Lanesboro Tickets purchased through July 8th will are $12.00 and thereafter are $15.00.

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BVNA Nurses Raise Funds for Berkshire Bounty

06:38AM / Wednesday, December 24, 2025

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Massachusetts Nursing Association members of the Berkshire Visiting Nurses Association raised $650 to help with food insecurity in Berkshire County.

The nurses and health-care professionals of BVNA have given back to the community every holiday season for the last three years. The first year, they adopted a large family, raised money, bought, wrapped and delivered the gifts for the family. Last year, they sold raffle tickets and the money raised went to the charitable cause of the winner.

This year, with food insecurity as a rising issue, they chose to give to Berkshire Bounty in Great Barrington.

They sold raffle tickets for a drawing to win one of two items: A lottery ticket tree or a gift certificate tree, each worth $100. They will be giving the organization the donation this month.

Berkshire Bounty seeks to improve food security in the county through food donations from retailers and local farms; supplemental purchases of healthy foods; distribution to food sites and home deliveries; and collaborating with partners to address emergencies and improve the food system.

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