Berkshire Botanical Garden Annual Harvest Festival
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Berkshire Botanical Garden will celebrate the arrival of fall with its annual Harvest Festival on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 10–11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
The two-day celebration brings together families, artists, farmers, gardeners, musicians and community members for a weekend honoring the Berkshires' agricultural heritage.
Admission is free for children under 12.
Families can enjoy a full slate of activities throughout the weekend, including pony rides, a haunted house, hay maze and hay jump, face painting, hayrides, a petting zoo, square dancing and more.
Music will fill the Garden on two stages, with performances by the Eagles Community Band, Brasskill, Lee Rogers, The Juckets, Twang Busters, Kayla Rae Music, The O-Tones and the Katherine Winston Band.
More than 90 vendors will offer a selection of regional food and beverages, handmade crafts, art and photography, jewelry, woodworking, farm products, plants and herbs, home décor, wellness goods and distinctive gifts.
The weekend's educational programming will include gardening demonstrations with Chris Ferrero and Kevin Johnson, a smartphone photography demonstration with Thaddeus Kubis and an Herbal Tincture workshop with Nicole Webster Clark. Visitors can also browse the Garden's plant sale and explore demonstrations and activities designed for gardeners of all experience levels.
A highlight of the weekend will be the Scarecrow Walk and Design Contest, which will bring an imaginative collection of scarecrows to the Garden's Daylily Walk. Businesses, nonprofit organizations and community groups are invited to create and enter a scarecrow for display. Harvest Festival attendees will serve as judges, with prizes awarded to the first- and second-place winners.
For more information about the Harvest Festival and Berkshire Botanical Garden, visit the Garden's website at BerkshireBotanical.org.
Tickets will be available at the gate (Adults $15, children under 12 free). There is no charge for parking in the Garden's adjacent fields. Pets (except registered service dogs) are not permitted. ATMs will be available on-site. For more information, visit BerkshireBotanical.org
Harvest Festival's lead sponsor is Blue Q. Other event sponsors are Beacon Bank, Bartlett Tree Experts, Meadow Farm Equipment, and Western Mass Power Equipment. The Festival's in-kind sponsors include Berkshire Co-Op Market, Berkshire Green Septic, Briskette and Birdie, Coco's Candy, Naumkeag, SoCo Creamery, Wards Nursery, and The Red Lion Inn.
