This half-day Berkshire Botanical Garden workshop on Saturday, March 18 from 9 – noon aims to encourage participants to observe garden and landscape plants, focusing on their growth through the season and over the years, looking at how they compete with each other, and assessing prospects for their longevity and their suitability for a variety of garden locations. Noel Kingsbury addresses questions about how the garden will evolve: How long will plants live? How far will they spread? How will a newly planted border look in five years, or ten years?Gardeners and designers can then use this knowledge to maximize garden interest while minimizing maintenance. This workshop teaches participants about how plants are linked to their natural habitats and ecology, and how this connects to the way gardeners can use such plants in the garden to best effect. Students will walk away with a rabbit’s eye view—a perspective that will enable them, through close observation of growing habits and life cycles of various plants, to be better gardeners and designers, and to more deeply appreciate the traits of the plants that they grow.
The price ($75 BBG members, $85 nonmembers) of this workshop includes admission to the 1pm lecture, Wild about Perennials with Noel Kingsbury, on the same day. The workshop is limited in size and is likely to sell out. Reservations will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis. A bagged lunch can be ordered separately for an additional fee. Please call 413-298-3926 to order lunch.
