Daily Archives: March 10, 2017

Saturday, March 25, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm – Flower to Fork: Native Plants, Farms, and Food

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Join the New England Wild Flower Society at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley on Saturday, March 25 for a symposium  entitled Flower to Fork: Native Plants, Farms, and Food.  What role do native plants and their pollinators play in the stability of our food and other agricultural systems?  The symposium, taking place from 9 – 3, will discuss the interactions between native plants, pollinators, and food crops.  Learn how farmers are using native plants to increase their crop production, what programs are available to growers to help with native plant installation, and how you can create beautiful gardens that also support pollinators.  To learn more and register, visit  http://newenglandwild.org.  $75 for NEWFS members, $85 for nonmembers.  Image from www.vinnakatz.com.

 

 

Saturday, March 18, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Wild About Perennials

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Noel Kingsbury, the author of Planting: A New Perspective shares his understanding of the naturalistic approach to planting design of landscape designers such as Piet Oudolf, Cassian Schmidt, Thomas Rainer, and Sarah Price. This Saturday, March 18 introduction to the naturalistic style explains the basic philosophy behind the practice of selecting plants for the ecology of the site and gives us lessons on how to create a landscape that looks natural and responsive to site, while also having the long season of interest that gardeners desire. Using his own extraordinary photographs, Kingsbury will illustrate the techniques used in creating these planting designs, with examples of his own work and that of the renowned Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf.

Noel Kingsbury is an internationally known writer about plants, gardens, and the environment. Best-known for his promotion of what is broadly called an ecological or naturalistic approach to planting design, he has written some 20 books on various aspects of plants and gardens, 3 of them in collaboration with Dutch designer and plantsman Piet Oudolf. Over the years he has written for Gardens Illustrated, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Garden, Hortus, The New York Times, and many other publications. He also teaches and is a garden/planting designer and horticultural consultant.

Advance registration is highly recommended, but walk-ins are always welcome, space permitting. BBG members $30, nonmembers $35. Register at www.berkshirebotanical.org. The lecture takes place at Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, Massachusetts from 1 – 2:30 pm.