Join Berkshire Botanical Garden on Saturday, September 1 for a unique opportunity to tour Church House, Page Dickey’s gardens and surrounding 17 acres of fields and woods located in Falls Village, Connecticut. Ideally situated with a view of the Berkshire Hills, it is a gardener’s classroom with groves of shadblow (Amelanchier), a saltwater pool accented by hydrangeas and flowering shrubs, and a small cottage garden surrounding the house. Meadow paths rich in native flowers lead to a lime rock-strewn woodland and ravine with a vernal pool. Transportation to and from BBG is included in price and time. Please dress for the weather. $35 for BBG members, $45 for nonmembers. Register at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/church-house-tour-page-dickey
Page Dickey is a gardener and garden writer living and gardening in Falls Village, CT. Her books include Embroidered Ground, Gardens in the Spirit of Place, the award-winning Breaking Ground: Portraits of Ten Garden Designers, Duck Hill Journal: A Year in a Country Garden, Dogs in Their Gardens and Cats in Their Gardens. A contributor to numerous magazines over the years, she lectures across the country and is one of the founders of the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days program. She lives and gardens with her husband in the company of assorted dogs, cats, and chickens.
