Daily Archives: July 15, 2021

Thursday, July 22, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, and Sunday, July 25 (Field Session) – Introduction to Mushrooming, Online and In Person

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Mushrooming can be a fun and safe hobby if you know the guidelines. Learn about many Novice and Beginner-Level mushrooms, their health benefits, and how to stick to “safer” classes of edible mushrooms with an interactive online webinar. In addition to the webinar you can register to go on a mushrooming walk at Tower Hill Botanic Garden. We will take the information we learned in the webinar and apply it out in the field. The field session is limited to 25 people. If you are interested in signing up for the field session, click this link to register for both the webinar and the field session.

July 22 Online Webinar: The basics of mushrooming

July 25 Field Session: Applying what we’ve learned while exploring the woods of Tower Hill

Rachel Goclawski, Naturalist and MA Certified educator is a Programmer The Museum of Natural History, Sudbury Valley Trustees, Scouts of Eastern MA and other organizations. She is a contributing writer for The Cook’s Cook: Now, Forager Magazine and has been featured in The Boston Globe, Worcester Telegram, and local television talk shows. Rachel comes from a long line of foragers, including her great-grandfather, Arthur W. Fairbanks, founder of the Boston Mycological Club. Visit her Facebook page for Forage to Table tips and other sustainable skills posts: www.facebook.com/cookingwithmrsg

Webinar Only: $15 Member Adult; $20 Adult Register at www.towerhillbg.org

Friday, July 30, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Revolution Gallery Opening Reception

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New York-based artist Marc Dennis, known for his hyper-realistic and strikingly detailed paintings, presents a collection of two dozen paintings in oil-on-canvas and watercolor, many of which were created expressly for this Berkshire Botanical Garden show, running through Monday, September 6. Says Dennis of his work, “I’ve always been fascinated by my own silence while spending time in the woods. As a painter I create a kind of silence as well. My paintings are filled with exuberance, color, shape, form, beauty, mystery, often a sense of narrative and almost always an explosiveness, yet they remain silent. My work for the exhibition REVOLUTION was inspired by my admiration, intrigue and interest in the natural world and my own silence within that world. My artistic intention for this body of work is to communicate beauty as a series of experiences – each painting providing a place for contemplation, journey and exploration…I create hyper-realistic paintings that celebrate beauty as a kind of tension between the classical and the contemporary based on my experiences in nature. Artistic intention is often derived from exploring the charged subjects of perception, memory and pleasure with paintings that strike the eye and seduce the mind. I paint in order to convey my love for life. It’s that simple.” Dennis is represented by Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles CA, and Palm Beach, FL.

The Leonhardt Galleries are open free with Garden admission daily, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and are COVID compliant based on state and federal mandates. Masks are mandatory while visiting the Garden and its galleries. 

Berkshire Botanical Garden is a COVID compliant facility. Masks are mandatory while on on the grounds, and timed ticketing is required. Reserve tickets here!