The Berkshire Botanical Garden is holding a workshop on shearing, pruning and shaping hedges of all sizes and shapes on Saturday, June 26, from 10 – 1, in Richmond, Massachusetts.
Join horticultural expert Matt Larkin for a hands-on hedge pruning workshop. The focus is on creating and maintaining a healthy, beautiful hedge. Learn about the different plants available for hedging including boxwood, yew, hornbeam, and privet. See first hand how these plants grow and learn techniques needed to tame them into formal and not-so formal shapes. Matt will share his “tools of the tradeâ€, and his knowledge of cultivating these useful plants. Step-by-step instruction on pruning will be provided, and participants will sharpen their pruning skills on a variety of plants.
Matthew Larkin established Black Barn Topiary in 2001 in an effort to provide large scale living sculpture to the garden obsessed. His work is currently growing at the Hartford Children’s Hospital, The London Hotel and various gardens in Connecticut and New York. The class costs $35 for BBG members, $45 for non members, and you may register on line at www.berkshirebotanical.org, or by calling 413-298-3926.
