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Tag: Falls Village

  • Wednesday, June 19, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Cocktails in Great Gardens

    Join Berkshire Botanical Garden for a unique opportunity to tour Church House, Page Dickey and Bosco Schell’s gardens and surrounding 17 acres of fields and woods located in Falls Village, Conn. 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. $45 members, $55 nonmembers. Register at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/cocktails-great-gardens-june-19

  • Thursday, August 7, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – The Beautiful Garden of Bunny Williams

    Join head gardener Eric Ruquist on Thursday, August 7, for a tour of the beautiful country garden of renowned interior designer and author Bunny Williams. Located in the northwest corner of Connecticut, the tour is timed to take advantage of the height of this magnificent garden’s flora display. In addition to an insider look at maintaining one of Connecticut’s most beautiful gardens, Mr. Ruquist will focus on the cutting garden and demonstrate how he brings the garden indoors with beautiful floral arrangements. Participants are encouraged to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy on the property following the program.

    Eric Ruquist is an artist, gardener and for 13 years the head gardener for Bunny Williams. He was curator of flower garden collection at Stonecrop Gardens, located in Cold Springs, NY, and greenhouse manager for a private estate in Westchester County. Eric thinks of himself as a plantsman and also gardens his own riverside property in Falls Village.

    Bring a bag lunch and dress for the weather. Participants can choose to carpool or drive separately. Those joining the carpool should meet in the parking lot at Berkshire Botanical Garden for a 9:15 am departure. Carpool will return at approximately 1:30 pm. (Program time in Falls Village, CT, is 10am – noon.) BBG members $50, nonmembers $60. To register, visit http://www.berkshirebotanical.org/ai1ec_event/the-beautiful-garden-of-bunny-williams/?instance_id=2618.

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  • Thursday, July 17, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Twin Maples Country Estate: Designing a Garden to Complement The House

    Join horticulturist Deb Munson on July 17 for an in-depth tour behind the gardening scenes at Twin Maples, a beautiful estate garden located in Salisbury, Connecticut, the town where Garden Club of the Back Bay Co-President Jackie Blombach gardens. This Berkshire Botanical Garden field study will give participants insights into the design and maintenance of the formal gardens and container plantings surrounding this Georgian home. Deb will share her gardening expertise, tips and techniques for designing a formal garden of any size. Her talk will focus on the long border, herb garden, terrace and green garden. Follow the transition from these formal gardens to the adjoining naturalistic woodland garden, 40-acre meadow and wonderful shrub borders. Enjoy spectacular views of the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut, a 40-minute drive from Berkshire Botanical Garden. This is an extraordinary garden and a wonderful place to spend a summer morning.

    Deb Munson is a horticulturist working in the northwest corner of Connecticut. In addition to designing and maintaining her clients’ amazing gardens, she has created with her husband, Brian, her own mountaintop refuge in Falls Village. She gardens with a strongly environmental and sustainable ethic.

    Bring a bag lunch and dress for the weather. Participants can choose to carpool or drive separately. Those joining the carpool should meet in the parking lot at Berkshire Botanical Garden for a 9:15 am departure. Carpool will return at approximately 1:30 pm. (Program time in Salisbury, CT, is 10am – noon.)  BBG member price $50, non-member $60.  Register at http://www.berkshirebotanical.org/ai1ec_event/twin-maples-country-estate-designing-a-garden-to-complement-the-house/?instance_id=2617.

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