The Lenox Garden Club presents a GCA Flower Show at Ventfort Hall, Museum of the Gilded Age, 104 Walker Street in Lenox. The show will be open to the public from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Thursday and Friday, September 15 and 16. For more information, contact Mary Ellen O’Brien at maryellenobrien@hotmail.com, or check the Lenox Garden Club’s website, www.lenoxgardenclub.net.
The highlight of the harvest season is the 31st Annual Lenox Apple Squeeze, a family weekend running from 10 to – 6 on Saturday and on Sunday the 25th and 26th. Painters, sculptors, crafters, jewelry and textile makers display their wares throughout the village. Foods from around the world are available, and hayrides and children’s activities and entertainment fill the streets. For complete information, log on to www.lenox.org.
Six private Stockbridge gardens, as well as several houses, will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 10 for the 20th Annual Hidden Treasures of the Berkshires tour.
Advance ticket purchase, $35, is recommended, by check and a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the Lenox Garden Club, Box 552, Lenox, Mass., 01240. Box lunches cost $20 and must be pre-ordered. Tickets will also be available at Mary Stuart Collections, 69 Church Street, Lenox, Campo de ‘Fiori, 1815 N. Main Street, Sheffield, and Hammertown Barn, 325 Stockbridge Road, Great Barrington. Tickets, if available on the day of the tour, will be $40 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Congregational Church. Information: (413) 298-3089 and lenoxgardenclub.net.
The 75th Anniversary of the Berkshire Botanical Garden will be celebrated at the garden on Saturday, August 8, from 5 – 7:30 pm with a festive summer gala cocktail party honoring the Lenox Garden Club, original founders and patrons of the Garden. Call 413-298-3926 for details and reservations. Directions may be found at www.berkshirebotanical.org.
Seven private gardens will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the Hidden Treasures of the Berkshires tour, including a site in a former quarry, with pine trees and stone deer lining the path to the small lake; the grounds of a Federal house, which is shaded by old-growth trees and lined with perennial beds; and a quiet country garden with a variety of plantings centered around a waterfall and koi pond.
Advance ticket purchase, $30, is recommended, by check and a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the Lenox Garden Club, Box 552, Lenox, Mass., 01240. Box lunches, reserved by June 30, are $20. Tickets, if available on the day of the tour, will be $35 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1156 Ashley Falls Road in Ashley Falls. Information: (413) 298-3089 and lenoxgardenclub.net.
