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  • Wednesdays, January 18 – February 1, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm – Organic Vegetable Gardening, Online

    Led by Bridgette Stone, Director of Education at Berkshire Botanical Garden, this class is designed for those starting or caring for a vegetable garden. This Berkshire Botanical Garden online course will include discussion of seed selection, seeding schedules, bed preparation and successful planting practice. During the first two sessions, students will learn about these practices, as well as what different vegetable families need to be successful. For the third class, students will demonstrate their learning by completing a vegetable garden design to be implemented at their own homes. Classes are January 18- February 1, from 5 – 6:30. $55 for BBG members, $65 for nonmembers. Register at www.berkshirebotanical.org

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  • Thursdays, January 10 – February 7, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Organic Vegetable Gardening

    Designed for those starting or caring for a vegetable garden, this five week Berkshire Botanical Garden course will include discussion of soil and nutrient management, seed selection, crop rotation schemes, bed preparation, seeding and planting, pest management, and specific plant cultivation, all in the context of the different vegetable groups. Each week, students will investigate a different vegetable family to insure all questions are answered about cultivation of these important food groups, including: Fabaceae (peas/beans/other legumes), greens (lettuce/mustards/arugula/mache and more), herbs (perennial and annual), perennial vegetables (asparagus/rhubarb/horseradish), Chenopodiaceae (beet/chard family), Brassicaceae (cabbage/cauliflower/kale/brussels sprout family), Cucurbitaceae (squash/pumpkin/cucumber/melon family), Poeaceae (corn family), Allioideae (onion/garlic/leek/shallot family), Solanaceae (tomato/eggplant/pepper/potato/sweet potato family) and Apiaceae (carrots/parsnips). Classes begin January 10 and run through February 7, from 5:30 – 8:30 in the Education Center at Berkshire Botanical Garden. Instructor: Peter Salinetti. BBG Members: $175, Non-Members: $185. Register at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/organic-vegetable-gardening

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  • Mondays, March 12 – April 2, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Organic Vegetable Gardening

    Designed for those starting or caring for a vegetable garden, get all your questions answered in this Berkshire Botanical Garden practical class on growing food, to be held Monday evenings from March 12 – April 12, from 6 – 9. This course will include site selection, soil and nutrient management, seed selection, design, crop rotation schemes, seeding and planting, pest management, and specific plant cultivation. These topics will be discussed with an emphasis on building a healthy soil and careful management of moisture requirements. Each week students will investigate a different vegetable family (Melon family, Tomato family, Beet family, Cabbage Family, Legume family and the Greens family) to insure all questions are answered about cultivation of these important food groups.

    John Howell is the former Extension Vegetable Specialist, for the University of Massachusetts and currently lectures on vegetables, fruits and soil management Author of numerous newsletters for growers and is currently the editor for New England Vegetable Management Guide, published biennially by the University of Massachusetts. Course fee $185, and you may register on-line at www.berkshirebotanical.org.

    2012-2013 New England Vegetable Management Guide

  • Saturday, August 28, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Vegetables on Parade

    How do you avoid flea beetles on your arugula or tomato horn worms on your tomatoes? Wondering when to harvest garlic or how to hard-off winter squash? If these are questions you’re asking then this class at The Berkshire Botanical Garden on Saturday, August 28, from 10 – 12,  is for you. This demonstration will cover how to care for vegetables once the garden is already planted and growing. The focus will be on specific vegetables with detailed information on cultivation, pests problems/control, planting companions, weed control, moisture requirements and how and when to harvest. Take a walk through the vegetable garden for new ideas on what to grow. Tips for preserving the harvest will be included.  $18 for BBG members, $24 for non members.  Register on line at www.berkshirebotanical.org, or call 413- 298-3926.

    Pat Parkins owns Gardens of the Goddess, an organic gardening business, focused on enhancing nature’s beauty through landscape design, installation and maintenance. She incorporates her interest in ecology into her landscaping practices. She tends a large home vegetable garden in Becket.

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  • Monday, March 29, 10:00 am – Growing Organic Vegetables and Herbs

    The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts presents a Horticulture Morning on Monday, March 29, beginning at 10 a.m. at The Espousal Center, 554 Lexington Street, North Waltham, Massachusetts (off Route I-95/128, Exit 27A Totten Pond Road).  Rita Wollmering, organic gardener and owner of The Herb Farmacy, will speak on Growing Organic Vegetables and Herbs: Great Growing Ideas from a Professional.  A donation of $5, payable at the door, is suggested.  To call for information on cancellations due to snow or storm, call 781-391-0261.  You may also contact Betsy Williams (betsy@betsywilliams.com) or Rita DeLollis (rdelollis@aol.com) for more information on Horticulture Mornings.

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