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  • Friday, November 22 – Saturday, January 4 – NightWood, An Outdoor Sound & Light Experience

    Please join fellow nighttime enthusiasts for a fantastical journey through sound and light at The Mount in Lenox, Massachusetts. The ethereal winter landscape inspired by The Mount’s unique architecture and history is open each Sunday through Thursday, except for Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Night. NightWood combines music, lighting, and theatrical elements to create seven unique scenes that evoke feelings of wonder, mystery, and magic.

    Wander the illuminated 1 mile route through the woods and gardens for an otherworldly experience that evokes wonder and awakens the imagination. It includes both paved and unpaved pathways, inclines, and stairs. It takes approximately 45 minutes. Please use caution and stick to the paths. Dress for the weather! Trails may be muddy or icy at times, so winter boots are strongly recommended. Our NightWood Café is open for every performance, from 5pm to 8pm, serving snacks and hot beverages in the Forecourt. The Mount Bookstore will also be open for NightWood visitors. Advanced purchase of timed-entry tickets is highly recommended. Dates and times frequently sell out.

    Tickets and more information at https://www.edithwharton.org/calendar/nightwood/

  • Sunday, July 7, 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm – 2024 Gala at The Mount

    Join The Mount for an enchanted evening in celebration of The Mount’s historic beauty and bright future. At 4:30, begin with cocktails and jazz in the garden, followed at 6 by dinner in the forecourt. Seating is limited. Individual ticket pricing begins at $500. Details may be found at https://www.edithwharton.org/calendar/gala-2024/

  • Saturday, October 1, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Wharton’s Woods, Wetlands, & Meadows: Human History and Ecology

    Take a walk on the wild side with Zach Adams from the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Explore the intersection of human history and ecology while enjoying the beautiful woods, meadows, wetlands, and lake views and the expanse of Edith Wharton’s original estate, including recently conserved land with trails leading to Edith Wharton Park on Laurel Lake.

    The Mount’s general COVID-19 Health and Safety Guidelines may be found here. The free tour begins at 3 pm on October 1, and you may sign up HERE.

  • Saturday, August 11, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, and Sunday, August 12, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – The Grow Show

    Saturday, August 11, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, and Sunday, August 12, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – The Grow Show

    The Berkshire Botanical Garden will host the 48th Annual The Grow Show on Saturday, August 11 from 1 – 5, and Sunday, August 23, from 10 – 5, at The Garden, 5 West Stockbridge Road in Stockbridge.  Entry to the show is free with admission.  Take in the talents of regional gardeners, flower designers, and photographers. The event shares the Garden’s season-long ART/GARDEN theme, where both the floral design and photography divisions take inspiration from notable works of art at regional museums including The Clark, Norman Rockwell, Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio, Berkshire Botanical Garden, and the Berkshire Museum. The Grow Show’s Horticulture division spotlights regional backyard gardeners when their summer harvest is at its peak.  Nearly 80 horticulture classes are open for registration, representing divisions including annuals, perennials, biennials, vegetables, fruits and berries, container grown plants and dish gardens, among others. There is no charge to enter the Grow Show. For complete information visit https://berkshirebotanical.org/grow-show

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  • Saturday, June 18, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm – From the Designer’s View: Edith Wharton’s The Mount

    Tour the gardens at The Mount, the estate designed and built by writer Edith Wharton in  Lenox at the turn of the century, and see this important historical garden through the eyes of landscape architect Walter Cudnohufsky, whose popular informative tours are not to be missed. This Berkshire Botanical Garden sponsored tour will be held on Saturday, June 18 from 9 – 12:30.

    In her time, Wharton was an authority on European landscape design and a passionate gardener who envisioned her gardens as an elegant series of outdoor rooms. She planned them to work in concert with the house and the surrounding natural landscape. The three acres of formal gardens that surround the house were part of a four-year garden restoration and have been replanted with flowering shrubs and the many varieties of native ferns that Wharton personally collected on expeditions around the Berkshires. The gardens include an Italian walled garden; a formal flower garden; a rock garden; a lime walk; and grass terraces. Wharton designed and built The Mount in 1902, based on the principles outlined in her influential book, The Decoration of Houses (1897), co-authored with assisting architect Ogden Codman, Jr.

    As Walt shares his insights into the design principles that make the gardens at The Mount successful, participants will take part in a detailed and lively group discussion, learning about garden design as a set of planned relationships and an exercise in restraint. The walking workshop will focus on the ten important garden design principles set forth in Walt’s soon-to-be-published book. This experience will allow participants to understand and appreciate the landscape around them in a deeper manner.

    Walter Cudnohufsky, MLA, is a long-time dedicated teacher. Having founded and for 20 years directed the nationally acclaimed Conway (MA) School of Landscape Design, he has honed a reasoned approach to planning and design. Currently, his firm is engaged in numerous and diverse planning/design projects throughout the region.

    Participants should meet in the parking lot at The Mount, and wear sturdy walking shoes.  Register online at https://berkshirebotanical.org/education/field-trips/  Berkshire Botanical members $35, nonmembers $40.  Image from www.houzz.com.

  • Saturday, September 21, 8:00 am – Sunday, September 22, 5:00 pm – What’s Out There Weekend in the Berkshires

    The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s What’s Out There Weekend, scheduled for September 21 and 22, features free, expert-led tours at more than two-dozen significant examples of cultural landscapes in the Berkshires region, including important historical sites along the African American Heritage Trail, historic farmsteads and town commons, and iconic landscape design at places like Naumkeag and the Mount. The weekend also highlights the Berkshires’ golf history, with tee times at significant courses all over the region. The tours offer people opportunities to learn about landscape architecture and the design and cultural history of places they may pass every day but don’t necessarily know about. This event is coming to the Berkshires through a collaborative effort with Berkshire Synergy Project (BSP).

    Complete details can be found at http://tclf.org/event/wotw-berkshires, but below are a few of the optional tours scheduled to take place. Each participant is limited to five tours:

    Freight Yard Historic District

    NORTH BERKSHIRES/NORTH ADAMS
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 10:30am to Noon
    Guide: Judy Grinnell; Robert Campanile; Paul Marino; Justyna Carlson; Gene Carlson
    Meet: Western Gateway Heritage State Park, Building 5A, State Street, North Adams

    Bascom Lodge & Mt. Greylock

    N. BERKSHIRES/LANESBOROUGH
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 1:00 to 2pm
    Guide: Alec Gillman; Paul Dudek
    Meet: Summit of Mt. Greylock
    In front of Bascom Lodge, 30 Rockwell Road, Lanesborough

    Pittsfield Park Square

    NORTH BERKSHIRES/PITTSFIELD
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 10:00 to 11:30am
    Guide: Pittsfield Guide
    Meet: The Athenaeum Public Library
    1 Wendell Ave, Pittsfield

    Wahconah Ball Park

    NORTH BERKSHIRES/PITTSFIELD
    Saturday, Sept. 21, Noon to 1:00pm
    Guide: Jim McGrath
    Meet: 105 Wahconah Street, Pittsfield

    Hebert Arboretum, Springside Park

    NORTH BERKSHIRES/PITTSFIELD
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 2:00 to 3:30pm
    Guide: Bob Presutti
    Meet: Elmhurst Parking Lot
    874 North Street, Pittsfield

    Hancock Shaker Village (Tour I)

    NORTH BERKSHIRES/PITTSFIELD
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 2:00 to 3:00pm
    Guide: Todd Burdick; Lesley Herzberg
    Meet: Ticket Desk, 34 Lebanon Mountain Road, Pittsfield

    Ventfort Hall

    CENTRAL BERKSHIRES/LENOX
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 10:00 to 11:00am
    Guide: Tsaja Sprague
    Meet: Covered Driveway, 104 Walker Street, Lenox

    Tanglewood

    CENTRAL BERKSHIRES/LENOX
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 11:30am to 12:30pm
    Guide: Tanglewood Staff
    Meet: Main Gate at Tanglewood, 297 West St, Lenox

    Tub Parade

    CENTRAL BERKSHIRES/LENOX
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 1:15 to 2:15pm
    Guide: N/A
    Meet: Main Street, Lenox

    Ice Glen (pictured below)

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/STOCKBRIDGE
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 8:30 to 9:30am
    Guide: Jess Toro; Jim Murray
    Meet: End of Park Street, by the bridge

    Berkshire Botanical Garden

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/STOCKBRIDGE
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 10:00 to 11:00am
    Guide: Berkshire Botanical Garden Guides
    Meet: Visitor Center, 5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge

    Naumkeag (Tour I)

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/STOCKBRIDGE
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 11:00am to Noon
    Guide: Naumkeag Staff
    Meet: Main Entrance, 5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge

    Chesterwood

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/STOCKBRIDGE
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 12:30 to 1:30pm
    Guide: Anne Cathcart
    Meet: Barn Gallery, Chesterwood
    4 Williamsville Road, Stockbridge

    Bartholomew’s Cobble (Hawk Watch)

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/SHEFFIELD
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 11:00am to 1:00pm
    Guide: Rene Wendell
    Meet: Main Entrance, 105 Weatogue Rd
    Ashley Falls, Sheffield

    Bidwell House

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/MONTEREY
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 1:00 to 2:30pm
    Guide: Rob Hoogs
    Meet: 100 Art School Road, Monterey

    Ashintully Gardens (Tour I)

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/TYRINGHAM
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 3:00 to 4:00pm
    Guide: Ashintully Staff
    Meet: Main Entrance, Sodom Road, Tyringham

    Housatonic River Walk

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/GREAT BARRINGTON
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 3:00 to 4:00pm
    Guide: Rachel Fletcher; Will Conkin
    Meet: Du Bois River Garden Park
    Church & River Streets, Great Barrington

    W.E.B. Du Bois Historic Site

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/GREAT BARRINGTON
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 4:00 to 5:00pm
    Guide: Emily Oswald; Wray Gunn
    Meet: Parking Lot, 612 South Egremont Road, Great Barrington

    Hancock Shaker Village (Tour II)

    NORTH BERKSHIRES/PITTSFIELD
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 2:00 to 3:00pm
    Guide: Todd Burdick; Lesley Herzberg
    Meet: Ticket Desk, 34 Lebanon Mountain Road, Pittsfield

    Jacob’s Pillow Dance

    CENTRAL BERKSHIRES/BECKET
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 10:00 to 11:00am
    Guide: Jacob’s Pillow Staff
    Meet: Welcome Center, 358 George Carter Road, Becket

    Lee Town Park and Main Street

    CENTRAL BERKSHIRES/LEE
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 1:00 to 2:30pm
    Guide: Craig Okerstrom-Lang
    Meet: Lee Town Hall, 32 Main Street, Lee

    The Mount

    CENTRAL BERKSHIRES/LENOX
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 3:00 to 4:30pm
    Guide: Tom Ingersoll
    Meet: Entry Court, The Mount
    2 Plunkett Street, Lenox

    Stockbridge Main Street

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/STOCKBRIDGE
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 10:00 to 11:00am
    Guide: Tom Daly
    Meet: Children’s Chimes Tower
    Village Green, Stockbridge

    Naumkeag (Tour II)

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/STOCKBRIDGE
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 11:00am to Noon
    Guide: Naumkeag Staff
    Meet: Main Entrance, 5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge

    Laurel Hill & Mary Flynn Trail-1

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/STOCKBRIDGE
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 1:00 to 2:30pm
    Guide: Patricia Flinn
    Meet: Stockbridge Town Offices
    6 East Main Street, Stockbridge

    Lime Kiln Farm Wildlife Sanctuary

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/SHEFFIELD
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 10:00am to Noon
    Guide: Rene Laubach
    Meet: Public Parking Area, Silver Street, Sheffield

    Bartholomew’s Cobble (Hike)

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/SHEFFIELD
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 11:00am to 1:00pm
    Guide: Bartholomew’s Cobble Staff
    Meet: Main Entrance, 105 Weatogue Road, Ashley Falls, Sheffield

    Ashintully Gardens (Tour II)

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/TYRINGHAM
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 11:00am to Noon
    Guide: Ashintully Staff
    Meet: Main Entrance, Sodom Road, Tyringham

    Gould Farm

    SOUTH BERKSHIRES/SHEFFIELD
    Sunday, Sept. 22, 1:00 to 3:00pm
    Guide: Robert Rausch
    Meet: Harvest Barn, 54 Gould Road, Monterey

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  • Sunday, August 18, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm – Guided Tour of Confluence Exhibit at The Mount

    This season, Edith Wharton’s beautiful Berkshire home, The Mount, in partnership with SculptureNow, is pleased to present Confluence, an exhibition of large-scale outdoor sculptures featuring 24 nationally acclaimed artists, including George Rickey (his work pictured below,) Jonathan Prince, Tim Prentice, and Richard Erdman. Join a docent for a free two-hour guided tour of this remarkable show and hear the stories behind the art and artists.  The tour will start at The Stable at 3 pm. Wear comfortable shoes! Free.  For more information visit www.edithwharton.org, or call 413-551-5100.  The Mount is located at 2 Plunkett Street in Lenox. For additional information about SculptureNow, please visit www.sculpturenow.org.

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  • Thursday, September 20, 10:00 am – Great Gardens of the Northeast

    The Garden Club of the Back Bay opens its 2012/2013 program year focused on Gardens of America on Thursday, September 20, beginning at 10 am at The College Club, 44 Commonwealth Avenue. Join Adriana O’Sullivan for a spectacular armchair garden tour from Washington, DC to Mount Desert Island in Maine. This one-hour presentation focuses on some of the finest gardens the Northeast has to offer. Dumbarton Oaks in Washington D.C., designed by Beatrix Farrand between 1921 and 1941, Wave Hill Botanic Garden in The Bronx, Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate in Sleepy Hollow, NY (pictured below), the magnificent gardens at Old Westbury on Long Island, Edith Wharton’s estate ‘The Mount’, and Naumkeag in the Berkshire hills. In New Hampshire we visit the home and studio of Augustus Saint Gaudens and on Mount Desert Island in Maine we will see the Thuya Gardens, the Asticou Azalea Garden and the famous Abby Aldridge Rockefeller Garden. All gardens are a feast for the eye and all are open to the public.  GC members will receive written notification.  The public is invited, with a requested $5 donation, and may rsvp at info@bostonflora.com.

  • Massachusetts Holiday House Tours – A Calendar for December 4 and 5, 2010

    Tis the season.  There are a number of exciting Holiday House Tours benefiting a number of excellent organizations throughout the Commonwealth, and we alert you to the following events taking place in the beginning of December:

    On Saturday, December 4, from 11 – 4, travel to Stockbridge for Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas. Visit some of the area’s Historic Properties, B&B’s, and Inns. This self-guided tour is one of our most popular events. This year’s tour features the Mission House, Federal House Inn, Inn at Stockbridge, The Mount,  Edith Wharton’s Estate, and Ventfort Hall Museum.  Tickets are $15.00 per person (Tickets may be purchased on the day of at the Red Lion Inn only, They are not sold at the house tour properties).

    If you prefer the North Shore, on Saturday, December 4, from 10:00 – 4:30  and Sunday, December 5, from 11:30 – 4:30, enjoy Christmas in Salem, the 2010 North Fields Tour. One of Salem’s oldest historic neighborhoods is one of its least well known. As the name suggests, the North Fields area was once home to pastures and orchards as well as homes. Today, North Street and the streets to the east and west of it are known as North Salem. You are invited to explore this area not visited by Christmas in Salem since 1996 and to enjoy the private homes professionally decorated for the holidays.

    This is also an opportunity to see more of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Salem. His uncle’s house is on the tour, and he himself lived here, as well for a time. When you take the trolley back across the North River, you’ll find two more homes on Derby Street waiting to welcome you. And don’t miss the Hawthorne related sites, including The House of the Seven Gables with its own holiday celebration.  Because the tour features private homes, it is not handicapped accessible. Also, out of courtesy to our homeowners and their old pine floors, we request that you do not wear high heels. Advance tickets are $25 for members of Historic Salem, Inc. and $30 for non-members.  You may order online at www.christmasinsalem.org, or by phone at 978-745-0799. Other retail ticket locations may be found on the website.

    Do you prefer Buzzard’s Bay?  The New Bedford Preservation Society’s 19th Annual Holiday House Tour will take place Saturday, December 4 from 4 – 8, and on Sunday, December 5 from 1 – 5. Start at the Wamsutta Club, 427 County Street, New Bedford.  To attend a pre-tour brunch ($17) on Sunday from 11am-1pm (reservations recommended) call 508.997.7431. Holiday Raffle will be held at the club during tour hours.

    South Shore, you say? The Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth will sponsor a house tour on Saturday and Sunday, December 4 and 5 as well. Pilgrim Hall Museum’s fifth annual Holiday House Tour will share some of Plymouth’s finest – and sometimes hidden – architectural gems all dressed up for the holidays. Your tour ranges from private residences in North Plymouth, to the center of town, to wonderful homes down in South Plymouth. Feel the warmth of the holiday season while helping preserve the museum’s superb collection of 17th century artifacts and support its educational programs. Your ticket includes a light lunch at Plymouth Country Club. Advance ticket sales are $40 each, but after November 19 the price goes to $45 each. Call 508-746-1620 x7 for a registration brochure.

    Let’s not forget the western suburbs.  The Needham Women’s Club will hold an Historical Holiday House Tour on December 5 as well, honoring Needham’s 300th birthday, as well as the Needham Women’s Club’s 75th!  Although hours have not yet been announced, tickets will go on sale at Roche Brothers and at Sudbury Farms beginning Thursday, November 18.  Call 781-718-4983 for updated information.

    Canton Garden Club members are preparing several workshops for their Club’s Holiday House Tour entitled Joys of Christmas on Friday, December 3 and Saturday, December 4.  Visitors will be able to tour three homes, a condominium and a great room area at the condominium.  All residences are decorated to reflect each location’s individual style and charm.  For tickets ($25), visit Pratt Realty, Helen’s Hair Styling, Savoy Day Spa, or call 781-828-8552.  Hours to be announced.

    Rounding out the festivities for the first weekend in December is the Winchester Neighbors Club tour on Sunday, December 5, from 2 – 5 pm.  Four historic homes located in the Flats will be open to the public, and all proceeds will benefit the Ginn Playground Restoration Project.  More details will follow on their website, www.winchesterneighbors.com/main/more/holiday_house_tour_12_5_10/.