Memorial Garden Reopens
The Forbes House Museum in Milton invites visitors to its newly-renovated garden, The Island of Infinite Pleasantness, that includes many species of trees and plantings native to China and Asia.
Charles D. Webster created the Chinese-inspired garden in the 1990s in memory of his late wife, Natalie Peters Webster, president of the Garden Club of America, 1959-1962, who had a lifelong interest in the arts of Asia...
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Friday, November 23 - Sunday, December 30
in Boylston
Night Lights - Tower Hill Botanic Garden's Annual Winter Lights Display
Tuesday, November 27 - Tuesday, December 18
in Stockbridge
Plant Health Care: Four-Week Course at Berkshire Botanical Garden
Thursday, November 29
in MIlton
Holiday Wreath-Making Workshop @ The Wakefield Estate
Thursday, November 29
in Watertown
Winter 'Frost & Glow' Flower Arrangement Class
Saturday, December 01 - Sunday, December 02
in Stockbridge
Berkshire Botanical Garden's Annual Holiday Marketplace
Ripened Kousa Dogwood Berries
Savoring Fall! (Or, Savoring the Fall!)
It's officially Fall and there's much to savor. The days are shorter and cooler, and some tree leaves are beginning to come down.
Especially outstanding are the Kousa dogwood berries. The seven-son tree (Heptacodium) is spectacular. Called autumn lilac by some, its sepal-like rose calyces elongate after blooming and last into late fall...
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