STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Berkshire Botanical Garden’s 6th annual Rooted in Place Ecological Gardening Symposium invites attendees to create a new, environmentally sensitive vision by exploring the connection between the surrounding landscape.
Scheduled for 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington, Mass., the symposium features four informative sessions by expert presenters who will explore the topic, “Growing Resilience: The Climate Crisis, Our Gardens and Communities.” Featured speakers include Jennifer Jewell, author and host of the national award-winning weekly public radio program and podcast “Cultivating Place: Conservations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden”; Pete Grima, a service forester with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation; Sam Hoadley, the Horticultural Research Manager at Mt. Cuba Center in Hockessin, Delaware, and Rebecca McMackin, Director of Horticulture at Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Advance registration and proof of COVID vaccination or a negative test within 48 hours is required for symposium attendance. More information is available at berkshirebotanical.org or by calling 413-298-3926. Scholarships, student discounts and member discounts are available.
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