Native Plants
Native Plant Giveaway & Exchange at BEAT’s Rain Garden
Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) 20 Chapel St., Pittsfield, MALike last year, we plan on thinning out the rain garden this spring at BEAT's Environmental Leadership & Education Center, and we'd love to spread some of these native plants out to other areas in Berkshire County! DATE: Saturday, June…
Wild Edibles with Russ Cohen
Housatonic River Walk Great Barrington, MAHosted by Berkshire Botanical Garden. Join Russ Cohen at River Walk, a project of Great Barrington Land Conservancy, for a walk focusing on edible native plant species, including species that you might like to plant in your yard. Russ will…
Butterfly Walk at Mountain Meadow Preserve
Mountain Meadow Preserve at the end of Mason St., Williamstown, MABee Friendly Williamstown. Naturalists Elena Traister & Pam Weatherbee lead a leisurely walk to identify butterfly species and the plants that sustain them. Children are welcome. Terrain may not be suitable for those with mobility challenges. Rain cancels Meet at…
Learn About Ferns
Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center 1515 & 1516 Savoy Hollow Rd., Windsor, MA“Learn About Ferns” at the Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center in Windsor, MA with Naturalist & Director Aimee Gelinas M.Ed. Learn tips on how to identify over 10 species of woodland ferns on this easy walk. Fern guidebooks will…
Cultivating a Sustainable Future: Cornell Botanic Gardens’ Native Lawn with Todd Bittner
OnlineThe Massachusetts Pollinator Network hosts monthly presentations by experts in a wide range of topics related to pollinators and how to support them. These are recorded and put on MAPN's Youtube channel. Everyone is welcomed, whether you are a seasoned…
Boreal Spruce-Fir Forest Flower, Plant, Tree & Wild Edibles Hike
Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center 1515 & 1516 Savoy Hollow Rd., Windsor, MABoreal Spruce-Fir Forest Flower, Plant, Tree & Wild Edibles Hike at the Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center in Windsor, MA with Naturalist & Director Aimee Gelinas M.Ed. Learn about the unique fauna and flora of high elevation forests and…
Gardening Wednesdays at the Spruces
The Spruces 60 Main St., Williamstown, MAPollinator Garden by the pond at the Spruces Join Bee Friendly Williamstown to learn about the pollinator plantings at The Spruces, and pick up a few tips for your home garden, too. There is always work to do weeding, tidying…
Beginner Naturalist Walk at Wild Acres (Housatonic Heritage Walk)
Wild Acres S Mountain Rd., Pittsfield, MAJoin Chelsey Simmons of Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) for a leisurely guided naturalist walk in Wild Acres Park, a Pittsfield Conservation Area that contains an expansive wetland and forested walking trails. Chelsey will lead participants to observe some of…
Asters and Goldenrods at Berkshire Botanical Garden
Berkshire Botanical Garden 5 West Stockbridge Rd., Stockbridge, MAThe many kinds of goldenrods and asters are a visually striking and ubiquitous feature of our late summer and fall landscapes. However, since many of them look much alike, they can be a challenge to identify. This class, led by Ted…
The Everyday Conservationist: Nurturing Nature at Home with Danae Wolfe
OnlineClimate change and biodiversity loss are creating existential threats to people and nature. But we can help. In this presentation, you’ll learn about how traditional landscape management is contributing to climate change and biodiversity loss and discover small steps we…
“Native Plants as Insect Habitat” with Charley Eiseman at Berkshire Biodiversity Day
Berkshire Community College 1350 West St., Pittsfield, MACharley Eiseman will present "Native Plants as Insect Habitat" at the 15th Berkshire Biodiversity Day, or Bioblitz. Each native plant species has a suite of host-specific insects that depend on it for food. Even allowing a single "weed" to grow…
Talk with the Indian Doctress: Interpreting 19th Century Native American Medicine
Shea Theater 71 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MADr. Marge Bruchac discusses research on Native medicinal plants and practitioners, the approaches she uses to make these histories visible, as part of our Food, Farms, and Factories project, in collaboration with the Nolumbeka Project. In 19th century New England,…
Tree Identification Walk at Lower Bowker’s Woods (Housatonic Heritage Walk)
Lower Bowker's Woods 16 Glendale Middle Rd, Glendale, MA, United StatesJoin Chelsey Simmons, BEAT's programs director, for a tree identification walk in Lower Bowker’s Woods to learn key characteristics of common trees in western Massachusetts and get tips to help identify them. The 1-mile trail meanders along the Housatonic River…