Native Plants
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…