Upcoming programs at Berkshire Botanical Garden
STOCKBRIDGE – Berkshire Botanical Garden presents the following upcoming program: Saturday, June 1, “Composting Workshop,” 10 a.m. to noon. Join BBG student and composting instructor Linda Murray for a workshop on the basics of vermiculture and how to maintain a compost bin. At the end of the session, students will walk away with their very own vermicompost bin they make themselves, complete with 250 mini composters (a.k.a. worms). It’s a great way for people to start composting at home and can be done virtually anywhere, even in the smallest apartment. Worm castings are an excellent soil amendment that can be applied to soils or made into a worm tea. Materials fee is $25. Cost is $25 members, $40 nonmembers. To register or for more information, visit www.berkshirebotanical.org. Berkshire Botanical Garden is located at 5 West Stockbridge Road.
Memorial Day Plant Sale
HAMPDEN – The Hampden Garden Club will be hosting their annual Memorial Day plant sale on Monday, May 27 from 8 a.m. to noon on the lawn of Academy Hall located on Main St. The sale is the club’s only fundraiser of the year, with all proceeds supporting the club’s effort to promote gardening and beautifying the town of Hampden. Call Lil with any questions at 413-566-1137.
Agawam Garden Club plant sale
AGAWAM – Agawam Garden Club is holding its annual plant sale for Saturday, June 1. This year’s event will be held at the Historic Thomas Smith House, 251 North West Street, in the Feeding Hills section and will run from 9 a.m. to noon. The sale will include many perennials and shrubs all from members gardens. Because the plants are all grown locally in members gardens, they are acclimated to the area. Proceeds from the sale go towards funding the club’s scholarship and providing educational programs for the year. For more information visit agawamgardenclub.com.
The recipient of the Agawam Garden Club’s $1,000 scholarship is David Newhouse, a senior at Agawam High School.
Springfield Garden Club annual plant sale
SPRINGFIELD – On Saturday June 1, the Springfield Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale from 9 a.m. to noon at the Old Monkey House in Forest Park. Free entry to the plant sale is available at the Trafton Road Entrance to Forest Park, 200 Trafton Road.
A spring tradition and the club’s major scholarship fundraiser, this is not the kind of plant sale that focuses on re-selling plants from wholesale growers. Except for a few donations from generous area garden centers, these plants are from members’ gardens or have been grown from seed specifically for the sale.
30th Annual Northampton Garden Tour
NORTHAMPTON – The 30th Annual Northampton Garden Tour presented by Friends of the Forbes Library will take place on Saturday, June 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. This year the tour will also include a raffle of items that appeal to both gardeners and other library supporters, and this year they will be selling limited edition artist designed t-shirts for $30 at Forbes Library and garden #3 on the day of the tour. Tickets for the tour are $20 if bought by Friday, June 7 at Bay State Perennial Farm/Whately, Cooper’s Corner, State Street Fruit Store, Gardener’s Supply Company/Hadley, Sugarloaf Gardens/Sunderland, or Forbes Library. On the day of the tour, June 8, tickets are 425 and available only at Forbes Library from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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