Meetings

2026

Our meetings are free and open to the public.

  • April 4, 2026 – Ed Center Big Room
    • -am Esther Benedict: Creating Microclimates
    • -pm Seedling Sale
    • -pm Esther Benedict: Propagation Techniques that Work
  •  May 2, 2026 -Ed Center Big Room, Small Classroom & Center House – Special Joint Meeting: New England Chapter of the American Primrose Society and the Berkshire Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society: Judged Show, Displays and Vendor Sale.  Free to the public
    • -am Jodie Mitchell: Auriculas and Other Rock Garden Primulas
    • -pm Judged Show and Vendor Sale
    • -pm Jodie Mitchell: Barnhaven Primroses – 90 Years of Primrose Passion
  • June 6, 2026  – Ed Center Classroom
    • -am Sandy Schaller: Native Plants
    • -pm Seedling Sale
    • -pm Sandy Schaller : Hypertufa Trough
  • August 1, 2026 – Ed Center Classroom
    • -am Adam Wheeler: TBD
    • -pm Seedling Sale
    • -pm Adam Wheeler: TBD
  • September 5, 2026 – Center House& Center House Porch
    • -am Don Dembowski: Some Favorite Geophytes – Above & Below Ground
    • -pm The BIG Plant Sale
  • October 17, 2026 – Ed Center Classroom
    • -am Officer Elections
    • -am & pm NARGS Traveling Speaker: TBD
  • November 7, 2026 – Ed Center Classroom
    • -am Bill Noble: Right plant, Wrong place – How a Plant Collector Deals with Excess
    • -pm Annual Luncheon

Meetings of the Berkshire Chapter are held in the Education Center at the Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. Click here for directions and a map for the Berkshire Botanical Garden. Mark your Calendars now! Our email notices for each meeting give details about the speaker and any changes in date or location, or precautions due to Covid-19. Coffee and tea are ready at 10:00 a.m. for informal gathering and conversation. A short business meeting starts at 10:30 a.m., followed by our morning program. Bring your own lunch. A plant sale and auction are usually held before the afternoon program, with plants donated by members and speakers. Proceeds support our chapter.

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