Events - Event View

A service fee of $2.00 will be included in your final total, which covers the cost charged to WMMGA by the credit card company for paying with a credit card. Non-members of WMMGA will see an additional $2.00 fee charged to your credit card, which is the convenience fee charged by Club Express for using this online portal to register. There are no additional service fees if paying by check and registering by mail.

This talk is included in your registration and starts at 9:00 AM

Speaker: Nicaela Haig, Mass Audubon Naturalist
Whether you own many acres of land or a few planters on a balcony, learn how and why your landscaping can support birds and other wildlife in the Berkshires in the face of climate change.

Speaker: Hannah Morano, Founder, Sweet Birch Herbals, Ashfield, MA
Hannah will demonstrate simple ways to make dressings, soups and refreshing beverages with seasonal herbs, some growing wild locally, as wonderful additions to daily meals. Demystify herbs with hands-on demonstrations, recipes and taste tests.

Speaker: Diane Van Kempen, WMMGA Master Gardener
Learn to recognize an invasive plant (or critter), know why (and how) they need to "disappear", and prevent the spread of these "thugs and freeloaders!"

Speaker: John Galvin, UMass Extension
Grow better blueberries by understanding how the plants grow and how to implement the best management practices to improve your crop yield.

Speaker: Chris Ferrero, Cornell Master Gardener
Explore Cornell research-proven methods in three categories: Barriers, Repellents and Alternative Landscape Choices, for ideas to get best-odds, deer-resistant landscape plantings

Speaker: Jay Vinsky, WMMGA Master Gardener
Discover the ecological, cultural and aesthetic values our native woody plants can bring to your yard. Several lesser known and underutilized tree and shrub species will be discussed