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Posted on Mon, Sep. 28, 2009
By Michael Kelley
EGREMONT—The Egremont Garden Club will hold its third annual fund-raising lecture on gardens In the Berkshires on Sept. 25 at 2 p.m. at the Bushnell-Sage Library in Sheffield.
This year’s lecture, different than previous years’ lectures, is focusing on the movement toward green building technology and a new growing movement in gardening which incorporates local native plants..
“There is a new movement in gardening, indigenous planting” Nancy Sanders, a member of the garden club said “Sometimes it is called minimalist plantings, where you use what is growing in the environment.”
Fellow garden club member, Pamela Peacock, is an example of using the lay of the land, the natural landscape and native plants to create a garden at her home......for the full story pick up this week’s Berkshire Record at a newsstand or subscribe by calling 413-528-5380 ext. 29. Support your local newspaper, the community's watch dog. Subscribe by calling 413-528-5380 ext. 29..
EGREMONT—The Egremont Garden Club will hold its third annual fund-raising lecture on gardens In the Berkshires on Sept. 25 at 2 p.m. at the Bushnell-Sage Library in Sheffield.
This year’s lecture, different than previous years’ lectures, is focusing on the movement toward green building technology and a new growing movement in gardening which incorporates local native plants..
“There is a new movement in gardening, indigenous planting” Nancy Sanders, a member of the garden club said “Sometimes it is called minimalist plantings, where you use what is growing in the environment.”
Fellow garden club member, Pamela Peacock, is an example of using the lay of the land, the natural landscape and native plants to create a garden at her home......for the full story pick up this week’s Berkshire Record at a newsstand or subscribe by calling 413-528-5380 ext. 29. Support your local newspaper, the community's watch dog. Subscribe by calling 413-528-5380 ext. 29..
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