Rooted in Place
The Berkshire Botanical Garden will hold its 10th annual Ecological Gardening Symposium, Rooted in Place, on Sunday November 10th from 9AM to 3:30PM.
The day will look at the theme of Pollutants and Climate: Hopeful Applications in Berkshire County inspiring participants with insights into the ecological past, present and future and will explore the impact of pollutants and climate change on the Berkshires and beyond.
Mohican herbalist and author Misty Cook of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community will speak on native plants as medicine in a pre-recorded presentation at 9 to 10AM. After a break Eloise Gayer of the Morris Arboretum will speak on her practice of integrating native plant ecological horticulture into the land and how this practice reverses some of the destruction caused by invasive plants. Brittany Ebeling of BEAT will talk about herbicides and how the composition of this pollutant affects our plants, ground and surface water.
Their program will be presented from 10:15 to 11:30AM.
Tim Brothers, an MIT astronomer and manager of the Wallace Astrophysical Observatory, will discuss the unexpected loss in plant life resulting from light pollution from 11:30AM to 12:15PM. Some examples of lights and guidance on lighting for a better future will be included in the presentation.
The symposium will pause for lunch from 12:15 to 1PM. Lunch will be provided for $15 per person.
Resuming at 1PM, the next symposium session will be the wilding the land and restoring natural processes in the management of extreme fires and the smoke pollution with Sam Gilvarg, Ph.D. student at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
At 1:45PM, Jane Winn of BEAT will report on the cleanup of the region’s freshwater resources and how that impacts the Berkshire ecology. In conjunction, Erik Reardon will present At the Water's Edge: Riparian Buffers and Nature-Based Solutions to Stream Corridor Restoration.
Finally, at 3PM, Sandrine Harris will present Rooting: a meditative closing, guided by a community mindfulness-in-nature facilitator.
BBG is located at 5 West Stockbridge Road. For more information and tickets, click on the link below.
