Duncan Brine Principal Landscape Designer Horticultural Design, Inc. speaks on Living in Nature at the Berkshire Botanical Garden  Saturday, January 30 For more on this talk go to gardenlarge.com.   The New York Botanical Garden presents a seminar Site Character: An Approach to Creative Design with Duncan Brine Wednesday, February 17, 10am – 12pm For [...]

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October climax set for The Mount – Berkshire Eagle Online By Benning W. De La Mater, Berkshire Eagle Staff Article Last Updated: 05/14/2008 03:00:18 AM EDT LENOX — An agreement between The Mount and its creditors has staved off foreclosure and a May 31 deadline that would have forced Edith Wharton Restoration Inc. to raise [...]

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More than 500 kinds of wildflowers at Sheffield site – Berkshire Eagle Online By Jessica Willis, Berkshire Eagle Staff Article Last Updated: 05/06/2008 03:21:35 AM EDT SHEFFIELD — Springtime at Bartholomew’s Cobble means a riot of wildflowers in bloom: Red-and-white trillium. Deep magenta columbine. Shiny yellow trout lilies. The delicate blue of blunt-lobed hepatica. More [...]

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Table of Contents: April 28, 2008: Table of Contents: The New Yorker – Annotated Magazine only, not online Restoration Drama Rebecca Mead Trouble at Edith Wharton’s house

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Leader Quits at the Mount, Former Home of Edith Wharton – New York Times Annotated Following months of increasing financial troubles for the Mount, Edith Wharton’s home in Lenox, Mass., the president of the organization that owns and maintains the property has resigned rather than accept a new position in a restructured management, trustees said. [...]

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