Calendar

Upcoming Programs

See a complete list of this year’s programs

May 7, 2025

2:00 PM  Social Gathering/Business Meeting
2:45 PM Program

(PLEASE NOTE THE REVISED TIME and mark your calendar)  
The change of time from 10:00 to 2:00 was necessary due to the ongoing preparations for the plant sale and a previously scheduled art class. We hope this new time is not an inconvenience for you.

TOPIC: Foraging for Edible Mushrooms

SPEAKER: John Wheeler

PLACE: Berkshire Botanical Garden

The Berkshire Mycological Society Group was founded in November 2017, and hosts a group of 2,556 followers. Mushroom research has led to the development of such drugs as penicillin, streptomycin, and tetracycline as well as others. They are also wonderful to forage for and to eat, but they can be poisonous.

John Wheeler, who leads this group, will guide us through a presentation of mushrooms, and how to identify which are edible and which are poisonous. In addition, John leads a mushroom walk on Sunday mornings from May through November when attendees can forage for mushrooms in different locations in the Berkshires.

We encourage you to bring a few mushrooms from your yard or neighborhood for identification.

** Please RSVP to Head Hostess, Pamela Sandstrom at sandstrp@pfw.edu 413-623-2350

June 4, 2025

11:00 AM Gathering
Noon Luncheon

MEET! CELEBRATE! VOTE!   And, of course, enjoy a beautifully prepared LUNCH!

LOCATION: Lenox Club

RSVP:  Cynthia.tindale@outlook.com

July 9, 2025

2:00 PM Socializing/Business
2:30 PM Program

Topic: OASIS is OUT! Organic is In!
Speaker: KK Zutter and Kimberley Crocker
Place: Berkshire Botanical Gardens, The Center House
Hostess Committee: *Beth Levin, Mary Jane Piazza, Jacqueline Connell

KK Zutter and Kimberley Crocker will discuss alternative “green” options for supporting plant material in floral design. They will demonstrate methods (Ikebana/Sogetzu, weaving, etc.) and display tools (flower frogs, kenzan, etc.) to create the structure of 4 uniquely different designs in containers like those you may have at home. At a later date, KK and Kim will offer a workshop in which members are invited to bring their own container and plant materials, wedging material, kenzan, etc. There you can make a design using these techniques. Kim & KK will stand by to help.

*Please RSVP to Head Hostess Beth Levin at godiva_designs@yahoo.com or 513-967-7275