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Classes
I teach these classes in the Spring and Fall of each Year. Contact the Berkshire Botanical Garden for more information.
Stone Walls for the Garden:
Saturday April 24 9 a.m - 1 p.m.
Rain Date: April 25
Demonstration/Hands-on Workshop
Members $45; Non-members $50
All levels
Participants should bring: work gloves and safety glasses; dress for outdoors.
This hands-on program will cover the basics of wall building, including planning and layout, learning to look at stone and demonstrations on cutting and fitting. Various applications for the garden will be considered, with special attention to building freestanding wall. Help construct a dry stonewall in the Garden and learn by doing.
Step Stones, Pathways and Coping
Saturday, April 24 2-5 p.m.
Rain date: April 25
Members $45; Non-members $50
All levels
Participants should bring: work gloves and safety glasses; dress for outdoors. Flatwork will be the focus of this workshop: paving with stone and brick for terraces, walkways, paths and garden edging. Watch a demonstration and participate in construction of a brick pathway using an unusual historic Italian design. Learn how to evaluate a project and choose the best material. The project and choose foundation for any type of flatwork including rock walkways, terraces and patios constructed of a wide array of materials and stone steps. All questions will be answered in this popular workshop.
Understanding Hardscape
Wednesday March 24 & 31 6-9 p.m.
Friday April 23, (10 a.m. -5 p.m.)
Consider the underlying principles of hardscape and how to integrate stone features into the garden setting, including siting and building stonewalls, designing and constructing retaining structures, installing stone steps, pathways, copings, and terraces. This Course will offer two evening lectures and one full day of hands-on experience constructing a dry stonewall and installing a brick pathway.
http://www.berkshirebotanical.org/
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