

- 5 days ago
Berkshire Garden Style: A Season for M/Napping
The icy Viridissima meadow sparkiling Last month the blog featured the Japanese calendar of microseasons. I found this consideration of...


- Dec 23, 2022
Berkshire Garden Style: The Art and Science of Cultivating Beauty
n Japan, there is an ancient calendar that breaks the year into 72 seasons. Each microseason is about five days long and


- Nov 26, 2022
Berkshire Garden Style: We Are Wilder Than You Think
November 2022 • This time of year is one associated with coldness and darkness ...


- Oct 31, 2022
Berkshire Garden Style: Funktional Design and the houses of Hinsdale
October 2022 • What is a garden for?
In the past two blog posts, I talked a lot about ...


- Aug 28, 2022
Berkshire Garden Style • A History of The Potting Shed: part 2
August 2022 • “Nothing happens in August,” a friend once said. I’ve been coming back to this comment ...


- Jul 29, 2022
Berkshire Garden Style • Contained Chaos: A Close-Up of The Potting Shed: part 1
July 2022 • The outdoors is my shelter. The sight of soft grass beneath high canopy trees lifts my heart ...


- Jun 24, 2022
Berkshire Garden Style • Nonbinary Lawn Care: an official introduction to the Berkshire lawn
June 2022 • This month, I want to think about nonbinary lawn care. Think of this as an official introduction to the Berkshire lawn ...


- May 10, 2022
Berkshire Garden Style • Consider a Spring Garden
June 2022 • I know last month I said I wasn’t so fond of spring. It’s true that the anticipation can get to me, but once ...

- Apr 13, 2022
Berkshire Garden Style • April showers bring... human-engineered swales?
I know. It’s spring. But you know what? These days, I’m not particularly fond of spring. Sure, there’s the gentleness and the regrowth....


- Nov 27, 2021
Berkshire Garden Style • Tawny Tones and A Time to Plan
Days are shorter, our heating is on! The sun is angled and the shadows long… This is the time of the cycle to revel in the tawny tones....