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BTG, volunteers, gardens staff inventory all plants in Institution gardens

by Jamie Clarkson on August 1, 2020

PHOTO COURTESY OF ANGELA JAMES Every Wednesday and Friday since June 16, dozens of red-T-shirt-clad, smart-phone-wielding gardeners have peppered Chautauqua Institution’s gardens. The mix of Chautauqua County Master Gardeners and Bird, Tree & Garden Club

BTG holds annual butterfly-friendly Native Plant Sale on Bestor

by Jamie Clarkson on June 30, 2020

The Bird, Tree & Garden Club will continue their work to grow Chautauqua’s monarch butterfly population by holding their annual

BTG’s Hour-Long Bus Tour to Showcase Multiple Chautauqua Gardens, Landscapes

by Julia Preszler on August 14, 2019

Threaded through Chautauqua Institution’s 750 acres of land is an abundance of gardens — while diverse in size, flora and

Bee-lieve it: Beekeepers to Give Talk on Importance of Pollination in Ecosystems

by Julia Preszler on July 7, 2019

Today, Chautauquans can swarm into Smith Wilkes Hall for an un-bee-lievable Bird, Tree & Garden Club talk on beekeeping.

John Wenzel will discuss pollination syndromes and complex insect populations in lectures

by Casey McCarthy on August 12, 2018

Throughout their development as a species, humans have learned from the environment and species that have surrounded them. As humanity’s

Lori Brockelbank to discuss history, stories behinds trees of the grounds at Bird, Tree & Garden Club’s Life Member Luncheon

by Casey McCarthy on August 2, 2018

Few experiences are more joyous for gardeners than seeing the fruits of a season’s labors, such as vegetables, fruits and flowers, start to blossom. For the Bird, Tree & Garden Club, that fruition will come

Twan Leenders to highlight rare, endangered species of Chautauqua at Lake Walk

by Casey McCarthy on July 22, 2018

“Not all is doom and gloom,” Roger Tory Peterson once said. “We are beginning to understand the natural world and

Author and landscape historian McDowell to discuss nature in ‘Little House’ books

by Casey McCarthy on July 2, 2018

Around the grounds of the Institution, natural, literary and cultural worlds are blended together. Author Marta McDowell has made a

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