Betsy Burgeson

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 theme, they all contribute to the beauty of the grounds. Chautauqua Institution’s Supervisor of Gardens

Betsy Burgeson to lead CLSC Young Readers activity in Discovery Garden today for Nikki Grimes’ ‘One Last Word’ exploring diversity

by Flora Junhua Deng on August 7, 2018

The golden shovel method is the form Nikki Grimes uses in writing One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance, a poetry

Betsy Burgeson’s Monarch Moments lecture to encompass grounds’ gardens and landscapes

by Casey McCarthy on July 8, 2018

Few aspects of Chautauquans’ private homes hold more pride and care than the gardens and flowerbeds that help transform the

Betsy Burgeson and gardens department facing busy off-season

by John Ford on August 25, 2017

As Betsy Burgeson looks ahead to another busy off-season of planting, pruning, tending, and generally nurturing and replacing the gardens

Chautauqua’s 2018 House and Garden Tour to highlight Institution’s 100-year-old Arboretum

by Alex Meyer on August 24, 2017

The Arboretum on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. ERIN CLARK / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Next summer, the Bird, Tree & Garden Club plans to show hundreds of visitors one of its oldest landmarks on

How Chautauqua Institution uses plants and pavement to combat pollution in the lake

by Alex Meyer on August 17, 2017

At Chautauqua, when it rains, it pours. And when it pours, rainwater picks up pollutants and flows into the lake. Chautauqua Institution, though, has several safeguards in place that limit stormwater runoff with nutrients, such

Betsy Burgeson to show rain gardens and give gardening advice at BTG Lake Walk

by Alex Meyer on July 30, 2017

Betsy Burgeson believes Chautauquans can make a big impact with small gardens. “Such minor changes can have a humongous impact,”

John Shedd, Betsy Burgeson share plans for keeping trees healthy and on the grounds during Porch Discussion

by Ryan Lindsay on July 28, 2017

Chautauqua Institution owns and cares for more than 6,000 trees on its grounds. That number excludes trees found on the

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