Betsy Burgeson

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’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

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

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

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

by Alex Meyer on August 24, 2017

Next summer, the Bird, Tree & Garden Club plans to show hundreds of visitors one of its oldest landmarks on the grounds: the Arboretum. Located near the south end of the grounds, the Arboretum is

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.

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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