Berkshire Botanical Garden Opens $2.3 Million Center, Poised to Become Year-Round Destination

Passersby might scarcely notice that the year-long project to transform the Berkshire Botanical Garden’s historic Center House is now complete. Save for the striking crimson facade, visible from Route 102, the landmark changes to one of the oldest buildings in Stockbridge — dating back to the 1790s — are evident only upon further examination. “It is emotional and exciting,” said Michael Beck, Executive Director of BBG, of the Friday (December 1) ribbon-cutting that officially opened the newly renovated space to the public. After five years of planning — two of those intensely — and one year of building, BBG is poised to provide expanded programming to inspire visitors’ love for the natural world thanks to the $2.3 million Center House restoration and expansion, the most transformative project the Garden has undertaken since its inception. Read more about Berkshire Botanical Garden >>