Berkshire Botanical Garden (herb Garden)
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The Berkshire Botanical Garden, is a
botanical garden A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...
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Stockbridge, Massachusetts Stockbridge is a town in Berkshire County in Western Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,018 at the 2020 census. A year-round resort area, Stockbridge is h ...
, United States. Its collections contain over 3,000 species and varieties, with an emphasis on plants that thrive in
the Berkshires The Berkshires () are a highland geologic region located in the western parts of Massachusetts and northwest Connecticut. The term "Berkshires" is normally used by locals in reference to the portion of the Vermont-based Green Mountains that ex ...
. The Garden was founded in 1934 as the Berkshire Garden Center, and its public display gardens are among the oldest in the United States.


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List of botanical gardens in the United States This list is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States.Botanical gardens in Massachusetts Stockbridge, Massachusetts Protected areas of Berkshire County, Massachusetts 1934 establishments in Massachusetts Protected areas established in 1934 {{US-garden-stub