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Eutrochium AKA Joe Pye Plant (not Weed!) Late summer is colored in yellow and purple (a bit of a color palette challenge for me as I...

If you're in town Week Nine, you won't want to miss this event! We got rained out last year, but we're trying again this summer. Join us...

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) The clubbers on the war canoes were having a blast on Wednesday morning and I swear our heron, Steve*,...

Daylilies (Hemerocallis) Did you know they were edible? Betsy created these beautiful stuffed treats for the Friday Garden Walk through...

What's In Bloom? Hydrangeas! The photo above by Jeanne Wiebenga is of a Endless Summer Blushing Bride Hydrangea blooming in the Bride's...

What's In Bloom? Actaea (Cimicifuga) racemosa aka: Bugbane, Bugwort, Black Cohosh, Snakeroot, Macrotys, Black Bugbane, Rattleweed I'm...

Pop-up Field Trip to the Floating Fen Wednesday, July 2 at 8AM Meet at the South Gate Parking Lot at 8:00AM to carpool/caravan or meet us...

What's In Bloom? Kousa Dogwoods Cornus kousa The Kousa dogwood blooms later than the native flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), which...

Thanks to Anna Mayberry for this photo of the Northern Lights over Chautauqua Lake on May 10, 2024 Dear Friends of the BTG, I am so...

April 9, 2024. The first hand-pollinated zinnia to bloom in the "greenhouse" at the Garden Shop in the new Maintenance Shed. Photo by...

Jeanne Wiebenga caught this sweet exchange between cardinals near her backyard feeder in Chautauqua on March 9. We'd Love Your Input!...

Photo by Jeanne Wiebenga of Tundra Swans on Chautauqua Lake on February 26. The swans are making their way north, hopping along a path of...

Celebrating 100 Years of Smith Wilkes Hall and its Benefactor One hundred years ago this month, construction began on Smith Wilkes Hall,...

Feeling Peckish? This hungry woodpecker was working hard for his meal on the old apple tree in Jane Stirniman and Jeanne Wiebenga's...

Photo of 38 South Lake Drive by Angela James Save the Date! 2024 House & Garden Tour - July 11, 2024 The 2024 Chautauqua BTG House Tour...

and the trees are beautiful! ...but also, what do all the ribbons around the trees mean? Jeanne Wiebenga took the beautiful photos above...

THE OSPREY REPORT: Update on The Ospreys of Loomis Goose Creek Wetland Preserve by Jeanne Wiebenga It is hard to believe that our Osprey...

What's In...Bags? by Betsy Burgeson If you have walked through the main gate or walked by the Amp lately you may have noticed some silver...

The Night Sky by Dennis McNair, PhD In the tiny (pop. 2500) rural town in southeastern Washington State where I grew up, extreme darkness...

Photo of the moonrise over the Casto Garden at 3 Taps taken by Tim Renjilian on July 31 Sunday, August 13th 3:00 - 4:30 PM Smith Wilkes...