Digging Deeper: Confronting Beech Blights Through Soil Health

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This Digging Deeper is presented in partnership with Wethersfield Estate & Garden.

Wethersfield, set within a 1,000-acre historic landscape, is renowned for its elegant mansion, conservation farm, and Italian Renaissance-style garden.

The garden’s defining feature is its remarkable collection of beech trees, now facing serious threats from beech leaf disease and the stresses of a warming climate. Join new Head Gardener Katharine Barrie for an in-depth look at current research on the disease and the estate’s response.

This Digging Deeper program highlights Wethersfield’s evolving strategies to restore and protect beech trees, emphasizing soil health as the foundation for resilience and showcasing successful practices from soil building to targeted care.

This Digging Deeper Host reports the following Terrain Notes about the garden: Please wear comfortable shoes for walking on mixed terrain.

Digging Deeper Title: Confronting Beech Blights Through Soil Health

Digging Deeper Host: Katharine Barrie

Date: Saturday, June 13 | 10am–12pm

Location: Wethersfield Estate & Garden | Amenia, New York

$30 Members | $40 General

About the Host: Katharine has been a valued member of the Wethersfield Garden team for the past two growing seasons and previously served as Assistant Horticulturist and Intern Coordinator at Chanticleer Garden. She is also an instructor at the New York Botanical Garden’s School of Professional Horticulture and formerly taught at Longwood Gardens.

Katharine is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and later completed her studies at the New York Botanical Garden’s School of Professional Horticulture. We look forward to the season ahead under her leadership and invite you to join us in welcoming her into this new role.