Upcoming events for Buffalo area
With three more garden walks this weekend, there is a lot to see! The East Side Garden Walk has expanded to two days and has added a Children’s Garden Festival. The City of Tonawanda Garden Walk and the Ken-Ton Garden Walk have nighttime garden tours in addition to their daytime tours. Open Gardens continue on Thursday and Friday as well. East Side Garden Walk The East Side Garden Walk will be two days this year: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m…....
by Connie Oswald Stofko Three garden walks will be held this weekend; see details below. Open Gardens will take place on Thursday and Friday. Check out our Events page to see all the great gardening activities happening in Western New York. Garden Walk Williamsville Garden Walk Williamsville will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 16 and 17. The tour is free and open to the public. Pick up maps at Williamsville Village Hall, 5565 Main…...
by Connie Oswald Stofko “We’re really aware that Michigan Avenue (in Buffalo) is a food desert. There aren’t a lot of places to purchase healthy food,” said Audrey Clark, program manager for the Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor. That’s why work began last December on Mrs. Frances Nash’s Garden Basket with a goal of offering free, fresh & healthy produce to residents. Now up and running, the project distributes at least 30 free community supported agriculture (CSA) farm shares, enough food…...
by Connie Oswald Stofko In other areas of the United States, there might be 15 private gardens to visit in one year. In Western New York, there are about 200 gardens to see this week alone! Open Gardens begin this Thursday and Friday, and six garden walks take place this weekend. Open Gardens Open Gardens start Thursday, July 7 and Friday, July 8. Like garden walks, you can visit these private gardens at certain times and days. Instead of being…...
See Graycliff’s gardens, grounds and the first floor of the main house at your own pace during the self-guided twilight tours from 4-8 p.m. Fridays, July 8, 15 and 22 at Graycliff, 6472 Old Lakeshore Rd., Derby. As the sun begins to set over Lake Erie, you can linger, reflect, look closer and soak in all of the details that make Graycliff so enchanting. While this is not a docent-led tour, volunteers will be on hand to answer any questions you may…...
The plant societies will be back this year at the Buffalo Style Garden Art Sale on Saturday and Sunday, June 25 and 26. Hours will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Take your questions to the Master Gardeners of Cornell Cooperative Extension in Erie County. Learn more about popular plants from the Western New York Rose Society, Buffalo Area Daylily Society and Western NY Hosta Society. Find out how you can help butterflies…...
Dining at Dusk is returning to the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens with new artists, new menus and new themes from summer to fall. There will be dinner, drinks, live music, desserts and raffles on the front lawn of the Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave., Buffalo. Dining at Dusk makes for a great date night or a relaxing evening to bond with friends and family. It’s also part of the celebration of Erie County’s 200th Anniversary and an opportunity…...
A series of presentations will be held on “Cultural Roots of the Americas” by Master Gardeners of Cornell Cooperative Extension in Chautauqua County. The presentations will feature vegetables with connections to cultures from Central America, South America, the Caribbean, and indigenous people of New York State. The sessions cover a variety of gardening topics and involve direct how-to methods. Questions are encouraged. The sessions will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesdays on June 15, July 20 and Aug. 17 in…...
The WNY Rose Society will hold its annual Rose Show from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 18 at the Galleria Mall, One Walden Galleria, Cheektowaga. The show will be in the concourse next to the old Sears. Sometimes we get busy working in our gardens, but take time to–literally–smell the roses. Find more information from the WNY Rose Society about roses in this previous article…....
More than 75 gardens will be featured on the East Side Garden Walk. Even though the event has expanded to two days this year, that’s still a lot of gardens to see in a weekend. Garden Walk Buffalo will have more than 300 gardens to visit in two days. It’s the largest garden tour in North America! Make the most of your time by getting maps of those two walks ahead of time so you can plan out your route…....
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