A new collection called Horticultural Heroes is on display in the Arcangel Gallery at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens.
Portraits of 30 people who made groundbreaking contributions in gardening, botany, horticulture, agriculture and conservation are on display. Each portrait was created by a different artist.
February is Black History month, and 12 influential Black figures across generations are being recognized among the 30 individuals.
You can see famous faces such as George Washington Carver and Michelle Obama, as well as activists that you may not know. There is Karen Washington, who has worked to get food into low-income neighborhoods and coined the term “food apartheid”; Ron Finley, a guerrilla gardener in South Central Los Angeles, and Leah Penniman, an American farmer, educator, author and food sovereignty activist.
In March, the Botanical Gardens will also feature the women achievers in the exhibit for Women’s History Month.
Horticultural Heroes is open daily from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. through Sunday, April 26 and is included with regular admission to the Botanical Gardens. Admission tickets are $19 for adults, $17 for students and seniors (62+), $9.50 for kids ages 3-12, and free for kids 2 and under as well as Botanical Gardens members, but they must have a ticket. Tickets can be pre-purchased online at buffalogardens.com.
Horticultural Heroes is on loan from the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.
