Sally Cunningham is back! "Summer may be winding down, but gardening season is far from over."
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Growing with purpose: Meet Grassroots Gardens’ new leader
Meg Kelly is the new executive director of Grassroots Gardens WNY….
This month in the garden: September
Fall brings opportunities to refresh the garden and prep for next season. …
Grown from the heart
Lindsay Dzielski’s family tends their garden with a healthy dose of play….
Gardener helps pollinators, animals, environment & herself
Eve Wackett’s eclectic garden reflects important moments of her personal and professional life….
This month in the garden: August
During the heat of August, don’t feel guilty if you ditch a plant or two that are not performing. Besides, it just makes room to try something new….
Warmer, wetter, and weirder
The weather is changing, and with it our growing season….
Take a scenic hike at Floating Fen Preserve
Enjoy scenic vistas on a two-mile hiking trail at the Floating Fen Preserve, the newest preserve of Western New York Land Conservancy. The trail takes you around the a bog-like area called the “floating fen,” which gives the new preserve its name. The Floating Fen Preserve, situated in Brocton in Chautauqua County, is home to beautiful sundews—carnivorous plants that sparkle in the sunlight—and awe-inspiring colonies of blue flag iris, highbush blueberry and mountain holly. Small blackgum trees dot the fen, and beautiful…...
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Grants available; connect kids with nature
Wild Ones National is accepting applications for native plant grants to schools, nature centers and youth programs across the country through the Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education (SFE) Program. Grant applications are open through November 15. These small grants, ranging from $100 to $500, help create pollinator gardens, rain gardens, prairies, monarch waystations and more. Any project that engages youth with native plants and natural landscapes qualifies. The funds are designated for acquiring native plants and seeds for outdoor learning…...
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Amazing week: Open Gardens begin, 8 garden walks & Conservation Day!
by Connie Oswald Stofko You won’t find this much gardening joy packed into one week anywhere else in North America! The only problem: there’s so much happening, you can’t see it all. But don’t worry. The parts that you do see will be amazing! Open Gardens Nearly 100 remarkable, private gardens will again be open to the public during Open Gardens. Visitors are allowed only at select times on Thursdays and Fridays in July. That creates a serene, uncrowded garden…...
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