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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….
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….
The season with a reason
Western New York gardeners are a dedicated bunch, and with the Gardens Buffalo Niagara’s (GBN) season officially underway, every day counts….
Comeback kids: perennials we love
By Lauren Newkirk Maynard In my shade-loving, woodland-ish city yard, perennials rule. The plants popping up every year, and sometimes every other if biennial, delight me with their determination and consistency. Perennials can be workhorses in the garden, battling climate change, drought, soggy rain and certain pests (deer and rabbits, we see you). They can be grown in all levels of sun and shade, and provide blooms for cut arrangements or interesting foliage in shady spots. They can also help…
This month in the garden: June
On checking temptation, hitting thugs where they hurt, and above all, enjoying your patch of heaven. By Peggy Koppmann I saw a quote recently that said, “I garden, therefore I am.” With apologies to Descartes, I believe that to be true for gardeners. As June arrives, acts of gardening are part of our very existence. We plan and plant to feed our families, to support pollinators, to sustain our environment, and to create beauty. We are the face of resistance…
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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Beyond milkweed: aim for native plants throughout our growing season
by Connie Oswald Stofko You may already have some milkweed and other native plants in your summer garden. Can you try for a loftier goal? Here’s a suggestion from Kim Eierman, an environmental horticulturist and ecological landscape designer: Have three native plants blooming in your garden at any time throughout our entire growing season. “Pollinators don’t all wake up on the same day,” Eierman said. “What if all you had in your garden was milkweed?” In early spring, when we…...
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