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Graycliff in Derby NY looking for volunteers

Volunteers sought to work in historic gardens at Graycliff

Graycliff is recruiting volunteers for its Green Team to help maintain the historic gardens and grounds. No experience is necessary. Graycliff will provide you with the tools and training to feel comfortable in the gardens. You will work with the English Gardener and Graycliff staff. You’ll learn about the historic landscape, designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright and landscape architect Ellen Biddle Shipman, while having fun and helping the nonprofit further its mission. The Green Team will work on Wednesday mornings…....

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Mar 29, 2022

Are you one of the winners in our prize drawing?

by Connie Oswald Stofko I know that thousands of you are wondering: who are the three winners of our prize drawing worth nearly $500? I’m still waiting to find out! Using a randomized list of subscribers, I notified the first three that they were winners. Only one got back to me by the deadline, so I moved down the list and notified two more. Only one of those two has gotten back to me. If the other person doesn’t respond…...

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Mar 29, 2022

Gardening tasks for early spring in WNY

by Connie Oswald Stofko After weeks of snow covering our gardens, we can see plants again here in Western New York! The sun has been shining. At times, the weather’s so warm, you can be outside without a sweater. We can tackle some gardening tasks now that we couldn’t do just a couple of weeks ago. But it’s still early spring and the weather fluctuates. The afternoon warmth can be followed by freezing temperatures at night. A stretch of warm…...

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Mar 22, 2022

Schlumbergera or holiday cactus from Bugwood

Learn about Christmas cactus & more in WNY Gardening Matters

Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera buckleyi) is an easy-to-care-for houseplant that can flourish for years, said Lyn Chimera in this article in the most recent edition of WNY Gardening Matters. “I still have a large plant that started out as a cutting from my mother over 50 years ago,” she said. Learn more about Christmas cactuses– and Thanksgiving cactuses, too– as well as how to care for them, in the article. Also in this edition is a graphic on principles of permaculture…....

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Mar 22, 2022

Last day to enter prize drawing worth nearly $500– tell your friends!

by Connie Oswald Stofko Tell your friends that today, Tuesday, March 22, is the last day to enter to win a gardener’s prize package worth nearly $500. All they have to do to enter is subscribe to Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com. And it’s free to subscribe! Welcome new subscribers! Shout out to my loyal readers from past years! If you have already subscribed, you are already in the prize drawing! But if you haven’t subscribed, do it today. You will automatically be entered into our prize drawing…....

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Mar 22, 2022

looking through door to garden at Plantasia 2019 created by Dore

Plantasia is back with gardens, seminars, vendors & more!

by Connie Oswald Stofko Plantasia, Western New York’s premier garden and landscape show, is back after a two-year hiatus because of the pandemic. Plantasia will be held from Thursday to Sunday, March 17 to 20, at the Fairgrounds Event Center and Artisan Hall, 5820 South Park Ave., Buffalo. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. You can buy tickets online or at the door. Here are a couple new things…...

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Mar 15, 2022

More from the seven-garden guy in Amherst

by Connie Oswald Stofko You don’t have to know everything about gardening to enjoy a wonderful garden. “If you ask me the name of the plant, I have no idea,” said Jim Bardot, who has seven magnificent gardens in his front yard in Amherst. If you’re a gardener who doesn’t like to keep track of plant names, don’t let that hold you back. Get inspiration from what Bardot has accomplished. See an overview of his front yard here and see…...

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Mar 15, 2022

Final week to enter prize drawing for gardeners in Western New York

by Connie Oswald Stofko I hope you’re enjoying all the features of Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com: ideas from other Western New York gardens, your favorite gardening topics, and the most up-to-date list of WNY gardening events. Please take a moment to tell your gardening friends about this great resource– and let them know that they have only one week left to enter our prize drawing. All they have to do is subscribe to Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com, and it’s free to subscribe! Have you already subscribed?…...

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Mar 15, 2022

Haworthia succulents in Williamsville NY

One thing you didn’t know about succulents; find out more at Mischler’s

by Connie Oswald Stofko You might already know that succulents are easy to care for. You don’t need to fuss with them. They don’t need much water. And they don’t need a lot of light. But did you know that some succulents need more light than other succulents? We’ll discuss that in this article, and you can get more details on the best growing conditions for succulents in a talk at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 12 at Mischler’s Florist and…...

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Mar 8, 2022

Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens in summer

Welcome to our new subscribers– please tell your gardening friends!

by Connie Oswald Stofko I want to welcome all of our new subscribers! Maybe you heard about us from the email sent out by the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, noticed something on social media or heard about us from friends. No matter how you heard about us, we’re glad you’re here! Please tell your gardening friends! Now that you have subscribed, you’ll receive all of our great gardening tips, plus you are automatically entered into our prize drawing!…...

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Mar 8, 2022