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Coming back: Garden Walk Buffalo and East Side Garden Walk

Garden Walk Buffalo and East Side Garden Walk are coming back for in-person visits! Garden Walk Buffalo, the largest garden tour in the United States, will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 24 and 25. The East Side Garden Walk, one of the newer garden walks in Western New York, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 17. If you want to share your garden on either of these walks,…...

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Mar 30, 2021

Our prize drawing: still waiting for the third winner

by Connie Oswald Stofko I know thousands of you have been waiting to see if you are one of the three winners in our wonderful prize drawing worth $250. Two of the winners got back to me promptly, but there is no third winner yet. The person who was third on the list didn’t respond by the deadline, so I had to go to the fourth person. I’m still waiting for that person to respond. If they don’t respond in…...

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Mar 30, 2021

It’s spring in Buffalo! 7 gardening tasks you can do outside now

by Connie Oswald Stofko by Connie Oswald Stofko It’s spring on the calendar, and it feels likes spring in our gardens, too! Snowdrops and crocuses are blooming while daffodils and hyacinths are budding. It’s been sunny and warm outside! Here are a few things you can do in your spring garden in Western New York. Take a walk in your yard Pick up any trash that has blown into your yard. See if you have damage from rabbits, deer or…...

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Mar 23, 2021

Taste of Paradise is back; enjoy virtual raffle & meal to go

The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens has brought back the Taste of Paradise as a virtual event. A basket raffle with more than 50 prizes will be held online from 8 a.m. Friday, March 26 to 8 p.m. Sunday, March 28. You can also purchase a delicious meal to go, provided by Curly’s Grille. Basket raffle Prizes in the virtual basket raffle include gardening classes, memberships to the Botanical Gardens, plants, gardening tools, honey items, a bird lover’s basket,…...

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Mar 23, 2021

Last day to enter prize drawing for gardeners worth $250!

by Connie Oswald Stofko Tell your friends that today, Tuesday, March 23, is the last day to enter to win a gardener’s prize package worth more than $250. 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…...

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Mar 23, 2021

spring flowers at Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens

Enjoy gardens full of spring blooms at Botanical Gardens

Enjoy the color and aroma of spring flowers during the Spring Exhibit to be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 20 through Sunday, April 18 at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave., Buffalo. The exhibit is included with admission. The displays will include more than 22,000 spring bulbs. A new plant to see in the exhibit this year is Pink Dandelions, a wildflower from central Asia that has a yellow center surrounded…...

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Mar 16, 2021

Spotlight on ‘Brandywise’ tomato & more from Master Gardeners

The ‘Brandywise’ tomato is said to pair the rich heirloom flavor of ‘Brandywine’ with disease resistance. Twenty Master Gardeners trialed it last year and it lived up to the hype, according to an article in the newest edition of WNY Gardening Matters, produced by the Master Gardeners of Cornell Cooperative Extension in Erie County. ‘Brandywise’ was very tasty and firm, free of diseases, prolific and easy to grow. The tomatoes ranged from three to five inches in diameter. See more…...

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Mar 16, 2021

Gardens Buffalo Niagara's Garden Art Sale

Garden Art Sale is coming back; sign up as vendor by April 15

___ The Buffalo Style Garden Art Sale will be back in 2021 after a COVID year off! The deadline to sign up as a vendor is Thursday, April 15. For fees, rules and regulations, visit GardenArtSale.com. This popular summer craft sale will be held Saturday and Sunday, June 26 and 27 on the grounds of the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens. There will be live music, food trucks, plant society booths and a basket raffle. Info for vendors The items for sale…...

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Mar 16, 2021

Only one week left to enter our prize drawing; tell your friends!

by Connie Oswald Stofko Hurry to enter our spectacular prize drawing! The deadline is a week from today, March 23. To enter, just subscribe to Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com, the online gardening magazine for Western New York. It’s free to subscribe! Have you already subscribed? Then you are already entered. I appreciate my current readers! If you are one of the three lucky winners, here’s what you’ll get: There will be three winners and each winner will receive all of the prizes: all those gift certificates, the houseplant…...

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Mar 15, 2021

Mark your calendar for Foliage Friday & Succulent Saturday at Mischler’s

by Connie Oswald Stofko Get bargains on houseplants and succulents during Foliage Friday and Succulent Saturday, March 19 and 20 at Mischler’s Florist and Greenhouses, 118 South Forest Rd., Williamsville. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Sale prices will be in effect both days for both houseplants and succulents. Shop early for the best selection. The entire collection of more than 100 varieties of succulents will be on sale. Succulents in…...

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Mar 9, 2021