Category: Upcoming events for Buffalo area

The Green Sun Seed Library will hold its first seed and plant swap from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 9 at Sewing Souls Studio, 356 South Elmwood Ave., between Trinity and Tupper, Buffalo. Parking is available in the rear off West Tupper. You must use the West Tupper entrance; get to it from the back via the driveway on Tupper. It is hosted by Albert Brown and Heron E. Simmonds-Price. You are invited to share your seeds, plants, spring…...

You can learn new skills and become more self-sufficient through a food preservation certificate course and homesteading classes being offered this spring by the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Niagara County. Food preservation certificate course Certified master food preservation experts will host a three-day master food preserver class from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, May 2-4 at the 4-H Training Center, 4487 Lake Ave., Lockport. This comprehensive training program will go beyond the basics and teach participants how…...

The GROW Jamestown Garden Fair and Home Show will take place from from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 1 at the Northwest Arena, 319 W 3rd St., Jamestown. More than 50 vendors and 12 workshops have been lined up by the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation. A key feature of the event is the educational workshops hosted by the Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program of Chautauqua County and other area professionals. This year a dozen workshops will  focus on gardening…...

You’ll feel like you’re in the tropics when the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens holds its popular fundraiser Taste of Paradise from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 31 at the Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave., Buffalo. Tickets are on sale now. They’re $35 for Botanical Gardens members and $40 for non-members, but after March 26 they go up to $45. Buy tickets online or call 827-1584, ext. 219 to purchase over the phone. Tickets include: A sneak…...

by Connie Oswald Stofko When Lori Caso recently invited me to be on another episode of Lori & Friends, the popular cooking show on Time Warner Channel 20, I was a little nervous. She wanted me to be on so she could tell her audience about a talk I will be giving at a fundraiser for the St. Francis Guild of Mount St. Mary’s Hospital. I will present “20 Gardening Tips in 20 Minutes” at the group’s Garden Auction at…...

The Genesee County Master Gardeners will present a series of spring programs called  “Catch the Gardening Bug” at the Genesee County Cornell Cooperative Extension at 420 East Main St., Batavia. The cost is $10 per person, per class. Pre-registration is required because class size is limited. To register, contact Brandie Schultz at 585-343-3040, ext. 101 or stop by the office. All programs will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. The programs are: Thursday, March 30: Master Gardener Brenda Fox will…...

The Master Gardener Education Day for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County will again be open to the public. Register early; last year the event was open to the public for the first time and it sold out. The Education Day will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 18 at Classics V Banquet & Conference Center,  2425 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst. The deadline to register is March 14. Two nationally renowned speakers will give presentations. Ellen…...

If you like daylilies, you’ll be excited to know that the only international daylily meeting in North America will be held in nearby Mississauga, Ontario. The 21st Annual CanAm Classic will be held Friday and Saturday, May 5 and 6, at the Toronto Airport West Hotel, 5444 Dixie Rd., Mississauga. It is sponsored by Region 4 of the American Hemerocallis Society, which covers seven states and seven provinces. You don’t have to be a member of the society to attend…....