Category: Upcoming events for Buffalo area

You can rent a plot in the community garden at Lockwood’s Greenhouses, 4484 Clark St., Hamburg. You don’t have to live in Hamburg; anyone can rent a plot. Lockwood’s has set aside a portion of its farmland for the community garden. It has divided the garden into parcels 4 feet wide by 50 feet long; the square footage is the size of an average home vegetable garden. There are also smaller parcels available, which are 4 feet wide by 23 feet long…....

Two kids’ workshops on making a fairy garden as well as a display of kids’ fairy and gnome houses will be highlights of the Fairy and Gnome Festival to be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 9 at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave., Buffalo. The festival is included with admission. Activities for children include a special scavenger hunt, story time and nature walks. If you wear a costume, you get $1 off admission. The price is $9…...

by Connie Oswald Stofko I  will present “45 Gardening Tips in 45 Minutes” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 23 in the main office at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 4000 Elmwood Ave., Kenmore. This will be the first in a new series of talks at the cemetery called Live Your Legacy Workshops.  All programs are free and open to the public. I will share some of the best tips I discovered as I interviewed home gardeners and gardening experts. I have discovered…...

by Connie Oswald Stofko I will present “45 Gardening Tips in 45 Minutes” at the meeting of the East Aurora Garden Club on Monday, April 13 at St. Mathias Episcopal Church, 374 Main St., East Aurora. Luncheon is at noon, followed by a short business meeting, with the presentation at 1 p.m. In my presentation, I’ll share some of the best tips I discovered as I have interviewed home gardeners and gardening experts in the past several years for Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com,…...

Vendors must sign up by April 15 for the annual Garden Art Sale, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 28 at the Parkside Lodge in Delaware Park, Buffalo. This is an event of Garden Walk Buffalo Niagara (formerly the National Garden Festival.) The organizers are looking for vendors of arts and crafts inspired by the garden and to put in a garden, including statuary made of copper, steel, glass, stone, concrete and wood; hand-crafted furniture and…...

by Connie Oswald Stofko With this warm weather we’ve had lately (highs above freezing and even reaching the 40s!), enough snow has melted that I got a peek at the garden along my house. The hyacinths and daffodils are popping up, but they’re short and it will be awhile before they bloom. Fortunately, we don’t have to wait to experience spring flowers. The Spring Flower Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 21 to Sunday,…...