Look for a new name for gardening events: Garden Walk Buffalo Niagara

by Connie Oswald Stofko The garden walks, Open Gardens and other great events that you have associated with the National Garden Festival will now come under a new name: Garden Walk Buffalo Niagara. While the National Garden Festival was able to publicize these events, it didn’t have the infrastructure, network of volunteers or funding to be sustainable on its own. Last year it was announced that the National Garden Festival would be absorbed by Garden Walk Buffalo, the largest garden…...

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Plantasia plans new events including tea party, craft beer night and visit by fairy tale princesses

Reservations are due tomorrow, March 11 for one of several new events at Plantasia— a garden tea party. The tea party will be held at noon Thursday, March 19 at Plantasia in the Fairgrounds Event Center, 5820 South Park Avenue, Hamburg. The menu will include salad, sandwiches, desserts and a variety of teas. The cost is $22.95 and includes the cost of admission to Plantasia. For more information, email Helen, the tea party hostess, at marklyn1@verizon.net or contact the Plantasia…...

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Grow Jamestown offers a week of gardening events, plus garden fair March 21

The fourth annual Grow Jamestown Garden Fair has been expanded to include a week of educational workshops, demonstrations and other activities centered on agriculture and education. The week of events will take place Monday through Friday, March 16-20. It will culminate  with the Garden Fair from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the Lillian Vitanza Ney Renaissance Center,  119-121 West 3rd St. (corner of Washington and 3rd), Jamestown. “There is something for everyone this year,” said Mary…...

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Free Trowel Talks set by Master Gardeners for March, April in Chautauqua County

The first two talks in a series called Trowel Talks will be presented today, Tuesday, March 10, by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County Master Gardeners. “Adaptive Gardening” will be presented at 6:30 p.m.  in Myers Memorial Library (Frewsburg), 6 Falconer St., Frewsburg. “Propagating Houseplants” will be presented at 7 p.m.  in the Mayville Library, 92 S Erie St., Mayville. The Trowel Talk series will be held during March and April at libraries throughout Chautauqua County. The talks are free…....

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Hear ‘ 45 Gardening Tips in 45 Minutes’ at WNY Herb Study Group at Botanical Gardens

by Connie Oswald Stofko I’ll present “45 Gardening Tips in 45 Minutes” at the meeting of the Western New York Herb Study Group at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 11 in the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave., Buffalo. 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, the online gardening magazine for Western New York. I have…...

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Three plant sales set at Botanical Gardens: orchids, bulbs & Great Plant Sale

by Connie Oswald Stofko Three different plant sales are set at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave., Buffalo. First is the orchid sale, which will take place from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, March 7 in the Administration Building. The sale will include all types of orchids from the the recent orchid exhibit as well as orchids from the Botanical Gardens’ collection. You may want to get there early; the sale will continue only…...

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Hear 45 Gardening Tips in 45 Minutes with Springville garden club

by Connie Oswald Stofko I’ll present “45 Gardening Tips in 45 Minutes” at the meeting of the Scene Garden Club at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 9 at Loves, Inc., 64 East Main St., Springville. 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, the online gardening magazine for Western New York. I have to average one tip per minute, so it’s…

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Storm damage: Free talk at Lockwood’s will explain what you can do

There was the Snowvember storm in 2014, which brought down trees and damaged mature shrubs. Even if you were lucky enough to have missed that, all of us in Western New York have experienced high winds, heavy snow and brutally cold temperatures this winter. And every year many gardeners contend with deer and rabbits, which can cause damage to our landscapes. Find out what you can do about damage to your landscape at a free talk by gardening expert Sally…...

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Genesee County Master Gardeners to hold lunchtime talks, evening dessert series

The Genesee County Master Gardeners will hold two discussion series: a new lunchtime garden series called Garden Talk  and a Coffee and Dessert Series in the evening. Both will be held in the Cooperative Extension office,  420 E. Main St., Batavia. More information and other Master Gardener events will be posted on the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Genesee County website and on their Facebook page. Garden Talk at lunchtime A new series called Garden Talk will be held from 12:15…...

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Hear talks, visit vendors this week at WNY Home & Garden Expo at Fairgrounds

by Connie Oswald Stofko You can find out about gardening as well as home improvement this week at the 10th annual WNY Home & Garden Expo at the Event Center at the Fairgrounds, 5600 McKinley Pkwy., Hamburg. Hours are 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb 19; noon to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22. Tickets are $7 at the door or $6 online. On-site…...

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