As you take photos, keep Western New York contests in mind

If you like gardening, you might like taking photos of gardens and nature. And if you’ve got some lovely shots, why not enter them into a photo contest? The deadline for the Jamestown Audubon contest is coming up quickly– June 30– but you have until Dec. 31 to get shots for the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens contest. Jamestown Audubon Society Anyone from beginners and professionals can enter their images in the fourth annual Nature Photography Contest held by…...

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June 6 is deadline to register your garden for Ken-Ton Garden Tour

The Ken-Ton Garden Tour is now accepting applications to have your garden on this year’s tour, which will be held Friday through Sunday, July  18 through 20. New this year: The Night Lights tour will be held on Friday as well as Saturday; in the past it was held on Saturday only. Hours are 8:30 to 11 p.m. both nights. The daytime tour will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Applications to have your garden…...

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Garden Walk Buffalo awards grants to community groups

Garden Walk Buffalo has awarded a total of $8,945 in 2014 Marvin Lunenfeld Beautification Grants to block clubs, non-profits and neighborhood associations for beautification projects in the neighborhoods of Garden Walk Buffalo. Award amounts are based on the overall project cost. Eligible projects are required to include matching funds from government, private contributions or volunteer sweat equity. The grants have helped to fund more than 80 garden beautification projects for a total of more than $60,000 since they began in…...

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Master Gardeners to hold events May 17 in Cattaraugus, Genesee counties

The Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners in Cattaraugus and Genesee counties will hold events on May 17. Cattaraugus County Cornell University Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners in Cattaraugus County will host a Gardening Day for interested gardeners of all levels of experience from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17 at the Ellicottville Town Center/ Cooperative Extension Center, 28 Parkside Dr., Ellicottville. The program is free and open to the public. This year’s program will feature six sessions related to…...

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Musicians, artists wanted to perform & exhibit during Lancaster Garden Walk

The Lancaster Garden Walk is looking for artists and musicians to be part of this year’s garden walk, which will be held Friday through Sunday, July 18-20 in Lancaster. The musicians and artists will not be paid, but they will be able to sell their work. Lancaster High School and the Twin Village Art Society are already involved, but more artists and musicians are needed because so many gardeners on the walk would like to host them. Musicians could perform…...

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Get ready for the 49-cent perennial sale at Mischler’s to be held April 25-May 3

The yearly 49-cent perennial sale at Mischler’s Florist and Greenhouses is so popular, the folks at Mischler’s have created a short guide with tips on how to get the most out of this awesome event. The event will be held from Friday, April 25 to Saturday, May 3 at Mischler’s,  118 South Forest Road, Williamsville. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. The plants…...

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First official Buffalo Cherry Blossom Festival set for April 23-May 4

The first official Buffalo Cherry Blossom Festival at the Japanese Garden in Buffalo will run from will run from April 23- May 4. It’s going to be a 12-day event that includes a tea ceremony, speakers, a book signing, a Cherry Blossom Ball, Japanese and Burmese dance performances, a celebrity chef food and sake tasting, an orienteering event, a cherry tree planting, a creative pink and white parade and, of course, cherry blossoms. Cherry blossoms (or “sakura” in Japanese) are…...

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Shakespeare garden planned for Karpeles Manuscript Library on Porter; fundraiser set

“At Christmas I no more desire a rose than wish snow in May’s new-fangled mirth.” Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare   by Connie Oswald Stofko Flowers, herbs and trees mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare will be featured in a new Buffalo Shakespeare Garden that is planned for the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, 453 Porter Avenue, Buffalo. The grand opening is planned for spring 2016 to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. A fundraiser for the project…...

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WNY communities honored by Tree City USA program

by Connie Oswald Stofko “We’re big about trees around here,” said Dan Stone, city arborist with the City of Jamestown Department of Parks, Recreation & Conservation. Jamestown is one of 16 Western New York communities that have been honored in the Tree City USA program for their attention to the “urban forest.” Tree City USA is a program sponsored by the National Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the state forestry agencies…....

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Trowel Talks set in Chautauqua County; helpline is open for season

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County Master Gardeners will hold Trowel Talks at libraries throughout the Chautauqua County. The April schedule is below. See a pdf that includes the May dates here. The Master Gardener Helpline in Chautauqua County has officially opened for the season. Master Gardener volunteers will be on hand from 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays at the Frank Bratt  Agricultural Center, 3542 Turner Rd., Jamestown, to answer your gardening questions. There are three ways to contact the helpline: you…...

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