Great Plant Sale online

The Great Plant Sale is back at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens exclusively ONLINE for 2024. The horticulture team hand selected unique plant varieties that you won't find at your local nursery. Grab your jammies, snuggle up on the couch and shop for your dream garden. Plants will be available for purchasing ONLINE ONLY through MAY 4.  Pick up will take place May 17 and 18 (no plant sale on site this year).  For more information and to view the plant lists go

Chromatic Organics at Botanical Gardens

Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, New York, United States

The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens has an art installation opening on January 25. Chromatic Organics combines the fluidity of the natural world with the rigidity of metal structures. Featuring the work of Jon Allen, this art installation is a first-of-its-kind for the Buffalo Botanical Gardens. These wonderful spiraling spires will add a pop of color to both the Orchid Exhibit and Spring Flower Exhibit. Enjoy viewing these sculptures from every angle, each twisting curve transforming the pieces into completely different shapes.

Event Series Orchid Exhibit

Orchid Exhibit

Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, New York, United States

Buffalo's winter weather won't stop the tropical blooms at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. There is a brand new Orchid Exhibit where you can experience the collections like never before, as hundreds of exquisite epiphytes wrap their roots into a series of beautiful displays throughout the conservatory. Orchids of all colors and kinds will bring an exciting pop of color to our collections. Also featured during the Orchid Exhibit is a unique art installation, Chromatic Organics. These metal

Event Series Spring Flower Exhibit

Spring Flower Exhibit

Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, New York, United States

Spring has finally sprung and as the snow outside starts to melt, enjoy the brilliant blooms of the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens' Spring Flower Exhibit. Experience fragrant hyacinths, vibrant daffodils, colorful tulips, and more. These beautiful bursts of color will put you in the perfect mood for spring. Also featured during the exhibit is a unique art installation, Chromatic Organics. These metal sculptures, twisted and turned into natural shapes, add even more color to the Spring Flower Exhibit. The

Event Series Seeking Apricity

Seeking Apricity

Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, New York, United States

The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens is hosting a new exhibition by Elizabeth Gatto. This exhibition is a collective of works meant to warm the soul. When the sun hits your skin on a winter's day, you are flooded with memories of June, July, and August. For just a moment we stir from our hibernation. Many of the pieces in this collection were created in the coldest of months, when the sun was hard to find. Elizabeth Gatto uses

Graycliff Winter Tour

Graycliff Estate 6472 Old Lakeshore Rd., Derby

Though designed as the Martin family summer home on Lake Erie, Graycliff is open for tours year round. The “Winter Tour,” which runs through March, is a seasonally-adjusted experience at a reduced rate. On this tour, you and your party will lightly explore the grounds before touring both floors of the beautifully-restored main house. This tour lasts 75 to 90 minutes, and is a great way to take in the beauty of Wright's ambitious summer home during an unexpected...

Deadline for Natural Areas Survey

Do you own or manage natural areas that are or could be forested? The Division of Lands and Forests is conducting a survey to learn more about how public and private forest land is being managed, as well as the tree planting potential for lands that are not currently forested (for example, lawns, grassland, shrubland, vineland, wetlands, and previously developed sites). The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will use this data to help with reforestation and afforestation (creating

Great Plant Sale online

The Great Plant Sale is back at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens exclusively ONLINE for 2024. The horticulture team hand selected unique plant varieties that you won't find at your local nursery. Grab your jammies, snuggle up on the couch and shop for your dream garden. Plants will be available for purchasing ONLINE ONLY through MAY 4.  Pick up will take place May 17 and 18 (no plant sale on site this year).  For more information and to view the plant lists go

Chromatic Organics at Botanical Gardens

Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, New York, United States

The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens has an art installation opening on January 25. Chromatic Organics combines the fluidity of the natural world with the rigidity of metal structures. Featuring the work of Jon Allen, this art installation is a first-of-its-kind for the Buffalo Botanical Gardens. These wonderful spiraling spires will add a pop of color to both the Orchid Exhibit and Spring Flower Exhibit. Enjoy viewing these sculptures from every angle, each twisting curve transforming the pieces into completely different shapes.

Event Series Orchid Exhibit

Orchid Exhibit

Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, New York, United States

Buffalo's winter weather won't stop the tropical blooms at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. There is a brand new Orchid Exhibit where you can experience the collections like never before, as hundreds of exquisite epiphytes wrap their roots into a series of beautiful displays throughout the conservatory. Orchids of all colors and kinds will bring an exciting pop of color to our collections. Also featured during the Orchid Exhibit is a unique art installation, Chromatic Organics. These metal

Event Series Spring Flower Exhibit

Spring Flower Exhibit

Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, New York, United States

Spring has finally sprung and as the snow outside starts to melt, enjoy the brilliant blooms of the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens' Spring Flower Exhibit. Experience fragrant hyacinths, vibrant daffodils, colorful tulips, and more. These beautiful bursts of color will put you in the perfect mood for spring. Also featured during the exhibit is a unique art installation, Chromatic Organics. These metal sculptures, twisted and turned into natural shapes, add even more color to the Spring Flower Exhibit. The

Event Series Seeking Apricity

Seeking Apricity

Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, New York, United States

The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens is hosting a new exhibition by Elizabeth Gatto. This exhibition is a collective of works meant to warm the soul. When the sun hits your skin on a winter's day, you are flooded with memories of June, July, and August. For just a moment we stir from our hibernation. Many of the pieces in this collection were created in the coldest of months, when the sun was hard to find. Elizabeth Gatto uses

Graycliff Winter Tour

Graycliff Estate 6472 Old Lakeshore Rd., Derby

Though designed as the Martin family summer home on Lake Erie, Graycliff is open for tours year round. The “Winter Tour,” which runs through March, is a seasonally-adjusted experience at a reduced rate. On this tour, you and your party will lightly explore the grounds before touring both floors of the beautifully-restored main house. This tour lasts 75 to 90 minutes, and is a great way to take in the beauty of Wright's ambitious summer home during an unexpected...

Free workshop: native plants

Massachusetts Avenue Project 387 Massachusetts Ave., Buffalo, New York, United States

A free workshop series will be held by Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP), Urban Roots Cooperative Market and Grassroots Gardens of WNY. Explore the importance of native plants and how to use them in this workshop from noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 30 at MAP, 387 Massachusetts Ave., Buffalo. Space is limited and registration is required. To register, contact Events@grassrootsgardens.org or 405-473-4209.