Talks & presentations

For this free lecture, Lockwood’s is partnering with local expert, Judith Niemira, from the African Violet and Gesneriad Society of Western New York. She will be speaking on African Violets and their Gesneriad plant cousins. Judith will also demonstrate how to repot an African Violet. To learn more about the African Violet Society or to join their group, please contact AVGSWNY@gmail.com To register, call the store (716-649-4684) or email at orders@weknowplants.com....

Maggie Mecca, Master Gardener Volunteer with Cornell Cooperative Extension in Erie County, will speak at the Hulbert Library in Springville on “Gardening Tool of the Future: Your Smartphone.” Smartphone apps can transform the way you garden! Learn how to use apps for plant identification, garden planning, planting advice, and keeping a photographic journal. Make the most of your garden with these tech-savvy tools. This program is a collaboration with the library and Grow With Springville, a volunteer collaborative focusing on the advocacy...

Kathy Contrino of CW Native Plant Farm will discuss what it means to be a native gardener at the Grand Island Library, 1715 Bedell Rd., Grand Island. The event is being organized by the Grand Island Nature Alliance. With native gardening, what do you think about and where do you begin? Whether you live in a rural, suburban or urban community, the values and approaches are the same, but the answers may take each gardener to a different place. To...

The Garden Speaker Series at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens is offering a presentation on invasive species. Join Andrea Locke, WNY PRISM Coordinator, to discuss the landscape impacts of invasive species and how managing invasive species at home can improve both your yard and the surrounding environment. Invasive species pose a significant threat to the environment, economy, and human health, but there are things each of us can do to help address these issues, starting in our own backyards. We’ll...

Hellebores are perennial plants and are easy to grow in shady conditions and happen to flower in the winter. Learn more about cultivation these beauties in this lecture at the Orchard Park Public Library. Registration is required. Contact the Orchard Park Public Library at (716) 662-9851....