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Let readers know about your organization’s events– It’s free!

by Connie Oswald Stofko If you want people to come to your plant exchange or visit your garden walk or hear the speaker at your next meeting, send us the information for that event. On our Events page, we post the information for gardening events. If you’re in a nonprofit organization, we’ll post your event for free! The events must be open to the public. If you’re going to have a private meeting in someone’s home or if there’s a…...

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Video: Current trends in floral design with Mischler’s

by Connie Oswald Stofko Since it’s the beginning of a new year, we thought it would be fun to look at some of the current trends in floral design. In this video, Maggie Wittmer, floral designer at Mischler’s Florist and Greenhouses, leads us through the new styles. Some trends, such as smaller, compact designs in flower arrangements, have evolved for practical reasons. Some people simply don’t have a lot of room to display a huge arrangement at home or on…

You’ll like how we’ve improved our website

by Connie Oswald Stofko I’m so happy to unveil the new features of the Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com website. It’s sleeker and less cluttered, so you should be able to find what you’re looking for more easily. I hope you like the large photo with the main feature article. Below that are this week’s other articles. It’s presented this way because readers requested a way to see the previous week’s articles. Sometimes people threw out my email before they read an issue and…...

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Lumagination at Buffalo Erie County Botanical Gardens

Get tickets for Lumagination launch party before price goes up; display goes until Feb. 20

Be the first to see Lumagination, the wildly popular event where the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens are lit up after dark, at the launch party to be held from 6 to 9 p.m.  Tuesday, Jan. 26 at the Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave., Buffalo. Tickets for the launch party include cocktails from Ketel One Vodka, Bulleit Bourbon and Nolet Gin, wine, beer, light appetizers from Tonawanda Castle Catering, a basket raffle and the inside scoop on this…

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Genesee County to host Garden Talk series

The Genesee County Master Gardeners will host their 2016 Garden Talk series during the lunch hour from 12:15 p.m. until 12:45 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month from February through November at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Office, 420 E. Main St., Batavia. There is no registration required and the admission is free. February 2–“Creating a Garden Journal” This program will discuss the benefits of keeping a journal and what information will be important for the future of your…...

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Reinstein Woods is taking orders until Feb. 5 for native wildflowers, ferns

Friends of Reinstein Woods are holding a native perennial plant sale. You can order online. Orders must be received by Friday, Feb. 5. See the list of available plants here. All plants come as seedlings in a six-inch pot. Plant pickup is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, May 22 at Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve, 93 Honorine Drive, Depew. For more information, call 683-5959. Part of the mission of the Friends of Reinstein Woods is to help protect and…...

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Record-breaking temperatures marked 2015: A look back at the year in gardening

by Connie Oswald Stofko Yesterday I turned off the heat and opened the windows– and the temperature in my house went up a degree! Yesterday’s high of 71 set a record for Dec. 14. The previous record for that date, set in 1901, was only 64. Another record is our lack of measurable snow so far this season. The previous record was set in 1899, when we went until Dec. 3 with no snow to speak of. Here it is…...

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When you need a little gift, the mini-mini succulent garden is just right

When you’re looking for a little something for someone on your Christmas list, check out the mini-mini succulent gardens at Mischler’s Florist and Greenhouses, 118 South Forest Rd., Williamsville. You can give these adorable dish gardens as a token of appreciation for your child’s teacher or for the neighbor who shovels your sidewalk. Because they’re small, they can easily fit on the window sill of someone in a nursing home. And succulents are super easy to care for, so even…...

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Sneak peek: We’re getting a new look in January

by Connie Oswald Stofko Here’s a sneak peek at the new look for the Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com website. This is just a picture to give you an idea of what it will look like, but by the time I resume publishing Jan. 19, the new look will be operational and have more new articles for you to enjoy. The new look will be sleeker and less cluttered, so you’ll be able to find what you’re looking for more easily. I’m thrilled that…...

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Brown marmorated stink bug

There’s a new bug in Western New York and it might eat plants in your garden

by Dana Santasiero There’s a new bug in Western New York and there are two main things you need to know about it. First, the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) is called a stink bug because when you step on it, it smells. Second, it could eat the plants in your garden. The good news is even though it is big and ugly, it won’t hurt you. You might find it in your house over the winter but it’ll just be…...

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