by Connie Oswald Stofko A cat is curled up in one of the Adirondack chairs at the koi pond. On the table rests a goblet filled with Merlot, and the glass dome has been removed from a plate of cheese. “It’s a miniature fantasy,” said Dan Meyer, greenhouse associate at Mischler’sFlorist and Greenhouses, 118 South Forest Rd., Williamsville. “It’s a comfortable setting that makes you feel good. And you’re telling a story with plants.” The miniature garden above has many…...
Membership to Botanical Gardens is part of prize package– enter to win today!
by Connie Oswald Stofko Enter for the chance to win a membership to the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens and other wonderful prizes simply by subscribing to Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com, the online gardening magazine for Western New York. The prize package is valued at more than $150. It’s free to subscribe! Three winners will be selected at random from our list of subscribers. The deadline to enter is Tuesday, April 1, 2014. If you are one of the lucky winners, here’s…...
Erie County Cooperative Extension to hold daylong gardening class in April, again in May
A daylong seminar called the 2014 Communities in Bloom Spring Gardening Class will be held in April and again in May by Cornell Cooperative Extension Erie County Master Gardeners in cooperation with Buffalo in Bloom. The cost $20. Your first chance to attend will be 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday, April 12 at the Parkside Lodge in Delaware Park, 84 Parkside Ave., Buffalo. Pre-registration is required. The deadline to register is Friday, April 4. The same seminar will be held…...
Wear your tropical shirt to Taste of Paradise at Botanical Gardens– it’s warm there!
After the winter we’ve had, the Taste of Paradise at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens will be a special treat. You can wear a tropical shirt or dress– It’s always nice and warm there. This great event will be held at 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 4 at the Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave., Buffalo. The event includes: A preview of the Spring Flower Show Delicious tidbits from Buffalo’s Best, Ilio DiPaolo’s, Lucarelli’s, Obviously Avi Catering,…...
Tell your friends– Subscribe for a chance to win one of three gardening prize packages!
by Connie Oswald Stofko I need your help today. I want to find new subscribers for Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com, the online gardening magazine for Western New York, so I’m holding a contest and offering great prizes for gardeners. Please help me spread the word by emailing this information to a friend. Or share it on on Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Twitter or your favorite social media. Or pick up the phone and call a relative. Or mention it to a coworker. If you’ve been…...
Get a sneak peek of ‘Innuendo: The Secret Sex Life of Plants,’ then see it live!
by Connie Oswald Stofko Birds do it. Bees do it. And birds and bees help plants do it. In the video below, we bring you a sneak peek of “Innuendo: The Secret Sex Life of Plants,” the kick-off presentation of Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens’ 2014 Science Café Series. In this entertaining video, David Clark, horticulture instructor at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, shows us some of the strange ways plants create more of themselves. Clark is…...
It’s time to start seeds for cool weather veggies in Western New York
by Connie Oswald Stofko It’s time to start seeds inside for cool weather vegetables such as cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower, said Julie Emerling, a grower at Lockwood’s Greenhouses, 4484 Clark St., Hamburg. Wait until the end of March to start lettuce and spinach, she said. They’re cold tolerant, but they can’t take frost the way that vegetables like cabbage can. Find out more about when to plant cool weather vegetable plants outside in this article from last year. It’s still…...
Spring is coming to Western New York, & Plantasia is bringing it!
by Connie Oswald Stofko It’s been a long winter, and I just heard that they’re forecasting more snow for Western New York. A storm, actually. Maybe even a blizzard. But take heart– Spring arrives on March 20. And even if it doesn’t feel like spring in your garden, you can count on a spring-like atmosphere at Plantasia, the garden and landscape show that bills itself as the official sponsor of spring. You’ll see 15,000 square feet of gardens filled with…...
Enter to win a prize package worth $150 by subscribing to Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com
Enter for the chance to win a prize package valued at more than $150 simply by subscribing to Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com, the online gardening magazine for Western New York. It’s free to subscribe! If you have already subscribed, you are already entered. Hey, I appreciate the support of my longtime readers! Three winners will be selected at random from our list of subscribers. The deadline to enter is Tuesday, April 1, 2014. The prizes have been donated by our three Premium Partners:…...
Winter has been bitter, but all that snow should help WNY gardens
by Connie Oswald Stofko This has been one bitterly cold winter. On the plus side, it has been snowy. You may think the cold and snow combine to create a double whammy, but when it comes to our gardens in Western New York, it would have been worse without the snow. “If you see snow, you should be happy,” said Carol Ann Harlos, Master Gardener coordinator for the Erie County Cornell Cooperative Extension. The air temperature and soil temperature can…...