The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Graycliff and three more southtowns cultural sites have teamed up to encourage visitation this summer with a brand-new Southtowns Cultural Passport. This free passport is available at all five locations. With regular admission or a tour, visitors can collect a stamp at each stop in their passport. At their final destination, they will turn the passport in be entered to win a special prize pack valued at over $450; it includes a one-year family membership…...

The Western New York Rose Society will hold its annual  Rose Show from 10 a.m.– 4 p.m. Sunday, June 11. For the first time, the show will be held at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave., Buffalo. (Go to the Administration Building.) You will be able to see the Rose Show and tour the Botanical Gardens; the show is included with admission. Get tickets here. The society members will display the best roses grown in their own…...

Are you the kind of person who likes to make sure you get to garden walks early so you can pick up a map, decide which gardens you want to see most, and still have plenty of time to visit the gardens? When you make a donation by Thursday, June 15, you can get the map for both Garden Walk Buffalo and the East Side Garden Walk mailed to you before the tours! Your donation supports not only these tours,…...

The Ken-Ton Garden Tour is now accepting applications for this year’s tour. The deadline is Friday, June 2. All gardeners in the Town of Tonawanda and Village of Kenmore are welcome to apply. You can register online; see application here. The online registration process is simple, quick, and easy to use. If you wish to apply by telephone you can contact Sandy at 716-983-6827. You may display your garden during one or more of the times listed below: Visitors to…...