by Connie Oswald Stofko Are you ready to see colorful flowers, unique garden art and an overall beautiful landscape? In this video, Jay Jinge Hu, who shares his own landscape on Open Gardens, takes us on a tour of the gardens of Mitch Flynn and Ellen Goldstein, who will again this year share their landscape on Open Gardens and Garden Walk Buffalo. Whatever you enjoy about a garden, you can probably find in these gardens. There’s the sculpture Flynn made…...
by Connie Oswald Stofko As 2023 comes to a close, it’s time to take a look at the year in gardening in Western New York. Let’s start with events. There were classes, workshops, exhibits, plant exchanges, sales and garden club meetings—all helpful and fun. (All the garden club meetings on my Events page are open to the public.) Then there were the garden walks and Open Gardens. More than 400 gardens were open for you to visit—for free! Garden Walk…...
by Connie Oswald Stofko As you walk along the driveway to the backyard, you make your first encounter with sharp angles. The vegetable beds are rectangles. Another bed is a triangle. Plant supports are triangles. “We have some circles and arcs to make the rectangular shapes more interesting,” said Paul Orrange. He and his wife Susan Orrange shared their Whiting Street landscape on the North Tonawanda Garden Walk in July. The Orranges have been in their home for about 25…...
by Connie Oswald Stofko “This is the hidden gem everyone wants to see,” said Christina Brown as she showed me the sandstone pond that is original to her house, built in 1916. It may be the only pond like it in our area. “I couldn’t make a pond like this now,” she said. “I couldn’t afford it. The cost of sandstone is ridiculous.” You can visit her landscape on Chatham Avenue during Garden Walk Buffalo, the largest garden tour in…...
by Connie Oswald Stofko “People come at five in the morning to drink their coffee in my yard,” Elizabeth Triggs said. “Every day, people come back here to read and write. It’s a community yard. You can sit down and relax.” You can visit Mrs. Triggs, as she is respectfully known in her neighborhood, on the East Side Garden Walk this weekend to find out how she and others have built strong alliances in her community. It’s a long and…...
This garden walk sponsored by Gardens Buffalo Niagara is a free citywide walking/driving tour of the gardens and public parks throughout the city/town of Lockport, New York…
This garden walk sponsored by Gardens Buffalo Niagara is a free citywide walking/driving tour of the gardens and public parks throughout the city/town of Lockport, New York…
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Visit Open Gardens in Buffalo, Lockport, Akron, Gasport, East Aurora, Elma, Holland, South Buffalo, West Seneca, Lackawanna, Lakeshore, Eden, Grand Island, Hamburg, Derby, Alden, and Lancaster. Go to: OpenGardensWNY.com. for all the information. Keep your Tours of Open Gardens Guide in the glove compartment. Exploring Buffalo Niagara gardens has become the great getaway for lovely summer days. The gardens are beautiful, there are no crowds, and the gardeners are friendly and happy to answer questions. Most gardens are generous in…
Visit Open Gardens in Buffalo, Lockport, Akron, Gasport, East Aurora, Elma, Holland, South Buffalo, West Seneca, Lackawanna, Lakeshore, Eden, Grand Island, Hamburg, Derby, Alden, and Lancaster. Go to: OpenGardensWNY.com. for all the information. Keep your Tours of Open Gardens Guide in the glove compartment. Exploring Buffalo Niagara gardens has become the great getaway for lovely summer days. The gardens are beautiful, there are no crowds, and the gardeners are friendly and happy to answer questions. Most gardens are generous in…
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