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Congratulations to the three lucky winners of gardening prizes in our drawing!

by Connie Oswald Stofko Please help me congratulate the three lucky winners in our recent drawing held by Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com. They are: Michelle Jusiak of Orchard Park Amy Myers of Cheektowaga Roxann MacKay Burton of Ridgeway, Ontario The names were drawn at random on Wednesday. Everyone who was subscribed to Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com by March 31 was entered into the drawing. I’m happy to have so many new subscribers, and I love my loyal readers, too! Each winner receives all of these prizes: A one-year family…...

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Apr 7, 2015

Fascinating green roof project under way in Springville; you can help

by Connie Oswald Stofko The Springville Center for the Arts is seeking volunteers to start seedlings for its green roof project. You’ll get seeds that you are asked to start in containers and nurture until they’re ready to be transplanted onto the green roof. You don’t have to live in Springville to participate. In addition to the seedling program, volunteers are needed for the installation of the green roof on the building that the arts center is rehabilitating at 5 East Main…...

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Mar 31, 2015

Lewiston GardenFest accepting applications for garden walk, vendors

The Lewiston GardenFest, presented by the Lewiston Garden Club, is accepting applications from Lewiston residents interested in showcasing their gardens as well as from vendors who want to exhibit. The deadline is May 1. The event, which is celebrating its tenth year, will be held from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 20 and 21 along Center Street in the Village of Lewiston. Lewiston residents can showcase their gardens during the garden walk or open gardens portion of the weekend. You…...

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Mar 31, 2015

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Last DAY to enter for gardening prize package worth more than $200

by Connie Oswald Stofko Tell your friends that they have until midnight tonight, Tuesday, March 31, to enter to win a gardener’s prize package worth more than $200. All they have to do to enter is to subscribe to Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com. And it’s free to subscribe! Here’s how we will decide the winner. After midnight, I will get a numbered list of all the subscribers. I’ll use Random.org to generate a list of random numbers. The names that correspond with the…...

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Mar 31, 2015

Welcome new subscribers; tell your friends this is last week to enter drawing

by Connie Oswald Stofko I’d like to welcome all of the folks who stopped by our booth at Plantasia last week and subscribed to Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com. I’d also like to welcome my new subscribers who responded to the email sent out by the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens to its members. Thank you so much for subscribing! It was so busy at Plantasia that we didn’t get a chance to mention to all of you that we are running a…...

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Mar 24, 2015

Jamestown Audubon photo by winner Taegan Smith

Audubon Nature Center is holding photography contest; June 30 is deadline to enter

Tuesday, June 30 is the deadline to enter the 2015 Nature Photography Contest held by the Audubon Nature Center in Jamestown. “If you don’t have a photo you’ve already taken that you want to enter, there is plenty of time to get outdoors and do some shooting,” said Jennifer Schlick, Audubon Nature Center program director. “Part of our mission is to connect people with nature. The photo contest helps us fulfill that mission in two ways: The photographer connects with nature while…...

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Mar 24, 2015

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$1,500 scholarship offered by Amherst Garden Club

The Amherst Garden Club is offering a $1,500 scholarship to an Erie or Niagara County resident who is studying or is planning to study horticulture, environmental sciences, landscaping and other approved programs. Anyone interested should email Sandy Witman at inventiongirl1@roadrunner.com for an application. Applications are due May 15…....

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Mar 24, 2015

Membership to Botanical Gardens is part of $200 prize package– It’s free to enter!

Enter for the chance to win a prize package valued at more than $200, including a membership to the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, simply by subscribing to Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com, the online gardening magazine for Western New York. It’s free to subscribe! If you are 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. Each will win a prize package worth more…...

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Mar 17, 2015

Look for a new name for gardening events: Garden Walk Buffalo Niagara

by Connie Oswald Stofko The garden walks, Open Gardens and other great events that you have associated with the National Garden Festival will now come under a new name: Garden Walk Buffalo Niagara. While the National Garden Festival was able to publicize these events, it didn’t have the infrastructure, network of volunteers or funding to be sustainable on its own. Last year it was announced that the National Garden Festival would be absorbed by Garden Walk Buffalo, the largest garden…...

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Mar 17, 2015

Subscribe for a chance to win one of three gardening prize packages!

Enter for the chance to win a prize package valued at more than $200 simply by subscribing to Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com, the online gardening magazine for Western New York. It’s free to subscribe! If you are 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. Each will win a prize package worth more than $200! The deadline to enter is Tuesday, March 31, 2015…....

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Feb 26, 2015