Tag: Upcoming events for Buffalo area

This year the Buffalo-style Garden Art Sale has a new location– the lawn at Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave., Buffalo. Also new is that the event will be held on two days rather than one– Saturday and Sunday, June 25 and 26, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The sale is free and will be held rain or shine. It is hosted by Gardens Buffalo Niagara (formerly the National Garden Festival). Gardeners can find handcrafted…...

Barbara Ballinger, co-author of The Garden Bible: designing your perfect outdoor space, will speak about easy ways to improve your gardens in a free event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 20 in the Filling Station at Larkin Square, 745 Seneca St.,  Buffalo. The Garden Bible is filled with inspirational photos, including photos of five Buffalo gardens taken during Garden Walk Buffalo. The event is part of the Larkin Square Author Series. It will include time for you to…...

Did you ever pick flowers from your garden to display in your house, but they didn’t look like an arrangement– they just looked like flowers stuck in a vase? Whether you start with flowers from a florist or flowers from your garden, learn how to make a pleasing arrangement in workshops taught by nationally recognized horticulture instructor David Clark. The series of workshops is just one of many opportunities set at Lockwood’s Greenhouses, 4484 Clark St., Hamburg. You can help…...

A release of butterflies will officially open the Lewiston GardenFest at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 18 in Hennepin Park, corner of Fourth and Center Streets, Lewiston. The butterfly release will be hosted by Eastern Monarch Butterfly Farm. David and Alexis O’Donnell from Eastern Monarch will be available to answer questions following the release. In the event of rain, the release will occur on Sunday, June 19. The Lewiston GardenFest will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and…...

You can make your own fairy garden in a workshop at Mischler’s Florist and Greenhouses, 118 South Forest Rd., Williamsville. You can choose from morning and afternoon sessions. Morning workshops begin at 10 a.m. and afternoon workshops begin at 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 24 and 25  at Mischler’s. Each workshop will last about two hours. The cost is $30 per person per class. The price includes a 12-inch bowl, potting mix, plants, a figurine and bits of nature…....