Tag: Upcoming events for Buffalo area

by Connie Oswald Stofko Sometimes people steal my photos, and when I find out, it upsets me. When I tell the thieves that I have caught them and they must take my photo off their website, they’re often upset, too, because they didn’t know they were doing anything wrong. Many people think that they can take any photo they find on the Internet and use it on their own blog or website. It’s okay, they think, as long as they indicate where…...

by Connie Oswald Stofko It’s the sale that gardeners wait all year for— Mischler’s 49-cent perennial sale. Since it comes around only once a year, you should do a little preparation so you can make the most of it. The sale will be held Friday, April 24 to Sunday, May 3 at Mischler’s Florist and Greenhouses, 118 South Forest Rd., Williamsville. (Please note that it starts this Friday; I had the starting date wrong last week.) Sale hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday…...

You can rent a plot in the community garden at Lockwood’s Greenhouses, 4484 Clark St., Hamburg. You don’t have to live in Hamburg; anyone can rent a plot. Lockwood’s has set aside a portion of its farmland for the community garden. It has divided the garden into parcels 4 feet wide by 50 feet long; the square footage is the size of an average home vegetable garden. There are also smaller parcels available, which are 4 feet wide by 23 feet long…....

Two kids’ workshops on making a fairy garden as well as a display of kids’ fairy and gnome houses will be highlights of the Fairy and Gnome Festival to be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 9 at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave., Buffalo. The festival is included with admission. Activities for children include a special scavenger hunt, story time and nature walks. If you wear a costume, you get $1 off admission. The price is $9…...

by Connie Oswald Stofko I  will present “45 Gardening Tips in 45 Minutes” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 23 in the main office at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 4000 Elmwood Ave., Kenmore. This will be the first in a new series of talks at the cemetery called Live Your Legacy Workshops.  All programs are free and open to the public. I will share some of the best tips I discovered as I interviewed home gardeners and gardening experts. I have discovered…...

by Connie Oswald Stofko I will present “45 Gardening Tips in 45 Minutes” at the meeting of the East Aurora Garden Club on Monday, April 13 at St. Mathias Episcopal Church, 374 Main St., East Aurora. Luncheon is at noon, followed by a short business meeting, with the presentation at 1 p.m. In my presentation, I’ll share some of the best tips I discovered as I have interviewed home gardeners and gardening experts in the past several years for Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com,…...

Vendors must sign up by April 15 for the annual Garden Art Sale, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 28 at the Parkside Lodge in Delaware Park, Buffalo. This is an event of Garden Walk Buffalo Niagara (formerly the National Garden Festival.) The organizers are looking for vendors of arts and crafts inspired by the garden and to put in a garden, including statuary made of copper, steel, glass, stone, concrete and wood; hand-crafted furniture and…...