tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post1798455313591931580..comments2024-03-28T23:26:03.307-04:00Comments on ArtofGardening.org: What is a Buffalo-style garden?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-18790359652157295072010-12-18T23:36:56.923-05:002010-12-18T23:36:56.923-05:00What a wonderful post and analysis of the gardenin...What a wonderful post and analysis of the gardening community in Buffalo. What I notice from living here, but not being a native, is that there really is a sense of community. Neighbors share gardening ideas, plants, community spirit of place, and their creativity with one another. Gardening is infectious in Buffalo, more so than competitive I think. I did not realize that their are no professionals on the Walk. That astounds me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-74265120110102880352010-12-18T11:38:54.691-05:002010-12-18T11:38:54.691-05:00Rebecca,
We're anxious to have you visit!
ASP...Rebecca,<br />We're anxious to have you visit!<br /><br />ASP,<br />Thanks for commenting! Your article last year is an oft-quoted gem we use in grant pitches for foundations. I have visited your "backdrops site" before and on the Photobucket site and had passed those links onto the Garden Walk gardeners a while back. The "Buffalo-style" is going to be used going forward with gardening projects in Buffalo, from the National Garden Festival Front Yard competition to community garden makeovers. You've provided us with a big idea. Royalty checks should start flooding in any minute now.<br /><br />Greensparrow/Joseph,<br />How eloquent you are! Thanks for that expansion on what makes a Buffalo garden unique. We have created a community of gardeners (more than 350 and counting on Garden Walk, more than 1,000 on ALL the garden tours in the area). I somehow didn't think that was different from other cities.<br /><br />Tom,<br />I'm going to have to start paying more attention to Great Lakes gardens! I would say that our gardens are less "polished" than both coasts. I attribute that to not having schooled garden designers creating our gardens they happen more "organically."<br /><br />Sherlock Street,<br />If you do get here for a Garden Walk, please stop by. No lawn for myself is because I'm lazy and hate mowing, not some ecological puritanism on my behalf.<br /><br />AllaBecker,<br />How did his happen? Funny you should ask. An associate professor of sociology at a local college is conducting a research study about "the importance gardening in the context of voluntary associations and civic responsibility, and the effects of gardening on the civic image and revitalization of Buffalo, New York." Once completed, you can be sure I'll report about it here. Its purpose is to shed some light on what's happening in Buffalo to hopefully benefit other cites, especially those in the "rust-belt."jim/ArtofGardeninghttp://artofgardeningbuffalo.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-1521327788540782872010-12-18T10:40:12.838-05:002010-12-18T10:40:12.838-05:00The Buffalo style garden is a regional phenomenon....The Buffalo style garden is a regional phenomenon. I agree with Joseph that gardeners who are surrounded by other gardens inspire each other to do greater things.<br />However, to see so many gardeners living side by side in America, is unusual. The question is how did this happen? The short growing season ought to have had the opposite effect and it didn't. That is fascinating.allanbecker-gardenguruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249183285802762125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-78467866934135831962010-12-17T23:25:13.395-05:002010-12-17T23:25:13.395-05:00I would love to do the garden walk in Buffalo! I&...I would love to do the garden walk in Buffalo! I'm all for no lawn. The colors and variety there is amazing.Gardener on Sherlock Streethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367115529793643362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-64272135654821610622010-12-17T19:44:11.405-05:002010-12-17T19:44:11.405-05:00Those are some beautiful gardens! I think there i...Those are some beautiful gardens! I think there is kind of a midwestern-great lakes style of gardening. I've seen stylistically similar gardens in both Chicago and Minneapolis but nothing like that on either coast. I think non-coastal areas have a certain quirkiness that allows for a more "fun" and personal feeling to the gardens. The gardens are first and foremost for them, it just so happens that everyone gets to enjoy it.Tomhttp://theatrumbotanicum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-26534104572367587332010-12-17T15:00:58.397-05:002010-12-17T15:00:58.397-05:00I really noticed the sense of... community, I gues...I really noticed the sense of... community, I guess in the gardens. Because these are gardens created by gardeners who actually live next to each other, I really felt like the gardens on a given block played off each other -- instead of going to professionals or magazines for ideas, they're going to their neighbors, making for a strong sense of continuity in the gardens. Though intensely personal, each garden also felt pat of a large community. As a gardener who has always lived around non-gardeners, that really appealed to me.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433418903218452909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-25658014928092417952010-12-17T08:26:02.413-05:002010-12-17T08:26:02.413-05:00Thanks for noticing my little mash note to Buffalo...Thanks for noticing my little mash note to Buffalo and the Garden Walk. On this year's walk, I tried to catch backdrops and other interesting surroundings in most photos, available here:<br /><br />http://xpostfactoid.blogspot.com/2010/07/buffalo-backdrops.htmlAndrew Sprunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-37096819213111309992010-12-17T06:59:35.589-05:002010-12-17T06:59:35.589-05:00We've not made the "WALK" yet - but ...We've not made the "WALK" yet - but believe me, we've put next year's dates on our calendar. We admire Buffalo style! Can't wait!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com