tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38775909652510142222024-03-19T03:34:11.646-04:00ArtofGardening.orgGarden travel, ideas, inspiration and great Buffalo, NY gardens by the well-traveled past president of Garden Walk Buffalo, America's largest garden tour.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger733125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-21826681621203927542018-10-07T19:08:00.000-04:002018-10-07T19:08:05.861-04:00Moving announcement! New link to visit!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Gardeners of Buffalo's East Side banded together to create the first-ever garden tour on Saturday, July 21, 2018. And it was great.<br />
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Mary Vanvorst, a <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/">Gardens Buffalo Niagara</a> (GBN) volunteer, Master
Gardener of the Cornell Cooperative Erie County Program, and all around
mensch (inside joke) helped East Side gardeners through the process of
starting a tour —setting dates, soliciting gardens, coordinating
poster, map, and lawn sign printing, finding donations or sponsors, and
much more. If you've ever volunteered to help run a garden tour, you
know the myriad tasks that have to get done. <br />
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Mary came to the group after having developed and planned GBN's <a data-mce-href="https://explorebuffalo.org/featured-events/?page=selectevent&eid=26952&edid=0" href="https://explorebuffalo.org/featured-events/?page=selectevent&eid=26952&edid=0"><em>Buffalo Beyond Flowers Sustainability in Action</em></a> and the<a data-mce-href="https://explorebuffalo.org/featured-events/?page=selectevent&eid=26951&edid=0" href="https://explorebuffalo.org/featured-events/?page=selectevent&eid=26951&edid=0"><em> East Side Momentum</em></a>
bus tours. Both tours featured unique gardens and projects on Buffalo's
East side, and Westside, that demonstrate urban farming, community
gardening, land reclamation through native species plantings, composting
facilities, water reclamation projects, and much more. These tours take
place in August and are now run by <a data-mce-href="https://explorebuffalo.org/" href="https://explorebuffalo.org/">Explore Buffalo</a>. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Hodge Garden</span></span></td></tr>
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The
East Side gardeners embraced to idea and ran with, quickly garnering
40+ gardens. An impressive start for a first-time tour. Gardens Buffalo
Niagara was secured as a 501(c)3 pass-through, and for promotional
support, as well as a web presence on its (this) site. The group also
received a generous donation from an anonymous donor, helping to defray
expenses.<br />
Buffalo's newest garden tour was born!<br />
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The
group had me (I'm a graphic designer) design their logo, flyers, lawn
signs and map. I could not be happier that I had even the smallest part
in helping make it happen.<br />
I did get the “warm fluffies” when I
saw so many people out in gardens, appreciating the efforts of the
gardeners and getting to know one another. Who’d have thought white
folks with maps walking through the Fruitbelt could bring tears to one's
eyes?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Lott Garden</td></tr>
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One unique thing I noticed is that the gardeners were so
very proud of their gardens that they were more likely to personally
show visitors around their gardens and point things out, rather than on
most other tours where gardeners are still friendly and approachable,
but generally give visitors space and time to wander about. On this
tour, it seemed as though most gardeners wanted to grab you by the hand
and walk you through their gardens and show you what they see! I loved
that.<br />
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Whether it's in East Aurora, or on the East Side, it's always great to see people bond over a common interest in gardening. Buffalo's East Side has a large African American population, but is much more diverse than most think. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">The Elek Garden</span></span></td></tr>
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Like
any other garden tours that have no lofty garden criteria, no judging,
and no fees to enter, there were some gardens that shone brighter than
others. That's part of the exciting part though—over time gardeners "up
their game", some gardeners encourage neighbors and friends to
participate, and that makes a great tour greater. We've seen it over and
over again in garden tours across the region.<br />
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Mary and the east Side volunteer group should feel tremendously
satisfied to have been the spark (and the glue) to make it happen. <br />
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We're
all hoping it becomes its own thing with its own leader(s) and
volunteers—and funding sources. That’s the only way it’ll become
sustainable. And I think it has a good shot now that Mary's efforts made
the first one happen. There is an audience and appetite for it. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Brown Garden</span></span></td></tr>
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This
was no small undertaking. The GBN board is grateful to Mary and the
gardeners of the East Side (and in awe). I, having been involved in
garden tours and tourism for more than 20 years, could not be more proud
of anything that the dozens and dozens of volunteers have done over the
decades, than I am of these gardener's efforts with this tour.<br />
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This
new tour, in my mind, helps fulfill Garden Walk Buffalo founder Marvin
Lunenfeld’s vision of a democratic, egalitarian approach to a community
effort through gardening. That vision seems more “whole”, now that more
of Buffalo is a part of it, and it will only grow. Especially a part of
Buffalo that’s been not been appreciated as it should be over the years.<br />
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East Side Garden Walk gardeners—I am your biggest fan.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Thompson Garden.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Futures Academy Community Garden</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Berry-Walker Garden.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Berry-Walker Garden.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Wilson Street Farm. I bought some tomatoes here.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Chestnut Garden–Tony had ice cream!</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Berry-Walker Garden.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">The Elek Garden</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Fabiniak Garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Bolden Garden</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Garner Garden</td></tr>
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P.S.<br />
<em>It's no too late to register for the specialty bus tours:</em><ul>
<li><strong><a data-mce-href="https://explorebuffalo.org/featured-events/?page=selectevent&eid=26952&edid=0" href="https://explorebuffalo.org/featured-events/?page=selectevent&eid=26952&edid=0">Buffalo Beyond Flowers</a></strong><br /><em>Saturday, August 4, 2018, 10am</em><br />Come
see how Buffalo is going green – from a multi-million dollar project on
Lake Erie to ecological renewal at the Central Terminal and an urban
farm on the City’s West Side. Enjoy visiting a series of environmental
successes and meet the individuals who made them happen. <em>General
Admission: $35; Explorer Pass Holders: $30. Admission includes
docent-led tour, round-trip transportation with bus driver tip, plus a
box lunch.</em></li>
<li><strong><a data-mce-href="https://explorebuffalo.org/featured-events/?page=selectevent&eid=26951&edid=0" href="https://explorebuffalo.org/featured-events/?page=selectevent&eid=26951&edid=0">East Side Momentum</a></strong><br /><em>Saturday, August 11, 2018, 9am</em><br />Buffalo’s
East Side is an area of distinct and evolving neighborhoods. Come visit
a variety of sites that reveal its diversity. Project leaders will tell
the stories behind sites including the Tu Hieu Buddhist Cultural
Center, the Wilson Street Urban Farm, Pelion Community Garden at City
Honors High School, and the ‘None Like You/We Care’ Community Center
that pretty much does it all. <em>General Admission: $25; Explorer Pass
Holders: $20; Admission includes docent-led tour and round-trip
transportation with bus driver tip.</em></li>
</ul>
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After all these years of visiting <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/garden-walk-buffalo/">Garden Walk Buffalo</a> gardens, I still, on occasion, find gardens that leave me awestruck and delighted. This is this year's entry. The home garden of Julia and Tony Favorito on Linwood Avenue is a creative person's dream garden. The creative people are both designers, Tony a toy designer at Fisher Price; Julia a freelance designer of anything she can get her hands on—toys, gardens, interiors, and her crowning garden achievement—this sphere she built (yes, <i>she</i> built it herself).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The deck inside comfortably fits <br />5-6 Adirondack Chairs. </td></tr>
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New this year, it was built in time for Tony's birthday this year. Julia also built it so there would be something interesting in the back yard to look at all year round from inside the house, but especially something significant and sculptural to see in the wintertime.<br />
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She purchased the plans for the sphere online, and had the wooden marine-grade staves custom milled by a friend, they had to be of exacting sizes. Then she assembled the base, then built the deck that is the interior platform, then finished the rest of the sphere. <br />
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And that cubist sculpture in the foreground? Tony learned how to weld and made that himself.<br />
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The large wall in the background is the back wall of the squash courts for the Delaware Avenue's Saturn Club. It was there when they moved in. They planted and encouraged the ivy on the wall.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The staves were curved as they were <br />installed. They were delivered flat.</td></tr>
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Even without the sphere, it's a pretty amazing garden—where creative people, talented DIYers are married with style and good taste. There's a formal parterre garden, fire pit, vegetable potager, outdoor dining are and still plenty of room for a large lawn and an oversized Buckminster Fuller<b>-</b>ish sphere.<br />
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I hope you can find your way to this Linwood Avenue garden on <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/garden-walk-buffalo/">Garden Walk Buffalo</a> next Saturday and Sunday, July 28 & 29, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. <br />
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Rather than blather, let me show you some photos...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A kitchen garden, intermixed with perennials, takes up a side yard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hops.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Much like fruit stays fresh under a pyramid, based on my research, I can now unequivocally state that a beer tastes better in a sphere.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A well-placed spotlight projects art on that big solid wall.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sculpture you can party in.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fire pit with a sexy little wall with an espalier.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The formal French parterre garden.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have a new favorite garden. You must by now too.</td></tr>
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It was a banner year for the Buffalo-style Garden Art Sale! 47 vendors of garden art, everything from statuary to furniture to birdhouses to wind chimes—and way, way more.<br />
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I help organize. plan and promote this event with small committee of people that have been working (most of us anyway) for all seven years the sale has been around. We meet once a month January through August at an Indian restaurant down the street from my house. It's a relaxed, fun group. And everyone's a worker. This year was extremely hot—in the upper 80ºs. We all were there from 8a.m. (or earlier) to 5p.m. (or later!) both days of the sale. It was a blast.<br />
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I spent about the same as I usually do. I do have a budget. But not even my wife knows my budget. I save so I can buy a few things each year. This year my money seemed to have gone further, as more stuff followed me home.<br />
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The lead photo is a totem by Rochester artist Jennifer Kath Buckley of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/The-Tea-Pottery-348105585304045/">The Tea Pottery</a>. Each ceramic piece is sold separately—you get to build your own totem based on your taste (and budget!). They also come as "chains"—hanging versions.<br />
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Below are my other purchases—and one thing I won!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had the two rustier leaves on the left, but added a third one to the collection. They are made by Rochester Artist Kathy Kozel of <a href="https://kathleenkoselmakeart.weebly.com/"><span id="goog_1083219747"></span>Kathleen A. Kosel Steelworks<span id="goog_1083219748"></span></a>. I bought my first one five years ago or more. I've been looking to add this third one for a while. The squirrel in the upper right came from the Portland Oregon Rose Garden gift shop.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An impulse purchase. I wasn't planning on buying a "fairy door" from Rochester's <a href="http://www.bluetoucanstudios.com/">Blue Toucan Studios</a>, but when I saw they had a Harry Potter door, I mean, c'mon—I have a Harry Potter Garden. It was fate. I could not deny fate. I was most excited to show it to my seven-year-old neighbor that helped mt set up the Harry Potter Garden this year. He approved.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another impulse purchase. I'd been thinking I'd like a book or journal or something for guests to sign when they visit the garden. One of the vendors, <a href="http://www.barbaragracellc.com/">Barbara Grace</a>, from Fredonia, NY takes old book covers and r purposes them into journals. Intermixed with the pages are pages from the original book. I wasn't sold on buying one, we looked for something garden-inspired but nothing caught my fancy. Until this one. My grandad bought a <i>Farmer's Almanac</i> every year and it is a childhood memory of going through his dog-eared copy and looking at the pictures. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The two images above are pots by the Falls Church, Virginia artists of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/shopsaltandlemons">Salt & Lemons.</a> These were another impulse purchase. I have this huge aloe that needs to be divided this weekend, so it was written in the stars that I should have these. They weren't expensive, so I could justify it. And besides, they traveled all the way from Virginia! I used many of their pots in promoting the Garden Art Sale—they are irresistible.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a water sprinkler by <a href="https://www.coppercreations.com/">Copper Creations</a> of Haines, Florida. I've had a nice artsy sprinkler made by a local artist—but after about 18 years of use, it finally gave up the ghost. I'll be using this today, as the garden needs some serous water after these hot day. The vendor, Alan has been a stalwart supporter of our sale, and I see him at other sales in the region. He sells these sprinklers and sunflower showers here in the summer and Florida in the winter.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I could have made this. I have pickets and paint around, and had been thinking about making a flag from found materials from around teh house, but I never find the time. This was only $10! How could I not get it? Ron's Wood Creations (no relation to Ron Wood) had a dozen or so of these picket flags for only $10, most were three times this size—I liked the narrow version best. No website for them, sorry!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this is what I won! A $10 raffle ticket got me this little birdie from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/garden.art/">Garden Accents</a> of Peninsula, Ohio. I put my tickets in for donations from nearly every vendor. I kinda wanted the WNY Hosta Society min-hosta hypertufa pot, or the Bonsai Socieety's Bonsai plant, but I could not be happier with my concrete bird!</td></tr>
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I haven't posted in so long! Busy summer of helping to <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/garden-walks-and-tours/p:1/">plan garden tours</a>, <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/events-calendar/event:06-08-2018-6-00pm-garden-ride-buffalo/">garden tours by bike</a>, hosting bus tours, planning meetings for <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/garden-walk-buffalo/">Garden Walk Buffalo</a>, <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/open-gardens-tours/p:1/">Open Gardens</a>, <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/events-calendar/event:06-24-2017-10-00am-buffalo-style-garden-art-sale/">The Buffalo-style Garden Art Sale</a>, planning for the Garden Walk Buffalo 25th anniversary next year, co-writing a gardening book, and then there's the work that actually pays me. That seems to never end (gratefully!).<br />
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I've been posting a few Before & After photos on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GardenWalkBuffalo/">Garden Walk Buffalo Facebook page</a> and thought I'd post one of my own. Here, there's about 17 years difference.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">
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The Buffalo-style Garden Art Sale, of which I am on the organizing committee, is going to have its biggest year ever! In our seventh year, we're expecting 41 vendors from as far and wide as Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, as well as many from the Rochester area.<br />
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<b>The event is Saturday and Sunday, June 30 and July 1, starting at 10 a.m. each day, Saturday ending at 5pm, Sunday at 4 p.m.</b><br />
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Here's a <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/garden-art-sale/p:1/">link to the official webpage</a>, which has even more info, and more photos. It's an event of <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/">Gardens Buffalo Niagara</a>, the organizer behind <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/garden-walk-buffalo/p:1/">Garden Walk Buffalo</a>, America's largest garden tour.<br />
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We'll have Food trucks there—<a href="http://www.thegreatfoodinifoodtruck.com/">The Great Foodini</a>, <a href="https://findfranknow.com/">Franks Gourmet Hot Dogs</a>, <a href="http://www.sweet-melodys.com/">Sweet Melody's Gelato</a> (Saturday), and <a href="http://www.mineosapio.com/">Mineo and Sapio Sausages</a> (Sunday). We'll also have live music as well as many area plant societies and groups answering all your garden questions.<br />
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But unquestionably, you'll want to come for the art! Here're images of just some of the types of art you can purchase. Beneath these are a list of vendors, with links, to their websites (if they have 'em).<br />
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Hope to see you there! <br />
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POTTERY/HYPERTUFA/STONEWARE/CERAMICS</h3>
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<li><b><a href="https://overthebuffalomoon.com/">Over the Buffalo Moon</a></b>, Cheektowaga, NY <i>(Raku pottery, fused glass and copper jewelry)</i></li>
<li><b>Live Art</b>, Sandusky OH <i>(tufa rock gardens)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="https://www.conklinstudiopottery.com/">Conklin Studio Pottery</a></b>, Lewis Run, PA<i> (stoneware suns and flowers for wall mounting)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.dianesypniewski.com/?page_id=21">Diane Syniewski Art</a></b>, Depew, NY <i>(handpainted pottery, glassware, paintings)</i></li>
<li><b>Rotondi Creations</b>, Rochester, NY<i> (ceramic garden art and pottery)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/The-Tea-Pottery-348105585304045/">The Tea Pottery</a>,</b> Rochester, NY<i> (totems, chains and more)</i></li>
<li><a href="http://woodsceramics.com/"><b>Webster Works, Woods Ceramics</b></a>, Lakeview, NY<i> (garden-friendly ceramic items)</i></li>
</ul>
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GLASS</h3>
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<li><b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/554296286/vintage-glass-garden-flower-stake-head?ref=shop_home_feat_1">Art Glass and More</a>,</b> Orchard Park, NY<i> (hand-made vintage glass garden flower stake head with 2-way display (facing straight or tilted toward sun)</i></li>
<li><a href="http://www.creativecopperwire.com/"><b>Creative Copper Wire</b>, </a>Buffalo, NY <i>(hand-formed, copper wire and brass sun catchers, bird baths, and sculptures)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/landjcreationsbuffalo/">L&J Creations</a></b>, Lackawanna, NY (<i>hand-painted glassware, flowers)</i></li>
<li><b>Paintings by Ann</b>, Rochester, NY <i>(hand-painted welcome leather flags, fused glass, garden spikes)</i></li>
<li><b>Who Wood "N" Want It</b>, Niagara Falls, NY <i>(re-purposed glass art)</i></li>
<li><b>Reads Artglass & More</b>, Buffalo, NY<i> (fused and stained glass items)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.maryterzianiglass.com/">Mary Terziani Glass</a></b>, Rochester, NY <i>(fused glass garden art, wind chimes, sun catchers)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="http://tomzachman.weebly.com/new-work-2017.html">Tom Zachman Glass</a></b>, Rochester, NY<i> (glass and wood wind chimes, glass garden art)</i></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ymsartglass.com/"><b>YMS Art Glass</b>,</a> Elma, NY<i> (unique and custom designs in glass)</i></li>
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SPRINKLER/WATER FOUNTAINS</h3>
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<li><b><a href="https://www.coppercreations.com/">Copper Creations</a></b>, Haines, FL <i>(flower showers and dancing sprinklers)</i></li>
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STATUARY/SCULPTURE</h3>
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<li><a href="http://www.designer-mailbox.com/"><b>Designer Mailbox</b>, </a>Amherst, NY <i>(metal garden art)</i></li>
<li><a href="http://www.yartworks.com/"><b>Yartworks</b>, </a>Buffalo, NY <a href="http://www.yartworks.com/"><i>(steel garden sculptures)</i></a></li>
<li><b><a href="https://kathleenkoselmakeart.weebly.com/">Kathleen Kosel Steel Works</a></b>, Webster, NY <i>(steel sculptures)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.heartoffranklinville.com/">Heart of Franklinville</a></b>, Franklinville, NY <i>(cast concrete statuary)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="http://artofgardeningbuffalo.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-make-your-own-garden-totem-fountain.html">JPG Pottery</a></b>, Allegheny, NY <i>(hand-thrown pottery sculptures and water features)</i></li>
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WOODWORK</h3>
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<li><b>Ron's Wood Creations, </b>Hamburg, NY <i>(recycled garden-related items)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LotusWoodcrafts">Lotus Woodcrafts</a></b>, Depew, NY<i> (repurposed wood furnishings and yard decor)</i><i><br /></i></li>
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VARIOUS</h3>
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<li><b><a href="https://www.driftrockbay.com/">DriftRock Bay</a></b>, Lakeview, NY<i> (stacked rock vase, rock lamps, rock garden art)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.creativestaining.com/">Creative Staining by Simone</a></b>, Alden, NY <i>(transforming furniture with stained botanical artwork)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.barbaragracellc.com/">Barbara Grace</a></b>, Fredonia, NY<i> (garden-themed book journals)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="https://sadlergardencollections.wordpress.com/">Sadler Garden Collections</a></b>, N. Tonawanda, NY <i>(handcrafted garden products, flower & herb towers)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.bluetoucanstudios.com/">Blue Toucan Studio</a></b>, Rochester, NY <i>(fairy doors)</i></li>
<li><b>Allison Malikowski</b>, Buffalo<i> (painted rocks)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/garden.art/">Garden Accents</a></b>, Peninsula, OH <i>(innovative hand-crafted garden art)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/shopsaltandlemons">Salt & Lemons</a></b>, Falls Church, VA<i> (hand-painted planters stamped with plant puns)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="https://lovethebuff.wordpress.com/">Copper and Glass Creations</a>,</b> Grand Island, NY<i> (garden-themed silver and copper enameled jewelry)</i></li>
<li><b>Connie Krueger</b>, Amherst, NY (<i>hand-painted solar sconces)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/Cindys-Creations-Buffalo-NY-694556223996928/community/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0">Cindy's Creations</a></b>, West Seneca, NY<i> (floral grapevine wreaths, garden signs, birdhouses and crafts)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.blessingsbynature.com/">Blessings by Nature</a></b>, Buffalo, NY (<i>herbal sachets, arrangements and gift baskets)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Sticks-and-Stones-222101907984349/">Sticks and Stones</a></b>, N Tonawanda, NY <i>(leaf castings, stepping, stones, bird feeders)</i></li>
<li><b>Daniel Branch Photography</b>, Lockport, NY<i> (bird, flower and nature photos)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/At-Waters-Edge-703557886420631/">At Water's Edge</a></b>, Erie, PA<i> (bird carvings, garden art nature-themed tote bags)</i></li>
<li><b><a href="https://www.plumeriabath.com/">Plumeria Bath</a></b>, Hamburg, NY<i> (vegan bath products such as bathbombs, creams)</i></li>
<li><b>Natures’ Images by Orfeo</b><i> (abstract botanical photography)</i></li>
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Garbage cans, dustbin, ashcan, waste-bin, rubbish receptacle, garbage pail, litter basket, trashcan, whatever you call them, in <a href="http://www.butchartgardens.com/">Butchart Gardens</a>, you can call them pretty. Our visit to Butchart last spring had me not only taking hundreds of photos of the beautiful and over-the-top botanical park, but taking photos of the garbage cans—all decked out with plantings as fine as in any container around the park.<br />
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Makes me feel like my garbage can is seriously lacking. <br />
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Our home is the <i>Buffalo News</i>' "Home of the Week" this week on their online version of the newspaper. You've seen the garden (<i>ad nauseam</i>) but this is a chance for us to invite you inside.<br />
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You can see the online <a href="http://buffalonews.com/2018/04/23/gallery10422/?utm_campaign=puma&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1524512737">gallery of photos of different rooms here</a>.<br />
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Home & Style Editor Susan Martin writes: <br /><span style="color: #ffd966;">"The garden at Jim and Leslie Charlier’s home has been a must-see for years during the annual Garden Walk Buffalo. It has been featured in numerous national publications, including <i>This Old House</i>, <i>Backyard Solutions</i> and <i>Fine Gardening.</i> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">This week, we take a look at the inside of their home, with its local artwork, colorful walls and handcrafted items. Jim Charlier runs JCharlier Communication Design and is a former president (2006-2013) of Garden Walk Buffalo. He also writes a gardening blog, ArtofGardening.org. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">Leslie Charlier is an international flight attendant. Their daughter, Margaux, is a college sophomore. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">Here is how Jim Charlier described their place for our latest Home of the Week online feature for the Home & Style section of The Buffalo News: “The house is a 1897 Dutch Colonial, defined by its gambrel roof and rounded half tower. “Most artwork, inside and out, is either made by me, our friends or local artists – including the lightning-bolt-shaped lightning rod by metal sculptor Mark Griffis. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">“We purchased the home, only one house in from Elmwood Avenue, in 2001. The previous owners had done a great job of modernizing the kitchen and utilities and had work done to each room – very tastefully – but just not our more colorful taste. “It’s been called ‘the cartoon castle’ by some friends. We’re still friends,” he wrote.</span>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">
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<br />Each spring I add a few new succulents to it. It's looking like I'll have to add plenty of new ones though for this year. It was a long and bitter winter, overall. </div>
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<br />Many will bounce back just fine—and many will get offsets (pups) and fill out. But I just purchased the 105-plug tray of Sempervivum (Hens & Chicks) from <a href="https://mountaincrestgardens.com/?utm_campaign=New+Succulents+for+April+%28QK6QmT%29&utm_medium=email&_ke=aW5mb0BqY2hhcmxpZXIuY29t&utm_source=MASTER+NEWSLETTER+LIST">Mountain Crest Gardens</a> (around $100). Now I have a project to get done in the next couple weeks, now that the weather has broken.</div>
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I'll probably pull up a few sedums from around the garden and fill in with some of those. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They come with great names, like Jade Rose, Silverine, Commander Hay, Moss Rose, Pluto, Red Heart, Hopewell, Sunset, Spring Beauty, and Candy Floss.</td></tr>
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It's real now. There's postcards for it. I am co-authoring a book with <i>Buffalo News</i> and <i><a href="http://www.buffalospree.com/Search/?searchables=ops_article%2Cops_calendarevent%2Cops_geobasedata%2Ccore_page%2Cops_galleryitem%2Cops_customdata&pid=95%2C93%2C117%2C115%2C114%2C98%2C97%2C100%2C96%2C116%2C109&mod=CoreSearch&tagids=&sortby=RELEVANCY+DESC&query=sally%2520cunningham&Search=">Buffalo Spree</a></i> garden columnist, educator, TV garden personality, and garden book author <a href="http://buffalonews.com/?cx=006900656957014357757%3A65jm81-837s&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&s=sally+cunningham#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=sally%20cunningham&gsc.page=1">Sally Cunningham</a>.<br />
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The book, <i>Unforgettable Gardens, Dazzling show-garden design secrets for your beautiful garden</i>, will be published by <a href="https://stlynnspress.com/titles/category/gardening/">St. Lynn's Press</a> in Pittsburgh, PA. It will be on store shelves in a bookstore near you in November. St. Lynn's is a garden book publisher of great standing in the book-publishing industry and great supportive partners.<br />
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Our deadline is May 1. We've been working on the book's content and photos since December. Sally's a writing beast. She can pump out conversational, educational, entertaining, and easy-to-understand writing like no one I've ever seen.<br />
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The book is ostensibly on garden design, from the basics to learning from other gardens—other gardens from which you might visit and take ideas away—like garden tours. That's where my expertise comes in. There, and my nearly 20-year collection of 40,000+ garden photos from garden tours all over the U.S., Canada and beyond.<br />
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We'll feature many Buffalo gardens, but also gardens from around the country. Sally's come up with a few devices that will enable us to share other people's gardens in the book, some in their own words, some through quotes, and all with photos. Often, the gardener's story is as interesting as their garden.<br />
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I'll be doing some writing too. My writing friends will be aghast, but it will be filtered through Sally—and then through the crack editor, Cathy, at St. Lynn's Press. Cathy is a great collaborator and has already improved the writing and the presentation of the information.<br />
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I am an art director, but will not be designing the book. There is a pro book designer that will work on it. It's odd to produce but not design. I've designed six or seven books—she's done dozens! Being on the other side is a bit of a relief!<br />
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Part of the marketing of the book will be giving as many presentations to as many groups as possible—and selling books all the while. So I'll be taking my show on the road more. Already, in the next few months, before the book comes out, I have three gigs—Plantasia (the regions annual garden show) tomorrow (hence the need for the postcards); The Western New York Hosta Society in April; and Buffalo's 20th Century Club garden opening in June.<br />
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You can be sure I'll be hawking the book here and if you follow the blog, you'll hear about it. It should be available in book stores nation wide, as well as on Amazon.<br />
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Wish us luck!<br />
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So, the snow receded last week, and we were able to see what damage the desperately hungry rabbit(s) have been doing. They may have killed a couple of my apple trees.<br />
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The lead photo is a dwarf apple tree—espaliered into a knee-high "fence" around my raised bed potager. It may not make it.<br />
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I once asked a Master Gardener's group the best way to murder a tree without leaving a trace of evidence. At the time, I had weed trees (Tree of Heaven) on a neighbor's side of a fence and would have done anything to be rid of them.<br />
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After much debate among themselves, they determined that girdling the tree near it's base to make it look like an animal stripped away the bark would be the best way to get away with murder. It would have to be stripped all the way around though. Trees' nourishment travels up through the bark. Girdling (stripping) the bark will kill it.<br />
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Crud.<br />
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The snow is gone, so I'm sure the rabbits have found plenty. other sources of food. I was going to wrap them with aluminum foil (the trees, not the rabbits). I will have to remember to wrap the trees with foil at the base for <i>next </i>winter.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here's a five-year-old columnar apple tree. Stripped. In the background is dwarf pear tree (part of my diamond-shaped pear tree espalier) with some damage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here's a clematis vine—the vine separated from the roots. This will grow back though, so no long-term damage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the plus side, <i>This Old House</i> magazine used a photo of my house and shed in this month's issue, in an article on garden sheds. To see the article on my garden in the magazine, <a href="https://www.thisoldhouse.com/ideas/magical-garden-buffalo">visit here</a>.</td></tr>
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I have a system for cutting down my tall grasses that I've mastered over the years. It's really a bit early to be cutting down the grasses, and I normally wouldn't until later in the fall, but these particular grassses are large and tall clumps in my hellstrip the area between sidewalk and road. When I'm backing the car out of the driveway, I can't see around them. They're usually okay until about the end of July – I can see over and through them, but currently, they're a hazard.<br />
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After seeing my wife, in past years, cutting the grasses by hand with not-so-sharp secetors, taking lots of time and effort, having sore hands afterwards, and ending up with a mess to take to the compost or trash, it seemed like one of the tasks we both least looked forward to in the fall.<br />
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I don't remember where I picked this up, but I now wrap the grass with a bungee cord about a foot or two from the ground, cut through it with the hedge trimmer, and end up with a neat bundle, easy to carry off to the trash or compost.<br />
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It's made a slow slog of a job into a ten-minute autumn clean-up. The rest of the grasses we'll leave up through Halloween, and trim them this way before the snow flies. I know many that like to leave their grasses up through the winter because they can look good (dead and dried) when there's not much else to look at in the garden. And then, in the spring, what remains is easier to clean up by just picking up and pulling, but there's enough other tasks to do in the spring, and we have the time now.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not sure what type of grass it is, but they're about six foot tall and scratchy. And hard to see around when backing out the driveway.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wrap a bungee cord around the base, a foot or two up. Learn from my mistakes – wear a long sleeve t-shirt.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love maintenance that requires a power tool.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You end up with a nice neat bundle to be carried away,</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And what remains will grow to the same height next year.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Except I have too many of these grasses in my hellstrip and I removed them, They're taking up too much room, and there's lot of other perennials that want st space and could use more sunlight. I've posted them on Facebook for anyone to come and take. There's four!</td></tr>
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I haven't planted a stylin' terrarium since my teen years in the '70s. My daughter did me a solid and gave me these way decent glass planters from a friend's aunt's estate sale. No one had bought them. In my frugality, I opted not to buy any plants for them – just did a quick hunt for some plants and cuttings from things I already had around.<br />
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I did bogart some swell moss growing on some bricks outside. And the keen little cottage is a David Winter Cottage that was my wife's inheritance from a family friend. We have a box full of them someplace in the basement – out of sight! Far out.<br />
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The killer pumpkin is something my daughter made in an art class in high school. Sweet! Seemed seasonally appropriate. I may find something else to switch it out with after the holidays. <br />
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I have no idea if these will grow, or if I've just entombed some plants, sentencing them to death. I'm not down with that. But I'd just keep on keepin' on.<br />
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If I ever start a '70s sand art, multi-colored, landscape jar, or macrame plant hangers, dude, ya' gotta' stop me. Though I do have a far out lava lamp they might look good with. And some heavy black light posters were trashed decades ago.<br />
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Peace out. <br />
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On Facebook, someone asked what I (or anyone in Buffalo, for that matter) do to "break down the garden" for the winter. My list looked like this:<br />
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<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span> <span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span>Outdoor
furniture goes into the garage</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span>Outdoor plants in containers go in the
potting shed</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span>Houseplants get distributed throughout the house (and
re-potted as needed)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span>Canna, elephant ears and assorted other bulbs and
tubers get cut down and put in pea</span></span><span><span><span>t moss
in the basement</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>Annuals get cuttings taken and go into water or pots
in a grow light in the basement</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>Marble & granite "carpet" in the
patio gets covered</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>Delicate artwork gets stored (and repaired as
necessary)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>Fountains all get disassembled (and repaired as needed)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>Garage has to be cleaned and organized so everything fits in it just
right (I fit a car in there in the winter)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>Grasses need to be cut down</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>Harry Potter Garden has to be taken apart and stored (signs, art, miscellaneous) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>Window boxes have to get cleaned out and emptied</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span>Cover the vertical succulent garden</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>Hanging baskets of
annuals get dismantled and stored</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>Picnic tale & benches covered</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>Hoses have to come in and snow shovels moved toward the front
of the garage</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>...and there's probably some other things I'm forgetting. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>In spring, it's the
reverse.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>Some commenters were afraid I'd scare newbie gardeners from even starting to garden. Others commented that it sounded like a lot of work and admired Buffalonians' spirit and grit. I never gave it any thought. It's all just work that comes with having a "more than ordinary" garden.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>I'm always looking to do less (it's my mantra) or do things more efficiently. I read <a href="http://buffalonews.com/2017/09/21/decision-time-plants/">Sally Cunningham's column in the Buffalo News</a> a couple weeks ago and am adopting her "triage" method of preparing the plants for thier winter break. She suggested grouping plants by type/needs:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<ul>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>Tropicals that are houseplants in one pile (to bee trimmed, re-potted, whatever...)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>Cannas and tropicals that need to be cut down and stored</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>Zone 5 plants in pots (mostly hosta) in pots that need to go into the potting shed</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>Christmas cactus that stay out until right before first frost (to encourage blooming)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>Tender annuals that get cuttings, and rooting indoors </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The columnar apple tree in the front yard has <br />prodigiously produced this year. My wife's<br />been taking the felled apples to the deer in <br />Forest Lawn Cemetery, just a couple blocks away.</td></tr>
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<span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>And Liz, who is my plant spiritual guide at <a href="http://www.urbanroots.org/">Urban Roots Garden Center</a> made these suggestions:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>Move begonias in NOW when the outdoor temps and indoor temps are the same (they're delicate otherwise)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>Don't cut down and dig the cannas and other tuber plants out of the planters. Just cut them down in their pots and bring them into the basement and cover them with blankets. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>It sounds like a lot of work, but I have just about two months to get it all done. our average first frost date is early October. And that's just average. It's been in th e90s this week here, so a frost isn't in the foreseeable future. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span>On the plus side, after this, I can take a break from gardening until May! What's good for Zone 5 plants are good for me.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spider plants will come inside, god knows where they'll fit.<br />They grew a lot this summer..</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'll throw a sheet a burlap over this to keep the harsh winds from drying it out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hostas to the shed, cannas to be cut down and stored in the basement.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lineup of coleus to be cut for rooting, then composted.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'll wait until after first frost to clean out the window boxes and cone-shaped baskets.<br />They look too good right now.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two fountains are disassembled so far. Here's where the copper coral bell fountain was.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorite thing I did this year -and it was so easy! I "espaliered" the blackberry vines. It's not a true espalier, you'd need a tree to make it real, but it makes a dramatic difference in the garden. I planted them strategically last year but they didn't grow enough to train on the wires I put up. I had wire on hand, so I only spent a few dollars on good-sized screwing eye bolts. It took less than an hour to "install."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tender succulents have to come in. They're liking this last burst of hot weather.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the pile that has to come indoors - cleaned up and re-potted. Even those that don't have to be re-potted have to have the pots wiped down, some slow release fertilizer added, and check for bugs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last year my friend Lynn, who gave me two of these Christmas cactus kept me apprised of the frost potential so that I could being these in right before the first frost. It encourages winter blooming. It worked last year, no reason to change that! I'd had bad luck previously getting them to bloom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's the houseplants, waiting for their dolly ride into the house.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hosta in pots go into the the shed for the winter, not because they have to, but because the pots are either plastic or terracotta and I don't want them to do the whole freeze/thaw cycle, damaging the pots.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This banana tree, given to me a few Christmases ago by my niece Kristy - she grew from seed. It grew huge this summer. I'm not sure how I'm even going to get it into the house, let alone where it will sit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another fall ritual, adding a few mumms, they're on the small side, so I moved the pedestals I made to the front porch.</td></tr>
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Nifty purple hose and nozzle, huh? Those, and the blue rain wand in the center, I picked up at the recent <a href="https://gardenwriters.org/">GWA | The Association of Garden Communicators</a>' Annual Conference here in Buffalo from their expo of garden product and plant vendors. They were graciously given by <a href="https://rainwand.com/">Dramm</a>. I mentioned I had 350 garden writers coming to my garden the next morning and mentioned I'd love to have their products on display – especially considering how humdrum and unnoticeable my hose and rack were.<br />
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The hose matched the color of my house trim – and a good number of my plants! <br />
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I did ask the good folks at their booth if they made hose holders/racks. Unfortunately they do not – though it was not the first time they've been asked. I'd mentioned my issue that all the affordable racks were boring, utilitarian (or not utilitarian enough), ugly, and plastic. Some of the nicer "design-y" hose racks were expensive, didn't come in many colors, and usually had a crafty, pine-cone-y, Arts & Crafts vibe. That's not my garden's vibe either though. <br />
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I saw a really cool one that <a href="https://gardenglory.com/shop/wallmounts/reindeer-wallmount/?wcmlc=USD">looked like antlers</a>, but I have no desire to spend $299 on a hose rack.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Never worked well as a kayak rack.</td></tr>
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On another note, I hated my kayak rack since the day I installed it on top of the car. It leaned, jostled and I never felt secure with the kayak tied to it. My new rule of thumb? Buy cheap kayaks, but expensive kayak racks.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheap, beat up, and ugly.</td></tr>
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I also always hated my hose rack too. It was a cheap plastic, discount store, deal that was in an ugly color (sun-bleached military green), beaten to death, cracked, and looked chincy. It was also undersized, since I use two 50' hoses slung around it.<br />
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So when we finally bit the bullet and bought decent kayak racks, I had the old rack left over. Four of them. So I took one and screwed it onto the house.<br />
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The kayak rack on the house for the hoses works for me. It's a minimalist design, the small protrusion on the bottom with the foam pads holds the other nozzle I use, and the Dramm rain wand. It's a simple black which looks contemporary, and doesn't clash with anything else. Lots of hose can fit on it too. If anything, I'll be thinking of adding some sort of bumper or barrier so the hoses don't hit the house and add wear to the house paint.<br />
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And it looks much better with my <a href="https://rainwand.com/garden-hoses/">50' ColorStorm Garden Hose</a> than the puny, puky. pitiful plastic one! <br />
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We had four trees taken down last week. None of them were ours. Two were in one neighbor's yard, the other two in another neighbor's yard. Neither used the back yards for anything other than parking for rental units.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The team from Grabber & Sons Landscaping had <br />
to work around a LOT of wires and cables.</td></tr>
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The trees in question were "Trees of heaven" (<i>Ailanthus altissima</i>). It's native to China and Taiwan, and should have stayed there.<br />
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Most often referred to by us as "weed trees," these fast growing, invasive, non-native trees create(d) the most labor in our garden.<br />
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They have also been referred to as "ghetto palm," "stink tree," and "tree of hell." It's one of the fastest, if not he fastest growing trees in North America. And they're tall too. If you're familiar with the book, <i>A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</i>, it's THAT tree.<br />
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Much of our maintenance time in the garden is not spent on deaheading, weeding, planting, mulching, or fertializing the plants we put there. In the last 16 years here, it's been spent picking up after these trees.<br />
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Helen Battersby, of Toronto Gardens <a href="http://www.torontogardens.com/2009/06/warning-dreaded-ailanthus-altissima.html/">wrote a great post on these trees here</a>. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All this stuff was going to eventually fall off <br />
it anyway - in dribs and drabs to keep us busy<br />
picking up after it constantly.</td></tr>
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In the spring, they drop a powdery, yellow-tinted, heavy pollen that coats everything.<br />
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Next, the tiny yellow flowers bloom and leave small castings all over. Then the flowers fall. The flowers are this nasty, dead-yellow color and very tiny. But they usually find a way to "mass up" and create blobs of detritus that, when wet, stink, stain concrete, and ruin car finishes.<br />
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Then it's stick time. The flowers being spent somehow makes tiny sticks fall. They're all over the yard, in plants, pots, and this year I noticed, quite a few hostas, elephant ears and canna had these sticks spear right through them causing holes and scrapes.<br />
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And after spending our me cleaning all that up, it's time for the seeds to drop – up to 350,000 seed per tree! And it seems as though all 350,000 (times 4 trees) find root, so weeding out these trees takes more time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We've now gone from partial shade to sun. <br />
No telling what it will look like next year. <br />
But at least we'll have the time to enjoy it.</td></tr>
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Then it's Fall and the leaves (and sticks and branches) continue to fall.<br />
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But no more. My wife said she'd pay to have them talen down, so she contacted the two different neighbors who's property they were on, and they both said they hated the trees too and we were welcome to take them down. One of the trees was butting against the neighbor's garage, damaging the corner of the roof line. All four trees were against our fence.<br />
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She promptly called <a href="http://www.grabberlandscape.com/">Grabber & Sons Landscaping</a>, and got ourselves on the schedule - and within a month they were gone.<br />
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Normally, I'm on the side of trees, but these trees were nothing but a nuisance, providing nothing one would enjoy about a tree, except shade. At least we didn't have to sweep, scrape, or clean up shade.<br />
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Buffalo gardeners and cultural institutions provided a warm welcome to 350+ members of the <a href="https://gardenwriters.org/" target="_blank">GWA | The Association of Garden Communicators</a> for their 2017 annual conference held here in the City of Good Neighbors. And in return? They've provided their commentary on their visit.<br />
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August 4-7 had the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center busy with inspiring talks, horticultural information, professional development seminars, social events, and an awards dinner/ceremony with the nation's leading experts in their fields. One aspect of the annual conference that members look forward to is getting to explore the horticultural life of the city it visits. Last year was Atlanta, next year, it's Chicago.<br />
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<a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/garden-walk-buffalo/" target="_blank">Garden Walk Buffalo</a>, its parent organization <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/" target="_blank">Gardens Buffalo Niagara</a> (GBN), as well as <a href="http://www.visitbuffaloniagara.com/" target="_blank">Visit Buffalo Niagara</a> (VBN), <a href="https://www.plantwny.com/" target="_blank">PLANT WNY</a>, the <a href="https://buffalogardens.com/" target="_blank">Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens</a>, and a slew of dedicated volunteers, ably led by <i>The Buffalo News</i> Garden Columnist Sally Cunningham, planned bus tours for three days (six buses each day!) touring throughout the city, the Southtowns, and Niagara Parks, including stops at residential gardens in Hamburg, Buffalo, and Eden; the <a href="http://www.darwinmartinhouse.org/" target="_blank">Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House;</a> Botanical Gardens; Erie Basin Marina Test Gardens; <a href="http://www.arbnet.org/morton-register/draves-arboretum" target="_blank">Draves Arboretum</a>; and <a href="https://www.bfloparks.org/parks/delaware-park/" target="_blank">Delaware Park</a>'s <a href="https://japanesegardenofbuffalo.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Japanese</a> and Rose gardens.<br />
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In the lead photo above, breakfast, courtesy of Visit Buffalo Niagara (VBN), is served for 110 attendees in my garden by (<i>left to right)</i> Brian Hayden, VBN Communications Manager; Ed Healy, VBN VP of Marketing; Beth Kreutzer, GBN Secretary; and myself. Three breakfast spots were set up in different parts of the city for the visitors on their early morning tour of about 15 residential gardens (out of the 400 on view the week before for Garden Walk Buffalo!). <i>Oh look, there's the shed! </i><br />
<i>Photo by the <a href="http://www.gardenmediagroup.com/" target="_blank">Garden Media Group</a>.</i><br />
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I'll keep adding to this list as I find new articles. If you're out there on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, do a search for #GWA2017 and you'll find plenty more great posts and images. If you've published an article, or a post on the Walk, let me know and I can add it here for you. Here are some posts attendees have posted on their visit:<br />
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<li>Video by Alan Armitage:</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.greenhousegrower.com/varieties/tour-of-buffalo-gardens-reveals-hidden-gems-and-community-pride/#Tinsel/138490/7">Tour of Buffalo Gardens Reveals Hidden Gems And Community Pride</a>, Allan Armitage, Greenhouse Grower<br /><i>"My friends, what I experienced were not spectacular gardens. I was not
seeing manicured estates, nor was any one garden the greatest thing I
had ever wandered into. No, what I was seeing was pride of neighborhood,
pride of ownership, and pride of a city. Homes were cared for, porches
lived on, and the gardens were handsome. No garden was particularly
large, none was meant to impress, but all oozed with pride and pleasure.
It was as if a large welcome mat was spread from street to street,
inviting me for cheese and crackers on the porch. Needless to say, I was
impressed."</i><i>"What does a three-hour roam around Buffalo mean to our industry? It
should provide all of us with a richer understanding that we can make a
difference in neighborhoods, in cities, and certainly in people’s lives.
We sometimes need to be reminded that plants, gardens, and gardening
are important to people. Not just to a few people, but to hundreds of
thousands who enjoy the creativity and therapy of working in the dirt.
Thank you Buffalo for providing us with that reminder. As for me, I am a born-again Buffalonian!"</i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.plantrama.com/garden-tourism-new-plants-and-garden-products-gwa/">Insider Information on Garden Tourism, New Plants and Garden Products, and What on Earth is GWA?</a> (PODCAST) Ellen Zachos and C.L. Fornari<br /><i>"The GWA meeting was held in Buffalo in 2017, just one week after <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/garden-walk-buffalo/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GardenWalk Buffalo</a>. Man oh man were we impressed. The people of Buffalo rock! And the gardens? Well, you have
to go. The homeowners who open their properties during this event are
creative, generous, and clearly have a wonderful time creating with
color. The people of Buffalo are friendly and generous, and we came away
inspired about how garden tourism can improve neighborhoods, become a
huge source of income, and bring people together in positive ways."</i><br /><br /><i> </i>
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<li><a href="http://www.debraprinzing.com/2017/09/20/episode-315-flower-farmer-nellie-gardners-new-chapter-in-historic-garden-and-landscape-preservation/">Episode 315: Flower Farmer Nellie Gardner’s New Chapter in Historic Garden and Landscape Preservation</a>, Debra Prinzing<br /><i>"Rather than discussing cut flower farming, Nellie was there to share the story of gardening at <a href="https://gardenwriters.org/files/galleries/Graycliff_Estate_Gardner.pdf" rel="noopener" target="_blank">the historic Graycliff Estate</a>, a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home on Lake Erie, built in 1926 for the Darwin Martin family. The grounds at <a href="https://experiencegraycliff.org/visit/tours/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Graycliff </a>were originally designed by Ellen Biddle Shipman,
a well-known landscape architect and contemporary of Wright’s. Once
grand, like the estate, the gardens declined with age — and Nellie has
assumed the role of horticulturist who is restoring the flower borders,
harvest gardens and outdoor living spaces."</i></li>
<li><a href="http://andreawhitely.com/2017/09/01/small-but-mighty-the-not-so-private-gardens-of-buffalo/">Small but Mighty-The (not so) Private Gardens of Buffalo</a>, Andrea Whitely.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://andreawhitely.com/2017/09/01/small-but-mighty-the-not-so-private-gardens-of-buffalo/" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="221" data-original-width="297" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCIAuOe7SeIqR_MsclpOXhRnjwXKb_3poTNaunmFirGTauEIZQbEB_3NgHgU3clYnA81-3Y3U2M7wKqZ4Me-Idb5Hxql0uzLKQmIu7IF2BgIq8MKGhhvR_Iqm3StFWqtIZW-2ykZVc0Dc_/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-09-04+at+12.21.11+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://andreawhitely.com/2017/09/01/small-but-mighty-the-not-so-private-gardens-of-buffalo/">Photo by Andrea Whitely.</a></td></tr>
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<i>"There is something very special about the people who open their private
garden spaces so that others may share first hand the very personal
interpretations and manipulation of nature particularly in an urban
setting. There are so many reasons to lock ourselves away these days
after hours spent behind desks in stressful jobs so many people travel
back home after enduring a long commute, drive in the garage, pull down
the roller door and flop into the sanctuary of home, locking the outside
world out. Gardeners who share their gardens are the complete opposite,
they throw open that garage door and say to the world “come on in and
see what I have done”</i><br /> </li>
<li><a href="http://andreawhitely.com/2017/09/04/take-a-walk-on-the-wild-side-colour-your-world-paint-the-house/">Take a walk on the wild side-Colour your world-Paint the House!</a>, Andrea Whitely.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://andreawhitely.com/2017/09/04/take-a-walk-on-the-wild-side-colour-your-world-paint-the-house/" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="221" data-original-width="298" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMz_FT31mSeg-tv5CY3C8lfP3ocpGJDWUT9rRLfe-VCPTKNMcumYSErYvbaNKWAG2GppnMHKWln9XfUHWwt4N-G0eAkYjDUc34Ad0driKB6i4NnXa6gukfEddMH-vGFQHSC_vlKrQW6BEL/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-09-04+at+12.22.43+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://andreawhitely.com/2017/09/04/take-a-walk-on-the-wild-side-colour-your-world-paint-the-house/">Photo by Andrea Whitely.</a></td></tr>
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<br /><i>"Here are some great homes from Buffalo New York, the owners have embraced bright colours and I just adore it. That’s it, I’m inspired…I’m off to the hardware store to pick up some paint-how about you??? How brave are you????"<br /><br /><br /></i></li>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDvN5Bc8U9jw-RFSLbrOYmk7Q0hvYPyMHm9gh_XvhWrcYQfqxJWqtf-Xe8aMf1AB4uzHQTNhCShOA4WM60vbauQ3pkn5idJtRknJisdaR2H2Ig3QtEr0stfSTG6_F3_7RaFlBpHtkJXJu/s1600/Screen+Shot+2017-09-04+at+12.24.26+PM.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="222" data-original-width="299" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDvN5Bc8U9jw-RFSLbrOYmk7Q0hvYPyMHm9gh_XvhWrcYQfqxJWqtf-Xe8aMf1AB4uzHQTNhCShOA4WM60vbauQ3pkn5idJtRknJisdaR2H2Ig3QtEr0stfSTG6_F3_7RaFlBpHtkJXJu/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-09-04+at+12.24.26+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Susan Mulvihill.</td></tr>
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<li><a href="https://www.susansinthegarden.com/2017/09/travel-stories-buffalos-garden-walk/">Travel Stories: Buffalo's Garden Walk</a>, Susan Mulvihill, <i>Susan's in the Garden</i>.<br /><i>"I couldn’t get over how many eye-catching gardens were in each
neighborhood — all on tiny city lots — and each was unique. Some gardeners got really
creative — building platforms on their garages for a beehive or to grow
veggies — with the latter accessed by either a library ladder in front
of the garage or an attic staircase inside. Some used curving pathways,
to add interest and to maximize the space in their small yards. Each community’s neighborhoods of gardens
brought people together, whether it was a passerby stopping to admire
them or neighbors connecting and relaxing together on a summer evening. But
what struck me each time we toured a garden was their willingness to
share something that brings them a great deal of joy and pride, and the
lasting tie they share with their neighbors.</i>"<br /><br />
</li>
<li><a href="http://americangardening.net/buffalo-garden-tour-included-colorful-home-entries/">Buffalo Garden Tour Included Colorful Front Walks</a>, Thomas Mickey, <i>American Gardening. </i><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://americangardening.net/buffalo-garden-tour-included-colorful-home-entries/" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="570" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieicUb8WlJLRUu9wIfBOm5YsXjytj9KjmPPwI0jBfhyphenhyphenzMc_xu_P54Y0mqvSyXnYX9QvAqNrPGwbmD9j6y1Hac2GNCk7iohAdNh9cM6WkdzT2yId3YuTI_garUgDLcUNe5VMhLS8mDoMFRt/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-09-04+at+12.25.44+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://americangardening.net/buffalo-garden-tour-included-colorful-home-entries/">Photo by Thomas Mickey.</a></td></tr>
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<i>"After walking the streets of Buffalo in search of the gardens, I came across several houses with an outstanding front entrance where plants provided so much color and structure. It seemed to me there were as many different designs of entry ways to the house, as there were houses."<br /></i></li>
<li><a href="http://gardenwithdiana.com/buffalo-a-city-of-gardeners/" target="_blank">Buffalo: A City of Gardeners</a>, Diana Stoll, <i>Garden with Diana</i><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gardenwithdiana.com/buffalo-a-city-of-gardeners/" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="582" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-WO6gO2sAVXWUdnbGx4UFMdNKdezExbqrD96UwgwqNgLmz8WBQHNRC1TNYVNKISMq2DJiNUaBkTaMkGJDqfRt0LzkizKlG2We-JpQi2jyul4hGHiWtpBGBeVcGn3Uug2bNUESMYYQFNt/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-08-29+at+12.41.36+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gardenwithdiana.com/buffalo-a-city-of-gardeners/" target="_blank">Photo by Diana Stoll.</a></td></tr>
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<br /><i>"Here’s what I learned:
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<li><i>Buffalonians may be the friendliest people in the country;</i></li>
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<li><i>Individuals can make an enormous difference;</i></li>
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<li><i>Small actions create considerable momentum; and</i></li>
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<li><i>Gardens can save a city."</i></li>
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<li><a href="https://fine-foliage.com/2017/08/29/big-ideas-for-designing-with-mini-leaves/" target="_blank">Big Ideas for Designing with Mini Leaves</a>, Karen Chapman, <i>Fine Foliage </i><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://fine-foliage.com/2017/08/29/big-ideas-for-designing-with-mini-leaves/" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="610" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5TubCwlwxGNnhiJsePIOs7BzNg7iD28Eqy2q3w67HUuAvv4gVIGonAMlYZ9EJnUgsvrN0Ovhcjw_BjEQfgQz89FBOVtprHYyCnu36F_jxJB8T4AqCtLt1KH0u1SfJcSWGWUM8diru_j4q/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-08-29+at+12.42.09+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://fine-foliage.com/2017/08/29/big-ideas-for-designing-with-mini-leaves/">Photo by Karen Chapman.</a></td></tr>
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<i>"I’m just back after a whirlwind tour of Buffalo, New York – boy do those folks know how to do foliage! <span style="color: teal;">Hostas</span><b> </b>must
be the #1 selling plant, available in every conceivable shade of green,
blue-green, blue, gold and white and ranging in size from monsters to
miniatures. I was especially struck by the creative ways homeowners
found to showcase the more petite specimens."</i><br />
</li>
<li><a href="https://turnerphotographics.com/2017/08/25/hosta-fanatics/">Hosta Fanatics</a> Mark Turner, <i>Passions - a blog</i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://turnerphotographics.com/2017/08/25/hosta-fanatics/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="389" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBg8za8AFbnvQawEbAQNPRiB2wGI9tERYZW_Imex91IhZgvXrK3VmGjuIOImk2WxY05sOywqJnK2FlugWoQMxQtTucof53loTArOa0wGqgpXfHMxKfQ292twFFuiCcDj_CzkNNg0GNwbPW/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+7.33.17+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://turnerphotographics.com/2017/08/25/hosta-fanatics/" target="_blank">Photo by Mark Turner.</a></td></tr>
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<i>"Earlier in August I had the opportunity to visit two fantastic woodland
gardens south of Buffalo, New York that each feature over 1000
varieties of Hosta. I think that’s just a little crazy, but the gardens
were a delight..."</i><br /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.capecodtimes.com/opinion/20170824/much-more-than-pretty-blue-flowers" target="_blank">Much more than pretty blue flowers</a>, C.L. Fornari, <i>Cape Cod Times<br />"...this event brings in more than $4 million to that city every summer,
and continues to build on its success. I had the pleasure of visiting
some of those gardens this year and saw firsthand how the love of plants
and gardens has transformed entire streets in that city..."</i><br /> </li>
<li><a href="https://stlynnspress.com/blog/category/uncategorized/gwa2017-buffalo/" target="_blank">#GWA2017 Buffalo</a> Chloe Wertz, <i>St. Lynn's Press blog</i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://stlynnspress.com/blog/category/uncategorized/gwa2017-buffalo/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="295" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimpbkvr4u1uIPx-SaHCBlGQLPC4qeOX5T_ZXr-8ZF4_-rwQKzmx9zb4eImh65Lrb00Cq-4W61iSIagj-o-1E3RCzZU5YGrkmKredj1yq_lbOa2PiQ0mCKiVzl2DocUcEgDi9uDGfA6TyEr/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+7.34.59+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://stlynnspress.com/blog/category/uncategorized/gwa2017-buffalo/" target="_blank">Photo by Chloe Wert. </a></td></tr>
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<i>"We’re not much for bold statements, but this year’s <a href="https://www.gardenwriters.org/">Garden Writers</a> Annual Conference and Expo in Buffalo was the BEST ONE YET.
We’re not gonna lie: We had our doubts about Buffalo. And boy, were
we wrong! We still can’t get over how beautiful Buffalo was – and how
friendly the people were. This city should be celebrated for its beauty,
history, architecture and amazing private/public garden spaces..."<br /><br />"We knew nothing about Buffalo’s Cottage District before arriving in the
city. It’s such a wonderful example of how a few dedicated home-owners
can transform a neighborhood with a little space, time, energy, colorful
plants and quirky garden art. The Cottage District is an absolute
must-see for garden lovers..."</i><br /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.gardenindelight.com/bible-plants-buffalo/" target="_blank">A Bible Gardener Visits Buffalo</a>, NY Shelley Cramm, <i>Garden in Delight</i><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd9nVV8Phx3ffaCfa8CqWYMItwwCR-Vuo2YhDHLlt1Xj2lpUdqEayqw4RK5h4_EEtUuHs4rvpsWvgkWQjAgLZLz1_6qP6NoiRfyL8ZpxckQf31FdbF92RhVFx9notZtEtzsZ9ZvIVZnSF4/s1600/Bible-gardener-visits-Buffalo-CP.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1595" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd9nVV8Phx3ffaCfa8CqWYMItwwCR-Vuo2YhDHLlt1Xj2lpUdqEayqw4RK5h4_EEtUuHs4rvpsWvgkWQjAgLZLz1_6qP6NoiRfyL8ZpxckQf31FdbF92RhVFx9notZtEtzsZ9ZvIVZnSF4/s200/Bible-gardener-visits-Buffalo-CP.jpg" width="198" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gardenindelight.com/bible-plants-buffalo/" target="_blank">Photo by Shelley Cramm.</a></td></tr>
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<br /><i>"I’m not sure there could be a bigger garden welcome than the one
awaiting visitors to Buffalo, NY, in late July! The energetic citizens
of one of America’s greatest northern cities have endured much—from
difficult winters to economic decline, yet they have fought back in
glorious gardens, restoring community, tourism, triumph, prosperity, and
joy to the city. Pleasing, color-filled neighborhood strolls and long
walks in city parks are yours to enjoy, dear gardener, in this
historical haven..."</i><br /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogto.com/city/2017/08/things-to-do-buffalo/" target="_blank">17 things to do the next time you visit Buffalo</a> Derek Flack, <i>BlogTO<br />"When I visited Buffalo this summer, the annual Garden Walk event was
taking place. Basically you can go exploring all incredible backyards
around some of the city's oldest and architecturally significant
neighbourhoods...As cool as getting the behind the scenes peek afforded
by the event, the thing that struck me is how nice it was to explore
Elmwood Village. The landscaping and architecture here puts Toronto to
shame..."</i><br /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.lejardinetdesigns.com/2017/08/21/small-garden-re-imagined-buffalo-style/" target="_blank">Small Garden Re-Imagined: Buffalo Style</a> Karen Chapman, <i>le jardinet</i><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JSbnj56CF7X0bZTSCM8MhTx_0CEkmvanpRtuUvrxhfe-r1AO015Uw1JiLeu9qIPc9S1gcFV0ZQLdAvzB67B_z34oLrAnhecMZHiSiQ-e7d_80TZ8yrbC7tse4a-9hMZq55I4nwZqWSMb/s1600/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+7.01.08+PM.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="542" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JSbnj56CF7X0bZTSCM8MhTx_0CEkmvanpRtuUvrxhfe-r1AO015Uw1JiLeu9qIPc9S1gcFV0ZQLdAvzB67B_z34oLrAnhecMZHiSiQ-e7d_80TZ8yrbC7tse4a-9hMZq55I4nwZqWSMb/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+7.01.08+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.lejardinetdesigns.com/2017/08/21/small-garden-re-imagined-buffalo-style/" target="_blank">Photo by Karen Chapman.</a></td></tr>
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<br /><i>"Do you like garden tours? I try to go to a few local ones each year, but this summer I had the opportunity to attend what can only be described as a garden tour on steroids – Garden Walk Buffalo...some are whimsical, some appear to be a set borrowed from Hollywood,
others feature native plants, but all are creative, and the open arms
concept is encouraging a greater sense of pride in this community..."</i><br /> </li>
<li><a href="https://gardenwriters.blog/2017/08/16/gwa-2017-snapshots-from-buffalo/" target="_blank">GWA 2017: Snapshots from Buffalo</a> Ann McCormick, <i>GWAGrows<br />"This year’s GWA conference was a rousing success with nearly 350
attendees. The weather was fine and the natives were very friendly. A
big thank you to the local arrangements committee..."</i></li>
<li><a href="http://www.klru.org/ctg/2017/08/tranquil-designs-from-austin-to-buffalo/" target="_blank">Tranquil Designs from Austin to Buffalo</a> Linda Lehmusvirta, <i>Central Texas Gardener</i><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.klru.org/ctg/2017/08/tranquil-designs-from-austin-to-buffalo/" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="745" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneX-PUiaIOEtIHBXnzda0xrZGBx0353bhMYi95QC-SBymrXD-Kr9cYGzjKnUgq-GksqASL80t-tUE5VcGhtojPLR5iHgrFawyNV9gDoBR46lYD4Q_MQsC2Z94_llt3XA-qtc6fiNXDPoX/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+6.52.39+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.klru.org/ctg/2017/08/tranquil-designs-from-austin-to-buffalo/" target="_blank">Photo by Linda Lehmusvirta.</a></td></tr>
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<br /><i></i><i>"The best thing about visiting gardens on tour is to admire someone else’s hard work without sweating it out ourselves...so I loved simply relaxing into inspiration mode on a recent visit to Buffalo..."</i><br /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.indystar.com/story/life/home-garden/2017/08/18/hoosier-gardener-indy-prime-place-hold-multi-neighborhood-garden-tours/563722001/" target="_blank">Hoosier Gardener: Indy prime place to hold multi-neighborhood garden tours</a> <span class="asset-metabar-author asset-metabar-item">Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, <i>IndyStar<br />"</i></span><i>These are not what we call “checkbook gardens,” but rather very
personal landscapes planted and accessorized with what the gardeners are
enjoy, such as mini hostas or eclectic art..."</i><br /> </li>
<li><a href="http://calgaryherald.com/life/food/dirty-to-dynamic-secrets-of-city-transformation-through-private-gardens" target="_blank">Secrets of city transformation through private gardens</a> Donna Balzer, <i>Calgary Herald</i><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://calgaryherald.com/life/food/dirty-to-dynamic-secrets-of-city-transformation-through-private-gardens" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="638" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEXB9D3-mqsg_7Nxv0NXYj0aW3rke0U3PWOZch6WUOymS2kHdVmNv_rkEa8Rz_GnFFKd_NM7jvHn9-FhfxgFCs4Y9NqtPlYUYtTKcWkanHWh77lcH9mosY3Ojxjshr8lVZ6Dw8wyGBSX6/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+7.12.31+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://calgaryherald.com/life/food/dirty-to-dynamic-secrets-of-city-transformation-through-private-gardens" target="_blank">Photo by Donna Balzer.</a></td></tr>
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<br /><i></i><i>"And then we ventured into private yards with Harry Potter Sheds, dozens
of colourful potted plants and miniature railways: I was amazed.
Finally, the intimate spaces a nosy gardener really wants to visit...Buffalo proves a city can change its profile and face to the world one
yard at a time. And it’s not the big public gardens that will do it. It
is the small yards in neighbourhoods around the city that build interest
and excitement..."</i><br /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.klru.org/ctg/2017/08/curb-appeal-from-buffalo-to-austin/" target="_blank">Up Front & Out Back: Buffalo to Austin</a>, Linda Lehmusvirta, <i>Central Texas Gardener</i><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGJuYa0OZZOXdynkowQ_S86vopRamegyJw7d1GMDPAIJekfjUP77lVlD4myzRvrcJC43tZNcIX9KsjD36KuUw3X-tKS8i9a3LxGmYRxJbCCvwELsDZPIE5mv7ah6zx5hVX9bckOE54ASh/s1600/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+7.01.47+PM.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="745" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGJuYa0OZZOXdynkowQ_S86vopRamegyJw7d1GMDPAIJekfjUP77lVlD4myzRvrcJC43tZNcIX9KsjD36KuUw3X-tKS8i9a3LxGmYRxJbCCvwELsDZPIE5mv7ah6zx5hVX9bckOE54ASh/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+7.01.47+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.klru.org/ctg/2017/08/curb-appeal-from-buffalo-to-austin/" target="_blank">Photo by Linda Lehmusvirta.</a></td></tr>
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<br /><i></i><i>"As in Austin’s older neighborhoods, tiny front yard jewels front
personable homes, though these in Buffalo were built decades earlier..."</i></li>
<li><a href="http://www.indystar.com/story/life/home-garden/2017/08/25/hoosier-gardener-garden-tour-event-could-have-multimillion-dollar-impact/590481001/" target="_blank">Hoosier Gardener: Garden tour event could have multimillion-dollar impact</a>, Jo Ellen Myers Sharp,<i> IndyStar</i><br /><i>"In Buffalo’s case, data from 2010 and 2011 showed the two-day event has
a $4.5 million impact, according to an analysis by Richard Benfield, a
garden tourism consultant at Central Connecticut State University..."</i></li>
<li><a href="http://www.goerie.com/entertainmentlife/20170826/container-gardening-ideas-highlight-garden-tour#" target="_blank">Container ideas highlight garden tour, </a>Sue Scholz<i>, Erie Times-News</i><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goerie.com/entertainmentlife/20170826/container-gardening-ideas-highlight-garden-tour" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="651" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDz7tNYJYwdaPVScngKQUCA6F_2rl68eWtLS_DzqX9BrMzixQZIkj6QgYcjYjJ04XFtUpM7u37m3qGQcfnDSgjioRmZ8eBgwYkilWtcC3u615-du6ngc0fOtkvk4vDPimo5H7wgNIn0tu/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+6.51.45+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goerie.com/entertainmentlife/20170826/container-gardening-ideas-highlight-garden-tour" target="_blank">Photo by Sue Scholz.</a></td></tr>
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<i>"There were so many creative garden ideas. I’m sharing a sampling of the
spectacular container gardens we encountered. Those Buffalo gardeners
take the saying of “Go big or go home” to heart. Each large pot was more
beautiful than the next and would be at home in any national gardening
magazine."</i><br /> </li>
<li><a href="http://barbarasgardenchronicles.blogspot.ca/2017/08/no-summer-is-complete-without-visit-to.html" target="_blank">No Summer is Complete Without a Visit to Buffalo</a>, Barbara Conroy, <i>Barbara's Garden Chronicles</i><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://barbarasgardenchronicles.blogspot.ca/2017/08/no-summer-is-complete-without-visit-to.html" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="618" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXu3tQD8CtpA1Nwx8AbUL2QYngNUzKud31fcNcgplvhQgCRcpq139FB48A_FJjgD2BQjmg-XzSeyfvj_Su_kzD5tKRDThSlSas2pkci_Vq0UmHx6I8cHpFLUPOpggg05Dx0ET0gq3W5Zj/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+7.15.07+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://barbarasgardenchronicles.blogspot.ca/2017/08/no-summer-is-complete-without-visit-to.html" target="_blank">Photo by Barbara Conroy.</a></td></tr>
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<br /><i></i><i>"...you can see that the Buffalo Style is found not only in the garden
designs or the carefully composed floral selections, but in the
neighbourhoods and in the gardeners who so kindly welcomed us..."</i><br /> </li>
<li><a href="https://turnerphotographics.com/2017/08/15/whod-a-thought-buffalo-would-have-great-gardens/" target="_blank">Who’d a Thought Buffalo Would Have Great Gardens?</a> Doug Turner, <i>Passions - A Blog<br />"The fine folks in Buffalo, New York certainly do know how to garden. And
they share their gardens with friends, neighbors, and garden lovers
from around the world..."</i></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogto.com/city/2017/08/things-to-do-buffalo/" target="_blank">17 things to do the next time you visit Buffalo</a>, Derek Flack, <i>BlogTO</i><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogto.com/city/2017/08/things-to-do-buffalo/" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="685" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMlCvQL8d42nAHWrc4o4oufnoZOj2HQadZnKZgY4GzckhyphenhyphenvDyLQItGCcrQOnWS_d3keRzN7u1oYW91AqgYm-zxGZ__L9f-sZLMixIiEjvGe-StP8vV0dscJMp11XQquzl6UPOsPYzCTTx/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+7.52.48+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogto.com/city/2017/08/things-to-do-buffalo/" target="_blank">Photo by Derek Flack.</a></td></tr>
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<br /><i>"When I visited Buffalo this summer, the annual Garden Walk event was
taking place. Basically you can go exploring all incredible backyards
around some of the city's oldest and architecturally significant
neighbourhoods...As cool as getting the behind the scenes peek afforded
by the event, the thing that struck me is how nice it was to explore
Elmwood Village. The landscaping and architecture here puts Toronto to
shame..."</i></li>
<li><a href="http://smalltowngardener.com/gardens_bring_buffalo_back_to_life_a_story_of_urban_renewal/" target="_blank">Gardens Bring Buffalo Back to Life: A Story of Urban Renewal, </a>Marianne Willburn, <i>The Small Town Gardener</i><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://smalltowngardener.com/gardens_bring_buffalo_back_to_life_a_story_of_urban_renewal/" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="697" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4s4PyeDS9v80Up9NQK6gd_lrH7zuCKoy8zRu76av7SlGlBolAwG_ce2iBzaJNU0pEqGRZ8RoTJ_CpRfMij-y_ElyV8G9Yrk29p-LFEjnNzOwhMqEF00D04HoSSvUmTSD-aU-mHVHkdSMi/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+7.19.06+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://smalltowngardener.com/gardens_bring_buffalo_back_to_life_a_story_of_urban_renewal/" target="_blank">Photo by Marianne Willburn.</a></td></tr>
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<br /><i>"Maybe you have more control over that neighborhood than you think...Each of these gardeners had chosen to pick up a trowel in the midst of urban decay and change their world.
</i><i>They ended up changing a city...‘Buffalo Style Garden’ – It’s a thing..."</i><br />
</li>
<li><a href="https://plantsomejoy.com/2017/08/13/buffalo-wins-my-heart/" target="_blank">Buffalo Wins My Heart </a>Martha Swiss, <i>Plant Some Joy!<br />"Like most cities, Buffalo has had its share of problems. But as we
walked from garden to garden along charming streets, it quickly became
apparent that whole communities have embraced gardening, and the result
is some astonishingly effective urban renewal...Buffalo is living proof that gardening can be a powerful force for grassroots urban renewal and community building..."</i></li>
<li><i> </i><a href="http://gardenrant.com/2017/08/gwabuffalo-take-aways.html" target="_blank">GWA/Buffalo Take-Aways</a> Susan Harris, <i>GardenRant.com</i><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gardenrant.com/2017/08/gwabuffalo-take-aways.html" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="543" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs5srdiySKd-SetZvJt7YYCRoRHbUjmxme8wqgcqdmluRnaOPfzmGGMpq5YmtgwkHyt4LykHoLQtxfXhJ9pT6_Ein8vJ94lKLIe0ujm0XyzVELuJ_IjGKqp8QScOE5ZImGqbMZgd2lHSFX/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+7.30.38+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gardenrant.com/2017/08/gwabuffalo-take-aways.html" target="_blank">Photo by Susan Harris.</a></td></tr>
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<br /><i><i></i>"Time for a debrief after attending the Garden Writers annual shindig
held in Buffalo this year – to the delight of anyone who’s been there in
the last decade or so and the apprehension of anyone who hasn’t. Yeah,
Buffalo had lots of doubters, but boy did that city shut them up!"</i><br /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.torontogardens.com/2017/08/near-sighted-camera-meets-colorblind-gardener.html/" target="_blank">Near-sighted camera meets colorblind gardener</a> Helen Batersby, <i>Toronto Gardens</i> <i>"Why post about Buffalo gardens on a blog called Toronto Gardens? It’s
because we’re in roughly the same plant zone...and have
lots of small, city plots to cultivate. We always try to bring back
ideas that will work for Toronto folk who love the outdoors. So let’s
get inspiration where we can!"</i><br /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.klru.org/ctg/2017/08/beautiful-ideas-i-brought-home-from-buffalo/" target="_blank">Beautiful Ideas I Brought Back from Buffalo</a> Linda Lehmusvirta, <i>Central Texas Gardener</i><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.klru.org/ctg/2017/08/beautiful-ideas-i-brought-home-from-buffalo/" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="742" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUP8R13KbAe4L_rN92XqcE6mbUhyphenhyphenk_mh78KyecO36iMUoZMZAdYzToEFZetEgop9VvjDSPpap4opIamDK3paVqLwlFEldhBELPx2Qmq4xc-pKJOyHDAxwsoV0Hp-KLbU0u2ELKCp-HS1yf/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+7.25.00+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.klru.org/ctg/2017/08/beautiful-ideas-i-brought-home-from-buffalo/" target="_blank">Phtot by Linda Lehmusvirta.</a></td></tr>
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<br /><i></i><i>"Neighbors are truly connected in these rejuvenated sections of Buffalo.
Instead of fighting boundary lines, these gardeners connect them,
building most charming relationships..."</i></li>
<li><a href="http://buffalonews.com/2017/08/10/gardeners-came-left-impressed/" target="_blank">The Gardeners came and left impressed </a>Sally Cunningham, <i>The Buffalo News</i><br /><i>“I have seen the great gardens of the world, but nothing like I’ve
seen in these Buffalo gardens,” he told me at the conference’s closing
banquet. “So often I see tired gardens and frustrated gardeners, and
great big ‘checkbook gardens.’ But these Buffalo folks – it’s their
unparalleled passions we won’t forget. I will plan to come back.” - Allan Armitage signifies horticultural
royalty, considered to be one of the most learned people and finest
teachers in the field, having written 13 books, among them our most
dependable encyclopedic references about annuals, perennials, native
plants (and more). When he speaks, gardeners listen..."</i><br />
</li>
<li><a href="http://news.wbfo.org/post/garden-writers-association-plants-roots-wny-national-conference" target="_blank">Garden Writers Association plants roots in WNY for national conference</a> Mike Desmond, <i>WBFO</i>,<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://news.wbfo.org/post/garden-writers-association-plants-roots-wny-national-conference" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="632" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNawBAv2aKc7uvH3DM1aJnPPT0I_5n-pcMUWUyORfUK-YOo_xTI9GCZwsFFACIi7qPbiDdLchO96beLu23h-c0dDhTHMDxSJQ_h3FfII1egrZjAcw-OxCwMshAAj7prgVEatbcFNYdN1id/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+7.37.15+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://news.wbfo.org/post/garden-writers-association-plants-roots-wny-national-conference" target="_blank">Photo by Mike Desmond.</a></td></tr>
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<br /><i>"It goes back to the very institutionalization of urban green, with the
Olmsted parks system which started here in the city and extended now
through these later years with Buffalo Gardenwalks," </i><i>Association President Kirk Brown said. "We
have had an absolutely astonishing 150 year view of ornamental
horticulture in America..."</i></li>
<li><a href="http://buffalonews.com/2017/08/04/the-garden-writers-are-here/" target="_blank">Garden Writers from all over North America are here! </a>Sally Cunningham, <i>The Buffalo News</i><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://buffalonews.com/2017/08/04/the-garden-writers-are-here/" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="749" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh448OJeTFHQFZUOvoRNgXEPXMgGlc59pExHLyhm5I7IE_qd5E6KD69gM2lapTDmGpqb_2PJp-X8UjtNMREtG1nQtsWMsX-VE6JYlxpSfW_ycNZfxAJhDzhZRbk0Z019e7mMhUirmZBHzE/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+7.28.34+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://buffalonews.com/2017/08/04/the-garden-writers-are-here/" target="_blank">Photo by Derek Gee/The Buffalo News.</a></td></tr>
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<br /><i></i><i>"This weekend you may see six large motor coaches driving to the
Southtowns, roaming the gardening neighborhoods of Buffalo, and visiting
our parks and public gardens. The giant buses are filled with tourists
we very much want: guests who will write about us, take pictures, post,
blog and publish..."</i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.buffalorising.com/2017/08/garden-writers-will-be-invasive-this-weekend/#disqus_thread" target="_blank">Garden Writers will be invasive this weekend!</a> Jim Charlier, <i>Buffalo Rising </i><i>"We know that having visitors tour our creative and beautiful gardens has
a lasting impact on how Buffalo is perceived. Making an impression on garden media “influencers” only piles
on. The tourism industry gets a conference with vast outreach potential,
in addition to filling hotels and restaurants in the short term with a
more than $1 million economic impact...<br /> </i></li>
<li><a href="http://www.buffalospree.com/Buffalo-Spree/August-2017/The-Dirt-The-writers-are-coming/" target="_blank">The Dirt / The writers are coming </a>Sally Cunningham, <i>Buffalo Spree Magazine </i><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.buffalospree.com/Buffalo-Spree/August-2017/The-Dirt-The-writers-are-coming/" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="700" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIxCWFxBsuTeRSKIuTcH32-v7Hf8WSnJ5o4cyxk_YGLe93UAhZF4AkqCy2ie7NtokdNYsvZmywpBQnytdhlymzDgBoDajCkX5KxCL2GU9eEnh1Cc8W1d49-KC2ncu1hyCA8Tokl_SjLpP/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+8.48.12+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.buffalospree.com/Buffalo-Spree/August-2017/The-Dirt-The-writers-are-coming/" target="_blank">Draves Arboretum photo <br />by Buffalo Spree Magazine.</a></td></tr>
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<br /><i>"300–400 garden writers are descending on Buffalo and environs (this
weekend) to see Western New York public and private gardens, flower
farms, sustainable landscaping sites, and more. The visitors are members
of the Garden Communicators Association (GWA, <a data-ft="{"tn":"-U"}" data-lynx-mode="async" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgardenwriters.org%2F&h=ATPck67PeHNjq5xM3sz5lOV6YvNymlnCSSuO1iAJ2LI_79jp2iT6Fe68tycVczGoQdbqG4_UwZKPxyk0kvXeFvun0bJzy0N4hFzuwPdnlLL3lPc_cbFC2SQ_P9YBWGZCsUX-O8-VZIuggZ-ENnu_-zYQ-gJfA8zs54mnvSiiw06G4cQZSVCWaQIb7av-x9HjyHylWgDAWqi_WqscEN7NITAmVPcsyFkQYTpqgM7ybMLRtCFhOvl4M18_jMYL07mZgxW4gPA7a-giXwU3lBh-PZxodHVhsNdTKkev98SlqopBWQ" href="http://gardenwriters.org/" target="_blank">gardenwriters.org</a>),
which is holding its sixty-ninth annual conference and expo here. The
conference will fill the Hyatt, convention center, area restaurants, and
tourism sites with enthusiastic garden talk..."</i></li>
</ul>
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<b>Photo Collections</b><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.plantsmap.com/collections/32085/sub_collections/32087" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="637" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCLub3tie0j0dyn3JGbYFseh26JgCMNwde6Tk2bJbkKpijjHpMx7adanA9Jcka1HIOAuLzt4KD_hq0BaMhk6ZJ_C4mLgl7QuvrZ-L6W94nV04DmqQGLrH205_DZsQG7ou55MZl189Q9eDR/s200/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+6.52.15+PM.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.plantsmap.com/collections/32085/sub_collections/32087" target="_blank">Photo by Tracy Blevins</a></td></tr>
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.plantsmap.com/collections/32085/sub_collections/32087" target="_blank">Buffalo Private Gardens</a> Tracy Blevins,<i> PlantsMap.com </i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.plantsmap.com/collections/32085/sub_collections/32094" target="_blank">Buffalo Olmsted Parks </a>Tracy Blevins, <i>PlantsMap.com </i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.plantsmap.com/collections/32085/sub_collections/32134" target="_blank">Buffalo Southtowns Gardens</a> Tracy Blevins,<i> <i>PlantsMap.com </i></i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.plantsmap.com/collections/32085/sub_collections/32095" target="_blank">Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens,</a> Tracy Blevins, <i><i>PlantsMap.com</i></i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.plantsmap.com/collections/32085/sub_collections/32090" target="_blank">The Martin House Complex - Frank Lloyd Wright's 1904 Masterpiece, Tracy Blevins</a><i><i>, PlantsMap.com</i></i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.plantsmap.com/collections/32085/sub_collections/32093" target="_blank"><i><i>GWA New Plant Round-up 2017</i></i></a><i><i><a href="https://www.plantsmap.com/collections/32085/sub_collections/32095" target="_blank">,</a> Tracy Blevins, <i><i>PlantsMap.com</i></i></i></i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.plantsmap.com/collections/32085/sub_collections/32086" target="_blank">2018 All-American Selections - National garden Bureau New Variety Showcase</a>, Tracy Blevins,<i><i><i><i> PlantsMap.com </i></i></i></i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/gardenmediagroup/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10154597877917443" target="_blank">#GWA2017 Buffalo Garden Walk</a>, Garden Media Group, <i><i><i><i>Facebook</i></i></i></i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=buffalo%20garden%20walk" target="_blank">Buffalo Garden Walk</a>, <i>Flickr</i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/gardenmediagroup/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10154597877917443" target="_blank">Garden Media Group</a><i>, Facebook</i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/washington.gardener/media_set?set=a.10155136195169261.1073741854.711064260&type=3" target="_blank">Garden Writers in Situ</a>, Kathy Jentz, <i>Facebook</i></li>
<li><a href="http://Garden Writers Experience Garden Walk Buffalo 2017" target="_blank">Garden Writers Experience Garden Walk Buffalo 2017</a>, Teresa Watkins, <i>Facebook</i></li>
<li><a href="https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPZnkM2RSRuAfpMG--EQo_ZmmEBCsmasO_Rx9Bs2d-Q4b6WtbMfnPXTtXYrnzrypw?key=Q3hyM21pTWRfQWxvUHlYOFZlaFZIUWpwdWczOXBR" target="_blank">Anelle Ammons</a>, <i>Google Photos</i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/GWAAnnualConference/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1669185709821893" target="_blank">#GWA2017 </a>GWA Photo Album, <i>Facebook</i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/paul.haden.96/media_set?set=a.1930333920575298.1073741937.100007961253722&type=3&pnref=story" target="_blank">Buffalo Garden Walk</a>, Paul Hayden,<i> Facebook </i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/search/pins/?q=garden%20walk%20buffalo&rs=rs&eq=&etslf=NaN&term_meta[]=garden%7Crecentsearch%7Cundefined&term_meta[]=walk%7Crecentsearch%7Cundefined&term_meta[]=buffalo%7Crecentsearch%7Cundefined" target="_blank">Garden Walk Buffalo</a>, <i>Pinterest </i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/buffalogardenwalk/" target="_blank">#BuffaloGardenWalk</a>,<i> Instagram</i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BX-usi0gsBw/?tagged=gardenwalkbuffalo" target="_blank">#GardenWalkBuffalo,</a><i> Instagram</i></li>
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For <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/garden-walk-buffalo/" target="_blank">Garden Walk Buffalo</a> this year, <a href="http://www.visitbuffaloniagara.com/" target="_blank">Visit Buffalo Niagara</a> (VBN, our visitors bureau) and their media relations firm in NYC, <a href="http://www.mardikspr.com/" target="_blank">Mardiks Public Relations</a>, was able to finagle a live Skype interview, last Saturday, from my garden, on <a href="https://weather.com/" target="_blank">The Weather Channel</a> – two segments!<br />
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My prep included input from the VBN along the lines of, "They'll keep asking questions, about the weather, your job is answer by turning it back to gardens and tourism – and dispel any weather myths."<br />
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Well there were no weather myths to dispel. They were great.<br />
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I am not a Weather Channel watcher, but my wife is big-time. She's an international flight attendant that commutes to Newark every week, and her job is so reliant on weather and forecasts that she even knew who some of the Weather Channel personalities are by name.<br />
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I had also drove to each Garden Walk headquarters and dropped off materials I had forgotten to drop off the night before when I was setting up. We did some local TV on one of the morning news shows on Thursday starting at 4:45 a.m. and I'd been loopy and forgetful ever since. Fortunately, I'm loopy and forgetful pretty much every day, so no one noticed when I was loopy-er and more forgetful.<br />
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Ultimately, the spots had a rough viewership of 300,000, with a comparable ad value of nearly $20,000. Great unpaid advertising for Garden Walk!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">
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It's <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/garden-walk-buffalo/" target="_blank">Garden Walk Buffalo</a> weekend and garden art projects are being finished up throughout Buffalo as you read this. This bottle wall, in the Richmond Avenue garden of Garden Walk Buffalo Chairperson, Sue Hough Sako, and her husband Miro Sako, is surely going to delight visitors all weekend long.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Balls between bottles <br />stop water from getting inside.</td></tr>
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I talked to Miro about its production last summer, when it was just an idea. He sepent much time, expense and many, many bottles, trying to figure out how to drill through their bottoms. Once he figured that out, construction began.<br />
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They are strung on cables, with small balls between each bottle. Sue's an art director and has a great eye and "art directed" the project as it went up. Their daughters help determine what color bottles went where. It's stunning.<br />
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I was there early in the morning, so I saw it with lights on. I'll have to go back and get some shots in daylight.<br />
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Pinterest is a dangerous thing for creative minds and talented hands.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's large, and shields their patio form the neighbor's house. The upper light is actually the neighbor's <br />motion sensor light, but it makes the bottles look pretty good.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They had to drink a lot of wine (and other adult beverages) to get this many bottles.<br />Creativity is hard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are a few bottles with special meaning, some from Miro's "home land."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks like a million bucks!</td></tr>
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Each year, as I tour local gardens, I inevitably find a few that I'd never been to before that become my new favorite. I'm fickle that way. Here's this years' favorite.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You enter the garden by these sliding "barn-style" doors. <br />
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I first saw it in <a href="http://www.buffalospree.com/Buffalo-Spree/HOME-The-Home-Garden-Design-Magazine-of-WNY/" target="_blank"><i>Buffalo Spree Magazine</i></a>'s HOME section in their print edition. My shed was featured in the same issue. But this is the garden that wowed me.<br />
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It was part of this past weekend's <a href="http://www.kentongardentour.com/" target="_blank">Ken-Ton Garden Tour</a> on Engelwood Avenue. The tour features a "Starry Night Garden Tour" on Friday and Saturday nights, so I was able to get there to see it in the dark on Friday, I was so enamored with it, I went again on Saturday during the day. I had it nearly to myself for the time I was there.<br />
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Glad I went! The gardener/bartender is Mike. I introduced myself as "the guy with the shed." It turns out he visits my garden every year for Garden Walk Buffalo and said my unique use of space was inspiration for him to do something different too. And he's done nearly everything you see here himself – all but some roofing beam installation.<br />
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The curved red sectional sofa is the dominate visual, but there's so many great ideas throughout this garden, it was hard to keep track.<br />
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We talked for quite a while. He worked for People Express back in the '80s, as did my wife. Not sure if he remembers her. Hopefully they can meet next weekend in my garden.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sectional dominates, but the back wall is a vertical garden on a lattice wall with a mirror background. The circular sofa surrounds a circular gas fire pit of glass marbles. That's wisteria on the right side wall. In the back left, you can't see it so well, but that's where the hot tub is. And the movie screen can be seen on the side of the house up high.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's the fire pit, lit at night. When I was there it was very crowded!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is one of the best lit gardens I've ever been in. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's the mirror-backed, lattice vertical garden. To the left is the
hot tub. The sliding entry door is to the right. As soon as you walk in, there is a triquetra (Celtic symbol) embedded in concrete. You've now entered the indoor/outdoor pub zone.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here it is at night.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The trumpet-vine covered hot tub. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The trumpet-vine covered hot tub at night.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bar is the side wall of the garage which was there originally. Family photos surround the bar. A large screen TV, which cones in for the winter, makes this a popular resting spot for hanging out. Entrance to the garage/bar is the door on the right. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cold drinks always available.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Faith, Family, and Friends. And hydrangeas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the dining area, Mike built a ten foot long table (like I did for my deck, eight foot tables are for people that settle!). The planted mirror wall has the appearance of a mantle. Family photos make a frieze above the mirror.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To the right, under the dart board, is a chest with snacks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's a better shot of the highly varnished table, chandelier and metal roof. One half of the roof is corrugated metal, the other is corrugated clear plastic panels to let in the light. That's the gardener/bartender, Mike, in red.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What's more pubby than a red telephone box?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bar is the side of the garage. His first project was to create the concrete patio. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back wall of the bar/dining area is all large mirrors, making the space look much larger than it is. Looks great at night. You can see the clear panel corrugated roof panels better here, as well as the 10' long hand built table.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The DiMino Garden on Sharon Drive in Lockport.</td></tr>
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In its sixth year, <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/" target="_blank">Gardens Buffalo Niagara</a>'s <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/open-gardens-tours/p:1/" target="_blank">Tours of Open Gardens</a> is proving to be more popular than ever, based on directory sales. Exceptional, creative residential gardens are open for for select hours on Thursdays and Fridays in the month of July throughout the region.<br />
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This is unlike any tour you've ever been on. These magazine-worthy gardens (<i>no really, many have been featured in national publications!</i>) are a delight. And this tour is unique in the U.S.<br />
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All you need is an <i>Open Gardens Guide</i>, available at garden centers and other retail locations (list below, <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/open-gardens-tours/p:1/" target="_blank">and here</a>.). There are more than 70 gardens spread throughout Erie and Niagara counties, and each is open on a Thursday or Friday throughout the month. A few are open Thursdays<i> and</i> Fridays. You can visit at your own pace, there will be no crowds, if you tour during the day, it's a lovely time to lunch and tour the different neighborhoods. Some gardens are open into the evening hours – as late as 10pm, so you can enjoy the garden at twilight.<br />
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And you great all this for a $5 donation. <i>I know! </i>That barely covers the cost of the full-color, 90-page booklet filled with garden photos, descriptions, maps, estimated travel times, suggested routes, and listings of all the summer weekend garden tours, educational workshops and classes, and specialty-garden themed tours. I think we're <i>crazy</i> to charge such a low price. A two-day weekend garden tour in some cities will cost $35-$75 or more for one weekend of touring. This is <i>eight days</i> of open gardens to visit!<br />
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What I've done here is featured one garden from each of the 12 "clusters" of gardens there are to be viewed, add to that, I haven't seen them all yet, and what I have here is a list of great gardens that I've been to, of which I also happen to have photos. You'll have to visit on your own and determine your own favorites, and take your own photos!<br />
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Each cluster is defined by its neighborhood and the similar hours in which they are open. So get a book, get a friend to go with, and get going...<br />
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The Southtowns Bouquet</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smug Creek Gardens on Zimmerman Road in Hamburg.</td></tr>
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Okay, there's lots of great gardens of Eden (<i>ha! see what I did there?</i>), Orchard Park, and Hamburg, but one that should be at the top of your list is Smug Creek Gardens. Hosta speaker circuit pros Kathy Shadrack, and that guy that follows her around, Mike Shadrack, have either penned or photographed their own books, she wrote <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Book-Little-Hostas-Small-Varieties/dp/1604690607/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499353760&sr=8-1&keywords=kathy+shadrack" target="_blank">The Book of Little Hostas</a></i>, he co-wrote and photographed <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/New-Encyclopedia-Hostas-Diana-Grenfell/dp/0881929603/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1499353813&sr=8-2&keywords=michael+shadrack" target="_blank">The New Encyclopedia of Hostas</a></i> and the <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Timber-Press-Pocket-Hostas-Guides/dp/088192847X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1499353880&sr=8-3&keywords=michael+shadrack" target="_blank">Timber Press Pocket Guide to Hostas</a></i>. Mike, the former London Bobby, and Kathy, an avid daylily collector, have a garden worth traveling to – no matter the distance. Wear your sneakers, it's a gardener's garden with many "regions" to wander from shaded forest, to sunny hillside, with meandering paths and an ever-growing collection of garden art.<br />
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<i>There's eight other gardens to see in this cluster in the Southtowns – where you'll see everything from a railroad miniatures garden, another hosta <strike>hoarder's</strike> collector's garden, and much more. </i><br />
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Delaware District</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Bellus Garden on Lancaster Avenue in Bufalo</td></tr>
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Postage-stamp size gardens provide challenges, but Steve Bellus was more than up for the task. His diminutive jewel box of a garden is on Lancaster Avenue - a street with great gardens up and down. Located just a few houses in from Buffalo's Elmwood Avenue, he'll get between 2,500 and 3,000 visitors the weekend of Garden Walk Buffalo. Ask him about the two deer he found in the back yard in June! (I think they got lost shopping on Elmwood Avenue).<br />
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<i>There are four gardens on Lancaster Avenue to visit – and don't miss the Adams garden in this cluster, just a couple blocks away on Auburn. It's another tiny garden brimming with creative touches. For this cluster, you can actually park and walk from one garden to another.</i><br />
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Elmwood Village & Allentown</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Ballard Olinski Garden on Bird Avenue in Buffalo.</td></tr>
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You'll be visiting the tropics when you visit the the Ballard Olinski Garden on Bird Avenue in this cluster of garden stars. Gordon and Brian (we accidentally renamed Gordon "Buffalo Ballard" in the Open Gardens Guide, a Freudian slip for sure). They have a collection of dahlia, and what may be the largest collection of tropicals outside of the Buffalo Botanical Gardens. If you do visit, maybe you can help answer the eternal question - <i>Is that a tiki bar, or a cantina? </i>And sorry, the bar may well be closed during your visit.<i> </i><br />
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<i>This cluster of seven gardens is worth your visit – you'll see a bowling ball totem pole sure to make you smile, and you can stop in the garden of <a href="http://gardenrant./">GardenRant.</a><a href="http://gardenrant.com/" target="_blank">com</a>'s Elizabeth Licata. If you're not familiar with <a href="http://gardenrant.com/">GardenRant.com</a>, go there now and find out what the garden "lifestyle" magazines are NOT talking about.</i><br />
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Northtowns East</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Coyne DiNezza Garden on Darwin Drive in Snyder. </td></tr>
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The Darwin Drive home of the Coyne DiNezza garden is a site to behold. The curve-edged roof of the stone English cottage home is echoed in the charming potting shed you see in the photo above. The gardens use evergreens as a base for its design, creating an atmosphere like few other gardens in this neck of the woods. A must see garden for fans of architecture! Their garden has been featured in <i>Garden Gate</i> magazine and many other regional publications.<br />
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<i>There are eight gardens in this cluster, one of which is open until 10 p.m., so you can make a late afternoon/early evening out of this cluster of gardens in Amherst/Cheektowaga/Williamsville.</i><br />
<h3>
Northtowns West</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Song 'n Bird Garden on Delaware Road in Kenmore.</td></tr>
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The "Song 'n Bird Gardens" on Delaware Road has been a mainstay garden for the Ken-Ton Garden Tour and garden themed bus tours for years. The garden of the Blythes is disarmingly large for this neighborhood – hearkening back to when this was farm country. There is great access throughout the garden, and an impressive vegetable garden spread. We chose it for the <i>Tours of Open Gardens Guide</i> booklet cover for good reason. It's got two barns, arbors, a gazebo, two ponds - and its own railroad! On top of all that, it's a Certified Wildlife Habitat. A lawn ornament is their antique car!<br />
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<i>This cluster of nine Kenmore Tonawanda gardens has five gardens that open at 2 p.m. and two that are open until 10 p.m. You can make it a nice long tour.</i><br />
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Lancaster</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Krebs Garden on Iwrinwood Road in Lancaster.</td></tr>
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You think you've done some great reuse and re-purposing of items in a garden? You haven't seen anything like the Krebs garden on Iwrinwood Road. Ron and Kathleen have made it an art form. Quite literally. No piece of metal, glass, furniture, tools, driftwood, or bassinet is protected from becoming part of their stagecraft and craftiness. Here, one man's trash is another man's garden art. You'll be enthralled by the birdhouses and feeders made from everything but birdhouses and bird feeders. A coffee can, funnel, and a finial, with a bit of spray paint becomes a birdhouse. A bowling ball on a newel post, painted together look like high-end garden statuary.<br />
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<i>The five gardens in this cluster are open only on Thursdays. There's one new one this year I've never been to. Now I have a new goal.</i><br />
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Niagara Trail</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Kurbs Garden on Locust Street in Lockport.</td></tr>
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Have you ever walked into a backyard garden and feel like stress has left your shoulders? When the feeling you get from a garden just makes you want to say, "<i>Ahhhhh..</i>"? That's what it's like to enter the Kurbs Garden on Locust Street in Lockport. Instant vacation. the immense lawn is accentuated with garden art, a wooden pirate ship playset and a collection of rough-hewn birdhouses make you want to just sit in that chair in the photo looking around until a nap comes on. The lead photo of this post is from the DiMino garden on Sharon Drive in Lockport – another creative garden that qualifies as a staycation.<br />
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<i>There are only four gardens in this cluster open on Fridays. Check the hours though, they're not all the same, but they do overlap.</i><br />
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Cottage & Kleinhans</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Hough Sako Garden on Richmond Avenue in Buffalo.</td></tr>
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Where to begin? This was probably the hardest cluster where I challenged myself to feature just one garden. Most are friends. Two belong to either the current, or past chair of Garden Walk Buffalo. Do I stick with my favorite garden on the Walk (20 Norwood?), the much photographed, colorful one with the colorblind gardener on my old street (84 Sixteenth Street), or the house I rented and lived in for four years in the late '80s, early '90s (402 Summer Street)? Or the Little Summer street garden (415 Summer Street) of Garden Walk's greatest advocate (and home to Buffalo's most beautiful hellstrip)?<br />
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I'm gonna' go with the garden of Sue Hough and Miro Sako. Sue is the current chair of Garden Walk Buffalo. Their garden, started when their two girls younger, is a creative and colorful retreat. Around every shrub is another creative creation by Sue & Miro. I cannot wait to see what original project they've been working on for this year's Walk. But without question, the star of the garden is the tree house of every little girl's fantasy.<br />
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<i>Of the seven gardens in this cluster open on Fridays, I've only not seen the new one at 87 Sixteenth Street. I'll be remedying that.</i><br />
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South Buffalo and Old First Ward</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Macciaccio Garden on Rutland Street in South Buffalo.</td></tr>
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The Macciaccio Garden on Rutland Street's entrance is through their grape-vine covered patio. My first visit there was a revelation. Sharon's garden, modeled on all the gardens she's loved to visit on Garden Walk Buffalo over the years, is the epitome of a Buffalo-style garden. Some creative re-use of found art, juxtaposition of plants based on her preferences and experiments, rather than what she's been told to do. There's no way you won't want to sit on the swinging bench and take it all in for a few minutes. Don't miss the Mahoney garden on High View. Pat's an architect (and a Frank Lloyd Wright scholar) with an impressive collection of daylilies and an even greater collection of rocks, bricks and other architectural remnants of Buffalo buildings, many of which are incorporated into his garden. How many people can say they have parts of the Larkin Adnistration Building in their garden!?<br />
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<i>There's only four gardens in this cluster, and they're relatively small, so you'll want to marry this grouping with another Friday cluster.</i><br />
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Lakeshore</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Hajnosz Garden on Columbia Avenue in Hamburg/Lakeshore.</td></tr>
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Don't let the front of the Hajnosz Garden on Columbia Avenue scare you off. What looks like a typical front yard in their neighborhood leads to one of the regions' most special gardens. Plant collectors and itinerant garden experimenters, both John And Carole are the garden masters here. They have more than 300 varieties of hosta. That's just varieties, not plants. Carole grows hosta from seed. I didn't even know you could grow them from seed! The one-acre, 25-year-old garden has dozens of ornamental, and fruit trees, and mini, dwarf, and standard conifers all along meandering paths. The property backs up to the Wanakah Country Club – another Open Garden you can visit! Don't miss the Conlon Garden on Lakeshore Road, it's right on the lake – you'll get a great view of downtown Buffalo and vistas south, wonderfully creative and clever gardens, and see Buffalo's most beautifully planted berm.<br />
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<i>This cluster has five gardens. Is open on Fridays from 5-8 p.m. It could take all that time to appreciate them all properly.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Charlier Garden on Lancaster Avenue in Buffalo.</td></tr>
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And It wouldn't be me, if I didn't recommend my own Lancaster Avenue garden which can be found in the Delaware District cluster of gardens. It's one of the only gardens to come with its own in-house design/marketing/press relations firm – me. Recently featured in an eight-page spread in <i><a href="https://www.thisoldhouse.com/ideas/magical-garden-buffalo" target="_blank">This Old House</a></i> magazine, the 16-year-old garden of the 1897 Dutch Colonial home features a magical potting shed, potager garden, hanging succulent garden, checkerboard garden, a Harry Potter Garden, a marble and granite scrap "carpet," a copper coral bell fountain, a multi-level deck with hot tub, a diamond-shaped espalier of dwarf pear trees, and much artwork.<br />
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Parkside Neighborhood and East Aurora/Holland Clusters</h3>
My apologies– I have no photos of the gardens in these groupings. It's my goal to remedy this this season!<br />
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Get your <i>Tours of Open Gardens and Garden
Events Guide</i> booklet – and keep it in the glove compartment. It has
become the great girlfriends’ or date getaway for lovely summer days.
The gardens are beautiful, there are no crowds, and the gardeners are
friendly if you want to ask questions.<br />
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We made it easy to plan your self-guided tour, with a map showing the gardens, color-coded clusters. You’ll have eight days to visit (or re-visit!) the
gardens throughout the month. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more
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If you see the Open Gardens sign out, you're welcome in! If you're
there for the right hours, but a sign is not posted, an emergency has
most likely popped up and the garden is not open.
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The <i>Tours of Open Gardens and Garden Events Guide</i> is available, for a $5 donation, at the retail outlets listed below.</div>
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AMHERST</h3>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Badding+Bros+Farm+Market+and+Garden+Center/@43.0633133,-78.6998692,17z/data=%214m13%211m7%213m6%211s0x89d3779c1eafcddd:0x10d83d54184f4f8d%212s10820+Transit+Rd,+East+Amherst,+NY+14051%213b1%218m2%213d43.0633094%214d-78.6976805%213m4%211s0x89d3779c18c80c2f:0x3082ef31332eb3a5%218m2%213d43.0632781%214d-78.6976557">Badding Brothers Farm Market</a><br />
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Russell%27s+Tree+and+Shrub+Farm+LLC/@43.0362088,-78.6991186,17z/data=%214m13%211m7%213m6%211s0x89d3765483538845:0x2126aad0bd33ad23%212s9800+Transit+Rd,+East+Amherst,+NY+14051%213b1%218m2%213d43.0362049%214d-78.6969299%213m4%211s0x89d376546676e783:0x54943769f5866af4%218m2%213d43.0361641%214d-78.6975874">Russell's Tree & Shrub</a><br />
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lavocat%27s+Family+Greenhouse+and+Nursery/@43.0323709,-78.6819979,17z/data=%214m13%211m7%213m6%211s0x89d37649ff1ad935:0x4c8d5b133a1ef4e5%212s8441+County+Rd,+East+Amherst,+NY+14051%213b1%218m2%213d43.032367%214d-78.6798092%213m4%211s0x89d382db5c8e6f4b:0x4cabb2bb8a3406ee%218m2%213d43.0323599%214d-78.6798226">Lavocat's Family Greenhouse and Nursery</a><br />
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BUFFALO</h3>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Buffalo+and+Erie+County+Botanical+Gardens/@42.8278642,-78.826159,17z/data=%214m13%211m7%213m6%211s0x89d30e310731dad3:0x5f4bf9c52abf5dcd%212s2655+South+Park+Ave,+Lackawanna,+NY+14218%213b1%218m2%213d42.8278603%214d-78.8239703%213m4%211s0x89d30e2f0ed813f9:0x292c86b54ab3cb05%218m2%213d42.827864%214d-78.823995">Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens</a><br />
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Schuele+Ace+Hardware/@42.9043756,-78.8715565,17z/data=%214m13%211m7%213m6%211s0x89d312f6535bf635:0x8bbe317e99a09b67%212s22+Summer+St,+Buffalo,+NY+14209%213b1%218m2%213d42.9043717%214d-78.8693678%213m4%211s0x89d312f6535a86d1:0xaf10159b740de96d%218m2%213d42.904392%214d-78.8693579">Schuele Ace Hardware</a><br />
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Urban+Roots+Community+Garden+Center/@42.9116485,-78.8881784,17z/data=%214m13%211m7%213m6%211s0x89d31302fb7a8ffd:0xcd9b12ae56a090d3%212s428+Rhode+Island+St,+Buffalo,+NY+14213%213b1%218m2%213d42.9116446%214d-78.8859897%213m4%211s0x89d31302fa46fd19:0xe2c959c0fe1964b8%218m2%213d42.9116417%214d-78.8859937">Urban Roots Garden Center</a><br />
<a href="http://www.visitbuffaloniagara.com/businesses/buffalo-niagara-visitor-center/" target="_blank">Buffalo Niagara Visitor Center </a><br />
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BROCKPORT</h3>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sara%27s+Garden+Center/@43.220357,-77.9211794,17z/data=%214m13%211m7%213m6%211s0x89d6aa0482fff6f5:0xc796f6161fdc680b%212s389+East+Ave,+Brockport,+NY+14420%213b1%218m2%213d43.2203531%214d-77.9189907%213m4%211s0x89d6aa04f6be396d:0x87f52977f7a7ca28%218m2%213d43.220267%214d-77.91933">Sara's Garden Center</a><br />
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CHEEKTOWAGA</h3>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Grabber+%26+Sons+Landscaping+and+Nursery,+Inc./@42.9321019,-78.7869357,17z/data=%213m1%214b1%214m5%213m4%211s0x89d30cd2d60e391f:0xb764e1a64eda187c%218m2%213d42.932098%214d-78.784747">Grabber & Sons Landscaping and Nursery</a><br />
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EDEN</h3>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Henrys+Gardens/@42.6706739,-78.8625657,17z/data=%214m13%211m7%213m6%211s0x89d31cdfe51d94bf:0xd44f3f6c70fb955a%212s7884+Sisson+Hwy,+Eden,+NY+14057%213b1%218m2%213d42.67067%214d-78.860377%213m4%211s0x89d31cdedd4da46b:0x98240dfed4545dc0%218m2%213d42.6730395%214d-78.857307">Henrys Gardens</a><br />
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EAST AURORA</h3>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Johnson%27s+Nursery/@42.7673839,-78.5487697,17z/data=%214m13%211m7%213m6%211s0x89d3a5ec5a2ba1b5:0xaf0ba973799333f7%212s11753+Big+Tree+Rd,+East+Aurora,+NY+14052%213b1%218m2%213d42.76738%214d-78.546581%213m4%211s0x89d3a5ec7ad44c9d:0xb612c1c8328cf29b%218m2%213d42.76738%214d-78.546581">Johnson's Nursery</a><br />
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Masterson%27s+Garden+Center,+Inc./@42.7461639,-78.6062797,17z/data=%214m13%211m7%213m6%211s0x89d3a88e9ea4c43f:0x77b96b4919a9af1b%212s725+Olean+Rd,+East+Aurora,+NY+14052%213b1%218m2%213d42.74616%214d-78.604091%213m4%211s0x89d3a88e8518d303:0xf1cdeffb617b02a3%218m2%213d42.74616%214d-78.604091">Masterson's Garden Center</a><br />
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HAMBURG</h3>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gullo%27s+Garden+Center/@42.7566111,-78.8420692,17z/data=%214m13%211m7%213m6%211s0x89d31acd179e55b3:0x193408ce26a66bb6%212s4767+Southwestern+Blvd,+Hamburg,+NY+14075%213b1%218m2%213d42.7566072%214d-78.8398805%213m4%211s0x89d31acd11581cfb:0x8d0ffb8df95539b6%218m2%213d42.7566107%214d-78.8398592">Gullo's Garden Center</a><br />
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lockwood%27s+Greenhouses+%26+Farm/@42.7307016,-78.8184915,17z/data=%214m13%211m7%213m6%211s0x89d304c27d43be4d:0xadcedba248ff4414%212s4484+Clark+St,+Hamburg,+NY+14075%213b1%218m2%213d42.7306977%214d-78.8163028%213m4%211s0x89d304c280e0fed7:0x8edba737610cc040%218m2%213d42.7307229%214d-78.81632">Lockwoods Garden Center</a><br />
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Zittels+Country+Market/@42.764093,-78.8240142,17z/data=%214m13%211m7%213m6%211s0x89d3054737abfcc1:0xd2de2da3ce1c91b7%212s4415+Southwestern+Blvd,+Hamburg,+NY+14075%213b1%218m2%213d42.7640891%214d-78.8218255%213m4%211s0x89d30540d2a7be9b:0x4e86a5d41dc27f62%218m2%213d42.7641037%214d-78.8217412">Zittels Country Market</a><br />
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ORCHARD PARK</h3>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Murray+Bros+Nurseries+and+Garden+Center/@42.7667759,-78.6966467,17z/data=%214m13%211m7%213m6%211s0x89d307d6f9e103c5:0xebda94f05aedd8ee%212s4399+Transit+Rd,+Orchard+Park,+NY+14127%213b1%218m2%213d42.766772%214d-78.694458%213m4%211s0x89d307d5e178d7ff:0xf84a45ecefc501c7%218m2%213d42.766772%214d-78.694458">Murray Bros Nurseries and Garden Center</a><br />
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TONAWANDA</h3>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Northtown+Garden+Center/@42.9804439,-78.8572237,17z/data=%214m13%211m7%213m6%211s0x89d36d9c2bb0b8a3:0x8f08c65af52a223d%212s2121+Sheridan+Dr,+Buffalo,+NY+14223%213b1%218m2%213d42.98044%214d-78.855035%213m4%211s0x89d36d9c2bb0b8a3:0xc4e5b500d8c0a98c%218m2%213d42.9803078%214d-78.8551844">Northtown Garden Center</a><br />
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WEST SENECA</h3>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Earsing%27s+Green+House/@42.8621983,-78.7705181,17z/data=%214m13%211m7%213m6%211s0x89d30c188fc9c8e9:0xa1adb2cde2d11de6%212s3065+Clinton+St,+Buffalo,+NY+14224%213b1%218m2%213d42.8621944%214d-78.7683294%213m4%211s0x89d30c188fc9c8e9:0x17f6f512ae6b944a%218m2%213d42.8621944%214d-78.7683294">Earsing's Green House</a><br />
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mike+Weber+Greenhouses/@42.8686898,-78.7763637,17z/data=%214m13%211m7%213m6%211s0x89d30c3c26cd7e5b:0x62dfbf6dc0bfa401%212s42+French+Rd,+West+Seneca,+NY+14224%213b1%218m2%213d42.8686859%214d-78.774175%213m4%211s0x89d30c3c26cd7e5b:0x2bd84665a8ebd321%218m2%213d42.8686859%214d-78.774175">Mike Weber Greenhouses</a><br />
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WILLIAMSVILLE</h3>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mischler%27s+Florist+and+Greenhouses/@42.9568399,-78.7607697,17z/data=%214m13%211m7%213m6%211s0x89d373657b5e70cf:0x47776d53879784a4%212s118+S+Forest+Rd,+Williamsville,+NY+14221%213b1%218m2%213d42.956836%214d-78.758581%213m4%211s0x89d373657b5e70cf:0x14cb741f812e0620%218m2%213d42.956836%214d-78.758581">Mischler's Florist and Greenhouses</a></div>
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I finished it! I started making the "Ever-raining Rain Chain" for the Harry Potter Garden this past winter in the basement. <a href="http://artofgardeningbuffalo.blogspot.com/2017/02/my-ever-raining-rain-chain.html" target="_blank">I posted about it here</a>.<br />
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It took me a while to get it going. The one water pump I had on hand wasn't strong enough to push the water up the hose for about 12 feet. The next pump I bought sent water in a torrent so fast it went all over the place.<br />
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I purchased a pump at a power in between the two, but still had to attach a valve to be able to control the flow, as it was still too strong. Now it's settled. Lesson learned, you have to pay attention to the height flow/strength of the pump.<br />
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It adds one more fountain to my collection. I have the fish head scupper fountain attached to the garage; the <a href="http://artofgardeningbuffalo.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-homemade-copper-coral-bell-fountain.html" target="_blank">coral bell copper fountain</a> I made, resting in a bed of colorful coral bells; and the <a href="http://artofgardeningbuffalo.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-make-your-own-garden-totem-fountain.html" target="_blank">ceramic totem fountain</a> I bought last year at the <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/garden-art-sale/p:1/" target="_blank">Buffalo-style Garden Art Sale</a> I help organize.<br />
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Each fountain is far enough away from each other that you can hear the
differences in sound from each – splosh, gurgle, tinkle, and splash.<br />
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And now I have two pumps on hand. The possibilities are starting to keep me up at night!<br />
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I think I'll call him Rex. He was my big purchase this year at the <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/garden-art-sale/p:1/" target="_blank">Buffalo-style Garden Art Sale</a>. Each year of the sale that I help organize, I try to purchase one new piece of art. Rex was it. He came in a much larger size, which was tempting to think about, but not practical budget-wise, or even space-wise.<br />
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This year's Garden Art Sale was a big success. It was our fifth annual sale. It's a part of <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/" target="_blank">Gardens Buffalo Niagara</a>'s garden-related events and tours. There's seven of us on the committee and we work on it <i>almost</i> year round. It's held the last weekend of June each year, on the Grounds of the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens. Next year it will be SAturday and Sunday, June 30 and July 1.<br />
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We also had a few food trucks on hand both days, and a live three-piece rock band singing popular covers and a few original songs. We also had area plant societies, clubs, and the <a href="http://erie.cce.cornell.edu/gardening" target="_blank">Master Gardeners of the Cornell Cooperative Extension Erie County. </a><br />
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Three vendors sold so much of their wares on Saturday, they had little to nothing to sell the next day. One vendor, from Ohio, had nothing left at all! His rustic field rocks planted with sedums and hens & chicks all went. He packed up and left. There were a few other vendors that didn't do smashingly on Saturday, but things had turned around on Sunday for them. Two vendors gave up and left in the darkness of night on Saturday night. Their loss – though it left some empty spaces that didn't look good the next day. They had paid their booth fees for two days, so we weren't out revenue. That was good at least.<br />
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I also bought a solar sconce, to the left here. Different by Design was the seller. Her stuff is really cool, but most of the colors, as attractive as they are, are a bit too bright and lively for my own garden. I found this nice little sconce that has already found a home on the deck.<br />
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One of the sellers that nearly ran out of items was Heart of Franklinville. They make dyed concrete statuary. Someone came an purchased just about everything they had. All he was left to sell the following day were small concrete pieces. Large statues and birdbaths were cleared out. So I got this small toad. He will sit in the Harry Potter Garden, replacing Neville Longbottom's toad Trevor. The previous Trevor was resin. New Trevor looks much nicer. If you don't know Trevor, you're a Muggle and will never know.<br />
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Below are photos of some of the other vendor's products at the sale. It was a good weekend - wind was a little too blow-y, but it didn't rain. On to next year!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some rustic woodwork (with great prices) was new this year.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Different by Design's sconces were traffic-stoppers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another vendor that sold pretty much everything was JPG Pottery. He sold so many of these "make it yourself" pottery totems that there was little to sell on Sunday.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A vendor since our first year, Sticks & Stones, has beautiful original art to sell.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And glass! What looks better in the garden than some glass?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here are the banners I designed and the new tent I ordered for <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/" target="_blank">Gardens Buffalo Niagara</a>. We're finally more professionally branded!</td></tr>
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Last month's issue of <a href="http://www.buffalospree.com/" target="_blank">Buffalo Spree Magazine</a>, their 50th anniversary issue, featured the shed on the cover of the Home section of the publication. Inside was a two-page feature on the shed. Photos were shot by <a href="https://kckratt.com/" target="_blank">KC Kratt,</a> and the article was written by <a href="http://www.nancyjparisi.com/" target="_blank">Nancy Parisi</a>.<br />
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There's so much I want to post that has been going on recently...but I don't have the time! I'm going to try and be better. I'm helping plan for <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/open-gardens-tours/p:1/" target="_blank">Open Gardens</a>, the <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/garden-art-sale/p:1/" target="_blank">Buffalo-style Garden Art Sale</a>, <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/garden-walk-buffalo/p:1/" target="_blank">Garden Walk Buffalo</a>, helping with hosting the <a href="https://gardenwriters.org/Annual-Conference-Expo-2017" target="_blank">GWA | The Association of Garden Communicators' Conference</a> here in Buffalo this August, and helping with promotion of ALL the <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/garden-walks-and-tours/p:1/" target="_blank">20 garden tours</a> in the area, as well as <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/bus-tours/p:1/" target="_blank">garden-themed bus tours</a>. I was even a step-on guide for a bus tour this past Monday I want to post about.<br />
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Oh, and I'm constantly and consistently prepping my own garden to be shown on tours.<br />
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And I have great gardens to show from trips to NYC and Vancouver. <br />
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In the meantime, here's a beautifully painted fence in a garden on Sixteenth Street, that is on <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/garden-walk-buffalo/p:1/" target="_blank">Garden Walk Buffalo</a> and <a href="https://gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/open-gardens-tours/p:1/" target="_blank">Gardens Buffalo Niagara's Open Gardens</a> (Thursdays and Fridays in July).<br />
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I do post a garden photo a day on Instagram. That's quick & easy. You can find me there at <a href="http://instagram.com/jimcharlier">instagram.com/jimcharlier</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript">
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