Upcoming events for Buffalo area

Upcoming events for Buffalo area

Call for entries in agricultural fair & more items too good to miss

September 4, 2012
agricultural fair Genesee Country Museum

Deadline nears for registering entries in agricultural fair You can enter your heirloom vegetables, cut and dried flowers, herbs and more in the annual exhibition and fair to be held at the Genesee Country Village and Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Road, Mumford. The deadline for entries is Friday, September 14. Anyone can enter. Entrants...
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Succulent show, plant sale and more set at Botanical Gardens

September 4, 2012
Succulents from Buffalo Erie County Botanical Gardens

The annual Succulent Show, a Medicinal Garden feature and the Annual Fall Plant Sale are just some of the upcoming happenings at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, NY. Succulent Show The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens will hold its annual Succulent Show from 10 a.m. to...
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Free landscape design classes & more items too good to miss

August 28, 2012
Arbordale landscaping classes in Getzville, NY

Free landscape classes set at Arbordale You can create outdoor living spaces, increase your property value and love your yard with help during free classes at Arbodale Nurseries and Landscaping, 480 Dodge Road, Getzville, NY. The 45-minute classes will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, September 8 and 29. The experts on Arbodale’s staff...
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Put your garden to bed: Tips from Toronto writer & horticulturist

August 28, 2012
lilac transplant from gardening-enjoyed.com

Labor Day is approaching, the kids are heading back to school and the sun is setting earlier and earlier. Autumn is on its way, but that doesn’t mean that the gardening season is over, according to Toronto garden writer Ken Brown. Brown, a horticulturist who landscaped exhibits at the Toronto Zoo, will be the...
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Raffle, survey, gala & more items too good to miss

August 21, 2012
raffleimage Garden Walk Buffalo

Hurry to buy tickets for Garden Walk Super Big Raffle You could win more than $2,800 in plants, gift certificates, merchandise, a Kodak printer, and tickets to see Bill Cosby, the Indigo Girls and Three Dog Night in the Garden Walk Super Big Raffle. Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com was pleased to donate note cards featuring images by...
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How to make a cactus garden– without hurting your fingers!

August 7, 2012
succulent garden by Opportunities Unlimited

  Learn lots of great tips– including how to handle cactus without getting the thorns in your fingers– in the great video above. Bob Bracikowski of Opportunities Unlimited demonstrates how to make a cactus and succulent garden. He covers plant selection, design and decorative touches and gives lots of great tips along the way....
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Job at Botanical Gardens, better tomatoes in the future & more

July 31, 2012
Job at Botanical Gardens, better tomatoes in the future & more

Botanical Gardens seeks full-time education coordinator The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society, Inc. is seeking a qualified individual for the full time position of education coordinator. The qualified individual should be creative, innovative, highly motivated and have a love for education, science and the environment. Candidates should possess superior organizational skills, and...
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New garden walk debuts in West Seneca, watering tips & more

July 10, 2012
New garden walk debuts in West Seneca, watering tips & more

Brand new garden walk begins this year in West Seneca The West Seneca Garden Walk will take place for the first time from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 21 and 22. Get the map right here, and maps will also be available on the Burchfield Nature & Art Center website....
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Front Yard Contest is under way near Riverside Park in Buffalo

July 10, 2012
Murray Brothers staff at Front Yard Garden Competition in Buffalo NY

The National Garden Festival’s neighborhood-transforming Front Yard Contest kicked off yesterday on Crowley Avenue in Buffalo, bordering the Frederick Law Olmsted-designed Riverside Park. Professional landscapers, Master Gardeners and teams from the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy are donating their time and materials to give 15 homeowners free garden makeovers. This Front Yard Contest is part...
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Canadian, U.S. gardens celebrate two centuries of peace

July 3, 2012
scarves in Peace Garden in Lewiston NY

  Tomorrow is Independence Day, the day when Americans mark the independence they won after the Revolutionary War.  But just a few years after that, the young nation fought another war with Great Britain, the War of 1812. Because Canada was a colony of Great Britain, it was swept into the fighting. The War...
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