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04/04/2024

What should gardeners expect during the in ?
https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/04/02/total-eclipse-of-the-sun-what-it-means-to-gardeners-in-wny/

by Connie Oswald Stofko I felt a weird energy. That’s the best way I can describe what it was like during the partial eclipse of the sun here on Aug. 21, 2017. It was something like the beginning of a lightning storm. The feeling was subtle and short—I felt it for perhaps half a minute—but it ...

03/04/2024

Herbs you can plant now! Plus pansies. And a flower arrangement for the total eclipse! All at Mischler's Florist and Greenhouses in Williamsville.
https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/04/02/herbs-pansies-flowers-for-eclipse-at-mischlers/

by Connie Oswald Stofko It’s a little early for herbs, “but people were asking for them, so we overwintered some and we planted some from seed,” said Jessica Limardi, staff member at Mischler’s Florist and Greenhouses, 118 South Forest Rd., Williamsville. This is the time for pansies, and yo...

02/04/2024

Get rid of this horrible weed--and tell your neighbors, too!
https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/.../lesser-celandine/

by Connie Oswald Stofko Gardeners in Western New York have the opportunity to address the problem of lesser celandine. That’s because lesser celandine is right in our own backyards. Or front yards. Or the lawns and gardens of our neighbors. If you don’t know what lesser celandine is, read on. An...

29/03/2024

Stop weeds now with corn gluten meal. https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/03/26/stop-weeds-now-plus-more-on-how-forsythia-rules-our-gardens/

by Connie Oswald Stofko Wait until the forsythia blooms. That’s a rule of thumb for many gardening tasks in Western New York. For example, you shouldn’t prune your roses until you see forsythia blooming in your neighborhood, according to this tip from the the Western New York Rose Society. Th...

28/03/2024

New gardening show at WNED--be part of the live audience!
https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/03/26/now-were-gardening-live-is-new-wned-show-get-discounted-tickets/
WNED PBS Lakeside Sod Supply Co., Inc. Sweet Flag Herbs

a Join WNED PBS live in the studio audience for the premiere of their new gardening program, Now We’re Gardening LIVE!  The format is similar to the popular “Now We’re Cooking LIVE” shows. While WNED has done other original gardening series such as Garden Wisdom for WNY and Southern Ontari...

07/03/2024

How can you build raised beds that water themselves? See how these North Tonawanda gardeners did it.

https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/03/05/north-tonawanda-gardeners-built-raised-beds-that-are-self-watering/

Gardens Buffalo Niagara

by Connie Oswald Stofko The landscape of Mary Lou Szalach and Kevin Papendick is beautiful, with garden islands in the front yard, but it was the backyard that I wanted to see. That’s where they have raised beds that are self-watering; the beds are connected to their sprinkler system. I visited th...

07/03/2024

Have you ever fallen in love with a houseplant, only to discover it’s not for you? Try Mischler's "Blind Date"!
https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/03/05/blind-date-at-mischlers-helps-you-find-a-houseplant-you-love/

by Connie Oswald Stofko Have you ever fallen in love with a houseplant, only to discover it’s not for you? Find a compatible houseplant in “Blind Date,” one of the activities during Houseplant & Succulent Weekend at Mischler’s Florist and Greenhouses, 118 South Forest Rd., Williamsville. The...

04/03/2024

Prize drawing for gardeners: Subscribe to Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com! Please tell your gardening friends!
https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/02/20/our-prize-drawing-for-subscribers-is-back-bigger-than-ever/

David Clark

by Connie Oswald Stofko If you are subscribed to Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com, you are already entered into our prize drawing—and this year the prize packages are worth about $525 each! There will be three winners, and each winner will receive the entire prize package! The three winners will be se...

03/03/2024

02/03/2024

March 25 is the deadline for artists to sign up for the Gardens Buffalo Niagara Garden Art Sale.

https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/02/20/venders-sought-for-garden-art-sale-deadline-is-march-25/

Artisans and vendors are sought for the 13th annual Gardens Buffalo Niagara Garden Art Sale to be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 29 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 30 at the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave., Buffalo. The event welcomes diverse mediums includin...

02/03/2024

It's warm again! Is it too late for winter seed sowing? (Find out what winter seed sowing is!)
https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/02/27/is-it-too-late-for-winter-sowing-in-western-new-york/

by Connie Oswald Stofko This could be the warmest winter in the history of record-keeping in Western New York. Yesterday it was sunny with a high of 53 degrees Fahrenheit in Buffalo, and overnight it never reached freezing. It was even warmer today—We broke the previous record of 64 degrees for th...

28/02/2024

The grand finale of orchids this weekend at Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens!
https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/02/27/orchid-society-show-is-grand-finale-at-botanical-gardens/
Niagara Frontier Orchid Society

The Orchid Exhibit at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens is nearing its end. The grand finale happens this weekend at Orchid Fest, featuring Niagara Frontier Orchid Society’s Orchid Show. The show will feature award-winning orchids, special displays and showcases, as well as vendors and...

12/02/2024

Sign up now for Master Gardener training in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties.
https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/02/06/master-gardener-training-for-chautauqua-cattaraugus-counties-starts-march-5/

Master Gardener training for residents of Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties will begin Tuesday, March 5. The program lasts 14 weeks takes place every other Tuesday evening from 6-8 p.m. at 28 Parkside Dr., Ellicottville. There is a remote Zoom option available. Tuition is $125.  Apply here or con...

09/02/2024

Before you buy a tree, see if it will fit in your yard when it's all grown up! And WNY counties are having tree sales now.
https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/02/06/utility-pole-find-out-where-to-plant-a-tree-sales-happening-now-in-wny/

by Connie Oswald Stofko You don’t want to be that person—the person whose tree branch knocked out the electricity for the whole neighborhood. And you don’t want to plant a tree or shrub in a spot where the utility companies will do the pruning for you. The result isn’t pretty and it’s not ...

07/02/2024

Extreme container gardening!

https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/02/06/make-your-entire-garden-out-of-container-plants-see-video/
Gardens Buffalo Niagara Garden Walk Buffalo

What looks like a huge, lush garden is really extreme container gardening. “Everything is in pots,” said Scott Dunlap. His husband, Joe Hopkins, does the gardening and together they share their Buffalo Cottage District landscape on Open Gardens and Garden Walk Buffalo. You can get a glimpse of t...

06/02/2024

Get ideas for your garden!

https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/01/30/towering-trees-create-spectacular-landscape-in-east-aurora/

Kim Kaiser

by Connie Oswald Stofko Majestic trees rise high above the huge backyard of Kim and Seth Kaiser. “I retired a couple years ago,” Kim said, “but when I was working, this was my respite.” The size of the backyard itself, 200 feet deep, is remarkable. “Who would ever think this is back here?....

01/02/2024

Gardening classes in Erie County!

https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/01/30/communities-in-bloom-classes-start-feb-10-in-erie-county/

Snyder-CleveHill Garden View Kathleen Guest

The 20th Annual Communities in Bloom Classes will be held by the Master Gardener Program of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County. Classes will be of interest to both beginning and veteran gardeners. Dates, locations & topics February 10 – Orchard Park Community Center, 4520 California R...

31/01/2024

Enjoy the sunshine! Do this in your garden today.

https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/01/30/prepare-your-garden-for-the-next-wave-of-winter-in-western-new-york/

David Clark

29/01/2024

Are you ready to see colorful flowers, unique garden art and an overall beautiful landscape? Check out the gardens of Mitch Flynn and Ellen Goldstein, who share their landscape on Open Gardens WNY. Jay Jinge Hu created this wonderful video.

https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/01/16/bowing-balls-cute-creatures-more-abound-in-flower-filled-buffalo-garden/

by Connie Oswald Stofko Are you ready to see colorful flowers, unique garden art and an overall beautiful landscape? In this video, Jay Jinge Hu, who shares his own landscape on Open Gardens, takes us on a tour of the gardens of Mitch Flynn and Ellen Goldstein, who will again this year share their l...

29/01/2024

Gardening classes for : Online or in person in . Next class is Feb. 1.
https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/01/16/gardening-classes-start-feb-1-in-batavia-online/

The Genesee County Master Gardeners will hold monthly Garden Talk programs in person at the Cornell Cooperative Extension office, 420 East Main St., Batavia, or via Zoom. The programs will start at noon on Thursdays and can be 30 to 60 minutes long, depending on the topic. This free series is open t...

26/01/2024

Has your garden been damaged after the wind and snow? Don't panic. Get tips from David Clark!
https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/01/23/did-snow-wind-damage-your-wny-garden-dont-panic/

by Connie Oswald Stofko David Clark, CNLP has sad arborvitaes in his Hamburg yard. “They’re about 15 feet tall, but they’re bent lower than my knees,” he told me over the weekend. While that’s bad, it’s not as bad as it could be because the soil wasn’t frozen yet. The roots of the arbo...

25/01/2024

Check out the new displays of orchids at Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens!
https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2024/01/23/ladders-on-ceiling-arches-on-floor-see-novel-orchid-displays/

by Connie Oswald Stofko Colorful orchids are displayed in a way you’ve never seen before during a new Orchid Exhibit that will open Wednesday, Jan. 24 at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave., Buffalo. The opening of the exhibit was postponed because of the weather, b...

09/12/2023

Native beetles released in Zoar Valley to defend hemlock trees.
https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2023/12/05/thousands-of-native-beetles-set-off-to-combat-insects-that-threaten-hemlocks/

1,700 tiny native beetles called Laricobius Nigrinus (or affectionately called Larry, short for Laricobius), were released at Zoar Valley Multiple Use Area in November. It’s hoped that the beetles will find and eat the hemlock woolly adelgid, an invasive insect that threatens native eastern hemloc...

06/12/2023

'Buddha's Hand' & more coming to Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens!
https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2023/12/05/see-buddhas-hand-when-new-exhibit-opens-at-botanical-gardens/

by Connie Oswald Stofko “We’re reimaging everything,” said Joe Mannion, director of Horticulture & Operations at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. The multi-million-dollar expansion plan that the Botanical Gardens started several years ago is gaining momentum, and Mannion gave me ...

29/11/2023

See these poinsettias with "petals" that look like mouse ears! Get them at Mischler's Florist and Greenhouses.

by Connie Oswald Stofko We gardeners tend to look for color when we choose plants, but shape can add interest, too. Let’s take a look at three varieties of poinsettias at Mischler’s Florist and Greenhouses, located at 118 South Forest Rd., Williamsville. All three are red, but each has “petals...

18/11/2023

Yards with no grass? See how these gardeners in did it!

https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2023/10/24/yards-with-no-grass-see-how-these-south-buffalo-gardeners-did-it/

by Connie Oswald Stofko Paul and Paula Moloney have lived in their house on Tuscarora Road in South Buffalo for less than three years, but they have transformed their landscaping by taking one thing out. Grass. There’s no grass in the front yard. No grass in the back, either. “We both hate lawns...

18/11/2023

Should gardeners rake their leaves to the curb?

https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2023/10/31/use-the-leaves-leave-the-leaves-or-rake-to-curb/

by Connie Oswald Stofko Where do our pollinators go in the winter? A lot of them stay right here in Western New York. You may have created a welcoming habitat for them in spring, summer and autumn with native plants. Now it’s time for us to create a welcoming habitat for them during winter. It’s...

17/11/2023

See how this gardener turned lawn into a wildflower garden.

https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2023/11/14/rewilding-see-how-this-wny-gardener-turned-lawn-to-wildflowers/

by Connie Oswald Stofko The decorative gardens of Tom and Darcie Homme in Pendleton look great in winter, spring, summer and fall. I shared them with you in 2021. What I didn’t show you was the area where he was starting a wildflower garden. It didn’t look like much then, but it’s maturing no...

15/11/2023

30 x 30 Campaign for : Watch the video from the first meeting.

https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2023/11/14/30-x-30-campaign-takeaways-from-first-meeting-get-involved/

by Connie Oswald Stofko Nearly 100 people attended the first meeting on Saturday of the 30 x 30 Campaign for Western New York, which aims to have biodiversity on 30 percent of Western New York land and waters by 2030. You can view the video of the meeting here. (Meetings will be in person only, not...

08/11/2023

Help our planet--right here in WNY!

30 x 30 Campaign for WNY

Let's have biodiversity on 30 percent of Western New York land and waters by 2030.

Find out more and come to the meeting 10 am to noon Saturday, Nov. 11 at the Buffalo Museum of Science.

https://buffalo-niagaragardening.com/2023/11/07/30-x-30-you-can-help-our-planet-right-here-in-western-new-york/

by Connie Oswald Stofko Is one-third of your yard biodiverse? Does it have native plants and bees and other animals? If not, could you take steps toward more biodiversity? That small idea is just one part of the 30 x 30 Campaign for Western New York, which aims to have biodiversity on 30 percent of....