FREE | SELF-GUIDED | NO TICKETS REQUIRED
HOURS: 10am-4pm, rain or shine. If you see a sign out before 10am, or after 4pm, you’re still welcome.
MAPS: Pick up at the East Side Garden Walk headquarters during the days and hours of the Walk, or at select sponsor locations.
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The East Side Garden Walk, begun in 2018, encourages visitors and neighbors to walk, drive, or bike Buffalo’s East Side, learning about the creativity of this community. Visitors meet its gracious gardeners, experience its historic neighborhoods and wide-ranging architecture.
The 100+ featured gardens are an eclectic mix of private homes, community gardens—even some urban farms—with participating gardeners ranging from school children helping in outdoor classrooms gardens to senior citizens, and everyone between. The Walk encourages community revitalization and the beautification of the East Side one neighbor at a time. Equally important are the conversations among gardeners and visitors that bridge notions of differences.
Explore Buffalo’s neighborhoods—Masten Park, Willert Park, Emslie, Lovejoy, Emerson, Schiller Park, Grider, Cold Springs, the Fruit Belt, Larkin, Hamlin Park, Kensington, Leroy, Lasalle, and many more.
The ESGW is an event of Gardens Buffalo Niagara. The ESGW also works with other organizations including Grassroots Gardens WNY, The Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission, as well as organizations including None Like You and Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy, among others with related missions of gardening, education, and public art. The East Side Garden Walk, through its partnerships, is making a difference in neighborhoods by building on the already strong sense of community. It is also changing the perception of Buffalo’s East Side, helping to enhance community pride, recognition, and investment.
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CO-CHAIRS
Samantha White & Verona Moody -
Find free maps, purchase merchandise, make a donation, and ask questions—ONLY during the days and hours of the Walk.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Park - Near Fillmore & North Parade’s Masten District sign. MAPS ONLY.
People’s Park - Main Street across from Jewett Parkway.
EcoGardenR - 56 Dempster Street.
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Backpack Giveaway - Kids get a free backpack at Locust Street Arts, 138 Locust Street, 11am-2pm. While supplies last. Child must be present.
Live Music - Roswell Park Community Outreach Center at 907 Michigan Ave, plus access to bathrooms.
Artists in Gardens - Live art making across the event! Click here to learn more.
Create your own art - at Coles House, 321 Humboldt Pkwy on Saturday, July 18. Visit the Buffalo Society of Artists & Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters and create your own art!
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Parking is along city streets and is readily available very near most gardens.
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Interested in celebrating community creativity? Join us as a volunteer for the East Side Garden Walk! Email us at volunteers@gardensbuffaloniagara.com
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Registration to sign up your garden is closed for this year. Check back in winter 2027 to learn how to join next year! Want to show off the garden you love? It's easy! No entry fees, no fancy rules, no site visits or judging. The East Side Garden Walk, to be held Saturday & Sunday, July 17 & 18, 2027, 10am-4pm, is more than a garden tour! During the Walk, garden lovers experience Buffalo's East Side treasures. Sharing stories about your outdoor spaces creates community connections among gardeners, neighbors and visitors.
Thank you to all the gardeners, volunteers, sponsors, and visitors in 2026. Enjoy this video created for you by the East Side Garden Walk and Get Fokus'd Productions.
Sponsorship Opportunities
The East Side Garden Walk encourages visitors and neighbors to walk, drive, or bike Buffalo’s East Side, learning about the resilience of this community. Sponsors have to support community building through gardening on the East Side! Supporters like you make this important work possible.