Garden-centric community change - beautifying and showing off Buffalo Niagara with events like:

 

Garden Walk Buffalo

Saturday & Sunday, July 26 & 27, 2025
More than 60,000 visitors from the U.S., Canada, and beyond will explore more than 300 gardens on for America’s largest garden tour.

East Side Garden Walk

Saturday & Sunday, July 19 & 20, 2025
Visitors and neighbors walk, drive, or bike – enjoy the creativity of this community. Meet its gracious gardeners and experience its historic neighborhoods and wide-ranging architecture.

Open Gardens in July

Thursdays and/or Fridays, for select hours, for three weeks in July, 2025.
Explore more than 100 delightful gardens, throughout Erie and Niagara Counties, at your own pace. No gardens will be open on July 4 & 5.

Garden Art Sale

Saturday & Sunday, June 28 & 29, 2025
Need something unique and/or handmade to complete your garden? Visit the grounds of the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens for more than 50 vendors of nature-themed items or works that can be displayed in a garden setting.

Urban Farm Day

Saturday, August 17, 2024
Free, self-guided, and featuring 16+ urban farms discover our region’s blossoming urban agricultural community and food system partners with tours, workshops, demonstrations - and shopping!

Conservation Day on Bidwell Parkway

Saturday, July 12, 2025
A gathering of conservation organizations and a butterfly release during the Elmwood Village’s Farmers Market on Bidwell Parkway.

Group Tours

Garden groups and bus tour operators – bring your group to America’s largest garden tour! Let us help you plan your tour. Whether you visit during Garden Walk Buffalo, or any time other during garden season, we can help with garden visits and accommodations.

Marvin Lunenfeld Beautification Grants

Named for Garden Walk Buffalo founder, Marvin Lunenfeld, the grant program has provided more than $120,000 for 100+ beautification projects for block clubs and community groups throughout the city of Buffalo.

Shop!

Check out our line-up of branded garden books, decor, home goods, jewelry, posters and accessories – perfect for the gardener that has everything and needs more!

 
 

I tell everyone I meet what a world class garden city Buffalo is… Beautification there truly feels like a community project and I don't think that I have experienced that type of commitment in any other major U.S. city. What a special place, with special people, who have curated the most special gardens.

Abra Lee, horticulturalist, writer, and historian, Atlanta, GA
Author of Conquer The Soil: Black America and the Untold Stories of Our Country’s Gardeners, Farmers, and Growers (Timber Press, forthcoming in 2025)

 
 
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IMPACT

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Gardens on view throughout Buffalo Niagara this summer.

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Garden Walk Buffalo attendees every year!

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Estimated economic impact of Garden Walk Buffalo alone.

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Marvin Lunenfeld Beautification Grants granted since 2005.

 

 

 

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