Saturday & Sunday, June 21 & 22, 10am-5pm

Hospitality booths near 411 & 722 Center Street

Donation Garden tour is free and self-guided. 

Special features: GardenFest 2025 will feature representatives from area nurseries, landscapers. Over 70 garden vendors, and outdoor suppliers. Speakers will share gardening knowledge and soil samples can be analyzed.  See the creative entries in the container garden contest and have children make and take a craft item. Both private and public gardens will be open for viewing. Everything garden all in one place and PorchFest too! Visit LewistonGardenFest.com, /Lewiston-GardenFest

One of the summer's most captivating events celebrates Buffalo Niagara's flourishing and passionate gardening community.

Gardens Bloom with Artistry. Does your garden crave a touch of unique, handcrafted beauty? Explore more than 70 vendors showcasing nature-inspired creations and garden-worthy masterpieces – sculptures, metalwork, paintings, woodwork, architectural remnants, found art, ceramics, planters, and beyond. Whatever complements your garden's enchantment! Indulge in delectable food trucks, live musical performances, educational plant exhibits, and an exciting basket raffle!

Visit the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens while you’re here! The gardens are open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday. For admission information and e-tickets, visit here.

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DAYS: Thursdays and Fridays in July. Gardens and schedules vary each year, make sure to find current year guide book.

HOURS: Vary according to gardener’s preference. All open hours and days are listed in the Open Gardens Guide. Look for an Open Gardens sign to indicate a garden is open for visiting. If there is no sign, there is most likely an unforeseen reason for the garden to be closed. Please do not enter a garden without a sign.

GUIDES: $15. 2025 Guide will be available in Spring 2025, online and at select garden centers and shops.

Follow Open Gardens WNY page on Facebook, for updates!

Stow your Tours of Open Gardens Guide in the glove compartment and embark on a delightful summer adventure. Exploring gardens has become the quintessential getaway for idyllic days. Bask in their breathtaking beauty, free from crowds, as friendly gardeners graciously answer your questions. Most gardens boast generous expanses, sprawling across Erie and Niagara counties, with each one open for at least three occasions throughout July.

We've made planning your day a breeze. This year, the Guide has undergone a complete redesign! Feast your eyes on maps showcasing the gardens, listings of their open hours, and descriptive overviews—complete with garden features, collections, and captivating photographs. Indulge in six blissful days to visit (or revisit!) these botanical havens throughout the month.

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Town of Amherst Garden Walk

Saturday & Sunday, July 12 & 13, 10 am – 4 pm

Maps available a week before the event at local Amherst garden centers and Facebook

Visit FB/AmherstGardenWalk

Saturday & Sunday, July 12 & 13, 10am-4pm

Capen by Night: Saturday, July 12, 8-10pm

Maps available at UB Anderson Gallery, 1 Martha Jackson Place, Buffalo (off Englewood Ave, south of Kenmore Ave)

Visit ourheights.org/capen-garden-walk

Facebook: CapenGardenWalk

Email: capengardenwalk@gmail.com

Saturday & Sunday, July 12 & 13, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Memorial Park Bandstand Lake & Union Streets Hamburg, NY 14075

Donation Tour is free and self-guided.

Special features Visit Memorial Park to shop at our garden vendor fair and pick up the map with descriptions of our gardens that vary from formal to whimsical, including sunny poolsides, shady waterfalls, rainbows of perennials, organic vegetables, colorful containers, and more. Don’t miss the Eighteen Mile Creek Overlook with its quaint gazebo and herb garden and the Trolley Stop, a village volunteer effort initiated by

Imagine: Hamburg. Notice the lush plantings in the roundabouts, bumpouts and pots, provided by our volunteer committee known as the “Beauts.” After your tour, treat yourself at our many delicious restaurants.

Contact HamburgGardenWalk.com

North Tonawanda Garden Walk

Saturday & Sunday July 12 & 13, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Maps available online, select houses, and at: Carnegie Art Center, 240 Goundry Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120

Donation Garden tour is free and self-guided.

Special Features Historic homes, water features, shade gardens, sculptures, and pollinator friendly sites.

Contact: www.ntgardenwalk.com;

Facebook.com/ntgardenwalk;

Email: ntgardenwalk@gmail.com

Friday, July 18 8:30 – 11:00 PM

Saturday, July 19 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Donation Tour is free and self-guided.

Special features Friday Night Lights: Friday: July 18, 8:30 PM – 11:00 PM

Visit CityofTonawandaArtsBoard.com; visit FB: cotgardenwalk

Contact 716-957-4177

This is our 14 th Annual Garden Walk! Over 30 beautiful gardens open for your viewing pleasure. The City of Tonawanda Garden Walk features water gardens, rock gardens, koi ponds, and breathtaking arrangements in meditation gardens. Friday Night Lights offers an extraordinary lighting festival and many homes offer live music.

Saturday & Sunday, July 19 & 20, 10am-4pm

Friday & Saturday Night Lights, July 18 & 19, 8:30-11pm

Programs available at the Town of Tonawanda Aquatic Center and at the following participating gardens: 370 Delaware Rd., 491 Highland Ave., and 1237 Tonawanda St. 

Visit kentongardentour.com

Friday, July 18, 8:30pm-11pm, Saturday & Sunday, July 19 & 20, 10am-4:30pm

Maps available at Two Chicks and a Rooster, 732 Aurora St; Petals to Please, 5870 Broadway; and Lancaster Coffee Co. & Cafe, 24 Central Ave, all in Lancaster Some gardens will host artists displaying and selling artwork.

Visit lancastervillageny.gov

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.

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Just pick up a map and start touring! More than 300 creative and gracious gardeners are looking forward to seeing you again—or for the first time.

Garden Walk Buffalo attracts visitors from around the U.S., Canada, and beyond. Tens of thousands of visitors visit beautiful Buffalo to enjoy the creativity and work of its best ambassadors—its gardeners.

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