Come enjoy our annual Urban Farm Day, held in August of every year. Share and make memories as you discover our region’s blossoming urban agricultural community and food system partners
America’s largest garden tour! More than 300 creative and gracious gardeners are looking forward to seeing you again – or for the first time.
More than 100 exceptional gardens to visit throughout Buffalo Niagara on Thursdays and Fridays, for select hours, in July.
Hours: Night Tour: Friday & Saturday 8:30 -11:00 p.m. Donation Tour is free and self-guided. Maps: Aquatic and Fitness Center 1 Pool Plaza Tonawanda, NY 14223
East Side Garden Walk is more than a garden tour! During the Walk, garden lovers experience Buffalo's East Side treasures. Sharing nature stories creates community connections among gardeners, neighbors and visitors.
Donation: Tour is free and open to the public Maps are available on the days of the Garden Walk at Hamlin Park, at the corner of South Grove and Prospect Street.
Stroll through exceptional gardens in the quaint and historic Akron and Newstead, NY. Visit the Rock Garden at Akron Falls Park, the gardens at the 19th-century Rich-Twinn Octagon House and make your way through resident gardens in the Village and beyond.
FREE | SELF-GUIDED | RAIN OR SHINE
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MAPS
Digital Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?mid=1pQlfHhXuy_a8Pubg0bJsP3KXkpTELfI&usp=sharing
Printed maps can be found at sponsor locations, including CW Native Plant Farm, Bedford’s Greenhouse, Pixley’s Shur Fine and Martin’s Mercantile.
Night Tour: Friday, July 21 8:45-11:00 p.m. Donation: Tour is free and self-guided.
Friday Night Lights is July 19, 8:30-11pm
Garden Tour Saturday, July 20, 10am-4pm
The City of Tonawanda Board of Visual and Performing Arts is hosting our Annual Garden Walk this July.
Hours: Night Tour: Friday & Saturday 8:30 -11:00 p.m. Donation Tour is free and self-guided. Maps: Aquatic and Fitness Center 1 Pool Plaza Tonawanda, NY 14223
More than 100 exceptional gardens to visit throughout Buffalo Niagara on Thursdays and Fridays, for select hours, in July.
Donation Tour is free and self-guided. Maps: Available on the day of the walk at the Town Hall, 2255 Baseline Road Grand Island, NY 14072
Donation $2 donation is appreciated, but not required; tour is self-guided. Maps Trillium’s Courtyard Florist 2195 Kensington Avenue Amherst, NY 14226
Donation Tour is free and self-guided. Maps: Memorial Park Bandstand Lake & Union Streets Hamburg, NY 14075
Donation: Free Maps: Booklets, including map and raffle tickets for door prizes, are available at The Concord Town Hall, 86 Franklin Street.
Capen by Night: Saturday 8:00-10:00 p.m.. Donation: Tour is free and self-guided. Maps: UB Anderson Gallery, 1 Martha Jackson Place, Buffalo NY 14214 (off Englewood Ave south of Kenmore ave) and UHAA-St. Andrew’s Sculpture Garden, 3107 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14215 (enter on Lisbon Ave side)
Donations: Garden tour is free and self-guided. Maps: Maps available online, select houses, and at: Carnegie Art Center, 240 Goundry Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120
Gardens Buffalo Niagara hosts a gathering of conservation organizations and a butterfly release at the Elmwood Village’s Farmers Market on Bidwell Parkway at Elmwood Avenue every year at the start of Garden Walk season.
Maps: 623 Locust Street, Lockport, NY 14094 Free citywide walking/driving tour of the gardens and public parks throughout the city/town of Lockport, New York
More than 100 exceptional gardens to visit throughout Buffalo Niagara on Thursdays and Fridays, for select hours, in July.
Donation: Free and self-guided tour. Garden descriptions and locations available a week before the event at local Amherst Garden Centers.
More than 100 exceptional gardens to visit throughout Buffalo Niagara on Thursdays and Fridays, for select hours, in July.
Donation: Free
View various gardens in the South Buffalo area and visit the GBN Art Sale at the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens.
One of the summer’s most unique events takes advantage of Buffalo Niagara’s ever-growing and enthusiastic gardening community. Visit more than 50 vendors of nature-themed items or works that can be displayed in a garden setting – in many mediums: sculpture, metalwork, paintings, woodwork, architectural remnants, found art, ceramics, planters – anything that looks good in a garden!
Join our friends at Pelion Outdoor Classroom's garden as we address some of the invasive species that are growing in the space. We'll review removal techniques and best management practices for non-native plant species that impact our local habitats.
RSVP at this link.
There are many things that you can do at home to help reduce pollution in our waterways and lakes. Join us for a FREE virtual seminar about water pollution and how green infrastructure like rain barrels can help make a difference.
Participants will be placed in a raffle to win a $50 gift card from Urban Roots Cooperative Garden Market.
RSVP by emailing events@grassrootsgardens.org.
Volunteer opportunity at Lilac Park in Niagara Falls
Want to learn about lilac bushes? Interested in caring for an ornamental garden? This volunteer opportunity is for you! We'll be tending to Lilac Park Community Garden and taking care of these colorful flowers. No experience is needed and tools will be provided!
RSVP at this link.
Learn the basics of providing care and support for folks experiencing mental health challenges.
June 20, 2024, 5:30-8:00pm
The Forman Mansion
77 Oakland Place, Buffalo, NY 14209
A Celebration of the 30th Garden Walk Buffalo in The Forman Mansion features gardens by Ellen Biddle Shipman, an American landscape architect known for her formal gardens and lush planting style. She dictated the style of the time and strongly influenced landscape design as a member of the first generation to break into the largely male occupation.
Shipman also designed gardens locally for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Graycliff, Mina Miller Edison (wife Thomas Edison) in Chautauqua, and the Knox Farm in East Aurora.
Please note, your name will be added to an RSVP list. No physical or electronic tickets will be sent; your name will be at the door.
Donation Garden tour is free and self-guided.
Maps: Center Street, Lewiston, NY 14092 and Hospitality booths near 411 & 722 Center Street
