Submitted by the organizers of Garden Walk Buffalo
(A brief note from NAL – You know the spring weather has finally begun to arrive when you receive media releases from the great group of volunteers responsible for the annual Garden Walk Buffalo, one of the largest and most popular neighbourhood garden tours of it kind in all of North American.
Niagara At Large is always free to promote this free event, which always takes place the last full weekend in July and which not only showcasing gardens, but classic architecture in some of the most historic urban neighbourhoods on the continent. NAL will post more on Garden Walk Buffalo as the weekend for it approaches.)
Garden Walk Buffalo is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2013 Marvin Lunenfeld Beautification Grants. The grants are awarded to block clubs, non-profits and neighborhood associations for beautification projects in the neighborhoods of Garden Walk.
Photo from Garden Walk Buffalo 2012. By Doug Draper
Award amounts are based on the overall project cost. Eligible projects are required to include matching funds from government, private contributions or volunteer sweat equity.
Our Beautification Award recipients for 2013!
– Argyle Park Neighborhood Association – Island Restoration Project (continued restoration)
– Block Alliance of 16th Street – Block Planter Project
– Friends of the Japanese Garden of Buffalo – Mirror Lake Islands and Banks Project
– Cottage District Neighborhood Association – Cottage District Planter Project
– Elmwood Village Association – Dancing Lady Hanging Baskets Project
– Evergreen Health Services – Sidewalk Planter Project
– Linwood Preservation District and Friends – Sisti Park Adjacent Area Project
Garden Walk Buffalo, the largest garden tour in the U.S., is held the last weekend of July each year. In 2013, the free event will be Saturday and Sunday, July 27 and 28, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. More than 380 residences and businesses throughout the West Side of Buffalo open their creative urban gardens for tens of thousands of visitors from around the U.S., Canada, and abroad. For more information, visit www.GardenWalkBuffalo.com.
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