Doug Draper, Niagara At Large
Garden Walk Buffalo – one of the largest garden tour on the continent and still free after all of its 21 years – is back this Saturday, July 25th and Sunday, July 26th.
And if you classic old American neighbourhoods and the best of lawns and gardens framed in classic Federick Olmsted urban landscape, do yourself a favour by joining tens-of-thousands of others in this annual right of summer.
Garden Walk Buffalo now features close to 400 gardens, with free shuttle bus rides running from neighbhourhood to neighbourhood where the clusters of gardens are located, and runs each day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Detailed maps for the garden locations are available both days at headquarters who kind find by clicking on the Garden Walk link included further down in this post.
I’ve said this before and I say it again to those of you on the Canadian side of the border and on the U.S. side who make the mistake of judging Buffalo based on those abandoned, rusting old mills and warehouses, and on some of the more broken down housing seen on either side of the beltway running between the Peace Bridge and downtown and the exists to the Walden Galleria, airport and exit to the New York State Thruway.
Garden Walk Buffalo draws you in to the grand old neighbourhoods built in the days when this city was one of the economic drivers on the continent. And it pulls you into a Buffalo that is re-invigorating itself and rising again.
The many volunteers who organize this annual garden tour are among the best ambassadors for Buffalo’s new dawn that have come along in the last two decades, and you can support them by making a donation and/or buying a GardenWalk poster or t-shirt at one of their headquarter locations.
By the way, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention how friendly the people who share their lawns and gardens are to those on the tour. They also take pride in sharing their gardening tips with anyone who asks.
Now here is some information from and a link for Garden Walk Buffalo.
Click here for more about Garden Walk Buffalo – www.GardenWalkBuffalo.com
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