BUFFALO REGULAR CLUB MEETINGS African Violet & Gesneriad Society of WNY meets the third Tuesday of the month, September–August, at 7 p.m., Greenfield Health & Rehab Facility, 5949 Broadway, Lancaster. av*****@gm***.com. Alden Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of the month (except July and August) at 7 p.m., Alden Community Center, West Main St., Alden. New members and guests welcome. Plant sale each…
The letters CNLP after a speaker’s name indicate that he or she is a Certified Nursery & Landscape Professional* THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2026 11 am: Spread Beauty with Flowers—Dorothy Julius, Along Gardens Path Noon: Do or Don’ts of Pruning in your Home Landscape—Steve Sypniewski, Lifetime CNLP 1 pm: Sustainable Lawns in Five Steps—Vicky Jancef, SUNY Niagara 2 pm: Sustainable Container…
SUPPLIES PER ALLIUM -Foam golf ball -3 foot long, 5/16 inch diameter green landscape stake -2 1/2 inch common nails, about 35 or 40 -Multi-purpose adhesive like E6000 -Multi-surface spray paint in purple color of your choice TOOLS -Water-based marker -Exacto knife -Tweezers -Hammer or mallet Step 1 Step 2 Step 4 Step 6 DIRECTIONS 1. Use marker to fill…
Spring green is a color like no other. All those tiny buds on the trees and the little crocuses popping up here and there boast that special once-a-year color that means that winter is truly over. In celebration of this special season here’s a very green springtime recipe. INGREDIENTS 1 lb. pasta of your choice 2 tbs. olive oil 1…
As the days get longer and warmer, the sound of bird songs will start to fill the air. Birds will sing to attract a mate and soon the nesting process will begin. Nesting takes place in a variety of spaces: tall grassy fields, trees and shrubs, along shorelines and inside hollow spaces, to name a few. Birds that nest inside…
Vivipary in tomato, seedlings exiting tomato body. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons by Gaiacoyote, CC0 1.0. Strawberry seedling sprouting from fruit. Photo courtesy WikiCommons by Wolfmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 Vivipary in Skimmia japonica. Photo courtesy Serbian Wikipedia by Gmihail, CC BY-SA 3.0 RS Have you ever cut into a pepper and found a pepper growing inside? How about a tomato? Vivipary…
The stocking of the Seed Library at the Clarence Public Library begins with vegetable seeds. I stopped in on a cold day in late January to find several seed packets for my own garden including parsley, arugula, kale, and basil. This year the Seed Savers Exchange (SSE) is more than a half century old. It continues its mission of preserving…
Viola rostrada (long-spurred violet) Erythronium americanum (trout lily) It’s midspring, and I am once again waking up to birdsong in the morning, welcoming the dancing daffodils along the hillside garden, and I eagerly await the night song chorus of peepers from the lower pond and farm field ditch. But if I were to pick the one thing that makes me…
Echinacea ‘Fried Egg’. Photo courtesy Terra Nova Nurseries; terranovanurseries.com PLANT PAIRINGS FOR THE 2026 COLORS OF THE YEAR Color trends do not stay confined to the indoors. For 2026, several major brands have announced their colors of the year, and Terra Nova nurseries in Canby, Oregon, has paired each selection with complementary plants, creating curated palettes sure to transform any…
