I went to college in Buffalo. Now it's become the garden capitol of....well, at least Western NY.
Check out the Garden Bloggers Buffa10 blog and see if you'd like to fly to the Queen City of lake Erie for this event.
When I went to Buffalo State College I loved taking long walks around the grand Victorian era homes that showcased Buffalo's grand past of some 100 years ago. Some of the bigger homes along the parkways of the west side of the city make a person imagine what families were like back then: many, many off spring, needing lots of space to hang out in the summer time, along tree-lined parkways.
What you'll discover when you read some of the blog posts of sister blogs associated with Garden Bloggers of Buffalo is that there is a movement to do away with boring grass, and fill yard space with anything and everything else that blooms and adds color and, if you will, whimsy, to the space. It's a great hobby to have, and like weeds, it seems to be spreading from neighbor-to-neighbor in Buffalo.
I may just have to visit my old college town for this event, while it's in its infancy, this year. But, I think I'm a year too late. Organizers seem have barely let out word about this event and already they've received dozens of registrations from all over the U.S and from overseas. Gosh. This sounds like so much fun.
Hmmm......
1 comments:
Hey Rita - Happy New Year! Hope all is well.
During college I don't remember walking through the neighborhoods so much, maybe some late night drunken stumbling by the Victorians on the way to off-campus bars (and Mighty Taco). But maybe that wasn't you I was walking with.
This event is really just for garden bloggers. If you want to come to Buffalo for a garden event, you'd want to come for Garden Walk Buffalo, July 24 & 25, 2010. It's one of the largest garden events in the country - more than 340 open gardens for two days – and it's free! We expect around 50,000 visitors this year. I'm not only a member - I'm the president!
Visit the Garden Walk site at:
http://gardenwalkbuffalo.com/
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