Grassroots Gardens works to ensure that hardworking Buffalonians are able to access vacant land and bring it back to life, but they need your help to make this happen. On Thursday November 5th from 5:30-8:30pm Grassroots Gardens will hold it's 3rd annual "Harvest Celebration" at the Karpeles Manuscript Museum at 453 Porter Avenue (former Plymouth Methodist Church).
This event is a fundraiser to help the gardeners do the important work of reclaiming Buffalo. The event features beer, wine and cider, and appetizers from some of Buffalo's best restaurants, and only costs $25.00 if you are a Grassroots Gardens Member, or $30.00 if you are not.
An appeal from Grassroots Gardens Board Chair Kirk Laubenstein:
I write to you as a lover of Buffalo. If you would've asked me how I felt about Buffalo about five years ago the answer would have been different. I love Buffalo because the people in this city are so amazingly thoughtful, hard working and compassionate. Grassroots Gardens of Buffalo allows Buffalonians a chance to take back the land that has gone fallow due to demolition and abandonment and bring it back to productive use by creating community gardens.
These
gardens provide beauty and a source of food in the neighborhoods that need it
most. Grassroots Gardens Vice President Gail Graham, is a great example
of a hard working Buffalonian that cares about his community. He along
with the Fargo Estate Neighborhood Association started their garden about 8
years ago and it has brought the community together. This garden was so
successful that about 2 years ago Linda Muscarella started Serenity Garden
(right down the street from Gail's!) that took back a long blighted lot, in which
they grow food and beautiful flowers. Our gardeners are the inspiration
that keeps us moving forward!
Gardeners really 'dig' Buffalo...