Not only is Stan Swisher's garden a beautiful addition to Buffalo and the Erie Basin Marina, but if you have the opportunity to meet and hear Stan share his passion, you are in for a treat.
Not only is Stan Swisher's garden a beautiful addition to Buffalo and the Erie Basin Marina, but if you have the opportunity to meet and hear Stan share his passion, you are in for a treat.
There is no Allentown Garden Walk.
It is Garden Walk Buffalo you are referring to with more than 300 gardens on Saturday and Sunday, July 26 & 27. It is the largest garden your in the country. It is free, no tickets required and self-guided.
Allentown is just part of the Walk that encompasses the area from the Historical Society to the Marina and from Main Street to the Peace Bridge.
Look for maps online next week at www.GardenWalkBuffalo.com, and at sponsor locations, to be advertised next week.
Also check out Stanley and his garden in Mark Goldman's recent book, City on the Edge!
Also, just came across this about the Marina test gardens, in the latest Buffalo Spree list of '33 things to do this summer':
" Erie Basin Marina test gardens
Surely one of Buffalo’s most charming and best-kept secrets, you’ll find bed after brilliant bed of colorful garden plants here, all being tested for their performance in the Western New York climate, as one of only twenty-five such test sites in the U.S. The seeds and plants, under consideration for the All America Selections program, come from such large commercial growers as Ball, Proven Winners, Goldsmith, and others. I have seen unusual varieties of coleus, heliotrope, diascia, lobelia, rudbeckia, verbena, and many other popular flowers and foliage plants. While there, you’ll have a superb view of Lake Erie, the China Light, and the Marina’s other beauties. Growers from across the country travel to Buffalo to inspect the plants in early August, so they should be looking pretty good by mid-July.
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Cool info, but Spree doesn't mention Stanley - for shame!
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