Seven Garden Walk Buffalo gardens are featured in a new double issue of Great Backyards magazine. All of the featured gardens are part of Garden Walk Buffalo, and each has a two-page spread that helps to illustrate landscaping solutions.
The West Side gardens featured in this issue include:
-44 Irving Place (Perennial Impact – Seasonal color changes provide just the right punch)
-56 North Pearl Street (Full-Shade Splendor – A writer with a penchant for spring bulbs shows how they can flourish).
-815/819 West Ferry Street (Symmetrical but Different – Unifying two gardens on the driveway – each with different needs)
-377 Little Summer Street (Up Against the Wall – How a garden grew against a neighbor’s garage)
-533 Auburn Avenue (Funky English Style – A tiny, lush lot evolves with an artist’s help)
-167 Richmond Avenue (Less Lawn, More Garden – A garden, house and homeowner finally nestle together)
-7/11 Putnam Street (Colorful Daylily Profusion – A professional’s three gardens flourish with 360 varieties)
The magazine features 50 gardens from around the country, with Buffalo being represented more than any other one city or area of the country. Last year’s issue of this same magazine also featured 12 Buffalo gardens. As testament to his skill, each Buffalo image was created by local Garden Walk photographer Don Zinteck of Photographics 2.
Great Backyards, a magazine by Harris Publications, can be found at Wegmans grocery stores and most other bookstores where magazines are sold throughout the city. Editor Barbara Ballinger will be visiting us for Garden Walk Buffalo this July.
Garden Walk Buffalo, the largest garden tour in the U.S., is held the last weekend of July each year. In 2010, the free event will be Saturday and Sunday, July 24 & 25, 10AM to 4PM. More than 340 residences and businesses throughout the West Side of Buffalo open their creative urban gardens for tens of thousands of visitors from around the U.S. and Canada.