Would you like your garden to be on Garden Walk Buffalo 2016? Share your garden and show your pride in your neighborhood and city. Garden Walk this year is Saturday and Sunday, July 30-31 from 10 am – 4 pm.
APPLY ONLINE HERE: gardenwalkbuffalo.com
Anyone can enter. There is no judging of gardens, Garden Walk is NOT a contest. There are no entry fees. All you have to do is fill out an application and get gardening.
Just two criteria… Gardens must be from the Niagara River to Main Street, and Canalside to the Scajaquada Expressway. You must let us know that there will be no sales of items at your garden.
Garden Walk Buffalo is the largest garden tour in America. It is a free, self-guided tour. No registration or tickets are required to attend. Even the five free shuttle buses are free. All you have to do is pick up a free map at any of our three headquarters around Buffalo’s West Side – and start touring.
Starting with just 29 gardens in 1995, in 2015 the Walk had a record 416 gardens! This year’s Walk is expected to draw between 65,000 and 70,000 garden fans from around the U.S., Canada, and beyond. Garden Walk Buffalo has an estimated economic impact of $4.5 million.
Lots of dots… visitors to Garden Walk often look for areas on the map where there is a “critical mass” of dots, so you may want to encourage neighbors who are not on the Walk to see if they’d like to participate. Tell them how much fun it is. Please forward this post to your block club, or any other gardeners you know within the Garden Walk boundaries.
Post and photos by Jim Charlier – VP Garden Walk Buffalo