If you want to learn about the ins and outs of this city’s most inspirational eco-gardens and farms, then you might want to make a reservation for Buffalo Beyond Flowers, which takes place on Saturday, August 5, 2017, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Each one of the garden projects on the tour is fantastic in its own way. The tour covers everything from sprawling rooftop gardens to urban farms to ecological success stories. By taking this tour you will forever look at this city with fresh eyes.
Tour Stops
- Massachusetts Avenue Project
- P.U.S.H. 14th Street Gardens
- Wilkeson Pointe
- Mutual Riverfront Park
- Broadway Market Rooftop Garden
- Urban Habitat Project at the Central Terminal
- Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus bio-retention cell
To make the tour even more impressive and informative, each site leader will be on hand to discuss the history of the respective property and the goals put forth.
Buffalo Beyond Flowers: Sustainability in Action
Bus tour now taking reservations
Saturday, August 5, 2017, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
To purchase tickets online, visit GardensBuffaloNiagara.com.
Buffalo Beyond Flowers is a Gardens Buffalo Niagara bus tour, the organization that promotes and/or plans regional garden tours, Tours of Open Gardens, the Buffalo-style garden Art Sale, the East Side Momentum bus tours, and Garden Walk Buffalo–America’s largest garden tour. For more, visit GardensBuffaloNiagara.com.
Pick-up Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus parking lot, 589 Ellicott Street at Goodell Street with free parking on site.
Cost $35, includes round-trip transportation, tour guides, tip, and a box lunch.
Photos by Jim Charlier