IN EARLY AUGUST, 300–400 GARDEN WRITERS ARE DESCENDING ON BUFFALO AND ENVIRONS TO SEE WESTERN NEW YORK PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GARDENS, FLOWER FARMS, SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING SITES, AND MORE.
The visitors are members of the Garden Communicators Association (GWA, gardenwriters.org), which is holding its sixty-ninth annual conference and expo here. The conference will fill the Hyatt, convention center, area restaurants, and tourism sites with enthusiastic garden talk. Read More
When I feel like golfing, but don’t want to drive very far or spend a lot of money, I head over to Delaware Park for a quick round. I play alone or join up with others. Read More
IN FEBRUARY 2016, THE BUFFALO OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE OFFICE OF A STATE LEGISLATOR WITH A HISTORY OF SUPPORT FOR EFFORTS TO DOWNGRADE THE SCAJAQUADA EXPRESSWAY.
That night there would be a public meeting at Buffalo State where New York’s new Department of Transportation (DOT) commissioner, Matt Driscoll, would announce DOT’s plan to remake the park-scarring highway. Read More
Scajaquada Corridor an opportunity to ‘get this right, for the right reasons’
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BUFFALO PREP CELEBRATES GROWTH; GIVES BACK TO COMMUNITY
On Friday, more than 220 Buffalo Prep students participated in the first “Buffalo Prep Goes Green” event, which involved planting a commemorative tree at the site of the organization’s future home on the University at Buffalo south campus. Read More
THIS COLUMN IS ABOUT THE PARROTT NAVAL RIFLES THAT ONCE STOOD GUARD AT BUFFALO’S PARKS, CIRCLES AND SQUARES. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASIER — WHO KNEW CANNONS COULD BE SO COMPLICATED?
Parrott rifles are so named because of the rifling of the cannon barrel. The spiral cuts in the interior of the barrel added spin to the projectiles, which made them more accurate than smooth bore cannons. The projectile itself was the pointed shape of modern artillery shells, spelling the eventual end of cannonballs as ammunition. So these can accurately be called either rifles or cannons. Read More
IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG ROAD TO RESTORE FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED’S ARBORETUM IN BUFFALO’S SOUTH PARK – PERHAPS 20 YEARS – BUT PLANS ARE MOVING FORWARD.
Originally designed in 1894, the 155-acre park anchored by the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens now has a Boston-based landscaper working on a feasibility study of the restoration project. Kyle Zick of Kyle Zick Landscape Architecture led an informational meeting on the his plan at the Tosh Collins Center Tuesday evening. Read More
