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Five—that's FIVE—Buffalo gardens in national magazine, Backyard Solutions |
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 Incredibly, five Garden Walk Buffalo gardens made the Summer 2011 issue of Backyard Solutions magazine. Here are the gardens that are featured, with a minimum of a two-page spread each:
The Nguyen Garden on Brayton, "Low budget, High Impact"The Ecker Garden on Johnson Park, "Raised Beds Get Raves"The Furminger Garden on Sixteenth
Street, "Masses of Color"–though the magazine seems to have picked up
photos of the gardens next door at 84 Sixteenth Street!The Widger Garden on Ashland Avenue, "Curved, Colorful, Delicious"—featured over four pages.The Ostertrom/Thomas Garden on Pennsylvania Avenue, "Beach Shack Chic" |
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Three Garden Walk Gardens featured in Buffalo Spree's HOME magazine |
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 Three Garden Walk gardens are featured in this month's HOME magazine, a Buffalo Spree publication. The gorgeous cover photo, and inside six-page article, are of the Sixteenth Street garden of Joe Hopkins & Scot Dunlap.
Another four pages is dedicated to the garden of Alec Humann, located at the corner of Lancaster Avenue & Melbourne Place. And the third garden is that of Laurie Counihan Brown, on Lincoln Parkway.
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Garden Walk president pens article for nationally-distributed magazine |
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 Garden Walk president, Jim Charlier, has written an article appearing in the Summer 2011 issue of Real Gardens magazine, entitled, "Start a Garden Tour." The article is about the growth of Garden Walk Buffalo, as well as the benefits to the community. Real Gardens is a Harris Publications Country Almanac magazine based in New York City. The article employs a photo of Little Summer street and one of the Garden Walk banners on the light poles on Sixteenth Street.
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Garden Walk Buffalo is always growing! |
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 From a block-club-organized garden tour it's grown to the largest garden tour in the country. It now draws tens of thousands of visitors from all over the U.S. and Canada. Garden Walk Buffalo works nearly year round to produce this celebration of urban gardening and living. It's looking for volunteers to help maintain the quality of the event—held for free—the last full weekend of each July.
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AIA awards Garden Walk with "Friends of Architecture" Community Service Award |
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 The American Institute of Architects Buffalo/WNY Chapter (AIA) awards this honor to an individual and a group who has performed outstanding volunteer service on behalf of, or relating to the built environment. The award was presented at the AIA Design Award Gala, held November 18, 2010 at The Mansion on Delaware.
The nominating letter stated, "Garden Walk Buffalo has been dedicated to the promotion of the City of Buffalo and WNY and to encouraging neighborhood beautification and to promoting community pride. Through these efforts, the group has changed the way many people view the built environment...and is therefore deserving of this award."
Garden Walk Buffalo graciously accepts this award on behalf of the Garden Walk committee members, past and present; Marvin Lunenfeld & Gail McCarthy, its founders; and especially its 350+ generous gardeners that present their gardens each year.
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Garden Walk gardener quoted in Wall Street Journal on "hellstrips" |
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 Great Garden Walk Buffalo gardener Ellie, in Buffalo's Cottage District, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal last week in an article about hellstrips, the area between road and sidewalk.
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Garden writers & bloggers LOVE Buffalo gardens |
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 70 garden bloggers from 23 states and Canada visited Buffalo for a "sneak peek" of Garden Walk Buffalo. There are now 70 gardeners that have fallen for our gardens and gardening community (and art and architecture). Most wish they had something like Buffalo has in their own communities. Organized by Garden Walk president Jim Charlier and Buffalo Spree editor, Elizabeth Licata (both garden bloggers), it may be the first garden tour to ever get a standing ovation. The bloggers have been writing and posting photos about their trip to Buffalo. Jump to the next page to see what they're saying.
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GW gardener's coffee grounds grounds |
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 Jake Casella, Spot Coffee Elmwood Store Manager & Head Barista, has written a post on his blog, Buffalo Brewing, about Tom Halloran, a Garden Walk gardener (and ardent GW committee member of many years). The topic? The three tons of coffee grounds (that's right,TONS) Tom has collected and worked into his garden soil. Read about Tom's great-smelling garden here.
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