Saturday, October 15th, @ 10:30am n 12:30pm. Corner of Rhode Island, Utica & Brayton Streets on Buffalo's West Side.
Take home some locally grown plants for free or bring some of your own to swap... Astilbe, Hosta, Day Lilies, Mudwort, Honeysuckle Vine, Gooseneck Loostrife, Phlox, Yarrow, Oregano, Painteris Palette, Ribbon Grass, Rose of Sharon, Gladiola Bulbs, Ferns, Sedum, and Black Eyed Susans. Share your collected seeds and beans and houseplants as well. The plant swap is a friend-raising event for a community oriented Garden Center to be located on Buffalois West Side.
Wouldnit you like to have a place to buy plants n flowers, shrubs, trees and vegetables n at a location you can drive to in two minutes (or maybe even walk to)? You are not alone. We are organizing a garden center that will offer gardening tools, soil, mulch, plants, unusual varieties, organic products and workshops in our neighborhood. Sophisticated, inexpensive and local n all on our list of goals. This Plant Swap is to reach out to the general public to determine interest in a city garden center. Come, fill out a survey, share plants. The Plant Swap will take place on the corner of Rhode Island, Brayton, and Utica Streets, 2 blocks from Richmond Avenue. Rain or shine!
Instructions for the event: Please bring your plants labeled and separated into containers (plastic bags and yogurt containers work). If possible include information about whether your plants prefer shade or sun, dry or wet conditions.
Urban Roots Community Garden Center is a consumer cooperative business whose mission is to provide quality products for gardening in the City of Buffalo and be an active and enriching member of the community. We will offer affordable, unusual, heirloom, organic and local plants, and gardening supplies. Urban Roots will foster a working relationship with the greater neighborhood in order to encourage beautification and urban renewal. Urban roots will engage the community through education, employment, outreach, expertise and volunteering efforts
Our vision is Urban Roots Community Garden Center will be a model for cooperative garden centers in other areas for enriching the surrounding community. -Urban Roots