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Garden Walk Buffalo is a free, self-guided tour of more than 300 Buffalo gardens, one of the largest garden tours in America. Held annually on the last weekend of July, Garden Walk has become one of Western New York’s most anticipated summer happenings. Tens of thousands of visitors join us each year, as we show off our city’s beautiful homes and gardens. You will leave refreshed, entertained, and inspired!

The 2008 Garden Walk Buffalo takes place on July 26th and 27th from 10AM to 4PM. For more information, please visit the official site at www.gardenwalkbuffalo.com.

Buffalo Tours presents Crime and Scandal 2.0. Revisit old Buffalo scandals, such as Grover Cleveland's fathering a son out of wedlock and William McKinley's assassination, as well as new ones, including which Buffalo nightclub kick-started the Goth scene in the 1980s!

Meet at Spot Coffee on Delaware Avenue.

Buffalo Tours presents H.H. Richardson Complex. On this tour, we'll walk the perimeter of one of H. H. Richardson's greatest designs, the Buffalo State Hospital (interior tours have been unavailable since 2003). Surrounded by an Olmsted landscape, this largest of Richardson's creations influenced a much-emulated architectural style named for the architect, Richardsonian Romanesque.

Meet at the Forest Avenue Gate, Forest and Richmond.

Photo by Chuck LaChiusa.

Tours begin at the Historical Society’s Resource Center. Guests take an hour-long guided tour of the Resource Center’s Spirit of the City exhibit, which tells the story of the 1901 Pan-American Exposition, and then are transported via motor coach to Forest Lawn Cemetery for a riding tour of the grounds, complete with costumed actors.

There are two separate tours, beginning at 10AM and noon.

Tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets by clicking here or calling 1.800.838.3006.