Upstate Gardener

Planting a Seed in the City of Buffalo
Urban Roots – a Community Owned Garden Center

There are many reasons why a nursery may become your favorite spot to look for plants and gardening material. Usually it is the selection, the ability of the staff to create attractive displays, or the architecture of the building. Sometimes it is the knowledgeable staff, and other times it is location, as it just happens to be on your way home from work, or on the way home from your favorite beach. Rarely for a hobbyist gardener, such as myself, is it because you are the owner. Even more unusual is it for a garden center to have been the project that connected you to your neighbors and filled your free time with inspired conversations and hard work for four years.

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Founding Member-Owner, Cynnie Gaasch wrote this article about the development of Urban Roots for Upstate Gardener Magazine in March 2008.