Urban Roots is More than Just a Place to Shop! Become a member of a gardening community!
Our mission transcends just being a place to buy gardening materials. We want to engage the community in many ways, but most notably through the numerous events and workshops we hold throughout the year at our store, including regular plant swaps. Check out our calendar and list of events below!
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Save the Date- National Garden Festival Event at Urban Roots
Again this year Urban Roots will be taking part in the National Garden Festival with an event focused on gardening [...]
Tags: National Garden Festival, NGF, workshops
Gardeners’ Give & Take
Gardeners’ Give & Take will meet again on Saturday, March 16 at 10 am. Are you curious about allelopathy*? Concerned about fruit tree blight or compost contamination? Choosing…
Tags: education, gardening, tips & tricks
Spring Workshops
We are excited by the great response we have had to our Spring Workshop Series. Each workshop has been filled [...]
The Buffalo Home and Garden Show
Urban Roots will be at the Home and Garden Show at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. Do you want to [...]
Tags: gardening, show, tips and tricks, trends
Spring Workshop Series
The Community Garden Spring Workshops are underway! To register for a workshop, please stop in the store, call us at [...]
Japanese Gardens
Join us on Saturday, March 2nd at 10am for a presentation on Japanese Gardens by Trudy Stern. We’ll have coffee [...]
Tags: containers, education, gardening, plants, workshops
Gardeners’ Give & Take
We will meet again this Saturday, February 2, and we plan to revisit the subject of ‘zone stretching’, as well as talk about creative ideas for front yard gardens, inspired in part by the book The No Mow Front Yard.
Houseplants 101 Workshop
Urban Roots invites you to join us this Sunday, January 20th at 12 noon for a Houseplants 101 workshop. David [...]
Tags: education, garden, houseplants, workshop
Gardeners’ Give & Take
Building raised beds? What makes the best soil? Which tree might work best in your landscape? These were just a few of the questions on the table last week at the first session of Gardeners’ Give & Take 2013.
Make Your Own Pomander Workshop-CANCELLED
This Saturday’s workshop-Make Your Own Pomander has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Overwintering Tender Perennials and Composting
Come learn how to at the workshops.
Tags: composting, education, overwinter, workshops
A Week of Workshops!
Urban Roots Education Committee and Grassroots Gardens of Buffalo have a week filled with FREE garden workshops. Tuesday, September 25th [...]
Tags: community, compost, education, garden, garlic, herbs, workshops
September Workshops-Register Today!
Don’t forget to register for the first of this fall’s garden workshop series. Workshops kick off this Saturday, September 15th [...]
Fall Workshops Starting Soon!
The Education Committee is excited to announce the list of garden workshops to be held this fall at both Urban [...]
What’s Growing on in Urban Gardening
Join us on Saturday, July 14th from 12noon until 3pm for our National Garden Festival event, What’s Growing on in [...]
Summer Solstice Party
Since pagan times, gardeners have celebrated this longest day of the year. Come celebrate with friends, neighbors and fellow gardeners [...]
Additional Garden Workshops Announced
Urban Roots and Grassroots Gardens of Buffalo recently received an Environmental Justice Grant from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. [...]
Gardening in the Shade
“Let’s Talk About…” Gardening in the Shade, with Liz Lipsitz, Saturday April 7th at 12 noon.
Gardeners’ Give & Take
Only two sessions of Gardeners’ Give & Take to go! If you have a gardening question, idea, problem or issue [...]
Tags: gardening, sustainability, tips & tricks
Beekeeping
Whether you are a curious urban homesteader or a potential fellow beekeeper please join us as we explore the joys of urban beekeeping with Kitty Herrick on Saturday, March 10 at 10 am.
Tags: education, sustainability, wildlife
Seed Starting Workshop
Presenter Richard Price will show and tell us all about starting seeds to get your garden going and growing. Saturday, February 25, at 2:00 pm.
Companion Gardening
Urban Roots’ Winter and Spring Gardening Series continues with Let’s Talk About… Companion Gardening, with David Clark on Saturday February 25th at 12 noon.
Gardeners’ Give & Take
Choosing and using native plants in the landscape, keeping bees, wintering-over papyrus ‘Baby Tut’, trees for urban streets – another very full conversation at Gardeners’ Give & Take!
Tags: education, gardening, tips & tricks
Gardeners’ Give & Take
Bulbs, succulents, mushrooms and more!
Tags: education, gardening, tips & tricks
Let’s Talk About… Native Plants
Our Winter and Spring Gardening Series at Urban Roots continues with Let’s Talk About… Native Plants, on Saturday February 11th at 2:00 pm.
Gardeners’ Give & Take
“Zone stretching?” “ALL about manure (of all kinds…)” Double Digging – or not? Plant IDs and characteristics. Read more on the interesting topics of the last “Give & Take.”
Tags: education, tips & tricks
Rain Gardens
Let’s Talk About… Rain Gardens will explore the fundamentals of green infrastructure and rain garden design. Saturday, January 21 at 2 pm, with Bryan LoVullo.
Tags: education, gardening, sustainability
Gardeners’ Give & Take
The first 2012 session of Gardeners’ Give & Take was held at Urban Roots on Saturday morning.
Tags: education, gardening, tips & tricks
Gardeners’ Give and Take
Gardeners’ Give and Take Warm up a chilly Saturday morning with garden conversation. Gardeners’ Give and Take is an informal round table [...]
Tags: education, gardening, tips & tricks
Mini Boxwood Tree Workshop
Make your own mini boxwood tree at this fun and productive workshop on December 10 at 12 noon.
Transition to Winter
As fall heads towards winter, we make our gardens ready – workshop on Saturday, October 29 at 10am.
Sunshine, Sales and Social – What Fun!
Member-Owner Appreciation Day and Annual Meeting was held at Urban Roots on Saturday.
Tags: community, fall, member-owner
Composting Workshop
You already have what you need to make your own compost- leaves, kitchen scraps and a little space!
Workshop: All About Bulbs
Dave Clark will present a workshop on bulbs, Saturday, October 15th at 12:00 noon at Urban Roots.
Seed Saving Workshop this Saturday! Meet our Workshop Presenters!
Join Richard Price this Saturday, September 24th at 2pm and learn how to save seeds from this years garden for [...]
Fall Workshops Starting Soon!!
The Urban Roots Education Committee is excited to announce some of the workshops in this year’s F all Workshop [...]
Urban Roots Author Night
Grow The Good Life
Why A Vegetable Garden Will Make You Happy, Healthy, Wealthy and Wise
Grassrooted! Open House
Non-profits, businesses and individuals can help Buffalo grow… see how.
Tags: awareness, community, education, event, grassroots, sustainability
More Tips & Topics: Gardeners’ Give&Take
Trying to keep deer from eating the fruit off your trees? Slugs eating your strawberries?
Tags: education, event, tips & tricks
Tips and Topics from Gardeners’ Give&Take
How can we prune our perennial chrysanthemums so they come back bushy and generous with bloom year after year?
Tags: education, gardening, tips & tricks
Gardeners’ Give & Take
Rabbits, Encroaching Shade, Tomatoes and The Wild Garden: some of the diverse subjects of Gardeners’ Give and Take.
Tags: education, Events & Workshops, tips & tricks
Gardeners’ Give & Take Meets Again
The gathering of gardeners’ at UR again talked over a # of interesting subjects.
Tags: education, gardening, houseplants, tips & tricks, workshops
Winter-into-Spring Workshops
Get busy in winter, get ready for spring – before you know it, it will be here!
Gardeners’ Give & Take – 1st Session
A full table talked gardening questions, problems, resources and interests, (with really good cookies!) on Saturday morning.
Tags: community, education, event, gardening, tips & tricks
Winter and Spring Workshops
2012 winter and spring gardening series begins soon – see the selections for this season here!
Tags: education, gardening, tips & tricks
Gardeners’ Give & Take
Come and share thoughts, questions, plans and projects at Gardeners’ Give and Take.
Tags: community, education, event, tips & tricks, workshops
MO Appreciation Day 2010
MO Appreciation Day 2010 was a great time!
Tags: community, event, member-owner, seasonal
Member Appreciation Day
Taking place Oct 2nd.
Tags: community, event, fall, member-owner, plant swap, seasonal
Ancestral Acres Tour
Once again we will be setting out from Urban Roots for a “Secret Garden Tour” at Ancestral Acres farm. Ancestral [...]
Flower Day at Urban Roots
Sunday June 20th at 10am, speak with experts about different flowers and plants.
UR Birthday Party!
UR we’ll be celebrating our 3rd birthday on Sat. June 19th.
Tags: community, event, member-owner
Garden Party!
Please join us for this garden centric party at the Botanical Gardens!
Tags: community, garden tour, grassroots
Plant Swap
Bring any plants that you can’t use down to Urban Roots so they can find a new home!
Tags: community, indoor, outdoor, plant swap
Recovery Garden Day
2nd Annual Recovery Garden Day is April 10th
Tags: education, event, food, gardening, sustainability, workshops
Showhouse Garden Wins an Award!
The project won an award from the American Society of Landscape Architects in the the category of Communication!
Tags: community, education, event, sustainability, volunteer
Harvest Celebration – Nov 5th
Thurs. Nov 5th (5:30-8:30pm) Grassroots Gardens annual “Harvest Celebration”…
Tags: awareness, community, event, gardening, grassroots, sustainability
MO Appreciation Day Was a Success!
The Member Owner Appreciation Day on October 3rd was a huge success.
Tags: community, event, member-owner
Website Launch with 12 Grain Studio
Read about our website launch with the creators of the website, 12 Grain Studio.
Tags: community, event, member-owner, Store
Seed Saving Workshop – Saturday
Learn from Richard Price how to save seeds from this year’s garden to grow!
Tags: heirloom, member-owner, seeds, workshops
Ancestral Acres Farm Tour
Read here to see the report from our Secret Garden Tour last weekend.
Tags: farm, garden tour, member-owner, seasonal
Fall Workshops
Our Fall workshops are all lined up! Click for a peek…
Tags: gardening, seasonal, tips & tricks
Secret Tour: Ancestral Acres
As part of our Secret Garden Tour series, we have arranged a very special tour of the Johnson’s farm.
Tags: farm, garden tour, sustainability
A Permanent Source of Water
We have a well! Water was an issue from day one…
Tags: community, sustainability
Wicked Plants at Urban Roots
Amy Stewart came by to tell us about the dark side of plants!
Tags: community, event, member-owner, products
June Workshops
Garlic, Natives, Photography, Shopping Cart Victory Gardens & Ferns!
Tags: community, flowers, member-owner, plants, tips & tricks
Plant Swaps
Join us for our 4th Annual Spring Plant Swap, taking place 2x this month.
Tags: community, flowers, plants, tips & tricks
May Workshops
Check out our May workshops on Planting Basics, Bonsais and Square Foot Gardening!
Tags: community, flowers, member-owner, plants, tips & tricks
Community Gardening
Grassroots Gardens & Urban Roots join forces to help improve quality of life and environmental awareness in the city.
Tags: awareness, grassroots, workshops