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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 Warm up a chilly Saturday morning with garden conversation. Gardeners’ Give and Take is an informal round table [...]
Tags: education, gardening, tips & tricks
Member-Owner Appreciation Day and Annual Meeting was held at Urban Roots on Saturday.
Tags: community, fall, member-owner
The UR Board is looking for any interested Member Owners to participate in some of the standing Urban Roots committees.
Tags: member-owner, volunteer
Please stop by and check out the community garden during your next visit to Urban Roots. Enjoy the vegetables, beneficial flowers, and hand painted signs welcoming you to the garden.
Trying to keep deer from eating the fruit off your trees? Slugs eating your strawberries?
Tags: education, event, tips & tricks
How can we prune our perennial chrysanthemums so they come back bushy and generous with bloom year after year?
Tags: education, gardening, tips & tricks
Rabbits, Encroaching Shade, Tomatoes and The Wild Garden: some of the diverse subjects of Gardeners’ Give and Take.
Tags: education, Events & Workshops, tips & tricks
The gathering of gardeners’ at UR again talked over a # of interesting subjects.
Tags: education, gardening, houseplants, tips & tricks, workshops
Get busy in winter, get ready for spring – before you know it, it will be here!
A full table talked gardening questions, problems, resources and interests, (with really good cookies!) on Saturday morning.
Tags: community, education, event, gardening, tips & tricks
2012 winter and spring gardening series begins soon – see the selections for this season here!
Tags: education, gardening, tips & tricks
Come and share thoughts, questions, plans and projects at Gardeners’ Give and Take.
Tags: community, education, event, tips & tricks, workshops
Welcoming a new board and a sad farewell to departing Directors.
Tags: member-owner
We need 10 new member owners by Saturday to reach our goal of 700!
Tags: event, member-owner
How community gardens will save Buffalo and the world, one block at a time.
Tags: community, grassroots, outdoor, sustainability, volunteer
An exciting season of gardening for students.
Tags: community, gardening, grassroots, volunteer
We want to extend a special thanks to the garden Bloggers who visited buffalo last week!
Tags: community, event, garden tour
Get your garden noticed with your unique UR garden sign!
Tags: awareness, community, event, member-owner
Join us – Member-Ownership Drive this Sat between 11 and 1!
Tags: community, event, member-owner
Check out some of our new photos at our Flickr page!
Tags: awareness, gardening, member-owner
Buffalonians “…drunkenly sharpening their Felcos…”
Tags: awareness, community, flowers, gardening, grassroots
Volunteers needed at the park on Rhode Island and 18th Street.
Tags: community, event, grassroots, volunteer
Please join us for Member Appreciation Day on October 3rd.
Tags: community, event, member-owner
Help spread the word about our Community Garden Center using your photography talents and creativity.
Tags: event, photography, volunteer
We are currently offering a discount of 15% off the price of in-stock books.
Tags: event, member-owner
If you have a green thumb and want to show off your beautiful scenery…
Tags: event, flowers, gardening, member-owner, plants
We need your help to move the Show House garden shed this Friday!
Tags: community, event, member-owner, volunteer
We collaborated on building a garden for Junior League Show House.
Tags: community, event, member-owner, volunteer
Riverkeepers donated 57 rain barrels!
Tags: community, event, member-owner, products, volunteer
We need some helping taking down the shed!
Tags: community, event, member-owner, volunteer
The morning of May 30 at the Buffalo Museum of Science.
Tags: community, event, flowers, member-owner, plants, volunteer