Prospect Hill Neighborhood Valentines Gift Sale

Prospect Hill Neighborhood Valentines Gift Sale
Sunday, February 6th 11AM to 4PM
At: Karpeles Manuscript Museum.
453 Porter Ave. Buffalo, New York (just West of Kleinhan’s Music Hall)

You are invited to a fun and fabulous Valentines Gift Show & Bake Sale, come buy some treats, or pick out a treasure: bargains and original artisan items, all within the amazing and gorgeously restored Karpeles Manuscript Museum.
Proceeds raised will benefit four local West Side Block clubs and be used for annual operating expenses.
Armory Hill Association, Fargo Estates, The Cottage District and The Columbus Park Block Clubs are all chipping in to organize the fundraiser. The first of what we hope will be an annual event.
For more information contact Chris Red at chrisschaus@gmail.com

A busy Weekend on Fargo

There was a lot going on in our garden this weekend as new friends came to work, bring plants and keep us company.

A major weeding session beautified the garden over Saturday and Sunday - in total we had 5 volunteers, and a good thing too in order to get it all done before the mulch is delivered.

We received lots of donations of plants - count em' 6 flats of plants and then some! They are Gorgeous! Best of all we now have a fountain. A real beauty - the perfect touch of whimsy.

Thanks to the wonderful volunteers for weeding, planting and for the wonderful donations.

Do drop by and enjoy the garden, I think you'll find something new every time you visit.

We need some volunteers on Saturday June 26 - we are expecting a big shipment of bagged soil and Mulch which will need moving. Also we will be putting out the big planters on the street.

You are Invited to our 2nd Annual Summer BBQ

Tuesday, July 20th - come join in some Garden Fun with with a Free BBQ.
Located at 382 Fargo Avenue, between Rhode Island and Vermont Street. From 6 to 8 PM. We have invited the Sun to Shine (after all it is the SunShine Garden)*.

Hosted by the Fargo 300 Block Club & the Prospect Vermont Block Clubs.

Bring your appetite, enjoy yourself and meet some new friends!

We are very excited to show off all the plants that have grown up since last year and hope that we will make some new garden fans.

*The show will go on rain or Shine - We'll have some tents to keep everyone dry.

Fall and Planning for Spring

Beautiful time of year! These past two days have been glorious! Pleasant weather and a great show of falls colors.


Our garden received the kind services of three volunteers from D'Youville College, they helped mow the lawn, weed and generally tidy the beds. Thanks to their hard work I was able to plant some bulbs today. We have been very lucky to receive a large donation of bulbs.

The garden also received a grant from Buffalo Livable Communities Program, some items will help us winterize, others will be used in the Spring.

Coming up: We will be going to the Grassroots Gardens Harvest Celebration on November 5th. I hope we can get the garden into our local Festival of lights contest.

A month later - August 10th, 2009

I've just come in from the garden, working with neighbors to spread our fabulous Mulch. This stuff is wonderfully rich and loamy, it's making a big difference already.


We worked until it was so dark you could no longer see the plants and the mosquitoes were having a feast on us. No sooner had I put the last wheel barrow away than the heaven's opened up again, and it poured rain!




Wow it's been quite the month!



We had our BBQ - in the rain, lots of people came and it was Fabulous!!!! Yummy hot dogs lots of salads and deserts. Thanks to all the helpers who made it possible and to our special guests, councilman David Rivera, Police Chief Donna Berry and neighbors from far and wide.

Our Wonderful sign has been designed, created and erected - thank you to all who helped with that big project - It is Gorgeous!

More plants and now some shrubs have been donated.

We received more donations of plants from from other gardeners, these included some very nice and unusual plants and flowers. We also received a gift certificate for Urban Roots, with it we were able to plant some wonderful flowering shrubs and yes even more plants.

We also received our Lawn mower which was a donation to Grassroots Gardens from a kind donor - Thank you!!! It works very nicely indeed.

Our latest acquisition arrived on Friday - a delivery of Mulch. The wonderful thing about a community garden - if you start working in it - people seem to appear, as if by magic. Tonight was no exception. By the time it was dark we had 3 adults and 3 children, weeding, digging and spreading mulch. It was fabulous - and a good number had stopped by to say "Hi" too.

More photos to follow - Thanks for stopping by.

Join us for our BBQ on Tuesday, July 21st 6:30PM

We held our final planning meeting tonight and, now I can hardly wait! It's going to be a fun time!

We'll have some special guests, great food, the unveiling of the garden sign and of course the chance to catch up with neighbors and enjoy a nice time.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Our garden is coming along nicely, there's always something new happening. This week we learned we'll be able to get a lawn mower! Turns out the land in the back is too rough for the average mower.

Have a great week and see you soon!

July 6th, 2009

New Garden features

This week brought our garden bench, new plants, and a fresh cut.

One day Chuck noticed some interesting stones partially sunk into the ground at the side of the garden and found some marvelously interesting moss covered blocks as well as a large slab of stone. Using these he crafted a wonderful bench for visitors to stop awhile and enjoy the growing garden.



Friends of the garden and new fans continued to drop by and bring new plants. This week several visitors have donated more flowering plants, we now have moon flowers, black eyed susans and verbena, just to name a few.


New flower beds have been dug out and planted along the southern side. Some of the tomatoes were moved to their own bed and are doing well in their new homes.

Edging, weeding, mowing and other work has kept the garden looking bright and well maintained. Plenty of rain helped the spring like growing weather stay a little longer and of course the grass grew with record speed.



Part of our success is a network of community gardens in our city who communicate with the help of Grassroots Gardens. We've learned that the garden at Dewitt has some surplus Mulch, and will be picking that up soon. The mulch will help with water conservation and weed abatement, plus it adds a nice surface look to the beds.

We do have room for even more plants, and welcome all visitors. Do stop by soon - remember to mark July 21th on your Calendar for our garden BBQ and sign unveiling.