January is gardening season in magazine-land
Last year's cover
On the one hand, it’s my favorite issue. On the other hand, it’s hard to get writers in the gardening mood when we’re just beginning to enter the grim, gray days of WNY winter. Nonetheless, this is when we start to produce it, and I think we have some fun topics lined up, including:
•Alternatives to lawns. This is widely discussed throughout the gardening blogosphere, but the idea is only beginning to make headway in Buffalo—mostly in the city. We hope to cover wildflower meadows, eco-lawns, and other alternatives.
•Urban Roots. Buffalo’s new gardening co-op, due to open in April. I’ve already written about it here and here.
•What is a landscape designer and when do you need one? Living in a densely-built urban neighborhood, it’s hard for me to imagine this need, but this will be great for those who actually have a landscape to design.
•Solutions for “hellstrips” and other nasty gardening nightmares.
Unfortunately, gardening will not be the cover element as it was last year (we featured a gorgeous banana plant at the Botanical Gardens), but we’ve got some great photography lined up.
So check out Buffalo Spree in April. I will try to put all the gardening content online (not usually done) for the benefit of bloggers.
Comments
Personally, I rarely use seeds; the WNY season is far too short. But then, I'm also not that adept a gardener to deal with them.
Its very difficult to stumble on even basic varities of trillium or peter in the pulpit. Exotics can be fun but native plants always do better in the long run and are better for the critters that share WNY with us.
Informative and entertaing blog. Keep up the good work!!
(If you can only post one article, can I request the one on lawn alternatives?!?!)
Having said that, there are some nurseries in the area--canadaway for example--that specialize in natives.