Buffalo, NY– Come enjoy the 3rd annual Urban Farm Day. Share and make memories as you discover our region’s blossoming urban agricultural community and food system partners. Hear the stories of local growers and the groups that help bolster our local food community. Learn the history of their spaces and the inspiration for their work. Fill your senses with the medley of midsummer’s bounty. Attend talks and tours. Visit markets. There’s something for everyone.
In addition to the tours, there will be free, informal talks on specialties like composting, therapeutic gardening, and the issues related to food securities. Select farms will have produce available for purchase.
- Create sidewalk art and enjoy a lemonade at the pay-as-you-can-community café and urban garden
- Learn about Farmer Pirates compost operation – and why they’re called Farmer Pirates
- Enjoy a talk on farm labor justice, soil health or the healing effects of gardening
- Shop produce grown by farmers from seven African countries and the U.S.
- Visit a garden with a rabbit hutch, a chicken coop, and two beehives. Oh, and lots of vegetables
The self-guided tour is absolutely free – no tickets required, and runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 26.Find a printable map and schedule at UrbanFarmDay.com
FREE SCHEDULED TALKS:
- 10 a.m. Talk: Big Big Table – Abundance and Creativity: Challenging the Paradigms of Food Security – 272 Hudson St, Buffalo
- 10 a.m. Tour: Flat 12 Mushrooms – Meet Indoor Mushroom Farming –FREE TOUR – BY RESERVATION ONLY SOLD OUT 37 Chandler St, Buffalo
- 11 a.m.Talk: DeeplyRooted Community Garden – Bountiful Beds –98 Luksin Drive, Tonawanda
- 11 a.m.Talk: Grassroots Gardens of WNY – We need this now more than ever: Learning How Therapeutic Gardening Can Heal Communities –389 Broadway, Buffalo
- 11 a.m.Tour: Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP) – Tour of MAP’s Headquarters – 387 Massachusetts Avenue, Buffalo
- 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Workshop: UB Food Lab – Nourishing change: Community-driven Strategies for Equitable Urban Agriculture on East Buffalo – The team will lead multiple workshops at 11:15, 12:15, 1:15, and 2:15pm. Sessions will last approximately 30-45 min., 117 Zenner St, Buffalo
- 12 p.m. Talk: Bolyard Garden – Forest Gardening – 223 Broad Street, Tonawanda
- 1 p.m.Talk: Farmer Pirates Compost – From Food Scraps to Compost to Beautiful Soil –0 Gittere St, Buffalo
- 1 p.m.Talk: Groundwork Market Garden – Intro to Urban Food Production – 1698 Genesee St., Buffalo
- 1 p.m.Talk: Harris Garden – How Do you Make Your Fresh Food Last Longer at Home –108 Landon St., Buffalo
- 3 p.m.Talk: 5 Loaves Farm – The Real Cost of Food –1172 West Ave., Buffalo
URBAN FARMS TO VISIT
- Big Big Table & Lugar Hermoso de Pedro Community Garden Corner of Hudson & West, Buffalo
- Bolyard Garden 223 Broad St, Tonawanda
- DeeplyRooted Community Garden 98 Luksin Dr, Tonawanda
- Farmer Pirates Compost 0 Gittere St, Buffalo
- FeedMore WNY 91 Holt St, Buffalo 10am-1pm
- 5 Loaves Farm 1172 West Ave, Buffalo
- Flat 12 Mushrooms 37 Chandler St, Buffalo, TOURS SOLD OUT
- Grassroots Gardens of WNY 389 Broadway, Buffalo 10am-2pm
- Groundwork Market Garden 1698 Genesee St, Buffalo
- Harris Garden, 108 Landon St, Buffalo
- Isle View Produce Urban Farm 234 Wadsworth Ave, Tonawanda
- Massachusetts Avenue Project 387 Massachusetts Ave, Buffalo
- Pelion Outdoor Classroom 206 Best St, Buffalo
- Providence Farm Collective Farmers Market M&T Bank lot, 130 Grant St, Buffalo, 10am-2pm
- Rader Garden 1547 Love Rd, Grand Island
- Urban Fruits and Veggies 117 Zenner St, Buffalo
- WestSide Tilth Farm 246 Normal Ave, Buffalo
Urban Farm Day is an event produced by Gardens Buffalo Niagara. Its mission is to create more vibrant and beautiful communities by sharing our gardens with events like the Buffalo-Style Garden Art Sale, Tours of Open Gardens in July, Conservation Day and Butterfly Release, East Side Garden Walk, Garden Walk Buffalo, and the Children’s Garden Festival.
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