Children's Garden Festival
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sun, 10/08/2023
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The Children’s Garden Festival will take place in Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, at Fillmore & N. Parade, celebrating the beauty and attractions of fall gardens. Children and families can learn about planting bulbs, composting, fall fruits and vegetables, and how they can be good environmental stewards in their own neighborhoods. (Note! The festival will be held RAIN OR SHINE on Sunday! Buffalonians don't mind a little seasonal weather. )
There will be free food, giveaways, children’s bike repairs, games, music, entertainment, and environmental, horticultural and garden-related educational activities with a goal of bringing neighbors together.
The festival is co-presented by Gardens Buffalo Niagara, Buffalo's premier gardening advocacy organization, and Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy.
Sponsors of the 2023 Children’s Garden Festival are Highmark WNY, Children’s Foundation of Erie County, The Baird Foundation, M&T Bank, West Herr, KeyBank, Rigidized Metals Corporation, Uniland Development Company, Bank on Buffalo, Mister Pizza Elmwood, NYS Senator Timothy M. Kennedy, Tend, and Samantha White, Esq. - Festival Chair.
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