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Front Yard Contest Awards Announced

Article Date: July 25 2012
Related Document: NGF---Front-Yard-Contest-Awards---07.25.12.pdf

BUFFALO, N.Y. - July 25, 2012 - Today, organizers of the National Garden Festival announced the Front Yard Contest award recipients.


From July 9 to July 13, 15 front yards along Crowley Avenue in Buffalo (bordering the Frederick Law Olmsted-designed Riverside Park) were transformed by professional landscapers, Master Gardeners of the Cornell Cooperative Extension and teams from the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy, who donated their time and materials and competed to create the most impressive yards. From July 14 to July 20, the public had the opportunity to vote for their favorite yard, either in person or online at http://www.nationalgardenfestival.com/.

A ceremony was held in Riverside Park this evening to announce the following awards:

People's Choice Award

  • First Place: Lockwood's Greenhouses and Farm for 75 Crowley Avenue
  • Second Place: Richardson's Landscape Services for 27 Crowley Avenue

 

Media Award

  • First Place: Lockwoods Greenhouses and Farm for 75 Crowley Avenue
  • Second Place: Richardson's Landscape Services for 27 Crowley Avenue
  • Third Place: Beyond the Basics Property Services, Inc. for 49 Crowley Avenue

 

Sustainability/Low Maintenance Landscape Award

  • The English Gardener for 65 Crowley Avenue

 

Best Use of Hardscape Award

  • Dore Landscape Associates, Inc. for 31 Crowley Avenue

 

Best Use of Space/Overcoming Landscape Challenges Award

  • Richardson's Landscape Services for 27 Crowley Avenue

 

Best Cooperative Venture: Improving a Neighborhood Through Collaboration Award

  • Beyond the Basics Property Services, Inc., Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy and Master Gardeners of Cornell Cooperative Extension for 47 and 49 Crowley Avenue

 

Cornell University Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Award for Best Use of Flowers

  • Richardson's Landscape Services for 27 Crowley Avenue

 

The Front Yard Contest was coordinated by the Western New York State Nursery & Landscape Association, the New York State Certified Nursery and Landscape Professionals, the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy, Visit Buffalo Niagara, and the National Garden Festival organizing committee. National Garden Festival organizers believe it is the only such civic-minded garden competition in the country.

The contest was sponsored by Monrovia Nurseries, with additional support from Lakeside Sod, Akron Tree Farms and Unilock, Inc.

The following landscape firms, garden centers and volunteers participated in the competition:

  • Beyond the Basics Property Services, Inc.
  • Dore Landscape Associates
  • The English Gardener, Ltd
  • Murray Brothers Nurseries, Inc.
  • Richardson's Landscape Services
  • Lockwood's Greenhouses
  • Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy with the Master Gardeners of the Cornell Cooperative Extension

 

The National Garden Festival began on June 23 and runs through July 29. With 14 garden walks (including Garden Walk Buffalo - the largest event of its kind in the country), workshops, speakers, open gardens and a series of bus tours, this five-week-long festival has something for anyone with (or without) a green thumb. A full calendar of events and additional information is available at http://www.nationalgardenfestival.com/.

The National Garden Festival is a collaboration between the garden and landscape organizations of the Buffalo Niagara region. The festival is presented by Visit Buffalo Niagara, District 8 Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens, the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy, Garden Walk Buffalo, the Western New York State Nursery & Landscape Association, the New York State Certified Nursery and Landscape Professionals, the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library and Forest Lawn. Funding is provided by the Margaret L. Wendt Foundation, the Western New York Foundation and the Buffalo Green Fund. Additional support has been provided by the Western New York Hosta Society, the Buffalo Area Daylily Society, the Peace Garden Project, Master Gardeners of Cornell Cooperative Extension, Buffalo in Bloom, the Iris Society of Western New York and Elizabeth Licata. The Buffalo News is the festival's media sponsor. 

Visit Buffalo Niagara sells and markets our assets and attractions to visitors outside of the Buffalo Niagara region as a convention, tourism and leisure destination for the economic benefit of the community.

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