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Public Voting Begins Sunday for Front Yard Garden Competition

Professional landscapers have donated their time and materials to transform 19 front yards
The public can vote in person or online at www.nationalgardenfestival.com

BUFFALO, NY, July 106, 2010 -- Today, landscapers are putting the final touches a dramatic gardening makeover of a full block on Buffalo’s East Side. From tomorrow, Sunday, July 11 through Sunday, July 18, the public will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite yards.
 
All 19 front yards along historic North Parade Ave. between Fillmore Ave. and Northampton St. on Buffalo’s East Side have been transformed by professional landscapers, who have donated their time and materials, while competing to create the most impressive yards. This Front Yard Garden Competition is part of the new National Buffalo Garden Festival and festival organizers believe it is the first such civic-minded garden competition in the country.
 
The competition has given a facelift to a street that borders the Frederick Law Olmsted-designed Martin Luther King, Jr. Park. The homes on North Parade Ave. were built between 1890 and 1920 and a former mayor of Buffalo, Chester Kowal, once lived on this block.
 
Starting tomorrow, physical ballots will be available outside each home along North Parade Ave. and online voting will take place at www.nationalgardenfestival.com. The Web site also features a blog, which tracks the progress of the gardens and features profiles of the landscapers and homeowners.
 
In addition to the public voting, a team of gardening experts will review the gardens and bestow awards in several technical categories to the landscapers.
 
The Front Yard Garden Competition is being coordinated by the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy, the Western New York State Nursery & Landscape Association, the New York State Certified Nursery and Landscape Professionals, the Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau, and the National Buffalo Garden Festival organizing committee. The following landscapers are participating in the competition:

The competition receives additional support from a continually expanding list of local businesses and organizations, including, but not limited to: Armor Fence Company of W.N.Y., Bedford Greenhouse, Bee News, Belgard Hardscapes, the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, Cooper Ridge Gardens, Gilson Gardens, Inc., Johnstons Evergreen Nursery, Lakeside Sod Supply Co., Inc., Landmasters, Localedge, Lockwood’s Greenhouses, New York Green Roof, Northridge Nursery, Oaks Concrete Products, Russell's Tree & Shrub Farm, LLC, Unilock, Inc., Wright Frontier Arborist Services, and the Margaret L. Wendt Foundation.
 
After the competition is complete, the North Parade Ave. residents can take free training on how to maintain their new landscaping.
 
The National Buffalo Garden Festival began on June 18 and runs through July 25. With 18 garden walks (including Garden Walk Buffalo – the largest event of its kind in the country), workshops, nationally-recognized speakers, mid-week open gardens, and a series of bus tours, this five-week-long festival has something for anyone with (or without) a green thumb. In all, the festival features more than 70 events. A full calendar of events and additional information is available at www.nationalgardenfestival.com.

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