Buffalo II is a wrap. Until next time – and thanks!
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Now that all the Flingers (72 attendees from 28 states and Canada) have shuffled off from our fair city, we want to again thank everybody who helped make it a success, including, of course, you, the people who put your faith in Buffalo to provide great gardens and good company.
Social media posts from you all – and thanks for all the hashtags!—have indicated that you found inspiration, humor, creativity, skill, ambition and fun in the gardens you toured. It seems like people had a good time.
In addition to co-organizers Jim Charlier, Elizabeth Licata and Shirley Verrico, we must thank Gardens Buffalo Niagara Executive Director Audrey Clark for her contributions as a bus captain—and tracking finances and getting vendors paid!
We are also grateful for the Fling volunteers:
Brian Olinski
Verona Moody
Phylis Lobbins
Catherine Carr Lincoln
Beth Kreutzer
Cheryl Jackson
Ellen Goldstein
Idelle Fisher
Sally Cunningham (bus captain)
Karen Coupal
Lauren Carlson
Barbara Cavanagh
Cheryl Bell
Gordon Ballard
We ended up with 72 door prizes—so everyone walked away a winner.
Thanks to door prize donors Jim Charlier, CobraHead, Gardens Buffalo Niagara, Hoselink, Kathy Jentz, Elizabeth Licata, Maxsea Plant Soluble Seaweed Plant Food, Monrovia, Murrays’ Hosta Farm, My Patio Tree, Put A Plant On It, Root 716, Teri Speight, Amy Stewart, Timber Press, Tula Hats, and Visit Buffalo. And also to the Taste of Buffalo organizers for sharing Taste tickets with us.
What you did and where you were.
If you need it for reference and for archival purposes, you can find the Buffalo Fling Program here. The Program features the 32 Fling garden hosts, along with the organizations that hosted us, including Murray’s Hosta Farm, Draves Arboretum, Silo City, the Erie Basin Marina Trial Garden, as well as Duende, Sully’s Harbor Bar, and the Twentieth Century Club of Buffalo.
Please continue posting about your experiences.
We'd love to read your blogs and watch your videos about it. So would the garden owners, sponsors, and the gardening public. Below, after the photos, are just some of the posts and collections we've seen. To help us find your posts as you publish over the weeks and months ahead, please share your links on our official Facebook page with hashtag #gardenfling2026, and/or share your URL in the comments below.
On to Portland!
POSTS
BLOGS
Shari Wilson, Nuts for Natives: Gardens of Buffalo: A Thriving Garden Culture, Generosity, Inspiration & Native Plant Garden Ideas!
Jana Milbocker, Enchanted Gardens: Buffalo Garden Walk: How a Neighborhood Tour Blossomed into a Summer Garden Festival
Debbie Teashon: Swept, shuffled or swam my way to Buffalo
VIDEO SHORTS
Angela Judd, Growing in the Garden: Buffalo's Cottage District
Angela Judd, Growing in the Garden: She spent each garden drawing
Becca Mathias: The Fling 2026
Heather Andrews, The Thoughtful Gardener:
PODCAST
Kathy Jentz & Jana Milbocker, Washington Gardener Magazine: GardenDC Podcast Episode 296: Flinging through Gilded Age Estates and Buffalo Gardens
PHOTO COLLECTIONS
Becca Mathias, Becca MAthias Photo: The Fling 2026
Kathy Jentz, Washington Gardener Magazine: Fling 2026 Buffalo, NY
Jim Bishop, My Life With Plants: Garden Fling Buffalo
POSTS (Facebook)
Wyatt Emig, Facebook:
Beth Stetenfeld, Plant Postings
Jana Milbocker
Diana Kirby
Danniel Ward-Packard
Rachel Balk, Small Boots Gardening:
Debbie Teashon:
Amy Fedele, Pretty Purple Door:
Kristin Bailey Wislon, Goldenrod Grove:
Connie Stevens Hilker
Jay Jinge Hu
Janet Zargan Ledebuhr
Christoper Barrett Sheridan
Lucy Mercer
Jim Bishop
Pilar Hernandez















































































Wonderful FLing. I loved Buffalo and her gardens so much more than I expected!
It was an amazing Fling, thanks! First blog post: https://tinyurl.com/4daxkpn6. Second to come soon. :)
It was a great Fling. Thanks to you all.