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Buffalo-Style Gardens

      Create a Quirky, One-of-a-Kind Private Garden with Eye-Catching Designs

      Copyright © 2019 by Sally Cunningham and Jim Charlier

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages for review purposes.

      ISBN-13: 978-1-943366-36-1

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2018957981

      CIP information available upon request

      First Edition, 2019

      St. Lynn’s Press . POB 18680 . Pittsburgh, PA 15236

      412.466.0790 . www.stlynnspress.com

      Book design – Holly Rosborough

      Editor – Catherine Dees

ImagePrinted in CanadaOn certified FSC recycled paper using soy-based inks

      This title and all of St. Lynn’s Press books may be purchased for educational, business or sales promotional use. For information please write: Special Markets Department . St. Lynn’s Press . POB 18680 . Pittsburgh, PA 15236

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      To the generous, creative Buffalo Niagara gardeners in this book…

      and to the hundreds of generous, creative Garden Walk

      Buffalo gardeners since its founding in 1995.

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      From Sally

      To my husband, Jack (who listens, loves and feeds me),

      to my daughter, Alice (with the whole future in her hands),

      to my friends and sisters (you know who you are).

      And to Mom, who left so recently. With love.

      From Jim

      To my groundskeeper, Leslie. She keeps me grounded.

      And to daughter Margaux, whom I love more than the shed.

      And to Granddad, who had me pull the weeds.

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       Table of Contents

       Introduction: A new kind of garden: livable, relatable, original, free spirited

       PART ONE Buffalo-Style Gardens: Where Creativity Meets Design

       Chapter One: Buffalo’s Gardens – a Living Laboratory

       Chapter Two: Great Little Gardens and How They Grew (and some bigger ones that grew too)

       Chapter Three: Good Garden Design (in the beginning…)

       PART TWO You and Your Site: Where You’re Starting From

       Chapter Four: What Do You Want Your Garden To Be? (hopes, dreams and lifestyle)

       Chapter Five: What Your Garden Wants To Be (working with reality)

       PART THREE Design Features That Make All the Difference

       Chapter Six: Frame It! (walls, hedges, fences and the neighborhood)

       Chapter Seven: The Big Bones (immovable objects)

       Chapter Eight: Find Your Path (lines, contours and walkways)

       PART FOUR Making It Personal: How Buffalo-style Gardeners Take It to the Max

       Chapter Nine: Furniture and Movable Hardscape (trellises, arches, gazebos and more)

       Chapter Ten: Collections, Personal Art and Themes

       Chapter Eleven: At Last We Choose Plants!

       PART FIVE Gardening for the Greater Good (from your neighborhood to the world)

       Chapter Twelve: Gardening is Transformative, Contagious and Powerful!

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       Hort Tips for Digging Deeper: Best Practices and Helpful Lists

       To Learn More: Resources and References

       Garden Tours in Buffalo Niagara

       Acknowledgments

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      INTRODUCTION

      A New Kind of Garden: livable, relatable, original, free spirited

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      The first inspirations for this book were some very special residential gardens in Buffalo, New York, home of the largest private-garden tour in North America: Garden Walk Buffalo.

      How did it grow to be such a large and talked-about event? It didn’t happen overnight. It took twenty-some years to get that good, that original. During those years a new kind of garden was evolving, with a particular set of characteristics. They were all lush and traditional enough to be called fine gardens but also quirky enough to spark a new term: a Buffalo-style garden.

      No matter the size or style, each one had its own kind of welcoming energy and a unique personality that spoke volumes about its creators. No cookie cutter landscapes here. Every garden was built and tended by the gardeners themselves. These are approachable, livable environments that bring a smile and warm the heart.

      We (Sally and Jim) are keenly aware that unforgettable gardens occur in other places too. Both of us are gardeners ourselves, and observers of the garden tourism phenomenon. And we’re travelers who have noticed special features of gardens in many places across North America and Europe. We have often talked about the common denominators: What