Garden
Walk Buffalo
By
Elizabeth Licata
Photography by Don Zinteck
120 pages Garden
Walk Buffalo is one of the largest garden tours in the nation, and the only one
of its magnitude that can actually be walked. More than 260 private Buffalo gardens
open to the public the last weekend of July each year as part of one of Western
New York's most anticipated summer events.  The
Garden Walk Buffalo book includes interviews with 27 gardeners, as well as photos
of more than 80 additional gardens. There is a photo section for the gardens of
Frederick Law Olmsted's Delaware Park, a spread on community gardens, a list of
selected plants grown in Western New York (Zone 5), a history of Garden Walk Buffalo
and its impact on local urban gardens and how it helps rejuvenate city streets,
and even a brief bit on how to start your own garden walk.
It
is also significant that this book documents and preserves for posterity many
of the gardens, parkway circles and old growth trees of Buffalo prior to the damage
incurred during the devastating storm of October, 2006. But
there's only so much a book can do to depict an experience as interactive as Garden
Walk. With the addition of the DVD, still pictures start to move and the viewer
moves with them. Follow the cameras of our videographers as they walk through
gardens and talk to the master gardeners who have created these exceptional spaces.
All that’s missing is the scent of the flowers. By simply selecting a dot
the Garden Walk map, access more than 20 individual interviews with gardeners,
who drop great hints on all aspects of gardening -- from individual plants to
overall garden design. This
beautiful book was photographed by Don Zinteck, of Photographics2; written by
Elizabeth Licata, editor of Buffalo Spree magazine; and designed by Jim Charlier,
of JCharlier Communication design. The DVD was produced by Cheryl Jackson and
Brian Milbrand. For more information on Garden Walk Buffalo, visit
http://www.gardenwalkbuffalo.com/
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