Urban Roots

All of the strings of all of the things! We are now fully stocked with some customer favorites, including #stringofhearts #stringofturtles and #stringoftears. Available in store and online.

Our winter hours start tomorrow!

To say we got a lot of new plants in would be an understatement! Bear with us as we make our way through this enormous houseplant delivery. Plants will be added to our online store as we process them, so check back often. The shop will definitely be fully stocked this weekend!

Urban Roots will be open tomorrow (New Years Eve) from 9 am. to 3 pm. We'll be closed on Friday (News Years Day) and will resume our winter hours on Saturday.

Urban Roots is open today and tomorrow (Christmas Eve) to help with your last-minute shopping. We have plenty of great gift items in the shop and our staff is ready to help you pick out the perfect thing for everyone on your list.

We’re staying open extra hours next week for all of you last-minute shoppers! We’re usually closed Monday and Tuesday but this week we’ll be here helping customers and filling online orders. See you soon!

Join us this Saturday, October 10 (9a - 2p) for our annual fall plant swap! Plant swaps are how we got started! Outdoor plants and houseplants are welcome, but please do not bring invasive species or any diseased plants. Members will also be able to take advantage of deep discounts around the yard and in the store during the member-appreciation sale.

Spring flowering bulbs have arrived, and are ready for planting! You can shop in store or click here to order online: https://urbanroots.org//decorative-pla/flower-seeds-bulbs/

We have the best neighbors.

Here's a great video from Garden Answer about planting garlic! We still have some locally-grown organic garlic available ready for planting. Get yours: https://urbanroots.org/product/organic-garlic-bulbs/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGQ_fYl913o

A special thanks to our friends and neighbors Blue Table Chocolates, who are offering some tasty treats to everyone who participates in voter registration at Urban Roots this weekend! The event (co-hosted by League of Women Voters of Buffalo/Niagara, Inc.) will take place Friday and Saturday from 10am - 2pm. Register to vote to make sure your voice is heard on election day!

Sowing seeds of change. UR will be hosting the League of Women Voters for VOTER REGISTRATION DAYS, Friday September 4th & Saturday Sept. 5th from 10 am to 2pm. Mark your calendars, tell your friends and neighbors. You must be registered by Oct.9th to vote in the November elections. Have your voice heard.

BLACK MULCH AND COMOST/MANURE are back in the yard and ready to go into your gardens! Visit the store or place your order online. https://urbanroots.org/shop/

Some stunning Agleonemas ready for a good home.

We've had a LOT of customers asking for ladybugs lately. Aphids must be bad this season! We just received another shipment of these ladies to help you keep your infestations of aphids or other problem bugs under control. Purchase online for curbside pickup or grab some when you come visit the yard. https://urbanroots.org/product/ladybugs/

Meet Renata! She's an East Side Garden Walk gardener this year would have been her first year on the tour! She's living in the house she spent part of her you...th in - so it's a new (old!) garden to her. Watch for her hanging succulent gardens, art collections, vegetable garden - and hear tell of the challenges having seasonal flooding in her back yard. For more on the East Side Garden Walk, visit EastSideGardenWalk.com. To meet Amanda in her amazing rose garden featured last week, visit https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=307292983736295&ref=watch_permalink See more

It's "Gardens in Plain View" Sunday! We've just added two more front yard walking tours to the collection Iron Island and Allentown. These are for enjoying fr...ont yard gardens in some of Buffalo's most interesting neighborhoods - anytime, any day by walking, bike, or car. There are maps with suggested routes, neighborhood descriptions, significant sites, and a front yard native plant scavenger hunt and coloring contest for kids. Find the maps, along with last week's maps, Parkside & Central Park, and the Cottage District, here: https://www.gardensbuffaloniagara.com/garden-views See more

FREE veggie seedlings! We have some vegetable plants, including heirloom tomatoes, that are desperate to get into the ground. Free while supplies last.

Looking for something different to add to your houseplant collection? How about these easy to care for Kokedamas with Swiss Cheese Vine (Monstera adansonii), Money Tree (Pachira aquatica) or ZZ (Zamioculcas zamiifolua) plants? Check our website for ordering and curbside pick up.

The Black Rock Riverside Alliance wants to help make all of Buffalo a Certified Wildlife Habitat. You can help by certifying your own garden, public spaces, and... community gardens. All you need in your garden is: 1) Water 2) Shelter 3) Food 4) A place to raise young 5) Sustainable practices See what the Alliance has done already, and how you can do it too. For certification, visit nwf.org/Garden-for-Wildlife/Certify. For more information on the Alliance, visit BRRAlliance.org. Every Saturday in July, GBN will add another video with a partner green organization. For a complete schedule of events, visit BuffaloGardenViews.com.