An OASIS @ Urban Roots!

  Come celebrate Garden Walk Buffalo and Infringement Fest at Urban Roots Music! Refreshments! Food trucks! Tastings! Gardening education! Garden art! Saturday July 26th from 12-7 pm Urban Roots and the Phat Be

Annuals on sale and new store hours

All annual plants will be on sale starting Monday, July 28th! Member owners ~ 40% off General public ~ 25% off The store will have new hours beginning Monday: Monday thru Saturday 9 –

Plants for late summer and fall interest

The cool, wet weather we have had means adding new plants to the garden is ok, even in the height of summer. Planting fall performing plants earlier than their peak season allows them to become established in the

Plants for late summer blooming | Clethra

The sweet smell of Clethra alnifolia flowers should be arriving in gardens shortly. Just the single flower stem on our desk is powerful enough to smell from a few feet away. Commonly called summersweet, o

Plants for fall interest | Callicarpa

Callicarpa certainly lives up to it common name. Beauty berry bushes have small pink flowers in clusters along their long, arching branches during the summer. In fall and winter glossy purple berries replace the

Late summer bloomer | Sedum

Sedum is a wonderful plant in a sunny, well drained garden. The fleshy leaves retain water, making sedum drought and heat tolerant once they are established in the garden. They flower in late summer, and

Summer blooming flower | Chelone

Zeus and Hera invited all the gods, men and animals to their wedding. Chelone, a nymph, dared not to go and Hermes changed her into an animal –  the tortoise – which would bear her name. Aesop

Plants for fall interest | Hydrangea quercifolia

In 1775 William Bartram, American naturalist, fist described the oak leaf hydrangea. He was exploring and collecting new plant specimens in south central Georgia and came across a hydrangea with ‘oa

New plants for fall planting

Fall is a great time for planting shrubs, trees and perennials. Cooler air temperatures mean the plants aren't as stressed as they are in the summer and warm soil allows plants to develop healthy roots syst

In the vegetable garden at Urban Roots

The two raised beds in the nursery yard were planted by the WASH project. Recently people have been noticing the GIANT tomatoes slowly ripening in the jungle-like tomato bed. What are they? Buffalo Giant Heart to

Urban Roots is seeking new board members

Urban Roots a consumer cooperative business on the West Side that endeavors to provide quality gardening products while enriching our local community. Any member owner is welcome to apply (if you’re not a

Plants for fall interest | Viburnum

Viburnum shrubs have beautiful white flowers in the spring and showy leaves and fruit in the fall. The genus is native throughout the northern hemisphere, so there are quite a few species and cultivars. Many var

Plants for fall interest | anemone

Fall blooming anemones are one of the delights of the garden in the later season. The flowers of these perennials sit atop tall stems and sway in the breeze, which led to their common name ‘windflow

Three reasons to plant in the fall

Less stress for the plant Warm summer days can cause plants to be stressed because they can't absorb enough water to support healthy growth. This is especially true for those that are newly planted and do

In the garden 9.5.14

Blooming hardy mums Callicarpa berries turning purple Euonymus europeaus fruits turning pink Brilliant echinacea What's blooming in your garden this September?

Where are the bulbs?

As the weather has become abruptly cooler we have had many people coming into the shop asking: "where are the bulbs?" The thing is, we don't have any bulbs – yet! Eve

Garlic bulbs have arrived in the shop

We just received organically and locally grown garlic bulbs to bring home and plant in your garden! Not sure how to plant garlic? Stop by Urban Roots on the 18th of October and join us in the seminar R

Spring bulbs have arrived!

Grab your trowel and pull on your boots! It's (finally) time to start planting bulbs! As the growing season of 2014 winds down it's nice to plan something beautiful for next years garden. We have over

Member-Owner Appreciation Day – details and schedule

Voting for New Board Members 9am – 4:30pm Plant swap 9am – 2pm Do you have perennials that have become too big for their place in the garden and need to be divided? Or volunteers that you just

There's still time to plant!

What can you plant this time of year? Plenty! The ground is still warm enough to plant perennials, shrubs and evergreens. We still have lots of lovely plants on sale! They are 50% off for member-ow