Capen Garden Walk to be Held July 12

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The second annual Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 12 in the Eggertsville and University Heights areas near the University at Buffalo South (Main Street) Campus.

The Capen garden walk is sponsored by the University Community Initiative (UCI) at UB, the Eggertsville Community Organization (ECO) and the Gloria J. Parks Community Center.

Guides to nearly four dozen gardens will be available at 246 Capen Blvd., the headquarters for the walk, and at the UCI Web site at http://wings.buffalo.edu/uci. Click on "News and Events."

Last year's walk, named for the UB chancellor who served from 1922-50 when the South Campus was designed and built, attracted more than 300 participants

The UCI unites UB with public and private sector stakeholders in the City of Buffalo and the towns of Amherst, Cheektowaga and Tonawanda in an effort to stabilize and revitalize the neighborhoods surrounding the UB South Campus.