Media Advisory: Capen Garden Walk To Be Held July 18

More than 50 gardens in the University Heights and Eggertsville neighborhoods will be on display during the eighth annual Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk to be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday, July 18, 2009) in the neighborhoods near the University at Buffalo South (Main Street) Campus.

Maps for the walk will be available from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the University Community Farmers Market held on the UB South Campus on Main Street at Kenmore Avenue. Maps are also available from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the following houses participating on the walk: 22 Larchmont Rd., 38 Brinton St., 135 Capen Blvd., 405 Capen Blvd. and 67 Highgate.

Media will find clusters of participants on Brinton Street off Englewood Avenue and on University Avenue and Larchmont Road between Main Street and Kenmore Avenue.

This year's walk will showcase gardens with a variety of attractions, including fish ponds and other water features, sculptures, gazebos, organic and native plants in Japanese, English and Cottage-style garden designs. Other gardens are entirely grassless or center around rock and boulder elements.

The Capen Garden Walk is coordinated in collaboration with the UB Office of Community Relations, the University Heights Collaborative and the Eggertsville Community Organization. Its mission is to showcase the neighborhoods surrounding the UB South Campus while building community among neighbors.