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Celebrating the Growing Season! July Hours Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 8:00pm Saturday, 9:00am to 6:00pm Sundays 10:00am to 5:00pm August Hours change to 6:00pm closing, Mondays through Saturday. Sundays remain 10:00am to 4:00pm hours. Be sure to pick up your fresh corn and do your plant shopping a little earlier. A Few More Flower Shows, Garden Walks, and Tours remain...(July 31 through August 8) If you enjoyed Garden Walk Buffalo or any of the other 17 tours that took place within the National Garden Festival, then there's good news. You can still enjoy these events: East Aurora Poetry and Posies Flower Show(July 31, August 1), Black Rock and Riverside Tour of Gardens and the Starry Night Garden Tour (both day and evening tours!)--Saturday August 7 only and Ken-Ton Garden Tour, Sat and Sun. August 7-8 For more information on the National Garden Festival, with details on all the remaining garden walks and tours. Also see our events page for future programs. www.nationalgardenfestival.com. Garden Writers and Media People Among Us! First the Garden Bloggers group visited, exclaimed, and blogged--like crazy! Seventy-five garden writers or bloggers from 24 states spent four days in our region in early July, visiting private gardens, seeing the sights, and learning why we're famous for gardening. They had lunch here at Lockwood's, under the tent, and saw a perfect example of our idyllic summer weather. The next stop, to Mike and Kathy Shadrack's hosta garden, was one of the highlights of the trip. Then on to Garden Walk Buffalo, where TV, radio, news, and magazine folks swarmed the gardens, taking pictures and writing about us. Some of us joined members of the Convention & Visitors Bureau to host editors of Canadian Garden Magazine, Country Garden Magazine, and others. We also talked with Martha Stewart Living's editor Stacey Hirvella, one of Buffalo's best fans. To catch up on much more about the attendance (over 40,000 surely), and the great publicity we've received (along with fabulous pictures), see www.gardenwalkbuffalo.com |
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Lockwood's Greenhouses and Farm has been growing and selling quality flowers, plants and vegetables on Clark Street in Hamburg since 1914. The owners are father and son, Harry and Steve Lockwood, and it's very much a family business--with many Lockwood family members helping out and a large extended family that make up our staff. Our team: Our Garden Center Manager is Teresa Buchanan, and she has grown with Lockwood's since it was a farm stand. Teresa helped to envision and create the lovely place it is today. Mary Gurtler is our professional designer responsible for merchandizing--one of the reasons you will find our shop so beautiful and gift items unique. Sally Cunningham--News columnist, TV gardening expert, and author--is also part of our team. She provides educational programs, gardening consultations, and manages the Fall Garden Fair. We also have longtime staff who each have expertise in several areas--Jeannie Farrell and Stephanie Stewart, and Gaye Cawdery. Mary Jane Hayhurst, Master Gardener and garden desiger, is talented and a delight for customers and co-workers. Many other talented individuals have also come to work with us, to advise customers in choosing hard goods or plants, including the knowledgeable Marcy Lyon, and Samantha Platt (also the painter of some of store' art pieces). Lindsay Calalesina, a teacher-in-training, is a wonderful addition as well. This team works well together, and our customers can feel it in the warm atmosphere and cheerfulness of the place. (Pictured below: Some of the new multi-colored petunias you'll see in our new annuals lines.) |
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Our growers are a great part of our success. Head grower Jill Kisker has worked closely with Harry and Steve for many years. She's an expert in growing and maintaining both traditional annuals and container plants as well as all the newest annuals, tender perennials, and tropicals that we're using in designer baskets. Margie Vogel is Jill's assistant, working at planting and maintaining the annuals. Marge also manages our IPM greenhouse program, where we use biological control to manage most greenhouse pest problems. Julie Emerling also supports the growing team, behind the scenes, and helped maintain the look of the retail perennials for years. Julie als o grows our leafy green vegetables, and cares for our herbs. |
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Finally--last but hardly least--the newest division of our business is the rapidly expanded shrub and specimen tree collection, headed by Jake Voelker, with assistant Jay Gilwa. You may meet Jake on the sales floor from time to time, but he's usually in back, taking care of the plants or ordering the best, most exciting new ones. Jake also has conspired with Sally to see that Lockwood's carries the best native plant collection in the region. We also aim to provide the right plant for your specific home landscape needs. The Gift Shop We are proud of our gift shop, entertaining and garden decor department. Staff members travel to shows and conferences to analyze and select the kinds of items we know you'll love. Our taste is well-known--the reason people visit us from Pennsylvania to Rochester. Make it your first stop for a gift-giving moment. You won't be sorry. Pictured above: Margie Vogel inspects the new annuals at the trial gardens at the Marina (last summer). Lockwood's chooses to carry many of the new plants you see at those trials every year. 4484 Clark St Hamburg, NY 14075 716-649-4684 |
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