The Chrysanthemum Show opens from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Saturday and continues through Nov. 8 at the Buffalo&Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave. Admission: $6 adults; $5 seniors (55 and older) and students with ID; $3 for children, ages 6 to 13. Free for members and children younger than 6. For more information, call 827-1584 or visit

www.buffalogardens.com

Cheektowaga Garden Club will meet at 7 p. m. Monday in the Cleveland Hill High School faculty cafeteria, Mapleview Road, Cheektowaga. Brad White, horticulture teacher in the Buffalo Public Schools, will present a workshop on dish gardens. Workshop fee, $10. Reservations in advance to Diane Koczon.

Smallwood Garden Club will meet at 7 p. m. Monday in Forest Elementary School, 250 N. Forest Road, Amherst, for a workshop on “Ming Trees” topiary.

East Park Garden Club will meet at 7 p. m. Monday in St. Timothy Lutheran Church, 1453 Staley Road, Grand Island. Lauren Naramore will demonstrate dry-and fresh-floral arrangements. For information, call 773-4437.

The African Violet&Gesneriad Society of Western New York will meet at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday in the Depew High School cafeteria, 5201 Transit Road. Marge Jasinski will present a slide show on Trailing African Violets. All welcome. For information, call Paul Kroll, 652-8658; e-mail:

pfkroll@roadrunner.com

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The Federated Holland Garden Club will meet at 11 a. m. Wednesday in Beaver Meadow Nature Center, 1610 Welch Road, North Java. Members will hike the trails, enjoy a pot-luck luncheon and listen to a presentation on owls given by naturalist Paul Fehringer. New members welcome.

Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, Eighth District, will hold its fall meeting and luncheon Thursday in the Hearthstone Manor, 333 Dick Road, Depew. Meeting and morning program begins at 9:30 a. m. Following 12:15 p. m. luncheon, Kathryn O’Donnell of Botanicus will present “Authentically Green Interiors.” For reservations, call Arlene Leising, 837-4014.

The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy will host a free workshop on the selection, planting and care of roses from 6:30 to 8:30 p. m. Thursday at the Delaware Park Rose Garden and Marcy Casino, 199 Lincoln Parkway. Presented by Dave Swanka, the Conservancy’s rosarian. Come early to tour the rose garden. For information or to R. S. V. P., contact Dave Swanka, 833-5549; e-mail:

dswanka@roadrunner.com

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