Re-Tree WNY is organizing a bare-root tree-planting training session for suburban volunteers at 1 p. m. Saturday at the Park School, 4625 Harlem Road, Snyder. Homeowners wanting to learn the method also are welcome. Free; no need to preregister. Fall plantings begin Nov. 7. For more information, visit

www.re-treewny.org

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Amherst Garden Club will meet at 9:30 a. m. Wednesday at St. John Lutheran Church, 6540 Main St., Amherst. Ellen De- Wind will instruct members on cleaning and preserving fabrics without chemicals. Newcomers welcome.

Town of Wheatfield Garden Club will meet at 7 p. m. Wednesday in the Wheatfield Community Center, 2790 Church Road, for an autumn craft workshop. Visitors welcome.

Hamburg House and Garden Club will meet at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Hamburg United Methodist Church meeting house, 107 Main St., Hamburg. Jeanette Williams of the Buffalo&Erie County Botanical Gardens will present a program on pollination. Business meeting to follow. For membership information, call club president Vicky Allen, 649-0516.

If you have a submission for Garden Notes, please send it to Susan Martin, Garden Notes, Features Department, The Buffalo News, P. O. Box 100, Buffalo, NY 14240. Fax: 849-3445. e-mail:

smartin@buffnews.com

. All items must be received in writing two weeks prior to publication.