Sally Cunningham is a horticulture professional, garden consultant, and head of the Great Garden Travel division of AAA of Western and Central New York. She conducts tours in the U.S., Canada and Europe, and speaks nationally on horticultural topics. She writes a weekly garden column for The Buffalo News and a monthly column for Buffalo Spree magazine. Cunningham and co-author Jim Charlier are leading figures in Buffalo’s “urban garden renaissance” and the much-lauded Garden Walk Buffalo, the largest private garden tour in America, averaging 65,000-plus visitors each year.Jim Charlier is an award-winning marketing and design professional. An avid gardener, garden photographer, and garden tourism advocate, he consults with gardening organizations across the U.S. He is co-founder and vice president of Gardens Buffalo Niagara, coordinating 20 community garden tours and 75 regional Open Gardens – including the centerpiece event, Garden Walk Buffalo. In total, these garden events attract upwards of 100,000 visitors each summer. His own highly original Buffalo garden has appeared in many books, magazines, tours and on television.

• INTRODUCTION: Buffalo Style: a New Kind of Garden…livable, relatable, original, free spiritedPART ONE: Secrets of one-of-a-kind, unforgettable gardens, Buffalo-style! Chapter 1: Other People’s Gardens: what you can learn from a garden walk Chapter 2: Great Little Gardens and How They GrewChapter 3: Good Garden Design (in the beginning…)PART TWO: You and Your SiteChapter 4: What Do You Want Your Garden To Be?Chapter 5: What Does Your Garden Want To Be? (your site’s challenges and opportunities)PART THREE: The Bones of Your Unforgettable Garden (design features that make all the difference)Chapter 6: Set the Stage (Frame it!): walls, hedges, fences and moreChapter 7: The Big Bones: immovable objectsChapter 8: Find Your Path: lines, contours, walkwaysPART FOUR: Let’s Decorate! (making it personal)Chapter 9: Furniture and Hardscape Define Your StyleChapter 10: Art, Collections & ThemesChapter 11: And Now We Choose Plants!PART FIVE: Gardening for the Greater Good: from the neighborhood to the worldChapter 12: Gardening is Transformative…and ContagiousAppendix Destination public gardens; U.S. private garden tour listings; Recommended readingIndex

Sally Cunningham is a horticulture professional, garden consultant, and head of the Great Garden Travel division of AAA of Western and Central New York. She conducts tours in the U.S., Canada and Europe, and speaks nationally on horticultural topics. She writes a weekly garden column for The Buffalo News and a monthly column for Buffalo Spree magazine. Cunningham and co-author Jim Charlier are leading figures in Buffalo’s “urban garden renaissance” and the much-lauded Garden Walk Buffalo, the largest private garden tour in America, averaging 65,000-plus visitors each year.Jim Charlier is an award-winning marketing and design professional. An avid gardener, garden photographer, and garden tourism advocate, he consults with gardening organizations across the U.S. He is co-founder and vice president of Gardens Buffalo Niagara, coordinating 20 community garden tours and 75 regional Open Gardens – including the centerpiece event, Garden Walk Buffalo. In total, these garden events attract upwards of 100,000 visitors each summer. His own highly original Buffalo garden has appeared in many books, magazines, tours and on television.

• INTRODUCTION: Buffalo Style: a New Kind of Garden…livable, relatable, original, free spiritedPART ONE: Secrets of one-of-a-kind, unforgettable gardens, Buffalo-style! Chapter 1: Other People’s Gardens: what you can learn from a garden walk Chapter 2: Great Little Gardens and How They GrewChapter 3: Good Garden Design (in the beginning…)PART TWO: You and Your SiteChapter 4: What Do You Want Your Garden To Be?Chapter 5: What Does Your Garden Want To Be? (your site’s challenges and opportunities)PART THREE: The Bones of Your Unforgettable Garden (design features that make all the difference)Chapter 6: Set the Stage (Frame it!): walls, hedges, fences and moreChapter 7: The Big Bones: immovable objectsChapter 8: Find Your Path: lines, contours, walkwaysPART FOUR: Let’s Decorate! (making it personal)Chapter 9: Furniture and Hardscape Define Your StyleChapter 10: Art, Collections & ThemesChapter 11: And Now We Choose Plants!PART FIVE: Gardening for the Greater Good: from the neighborhood to the worldChapter 12: Gardening is Transformative…and ContagiousAppendix Destination public gardens; U.S. private garden tour listings; Recommended readingIndex

Sally Cunningham is a horticulture professional, garden consultant, and head of the Great Garden Travel division of AAA of Western and Central New York. She conducts tours in the U.S., Canada and Europe, and speaks nationally on horticultural topics. She writes a weekly garden column for The Buffalo News and a monthly column for Buffalo Spree magazine. Cunningham and co-author Jim Charlier are leading figures in Buffalo’s “urban garden renaissance” and the much-lauded Garden Walk Buffalo, the largest private garden tour in America, averaging 65,000-plus visitors each year.Jim Charlier is an award-winning marketing and design professional. An avid gardener, garden photographer, and garden tourism advocate, he consults with gardening organizations across the U.S. He is co-founder and vice president of Gardens Buffalo Niagara, coordinating 20 community garden tours and 75 regional Open Gardens – including the centerpiece event, Garden Walk Buffalo. In total, these garden events attract upwards of 100,000 visitors each summer. His own highly original Buffalo garden has appeared in many books, magazines, tours and on television.

• INTRODUCTION: Buffalo Style: a New Kind of Garden…livable, relatable, original, free spiritedPART ONE: Secrets of one-of-a-kind, unforgettable gardens, Buffalo-style! Chapter 1: Other People’s Gardens: what you can learn from a garden walk Chapter 2: Great Little Gardens and How They GrewChapter 3: Good Garden Design (in the beginning…)PART TWO: You and Your SiteChapter 4: What Do You Want Your Garden To Be?Chapter 5: What Does Your Garden Want To Be? (your site’s challenges and opportunities)PART THREE: The Bones of Your Unforgettable Garden (design features that make all the difference)Chapter 6: Set the Stage (Frame it!): walls, hedges, fences and moreChapter 7: The Big Bones: immovable objectsChapter 8: Find Your Path: lines, contours, walkwaysPART FOUR: Let’s Decorate! (making it personal)Chapter 9: Furniture and Hardscape Define Your StyleChapter 10: Art, Collections & ThemesChapter 11: And Now We Choose Plants!PART FIVE: Gardening for the Greater Good: from the neighborhood to the worldChapter 12: Gardening is Transformative…and ContagiousAppendix Destination public gardens; U.S. private garden tour listings; Recommended readingIndex