Each garden is a special place where residents have come together to transform forgotten spaces, and over the course of time, the gardens they create spark relationships and ideas, heal wounds, and nurture bodies and communities.

The Stella Niagara Preserve provides outdoor recreation opportunities including hiking, birding, kayaking, and canoeing. Photo credit: Western New York Land Conservancy

What do the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, Wegmans grocery stores, Destiny USA (the largest mall in Central NY), and 7,000 school students all have in common?

What I realized that day was that we were all talking about the same thing: our connection to the land.

“As a person who uses a wheelchair, being able to experience nature and the great outdoors is such an essential part of my well-being. This addition at Black Rock Forest is significant for the thousands of people living with disabilities in the Hudson Valley.”

Love is in the air at the Buffalo Zoo’s Arctic Edge exhibit. The Zoo’s beloved polar bear, Luna, has her first boyfriend: Sakari!