Free Outdoor Film Screening 8/27/10

The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy is proud to invite you to a FREE outdoor screening of Rebecca Messner's new documentary, "The Olmsted Legacy", on the lawn of the Quarry Bridge in Delaware Park!  The screening is Friday, August 27th at 7:30pm.  We encourage you to bring a blanket for sitting and something to snack on!

Seminar on invasive species in Western New York

The Buffalo Olmsted Parks is proud to host an informational seminar for Buffalo and the surrounding communities. The purpose of this seminar is to provide training and education for the detection, identification, and reporting procedure of forest pests, such as the Emerald Ash Borer and the Asian Longnorned Beetle. The seminar is sponsored by the New York State Agriculture Department.

The seminar will be held on Tuesday August 17th 2010, from 5:30pm until 8:00pm. The location is Marcy Casino (199 Lincoln Parkway, Buffalo, NY 14214)

The seminar includes refreshments, a powerpoint presentation, as well as a Q&A session.

Attendees should RSVP by email only!
Contact: Rachel Lithgow at rachel@bfloparks.org

Carriage rides around the parks!

Starting this Sunday, August 8th, the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy is going to begin offering horse drawn carriage rides. These scenic journeys will take visitors through the Olmsted designed routes of Bidwell and Lincoln Parkways, and Soldiers and Gates Circles, and will be going on on Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. These carriage rides will provide yet another way to take advantage of the natural beauty of the Olmsted parks. Read more at:

Buffalo Rising

Buffalo News

Channel 4

Channel 2

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Greetings!

The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy is excited to begin its new blogging and social networking efforts. We hope that this blog will be a new and valuable source of information on all things relating to Frederick Law Olmsted's visionary system of parks in Buffalo. Future posts will include videos, photos, and updates on events in the parks. In addition to this site, follow us on twitter at twitter.com/bfloparks, and facebook at facebook.com/bfloparks.