That's Roger Swain, otherwise known as "the man in the red suspenders" former host of PBS's Victory Garden (mid-1980s-2001); host on the former HGTV show, People Places Plants; book author; and former writer/science editor for Horticulture Magazine. Roger was visiting Garden Walk from his home in Maine.

Hanging on his arm is Susan Harris of Garden Rant / SustainableGardeningBlog. Susan was visiting from Takoma Park, near Washington D.C.

Susan was joined by two other Garden Rant writers, Michele Owens (from Saratoga Springs), and Buffalo's own Elizabeth Licata. Along with Garden Rant, a gardening blog with an international following, Elizabeth writes about gardening in her Allentown garden at Gardening While Intoxicated.

Among these nationally-known gardeners, we were fortunate to host some well-known local and regional garden experts. Terry Ettinger, WSYR radio host of the Weeder's Journal; Time-Warner television host of Garden Journeys; and newspaper columnist from Central New York was here the second year in a row. It's difficult to keep him away. He has said of Garden Walk Buffalo, ""...congratulations on what I think has to be considered as one of the most outstanding horticultural weekends in all of North America!" Except when he said it, he used more exclamation points.

Buffalo's own garden guru, Sally Cunningham, author of Great Garden Companions; Buffalo News garden columnist; CBS affiliate WIVB's weekend garden host; and local radio host was see out and about in many gardens looking for story ideas.