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Donate Mobile Audio Tours Sign up for Updates Contact Hit enter to search or ESC to closePark Alerts, Closures and Updates: Click for more information search Menu About The Conservancy History of Buffalo’s Olmsted Parks Our Team Board of Trustees Jobs Request for Proposals Contact Olmsted Resources Annual Reports Archives Olmsted Naturally Frequently Asked Questions More Resources AdvocacyPark Projects 5 Year Plan: 2020 – 2024 Olmsted Community Alliance South Park Arboretum Restoration Project View all Park Projects Parks Major Parks Cazenovia Park Delaware Park Front Park Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park Riverside Park South Park South Park Arboretum Other Olmsted Spaces Circles Parkways Pocket Parks Specialty Gardens Enhance Your Olmsted Experience Audio Tours Biking and Walking Routes TREEventure around Delaware Park TREEventure Around South Park Map and Guide EventsRentals BOPC-hosted Fundraisers and Events View Full Calendar Rentals, Permits and Events Special Event Permits City of Buffalo Sports Permit Parkside Lodge Great Room Rental Parkside Croquet Courts Rental Golf Cazenovia Park Golf Course Delaware Park Golf Course South Park Golf Course Support Donate Commemorative Giving Gift a Bench Gift a Siegel Landing Paver Gift a Tree Make a Tribute Gift Other Ways to Give Corporate Giving Planned Giving South Park Arboretum Young Professionals for Olmsted Parks 2023 Supporters Volunteer Media News Position Statements Press Releases Photos Videos search SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE Make a Donation Delaware Park Golf Course to open Monday April 15 SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE Golf Olmsted in 2024! Learn More Your Olmsted Parks The mission of Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy (BOPC) is to steward Buffalo’s historic Olmsted park and parkway system to benefit and to welcome all. The Conservancy works towards this through collaboration with community and strategic partners, advocating for quality parks for all, and enhancing the park system through beautification, maintenance and capital projects. The vision of the BOPC is to create an exceptional park network for all of Buffalo through equitable access to beautiful, quality and thriving parks; restorative green spaces that support our people and respect nature and the environment; and joyful opportunities to play, create, commune and discover. Support Our Rentals Play Golf Support Your Olmsted Parks Our supporters are the core of the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy. Your generous support allows our dedicated team to to steward Buffalo’s historic Olmsted park and parkway system to benefit and to welcome all. We count on your dedication to keep our parks beautiful, clean, and safe for all to enjoy, creating an exceptional park network for all of Buffalo. Click here to Donate today! DONATE TODAY What’s Happening in the Parks? May 16 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Event Series Buffalo Olmsted Parks Community Update | Spring 2024 May 23 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Event Series Buffalo Olmsted Parks Community Update | Spring 2024 View Calendar SEE OUR FULL CALENDAR March 19, 2024 Viewing Opportunities and Expectations for Eclipse on April 8, 2024 READ MORE NEWS What’s Your Olmsted Story? My favorite Olmsted landscape? Close to home is Symphony Circle. It’s often a destination in neighborhood walks with my son, to collect horse chestnuts or just to sit in the shade and watch people as they go by.” Andy Rabb Deputy Commissioner for Parks and Recreation, City of Buffalo I have wonderful memories of when my dad would take my sister and me ice skating in Humboldt Park (now MLK Jr. Park).” Janis Dunworth Spring into Summer Luncheon '15, '16, '17 Co-ChairMassMutual Financial Group – New York State My favorite Olmsted landscape? Delaware Park and Lincoln Parkway … screams Olmsted!” Kevin Kelly Chair, 150th Celebration When I was four-years old, I got my foot caught in the ‘monkey tree’ at Cazenovia Park. All of my friends ran home to tell my mom … she brought her trusty bottle of Crisco oil and was able to ‘set me free.” Peter Munich Conservancy Event Committee MemberOlmsted Supporter While an urban garden and well-kept house are joy, there is a unique connection to nature in the large spaces of land and water in Delaware Park. As a child I sledded on its hills, listened to the park zoo’s elk bellow during fall football practices in the meadow. Even today as I walk my dog around the lake I can see snapping turtles, herons and flocks of goldfinches that remind me of the larger reach of nature that sometimes is forgotten in the surrounding streets of the city.” Jim Mendola Historian, ArchivistConservancy Volunteer One of my favorite things is that when you walk around Hoyt Lake, there are several spots where you can’t see anything but trees and water; no power lines, no cell towers, just nature. You might as well be out in the country, even though you are right in the middle of a major urban city.” Jock Mitchell Trustee, Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy There is no better restful and relaxing area in Buffalo than Delaware Park, a place we take for granted. I learned to golf there with my father in early teenage years. I played basketball and ran (a little) cross-country there during high school. I introduced my children to Shakespeare on its hill, overlooking the Lake, then later coached soccer in the Meadow for many, many years. Not to mention bike rides or simple strolls on its paths. And every once in a while, I simply stop at one of its inviting spots, under an oak or elsewhere gazing at its landscapes, and ruminate about what is yet to come.” Alan Bozer Trustee, Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy and son of Joan Bozer, founder of Friends of Olmsted Thanks to our amazing staff, everything is possible.” Bob Stotz Director of Park Operations, Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy I’m getting paid to do what I love to do. It doesn’t get any better than that.” Eileen Martin District Supervisor, Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy About the Conservancy The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy is the first nonprofit organization in the nation to manage and operate an entire historic urban park system that consists of 850 acres of beautifully designed parks, parkways and circles. Our mission is to steward Buffalo’s historic Olmsted park and parkway system to benefit and to welcome all. Our vision is to create an exceptional park network for all of Buffalo. LEARN MORE WITH YEAR-ROUND SUPPORT FROM Contact Info Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy 84 Parkside Ave. Buffalo, NY 14214 716-838-1249 Contact Us Privacy Policy Terms of Use Sitemap News Viewing Opportunities and Expectations for Eclipse on April 8, 2024 March 19, 2024 BOPC Appoints Catie Stephenson as its New Executive Director October 30, 2023 Delaware Park’s Historic Grand Staircase Restored October 13, 2023 Inside the Parks One of Buffalo's most treasured cultural assets, this public urban forest is maintained, preserved and restored by the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy. In partnership with ©Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy. All rights reserved. twitter facebook youtube instagramAbout The Conservancy History of Buffalo’s Olmsted Parks Our Team Board of Trustees Jobs Request for Proposals Contact Olmsted Resources Annual Reports Archives Olmsted Naturally Frequently Asked Questions More Resources AdvocacyPark Projects 5 Year Plan: 2020 – 2024 Olmsted Community Alliance South Park Arboretum Restoration Project View all Park Projects Parks Major Parks Cazenovia Park Delaware Park Front Park Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park Riverside Park South Park South Park Arboretum Other Olmsted Spaces Circles Parkways Pocket Parks Specialty Gardens Enhance Your Olmsted Experience Audio Tours Biking and Walking Routes TREEventure around Delaware Park TREEventure Around South Park Map and Guide EventsRentals BOPC-hosted Fundraisers and Events View Full Calendar Rentals, Permits and Events Special Event Permits...