Loblolly Pine Restoration Planting

Sev­en­ty five loblol­ly pines from the Tree Pitts­burgh nurs­ery found new homes in Schen­ley Park along Over­look Dri­ve Mon­day, April 29. Many trees in the his­toric grove of exist­ing ever­green trees, main­ly Scotch pines, have either begun to senesce or have already died and been cut down.

The Tree­Vi­tal­ize Pitts­burgh part­ner­ship facil­i­tat­ed this plant­i­ng in an effort to replen­ish the pop­u­la­tion of ever­greens with a new gen­er­a­tion of trees and ensure this his­toric land­scape remains in place. Rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the Pitts­burgh Parks Con­ser­van­cy, Tree Pitts­burgh, the West­ern Penn­syl­va­nia Con­ser­van­cy, and the City of Pitts­burgh Depart­ment of Pub­lic Works were on hand to plant the trees.

The Pitts­burgh Fly­ing Disc Soci­ety also pro­vid­ed valu­able input, ensur­ing the plant­i­ng would not inter­fere with the playa­bil­i­ty of the course. One fre­quent play­er even said that when the course was first con­struct­ed in 1988, the pines were far more dense than they are now and it was great to see the den­si­ty increas­ing again!