Trees

The con­nec­tion between trees and cli­mate is a big one. On the micro and macro lev­el, trees are work­ing hard every day to improve our cli­mate. Trees are an impor­tant part of the bat­tle [...]

Birds and trees go togeth­er like peanut but­ter and jel­ly. It’s no secret that birds love trees, but there are a few species of birds that have a par­tic­u­lar love of trees. Read [...]

In the fall of 2020, Tree Pitts­burgh plant­ed over 180 trees and shrubs along the Eliza Fur­nace Trail. This plant­i­ng was made pos­si­ble through part­ner­ships with Dyn­e­gy, the City of [...]

Looking for info on recycling your tree in January 2021? Click here to read this year’s blog! The hol­i­days are over and the dec­o­ra­tions are com­ing down. If that makes you sad, think about [...]

Thank you to every­one who came to the Arbor Day give­away Fri­day, April 26! Spe­cial thanks to spon­sors, the Pitts­burgh Shade Tree Commission. We have a great video from Com­mu­ni­ty [...]

Time for anoth­er edi­tion of Oak­lee Does Math for Pie! Actu­al­ly, it’s pi day so we’ve enlist­ed every­one’s favorite squir­rel to teach you a bit more about how to use pi to esti­mate the age [...]

The hol­i­days have come and gone. If you cel­e­brate Christ­mas, and with a live tree, chances are your conifer is start­ing to drop nee­dles all over your liv­ing room. It’s time to take down [...]

If you cel­e­brate Christ­mas and have pur­chased your tree (or are still con­tem­plat­ing which tree you want), you may be over­whelmed by the options of local­ly-grown trees avail­able! We’re [...]

Hap­py Tree Check Month! Wait, you didn’t know it’s tree check month? It’s easy to cel­e­brate – just take 10 min­utes to check your trees for a pest threat­en­ing our region’s forest. The Asian [...]

We’re in the thick of the sum­mer sea­son, which means a lot of fruit­ing trees and shrubs are begin­ning to ripen! Valu­able native species such as choke­ber­ry, alter­nate leaf dog­wood, and [...]