This event is sold out! It is open to ticket holders only. The Ohio Pawpaw Festival is September 18-20 – get tickets here!

Come celebrate North America’s largest native fruit at Tree Pittsburgh’s Pawpaw Fest!

Sample fresh pawpaws, shop our Heritage Nursery tree sale (including pawpaws), join a guided arboretum walk, watch a pawpaw sorbet demonstration, and enjoy family-friendly arts and crafts. While you’re here, grab a bite from local food trucks, sip a pawpaw beer from Allegheny City Brewing, and relax with live music from The Turpentiners (from 5-7).

Be sure to stop by and hear from our speakers:
3:00-3:30 — Gabrielle Marsden (Butterfly Ambassador) on the zebra swallowtail butterfly and its symbiotic relationship with pawpaws
3:45-4:15 — Saving and Propagating Pawpaw Seeds with Chris Kosin of GaiaScape, LLC
4:30-5:30 — Legendary pawpaw breeder Neal Peterson (of Peterson Pawpaws) in conversation with Andrew Moore (author of Pawpaw: In Search of America’s Forgotten Fruit)

Vendors include:
Allegheny City Brewing
Benjamin Bishop Pastries
Community Cultures
Redeye Bar-B-Q
Silver Maple Ceramics
ShadoBeni Trinidadian Cuisine
Third Space Bakery

There will also be a limited supply of pawpaw fruits available for purchase from Highland Farm!