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Spring is an excit­ing time for trees. After a long win­ter, buds erupt with beau­ti­ful col­ors and new growth. But have you ever checked in on a tree every day to see the progress? While […]

The rela­tion­ship between air qual­i­ty and trees is a com­pli­cat­ed sub­ject. Many of us learn at an ear­ly age that trees “inhale” car­bon diox­ide and “exhale” oxy­gen which allows us to […]

Look­ing for a way to spice up those dai­ly Zoom calls? We have just the solu­tion: Oak­lee and Arbor Day back­grounds! We can’t be out­side plant­i­ng trees togeth­er, but we can pre­tend with […]

In these ear­ly moments of spring while trees are burst­ing with bloom­ing flow­ers, it’s easy to for­get about some of the tiny flow­ers that rest under­neath the trees on the for­est floor. […]

Par­ents and guardians, we know that this time is dif­fi­cult. No mat­ter if you are try­ing to com­plete work at home or not, you’re also a full-time care­giv­er and pos­si­bly teacher! We’re […]

The hol­i­days are over and the dec­o­ra­tions are com­ing down. If that makes you sad, think about the new life that could come from your tree! By tak­ing your tree to one of the many drop-off […]

Intro­duc­ing the largest moth in North Amer­i­ca — the cecropia moth! In addi­tion to the trees and shrubs we grow in our Her­itage Nurs­ery, we’ve also been grow­ing this spec­tac­u­lar moth. […]

Tree Pitts­burgh is pleased to announce it has been award­ed a $15,000 grant by West Penn Pow­er Sus­tain­able Ener­gy Fund (WPPSEF) for their Her­itage Nurs­ery on the Alleghe­ny Riv­er. The […]

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 […]