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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 […]

Thanks to fund­ing from the PNC Foun­da­tion and Amer­i­can Eagle Out­fit­ters Foun­da­tion, Tree Pitts­burgh is host­ing its first ever Sumer Tree Camp for mid­dle school aged chil­dren in 2018. […]

Tree Pitts­burgh is hap­py to wel­come this year’s sum­mer tree care crew! We have four excep­tion­al folks work­ing with us on tree care and refor­esta­tion. Left to right, please meet Gaby […]

Today, Tree Pitts­burgh announced plans to expand its reach through­out the com­mu­ni­ty and increase its capac­i­ty to deliv­er more trees. If you’d like to help us reach our $2.6 Mil­lion goal, […]

As an events spe­cial­ist at Tree Pitts­burgh, Oak­lee loves hol­i­days. Though squir­rels don’t typ­i­cal­ly eat pie, she makes an excep­tion for pi day. Before indulging, though, Oak­lee has to […]

This Inter­na­tion­al Women’s Day, we’d like to high­light the work of an impor­tant envi­ron­men­tal activist and Nobel lau­re­ate – Wan­gari Maathai. Maathai was born in Kenya in 1940, and […]

Do you know about Tu B’Shevat? It’s a Jew­ish hol­i­day known as the New Year for Trees. In 2018, Tu B’Shevat is cel­e­brat­ed from sun­set on Tues­day, Jan­u­ary 30 until night­fall Wednes­day, […]

While our pot­ted trees are hap­pi­ly dor­mant under their blan­ket of mulch, the Her­itage Nurs­ery staff is busy indoors prepar­ing our seeds for spring. Most native woody seeds pos­sess a […]