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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 […]

Tree Pitts­burgh is seek­ing cur­rent­ly enrolled stu­dents or recent grad­u­ates 18+ who are pur­su­ing a career in the green indus­try to join our team for the sum­mer. Are you inter­est­ed in […]

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 […]

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 […]