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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 […]

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 […]