Volunteer

Tree Pittsburgh’s flag­ship urban forestry and tree care course is offered mul­ti­ple times a year. The Tree Ten­ders Course cov­ers urban forestry prac­tices, tree biol­o­gy and health, prop­er plant­i­ng, prun­ing, and main­te­nance, and instruc­tion on how lead your com­mu­ni­ty in orga­niz­ing tree plant­i­ngs and tree care events.

 

The next course will be held on:

 

Sat­ur­day, August 17, 2019: Bethel Park 9am-4pm **(note this course is only open to res­i­dents in the Saw Mill Run Water­shed) Learn more and

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Sat­ur­day, Decem­ber 7, 2019 at Tree Pittsburgh’s cam­pus in Upper Lawrenceville; 9am-4pm

Spon­sored by the Pitts­burgh Shade Tree Com­mis­sion

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Cours­es cost $40 which includes mate­ri­als, light food and instruc­tion. Schol­ar­ships are avail­able. Con­tact Joe@treepittsburgh.org or call 412/781‑8733 x204 for more infor­ma­tion.

Due to the nature of this course, we pre­fer Tree Ten­ders be at least 16 years of age. If you have any spe­cial needs, please inquire and we can pro­vide for them.

Pre-Reg­is­tra­tion is required.

Begin­ning in 2010, Tree Pitts­burgh has rec­og­nized out­stand­ing indi­vid­u­als, cor­po­rate part­ners or com­mu­ni­ty orga­ni­za­tions who work along­side us to pro­tect and main­tain Pittsburgh’s Urban For­est.

• 2017
  Mari­am Kwagh
  Jen­nifer Moreth
  Amer­i­can Eagle Out­fit­ters
• 2016
  Kathy Laf­fer­ty
  Jim­my Lohr
  greenSin­ner
• 2015
  Rob Krul­jac of Arborel
  Pat­ty Ren­wick
• 2014
  Lin­da Don­ahue
  Peter Kine of Eisler Land­scapes
  Lawrenceville Unit­ed
• 2013
  Ann Kel­ton
  Jesse Perkins
  Oper­a­tion Bet­ter Block
  Alcoa
• 2012
  Bark­er Carter
  Mike Dubrovsky
  Vic­to­ria Gotask­ie
  Steve Lehman
  Gay For Good: Pitts­burgh
  Star­bucks
• 2011
  Chris­tov Church­ward
  Lisa Free­man
  Daniel Lan­do
  Alice Vaday
  Leigh Win­ston
• 2010
  Nan­cy Arnold
  Kim Collins
  Gary Crouth
  Nicole Moga

Thank you and con­grat­u­la­tions to the indi­vid­u­als and groups who sup­port our work!