Our Current Ventures

Our Current Ventures

Our Current Ventures

Annual Annual Adventure

Educate our members and guests to new plants, tips on care and use of plants, and enjoy a tour of Brenckle’s Greenhouses.

http://www.brenckles.com/

 

Aspinwall Community Garden

Support for garden supplies and upgrades.

https://www.growpittsburgh.org/directory/garden/aspinwall-community-garden

 

Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania

Support twelve free public classes to engage at least 400 people regarding the value of native gardening.

https://www.aswp.org/

 

Blawnox Community Garden

Support for improving the soil in the beds and the purchase a much-needed work bench.

 

Cooper-Siegel Community Libraries

Support for three programs: dried flower wreath/door hanging; air-dry clay mushroom garden ornaments and botanic watercolor illustration.

https://www.coopersiegelcommunitylibrary.org/

 

Fox Chapel Area School District’s Mary’s Garden at the High School

Support for replacement plants, rose bushes, irrigation hoses and parts and other supplies for the garden and its pond.

 

Fox Chapel Area School District’s O’Hara Elementary Green Foxes

Support for the purchase of seeds, bulbs, seedlings, student garden tools, gloves, insect kits, compost, trellis kits and solar drip irrigation.

 

Fox Chapel Garden Club Scholarship

Awarded a scholarship to a Fox Chapel Area High School graduating senior who plans to attend a four-year university.

 

Fox Chapel Parks Commission

Support for providing native plants, trees and shrubbery to the new rain gardens at McCahill Park.

https://foxchapelparksconservancy.org/

 

Friends of Mellon Park

Support for providing permanent tags for fifty trees for the Mellon Park Arboretum’s 5th Arbor Day event.

https://friendsofmellonpark.org/

 

Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania’s Scholarship Fund

Support for scholarships to high school, college and post graduate college students who plan to further their education in horticulture, conservation, forestry, botany and/or allied subjects.

https://pagardenclubs.org/

 

Gardenfest

Effort to dig and divide proven perennials from our members' gardens, which culminates in our all-day plant sale and educational gardening event in May.

 

Glitter & Glow

Sponsor this community celebration of friends and family in December, which supports our mission and benefits our community.

 

Penn State Extension Garden and Landscape Symposium

Support for speaker fees.

https://extension.psu.edu/trees-lawns-and-landscaping/home-gardening/planting-and-growing

 

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens’ Botany in Action

Support for the Botany in Action Fellowship Program which assists emerging plant-focused scientists through research grants and science communication training.

https://www.phipps.conservatory.org/green-innovation/for-the-world/botany-in-action

 

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens’ Home Grown Edible Gardens

Support for the Homegrown program dedicated to increasing community access to fresh produce, promoting better food choices, and improving the overall health of families and children.

https://www.phipps.conservatory.org/classes-and-programs/for-communities/homegrown

 

Sharpsburg Community Garden

Support for the replacement of four raised beds in the garden.

https://www.growpittsburgh.org/directory/garden/sharpsburg-community-garden

 

Sharpsburg Market Garden

Support for compost for the garden.

https://www.growpittsburgh.org/directory/garden/sharpsburg-market-garden

 

Tennis Shoe Recycling

Founded this project which typically has over 20 collection sites and collects over 1000 pairs of shoes most of which are given to the Nike-Reuse-A-Shoe program.