Month: October 2020

Notes From Your Gardener: Wildlife in the Gardens

October 8, 2020

MAY 8, 2020 BY: ROBIN ENG, RESTORATION GARDENER  While we enjoy gardens for their beautiful blooms, attractive foliage, and fragrant blossoms, a variety of other animals enjoy these spaces too! When out working in the parks it’s not…

Volunteering in Pittsburgh’s Parks | SAP

October 8, 2020

My green thumb game isn’t strong by any stretch. I don’t have a yard, much less flowerbeds wrapped around a  yard. I don’t wake up at dawn to unspool the…

The Environmental Education Imperative

October 8, 2020

Nine Ways to Get Your Kids Exploring Nature — Anywhere!

October 8, 2020

Parks are not only some of the very best playgrounds, but also amazing classrooms. By observing, touching, smelling and hearing the natural world, kids (and adults!) are learning, sometimes without…

Taking in Nature Together

October 8, 2020

My 8-year-old daughter and I gathered about 50 sticks and piled them up in the little hut my husband had built out of fallen tree limbs for her and her…