Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Blog

The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy’s Horticulture and Forestry team is dedicated to creating a more resilient tree canopy. As part of this work, several years ago, the Parks Conservancy partnered with the City of Pittsburgh and the Penn State Cooperative Extension to plant Elm cultivars to understand elm breeding.

DID YOU KNOW? The first daffodils to bloom in our area is the cultivar ‘Tete-a-Tete,’ which is a sweet miniature daffodil! Daffodils are a spring flower that deer and critters don’t eat, unlike tulips,…

The Eastern garter snake (our regional subspecies of the common garter snake);  The common or Northern watersnake;  Dekay’s brown snake;  The Eastern milksnake. 

Cars whoosh rhythmically by as you walk along a sidewalk bordering a city park. When a park path meets the sidewalk, you veer off, dipping into the immediate relief of greenery. You might feel yourself breathing more deeply as you walk along under a canopy of trees.

Puff the Sea Dragon doesn’t like the cold weather or snow we have here in Pittsburgh, so every winter, he swims his way to a nice warm part of the…

In 2020, the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy organized and supported five local “watershed task forces” to evaluate the ways green infrastructure improvements in local green spaces can improve the quality of…

The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy’s Visitor Experience team works endlessly to ensure that all park visitors enjoy a welcoming, memorable, and fun trip to their favorite park! In the video below,…

Raeanne Heuler and Beth King are passionate about parks and green spaces, which led them to intern at the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy! “I am a junior at the University of Pittsburgh…

An interview with Robin Eng, Restoration Gardener  Few things have as many and as a wide-reaching benefits as healthy trees in a community. Achieving these benefits takes dedicated support and…