Stewardship Days Monthly opportunities to lend a hand in your parks
help us build resilient parks
Stewardship Days offer individuals and small groups the opportunity to care for Pittsburgh's parks. Tasks like invasive species management, litter picking, weeding, mulching, watering, and planting contribute to maintaining a healthy ecosystem. Members of our Horticulture and Forestry Department, including restoration gardeners and ecological restoration coordinators, will guide you on a variety of tasks that help with the Conservancy's ecological restoration goals. When you volunteer to care for your local green spaces, you're ensuring that Pittsburgh's parks will be beautiful, healthy, and thriving for generations to come. Check out our programming calendar to find our recurring stewardship day events and read about the importance of the parks serviced below.
parks served
We currently offer monthly Stewardship Days in the following parks. Be sure to sign up on our programming calendar.
RIVERVIEW PARK WITH MAGGIE
ROTATING THURSDAYS (MAY - SEPTEMBER)
Riverview Park is nestled in the Northside of Pittsburgh and is known for its winding trails, Allegheny Observatory, and Chapel Shelter. The park's storied history was filled with many past lives, including a small zoo, an elk paddock, a bear pit, a merry-go round, and an amphitheater. Stewardship day tasks include beautifying the garden through litter picking, weeding, mulching, watering and planting, with horticulturist, Maggie.
AUGUST WILSON PARK WITH MAGGIE
August Wilson Park, named after the famous playwright, is located in the Hill District, situated above the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. It includes a beautiful urban landscape, a state-of-the-art playground, a basketball court, and a tribute to Charles “Teenie” Harris. Stewardship day tasks include beautifying the garden through litter picking, weeding, mulching, watering and planting, with horticulturist, Maggie.
HAYS WOODS PARK WITH JARED
EVERY THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH
Hays Woods Park is Pittsburgh's newest park—and at 626 acres, it's the second largest after Frick Park. Located in the southeast end of the city, it features a varied topography of second-growth forests, valleys, and streams that reflect a biodiversity once common in Pittsburgh but now rare. Decades of industrial activity introduced invasive plant species, which continue to spread. Today, the Parks Conservancy is actively restoring this landscape —and we need your help! Stewardship day tasks include invasive species management, trail work, trash cleanup, entry garden care, and more, led by ecological restoration coordinator, Jared.
FRICK PARK WITH RACHEL
TIME AND DATE COMING SOON
At 644 acres, Frick Park is the largest historical regional park in Pittsburgh. Our dedicated team works hard to keep the landscape of the park beautiful. From migrating birds to native wildflowers, Clayton Hill is bursting with life. The deer exclosures on Clayton Hill are part of our restoration efforts to help native plant life thrive in the park. Frick stewardship days are dedicated to the restoration of Clayton Hill. Stewardship day tasks include removing invasive plants that threaten the natural native beauty of this historic park, with ecological resoration coordinator, Rachel.