Springtime. Birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, and trees everywhere are awakening from their winter slumber to once again break bud and offer their leaves up to the sun.
Right now, before trees completely wake up, is the perfect time to pluck them from the ground to be moved from the loving stewardship of our nursery friends around [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Spring tree planting brings vitality
Posted in Ecological Restoration, Schenley Park, tagged park, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, trees, TreeVitalize on April 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
American chestnut comes back
Posted in Ecological Restoration, tagged American chestnut, blight, chestnut, hybrid, park, Pittsburgh, research, tree on April 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We thought we’d share some exciting news about the rebirth of the American chestnut that we came across in the Chicago Sun-Times. This is especially interesting to us because our own Phil Gruszka has been part of this research. There’s an orchard in Highland Park that has been part of the chestnut breeding program for years, and we’re glad [...]
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- Frick Park geology tour this Sunday at 10:30! http://www.pittsburghparks.org/uestrainings 3 hours ago
- See pics of how Mellon Park Walled Garden has changed since July: http://wp.me/paf8i-87 2 days ago
- Pgh history on your lunch break? We've got a brand-new video about Mellon Square up! http://www.pittsburghparks.org/mellonsquarevideo 6 days ago
- @PGHCityPaper recaps the Three Rivers Bioneers Conference: http://tinyurl.com/yj7vae2 1 week ago
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