Eight Unsung Spots #3: Highland Park Seasonal Pools

What do you get when you cross a lawnmower with a huge, completely flat field of grass that just happens to be located at the foot of a very steep hill?
If you answered “a maintenance nightmare,” you’ll appreciate one of the Conservancy’s lesser-known capital projects, known as the Highland Park seasonal pools.  Once a large [...]

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Photographic Atlas of Plants of Pittsburgh Parks

We’re starting a new series on the blog today called the Photographic Atlas of Plants of Pittsburgh Parks.  Our beautiful parks are biological treasures nested and locked in an urban environment.  The plants and animals are reservoirs of the biological diversity that once existed.  This series will feature those special, unique, and common species that [...]

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A glimpse into the past

It’s been a busy few weeks of looking toward the future at the Parks Conservancy: breaking ground on the restoration of the Mellon Park Walled Garden, getting set to develop a plan for restoring Mellon Square downtown, setting up lecture series and symposia, to name a few.  But then one day I got an e-mail [...]

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