Thinking about starting your own vegetable garden?
Purchasing Grow Pittsburgh’s plant seedlings is a great way to diversify your budding garden while supporting local sustainable agriculture.
Even in the dead of winter Grow Pittsburgh staff is hard at work in the greenhouse at The Frick growing vegetables for our partner restaurants and starting seedlings for the next season. These seedlings are then planted at Grow Pittsburgh’s farm sites, donated to various community gardens, or sold to the public at several locations around Pittsburgh. We offer a wide variety of seedlings including; heirloom tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and some specialty fruits, vegetables, and herbs such as; strawberries, asparagus, and lemon verbena. A full list of our 2011 seedling availability can be foundhere. Although the seedlings are not certified organic they are grown according to national organic guidelines.
Ready to purchase your seedlings but in need of some guidance as far as planting, care, and harvest? Here's a handy guidebook for all of the seedlings we have available this year!
Beginning on May 3, 2011 and running through mid June, Grow Pittsburgh seedlings can be purchased at the Frick Greenhouse in Point Breeze Tuesday - Sunday between 10am & 5pm as well as at local Grow Pittsburgh partners; Today’s Market in Oakmont, The Urban Gardener in the North Side, Whole Foods Market in East Liberty, and Nature's Way in Greensburg.
Why purchase Grow Pittsburgh Seedlings?
When you buy a Grow Pittsburgh grown seedling you're not just purchasing a healthy, organic and locally grown plant, you're also supporting one of Grow Pittsburgh's many community building programs.
The money generated from our seedling sales help to support our work in Pittsburgh Public Schools through our Edible Schoolyard program, our work building community gardens through our City Growers program, and our work employing and training local highschool youth in sustainable urban agriculture production through our Summer Youth Internship program.
We here at Grow Pittsburgh greatly value your support and we are especially happy to be providing you with the resources you need to help your gardens grow!
