Why Grow Food?

Whether you are growing in your own garden, a community garden, or purchasing from an urban farm, being an active participant in your local food system has incredible benefits.
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new early childhood education gardens created in 2021-22 school year
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estimated lbs of food grown across 44 Grow Pittsburgh community gardens in 2022
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pounds of food grown in 2022 at our urban farms
Making Handmade Paper from Garden Waste & Invasive Japanese Knotweed

October 21, 2023 1:00 pm

Making Handmade Paper from Garden Waste & Invasive Japanese Knotweed

Participants will partake in an exploration of paper-making processes and Japanese knotweed invasion history while creating sheets of handmade...

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Volunteer Day at Braddock Farms

October 21, 2023 9:30 am

Volunteer Day at Braddock Farms

Join us for our Monthly Volunteer Project at Braddock Farms. Open to anyone wanting to volunteer with Grow Pittsburgh. Braddock Farms is located...

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Applesauce Workshop (hot water bath canning)

October 14, 2023 10:00 am

Applesauce Workshop (hot water bath canning)

Apples thrive in our region in the late summer and fall. Come learn how to preserve some of that delicious abundance by making and canning...

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Ginger and Tumeric School

October 10, 2023 5:30 pm

Ginger and Tumeric School

Did you know you can grow ginger in Pittsburgh? You don’t even need a greenhouse! Come learn about how to grow ginger in your own garden...

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Growing and Processing Small Scale Staple Crops: Corn

October 8, 2023 11:00 am

Growing and Processing Small Scale Staple Crops: Corn

Growing staple crops to feed your friends and family is possible in a small space! In this hands on workshop, Jordan Tony of Homegrown...

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6th Annual Braddock Fall Festival

October 7, 2023 10:00 am

6th Annual Braddock Fall Festival

You’re invited to the 6th Annual Braddock Farm Fall Festival on Saturday, October 7th from 10:00AM-2:00PM at Braddock Farms (1000 Braddock Ave...

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Accessibility for Community Gardens

October 5, 2023 6:00 pm

Accessibility for Community Gardens

How do you make a community garden space as accessible as possible? At this workshop, we will consider: layout and design infrastructure and tools...

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Growing Figs

October 2, 2023 6:00 pm

Growing Figs

Did you ever eat a luscious, juicy, fresh fig? Tastes nothing like your everyday Fig Newton! Come learn about figs’ origin and cultural history...

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Workshops & Events

Urban Garden Map

Check out our interactive urban garden map for places to get growing in your neighborhood. And if you're growing food in or around Pittsburgh, please add your garden.