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.
- Bolstering Food Security
- Helping the Environment
- Eliminating Food Apartheid Areas
- Increasing Access to Nutritious Food
- Helping Folks Save Money
- Creating a Sense of Place
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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