Join Penn State Extension Agent Glenn Bubb for a pest and disease walk around Braddock Farm. We will check on all the crops on this one acre mixed vegetable urban farm. We’ll take special note of how tomato crops are doing as well as the fall greens and cabbage. Glenn will share tips on diagnosis […]
Join us for our Monthly Volunteer Project at Braddock Farms. Open to anyone wanting to volunteer with Grow Pittsburgh. Braddock Farms is located at 1000 Braddock Avenue, Braddock, PA, 15104. The type of volunteer work you can expect: Mulching pathways, weeding and cultivating garden beds, general clean-up and beautification of the farm and the surrounding […]
The Garden Get Down is our annual celebration that uplifts fresh food and gardening, while raising money to support Grow Pittsburgh’s programming across our community. Join us on Wednesday, August 23, to celebrate the many ways that growing and sharing fresh local food is helping neighborhoods across Allegheny County. BUY TICKETS
Learn how to grow and care for your home tomato garden. Farmers Tara & Hanna will guide participants through the Shiloh tomato field and discuss everything from seed selection and transplanting, to trellising and pruning, harvesting best practices, to pest and disease management. We will share insight into favorite preparations & uses. Plus, we will […]
Come and learn how to get started with your tomato canning projects! In this workshop we will go over the equipment and processes for safely preparing tomato sauce for winter use. After the workshop participants can visit the Braddock Farmstand to purchase bulk tomatoes for canning.
Come check out Shiloh Farm and see all the food and community we are growing in North Point Breeze. Take a tour of our quarter-acre production farm and meet our laying hens, honeybees, and more! We will have free food cooking on the grill, tomato-tasting, and art activities for kids and adults.
Have you ever tasted a pawpaw? Do you know what a pawpaw is? Come to Garden Dreams to sample local pawpaws as they ripen. Gabrielle Marsden will explain their anachronistic ways and discuss the beautiful zebra swallowtail butterfly that will soon return to Pittsburgh after an absence of a hundred years! Maybe you can help […]
Have you ever tasted a pawpaw? Do you know what a pawpaw is? Come to Garden Dreams to sample local pawpaws as they ripen. Gabrielle Marsden will explain their anachronistic ways and discuss the beautiful zebra swallowtail butterfly that will soon return to Pittsburgh after an absence of a hundred years! Maybe you can help […]
Join us for our Monthly Volunteer Project at Braddock Farms. Open to anyone wanting to volunteer with Grow Pittsburgh. Braddock Farms is located at 1000 Braddock Avenue, Braddock, PA, 15104. The type of volunteer work you can expect: Mulching pathways, weeding and cultivating garden beds, general clean-up and beautification of the farm and the surrounding […]
We will demo how to preserve our favorite roasted tomato salsa! We will go through the whole process of cooking & canning the salsa in the Braddock Outdoor Kitchen. We will have copies of the recipe and you will be able to purchase all of the veggies in the salsa at the Braddock Farm Stand […]
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