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 […]
Join us on June 23rd and 24th for all things pollination as we conclude Pollinator Week and our annual seedling sale! Programming and workshops will be taking place during open hours on Friday and Saturday. Featuring kids activities and workshops on Native Plants and Pollinators, Herbs for Pollinators and People, How to Build a Bug […]
In June, we’re taking a field trip to Natrona Heights, PA—about 25 miles northeast of Pittsburgh—where owner operator Megan Gallagher started be.wild.er farm in 2016. This 2 acre market farm utilizes pollinator strips and people power, “relying on mostly hand tools and a small walk-behind tractor.” Their jaw-dropping veggie displays are a staple at the […]
Growing berries is one of the most rewarding home crops. Learn how Braddock Farm grows Red Raspberries, Black Raspberries, Blackberries and Grapes
Learn about the many great benefits of raising chickens in your backyard. Chickens are inexpensive and easy to maintain, and their eggs are beautiful, great-tasting & nutritious. Participants will leave this workshop with the knowledge they need to raise their own flock.
Owner Collette Walsh will show us around her new main field site in Braddock, PA, after moving from an incubator site at Hill Top Urban Farm. Learn about the site preparation steps she took and what remediation is necessary for starting a new farm, as well as how to transition from an incubator farm to a […]
Join Grow Pittsburgh and BOLD for a free Family Garden Movie Night. Bring your own lawn chairs and snacks. We will have popcorn and soda. This film will be accessible to the blind and will be audio described. BOLD (Blind Outdoor Leisurely Development). Audio description is voice narration that describes what is happening on the […]
Join us for our 5th annual Pittsburgh Zucchini Festival! Enter your zucchini into our biggest zucchini contest weigh-off. Bring a zucchini dish to share in our zucchini cook-off, and practice your zucchini skills in our Zucchini Olympics, including the famous Zucchini Home Run Derby. Featuring fresh zucchini from Braddock Farm. Our farm stand will also […]
Join our partners at City of Asylum for this author event, moderated by our own Denele Hughson. This program welcomes poet and scholar Camille T. Dungy for a reading and conversation surrounding her essay collection, Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden. Soil is a seminal work that expands how we talk about the natural world […]
Join us for a Farm to Table dinner with Patagonia on August 13th at Ineffable Café. Come enjoy a three-course meal from Veggies N’at, with drinks provided by Goodlander Cocktail Brewery. Doors will open at 6PM with dinner being served at 6:30PM. This event is a fundraiser with sliding-scale tickets. Please give as generously as […]
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