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 […]
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.
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