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We are a member-based nonprofit dedicated to protecting and restoring the region’s waters, forests, natural areas and wildlife, planting community trees, gardens and greenspaces, and caring for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater.
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Enjoy Flourishing Gardens, Trees and Downtown Greening in July |
Thanks to plenty of spring rain and summer sun, our 130 community gardens are popping with color. We hope they brighten your commute, daily walk or neighborhood corner!
We’re also enhancing visual interest and ecological benefits and providing food for pollinators by installing native perennial beds, including coneflower, black-eyed Susan, salvia and other native flowers, at 25 more of our community gardens. Native plants in our raingardens and bioswales are mitigating stormwater runoff and helping to prevent flooding.
Pittsburgh’s "sister bridges" – Roberto Clemente, Andy Warhol and Rachel Carson – are finally all open to traffic. Of our 400 hanging flower baskets, funded by Laurel Foundation, 192 of them adorn these bridges! Are you visiting downtown Pittsburgh for a sporting event, concert or show? Enjoy the colorful blooms hanging in baskets and filling 500 street planters, funded by Colcom Foundation.
The 40,000 trees, including native eastern redbud, hophornbeam and oak, that we’ve planted in 73 Pittsburgh neighborhoods and 57 municipalities since 2008, are providing leafy shade for humans and shelter for birds and small animals. They’re also soaking up excess stormwater.
Thank you to the nearly 4,000 volunteers who helped to plant our gardens and trees this spring! We still need garden stewards for several gardens. Or your business, organization or family can sponsor a garden!
At nearly 80 public schools and early childhood centers in our region, students can learn while enjoying the benefits of nature, thanks to our School Grounds Greening program. We’ve replaced asphalt with greenspaces so teachers can take students outdoors to study native plants, observe birds and insects, and explore the natural features around them. To learn more, register for a
free webinar, "School Grounds Greening: Helping Children Learn in and From Nature" on July 31, at noon, ET.
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Volunteer to Build Trails at New French Creek Preserve |
Join us July 20 at 9 a.m. as we break trail at French Creek Hemlocks Natural Area, a brand new 250-acre WPC preserve that borders French Creek in Venango County! Help remove debris and clear brush to create a safe trail for nature enthusiasts to hike, fish, walk and observe wildlife on this preserve that features forests and wetlands.
For more information and to register, contact Andy Zadnik, director of land stewardship, at azadnik@paconserve.org or 412-586-2318.
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Celebrate Five Years of World Heritage! |
On July 10, Fallingwater and seven other Frank Lloyd Wright-designed sites will celebrate five years of inscription to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Celebrate this momentous occasion by visiting Fallingwater in July and discovering art in harmony with nature. Educators will encourage you to experience the house and find meaning in Wright’s organic design of Fallingwater. Can’t visit in July but still want to experience Fallingwater? Find a variety of upcoming events, such as our online webinars and in-person conversations.
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Congratulations to BHE GT&S Watershed Mini-grant Awardees |
Congratulations to 16 local environmental organizations in eight counties that are the 2024 recipients of our Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE GT&S) Watershed Mini-grants, totaling $23,000!
They will use the grants for important efforts such as water quality monitoring, watershed restoration, and organizational promotion and outreach. Read about the history of the grant, the support of BHE GT&S and this year’s recipients.
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Find Invasive Species on a Scavenger Hunt |
Will you help scientists combat invasive species? Participate in PA iMapInvasives' annual statewide "Invasive Species Scavenger Hunt.” This year’s featured species are bamboo (Phyllostachys/Pseudosasa spp.), swallow-wort (any species) (Cynanchum spp.), hammerhead worms (Bipalium spp.), English ivy (Hedera helix) and black jetbead (Rhodotypos scandens).
Register for a free webinar on July 30 at 11 a.m. to learn about the invasive species and how to report observations to iMapInvasives.
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Improve a Community Veggie Garden |
Does your Allegheny County organization grow vegetables in a community garden? Do you need money for tools, seeds, mulch, fencing or other improvements?
We offer Community Garden Sustainability Funds in partnership with Grow Pittsburgh.
Apply through Aug. 1 or let someone else know about this opportunity that supports local gardens and increases food security!
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Download Summer Images |
This stunning view of Lake Erie is taken from Erie Bluffs, an undeveloped portion of the Lake Erie coast. We helped to establish Erie Bluffs State Park and protect Roderick Wildlife Reserve; the landscape harbors a variety of wildlife and several rare plants, and needs special care, too.
We’ve also led ecological restoration and efforts to control invasive species on the land and in the lake. Register for a free screening and panel discussion of our documentary, “Seeing the Unseen: Aquatic Invasives & What’s at Stake,” on Aug. 3 at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center in Erie.
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Fallingwater Museum Store: Rhododendron Bowl |
This July comes a new release to a growing collection! Inspired by the landscape and art of Fallingwater, we are pleased to release a Rhododendron Bowl by artist Christopher Brody. Just as he created the Rhododendron Vase collection released in 2021, Christopher carefully hand carves each piece to echo the balanced design elements and natural features for which Fallingwater is known. Add the new bowl to your growing collection or start your collection today. Now available, exclusively, at the Fallingwater Museum Store.
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Get the rhododendron bowl today
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PROTECT WILD PLACES AND GREEN SPACES
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IT'S OUR NATURE!
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