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Trees Matter in Cities – Tree Pittsburgh Featured on National Blog

January 21, 2014 Lindsay

Trees are important in cities for many reasons – they look nice, provide shade, clean the air. But have you ever stopped to think about who takes care of the trees? Sometimes they need a little tender loving care, and sometimes they need someone to advocate for them – that’s where Tree Pittsburgh comes into the picture. Tree Pittsburgh is a non-profit organization that you need to know about. Tree Pittsburgh was started in 2006 (it used to be called Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest). Tree Pittsburgh runs several programs to care for existing trees and to plant more… Read the rest

G-Tree – Help Plant More Trees in Town

August 31, 2011 Lindsay

Lets talk Pittsburgh trees! Trees are an important thing here in the city – they help to keep the air clean and the city cooler. Tree Pittsburgh (which used to be called Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest) is an organization that works with the communities and neighborhoods to preserve and protect Pittsburgh’s urban forest. Tree Pittsburgh has teamed up with Groupon’s charity site, G-Team, to plant more trees in Pittsburgh. This isn’t your usual groupon deal – just an opportunity to use the Groupon platform to help Tree Pittsburgh plant more Trees. Each donation of $10 will plant another… Read the rest

Arbor Aid – Taking Care of Pittsburgh's Trees

October 28, 2010 Lindsay

I know this is short notice for an event but I wanted to highlight this event and the organization that it supports. Arbor Aid is the annual fundraiser for Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest – which is an amazing group that has been working to preserve, protect and plant new trees in Pittsburgh. You may have noticed that Pittsburgh continues to be ranked highly on list of places to live and one of the many reasons that Pittsburgh is getting high scores for liveability is the green space in this city. In Pittsburgh you can afford to live on… Read the rest

Tree Planting in East Liberty

October 30, 2008 Lindsay

Image by alexindigo via FlickrAfter you have some pancakes at the East Liberty Rotary Pancake Breakfast on Saturday you can walk across the street to Peabody high school and join Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest in planting 115 trees along the median on East Liberty Boulevard. All you need to do is show up, tools and trees will be provided. Friend of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest is a great group that is doing a ton of work to inventory, preserve and plant more trees here in Pittsburgh. You can even submit a picture of you next to your favorite… Read the rest

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