Boyce Park Nature Center
Address: 675 Old Frankstown Road, Plum
Contact: 724.733.4618, or alleghenycounty.us/parks
Did you know that Boyce Nature Center has programs
and classes to help you become a better gardener this spring?
Past topics include rain gardens, storybook gardens, kitchen
gardens, environmental children’s gardening and more. Visit
the website for more information.
Butterfly Garden at Greensburg Garden Center
Address: 951 Old Salem Road, Greensburg
Contact: 724.837.0245, or
sites.google.com/site/greensburggardencenter
Date: Opens June 10
Are you fascinated by butterflies? See some of these magical
insects up close at the new butterfly garden located behind the
Greensburg Garden and Civic Center at the Garden
House. The garden features a beautiful natural stone
waterfall, butterflies, rose bushes and so much more! Visit the
website for more information.
Frick Art and Historical Center Greenhouse
Address: 7227 Reynolds Street, Pittsburgh
Contact: 412.371.0600, or
thefrickpittsburgh.org/about/gardens-architecture
Dates: Open year-round*
Winter doesn’t mean that you have to stop growing! Check
out this active greenhouse that is a renovation and partial
reconstruction of one that served the Frick family from 1897
through the 1970s. Marvel at the wide variety of herbs and
other plants for ideas and inspiration. Visit the website for more
information.
Blackridge Garden Club
Contact: blackridgegardenclub.com, or
facebook.com/BlackridgeGardenClub
Beautifying the “corners!” All spring and summer, teams of
volunteers are working on the Blackridge corners—the club’s
primary mission. If you would like to participate by helping to
plant, weed or water, please contact the club to get connected.
Visit the website for more information.
Cedar Creek Park
Address: 108 Evergreen Drive, Belle Vernon
Contact: 724.830.3950, or co.westmoreland.pa.us
Date: Most spring wildflowers bloom mid-April to early May
Welcome spring by viewing wildflowers at Cedar Creek
Park! Enjoy the vibrant blooming bluebells, phlox, buttercup
and trillium. Visit the website for more details.
Churchill Garden Club
Contact: churchillborough.com/around-town/churchillarea-garden-club.aspx
Making Churchill a beautiful place to live! This club’s goal
is to “promote an interest in horticulture, an appreciation
of artistic design and an awareness of ecology and the
environment.” Visit the website for more information.
Chatham University Arboretum
Address: 1 Woodland Road, Pittsburgh
Contact: 412.365.1100, or chatham.edu/about/arboretum
Date: Open year-round*
With elements designed for the original Andrew Mellon
estate by the renowned Olmsted Brothers, the Chatham
University campus is one of the most idyllic locations in the
City of Pittsburgh. Chatham’s 39-acre campus encompasses a
32-acre arboretum featuring 115 different varieties of species,
including the Japanese Flowering Crabapple, River Birch and
Kentucky Coffee trees. Visit the website for more information.
Edgewood Garden Club
Contact: psy.cmu.edu/~ttreasure/egc-links.html
Organized in 1940, this garden club is a member of the
Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania and the National
Council of State Garden Clubs.