Children and adults will observe nature and capture those details to create a unique nature journal.  Charcoal and pencils will be used to create rough sketches. All materials provided, and children will take home their journal. 

$5 Child Member | $15 Child Nonmember

Cost includes one child and one adult. Ideal for children ages 7 – 12.

Join us for our next travel adventure! Keith Kaiser, Executive Director of Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, will be leading a day trip to Holden Forests and Gardens.   Trip highlights include guided tours of both the Holden Arboretum and Cleveland Botanical Garden. As one of the largest public gardens in the country, these spaces offer a lot to explore! Stroll along the Murch Canopy Walk to get a unique perspective of the forest and climb the Kalberer Family Emergent Tower for beautiful, sweeping views. Get a behind the scenes look at Lantern Court, a historical home that sits on 25 acres of gardens. Price includes travel by motor coach, picnic lunch, dinner, admission to all scheduled attractions, as well as all guided tours.  The deadline to register is August 23rd, so save your spot today!

Members $155 | Nonmembers $195

Note:  This is a walking tour. Please wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather. Cars can remain at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden for the day.

Join us for Grow the Garden Day on the last Wednesday of each month during our growing season. You will be helping the Garden, learning about gardening and a meeting a great group of people.

No gardening expertise? No problem! Our Horticulture staff will guide you in projects such as trail maintenance, planting, removal of invasive species and weeding. All tools and equipment provided. Grow the Garden Days take place rain or shine, so dress for the weather and bring a bottle of water. 

Come one month or every month. Space is limited so registration is required. 

Heather Holm is an award-winning author and nationally sought-after speaker who is passionate about the world of bees and the native plants that support them. Her latest book, Bees, was published in 2017 and won 6 awards including the 2018 American Horticultural Society Book Award. 

Heather will provide valuable information on how gardeners, homeowners and green industry professionals can conserve the native bees’ habitat. Her presentation will be visually reinforced by our recently opened Hillside Pollinator Garden. The Hillside Pollinator garden includes a half acre of seasonal terraced floral beds that will play a major role in caring for our region’s pollinators.

Join us on Thursday, September 26. As part of the Garden’s Lecture Series, a reception will begin at 5:30 pm to meet Heather Holm, visit the Hillside Pollinator Garden, and enjoy light refreshments. The presentation will begin at 6 pm.

$25 Members | $35 Nonmembers

Participants will join Heather Holm, expert on native pollinators, to catch and identify native pollinators in the Margaret Lawrence Simon Dogwood Meadow. Heather will discuss the pollinators’ habitat needs and life cycle patterns. She will talk about techniques that gardeners, homeowners and green industry professionals can do to protect and enhance pollinator habitat. Held rain or shine.

$20 Member | $30 Nonmember

Visit the Heritage Homestead and learn about the heritage apple trees growing in the orchard.  Learn about the process of making apple cider and try your hand at the apple cider press.  Make an apple themed craft to take home.

Join us every Sunday in October for a fun Garden related afternoon.  Each Sunday, we will have a different theme and related hands-on activities.  Learn about our history, and visit our 1780’s Log House.  Check out an Adventure Backpack or a scavenger hunt, and explore the Garden.  

Included with daily admission. 

RADical Days is an annual thank you to the public with free admission, tours, performances, and family activities offered by organizations and attractions funded by RAD (Allegheny Regional Asset District).

Come celebrate at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden. Lots to do: visit the new Hillside Pollinator Garden, stop by the Apiary, borrow a backpack filled with field guides and activities for walking in the Woodlands or come sit by the Lotus Pond in the Japanese Garden. Fun for all ages, and your dog is welcome too.

Dahlias come in an astounding range of forms and colors, and bloom late in the season until the first frost.  Visit the Garden to learn about dahlias, and enjoy a display put together by the Dahlia Society.  Create a flower related craft to take home.  

Join us every Sunday in October for a fun Garden related afternoon.  Each Sunday, we will have a different theme and related hands-on activities.  Learn about our history, and visit our 1780’s Log House.  Check out an Adventure Backpack or a scavenger hunt, and explore the Garden.  

Included with daily admission

Enjoy fall foliage at it’s best, with a Fall walk through the Garden.  Collect fallen leaves during your walk, to incorporate into a craft project to take home.  

Join us every Sunday in October for a fun Garden related afternoon.  Each Sunday, we will have a different theme and related hands-on activities.  Learn about our history, and visit our 1780’s Log House.  Check out an Adventure Backpack or a scavenger hunt, and explore the Garden.  

Included with daily admission. 

Just in time for Halloween, come learn about these fascinating creatures! Find out about the diversity of bats, their unique habits, and the ecological role the fill.  Learn how to create a habitat that is friendly toward these important animals in your neighborhood.  Work on a bat related craft to take home.  

Join us every Sunday in October for a fun Garden related afternoon.  Each Sunday, we will have a different theme and related hands-on activities.  Learn about our history, and visit our 1780’s Log House.  Check out an Adventure Backpack or a scavenger hunt, and explore the Garden.  

Included with daily admission. 

From Garden to French Table – A Gala Tribute to Daniel Boulud

Wednesday, November 6, at the Duquesne Club

As in prior years, Pittsburgh Botanic Garden will host a phenomenal dinner prepared by the city’s finest chefs. 

The evening will be a tribute to Daniel Boulud, considered one of America’s leading culinary authorities. A native of Lyon, France, he is Chef-Owner of 13 restaurants around the world and is best known for his eponymous, exquisitely refined DANIEL on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

From Garden to French Table supports Pittsburgh Botanic Garden and its mission to inspire people to value plants, garden design and the natural world by cultivating plant collections of the Allegheny Plateau and temperate regions, creating display gardens, conducting educational programs and conserving the environment.

Tickets

Each reservation includes cocktails, dinner and complimentary self parking. Details to follow. 

$1,000 Benefactor

Includes one event reservation for the exclusive opportunity to dine with Daniel Boulud at his group table. Also includes cocktails with the honoree and a program listing. Reservations very limited. 

$650 Patron

Includes one reservation for cocktails with Daniel Boulud, tribute dinner and a program listing. 

$375 Individual 

One event reservation for cocktail reception and tribute dinner. 

Corporate sponsorships are available. For more information contact Beth Exton, Development Director, at 412-444-4464, ext. 223 or bexton@pittsburghbotanicgarden.org.