Unwind surrounded by beautiful blooms during Meet Me in the Garden Happy Hour. Tour the Garden or just head to the Peirce Celebration Garden to sit under the tent to enjoy live music, small plates and the featured drink.

Meet Me in the Garden will feature interesting conversation and activities as social media influencers will add their own flair to the evening. Come experience the Garden in a new way:

• August 21: Dog Days of Summer, bring along your fur baby (on a leash, please)

Held rain or shine. Event included with Daily Admission. Members can bring  nonmember guests for half price. Nonmembers’ admission is Buy-One-Get-One-Free. Food and beverage are additional.

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, but space is limited so registration is required. 

• July 31, 2019
• August 28, 2019
• September 25, 2019
• October 30, 2019

You have heard that Pittsburgh Botanic Garden is working to reclaim its land that was left in a deplorable state following coal extraction throughout the first half of the 20^th Century.  This is a rare opportunity for a guided tour of the Garden’s abandoned mine site area, normally off-limits to the general public. Join Executive Director Keith S. Kaiser for this exclusive, Members-Only walk to see and learn about the reclamation and reforestation work being done at the Garden. This is a Members-Only event, rain or shine.

$5 Members Only

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

Join us for Grow the Garden Day on the last Wednesday of each month during our growing season. This is the last one for the year. 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. 

Space is limited so registration is required. 

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

Wednesday, November 6

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.

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