Children and parents will have a blast getting inspired by nature and engaging the senses at Young Artists in the Garden! Each program includes activities like coloring, reading books, making a craft and playing games – all relating to a new garden topic. Bring a friend and join the fun in the Weisbrod Learning Pavilion, located in the Garden of the Five Senses.

Program Fee:

Young Artists in the Garden is included with regular daily admission. Don’t forget – members visit free!

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discounted ticket, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

For details or questions about Young Artists in the Garden, please email Moira Aulbach (Education & Volunteer Coordinator) at maulbach@pittsburghbotanicgarden.org.

Practicing Tai Chi Qigong at the Garden allows you to connect with the beauty and power of the natural world and to feel your place among the trees, birds, clouds and plants. You will learn to slow down and listen to yourself to integrate and enliven body, mind and spirit. Explore stillness and motion to find balance, resilience, strength and grace.  No equipment or experience necessary.

Classes are led by certified instructor, Gurney Bolster, founder of Tai Chi for Health Pittsburgh 

Program Fee

$15 Member | $20 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Children and parents will have a blast getting inspired by nature and engaging the senses at Young Artists in the Garden! Each program includes activities like coloring, reading books, making a craft and playing games – all relating to a new garden topic. Bring a friend and join the fun in the Weisbrod Learning Pavilion, located in the Garden of the Five Senses.

Program Fee:

Young Artists in the Garden is included with regular daily admission. Don’t forget – members visit free!

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discounted ticket, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

For details or questions about Young Artists in the Garden, please email Moira Aulbach (Education & Volunteer Coordinator) at maulbach@pittsburghbotanicgarden.org.

Enjoy a relaxing nature-inspired guided imagery and sound healing meditation with Dorit Brauer. She is the founder and owner of the Brauer Institute for Holistic Medicine, Award-Winning Artist and Author.

Meditation will help you to:

• Learn to relax and deal in a better way with stressful situations of everyday life
• Learn how your thinking influences the quality of your life
• Learn how to achieve positive changes in your body through the power of your mind
• Strengthen your immune health
• Build your resilience
• Experience inner peace and clarity

The guided meditation is accompanied by the relaxing sound of Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls, which induce alpha wave level activity of the brain, balance the hemispheres of the brain and resonate within every cell of your body, creating health, balance and harmony.

Please bring a mat, blanket, and pillow or a folding chair and wear comfortable clothing.

Program fee:

$20 Member | $25 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden requires masks in all indoor spaces until further notice.

Certified instructors from Yoga H’Om lead sessions aimed at improving flexibility, strength, and mind-body connection. Pittsburgh Botanic Garden’s peaceful gardens and woodlands provide an excellent environment to focus and immerse yourself in this practice. Please bring your own yoga mat for the session. Yoga at the Garden is suitable for adults, 18 or older, and is open to individuals of all levels of yoga experience. 

Program Fee:

$15 Member | $20 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Practicing Tai Chi Qigong at the Garden allows you to connect with the beauty and power of the natural world and to feel your place among the trees, birds, clouds and plants. You will learn to slow down and listen to yourself to integrate and enliven body, mind and spirit. Explore stillness and motion to find balance, resilience, strength and grace.  No equipment or experience necessary.

Classes are led by certified instructor, Gurney Bolster, founder of Tai Chi for Health Pittsburgh 

Program Fee

$15 Member | $20 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Enjoy a relaxing nature-inspired guided imagery and sound healing meditation with Dorit Brauer. She is the founder and owner of the Brauer Institute for Holistic Medicine, Award-Winning Artist and Author.

Meditation will help you to:

• Learn to relax and deal in a better way with stressful situations of everyday life
• Learn how your thinking influences the quality of your life
• Learn how to achieve positive changes in your body through the power of your mind
• Strengthen your immune health
• Build your resilience
• Experience inner peace and clarity

The guided meditation is accompanied by the relaxing sound of Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls, which induce alpha wave level activity of the brain, balance the hemispheres of the brain and resonate within every cell of your body, creating health, balance and harmony.

Please bring a mat, blanket, and pillow or a folding chair and wear comfortable clothing.

Program fee:

$20 Member | $25 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden requires masks in all indoor spaces until further notice.

Certified instructors from Yoga H’Om lead sessions aimed at improving flexibility, strength, and mind-body connection. Pittsburgh Botanic Garden’s peaceful gardens and woodlands provide an excellent environment to focus and immerse yourself in this practice. Please bring your own yoga mat for the session. Yoga at the Garden is suitable for adults, 18 or older, and is open to individuals of all levels of yoga experience. 

Program Fee:

$15 Member | $20 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Children and parents will have a blast getting inspired by nature and engaging the senses at Young Artists in the Garden! Each program includes activities like coloring, reading books, making a craft and playing games – all relating to a new garden topic. Bring a friend and join the fun in the Weisbrod Learning Pavilion, located in the Garden of the Five Senses.

Program Fee:

Young Artists in the Garden is included with regular daily admission. Don’t forget – members visit free!

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discounted ticket, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

For details or questions about Young Artists in the Garden, please email Moira Aulbach (Education & Volunteer Coordinator) at maulbach@pittsburghbotanicgarden.org.

You’re familiar with the words “forest” and “bathing,” but how about when you combine them? Developed in Japan during the 1980s, Forest Bathing (in Japanese, its “shinrin-yoku”), or Forest Therapy, is more than just meandering through the woods; it’s an immersive experience where you consciously take in the sights, sounds, and smells of the forest. It’s not about doing anything strenuous or getting your heart rate up — rather, the point is to slow down and fully experience in your own individual way what the forest has to offer.  

Forest Therapy offers scientifically documented health benefits, including reduced stress, improved mental clarity, and boosted immune function. Your walk will last just over two hours. With Dr. Doug Jones’s guidance, you’ll wander along our trails, stopping every so often for invitations designed to maximize being present and deepen your connection with nature.  

No advance preparation is needed other than arriving ten minutes early for the walk and dressing appropriately for the weather. We will walk rain or shine, except when there is lightning or an extended downpour. The paths are well groomed and on rolling terrain. 

Program fee:

$35 Member | $45 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Flowers are beautiful and there is more to them than meets the eye! They produce nectar for pollinators and produce seeds that will grow into new plants, some of the flowers even have healing properties. For this badge, explore the science of flowers, create a floral art project and learn the traditional hidden meanings behind flowers that are given as gifts. This program is suitable for Girl Scouts accompanied by their leader as part of their electives. Pre-registration is required.

Registration

Date & Time

Details

Practicing Tai Chi Qigong at the Garden allows you to connect with the beauty and power of the natural world and to feel your place among the trees, birds, clouds and plants. You will learn to slow down and listen to yourself to integrate and enliven body, mind and spirit. Explore stillness and motion to find balance, resilience, strength and grace.  No equipment or experience necessary.

Classes are led by certified instructor, Gurney Bolster, founder of Tai Chi for Health Pittsburgh 

Program Fee

$15 Member | $20 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Ever wanted to be a nature explorer? This is your chance! Join an outdoor educator to explore different habitats at the Garden, and learn about the plants and animals that call that habitat home. Sharpen your nature journaling and science skills and engage in hands-on learning outdoors. Each day, campers will be learning about an outdoor science career path.

Ages: 7 – 11 years

Program Fee:

Members $120 | Nonmembers $130

(Masks required while indoors until further notice.)

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered as a member on our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Children and parents will have a blast getting inspired by nature and engaging the senses at Young Artists in the Garden! Each program includes activities like coloring, reading books, making a craft and playing games – all relating to a new garden topic. Bring a friend and join the fun in the Weisbrod Learning Pavilion, located in the Garden of the Five Senses.

Program Fee:

Young Artists in the Garden is included with regular daily admission. Don’t forget – members visit free!

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discounted ticket, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

For details or questions about Young Artists in the Garden, please email Moira Aulbach (Education & Volunteer Coordinator) at maulbach@pittsburghbotanicgarden.org.

Enjoy a relaxing nature-inspired guided imagery and sound healing meditation with Dorit Brauer. She is the founder and owner of the Brauer Institute for Holistic Medicine, Award-Winning Artist and Author.

Meditation will help you to:

• Learn to relax and deal in a better way with stressful situations of everyday life
• Learn how your thinking influences the quality of your life
• Learn how to achieve positive changes in your body through the power of your mind
• Strengthen your immune health
• Build your resilience
• Experience inner peace and clarity

The guided meditation is accompanied by the relaxing sound of Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls, which induce alpha wave level activity of the brain, balance the hemispheres of the brain and resonate within every cell of your body, creating health, balance and harmony.

Please bring a mat, blanket, and pillow or a folding chair and wear comfortable clothing.

Program fee:

$20 Member | $25 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden requires masks in all indoor spaces until further notice.

Spend a summer night under the stars at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden as you enjoy the musical stylings of an 8-piece band, featuring Benny Benack Jr. & Benny Benack III. Joining Benny III from New York City are some remarkably talented young stars of Jazz today, Alex Claffy on bass and Joe Peri on drums. Surround yourself with blooms and tunes in the Peirce Celebration Garden, and enjoy a pop-up café and bar in the Davidson Events Center.

Ticket Options

VIP | $120

Members receive $20 discount

Includes a reserved seat at a table for up to 4 people, plus a drink ticket for use at the pop-up bar. Tables will be located with prime view of the band. VIP tickets are limited.

General Admission | $85

Members receive $20 discount

Includes individual seat located behind VIP outside Davidson Event Center. Seats selected on a first come, first served basis.

Event Schedule

5:30pm – Doors open (Enter at Davidson Event Center)

7:00pm – Music begins in Peirce Celebration Garden

Members-Only Presale

Presale tickets available for members from April 4 through April 17, general on-sale begins April 18. Members, please sign in to receive discounted ticket price and purchase presale tickets.

Notes:

Guests must be 21 years of age or older to attend. Seating and stage will be outdoors, under a tent in Peirce Celebration Garden. No dogs are permitted for this event. In order to ensure seating at a VIP table, please reserve 4 tickets in one transaction. VIP groups smaller than 4 may be seated together. Number of discounted member tickets is based on membership level.

Children and parents will have a blast getting inspired by nature and engaging the senses at Young Artists in the Garden! Each program includes activities like coloring, reading books, making a craft and playing games – all relating to a new garden topic. Bring a friend and join the fun in the Weisbrod Learning Pavilion, located in the Garden of the Five Senses.

Program Fee:

Young Artists in the Garden is included with regular daily admission. Don’t forget – members visit free!

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discounted ticket, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

For details or questions about Young Artists in the Garden, please email Moira Aulbach (Education & Volunteer Coordinator) at maulbach@pittsburghbotanicgarden.org.

You’re familiar with the words “forest” and “bathing,” but how about when you combine them? Developed in Japan during the 1980s, Forest Bathing (in Japanese, its “shinrin-yoku”), or Forest Therapy, is more than just meandering through the woods; it’s an immersive experience where you consciously take in the sights, sounds, and smells of the forest. It’s not about doing anything strenuous or getting your heart rate up — rather, the point is to slow down and fully experience in your own individual way what the forest has to offer.  

Forest Therapy offers scientifically documented health benefits, including reduced stress, improved mental clarity, and boosted immune function. Your walk will last just over two hours. With Dr. Doug Jones’s guidance, you’ll wander along our trails, stopping every so often for invitations designed to maximize being present and deepen your connection with nature.  

No advance preparation is needed other than arriving ten minutes early for the walk and dressing appropriately for the weather. We will walk rain or shine, except when there is lightning or an extended downpour. The paths are well groomed and on rolling terrain. 

Program fee:

$35 Member | $45 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Practicing Tai Chi Qigong at the Garden allows you to connect with the beauty and power of the natural world and to feel your place among the trees, birds, clouds and plants. You will learn to slow down and listen to yourself to integrate and enliven body, mind and spirit. Explore stillness and motion to find balance, resilience, strength and grace.  No equipment or experience necessary.

Classes are led by certified instructor, Gurney Bolster, founder of Tai Chi for Health Pittsburgh 

Program Fee

$15 Member | $20 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Children and parents will have a blast getting inspired by nature and engaging the senses at Young Artists in the Garden! Each program includes activities like coloring, reading books, making a craft and playing games – all relating to a new garden topic. Bring a friend and join the fun in the Weisbrod Learning Pavilion, located in the Garden of the Five Senses.

Program Fee:

Young Artists in the Garden is included with regular daily admission. Don’t forget – members visit free!

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discounted ticket, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

For details or questions about Young Artists in the Garden, please email Moira Aulbach (Education & Volunteer Coordinator) at maulbach@pittsburghbotanicgarden.org.

Enjoy a relaxing nature-inspired guided imagery and sound healing meditation with Dorit Brauer. She is the founder and owner of the Brauer Institute for Holistic Medicine, Award-Winning Artist and Author.

Meditation will help you to:

• Learn to relax and deal in a better way with stressful situations of everyday life
• Learn how your thinking influences the quality of your life
• Learn how to achieve positive changes in your body through the power of your mind
• Strengthen your immune health
• Build your resilience
• Experience inner peace and clarity

The guided meditation is accompanied by the relaxing sound of Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls, which induce alpha wave level activity of the brain, balance the hemispheres of the brain and resonate within every cell of your body, creating health, balance and harmony.

Please bring a mat, blanket, and pillow or a folding chair and wear comfortable clothing.

Program fee:

$20 Member | $25 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden requires masks in all indoor spaces until further notice.

What makes a bird a bird?  Learn about the common birds of Pennsylvania and use binoculars to look for them throughout the Garden. Explore nest boxes, and build bird feeders to attract local birds. Learn about careers that relate to birds and conservation.

Ages: 7 – 11 years

Program Fee:

Members $50 | Nonmembers $60

(Masks required while indoors until further notice.)

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered as a member on our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Certified instructors from Yoga H’Om lead sessions aimed at improving flexibility, strength, and mind-body connection. Pittsburgh Botanic Garden’s peaceful gardens and woodlands provide an excellent environment to focus and immerse yourself in this practice. Please bring your own yoga mat for the session. Yoga at the Garden is suitable for adults, 18 or older, and is open to individuals of all levels of yoga experience. 

Program Fee:

$15 Member | $20 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Practicing Tai Chi Qigong at the Garden allows you to connect with the beauty and power of the natural world and to feel your place among the trees, birds, clouds and plants. You will learn to slow down and listen to yourself to integrate and enliven body, mind and spirit. Explore stillness and motion to find balance, resilience, strength and grace.  No equipment or experience necessary.

Classes are led by certified instructor, Gurney Bolster, founder of Tai Chi for Health Pittsburgh 

Program Fee

$15 Member | $20 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Experience Pittsburgh Botanic Garden in a way that you have never experienced before: in the gloaming. Forest Therapy is more than just meandering through the woods; it’s an immersive experience where you consciously take in the sights, sounds, and smells of the forest. It’s not about doing anything strenuous or getting your heart rate up — rather, the point is to slow down and fully experience in your own individual way what the forest has to offer. With guidance from Certified Forest Therapy Guide Doug Jones, who knows what surprises nature will have in store during the softening light and quiet of dusk?  

No advance preparation is needed other than arriving ten minutes early for the walk and dressing appropriately for the weather. We will walk rain or shine, except when there is lightning or an extended downpour. The paths are well groomed on rolling terrain. 

Program fee:

$35 Member | $45 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Join Doug Oster from Gardening with Doug, and Keith S. Kaiser, Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Executive Director, for a walk through our gardens and woodlands to view and learn about herbaceous perennials of summer.

$35 Members | $45 Nonmembers

Program fee includes lunch and all-day Admission to the Garden.

Masks and social distancing are required in all indoor spaces at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden. Program registration may be limited to ensure proper social distancing.

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Children and parents will have a blast getting inspired by nature and engaging the senses at Young Artists in the Garden! Each program includes activities like coloring, reading books, making a craft and playing games – all relating to a new garden topic. Bring a friend and join the fun in the Weisbrod Learning Pavilion, located in the Garden of the Five Senses.

Program Fee:

Young Artists in the Garden is included with regular daily admission. Don’t forget – members visit free!

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discounted ticket, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

For details or questions about Young Artists in the Garden, please email Moira Aulbach (Education & Volunteer Coordinator) at maulbach@pittsburghbotanicgarden.org.

Enjoy a relaxing nature-inspired guided imagery and sound healing meditation with Dorit Brauer. She is the founder and owner of the Brauer Institute for Holistic Medicine, Award-Winning Artist and Author.

Meditation will help you to:

• Learn to relax and deal in a better way with stressful situations of everyday life
• Learn how your thinking influences the quality of your life
• Learn how to achieve positive changes in your body through the power of your mind
• Strengthen your immune health
• Build your resilience
• Experience inner peace and clarity

The guided meditation is accompanied by the relaxing sound of Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls, which induce alpha wave level activity of the brain, balance the hemispheres of the brain and resonate within every cell of your body, creating health, balance and harmony.

Please bring a mat, blanket, and pillow or a folding chair and wear comfortable clothing.

Program fee:

$20 Member | $25 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden requires masks in all indoor spaces until further notice.

Certified instructors from Yoga H’Om lead sessions aimed at improving flexibility, strength, and mind-body connection. Pittsburgh Botanic Garden’s peaceful gardens and woodlands provide an excellent environment to focus and immerse yourself in this practice. Please bring your own yoga mat for the session. Yoga at the Garden is suitable for adults, 18 or older, and is open to individuals of all levels of yoga experience. 

Program Fee:

$15 Member | $20 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Practicing Tai Chi Qigong at the Garden allows you to connect with the beauty and power of the natural world and to feel your place among the trees, birds, clouds and plants. You will learn to slow down and listen to yourself to integrate and enliven body, mind and spirit. Explore stillness and motion to find balance, resilience, strength and grace.  No equipment or experience necessary.

Classes are led by certified instructor, Gurney Bolster, founder of Tai Chi for Health Pittsburgh 

Program Fee

$15 Member | $20 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

What was life like in pioneer times? Come explore a restored log home, chicken coop and garden. Learn what life was like in the 1780s by engaging in hands-on activities such as gardening, washing clothes  and grinding grain the old fashioned way. Put down those electronics for some old fashioned games.

Ages: 7 – 11 years

Program Fee:

Members $50 | Nonmembers $60

(Masks required while indoors until further notice.)

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered as a member on our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Enjoy a relaxing nature-inspired guided imagery and sound healing meditation with Dorit Brauer. She is the founder and owner of the Brauer Institute for Holistic Medicine, Award-Winning Artist and Author.

Meditation will help you to:

• Learn to relax and deal in a better way with stressful situations of everyday life
• Learn how your thinking influences the quality of your life
• Learn how to achieve positive changes in your body through the power of your mind
• Strengthen your immune health
• Build your resilience
• Experience inner peace and clarity

The guided meditation is accompanied by the relaxing sound of Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls, which induce alpha wave level activity of the brain, balance the hemispheres of the brain and resonate within every cell of your body, creating health, balance and harmony.

Please bring a mat, blanket, and pillow or a folding chair and wear comfortable clothing.

Program fee:

$20 Member | $25 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden requires masks in all indoor spaces until further notice.

Certified instructors from Yoga H’Om lead sessions aimed at improving flexibility, strength, and mind-body connection. Pittsburgh Botanic Garden’s peaceful gardens and woodlands provide an excellent environment to focus and immerse yourself in this practice. Please bring your own yoga mat for the session. Yoga at the Garden is suitable for adults, 18 or older, and is open to individuals of all levels of yoga experience. 

Program Fee:

$15 Member | $20 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Children and parents will have a blast getting inspired by nature and engaging the senses at Young Artists in the Garden! Each program includes activities like coloring, reading books, making a craft and playing games – all relating to a new garden topic. Bring a friend and join the fun in the Weisbrod Learning Pavilion, located in the Garden of the Five Senses.

Program Fee:

Young Artists in the Garden is included with regular daily admission. Don’t forget – members visit free!

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discounted ticket, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

For details or questions about Young Artists in the Garden, please email Moira Aulbach (Education & Volunteer Coordinator) at maulbach@pittsburghbotanicgarden.org.

Bugs help people and the environment! There are a variety of “bugs”, including insects and spiders that are an important part of a habitat. For this badge, we will observe them in their natural environment, read a book about bugs, make a spider craft and talk about the life cycle of a butterfly. This program is suitable for Girl Scouts accompanied by their leader as part of their electives. Pre-registration is required.

Registration

Date & Time

Details

Practicing Tai Chi Qigong at the Garden allows you to connect with the beauty and power of the natural world and to feel your place among the trees, birds, clouds and plants. You will learn to slow down and listen to yourself to integrate and enliven body, mind and spirit. Explore stillness and motion to find balance, resilience, strength and grace.  No equipment or experience necessary.

Classes are led by certified instructor, Gurney Bolster, founder of Tai Chi for Health Pittsburgh 

Program Fee

$15 Member | $20 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

You’re familiar with the words “forest” and “bathing,” but how about when you combine them? Developed in Japan during the 1980s, Forest Bathing (in Japanese, its “shinrin-yoku”), or Forest Therapy, is more than just meandering through the woods; it’s an immersive experience where you consciously take in the sights, sounds, and smells of the forest. It’s not about doing anything strenuous or getting your heart rate up — rather, the point is to slow down and fully experience in your own individual way what the forest has to offer.  

Forest Therapy offers scientifically documented health benefits, including reduced stress, improved mental clarity, and boosted immune function. Your walk will last just over two hours. With Dr. Doug Jones’ guidance, you’ll wander along our trails, stopping every so often for invitations designed to maximize being present and deepen your connection with nature.  

No advance preparation is needed other than arriving ten minutes early for the walk and dressing appropriately for the weather. We will walk rain or shine, except when there is lightning or an extended downpour. The paths are well groomed and on rolling terrain. 

Program fee:

$35 Member | $45 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Practicing Tai Chi Qigong at the Garden allows you to connect with the beauty and power of the natural world and to feel your place among the trees, birds, clouds and plants. You will learn to slow down and listen to yourself to integrate and enliven body, mind and spirit. Explore stillness and motion to find balance, resilience, strength and grace.  No equipment or experience necessary.

Classes are led by certified instructor, Gurney Bolster, founder of Tai Chi for Health Pittsburgh 

Program Fee

$15 Member | $20 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Enjoy a relaxing nature-inspired guided imagery and sound healing meditation with Dorit Brauer. She is the founder and owner of the Brauer Institute for Holistic Medicine, Award-Winning Artist and Author.

Meditation will help you to:

• Learn to relax and deal in a better way with stressful situations of everyday life
• Learn how your thinking influences the quality of your life
• Learn how to achieve positive changes in your body through the power of your mind
• Strengthen your immune health
• Build your resilience
• Experience inner peace and clarity

The guided meditation is accompanied by the relaxing sound of Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls, which induce alpha wave level activity of the brain, balance the hemispheres of the brain and resonate within every cell of your body, creating health, balance and harmony.

Please bring a mat, blanket, and pillow or a folding chair and wear comfortable clothing.

Program fee:

$20 Member | $25 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden requires masks in all indoor spaces until further notice.

Calling all adult Pittsburgh Botanic Garden members and volunteers! Join us at the Garden for a book club to discuss works on the wondrous and sometimes wacky world of plants, nature and the environment. Read the book ahead of time and come ready to share your point of view. Selections will vary and discussions are sure to be lively! Mingle with fellow members, discuss interesting ideas and form new friendships. Free to members and volunteers, but pre-registration is required.

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Friday, September 9  |  1:00 – 2:00pm

September Selection:

The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly

The Last Garden in England is a poignant and heartwrenching tale of five women in three eras, whose lives are tied together by one very special place.

Read more on juliakellywrites.com >

Children and parents will have a blast getting inspired by nature and engaging the senses at Young Artists in the Garden! Each program includes activities like coloring, reading books, making a craft and playing games – all relating to a new garden topic. Bring a friend and join the fun in the Weisbrod Learning Pavilion, located in the Garden of the Five Senses.

Program Fee:

Young Artists in the Garden is included with regular daily admission. Don’t forget – members visit free!

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discounted ticket, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

For details or questions about Young Artists in the Garden, please email Moira Aulbach (Education & Volunteer Coordinator) at maulbach@pittsburghbotanicgarden.org.

Practicing Tai Chi Qigong at the Garden allows you to connect with the beauty and power of the natural world and to feel your place among the trees, birds, clouds and plants. You will learn to slow down and listen to yourself to integrate and enliven body, mind and spirit. Explore stillness and motion to find balance, resilience, strength and grace.  No equipment or experience necessary.

Classes are led by certified instructor, Gurney Bolster, founder of Tai Chi for Health Pittsburgh 

Program Fee

$15 Member | $20 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Children and parents will have a blast getting inspired by nature and engaging the senses at Young Artists in the Garden! Each program includes activities like coloring, reading books, making a craft and playing games – all relating to a new garden topic. Bring a friend and join the fun in the Weisbrod Learning Pavilion, located in the Garden of the Five Senses.

Program Fee:

Young Artists in the Garden is included with regular daily admission. Don’t forget – members visit free!

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discounted ticket, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

For details or questions about Young Artists in the Garden, please email Moira Aulbach (Education & Volunteer Coordinator) at maulbach@pittsburghbotanicgarden.org.

Enjoy a relaxing nature-inspired guided imagery and sound healing meditation with Dorit Brauer. She is the founder and owner of the Brauer Institute for Holistic Medicine, Award-Winning Artist and Author.

Meditation will help you to:

• Learn to relax and deal in a better way with stressful situations of everyday life
• Learn how your thinking influences the quality of your life
• Learn how to achieve positive changes in your body through the power of your mind
• Strengthen your immune health
• Build your resilience
• Experience inner peace and clarity

The guided meditation is accompanied by the relaxing sound of Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls, which induce alpha wave level activity of the brain, balance the hemispheres of the brain and resonate within every cell of your body, creating health, balance and harmony.

Please bring a mat, blanket, and pillow or a folding chair and wear comfortable clothing.

Program fee:

$20 Member | $25 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden requires masks in all indoor spaces until further notice.

You’re familiar with the words “forest” and “bathing,” but how about when you combine them? Developed in Japan during the 1980s, Forest Bathing (in Japanese, its “shinrin-yoku”), or Forest Therapy, is more than just meandering through the woods; it’s an immersive experience where you consciously take in the sights, sounds, and smells of the forest. It’s not about doing anything strenuous or getting your heart rate up — rather, the point is to slow down and fully experience in your own individual way what the forest has to offer.  

Forest Therapy offers scientifically documented health benefits, including reduced stress, improved mental clarity, and boosted immune function. Your walk will last just over two hours. With Dr. Doug Jones’ guidance, you’ll wander along our trails, stopping every so often for invitations designed to maximize being present and deepen your connection with nature.  

No advance preparation is needed other than arriving ten minutes early for the walk and dressing appropriately for the weather. We will walk rain or shine, except when there is lightning or an extended downpour. The paths are well groomed and on rolling terrain. 

Program fee:

$35 Member | $45 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Enjoy a relaxing nature-inspired guided imagery and sound healing meditation with Dorit Brauer. She is the founder and owner of the Brauer Institute for Holistic Medicine, Award-Winning Artist and Author.

Meditation will help you to:

• Learn to relax and deal in a better way with stressful situations of everyday life
• Learn how your thinking influences the quality of your life
• Learn how to achieve positive changes in your body through the power of your mind
• Strengthen your immune health
• Build your resilience
• Experience inner peace and clarity

The guided meditation is accompanied by the relaxing sound of Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls, which induce alpha wave level activity of the brain, balance the hemispheres of the brain and resonate within every cell of your body, creating health, balance and harmony.

Please bring a mat, blanket, and pillow or a folding chair and wear comfortable clothing.

Program fee:

$20 Member | $25 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden requires masks in all indoor spaces until further notice.

This 5-week series is for new beginners or for those interested in a yoga refresher. The classes will teach you the basics of breathing and postures, sequentially building skills each week. If you have ever wanted to give yoga a try, this is the class for you! Please bring your own yoga mat for the session. Yoga at the Garden is suitable for adults, teens (14+ if accompanied by adult) and is open to individuals of all levels of yoga experience.

Series Dates / Times:

Saturdays, October 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29

10:00 – 11:00am

Program Fee:

$65 Member | $80 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

You’re familiar with the words “forest” and “bathing,” but how about when you combine them? Developed in Japan during the 1980s, Forest Bathing (in Japanese, its “shinrin-yoku”), or Forest Therapy, is more than just meandering through the woods; it’s an immersive experience where you consciously take in the sights, sounds, and smells of the forest. It’s not about doing anything strenuous or getting your heart rate up — rather, the point is to slow down and fully experience in your own individual way what the forest has to offer.  

Forest Therapy offers scientifically documented health benefits, including reduced stress, improved mental clarity, and boosted immune function. Your walk will last just over two hours. With Dr. Doug Jones’ guidance, you’ll wander along our trails, stopping every so often for invitations designed to maximize being present and deepen your connection with nature.  

No advance preparation is needed other than arriving ten minutes early for the walk and dressing appropriately for the weather. We will walk rain or shine, except when there is lightning or an extended downpour. The paths are well groomed and on rolling terrain. 

Program fee:

$35 Member | $45 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Enjoy a relaxing nature-inspired guided imagery and sound healing meditation with Dorit Brauer. She is the founder and owner of the Brauer Institute for Holistic Medicine, Award-Winning Artist and Author.

Meditation will help you to:

• Learn to relax and deal in a better way with stressful situations of everyday life
• Learn how your thinking influences the quality of your life
• Learn how to achieve positive changes in your body through the power of your mind
• Strengthen your immune health
• Build your resilience
• Experience inner peace and clarity

The guided meditation is accompanied by the relaxing sound of Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls, which induce alpha wave level activity of the brain, balance the hemispheres of the brain and resonate within every cell of your body, creating health, balance and harmony.

Please bring a mat, blanket, and pillow or a folding chair and wear comfortable clothing.

Program fee:

$20 Member | $25 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden requires masks in all indoor spaces until further notice.

Join Doug Oster from Gardening with Doug, and Keith S. Kaiser, Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Executive Director, for a walk through our gardens and woodlands to view and learn about seasonal plants in the garden.

$35 Members | $45 Nonmembers

Program fee includes lunch and all-day Admission to the Garden.

Masks and social distancing are required in all indoor spaces at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden. Program registration may be limited to ensure proper social distancing.

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

You’re familiar with the words “forest” and “bathing,” but how about when you combine them? Developed in Japan during the 1980s, Forest Bathing (in Japanese, its “shinrin-yoku”), or Forest Therapy, is more than just meandering through the woods; it’s an immersive experience where you consciously take in the sights, sounds, and smells of the forest. It’s not about doing anything strenuous or getting your heart rate up — rather, the point is to slow down and fully experience in your own individual way what the forest has to offer.  

Forest Therapy offers scientifically documented health benefits, including reduced stress, improved mental clarity, and boosted immune function. Your walk will last just over two hours. With Dr. Doug Jones’ guidance, you’ll wander along our trails, stopping every so often for invitations designed to maximize being present and deepen your connection with nature.  

No advance preparation is needed other than arriving ten minutes early for the walk and dressing appropriately for the weather. We will walk rain or shine, except when there is lightning or an extended downpour. The paths are well groomed and on rolling terrain. 

Program fee:

$35 Member | $45 Nonmember

Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Members: To receive your discount, make sure that you have registered for our website. Then Sign In (located in the upper right-hand corner) so that you receive your Membership discount when you check out.

Calling all adult Pittsburgh Botanic Garden members and volunteers! Join us at the Garden for a book club to discuss works on the wondrous and sometimes wacky world of plants, nature and the environment. Read the book ahead of time and come ready to share your point of view. Selections will vary and discussions are sure to be lively! Mingle with fellow members, discuss interesting ideas and form new friendships. Free to members and volunteers, but pre-registration is required.

Become A Member

Friday, November 18  |  1:00 – 2:00pm

November Selection:

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimerer

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise” (Elizabeth Gilbert)