Moonlight & Cocoa is back again! Every winter, Pittsburgh Botanic Garden lights up the night sky with hundreds of lanterns and luminarias to create a unique evening walk through the Garden. During your adventure, warm up at a hot cocoa station and finish your adventure in the new Welcome Center. Canopy Café will be serving a limited dessert menu for the evening and Forage & Finds will have select holiday merchandise and plants for sale.

Admission

Members (Adult, 14+) | $15

Nonmember (Adult, 14+) | $20

Children (0-13) | $5

Tickets include admission and one cup of cocoa per person.

Please Note: Tickets are limited to 6 per transaction. In order to maintain capacity, tickets will be limited to 100 per half hour from 5:30 – 7:30pm each night. This special winter event is a mostly outdoor experience, please dress appropriately for the weather. Pittsburgh Botanic Garden will be closed during regular daytime business hours Dec. 2-5.

Visit the Garden to view the light display in Hillside Pollinator Garden and Garden of the Five Senses, during this evening shopping extravaganza. The Garden’s Forage & Finds will be open and offering a variety of nature-inspired gifts and décor. Members receive a 10% discount in addition to the 10% they already receive on merchandise in Forage & Finds. Local artisans will be in the Zappala Woodland Room.

Bring along a friend or two to stroll the winter garden and enjoy a glass of wine and a bite of cheese while you shop.

Program Fee

Members Free | Nonmember $10

What better way to welcome family and friends into your home for the holidays than a beautiful and unique wreath that you created yourself! Join Pittsburgh Botanic Garden’s Executive Director, Keith Kaiser, as he shows you tips and techniques that he has acquired over his long career in public horticulture. All the greens, plant materials, cones, ribbons and other items will be available for you to customize your wreath to your style and taste. Bring a friend to the class and plan to stay for lunch in the Canopy Café.

Program Fee:

$40 Members  |  $50 Nonmembers

The Holidays are here and Pittsburgh Botanic Garden wishes to celebrate the season with its young visitors. Join the Education staff to create a festive, child-friendly botanical wreath using ribbons, greens and other natural materials. Take home your creation to enjoy throughout the season.

Masks are required as the program will take place in the Welcome Center’s Peirce Education Rooms. The fee includes entrance to the Garden for one adult and one child (additional adults pay the price of admission). Enjoy an outdoor walk and winter decorations at the Garden!

Program Fee:

$5 Members  |  $10 Nonmembers

(Ages 3+; must be accompanied by an adult)

This is a 4-week series taking place on Fridays, January 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2022.

Focus on the details of nature with an introduction to the world of macro photography. This 4-week series of classes is open to beginners and beyond who have an interest in learning ow to photograph small objects at life-size or greater. Join professional photographer and teacher Don Orkoskey as he teaches you how to find subjects, focus, compose and expose photos of tiny details in and around Pittsburgh Botanic Garden.

Don will also cover the basics of using Photoshop to stack photos and using tools such as bellows, extension tubes, diopters and reversal rings to make macro pictures with our existing camera and lenses, even your cell phone!

Program Fee:

Members $150  |  Nonmembers $200

Beat the winter blues with a trip Down Under! Appease your sun-starved eyes with a visual journey through the strange and spectacular gardens of Australia and New Zealand. Education Director, Dr. Mark Miller, will guide you through the gardens he has visited while you sip unique and tasty wines from both countries. Notable side trips, best places to see and fun adventures will also be featured.

Program Fee

$15 Members  |  $20 Nonmembers