[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] This blog post was written with the support and guidance of Ernst Seeds [vc_column_text]Meadows have long captured the imagination of nature lovers and anyone resisting the cultural domination of the mowed lawn. The meadow stands as an appealing cross...

09 May, 2023

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] County Executive Rich Fitzgerald kicked off the volunteer event to plant over 180 trees [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="5173" img_size="700x500" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Pittsburgh, PA, May 4, 2023 – As part of its Connected by Good partnership...

04 May, 2023

15 years ago, I became a member in the first Tree Tender Class of Tree Pittsburgh for a street tree planting project. After I received my certification, I went on to volunteer to plant and help with the maintenance of street trees in my own...

07 April, 2023

  Our organizational vision is to bring together ideas, leadership and resources to make the parks more sustainable and enjoyable for all. When we are thinking about the parks being enjoyable for all we imagine a diverse array of people coming together for enjoyment, peace, exercise...

21 February, 2023

  From all of us at the Allegheny County Parks Foundation, thank you to everyone who supported our work to improve, conserve and preserve the 9 Allegheny County Parks in 2022. We are so grateful to Allegheny County for being our partner in all this work,...

26 January, 2023

The board of directors of the Allegheny County Parks Foundation has announced Joey-Linn Ulrich as the new executive director of the Foundation after a year-long executive director search following the retirement announcement of Caren Glotfelty in June of 2021. The Parks Foundation raises public and private...

26 October, 2022

The Parks Foundation is excited that the first phase of the restoration of a beloved North Park attraction – the Observation Tower – is beginning. Once complete, this historic site is expected to reopen to the public after 30 years. Designed in 1936 as a water...

24 March, 2022

Welcome to the Allegheny County Parks Foundation’s Trail Discovery Guide. Here’s your quick, easy-to-follow snapshot of featured trails in the 9 Allegheny County Parks. Download the free Allegheny County Parks Trails app available at popular app stores for the comprehensive mapping of all the trails but use...

08 February, 2022

It is with great appreciation for all that she has done in leading the Allegheny County Parks Foundation that we announce the retirement of our Executive Director, Caren Glotfelty, later this year.  Since Caren joined the Allegheny County Parks Foundation in 2014, she has stewarded...

18 June, 2021