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The Penn-Del ISA Tree Climbing Competition: Get Ready!

Friday, May 11, 2012 - 3:14pm
tree climbing in Allegheny Cemetery

Tree Pittsburgh is preparing for the Penn-Del ISA Western Tree Climbing Championship in Arsenal Park on Saturday May 12th, from 9am-4pm.

Watch as professional tree climbers take to the limbs to compete in five different tree work-related areas in hopes of earning the State and National titles!  The Tree Climbing Competition tests skills and agility in the tree-tops using scenarios that tree workers face on a regular basis.  Climbers use saddles, climbing rope, and other safety devices to manuever safely into the tree and around the canopy.

Tree Tenders Spruce Up Trees in the South Side

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 10:58am
South Side Tree Care
South Side Tree Care Crew

This past Saturday, Tree Pittsburgh joined an excellent group of South Side Tree Tenders as we kicked off our Cinco de Mayo with a great morning of tree care. From 10am-noon, we weeded and mulched over 40 trees, picked up litter, and beautified the 5 block stretches of East Carson and Sarah Street between 22nd and 17th Streets.

Four Non-Profits + One CFO = An Improved Financial Outlook

Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 2:10pm
Kevin Geider, Tree Pittsburgh
Kevin Gieder, image from Post-Gazette

Tree Pittsburgh welcomes our shared Cheif Financial Officer, Kevin Gieder

What a Busy April!

Friday, April 27, 2012 - 4:24pm
south side trail planting, tenth street bridge, pittsburgh
Planting on the South Side Trail

Wow, what a month April 2012 has been! Tree Pittsburgh cannot recall a spring season busier than this one!

More Fruit Trees Coming to Pittsburgh

Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 3:21pm
fruit trees in michigan

Thanks to the Alliance for Community Trees and President Obama’s People’s Garden Initiative, Tree Pittsburgh has partnered with Grow Pittsburgh to plant fruit trees in two local community gardens and develop a fruit tree planting and care curriculum to offer to local residents. The grant will enable us to offer a fruit tree planting and care class to local residents, plus plant fruit trees at the Larimer Community Garden and Homewood YMCA. Look for more details this summer!

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Trees lower air temperature by evaporating water in their leaves.

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