A vacant lot used as a staging area for ATI trucks in Natrona will be transformed with ginkgo trees and other varieties in a partnership between Harrison and the mill. Fifteen trees will be planted at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 3 in an effort to reduce water runoff and air pollution,
Courtesy of Western PA Conservancy
Native Eastern redbud trees in bloom along the Three Rivers Heritage Trail in Pittsburgh as seen last May.
To learn more
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is hosting a free webinar celebrating the Pittsburgh Redbud Project and Pittsburgh s riverfronts and greenspaces.
Registration is available now and open to the public at WaterLandLife.org/Webinars.
To learn more about redbuds in Pittsburgh, visit the conservancy s website.
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It might not be as celebrated as the cherry blossoms of Washington D.C. at least not yet but the massive planting of native redbud trees with dense pink-purple blossoms along Pittsburgh’s North Shore and other locations are in full bloom and are expected to last through next week.
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