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Phipps puts the vibrancy of the subcontinent on display in the Tropical Forest India exhibition
Post-Gazette.com Home & Garden
Feb 04If you had to describe the new Tropical Forest India display at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in one word, it would be "colorful," says assistant curator of horticulture Ben Dunigan. In fact, during his visit to India to prepare the exhibit... »
Punxsutawney Phil & predictable outcomes
Today's TribuneReview
Jan 28enry Kacprzyk is the Pittsburgh Zoo curator of reptiles and Kid's Kingdom. As Punxsutawney Phil prepares to leave his burrow at Gobbler's Knob to make his annual weather prognostication for the remainder of winter, Kacprzyk, 57, of Stanton Heights, spo... »
Tropical Forest India to open at Phipps
Post-Gazette.com Home & Garden
Jan 28"Tropical Forest India," a display celebrating one of the most botanically rich regions on the planet, opens next weekend at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Oakland. To prepare for the tropical forest changeover, Phipps sent assistant cura... »
Tough times inspired Stanton Heights designer's career change
Today's TribuneReview
Jan 23Sometimes, the best ideas are borne from life experiences. »
Phipps orchid show opens Friday
Today's TribuneReview
Jan 10Orchids an exotic flower favorite that come in a rainbow of colors and tiny bonsai trees will tempt winter-weary guests at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens at a new show opening Friday. »
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When a challenge isn't
Null Space
Jan 28Well, this is curious semantics. A news article just out says: Many city homeowners may find property tax payments reduced. In it one of the first lines is:"This estimate was released today by RealSTATS, which challenged University of Pittsburgh econ... »
Mary Schenley and the Making of Our Park System
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Blog
Jan 23By Susan M. Rademacher, Parks Curator, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Originally published in Squirrel Hill Magazine, Winter 2011 Only two of our city’s four historic regional parks bear a family name. Frick Park is named in tribute to Henry Clay Frick... »
Pittsburgh to Host the Garden Writers Association in 2014
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Blog
Dec 22Pittsburgh will have an unprecedented opportunity to show off its green self when the Garden Writers Association (GWA) descends on our fair city for its annual symposium in 2014. I was first made aware of this national group in 2007 while working as th... »
Your backyard is part of the global environment, says Native Plant conference at Phipps
Pop City
Nov 02“Sometimes, when people think of native plants, they think of the woodlands – wild and untamed,” admits Gabe Tilove, adult education coordinator for Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. But those who attend Phipps 15th annual Native Plant & Susta... »
Master Gardening Pittsburgh
Pittsblog
Oct 26Having blogged in Pittsburgh for a long time, I get press releases. Lots of press releases. Most of them go into the spam file; that way I don't have to read two releases from the same agency. But I usually glance at the subject line, and once in a ... »