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Tree Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · Nonprofit · Local · since 2006

Pittsburgh nonprofit restoring the urban forest through planting, tree adoptions, and a native tree nursery

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Urban forestry (primary) Tree adoption & giveaways Nurseries & seedlings Seed collection Tree care & maintenance Food forests & orchards

About

Tree Pittsburgh is an environmental nonprofit, founded in 2006, that restores and protects the urban forest of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County through tree planting and care, education, advocacy, and land conservation. It grows native trees and shrubs from locally collected seed at its Heritage Nursery, gives trees to county residents at Tree Adoption events, trains volunteer Tree Tenders, and plants community orchards through The Giving Grove. The organization publishes an annual Year in Review with planting, adoption, nursery, and volunteer figures.

What they run

Heritage Nursery Nurseries & seedlings

Grows native trees and shrubs from locally collected seed for plantings, adoptions, and sale.

Tree Adoption Tree adoption & giveaways

Free trees and shrubs for Allegheny County residents at adoption events.

Tree Tenders Tree care & maintenance

Trains volunteers to plant, prune, mulch, and care for trees across the city and county.

The Giving Grove Food forests & orchards

Establishes community orchards and edible tree adoptions.

Seed program (Seed Seekers) Seed collection

Volunteer seed collection and a developing seed bank and seed lab.

Trees by type of work

ActivityTreesYears
🎁 Tree adoption & giveaways6,2162025

Only figures attached to a named program count here. Organization-wide totals sit in the table below.

The numbers

MetricYearValueProgramConfidenceSource
Trees planted20251,900Organization-wideSelf-reportedsource2025 Year in Review, p.2: '1,900 Trees Planted' at 70 tree plantings
Volunteers engaged20252,803Organization-wideSelf-reportedsource2025 Year in Review, p.1: '2,803 Volunteers', 7,526 volunteer hours, 190 volunteer events
Seedlings produced202515,109Heritage NurserySelf-reportedsource2025 Year in Review, p.3: Heritage Nursery '15,109 Trees Produced', 19,522 seedlings germinated, 13,362 trees sold
Trees distributed20256,216Tree AdoptionSelf-reportedsource2025 Year in Review, p.6: '6,216 Trees Adopted' by 2,101 households at 34 events

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