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We've Been Working on the Railroad!

Now through Sept. 22, our South Conservatory is transforming to make way for our new Garden Railroad: Movie Magic display! See the exciting progress when you visit!

Meet Our Scientist: Dr. Maria Wheeler-Dubas

Dr. Maria Wheeler-Dubas is the science education outreach manager at Phipps. Her undergraduate degree and her doctorate are both in biology, and she has taught at both the college level and within the classrooms of zoos and museums. At Phipps, Maria coordinates science communication workshops, oversees the Botany in Action fellowship program, writes for Phipps’ #bioPGH blog and and organizes multiple regular educational events. Overall, she loves nothing more than sharing the wonders of nature with children and families. Follow Maria's latest #bioPGH adventures on Phipps' Blogs and TikTok to learn about native animals, plants and so much more!

Securities and Cryptocurrency

Gifts of securities and cryptocurrency may be speedily made by contacting Development for transaction details at 412-622-6915, ext. 3701 or gdufour@phipps.conservatory.org.    

Donor Bill of Rights

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens subscribes to the highest stewardship and philanthropy standards, including the Donor Bill of Rights developed by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, and The Giving Institute. Access the Donor Bill of Rights here.

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Naim Edwards

Director, Michigan State University Detroit Partnership in Food, Learning and Innovation

Bio coming soon! 

Dr. Fushcia-Ann Hoover

Assistant Professor at University of North Carolina - Charlotte for Green Infrastructure, Environmental Justice, Urban Planning, Socio-ecological Systems

Megan Midgley

Organic Amendment Effects on Roadside Trees are Tree Species-Dependent

Meghan studies plant-soil interactions in a changing world. As the Soil Ecologist at The Morton Arboretum, she works to translate fundamental understanding of trees and soils into effective techniques for restoring and managing natural and urban ecosystems. She is currently using ecologically-based approaches to optimize urban soils for tree growth, health, and diversity.

Ned Brockmeyer

Hilltop Urban Farm Soils: From Farming to Housing and Back Again

Ned is the Director of Farm Programs at Hilltop Urban Farm (HUF) and helped open HUF to the public in 2019. A native Pittsburgher, Ned previously worked as a Farm Manager at Indy Urban Acres, another non-profit urban farm in Indianapolis, IN, and is also an ISA Certified Arborist. Ned has a Masters in Landscape Architecture, and his thesis focused on the best management practices of integrating agriculture into public, urban greenspaces. Ned helps to manage all of the programs at HUF, which currently include a youth farm, community farm, and farmer incubator program.

Mary Tremonte

Hands-on Creative Approaches to Working with Soil Health and Community Health 

Mary is an artist, educator, and DJ. From late 2019-2020, she worked with Grow Pittsburgh on a public art project organized by Pittsburgh's Office of Public Art, through their Environment, Health, and Public Art initiative: Dirt Is Beautiful which includes two components: SHED, a portable soil health education cart that community gardeners can borrow from Grow Pittsburgh, stocked with creative educational activities about soil health, and Dirt Tales, a zine about soil health and contaminants in Pittsburgh, which will be mailed to TRUSS participants after the conference.

Barton Kirk

Living Soils for Living Waters: Realizing Urban Green Infrastructure in Pittsburgh

Barton is an ecological engineer whose core expertise lies at the nexus of energy, water, climate, and community. Through applied ecological economics and life-cycle systems analysis, Barton's work with green infrastructure (GI) offers holistic insight into the long-term economic and environmental costs and benefits of site-level infrastructure, institutional operations, and regional community patterns.  Barton is an 18-year veteran green infrastructure design and practice leader whose passion for this work is predicated on the idea that green infrastructure is living infrastructure, and that the resilience and sustainability of engineered systems often depends upon our ability to create conditions conducive to life. Barton currently co-leads Ethos Collaborative, a Pittsburgh-based civil/ecological design strategies firm.

Applications Now Open!

Applications are now being accepted for our Science Communication Fellowship

About the Presenter

Larry Weaner founded Larry Weaner Landscape Associates in 1982, combining expertise in horticulture, environmental science, and the traditions of garden design.

His design and restoration work spans more than twenty states the U.K., and has been profiled in national publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Landscape Architecture Magazine, Garden Design, American Gardener, Wildflower Magazine, ASLA’s “The Dirt” blog, and the North American Native Plant Society’s The Blazing Star.

Larry has received numerous awards for his work, including the Landscape Design Award from the New England Wildflower Society for use of native plants in “exceptional and distinctive landscape compositions” and the Lady Bird Johnson Environmental Award from The Native Plant Center.  The Garden Club of America awarded him an honorary membership in 2015.

His approach to creating and managing native landscapes appeals to audiences nationwide.  Larry has presented at the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) annual and state chapter meetings, Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) events, Cultural Landscape Foundation tours, and the Garden Writers Association National Conference.  He has also spoken at the New York Botanical Garden, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, the National Arboretum in Washington, DC, and the National Wildlife Federation, among many other venues.  He is a founding member of Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD), a former member of APLD’s Environmental Committee, and an Affiliate member of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA).

In 1990, Larry developed New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL), a conference and workshop series dedicated to advancing the art and science of natural landscape design. Co-sponsors of NDAL programs include the Atlanta Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Connecticut College Arboretum, and the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, among others.  This influential series has a loyal following in the landscape field and in 2016 received the New England Wildflower Society’s first annual Regional Impact Award.

Larry authored Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change with Tom Christopher (Timber Press, 2016).  Their book received a 2017 Book Award from the American Horticultural Society.