Riding thru the Mecican War streets My wife and I came across these gardens…read more They are open to the public and it is free of charge to look around. Lots of vegetables and beautiful flowers. If you are in the area it is a lovely thing to see.

When I'm walking on the North Side this community garden is one of my favorite places to stroll…read morethrough. It's small but tranquil and filled with flowers, plants and veggies. It's a great little gem that you expect to find tucked away in major city neighborhoods.

Wonderful community garden. Plots are assigned by a lottery system, each gardener contributes $15…read moreper year (which goes toward celebration party at the year's end. No gardening experience is required, and workshops are given throughout the season. The is also a fellowship for teens that teaches them how to garden called Food City Fellows. Everyone is so friendly and there is an amazing spirit of community cooperation and learning.

So, I'm not a prospective customer because I have a home setup, but I wanted to review them because…read moreI called looking to purchase supplies and they were extremely helpful and got me on the right track to where I can pick up items for my setup locally. Very professional and courteous and I would highly recommend anyone in the market for their services to check them out.

From the owner: River City Growers is Pittsburgh‘s first indoor co-farming space. Our mission is to provide…read morecommunity, knowledge, and infrastructure for those seeking to grow their own food within the urban landscape."

Wonderful community resource that is a collaborative effort of the Allegheny Cemetery, Grow…read morePittsburgh, and the Stanton Heights Neighborhood Association. For $30 a growing season you get a  20'x20 plot. There's a tool shed with shared tools, and rain barrels. This is a great way to meet people in the neighborhood and also raise home grown vegetables. There are fences around the garden that mostly keep the deer out, but there are definitely rabbits in the garden, so most people put up some fencing.

Originally the rose garden for the historic Pine Hill Manor, part of the Oliver Kaufmann estate…read morethat was sold to Robert Morris University in 1963.  Frank Lloyd Wright stayed here while drawing up his masterpiece, Falling Water. Although no longer primarily a rose garden, they have preserved the beautiful trellises that were a distinctive feature of the garden. Ideal location for a reception or outdoor wedding. There are several benches you can use to sit and read.

I was here to watch soccer games and found the park to be enormous and very pleasant until it…read morebecame dusk. Perhaps my sheltered existence in the NPW did me dirty because as soon as the sun went down, and the night sky appeared so did the bugs. It wasn't just one bug but an army of persistent bugs that were not friendly at all. They had one goal in their hive mind, ATTACK!!!! While I can't blame the park for the bugs per se, I wanted to leave the park ASAP before my arms were devoured.

We spent several days at this park for a baseball tourney. It's a beautiful and well maintained…read morepark! Sports fields, walking trails, and beautiful gardens. The bathrooms were older, but well maintained. The grass was all cut. If we lived nearby, I imagine this is a place we would frequent.