A big thanks to neighborhood volunteers for clearing weeds, planting perennial bushes and flowers, and beginning to mulch. We’ll continue filling in more perennial plants and mulch at this gateway intersection to our neighborhood.
Category Archives: Green projects
Green Team June 2nd
Join our PHCA Green Team to weed our gardens at the Brereton and 30th gateway to the neighborhood! We’ll start with coffee and bagels at PHCA around 9:30, volunteering starts 10am.
https://www.facebook.com/events/399621663846352/
Update on Finland-Melwood Stormwater Project
The PWSA project to capture stormwater runoff safely is providing an update. Finland is expected to be closed until October.
Gardens are alive!
Community gardens at Harmar, Wiggins, and across the neighborhood are springing to life!
Finland Closed
Construction on the Finland-Bethoven-Melwood project to capture stormwater runoff water has started, closing Finland for the next few months.
For any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Matthew Smuts, PWSA Construction Project Manager: (412) 255-8800 x2663 & msmuts@pgh2o.com
Green Team Events in May
We’ll have a flurry of Green Team events in the first week of May:
- Monday, May 1st at 11:30am: Brereton Reforestation and Vinedalism with Tree Pittsburgh
- Tuesday, May 2nd at 9am: Flower planting at the corner of Brereton and 30th (at West Penn Park)
- Saturday, May 6th, 8:30-11: Monthly Green-up in Polish Hill (meet at the PHCA)
We hope to see you there to help get the neighborhood ready for the summer season!
WPC Edible Garden – Spring Till
The Polish Hill PHCA Green Team will spearhead spring renewal of the WPC Edible Garden on the corner of Brereton and 30th @ the Park, from 8:30 – 11:30 am.
We have a lot of work to do:
– Till/Weed the cover crop were planting (Raised beds, by hand)
– A bit of carpentry to spiff up the raised bed boxes (Need some 9-Inch-Screws)
– General cleanup in prep for first planting
If Global-Climate-Weirding trend continues, the weather should be agreeable first week of April.
Knotweed Knockout! (Saturday, November 12th)
Knotweed Knockout! (Saturday, October 22nd)
This month’s Knotweed Knockout event will overlap with the Pitt Make a Difference Day and we may have as many as 21 extra volunteers!
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On Saturday, neighborhood residents and volunteers affiliated with PHCA- Polish Hill Civic Association will undertake several tasks:
The plan: Break into Three Teams:
1) Street Cleanup crew: Volunteers will canvas the neighborhood on foot.
– 10-15 volunteers (Two teams)
– Collect debris & rubbish from public spaces!
– Recycle any recyclables
– Mark & 3-1-1 report any unsafe conditions using the “myBurgh” app on their mobile phone:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qscend.report2gov.myburgh&hl=en
– Paint over any graffiti with gray cover
2) Monument Team:
– 7 volunteers
– Assist the Monument Committe in several maitenance task
– Handrail rust removal
– Touch up painting
– Plant any available bulbs/seeds we have donated.
3) Community Garden Team:
– 7 volunteers
– Clean out plots and clean any remaining produce
– Lanscaping cleanup of garden beds parallel to Harmar St
– Cold Frame gardening setup…
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NOTES:
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*) Rain or shine, we’re a go! Buckets of suns-creen for the gingers.
*) Wear heavy boots, high-vis clothing (Jackets provided)
*) Water/hydration will be provided — Bring a reuseable bottle !
*) Rally at the PHCA around 8:30 AM
*) Breakfast snacks & whitty-banter: coffee, croisant, danish, fruit etc.
*) Supplies handout from the PHCA (Bags, gloves, rain gear, etc.)
*) Designate teams (Rocks, paers, sizors – best out of three)
*) Safety Review / keep it classy
*) Off we go! (9:30 best guess )
Love Your Block: help fix up Maly Park on Saturday, May 16
The PHCA was awarded a City of Pittsburgh Love Your Block grant to revitalize Maly Park, at the corner of Herron Avenue and Dobson Street. One of the requirements of the grant is that we need to bring out at least 20 volunteers. Please come out and help! Even if you can only work for an hour or two, that would be a big help. We’ll be at Maly Park at 10:00 a.m.
Since we hope to have a large group of volunteers this day, we’ll take the opportunity to also do some maintenance at the parklet at Melwood and Finland Street as well.
If there are thunderstorms or lots of rain on May 16, we’ll postpone this volunteer day to May 30. For more info, email valerie@phcapgh.org.
And while we’re on the topic of maintaining green space, here’s a reminder: The morning of Saturday May 16 is also the City of Pittsburgh’s spring yard waste pickup. Leave your bagged or bundled yard waste at the curb before 6:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. Here’s more information on what they will and won’t pick up.
