Upcoming Programs

2025

January
Churchill Valley Greenway (Allegheny Land Trust)
Owl Prowl
January 3, 8 pm

2024

January
Upper St. Clair Library
Winter Wildlife – Adults
January 10, 6 pm

February
Steel Goat, Penn Hills
Intro to Nature Writing – Adult
Feb 6, 13, 20, 7pm – 8:30 pm

March
Upper St Clair Library
Wild Pennsylvania – Adult
March 13, 20, 27

Monthly Nature Walk
March 30, 10 am
Boyce Park, Primrose Shelter Parking

April
UPMC Senior Community – Monroeville
Animal Behavior
April 12

Communitopia’s Youth Climate Action Summit
Tabling
April 13, 10 am  – 4 pm

Earth Day at St. Joseph of Baden
Tabling and nature walk
April 20, time TBD

Monthly Nature Walk
April 27, 10 am
Boyce Park, Silver Beaver Shelter Parking

May
People’s Library – Lower Burell
Family Bird Walk and Activities
May 4, 1-3 pm

Monthly Nature Walk
May 18, 10 am
Penn Hills Park, Red Oak Grove Parking

Penn Hills Library
Monarch Butterflies – Adults
May 20, 6 pm

Penn Hills Library
Monarch Butterflies – Families
May 25, 6 pm

June
Birding Walk
Phipps Conservatory
June 1, 8 am

Monthly Nature Walk
June 15, 10 am
Churchill Valley Greenway, West Parking

July
Monarch Butterflies
UPMC Senior Communities – Monroeville
July 19, 2 pm

Bird Migration – Flights of Wonder! Families
Penn Hills Library
July 20, 11:30 am

August
Family Nature Activities
August 3, 6-10 pm
Verona Municipality

Penn Hills Rotary presents “National Night Out”
Penn Hills Elementary School
August 6, 5-8 pm

Animal Behavior – Adults
August 19, 6 pm
Penn Hills Library

September
Nature Writing, ages 8-11
Sep 14, 1-1:45 pm
Penn Hills Library

Leaf Lab: Exploring Fall’s Color Change
Sep 28, 1-1:45
Penn Hills Library

October
Nature’s Tricks and Treats, School-age
Oct 5, 1 – 1:45 pm
Penn Hills Library

Nature’s Tricks and Treats, Adult
CC Mellor Library
October 8, 6-7 pm

Bird Walk
October 19, 8 am
Phipps Conservatory

Nature’s Tricks and Treats, School-age
October 20, 1 pm
Protect PT

Nature’s Tricks and Treats, Adult
October 31, 2 pm
UPMC Senior Communities – Monroeville

November
Animal Behavior
CC Mellor Library
November 5, 6-7 pm

Owl Prowl
Churchill Valley Greenway (Allegheny Land Trust)
November 29, 8 pm

2023

February
Protect PT
Winter Wildlife – School age
February 5, 1 pm

April
Master Naturalist (Allegheny Co. cohort)
Ecology and Taxonomy, Adult
April 18

Northland Public Library
Climate Change 101, Adult
April 24, 6:30 – 7:30 pm

Protect PT
Junior Field Biologist Hike
April 29, 1-3 pm

May
Phipps Conservatory
Birding Walk
May 20, 8 – 9:30 am

Green Building Alliance
Womens+ Hike, Plant Ecology, Adult
May 27, 9:30 – 11 am

June
Phipps Conservatory
Once Upon a Garden: Three-Part Nature Writing Series
June 13, 20, 27, 6 – 7:30 pm

July
Phipps Conservatory
Understanding Climate Change
July 10 and 17, 6 – 7:30 pm

August
Green Building Alliance
Women+ in Green Family Nature Hike
August 25

October
CC Mellor Memorial Library
Nature’s Tricks and Treats, adult
October 11, 6 pm

Phipps Conservatory
Migratory Bird Walk & Talk in Schenley Park
October 14, 8 am

Penn Hills Library
Nature’s Tricks and Treats, adult
Oct 23, 6 pm

Protect PT
Nature’s Tricks and Treats, family
Oct 29, 12 -1:30 pm

November
CC Mellor Memorial Library
Bird Migration: Flights of Wonder
November 8, 6 pm

Allegheny County Jail
Family Visitation, November 18

“Green Friday” Walk at Boyce Park
Boyce Park, Meet at Eagle Shelter parking lot
November 24, 9 am

December
Seneca Hills Village
Winter Wildlife
December 14

Community Meet-and-Greet
Penn Hills Library
December 14, 6:30 pm
All are welcome! ASL interpreters, all-ages activities, prizes, and snacks will be provided!


2022

July
Monroeville Library
Wild Pennsylvania – School age
July 6, 13, 20, 27 at 5:30 pm

August
Penn Hills Library
Wild Pennsylvania – Adults
August 8, 15, 22 at 5:30 pm

Wild Pennsylvania – 1st – 4th grade
August 2, 9, 16 at 6 pm

Wild Woodville, Then and Now
August 21, 1-3 pm

September
C.C. Mellor Memorial Library
Wild Pennsylvania – Adults
September 6, 13, 20 at 6 pm

October
Monroeville Library
Bird Migration: Flights of Wonder – School age, October 5 at 5:30 pm
Nature’s Tricks and Treats – School age, October 19 at 5:30 pm

Penn Hills Library
Celebrate Birds! – Families, October 8 at 10 am
Nature’s Tricks and Treats – School age, October 26 at 6 pm

Steel Goat
Trunk or Treat Event – October 20, 4-7:30 pm

November
Penn Hills Library
Bird Migration: Flights of Wonder – Adults, November 21 at 5:30 pm