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Useful Links

State and Local Gardening Information

Penn State Extension Services
  • Home Gardening Resources
  • Allegheny County
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“Ask a Master Gardener”

[email protected]
412-482-3476

Oakmont Shade Tree Commission
If you would like a tree planted in front of your house or if a tree along your street needs to be removed, you can fill out their Tree Service Request Form.

Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Invasive Plants of Pittsburgh
This list of invasive plants was put together by volunteers using the iNaturalist platform.  iNaturalist is a great plant identification website that will help you identify a plant by your photo.

Invasive Plants of Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy also created this 47-page booklet in .pdf format.

Local Gardening and Parks Organizations

  • Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania (offers a native plant nursery at Beechwood Farms and free programs on native plant landscaping)
  • Orchid Society of Western Pennsylvania
  • Pennsylvania Resource Council (PRC) (offers a course in backyard composting which includes a compost bin as well as information on rain gardens)
  • Phipps Conservatory (offers courses in sustainable horticulture, landscape and garden design, and native plant landscapes)
  • Pittsburgh Botanic Garden
  • Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy​​
  • Tree Pittsburgh (offers talks on trees and a tree tender program)

Local Community Organizations

  • Thomas R. Kerr Museum
  • Oakmont Chamber of Commerce
  • Oakmont Carnegie Library (through the Allegheny County library system, almost any gardening book may be obtained)
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PO Box 404 Oakmont PA 15139
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