Thank You for Your Support in 2025!

As we welcome a new year, our staff would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who supported the Allegheny County Parks Foundation in 2025. Because of you, we were able to invest in projects that improve, conserve and restore the county parks for the benefit of everyone who visits them.

Whether you gave your time, made a donation, attended an event, or simply showed up to enjoy the parks, your support truly makes a difference.

As we look ahead in 2026, we’re excited to continue building on this momentum and welcome you back out into the parks for new projects, events and opportunities to get involved. From all of us on staff, we wish you a very happy New Year and look forward to another year of working together for the parks we all love.



Celebrating Our Volunteers



Our December blog post, Celebrating Our Volunteers, highlights the incredible people who gave their time, energy and love to your Allegheny County Parks in 2025. From planting trees to tackling invasive species, volunteers made a real and lasting impact throughout the county parks. This blog post shares both the numbers behind volunteer efforts and the meaningful, positive effects that volunteering brings to our community and the parks we all enjoy.

Whether you’ve volunteered before or are simply curious about how people give back to their parks, this blog post is an inspiring look at the power of community and the difference one person, or one team, can make.

Join the Allegheny County Parks Foundation Team!

We’re excited to share that the Parks Foundation is hiring an Administrative Manager to support our growing organization. This role is essential to keeping our operations running smoothly and supporting the work happening across the county parks.

Behind every peaceful place is a dedicated team - join us and help ensure your county parks continue to serve everyone. Learn more and apply now!

Allegheny Forward Feedback

Allegheny County wants to hear from you as they build a new Comprehensive Plan! The Allegheny Forward community survey is your opportunity to share your perspective and priorities for the County’s future. Your input will help shape decisions that affect our communities, parks and public spaces and more!

Carol R. Brown Sculpture Garden Signage Coming Soon!

Exciting updates are coming to the Carol R. Brown Sculpture Garden! This spring, once the ground has thawed, permanent signage will be installed to enhance the visitor experience and bring the sculptures' stories to life. We’re currently in the final design phase and are thrilled to be creating signage that highlights the sculpture garden and its free, self-guided audio tour.

The new signage will include welcoming orientation and donor recognition, wayfinding through the garden, identification signs at each sculpture and Suffragist Grove interpretive and donor signage. Together, these elements will help visitors explore, learn and connect more deeply with this unique space. We can’t wait to share more as the project moves forward.

Save-the-Dates for 2026 Events!

Park 'til Dark and Pour at the Park

South: May 16, 2026

North: September 26, 2026

Twilight Picnic for the Parks

Hartwood Acres Park

August 15, 2026

Share your favorite park story, memory or what you love about the parks! We would love to feature your love of the county parks in our newsletter or on our social media.

Recycle Your Tree in the Parks

Our friends at the Allegheny County Parks are continuing their annual Christmas Tree Recycling Program through January 18, 2026. Residents can drop off natural holiday trees at all nine county parks between 8:00 a.m. and dusk.

Please be sure all lights, decorations, tinsel and stands are removed before drop-off.

Trees will be mulched and reused throughout the county park system. Last year, more than 4,000 trees were recycled and turned into mulch that benefits parks across the county’s 12,000+ acres.

January Park Ranger

Featured Event

Join the Park Rangers to dissect owl pellets, allowing you to learn more about what owls eat, on either 1/14 or 1/21 in White Oak Park. Learn more about these events or discover all of Allegheny County events HERE!

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