Frick Environmental Center

11/05/2025

🍂 Bring out the littles to the Frick Environmental Center on Sunday, November 9 from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. for our fall-time Discovery Time. Join our naturalist educators for fun activities playing with leaves.

Make a leaf rubbing, play a leaf matching game, and go on a leaf scavenger hunt! Register for free here: https://pittsburghparks.org/event/discovery-time-loose-leaves-frick-environmental-center/

11/05/2025

The special garden at the Frick Environmental Center in Squirrel Hill aims to expand accessibility to all.

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from the Frick Environmental Center Spice Girls!

10/28/2025

Your favorite forest bathing guides are headed over to The Frick Pittsburgh Museums and Gardens to deliver an extra-special edition of mindfulness meditation inspired by the exhibit The Scandinavian Home: Landscape and Lore. 🏦 Meet Patty and Kathryn on the gorgeous museum grounds and find inspiration in a new setting.

🌿November 8 | 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
🌿January 6 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Register with the museum here: https://www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/Event-Forest-Bathing-Mindful-Nature-Experience-Nov-8

10/28/2025

10/22/2025

Several weeks ago, the Photography in Nature Through Hiking Trails class at CCAC lead by instructor Kenneth Bachman met at the center. This class met for 5 weeks at a different location throughout the city to looking for nature to photograph.

These images were shared with us by a class participant - Roger Dimit. Fall is an amazing time for color in the parks. Thanks for sharing your work with us Roger!

10/19/2025

The weather was perfect for the community campfire last night! Thank you to everyone who came out to roast marshmallows, paint pumpkins, and listen to Norside!

10/16/2025

From October 12th to November 30th, the Frick Environmental Center is a drop off location for the The Women and Girls Foundation's GirlGov Community Care Donation Drive. A collection box will be located at the front desk for new, unopened, feminine and personal hygiene products.

10/09/2025

🔎TheFrick Environmental Center has a library of exploratory tools to borrow! 🦋

Items like monoculars, binoculars, hiking poles, and EnChroma color blind glasses are just a few items available as part of our lending library to help enhance your exploration of Frick Park!

Stop by the front desk during open hours or visit https://pittsburghparks.org/lending-library/ to learn more!

10/08/2025

Field sessions for our middle school Ecosystem Investigators program are currently taking place!

During this session, students investigate the forest ecosystem and look at interactions between trees, mushrooms, insects, and other organisms. These students from Propel Schools Montour found a Katydid during their exploration!

Katydids are relatives of crickets and grasshoppers. They are great at camouflaging since their bodies look like leaves, complete with veining patterns.

10/02/2025

Something exciting is coming to the Frick Environmental Center ! Hear it first from Director of Education and the Frick Environmental Center, James Brown, and stay tuned for exciting updates.

📺Watch it here: https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/video/how-an-initiative-is-encouraging-pittsburghers-to-play-more/