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- Located inside a historic former carriage house in Mellon Park, the Phipps Garden Center was established in 1948 as a site for people and groups to meet and to cultivate botanical knowledge, inspire creative minds and spread the joy of gardening.
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Phipps Garden Center is located at 1059 Shady Avenue in Mellon Park, a green space in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood. Download our map to show the Center's exact location and parking options. For more information about the Garden Center or the Shop in the Park, please call 412/441-4442.
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Located inside a historic former carriage house in Mellon Park, the Phipps Garden Center was established in 1948 as a site for people and groups to meet and to cultivate botanical knowledge, inspire creative minds and spread the joy of gardening.
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The history of the Phipps Garden Center site is a history of stewardship and legacy. Click the image below for an enlarged view.
The current conditions at Phipps Garden Center leave plenty of room for significant improvement. Click the images below for an enlarged view.
As the purpose and use of the original carriage house transformed over time, various additions were made to the original construction, resulting in the building footprint we see today. Click the image below for an enlarged view.
After Mellon's sixty-room home was brought down during World War II, most of the garden still remained and was transformed into a city park known now as Mellon Park. The park also contains the Phipps Garden Center and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. [2]
Located inside a historic former carriage house in Mellon Park, the Garden Center was established in 1948 as a site for groups to meet and to cultivate botanical knowledge, inspire creative minds and spread the joy of gardening.
Situated in the Shadyside neighborhood, Mellon Park is a must-see public space rich in history. The park is best known for the beautiful Walled Garden behind the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts building and the Phipps Garden Center.
Dec 5, 2023 · The new garden center at Mellon Park will be bigger, but it will build on its own footprint, adding classrooms where the back patio was.