After living in the South Hills most of my life, and now having lived about 5 minutes away from South Park for over a decade, I’m still discovering new things around here. I was taking my girls to a new summer camp the GPS took me down McConkey Rd, which I’ve never been down before, and over to the side was a very large garden. On the way back from dropping off the girls, I had to stop by and check out this lovely public garden.
It was pretty awesome! There were plants edible, ornamental, and native. There were trees, shrubs, and flowers. There was a composting setup, space to walk around, and a couple garden features. There was a pollinator friendly garden. There were informative signs and many plants were labeled.
Arch entrance to garden 
Sugar Maple with label 
Pollinator garden 
A lovely raised bed of edibles. Don’t eat them though, the sign says they’ve been sprayed with deer repellent.
One of the signs mentioned the garden is staffed on Tuesday evenings. I will make it out there one of these Tuesdays to see if they need any volunteers and to just shoot the breeze.
Pollinator home 
Little Free Library with info on pollinators. 
Nice display in the garden. 
A very enviable compost system. 
Garden sign.
I don’t know how I’ve never happened upon this garden before, but I was thrilled to have found it. It is actually right behind a parking lot on Corrigan Dr., so it’s a great place to park, take in the garden, then hit Corrigan for a walk. Or do what I did and take the hiking trail up into the woods at the end of that parking lot. Yet another great treasure in the South Hills.
