The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) placed 400 hanging flower baskets throughout downtown Pittsburgh during the 2009 season. Working with the Laurel Foundation, WPC designed, planted and documented this longterm initiative for greening the region.

Communities across the region see the value of greening such as hanging baskets.  In 2009, WPC  placed hanging baskets along East Carson Street in Pittsburgh's South Side in partnership with the South Side Local Development Company, on Broad Street in the business district of Pittsburgh's East Liberty through the partnership with the East Liberty Chamber of Commerce, in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood in partnership with the Oakland Development Corporation, and in Pittsburgh's Mount Washington, in partnership with Mount Washington Community Development Corporation.

Funding for the WPC’s hanging flower baskets has been provided by the Laurel Foundation and several downtown corporations including Grubb & Ellis, Jenkins Empire Associates and PNC First Side.

 

Since 1982, WPC has established community greening initiatives in 20 western Pennsylvania counties through its Community Gardens and Greenspace program.