Sunday, 10 am – 2 pm The Italian Garden Project’s 3rd annual tour of the backyard coops of Sewickley, PA Starting Location: Penguin Bookshop, 417 Beaver St, Sewickley, PA 15143 www.penguinbookshop.com/ Back by popular demand for its 3rd year is this behind-the-scenes self-guided tour of the backyard chicken coops of Sewickley. Learn all about caring… Read more »

Friday, 6 – 9 pm Please join Fern Hollow Nature Center, Local Goodness and The Italian Garden Project for our 4th Annual Alfresco Italian Garden Dinner benefiting the educational programs at Fern Hollow Nature Center. It was voted one of the top ten parties of 2012 by the Pittsburgh Tribune Review! Set on our beautiful… Read more »

We’re having a party to celebrate the first figs of the season in the new Wigle Whiskey Garden! Thursday, 5:30 – 8:30 pm Location: 1055 Spring Garden Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 Ticket includes: Fig-based delicacies demonstrated and prepared by Vallozzi’s Chef Josiah Henry A complimentary fig-based Wigle cocktail created exclusively for the occasion Old world… Read more »

Saturday, 10 am – 2 pm Location: Arthur Avenue Retail Market, Bronx, NYC A day of fig facts and fun! We’re taking our “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Growing Fig Trees” Class on the road to answer all your fig growing questions. The Italian Garden Project™ has teamed up with Liberatore’s Garden to… Read more »

Sunday, 12 noon – 8 pm Location: 21st & Smallman Street in the Strip District 1:30 pm Italian mass at St. Stanislaus Kotksa Church, followed by a procession with the Saint Anthony statue. Food, dancing and fun for the whole family Visit The Italian Garden Project booth where we will be selling fig trees and… Read more »

Friday and Saturday, 5 – 9 pm Location: North Side, Pittsburgh Tour seven homes and sample seven Italian wines. At each house, the wine will be paired with hors d’oeuvres that complement its qualities. Featured speakers are Mary Menniti, founder of the Italian Garden Project, and wine specialist Brian Turek. Tickets: $65 per person, available… Read more »

Want to grow fig trees? Have a tree and want to learn more about caring for it? Did your tree suffer heavy damage from this past cold winter? Learn how to grow fig trees in containers and in the ground and a variety of ways to care for them during the winter. We will cover… Read more »