{"id":132795,"date":"2026-03-08T12:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T12:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/132795\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T12:24:07","slug":"pittsburgh-gardeners-prepare-for-planting-season-at-annual-seed-swap-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/132795\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh gardeners prepare for planting season at annual seed swap \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH  \u2014 Saturday\u2019s warm weather, and the average final frost date now less than two months away, had people looking ahead to gardening season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.growpittsburgh.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grow Pittsburgh<\/a> hosted its 14th annual Seed Swap at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, and hundreds of people showed up to donate, trade and swap seeds for all kinds of plants, from common vegetables to unique, native flowers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cThe whole Pittsburgh gardening community is getting excited about gardening for the year, and you can really feel that energy here,\u201d said Claire Matway, from Grow Pittsburgh. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">In addition to receiving free seeds, gardeners got advice from experts and took part in hands-on activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Matway says that if you missed this event, there\u2019s no need to worry because many community organizations host similar swaps around this time of year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Or, for those without space for a home garden, Matway suggests getting involved in a community garden. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.growpittsburgh.org\/community-gardens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.growpittsburgh.org\/community-gardens\/\">Click here<\/a> to learn more or find a garden near you in Pittsburgh. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 Saturday\u2019s warm weather, and the average final frost date now less than two months away, had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[7487,61457,73,75,74,61456],"class_list":["post-132795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-carnegie-library","tag-grow-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-seed-swap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}