Garden Center
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. Phipps is exploring a renovation of this facility and the nearly 2 acres of grounds to add value to the Garden Center’s five stakeholder groups: the community, building users, staff, donors and the planet. The Garden Center is home to many of Phipps’ adult education courses such as floral design, botanical illustration, green landscaping and gardening. Over the last three years, Phipps has been studying the site, incorporating community feedback and testing designs with the community and other stakeholders. The design is evolving. The intent is to enhance the facility with no net loss of green space. Phipps and its partners will continue to engage all of our stakeholders before moving on to the next phase of design
Features
The Sustainable SITES initiative is a sustainable rating system that uses ten sections. Explore the sections of the Sustainable SITES initiative for each category by clicking on the links below.
- Click here to view the Garden Center SKIM section
- Click here to view the Garden Center SWIM section
- Click here to view the Garden Center DIVE section
