Arbor Aid celebrates trees as a living resource in the City of Pittsburgh and encourages the possibilities they present for a longer sustainable future as furniture, flooring, artwork, and beyond. Arbor Aid features artwork created from salvaged urban wood: For this year’s event, all works will incorporate light!
Date: Friday October 30th 7pm-11pm
Location: 6th floor of the historic Guardian Storage Building at 2839 Liberty Avenue,
Featuring: Music by Life in Balance and The Turpentiners, local food and libations, a silent auction and, of course, incredible artwork incorporating salvaged wood and light by local artists and woodworkers. Artwork will be for sale.
Tickets: $20 for Tree Tenders, $25 all others ahead of time, $30 day of the event, available at www.pittsburghforest.org/arboraid2009 or call 412-362-6360 All procedes benefit Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest, an environmental non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the City's vitality by restoring and protecting City trees.
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"Time is how the trees grow. I will fall asleep for a thousand years and a mighty spruce will have raised me high, high into the sky."