Longvue Acres Garden Club

Members of the Longvue Acres Garden Club work to plant 75 trees April 11, 2025, in North Park to mark the organization's 75th anniversary. On hand to help with the milestone were members of the Allegheny County Parks Foundation and county park rangers.

An Allegheny County park ranger waits to assist with a tree planting event April 11, 2025, in North Park by members of the Longvue Acres Garden Club. The club is marking its 75th year by planting 75 trees.

Braden Meiter, lead supervisory park ranger for Allegheny County Parks, demonstrates how to properly plant a tree April 11, 2025, in North Park. Park rangers were on hand to help members of the Longvue Acres Garden Club plant 75 trees to mark their 75th anniversary.

Allegheny County Park Ranger Tom Shields (from left), Senior Park Ranger Deaglan McManus and Park Ranger Tyler Loper attend the tree planting event April 11, 2025, in North Park. The rangers assisted members of the Longvue Acres Garden Club with planting 75 trees to mark its 75th anniversary.

Jess Kaplan, development coordinator for the Allegheny County Parks Foundation, talks to the crowd April 11, 2025, during the Longvue Acres Garden Club's anniversary tree planting in North Park as county park Rangers Tyler Loper (left) and Tom Shields look on. Club members planted 75 trees to mark their organization's 75 years.

Longvue Acres Garden Club member Chris Kerin of Ross plants a tree during the organization's 75th anniversary event April 11, 2025, in North Park. The club celebrated the milestone by planting 75 trees in the park.

Longvue Acres Garden Club member Mary Jo Clayton, who helped to organize the event, surveys the tree-planting scene April 11, 2025, in North Park. Club members planted 75 trees to mark the organization's 75th anniversary.

Longvue Acres Garden Club member Mary Jo Clayton speaks to the crowd ahead of the tree planting April 11, 2025, in North Park. Clayton helped organize the anniversary event, which saw 75 trees planted to mark the organization's 75 years.

Sue Brozick of Franklin Park prepares to plant one of 75 trees with fellow Longvue Acres Garden Club members on April 11, 2025, to mark the organization's 75th anniversary.

Members of Longvue Acres Garden Club celebrated the organization's 75th year by planting 75 trees April 11, 2025, in North Park.

Katie Horigan (left) of Ohio Township and Audra Clayton of Pittsburgh's Garfield neighborhood dig a hole for a tree April 11, 2025, in North Park. Horigan is the daughter of Mary Jo Clayton, a Longvue Acres Garden Club member who helped to organize the planting of 75 trees.