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CENYC: 1,250 Free Trees Available to NYC Homeowners and Families in May!

Posted May 5th, 2008 by Jane Shuput

April 30, 2008

1,250 Free Trees Available to NYC Homeowners and Families in May!

Through the generous sponsorship of BNP
Paribas presenting sponsor of MillionTreesNYC Month 1,250
FREE trees will be available for adoption throughout
the Citys five boroughs this May. Trees will be distributed by New
York Restoration Project (NYRP) at four Council on the Environment
of New York City (CENYC) Greenmarkets and the Riverdale, Bronx
YM-YWHAs Environmental Fair, with 250 trees being given away to
homeowners and families at each tree-distribution
site.

Note individuals and families are limited to adopting one
tree per household and required to register their new tree at
www.milliontreesnyc.org.

NYRP horticulture specialists will be on hand
to provide instruction on proper tree-planting and maintenance
techniques. For CENYC Greenmarket and Environmental Fair
participants who do not have their own yard to plant a tree,
information on volunteering, educational programming and
contributing to MillionTreesNYC will also be available.

Adopt your FREE tree in May at the following
locations, and be one in a million!

  • Saturday, May 10 8 am to 2
    pm St. George CENYC Greenmarket, St. Marks and
    Hyatt Streets, Staten Island

  • Saturday, May 10 8 am to 2
    pm Grand Army Plaza CENYC Greenmarket,Prospect Park NW
    Entrance, Brooklyn

  • Saturday, May 17 8 am to 2
    pm Inwood CENYC Greenmarket, Isham St between
    Seaman & Cooper, Upper Manhattan

  • Saturday, May 17 8 am to 2 pm
    Sunnyside CENYC Greenmarket, Skillman between 42nd
    and 43rd
    Streets,Queens

Limited quantities of the following
species of trees will be available on a first-come, first-serve
basis: Red Bud, Dogwood, Cherry, Crabapple, Service Berry, Linden,
Sweetgum and Oak.

About MillionTreesNYC

Led by the New York City Department of Parks
& Recreation and New York Restoration Project (NYRP),
MillionTreesNYC is a citywide, public-private
initiative with an ambitious goal: to plant and care for one
million new trees across the Citys five boroughs by
2017.