The New York Restoration Project is handing out 2,000 free trees across NYC.
give in New York City is about to get a little greener . From today through previous May , the non - profit organizationNew York Restoration Project(NYRP ) is rolling out an initiative to give away 2,000 gratis , plantable trees across all five boroughs .
The undertaking , which earlier started in 2010 as part of the MillionTreesNYC enterprisingness , aims to produce a greener , tidy New York City . With the clime crisis intensifying and the concrete jungle becoming even quick , trees play an essential role in shelter community from the Lord’s Day , while also improve tune quality and mitigating temperatures .
" Trees do n’t just decorate our biotic community and ameliorate our mental wellness , they also save life story , " said New York City Council Chair of the Parks and Recreation Committee Shekar Krishnan . " That ’s why I enthusiastically support the yield of the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree giveaway initiative from New York Restoration Project . "
Photo courtesy of New York Restoration Project
This twelvemonth ’s Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree giveaway marks an anticipated rejoinder after a two - year break due to COVID . Among the native tree mintage that NYRP and its partners will deliver this season are Serviceberry , River Birch , Hornbeam , Hackberry , Redbud , Persimmon , Eastern Red Cedar , Sweetbay Magnolia , Black Gum , Black Cherry , and Swamp White Oak .
To receive a costless Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , you may registerhere . For a list of confirmed location and dates you’re able to natter theNYRP web site . More date will be announce in the following weeks .
The NYRP enterprise fit well into a great pushing to make NYC a dark-green city with better - equip parks . A few Clarence Day ago , Mayor Eric Adams announcedthat NYC park and resort area will receive a $ 417 investment for refurbishment , resuming over 100 projects that were pause due to COVID .
" We ’re grateful for New York Restoration Project ’s commitment to aid us set more tree in New York and making that a petty prosperous by cave in families destitute tree diagram to plant themselves , " said Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso . " It should n’t be a privilege for New Yorkers to have clean melodic phrase to catch one’s breath and a healthy landscape to savour . Whether it ’s in our neighbourhood parks , or in our backyard , we should all have a greener Brooklyn . "
