FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MULCHFEST TREE DROP-OFFS BEGIN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26

Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP Commissioner, NYC Parks www.nyc.gov/parks

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 23, 2019 No. 127

 

 

MULCHFEST TREE DROP-OFFS BEGIN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26

 

Mulchfest 2020 chipping Saturdays: Jan 4 and 11

 

As the holidays are upon us, now is the perfect time to find a location to recycle your tree. NYC Parks’ Mulchfest provides New Yorkers the opportunity to recycle their trees at a local park, with convenient drop-off sites in all five boroughs making it easier than ever to say goodbye your holiday tree! 

 

Drop-off sites include:

 

• Bronx

Van Cortlandt Park

Golf course at Bailey Ave. & Van Cortlandt Park S.

 

• Brooklyn

Prospect Park

Lincoln Rd. & Ocean Ave.; Park Cir. & Parkside Ave.; Third St. & Prospect Park W.

 

• Manhattan

Washington Square Park

Fifth Ave. & Washington Square N.

 

• Queens

Astoria Park

19th St. & Hoyt Ave.

 

• Staten Island

Conference House Park

Parking lot at Hylan Blvd. & Satterlee St.

 

For more information, including the full list of Mulchfest drop-off and chipping sites visit: https://www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/festivals/mulchfest

 

Mulchfest 2020 runs from December 26 through January 11. With 67 total drop-off sites—32 are chipping sites—across the five boroughs, including parks and GreenThumb gardens, New Yorkers will be able drop off holiday trees which are then chipped and recycled. The mulch is used to nourish city trees and plants making make NYC even greener.

 

This year, New Yorkers have two consecutive Saturdays when they can actively mulch their holiday trees—Saturday, January 4 and 11. This new schedule makes it easier than ever for all to say goodbye to their trees in an ecofriendly way, and take a bag of nutrient rich mulch home in the process. Weather permitting, DSNY will also collect and compost clean trees left at curbs from Monday, January 6 through Friday, January 17, 2020.

 

Mulchfest, part of the New York City’s holiday tradition, encourages New Yorkers to make greening a family activity—turning holiday trees into mulch which can be used for gardening and to increase soil fertility. For more than 20 years, Parks and DSNY have collected and mulched trees to help planting beds and community gardens around the city grow. Mulch maintains the health of our trees and plants citywide by deterring weeds, retaining moisture, preventing compaction, adding nutrients to the soil, and keeping roots warm. In recent years, Parks has mulched between 25,000 and 30,000 on average annually.

 

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Photo Credit – NYC Parks / D. Avila

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Contact:

Daniel Kastanis

(212) 360-1311

pressoffice@parks.nyc.gov