(PLEASE LIST through 1/11/2020) SAY “FIR-WELL” TO YOUR HOLIDAY TREE WITH NYC PARKS DURING MULCHFEST 2020!

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

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PLEASE  LIST through January 11, 2020 IMMEDIATE

 

 

SAY "FIR-WELL" TO YOUR HOLIDAY TREE WITH NYC PARKS DURING MULCHFEST 2020!

 

DETAILS:                   Wrap up your holiday season and say goodbye to your tree at Mulchfest. Join NYC Parks and the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) in the environmentally-friendly holiday tradition of recycling your tree!

 

                                    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.

 

DATES:                      Tree Drop-Offs

 

December 26, 2019, to January 11, 2020

All Day

 

Drop off your tree at any designated Mulchfest location.

 

Chipping Saturdays

 

Saturday, January 4, and Saturday, January 11, 2020

10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

 

Bring your tree to a chipping site to take home a tree-mento! We'll chip your tree and give you your very own bag of mulch to use in your backyard or to make a winter bed for a street tree.

 

LOCATIONS:            NYC Parks hosts Mulchfest drop-off only locations and chipping sites in select parks and Greenthumb gardens across all five boroughs—67 locations in all. A complete list of all Mulchfest locations can be found on NYC Parks' website.

 

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Press Contact:

Daniel Kastanis

pressoffice@parks.nyc.gov

(212) 360-1311