this is an email I received yesterday: Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 7:02 PM Subject: Free trees at select Greenmarkets! 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 City's 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-YWHA's 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 NOTE - NEW DATE Borough Hall CENYC Greenmarket - Staten Island St. Mark's and Hyatt
Saturday, May 10 - 8 am to 2 pm Grand Army Plaza CENYC Greenmarket - Brooklyn Prospect Park NW Entrance
Saturday, May 17 - 8 am to 2 pm NOTE - NEW DATE Inwood CENYC Greenmarket - Upper Manhattan Isham St - Seaman & Cooper
Saturday, May 17 - 8 am to 2 pm Sunnyside CENYC Greenmarket - Queens Skillman between 42nd and 43rd Streets
Sunday, May 18 - 8 am to 2 pm Riverdale YM-YWHA Environmental Fair - Bronx 5625 Arlington Avenue at 256th Street
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.
Greenmarkets and the Riverdale, Bronx YM-YWHA's 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 NOTE - NEW DATE Borough Hall CENYC Greenmarket - Staten Island St. Mark's and Hyatt
Saturday, May 10 - 8 am to 2 pm Grand Army Plaza CENYC Greenmarket - Brooklyn Prospect Park NW Entrance
Saturday, May 17 - 8 am to 2 pm NOTE - NEW DATE Inwood CENYC Greenmarket - Upper Manhattan Isham St - Seaman & Cooper
Saturday, May 17 - 8 am to 2 pm Sunnyside CENYC Greenmarket - Queens Skillman between 42nd and 43rd Streets
Sunday, May 18 - 8 am to 2 pm Riverdale YM-YWHA Environmental Fair - Bronx 5625 Arlington Avenue at 256th Street
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 City's five boroughs by 2017.
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