Greening New Jersey, one tree at a time.
Hands-on Tree Maintenance
Riverfront Park, Newark
Saturday, March 12 9:30AM-10:30 AM
Calling all TreeKeepers! Join us to learn about — or brush up on—proper tree maintenance through hands-on learning. We will be pruning young trees and spreading mulch. Please bring your own pruning tools if you have some. For more information or to RSVP please contact Elena López at elopez@njtreefounation.org or (609) 439-1755. Please RSVP.
We’ll meet on the orange boardwalk by the orange sticks.
Thanks to a $10,000 donation from Keep America Beautiful/Lowe’s grant, The NJ Tree Foundation planted 20 trees, 19 shrubs, and 100 perennials creating 5 microhabitats and beautifying Columbia Park in Jersey City, NJ on September 10. Jersey City Department of Parks and Forestry helped grind out some stumps, and the Columbia Park Greenville Memorial Inc. Association helped coordinate the project. Jersey City Councilwoman-at-Large, Joyce Watterman, addressed the volunteers thanking them and the Tree Foundation for their service to Jersey City. Despite the rain, nine hard-working Lowe’s Heroes employee volunteers came to dig, plant, and mulch in the park. To read more about our work in the park, check out this article or view these photos.
Check out video coverage of the event.
Join the NJ Tree Foundation in June for our Newark TreeKeepers Workshops! These classroom sessions are a series of 4 workshops and hands-on trainings that will teach you how to maintain and enhance the health of your community’s trees.
SPACE IS LIMITED: while FREE to Newark residents, you must RSV
P to participate. Please register for each session you wish to attend. Attend all three sessions to become a Certified Newark Treekeeper!
To RSVP or for more information, please contact our Newark Director, Elena López:(609) 439 -1755 or elopez@njtreefoundation.org.
All workshops will be held at the 92 Carmichael Newark, NJ 07103
Tuesday June 9 6:30-8PM
Session 1: Basic Tree Biology and Tree Identification
Tuesday June 16 6:30-8PM
Session 2: Tree Planting, Pruning, and Maintenance Techniques
Tuesday June 23 6:30-8PM
Session 3: Recognizing Tree Hazards and Tree Disease
Tuesday June 30 6:30-8PM
Session 4: Trees and Environmental Impacts
Newark residents attend at no charge. Non-Newark residents pay $20/session. All attendees receive free tools, educational materials, and dinner at each workshop. 1.5 CEU are earned per session, which can be applied toward your state approved Community Forestry Management Plan requirements.
We are no longer receiving applications: all the trees for this giveaway have been claimed!
The NJ Tree Foundation is excited to give away yard trees to Newark residents this spring! If you would like to receive a free yard tree, please fill out this application. Supply is limited: trees will be first-come, first-served! You will receive a reminder email to pick up your tree from a NJ Tree Foundation staff member.
**Trees must be picked up on Saturday May 2, 12PM – 3PM at Weequahic Park.**
All trees are 3-4′ tall in containers, and will easily fit into any size vehicle. We are giving away black gums and redbuds, and will do our best to fill your request, but please be prepared to accept either tree. Please consider the size of the tree at maturity when selecting your the species: we are dedicated to planting the right tree in the right place.
If you have any questions, please contact Elena López:
elopez@njtreefoundation.org
(609) 439 -1755.
Calling all Newark residents!
The NJ Tree Foundation is still looking for applications for tree plantings in Newark neighborhoods this spring. We would love to plant trees with you and your community, so please fill out this application and submit it to Elena, our Newark Program Director, by January 31, 2015.
Please submit your application via email, fax, or mail :
Email: elopez@njtreefoundation.org
Fax: 973-453-8011
Mailing address: P.O. Box 172
Newark, NJ 07101
If you have any questions, or if you would like to request a printed application,please contact Elena López: 609-439-1755 or elopez@njtreefoundation.org.
Is your Newark block in need of trees? Residents, schools, churches, and non-profits can apply for FREE trees that will be planted in the spring of 2015. We are now accepting applicants until our first-round deadline on November 30, 2014. For more information about the Newark Renaissance Trees Program (NRTP), go to our webpage, or download the application here.
Applications can be sent electronically to elopez@njtreefoundation.org, or mailed to:
P.O. Box 172
Newark, NJ 07101
We look forward to planting with you!
Join the NJ Tree Foundation in June for our Newark TreeKeepers Workshops! A series of four sessions, these classroom and hands-on trainings will teach you how to maintain and enhance the health of your community’s trees.
All workshops will be held at Room B-29 Newark City Hall: 920 Broad Street, Newark NJ.
Thursday June 12 6:30-8PM
Session 1: Basic Tree Biology and Tree Identification
Thursday June 19 6:30-8PM
Session 2: Tree Planting, Pruning, and Maintenance Techniques
Thursday June 26 6:30-8PM
Session 3: Recognizing Tree Hazards and Tree Disease
Wednesday July 2 6:30-8PM
Session 4: Trees and Environmental Impacts
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
Newark residents attend at no charge. Non-Newark residents pay $20/session. All attendees receive free tools, educational materials, and dinner at each workshop. 1.5 CEU are earned per session, which can be applied toward your state approved Community Forestry Management Plan requirements.
These educational workshops were made possible through a partnership with the City of Newark Sustainability Office.
This winter, the NJ Tree Foundation conducted a special winter TreeKeepers workshop series in Newark thanks to a partnership with Newark’s Office of Sustainability. In this series of workshops, residents learned the proper tree-care and maintenance techniques needed to become effective tree stewards in their communities. 106 Newark residents participated at these workshops where we provided educational materials and tools to all who attended. The Tree Foundation would like to extend our thanks to the Greater Newark Conservancy for hosting this winter series.
Congratulations to our 18 new certified TreeKeepers! These dedicated individuals attended all four workshops, and are excited to share their knowledge with neighbors and friends:
Justin Allen
Robert Bell
Cameron Black
Mary Bradley
Sandra Crawley
Betty Crockett
Tara Daniel
Jon Dugan
Maria Goetschalckx
Ricardo Grant
Alterick Hardy
Wynnie-Fred Hinds
Kenneth Louis
Christian Oliveira
Thalya Reyes
Michael Sheehan
DeAnna Joy Whitley
Keith Williams
For more pictures from our Newark TreeKeepers workshops, visit our Facebook Albums. Thank you to all who attended .
This fall was another successful tree-planting season for the Newark Renaissance Trees Program. Through 4 projects, we were able to plant 79 trees spanning throughout Newark. As always, hard-working volunteers made all of the plantings possible with their muscle and positive attitudes. This fall was filled with new and exciting experiences.
We had the opportunity to work with the Super Bowl Host Committee in a Legacy event in which we planted 28 trees along Chancellor Avenue. This event brought together the community surrounding Chancellor Ave School and Weequahic High School, with the Verizon Green Team. This October also marked our first fruit-tree planting in Newark. The NJ Tree Foundation paired up with Greater Newark Charter School to plant 5 fruit trees in their Urban Farm.
Special thanks to this fall’s sponsors and donors:
USDA Forest Service
TD Bank
Walgreens of Newark
City of Newark
These new fall trees bring our total of trees planted to 1,852 trees in 8 years!
Thank you for everyone who made our fall season possible:
we look forward to more great work in the spring.
The deadline for a Spring 2014 planting is December 31, 2013.
Every season we meet new dedicated volunteers that make our plantings possible. We cannot express our gratitude enough to these hard-working groups and individuals who spend their time planting trees with us. This spring, the Newark Renaissance Trees Program worked together with over 200 volunteers to plant 112 trees. While all of our volunteers were spectacular, there were 2 groups that stuck out for their hard work and enthusiasm: La Casa de Don Pedro, and Whole Foods Milburn-Union.
La Casa de Don Pedro is an organization dedicated to community development in Newark. Their profound passion for making Newark a better place was immediately evident when they arrived at our plantings. Elsa Cipriani, La Casa’s Health Services Manager, described volunteering as an “opportunity to give back to our Newark community, beautifying public spaces, and also learning about community plantings.” La Casa brought a group of lively volunteers to three of our plantings this spring.
Liz Dugan, a member of the Whole Foods Market Green Mission Team, described the experience with the Tree Foundation as a “perfect fit.” The Whole Foods team came out to volunteer and enhance the community; they enjoyed the experience so much they came back to another planting. Their entire group, reaching upwards of 10 volunteers, arrived with energy, eager to learn and work. Another Green mission member, Le’Nisha Rogers stated, “We really felt involved and that we weren’t just planting trees, but we were showing those around us that by planting just one tree, we can make a difference.”
