Yolanda Marin stands with her tree in North Camden. In the spring, it boasts bright white flowers. Yolanda is a life-long Camden resident who loves plants and gardening. She is known locally for her ability to plant the most amazing and colorful combinations of flowers in front of her home.
Kids make it happen! Pictured here are youth from Acelero Learning Center’s N. 27th Street location in Cramer Hill. They are helping to plant a sugar maple in their playground to provide shade and beautiful fall color for years to come.
Camden’s Mayor Dana Redd has been a champion of trees since day one! She organized a tree planting in her own community of Fairview and she attends several tree plantings a year to help residents beautify the places they call home. Thank you, Mayor Redd!
A beautiful weeping willow stands in the Cooper Sprouts Garden in the Lanning Square 
neighborhood of Camden. Resident Sheila Roberts explains, “this tree serves as a place where neighbors come to pray and meditate; to get away from the dangerous streets in the urban ghetto of Camden. This tree is a symbol of hope for tomorrow.”
Juanita Butler organized her tree planting in the Whitman Park neighborhood of Camden when she was 84 years old. She loves to decorate her tree for 
the holidays. “This decorated tree brings color, life, beauty to our neighborhood,” she explained.
“Volunteering with the New Jersey Tree Foundation has been one of my life’s best experiences. I have done a lot of volunteering, but this gig brings instant results. Where else can you participate in the transformation of a block of row homes in just three hours?” – Tina Louise, volunteer
Long-term transformation. That is what the NJ Tree Foundation strives for by planting “the right tree in the right place, planted the right way.”