New York City Grows Greener by 20,000 Trees 4/24

As part of MillionTreesNYC Spring Planting Day 2010, over 5,000 trees were planted on Friday, April 23rd in Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx by volunteers from the Disney Corporation; Central Park in Manhattan; and Arden Heights Woods with volunteers from the New York City League of Hotel Concierges, the Staten Island Developmental Disabilities Services Office, and the Greenbelt on Staten Island.

MillionTreesNYC is a cornerstone of Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC, a blueprint to fight global warming and create a more livable city. MillionTreesNYC is a joint initiative of the City of New York and New York Restoration Project, through which one million new trees will be planted and cared for throughout the five boroughs by 2017. For more information, visit www.milliontreesnyc.org.

Now, on April 24, more trees are set to be planted:

Bronx
Bronx River Forest (500 trees)
New York Botanical Garden (200 trees)
Raoul Wallenberg Forest (1500 trees)

Brooklyn
Gateway National Recreation Area, Jamaica Bay Unit, Floyd Bennett Field (2000 trees)
Spring Creek Park, Seaview Avenue (500 trees)

Queens
Highland Park, Ridgewood (1500 trees)
Rockaway Community Park (1500 trees)
Roy Wilkins Park (1000 trees)

Staten Island
Cloves Lakes Park (2500 trees)
Ocean Breeze Park (1500 trees)
Wolfe's Pond Park (2000 trees)

For directions to planting sites, visit www.milliontreesnyc.org, keyword: spring planting 2010.

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