Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Year : 2, Issue : 17
Every weekend in the spring, the New York Restoration Project hands out free trees to New Yorkers.
3,500 saplings are ready to sink roots into backyards and frontyards, making the city a little greener one tree at a time. New York Restoration Project’s Program Coordinator Mike Horwitz says the organization offers both fruit and non-fruit trees to people.
The nonprofit also plants trees and cleans certain parks, but this program is to increase the leafy canopy in private spaces. Trees are not only great for the air, the birds, for fighting erosion, flooding and climate change, but there are also intangible benefits of beauty.
One plant the nonprofit offers is a witch hazel tree. Not only does a witch hazel tree grow wide, but it will also stretch tall, making it not an indoor tree. In the eight years of the free program, the New York Restoration Project has noticed the neighborhood turn more lush, and the summer time more shady.
Free trees go quickly, so be sure to register and get out a shovel for planting.
Source: ABC7 News
