Check out this short film by #CorazónLatino featuring Opera Singer #RolandoVillazón learning how to #steward the #trees surrounding #LincolnCenter during one of his rehearsal breaks for #LaSonnambula! tinyurl.com/2tfz6fsf

Celebrating 50 years! And for more than 20 of those years, TreesNY has been expanding #NYCHA's #treecanopy by planting over 2,500 trees on their campuses. Check out pics from 2015 when we planted a 100+ #trees for NYCHA in the Bronx. Trees are critical infrastructure! #NewYorkCityHousingAuthority

We are partnering with #CityParksFoundation and connecting youth with their #urbanforest. Students are helping us #steward their neighborhood #streettrees while learning about #greencareers and how to lead environmental action in their community!

Trees New York is celebrating our 50th anniversary! As we celebrate this historic milestone, we recommit ourselves to expanding the city’s tree canopy through planting and stewardship, ensuring that future generations inherit a New York City with a healthy and resilient urban forest.

Volunteering with Trees New York is an excellent opportunity for your company to increase visibility, reach a new market, and showcase your #corporatesocialresponsibility! We will help you organize your event and assist with outreach. Email [email protected] for available dates and more info! #CSR

We're excited to highlight #MattLopezJensen's new project, New York City Street Tree Tarot ,a 78-card tarot deck for reflection, education, and divination accompanied by a book of texts and keywords to help readers interpret each scene. Learn more on his Kickstarter page: tinyurl.com/kpkstpbr

Join Trees New York for a winter tree id workshop on Thursday, 2/26 from 6 - 8 pm via Zoom! Learn how to identify trees in the winter by looking at the tree's twigs, buds and bark. Registered participants will receive a copy of the recording and materials after the workshop. tinyurl.com/hvknuurs

In case you missed it, we released our 2025 Year in Review. Please read about the programs you help support! tinyurl.com/2s4rmnxn

This Valentine’s Day, give a gift that grows! ❤️🌳 Donate to Trees New York in someone’s honor and send a personalized e-Card letting them know you’re helping plant & care for NYC’s street trees—in schools, parks, and beyond. Your support keeps our city green! Donate today: tinyurl.com/mwv579uj

#HackberryTrees have raised bumps and/or ridges on the bark, even when young. Viewed from the side, the bumps/ridges have multiple layers. Try some winter tree identification - go outside this weekend and see if you can locate one among the many wonders found in our #urbanforest!

We continue to train over 300 #CitizenPruners per year! With their help, we #pruned 500 #streettrees in 2025 and partnered with several community-based organizations to train volunteers. Check out your 2025 Year in Review for more info on the programs you help support! tinyurl.com/2s4rmnxn

JOIN US TONIGHT, 1/29, from 6-7:30pm for ‘Meet the Author’ with Stanley Greenberg. In his book, “Olmsted Trees”, he photographs historic trees from Frederick Law Olmsted’s parks nationwide, connecting them to the landscape designer’s original visions! tinyurl.com/4xxybbh2

Most trees have smooth bark when young. Pictured here, #Burroak has very distinctive, raised ridges on the bark of young #trees. If you are looking to try some winter #tree identification, go outside this weekend and see if you can locate one among the many wonders found throughout our #urbanforest!

Join us on Thursday, 1/29, from 6-7:30 pm on Zoom for ‘Meet the Author’ with Stanley Greenberg. In his book, “Olmsted Trees”, Greenberg photographs historic trees from Frederick Law Olmsted’s parks nationwide, connecting them to the landscape designer’s original visions. tinyurl.com/4xxybbh2

#Mulchfest has begun! You can take your Christmas #tree to be chipped and turned into #mulch for our city’s #greenspaces. Want Christmas tree mulch for your local #streettrees? You can also get that at a chipping site this weekend on Mulchfest. For more info and locations: tinyurl.com/2s4xw7r5

With funding from the #CityParksFoundation #GreenFund, we planted and cared for #trees in Red Hook, Brooklyn - an area prone to flooding. These trees will provide shade and absorb excess stormwater. A BIG thank you for your years of support!

Despite the rain, we were out planting this #tree in the West Village with 8 more set to go in the ground in Red Hook before we close out the year!

Congratulations to our first cohort of Urban Forest Fellows - Julien, Mariya, and Jose! They helped us expand our programming, resulting in thousands of #stewardedtrees, as they trained 16 Young Urban Forester Interns who helped us care for 399 #trees we planted with our #TreesForNYCHA project.

Outdoor learning is turning NYC students into urban environmental champions! Our youth programs have inspired young NY'ers for nearly 20 years, and empowered them to steward hundreds of trees in 2025! Support our mission—every donation helps! 🙌 Thank you! tinyurl.com/mubb84uy

A BIG thank you and shout out to the #CitizenPruners who came out to #prunetrees on Nostrand Avenue that were blocking the sidewalk last Saturday! #PlantTrees #PreserveTrees #ProtectTrees

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Community Field Manager and #CitizenPruner Nina Browne has art show – Notice/Know/Kin: A Human/Tree Biography - at BBG’s Conservatory Gallery now thru 3/15/26. Also a woodworker, her art includes many #tree and plant-themed pieces.

A #scarletoak, #Quercuscoccinea, showing how it got its common name in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Great to see these as #streettrees - thank you @nycgovparks.bsky.social!

#Trees New York is committed to expanding our city’s #canopy through #treeplanting and #stewardship, but we need your help! Please donate and help us grow our efforts in 2026. Click to donate! tinyurl.com/363np4eu

What an amazing accomplishment! This fall, we worked with over 20 schools, 2000 students, and cared for 110 #trees with the help of students.

Did you explore the #urbanforest this weekend? If so, you likely noticed that some #trees don’t drop their leaves in the fall but keep most of them on the tree through the winter, like this #swampwhiteoak. This is called marcescence, and why some #tree species do it is unknown!

We are so grateful to our #CitizenPruners and volunteers who help us maintain and expand our #urbanforest. Your hard work are vital to our shared mission and success. Thank you for donating your valuable time to #Trees New York and supporting the work we do together for NYC's urban forest!

We're so grateful to our generous donors and sponsors for funding our work to train #CitizenPruners and volunteers who help us #plant, #steward, and #prune thousands of #trees each year. Thank you for investing in our shared mission to plant, preserve, and protect NYC's #urbanforest!

We are so grateful to our TreesNY educators and the teachers at the schools we work with, who recognize the value of youth environmental education, as well as the students and future environmental leaders who help us steward hundreds of #trees every year. We thank you all so much for your support!

Enjoy the #urbanforest this weekend! #Ginkgotrees (#Ginkgobiloba) are a historic native of NY State although their modern native range stretches across Asia. Found as #streettrees in NYC, they feature a unique #whorledleafing arrangement, and in November, their #leaves are likely already yellow!

#Plantingtrees in the West Village is the perfect way to spend a fall day! Last week, we #planted four #streettrees! We were joined by #CitizenPruners, and they learned how a #streettree gets planted.

Enjoy the #urbanforest this weekend! #GreenAsh is one of the few #trees with compound leaves that you can find in NYC. They have been the recent target of the Emerald Ash Borer, a beetle that creates markings underneath the bark in the larval stage and leaves exit holes as it emerges as an adult.

Our #TreesforNYHCHA project has been a huge success! As we continue putting forth #treestewardship initiatives to maintain this historic investment, we are still prioritizing #wateringtrees to ensure they survive and thrive through ongoing dry weather conditions.

Congratulations to the volunteers who recently joined our cohort of #CitizenPruners, seen here #pruningtrees during their field outing in Brooklyn as part of their training. We are so grateful to them and the 300+ volunteers that signed up this year for the #CitizenPruner course!

Go outside and enjoy the #urbanforest this weekend! The #Sweetgumtree features star-shaped leaves and spiky, gumball-sized fruits. The #tree earned its name from its fragrantly sweet sap that was historically used as chewing gum. Crush a leaf to enjoy its aromatic scent!

Friendly reminder - #trees win when you vote! Anyone can post suggestions for participatory budgeting for infrastructure programs across the five boroughs (including #tree projects) at tinyurl.com/y7t3kbcb#trees#treeDon't miss out. See ideas that have already been submitted and MAKE YOUR VOICE COUNT!

Our environmental educators took a quick break from teaching this week to #prune this #streettree that had a limb obstructing a traffic light. #Pruningtrees not only strengthens them but also serves as a way to help make NYC's streets and sidewalks safer for all New Yorkers!

Check out Sam’s video for a brief explanation on why leaves change color in the fall! tinyurl.com/bdfpvj3x

A BIG thank you to our volunteers and Local Nature Lab for joining us on #NYCclimateweek to help us care for 15 young #streettrees in the West Village.  They are ready for #CityofForestDay2025 and will continue to care for more #trees this Saturday! 

Thank you to our #CitizenPruners that joined us for a #Prune & Chat in the West Village! We #pruned #streettrees and discussed proper #pruningtechniques. Our #TreesWestVillage project is about caring for #trees and uniting through a common goal of expanding our #urban forest!

As a culmination of our #CitizenPrunercourse this summer with #bronxIsblooming's summer #PLACEstudents, Trees New York Educators held a #pruningouting to give these new #citizenpruners a chance to practice their skills and provide some love and care to #trees in the Bronx!

In anticipation of #CityofForestDay, join us on Wednesday, 9/10 in Morningside Heights for a #treestewardship event starting on W. 117 Street and Broadway moving north to W. 119th Street. Help us care for our #urbanforest and #streettrees along the #BroadwayMalls! tinyurl.com/yyx3jtmn

Sam teamed up with a newly trained #CitizenPruner to #prune this #Riverbirch #streettree in Queens. Check out the before and after. Thank you to all the #CitizenPruners helping us care for our #urbanforest!

Get out and explore the #urbanforest this weekend! You may spot some Kentucky Coffee #tree seed pods. There are over 9,000 Kentucky Coffee #trees on the #NYCParks #streettree map. tinyurl.com/4nea3skj

We repaired this #treebed as part of our #TreesWestVillage project. We removed the blocks, amended the soil, mulched, and our interns watered the #tree. We were delighted to return and see that someone installed a #treeguard - THANK YOU!

Boost your company visibility and reach a new market by volunteering with #Trees NY and showcasing your #corporatesocialresponsibility! We will help you organize your event and assist with outreach. Email us at [email protected] for details and available opportunities during #ClimateWeekNYC2025! #CSR

A BIG SHOUT OUT to our 2025 #YoungUrbanForester interns who worked hard all summer long taking care of our city’s #trees so they survive and thrive and serve as some of the best tools we have to fight #climatechange! This year’s program was made possible as part of our #TreesforNYCHA project.

#BurrOak, #QuercusMacrocarpa, is being #planted by #NYCParks as a #streettree. The leaves are variable in shape making them a little tricky to identify. The bark has raised ridges from a very young age which can be seen on new street #trees. #NYCurbanforest

Trees New York partnered with 40 schools located throughout the five boroughs, engaged 4,059 students, offered 191 lessons, planted 30 #trees, #stewarded 251 trees and #pruned 44. A BIG thank you to our sponsor #conedison for supporting our #YouthEnvironmentalLiteracyProgram!

Congratulations to #bronxisblooming - they are now #CitizenPruners! They have spent the summer connecting with their #urbanforest #stewardingtrees, and learning proper maintenance techniques. We are so proud to work with such wonderful students and a great organization!

Our #YoungUrbanForester interns learned about #urbanagriculture as they explored the #brooklyngrange #rooftopfarm and got a glimpse of #environmentalcareer pathways!