“When you come to TreeKeepers, you can enrich your life and can then inspire others to properly care for their trees…which enriches the community.” – Bill, a Camden TreeKeeper
The NJ Tree Foundation’s TreeKeepers Program has trained hundreds of individuals on young tree care and benefits of trees.
New for 2020! TreeKeepers will be offered as a free online webinar for the first time. Please RSVP for TreeKeepers by clicking the link below no later than April 30th. This year, TreeKeepers is offered free to all particpants and partners, regardless of location.
Combining classroom style with hands-on outdoor education, TreeKeepers workshops cover:
- Basic Tree Identification
- Tree Biology
- Proper Tree Planting
- Tree Care Techniques
- Environmental Impact of Trees
- Trees as Green Infrastructure
- Preventing Tree Hazards
- Environmental Issues
Each TreeKeepers workshop is approximately three hours. Attendees are provided free meal, educational materials, and tree care tools such as hand pruners, hand saws, gator bags, or water meters. All attending become Certified TreeKeepers and are entered into a drawing to win a gift card to a local garden store.
TreeKeepers workshops are held annually in Camden and Newark, NJ. TreeKeepers is free to any Camden or Newark resident and all NJ Tree Foundation tree recipients. Other may attend for a fee of $20 per session. Each TreeKeepers session equals two Continuing Education Units (CEUs) toward Community Forestry Management Plans. Visit our Camden or Newark program pages for more information and to find out when the next sessions will be held.