Greening New Jersey, one tree at a time.
Larry is a recent graduate of our Green Streets Program. Green Streets provides men under parole supervision with temporary jobs planting and maintaining trees, helping them increase their job skills and earn an income while they get back on their feet.
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The residents of Pomona Avenue in Newark were tired of seeing the long, empty, grass medians on their street filled with litter and causing an eyesore. Ready to take action, they reactivated the Pomona Avenue Block Association and adopted the grass medians from the City of Newark. Their first project was to plant trees there!
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Trees can be the icing on the cake for any park renovation project. Even better is when we can install enhanced tree pits, shown above, which are almost like mini habitats with multiple trees and shrubs! In fall 2020 the NJ Tree Foundation, partners, and volunteers planted 17 trees in and around the 4th & Washington Park in Camden City.
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If you don’t know who Hattie Carthan is yet, you should! As we celebrate Juneteenth, it’s important to remember the role that Black Americans have had in shaping environmentalism. Hattie Carthan, known as the ‘Tree Lady of Brooklyn’, lived in the New York City neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant since the 1920’s. In the 1960’s she realized that her neighborhood had completely deteriorated and lost its trees, thanks to the blockbusting and redlining practices that took place in Bed-Stuy. A lifelong lover of trees, Hattie decided she was going to do something about it.
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When the NJ Tree Foundation plans for a tree planting event, concrete removal is a critical part of the project. Along portions of the Circuit Trail in Camden, areas with large sidewalks are prioritized as prime locations for street trees. Opening up the sidewalk to make space for a tree improves the health of the local watershed and the greater community.
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Read moreMy name is Timothy S., my friends call me Timmy or Suu. I would like to share my experience working for the NJ Tree Foundation.
The NJ Tree Foundation had a lot to celebrate in 2019 – including environmental justice and planting our 7,000th tree in Camden!
Read moreThe NJ Tree Foundation worked hard this spring to plant trees in Camden, Newark, and North Jersey. On April 13th, 2019, we celebrated a large milestone for Camden. Together with volunteers, the NJ Tree Foundation planted our 7,000th tree as part of the Urban Airshed Reforestation Program. Together with residents and volunteers, we planted 16 trees along Waldorf, Highland, Beacon Avenues and Alberta Woods Park.
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Our Renaissance Trees Program, which traditionally has focused its tree planting efforts in Newark, held a community-based tree planting in Irvington in November. We planted 32 trees around the Chancellor Avenue Elementary School and Park Place Apartments. Principal Jackson, who coordinated a tree planting event at a Newark school with us in 2009, was very excited to work with the NJ Tree Foundation again! Read more