Upper Green Side

On January 9th and 10th bring your holiday tree to a designated city park to be recycled into mulch that will nourish plantings across the city!  Watch your tree go into the chipper and become environment-friendly mulch.  And you can take some home for your own yard or garden!  Just don’t forget to remove all decorations from the trees BEFORE bringing them to a City park. You don’t want those cool NYC Transit ornaments to end up “fertilizing” your new street tree, now do ya?!

Participating parks on the Upper East Side include:

Carl Schurz Park (East End & 86th Street) and nearby Thomas Jefferson Park ( 114th Street & 1st Avenue, drop off only)

A complete list of participating Parks around the City can be found here.

More About MulchFest

MulchFest is an annual event held by the Department of Parks & Recreation that provides New Yorkers with the opportunity to bring their holiday trees to be recycled at designated sites across the five boroughs. At these sites we use “chipping machines” to turn dead trees into mulch. The mulch can then be placed in tree pits and horticultural areas to help conserve warmth and soil moisture throughout the winter. Mulch also helps inhibit the growth of weeds. Parks encourages New Yorkers to help the environment and their community by participating in this event and taking home some mulch for use on trees in their community!