editorial
Christmas trees already stacking up at ‘mulchfest’
Residents walk past piles of trees already gathering at city parks. Photo by Todd Maisel
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BRONX TIMES R 12 EPORTER, JANUARY 3-9, 2020 BTR
BY TODD MAISEL
Only a day after Christmas,
the holiday trees are starting
to gather at New York City
parks to be part of Mulchfest,
the annual holiday tradition
of recycling Christmas trees
into mulch and potpourri with
the assistance of hundreds of
volunteers.
Many of the trees dropped
at city parks on Thursday
were leftovers from tree sales
or those who decide to take
their trees down early after
Christmas.
More than 28,000 trees were
tossed into wood-chippers last
year at parks throughout the
city and are converted into
new uses inc8uding mulch for
gardens and scented satchels
to hang in the home as potpourri.
Residents will be invited
to take a big of mulch for
the backyard or a winter bed
for a street tree.
Chipping will begin on Saturday,
January 4 and January
11, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on both
days.
Bring your tree to a chipping
site on Chipping Saturdays
to take home a treemento!
They’ll chip your tree
and give you your very own
bag of mulch to use in your
backyard or to make a winter
bed for a street. To participate,
just look for a chipping site on
the map or list below. https://
www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/
festivals/mulchfest
Some of the bigger locations
include Van Cortlandt
Park in the Bronx, Prospect
Park in Brooklyn, Central
Park in Manhattan, Forest
Park in Queens and Clove
Lakes Park in Staten Island.
However, most every park will
accept Christmas trees.
Last year, L.J. Philip, a
lead gardener at Lakeside in
the Horticulture Department
of the Prospect Park Alliance,
worked with volunteers and
park workers to grind up trees
of all sizes.
“People and NYC Sanitation
bring trees and we chip
them — we use them within
the park, to spread mulch
around our trees so we are
recycling them,” Philip said.
“We use them around our
trees because they are great
for moisture, gives them nitrogen,
suppresses weeds, and
also keeps them a little warm
in winter.”
Park offi cials reminded
residents to remove all lights,
ornaments, and netting before
bringing the tree to a Mulchfest
site.
Volunteers can register
with the Mulchfest team at
https://www.nycgovparks.
org/events/keyword%2 0
mulchfest%202020/
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