TNY Shares TLC for Neighborhood Trees

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

To create a meaningful neighborhood-wide legacy for Earth Day 2010, 60 Hudson Square professionals and students were taught how to plant, preserve and protect trees and flowers that grow along our city streets.  This was the Connection’s second event with the non-profit environmental group Trees New York, (TNY) the “million trees people.”

Hudson Square Connection first tapped TNY when they hosted a workshop for commercial building managers and maintenance personnel. Through the Street Tree Care Maintenance Workshop, local employees now know the best practices for taking care of the trees around their buildings.

Our second event, on Earth Day, gave a chance for the broader community to get involved. Students from Chelsea Vocational High School worked side by side with volunteers from Penguin, Corbis, Porter Novelli, Turner Construction, MTV Networks and Weidlinger, mulching and watering the trees and planting flowers in the tree beds. When you see these new plantings, you can thank your neighbors for adding a little color to your day.

We would like to thank HERE Art Center for letting us use their space, NYC Department of Environmental Protection for donating re-usable water bottles and Trinity for planting 17 new trees at 345 and 350 Hudson Street. Special thanks to Susan, Mary, Maeve, Nelson, Sam and Steve from Trees New York  for organizing this event.

TNY was started in 1976 and has taught more than 11,000 people how to care for local forestry. TNY and its programs focus on stewardship, education and community.

In 2007, in conjunction with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the group set the goal of planting and caring for one million new trees throughout the city in the following ten years. Hudson Square Connection is proud to participate in helping the city accomplish this goal.

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