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Celebrate Arbor Day 2012
Celebrate 14 Years of Planting Trees in New Jersey!
For the 14th consecutive year, the NJ Tree Foundation is offering free one- to two-year-old trees to Celebrate Arbor Day in New Jersey. Deadline for the application is February 25, 2011.
In thirteen years, the NJTF's Celebrate Arbor Day! program has planted over 136,222 trees in parks, schools, and public spaces across New Jersey. Be a part of the fun!
Visit our web site for full information and to download an application.
Celebrate Arbor Day 2012! Free Tree Information
The goals of this project are to:
1. Use volunteers to plant trees on public lands to Celebrate Arbor Day 2012!; and
2. Develop partnerships with diverse groups for information and resource sharing, and future projects.
There are many ways the trees can be used to beautify your neighborhood. Trees can be planted in a vacant lot to create an urban forest, planted as a windbreak for a community garden or at a school, planted in a nursery, or trees can be planted randomly throughout a park or cemetery.
It is important to note the following conditions mandated by the New Jersey Tree Foundation:
- NEW: Each species comes in a pack of 25 trees. You must order in increments of 25 trees.
- Trees may be planted only on public land (parks, school grounds, cemeteries, public golf courses, etc.)
- Trees will be available in late April 2012, and must be planted on/near Arbor Day;
- Groups may NOT sell or give away trees;
- All projects must be done by volunteers;
- All groups must complete and send annual report forms to the New Jersey Tree Foundation by the required dates;
- All groups must maintain trees for a minimum of two years after the trees are received: Providing water, mulch, weeding and pruning;
In addition to the above requirements, the New Jersey Tree Foundation requires that each new group send at least one member to a Tree Planting Event Training Session held in March 2011. This is a mandatory requirement.
The New Jersey Tree Foundation is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion, enhancement and development of community forestry activities in the state of New Jersey. The goals of the Tree Foundation are to disseminate the importance of community forestry activities to a broad range of participants, expand urban, suburban and rural forestry activities, promote volunteerism and strengthen relationships between the private and public sector of forestry experts through innovative programs and projects.
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