ATTN NEW YORK: #FREETREE GIVEAWAY SEASON IS HERE! 🌳 We are giving away 3,750 free native tree saplings throughout #NYC starting Saturday, April 4 💐 Go to nyrp.org/freetree to find a giveaway near you📍
NOTE: to receive the free tree you registered for, you MUST show up within the first hour of the giveaway.
As of now, registration for all tree giveaway events is full, but you may still be able to get a tree at these events. Not everyone who registers in advance will come to pick up their tree, so we always have trees available for first-come, first-serve walk-ups during the second half of each event. If you plan on attending an event with full registration, we recommend arriving at the beginning of the event to add yourself to the waitlist. We will start distributing all remaining trees to people on the waitlist at the start of the second hour.
Thank you to our partners @bloombergdotorg , @citizensbank Philanthropic Foundation, @tdbank_us Charitable Foundation, @delta , @cmshekar25 , and @cmrestler for making these tree giveaways possible 💚
Thank you, NYC! 💚 All of our #FreeTree giveaways are fully registered, but you can still try to get on the waitlist! 📋🌳
Check out all of our tree giveaway FAQs and resources at the link in our bio 🔗
This growing season, make the city your bingo board with New York Restoration Project 🦋🌱 From volunteering with our crews to exploring parks and gardens, attending a workshop or virtual program, or supporting our work along the way, there are lots of ways to play 😋
Complete 3 squares in a row (across, down, or diagonal) for bingo, then submit your photo proof using the link in our bio 🔗
The first 3 eligible participants to submit a complete and valid bingo entry will each win an NYRP Native Trees of New York City tote designed by @avonplinsky , a copy of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s The Serviceberry, and a $100 gift card to Hudson Valley Seed Co. 🌼
Open to U.S. residents 18+. Limit one prize per person. No purchase or donation necessary to enter or win. Winners will be determined by the timestamp of a complete and valid Google Form submission and contacted by email and/or Instagram DM. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Instagram.
New York may be called a concrete jungle, but New Yorkers still love making things green. 🌳
Founded by @bettemidler in 1995, the New York Restoration Project has planted trees, restored gardens and parks, and transformed city spaces into beautiful community havens that connect us back to nature.
Meet Michael Horwitz, Public Programming Manager at @nyrp , who’s helping put 3,750 free native trees into the hands of New Yorkers at Tree Giveaway events throughout the city. From Pawpaw to American Persimmon to Flowering Dogwood, these trees will cool blocks, clean air, and grow neighborhood canopy where it’s needed most.
Register at nyrp.org/freetree to claim your tree!
New York’s communities are strengthened by @partnership4nyc member companies like @bloomberg , @delta , and @tdbank_us and their employees who show up, give back, and invest in the city they call home.
#welovenyc #plants #nyc #nycthingstodo
FREE PLANT GIVEAWAY TOMORROW!!! 🌱🪴
Join for a free distribution of plants, trees, tools, compost, seeds and more to start the season off right 🛠🌿
📍 WHERE: Sherman Creek Park (3703 10th Ave, New York, NY 10034)
📆 WHEN: Saturday, May 16 from 10AM - 1PM
Limited availability, while supplies last 🤓 See you tomorrow!
Join @neptuneinjune.ny this Sunday for a Short Films Screening Night as part of @transartfest ! Hosted at @nyrp Target Brooklyn Community Garden - Details + RSVP in our bio link 🔗
𝗠𝗔𝗬 𝟭𝟳 (𝟳-𝟵 𝗣𝗠):
Movie night and discussion in the garden for Trans Art Fest! Short films include found footage assemblage, performance-based, and narrative form. Featuring @iischristy , @jucliu , @zavozavito , J Dellecave, @avivajaye , @brezaja.monet , m.a.r.low, @nwao.wav , @forest__murmurs , @emilysasmor and @ahlaamyasmin
❗️And on Saturday!:
𝗠𝗔𝗬 𝟭𝟲 (𝟯-𝟱 𝗣𝗠):
@world.trans.forum Poetry reading open mic and panel discussion, featuring @feministpress author @alice_stoehr !
All hosted at Target Brooklyn Community Garden
931 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY
VOLUNTEER WITH US THIS SUNDAY (5/17) 🌳✨ From invasive plant removal and litter cleanup to tree care and planting, there’s a role for everyone. Come get your hands dirty with us! 🚮 See below for upcoming #ForestCrew volunteer dates:
🌳 Sunday, May 17
🌳 Friday, June 5
🌳 Sunday, June 7
🌳 Friday, July 10
🌳 Friday, June 26
🌳 Sunday, August 7
🌳 Friday, August 23
🌳 Sunday, September 4
🌳 Friday, September 20
🌳 Sunday, October 9
🌳 Friday, October 18
Sign up at nyrp.org/volunteer or via the link in our bio ✍️ We hope to see you there!
We’re thrilled to be hosting the first‑ever tree giveaway with @nyrp in @timessquarenyc this Wednesday, 5/13 from 11am–2pm! 🌱
Happening at the same time as our Textile Reuse and Recycling Drive, we’re offering free native trees to plant in NYC—and we’ve set aside a special batch just for friends of the BGA.
Sign up for your free tree at the link in bio!
MAY 13 & JUNE 10: LEARN HOW TO COMPOST 🪱
Join the NYRP team’s two-part compost workshop to learn the benefits of small-scale composting and the nuts and bolts of community garden compost stewardship 🪴 This two-part workshop is intended for those who are at the beginning of their composting journey and want to learn more 🐛 Participants are encouraged to bring food scraps to contribute to the workshop activities 🍌
📆 WHEN: Wednesday, May 13 & Wednesday, June 10, 6 – 7:30 PM
📍 WHERE: Mildred T. Rhodebeck Garden (927 Faile St. The Bronx, New York)
Register via the link in our bio 💌
I love that New York Restoration Project (@nyrp ) is so intentional about what they put into our hands. These aren’t just any trees—they’re chosen to thrive here, to grow with this city, to become part of its future.
And some of them? Dahling… they give back in the most delicious ways. Think fruit, fragrance, blooms that stop you in your tracks. A whole little ecosystem, right outside your door.
If you’ve got a bit of private space anywhere in the five boroughs, you can take one home and make it yours. Nurture it. Watch it change with the seasons. Let it become part of your story—and your neighborhood’s.
Visit: nyrp.org/freetree
Because planting something that outlives you?
That’s legacy. 🌳
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🎥 @turnerofalltrades
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