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Urban Garden Center and New York Restoration Project are giving away free trees in Manhattan!

The Urban Garden Center in Harlem is teaming up with the New York Restoration Project (NYRP) to give away 100 trees to help green the community. This sort of support from a retail garden center is unprecedented. The giveaway is happened Sunday May 6. Here is a link you may share to get your friends to register for their tree: FREE TREES EVENT FROM NYRP AND URBAN GARDEN CENTER.
Fill out this form to reserve a tree at Urban Garden Center's MillionTreesNYC Community Tree Giveaway. Trees will be available for pick up at the garden center under the overpass located at 1640 Park Avenue in Manhattan. Limit one tree per household**. Signing up with this form will ensure a tree of the species you chose will be available between 10am-11am on Sunday May 6th. If a reserved tree is not picked up by 11am at Urban Garden Center 's Community Tree Giveaway your tree will be made available to attendees on a first come, first serve basis. Trees will weigh between 25-50 lbs and are between 4’-10’ in height depending on species. Please make the appropriate arrangements for the transportation of your tree.
and and and....There is a family style bbq on Sunday from 12 to 4 after the free tree event!
 (This writer has been invited to help do promotions with Urban Garden Center this spring and will be compensated for this. It helps keep metropolitangardening.com on the air. You'll be hearing about more events like these and all the innovation happening at the Urban Garden Center - news coming soon. )
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