Trees New York is the leading tree stewardship and advocacy organization in NYC.

Our mission is to plant, preserve, and protect New York City’s urban forest through education and community participation.

With 50 years of experience in community tree planting, stewardship and education projects, Trees New York has trained over 13,500 Citizen Pruners and over 9,000 youth in tree care and stewardship. In the last 10 years, we planted over 5,000 trees in underserved communities including on New York City Housing Authority campuses, school playgrounds, community gardens, and street trees.

The objective of the Youth Environmental Literacy Program (YELP) is to raise students’ awareness of environmental issues while advancing their reading, language and investigative skills. This curriculum compliments teachers’ lessons, Next Generation Science Standards, and grade-level appropriate topics to NYC Public Schools.

Learn more on our website: https://treesny.org/