MulchFest 2013

Saturday and Sunday, January 12 and 13, 2013
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Bring your holiday tree to a designated city park to be recycled into mulch that will nourish plantings across the city!

Join the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, the New York City Department of Sanitation, and GreeNYC to recycle your Christmas trees into wood chips. These wood chips are used to nourish trees and plants on streets and gardens citywide. Or, take home your very own bag of mulch to use in your backyard or to make a winter bed for a street tree. More than 24,000 trees were recycled last year. Help us top this number!

How to 'Chip In.'

This year, MulchFest will take place on January 12 and 13, 2013. It’s easier than ever to chip in! There are two ways you can help.

Chipping Locations

You can bring your tree to a chipping location on January 12 and 13 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. We’ll chip your tree, and give you your very own bag of mulch!

Drop Off Locations

Or you can bring your tree to a drop-off site from Wednesday, January 9 through Sunday, January 13. Leave your tree with us, and we’ll recycle it for you later! The NYC Department of Sanitation will also be conducting special curbside collections for mulching and recycling of Christmas trees from Wednesday, January 2 through Saturday, January 12.

What to Bring

Please remember to remove all lights and ornaments before bringing the tree to a MulchFest site. Biodegradable bags will be provided if you wish to take some free mulch home. Mulch is available at the sites marked with an asterisk (*) below.

Want to volunteer at MulchFest? Register to join the GreenTeam and MillionTreesNYC volunteer group.

MulchFest Locations

Find a MulchFest location near you!

Chipping Drop-off only

All MulchFest locations

The Bronx

Location	Address	Service
Brook Park*	Brook Avenue at East 141st Street	Chipping
Co-Op City*	Co-Op Boulevard and Bellamy Loop	Chipping
Crotona Park	Tennis House on Crotona Avenue	Drop-off only
Echo Park	Tremont Avenue & Valentine Street	Drop-off only
Fort #4 Playground	Reservoir & Webb Avenues	Drop-off only
Haffen Park	Hamersley & Wickham Avenues	Drop-off only
Kossuth Playground	Mosholu Pkwy. North & Kossuth Avenue	Drop-off only
Little Green Garden	E. 161 Street at Melrose Avenue and Courtland Avenue	Drop-off only
Metropolitan Oval Parkchester*	Metropolitan Avenue & Unionport Road	Chipping
Padre Plaza⁄Success Garden*	East 139th Street at St. Ann’s Avenue	Drop-off only
Pelham Bay Park	Parking Lot: Middletown Road & Stadium Avenue	Drop-off only
Poe Park*	Grand Concourse between East Kingbridge & East 192 Street	Chipping
St. James Park	West 192nd Street & Jerome Avenue	Drop-off only
St. Mary's Park	Office at St. Ann's Ave. & East 149th Street	Drop-off only
Tremont Park	East Tremont & Arthur Avenues	Drop-off only
Van Cortlandt Park	Indian Fields at East 233nd Street ball fields	Drop-off only
Van Cortlandt Park*	Van Cortlandt Golf Course: Bailey Avenue and Van Cortlandt Park South	Chipping
Williamsbridge Oval Park	Reservoir Place & Reservoir Oval	Drop-off only

Biodegradable bags with free mulch at the sites marked with an asterisk (*).

Brooklyn

Location	Address	Service
The Amazing Garden*	Columbia Street at Carroll Street	Drop-off only
Brower Park*	Brooklyn Avenue at Prospect Place	Chipping
Cobble Hill Park*	Verandah Place & Clinton Street	Chipping
Coffey Park*	Dwight Street & Verona Street	Drop-off only
Fort Greene Park*	Washington Park & Willoughby Avenue	Chipping
Green-Wood Cemetery	25th Street & 5th Avenue	Chipping
Lincoln Terrace Park	Buffalo Avenue between East New York Avenue & Eastern Parkway	Drop-off only
Maria Hernandez Park	Knickerbocker Avenue & Suydam Street	Drop-off only
Marine Park*	Avenue U & East 33rd Street	Chipping
McCarren Park*	Driggs Avenue & Lorimer Street	Chipping
McGolrick Park	Monitor Street & Driggs Avenue	Drop-off only
Owl's Head Park*	Colonial Road & 68th Street	Chipping
Prospect Heights Community Garden*	252-256 St. Marks Avenue	Drop-off only
Prospect Park*	Third Street at Prospect Park West	Chipping
Prospect Park Circle*	Parkside Avenue & Prospect Park Southwest	Chipping
Sunset Park	44th Street & 6th Avenue	Drop-off only

Biodegradable bags with free mulch at the sites marked with an asterisk (*).

Manhattan

Location	Address	Service
Bennett Park	West 185th Street & Fort Washington Avenue	Drop-off only
Bogardus Garden	Reade and Hudson Streets	Drop-off only
Bowling Green (Saturday Only)*	Broadway & Whitehall Street, in front of the National Museum of the American Indian	Chipping
Carl Schurz Park*	East 86th Street & East End Avenue	Chipping
Central Park*	63rd Street & Central Park West	Chipping
Central Park*	West 81st Street & Central Park West inside the bridle path	Chipping
Central Park*	East 106th Street & Fifth Avenue	Chipping
Corlears Hook Park	Jackson & Cherry Street at FDR Drive	Drop-off only
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (Saturday Only)	2nd Avenue and East 47th Street	Drop-off only
Highbridge Park	West 173rd Street & Amsterdam Avenue	Drop-off only
Inwood Hill Park	Isham Street & Seaman Avenue	Drop-off only
J Hood Wright Park	West 173rd Street & Haven Avenue	Drop-off only
Jackie Robinson Park	West 145th Street & Edgecombe Avenue	Drop-off only
Marcus Garvey Park	West 122nd Street & Madison Avenue	Chipping
Morningside Park	West 123rd Street & Morningside Avenue	Chipping
Pleasant Village Community Garden	342-353 Pleasant Avenue between 118th & 119th Streets	Drop-off only
Sherman Creek Center*	10th Avenue between DyckmanSt. and 201st Streets	Chipping
St. Catherine's Park	First Avenue between 67th and 68th Streets	Drop-off only
Stuyvesant Town*	20th Street at 20th Street loop, east of First Avenue	Chipping
Thomas Jefferson Park	East 114th Street & First Avenue	Drop-off only
Tompkins Square Park*	East 7th Street between Avenues A & B	Chipping
Union Square Park (Sunday Only)	Park Avenue and 17th Street	Drop-off only
Washington Square Park*	Fifth Avenue & Washington Square North	Chipping
Riverside Park*	West 83rd Street & Riverside Drive	Chipping
Riverside Park	West 79th Street & Riverside Drive	Drop-off only
Riverside Park	West 97th Street & Riverside Drive	Drop-off only
Riverside Park	West 106th Street & Riverside Drive	Drop-off only
Riverside Park	West 116th Street & Riverside Drive	Drop-off only
Riverside Park	West 138th Street & Riverside Drive	Drop-off only
Riverside Park	West 145th Street & Riverside Drive	Drop-off only

Biodegradable bags with free mulch at the sites marked with an asterisk (*).

Queens

Location	Address	Service
Astoria Park*	19th Street & Hoyt Avenue	Chipping
Brookville Park*	Brookville Boulevard between 144th Avenue & Caney Road	Chipping
Cunningham Park*	Visitor Parking Lot & 196th Street	Chipping
Forest Park Bandshell*	Forest Park Drive, west of Woodhaven Boulevard	Chipping
Juniper Valley Park*	80th Street between Juniper Boulevards North & South	Chipping
Kissena Park (Sunday Only)*	164th Street at Underhill Avenue	Chipping
Kissena Park (Saturday Only)	164th Street at Underhill Avenue	Drop-off only
Land Restoration Project Compound*	Queens Plaza South & 10th Street	Chipping
Oakland Gardens / Playground 203*	Springfield Boulevard at 56th Avenue	Chipping
Rockaway Beach	Shore Front Parkway & Beach 94th Street	Drop-off only
Roy Wilkins Park	Park entrance at Merrick and Foch Boulevards	Drop-off only
Travers Park*	78th Street at 34th Avenue	Chipping

Biodegradable bags with free mulch at the sites marked with an asterisk (*).

Staten Island

Location	Address	Service
Clove Lakes Park*	Cheshire Place & Clove Road	Chipping
Conference House Parking Lot*	Hylan Boulevard & Satterlee Street	Chipping
Father Macris Park	Fahy Avenue & Lambert's Lane	Drop-off only
Silver Lake Tennis House	University Place & Revere Street	Drop-off only
Willowbrook Park	Richmond Avenue & Eton Place	Drop-off only
Wolfe's Pond Park	Cornelia Avenue & Hylan Boulevard	Drop-off only

Biodegradable bags with free mulch at the sites marked with an asterisk (*).