New York Restoration Project

#UrbanAgriculture workshops are here! 🌷🐇⬇️ Sign up here: www.nyrp.org/en/get-invol...

Chestnut tree giveaway in NYC aims to bring plant back from brink of extinction The New York Restoration Project has launched an effort to plant 1,000 thriving American chestnut trees that are a hybrid with the blight-resistant Chinese chestnut tree in the five boroughs.

Thank you to Rosemary Misdary for your thoughtful reporting on NYRP's #1000ChestnutChallenge in @gothamist.com! Read more about our efforts to bring the #AmericanChestnut back to NYC and why this is so important to our city's ecosystem below:

gothamist.com/news/chestnu...

Thank you for coming out, @repespaillat.bsky.social!

Thank you to @citizensbank.bsky.social for hosting not one but TWO of our #FreeTree giveaways in Queens this month! 🌱 Swipe through to see some highlights from our #FreeTree giveaway this past weekend at Citizens Astoria! ➡️

NYRP’S 2025 EARTH DAY LINEUP 🌎🗽

Join NYRP in partnership @nycparks.bsky.social on Saturday, April 26th for an afternoon of #EarthDay volunteer opportunities in our Northern Manhattan parks ✨

Learn more and register here: www.nyrp.org/en/get-invol...

We just wrapped up our first weekend of #FreeTree giveaways in collaboration with @tdbankus.bsky.social! 🌳 Swipe through to see some highlights from our #FreeTree giveaway at @tdbankus.bsky.social's newest branch in Mosholu, Bronx ➡️

We’re hiring (again!!) 🌱🤗 Join our team of expert forest technicians and restoration specialists working to protect and expand NYC’s #UrbanForest and Manhattan’s largest remaining wetland 🦪🌳 Apply today at nyrp.org/careers 💌

14 perfect spots in NYC to spot cherry blossoms this spring From parks to botanical gardens to hidden spots around town, treat your eyes to these pretty pink blooms.

Thank you Rossilynne Skena Culgan and @shayeweaver.bsky.social for featuring our Harlem River Greenway #CherryBlossom esplanade in Time Out Group plc's 2025 "Best Places to See Cherry Blossoms in NYC" round up! 🌸 Read the full article here: www.timeout.com/newyork/thin...

ATTENTION NEW YORKERS: #FREETREE GIVEAWAY SEASON IS HERE!🌳

@nyrp.bsky.social is giving away 3,500 free native tree saplings across NYC starting April 5! Find a giveaway near you at nyrp.org/freetree.

This year’s species include Allegheny Serviceberry, Tulip Poplar, Pawpaw, and more!

Learn more about our work restoring Manhattan's largest remaining wetland! We will be presenting on our #LivingShoreline project as part of NYS Department of Environmental Conservation's Hudson River Estuary Program Webinar on March 12 🌊

Register here: meetny-gov.webex.com/webappng/sit...

Jessie Santiago, the woman you are! 🌟

To celebrate NYRP’s 30th year, we are featuring staff members who have been with the org since its early days 🥲 For almost three decades, Jessie has supported NYRP field crews essential work 💪

Read our interview with Jessie ➡️ www.nyrp.org/en/blog/nyrp...

NYRP is giving free trees to Brooklynites EVERY YEAR the New York Restoration Project (NYRP) gives away 3,500 free trees, and this year six distribution events are taking place

Thank you to the @brooklyneagle.bsky.social for covering our Tree Giveaways in Brooklyn! Tree giveaways in Brooklyn start April 5 🌳

brooklyneagle.com/articles/202...

ATTENTION NEW YORKERS: #FREETREE GIVEAWAY SEASON IS HERE! 🌳 NYRP is giving away 3,500 free native tree saplings throughout #NYC starting April 5 💐

Go to nyrp.org/freetree to find a giveaway near you📍

New York Restoration Project: Building New Gardens in NYC YouTube video by New York Restoration Project

WHAT IS NYRP’S GARDENS FOR THE CITY PROGRAM? 🗽🌱

At NYRP, we believe that access to nature is a human right 💪 Our goal is to expand access to green space in #NYC by working with community partners to build gardens in areas that need them the most 🌿

Learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX_C...

New York Restoration Project is live on Bluesky! Stay tuned for tree giveaways, garden transformations, free events, and urban agriculture tips 💐 nyrp.org