Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Getting chippy: Merry Christmas, now let's mulch your tree

Once your holiday season is wrapped, bring your Christmas tree (no artificial ones, please) to Tompkins Square Park as MulchFest officially kicks off on Thursday*. 

Chipping Weekend takes place Jan. 11-12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. According to NYC Parks: "Bring your tree to a chipping site on Chipping Weekend to take home a tree-mento! We'll chip your tree and give you your very own bag of mulch to use in your backyard or to make a winter bed for a street tree." 

Parks officials say that 46,626 trees were recycled last year.

* While MulchFest begins the day after Christmas, there's no rush to part with your tree. In fact, you could wait to drop it curbside until July or August, hoping it'll make headlines on a local news site.

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