MillionTreesNYC is excited to invite you to a new program this summer, our urban forestry lecture series: Tree Talks with Parkies and Friends! All lectures are free and open to the public, and are hosted at the Arsenal Building in Central Park at East 64th Street and 5th Ave.
Bring your burning questions and thirst for knowledge to these lectures, where you will have a chance to hear from MillionTreesNYC staff and Parks Department Foresters.
Speakers will present on a variety of topics including:
Tuesday July 16, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Danielle Gift, Forester, presents:NYC Parks' Response to Hurricane Sandy
Tuesday August 20, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Nave Strauss, Forester, presents: How Parks Procures and Plants Street Trees
Tuesday August 27, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Matthew Stephens, Director of Street Tree Planting, presents:Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the First 5 Years of a Tree's Life: A Journey Detailing Where Our Street Trees Come From and the Work that Goes Into Them
Thursday August 29, 6:30 - 7:30pm
Matthew Wells, Director of Tree Preservation and Wister Dorta, Forestry Permit Manager, present:Planning for the Protection and Planting of Street Trees in New Private Development Projects
Please register online, friends and family are welcome!
Thanks a million,
The MillionTreesNYC Team