Trees New York is excited to partner with The Bronx is Blooming to expand our tree stewardship in the Bronx.
Trees New York is offering its Young Urban Forester certification to all The Bronx is Blooming summer PLACE participants, over 100 students in 7 parks across the Bronx. This one-day course connects students with the urban forest. Students learn about the many benefits trees provide to all of us, especially their role in reducing the urban heat island effect, and the many challenges trees face in an urban environment. Students gain a deeper understanding of the trees in the Bronx by practicing their tree identification skills, stewarding street trees, and learning about tree care and pruning, all while discovering how they can get involved in advocating for the importance of trees in NYC.
Over the next 5 years, our two organizations will continue to engage K-12 students in environmental education and tree stewardship and support green jobs training and forestry programming for local youth.
Through our comprehensive curriculum, students gain a deeper understanding of New York City’s Urban Forest. Our lessons range from indoor presentations to outdoor street tree stewarding. Foundational topics, such as tree biology, tree identification, and tree maintenance, are explored, along with options for lessons on environmental challenges, including the urban heat island effect and invasive species.
Youth Environmental Literacy Program for the school year 2025-2026: Registration is open.
Our Youth Environmental Literacy Program is open to Bronx schools during school hours, with Highbridge as our target neighborhood. Over the 2024-2025 school year, Trees New York teamed up with the Bronx Debate Academy (MS 644), the Comprehensive Model School Project (MS 327), Lucero Elementary School (PS 311), Dr. Marjorie H. Dunbar (PS 126X), and H.E.R.O. High (X 259).
For more information, please contact christina@treesny.org.
The Inflation Reduction Act and the USDA Forest Service, Urban and Community Forestry Program, provide funding for this project.
