Give a little TreeLC this Summer Join Jerry, Anne and Carmelo and adopt your local street tree today. Help them grow up big and strong by giving a little TreeLC. You can take one of our FREE tree care workshops , participate in reforestation stewardship, or simply water your local trees 15-20 gallons per week. Congratulations to our 2012 Stewardship Corps Mini-Grant winners! Look out for upcoming neighborhood watering events happening in each borough throughout the summer! Watch the New MillionTreesNYC PSA My Tree NYC: Beautiful Tree Bed Contest Do you beautify your street tree bed? Are you thinking of sprucing up your block by planting flowers or installing a tree guard? Enter NYC's first My Tree NYC: Beautiful Tree Bed Contest! Starting June 18th you can upload your entries through the MillionTreesNYC facebook page . Tree of the Month: Dawn Redwood This month's tree is the Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) that thrives in the Liz Christy Garden on East Houston Street between the Bowery and Second Avenue in the East Village, Manhattan. This specimen is touted to be the tallest Dawn Redwood in Manhattan. It has bright green deciduous foliage that drops in the fall, beautiful shredded brown bark and is a fast grower, getting up to 75-100' tall. It is native to China but also flourishes on the streets of New York City and in green spaces. Natural Areas Volunteer Events Learn how to care for a young forest this summer! Natural Area Volunteers and MillionTreesNYC seek dedicated volunteers to join our Reforestation Stewardship volunteer program and care for newly planted trees at these parks: * Pelham Bay Park, Bronx * Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx * Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn * Marine Park, Brooklyn * Alley Pond Park, Queens * Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island To get involved please register at the www.nyc.gov/parks/nav to become a reforestation steward or to find out more about upcoming NAV events. If you have additional questions please contact us at (212) 360-3318 or [email protected] . Over 5,000 Trees Given Away This Spring Spring 2012 tree giveaways were a major success with over 5,000 trees given away to local commnunity members. If you missed our giveaways this season, stay tuned for Fall Tree Giveaways beginning this October . Did you pick up a tree this Spring? Help us improve the tree giveaway process for residents throughout New York City. If you picked up a tree this spring, please take a moment to fill out this survey: Tree Giveaway Survey . Support MillionTreesNYC by Switching to Con Edison's eBill Sign-up for Con Edison's e-Bill, and not only do you save trees, but you help plant trees. For every person that switches to e*Bill in New York City, Con Edison donates $1 to New York Restoration Project for MillionTreesNYC. Make the switch and sign up today! SAVE THE DATE Stewardship Workshops 10am-12pm McCloed's Community Garden, 130 Liberty Avenue, BROOKLYN 1-3pm St. James Recreation Center, 2530 Jerome Avenue, BRONX 10am-12pm Beach 108th Street & Shore Front Parkway, QUEENS MillionTreesNYC is an initiative to plant and care for one million new trees throughout New York City's five boroughs by 2017. MillionTreesNYC is jointly led by the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and New York Restoration Project (NYRP). To achieve the initiative's goals, MillionTreesNYC also engages community, non-profit, government and corporate partners throughout the city. You are receiving this email as a result of having provided MillionTreesNYC with your email addresses for correspondence. If you do not wish to receive further emails from us, please click the 'opt out' link below. Privacy Policy Copyright MillionTreesNYC .