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Mulchfest Keeps Chipping Away: Riverside Park Seeks Volunteers

Mulchfest Keeps Chipping Away: Riverside Park Seeks Volunteers

January 8, 2025 Community No Comments
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NYC Parks / Riverside Park Conservancy

When you’re done decking the halls with boughs of holly and tired of looking at your Christmas tree, it’s time for Mulchfest. Running through this Sunday, January 12, this New York City tradition lets you turn your tree into mulch to nourish greenery across the city. This weekend marks ‘Chipping Weekend,’ when you can bring your tree to a Mulchfest site and take home a bag of mulch for your backyard or tree bed. The Riverside Park Conservancy has also put out a call for volunteers to help with the event.

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There are three Upper West Side Mulchfest sites where you can bring your unwanted tree. At Central Park and West 81st Street (near the Bridle Path) and Riverside Park at West 83rd Street and Riverside Drive, chipping services are available, allowing you to take home mulch. The West 67th Street location, on the north side of the Tavern on the Green entrance, is designated for tree drop-offs only. Chipping Weekend hours are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Riverside Park Conservancy is seeking volunteers on January 11 to help “de-Christmas” the trees left for recycling. “We will be removing ornaments, lights, and getting the trees ready to chip,” reads their volunteer registration page. Those participating will help spread wood chips throughout Riverside Park, which will help nurture trees, plants, and gardens. It’s the gift that keeps on giving!

The Conservancy noted that over 25,000 trees were recycled last year city-wide, and they hope to exceed that number in 2025. So, if you come across an abandoned tree on the street, consider bringing it to one of the Mulchfest locations for recycling.

Anyone with a Christmas tree is welcome to drop it off at a Mulchfest site during normal park hours.

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Bobby attended Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire, where he studied journalism and wrote for local children’s magazine Moo Cow Fan Club.

Years later while living in New York City, trudging home on a dour January day, Bobby read his favorite bookstore, the venerable Westsider Rare and Used Books, would soon close its doors due to ballooning rent. The owner was quoted saying the only thing that could save his shop was if someone raised $50,000 but doubted anyone would do it. Bobby immediately sprang into action, wanting to show the owner that someone would indeed answer the call.

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