Press Release | March 24, 2025
We're Giving Away 3,500 Free Trees
NYRP's tree giveaway program has distributed more than 75,000 free trees to New Yorkers since it began in 2008. Photo credit: Ben Hider We are thrilled to announce free tree giveaways with community partners throughout New York City. Beginning April 5, 2025 and continuing through May 4 2025, NYRP will distribute 3,500 trees throughout all five boroughs.
NYRP started the very popular free tree giveaways in 2008 as part of the MillionTreesNYC initiative led in partnership with the NYC Parks Department and completed in 2015. The tree giveaway program has continued, and this season, NYRP will surpass over 75,000 trees given away through this program since it began.
The 26 different native tree species to be distributed this spring include American Persimmon, American Plum, Beach Plum, Black Cherry, Eastern Redbud, Flowering Dogwood, Pawpaw, Sweetbay Magnolia, and Witchhazel, among others. See a full list at nyrp.org/freetree.
As the climate crisis intensifies, trees play an essential role in New York City’s environmental resilience by providing shade, creating wildlife habitat, reducing temperatures, improving air quality, and mitigating storm water run-off.
NYRP thanks Bloomberg Philanthropies for their generous support of our work to steward and increase the tree canopy in New York City. Additional support for the tree giveaway program is provided by the Citizens Philanthropic Foundation, National Grid, and the New York Islanders.
For a full list of dates, partners, and locations, visit www.nyrp.org/freetree.