New York City Hall can plant a tree in front of your house for free: how to order the service

If you want a tree to be planted on your street, it is easy to do. You just need to send the appropriate request. Instruction on your website shared the Parks Forester service, responsible for tree planting in New York.

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If you own a property in New York, you have the opportunity to order a free tree planting service on your street. To do this, select the desired location for planting and the type of tree.

Place for planting You can choose the tree yourself, but Parks Forester makes the final decision. To do this, service specialists examine each proposed site personally: the tree should not conflict with the surrounding infrastructure, and the place should be suitable for its proper growth.

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If the proposed site is approved, the tree will be added to the list of others that will be planted during the next planting season. There are two planting seasons in total: spring (from March 1 to May 31) and autumn (from October 1 to December 31).

You can also offer the desired wood speciesHowever, here the final decision is made by Forester Parks. After all, the main goal of the service is to choose a tree that will grow safely and provide the greatest possible benefit for the townspeople.

How to file a tree planting request

You can submit a tree planting request in two ways: online or by calling 311. After sending the request, you will receive an identification number to track its status.

All requests are processed in order of receipt. So be prepared for the fact that processing your request will take a lot of time. Sometimes you have to wait more than a year.

Please note that trees cannot be planted on private property.

Send a tree planting request You can on this site.

Before making a request, make sure that you have not submitted the same request before. If you need check status of previous request, visit this page.

Browse street tree planting guideby going at this link.