http://cobblehilltreefund.org/news A Tree does grow in Brooklyn. Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:38:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The CHTF Annual Plant Sale will be held Saturday, May 1st at Cobble Hill Park, from 10:30 AM to 3 PM. We will have annuals, herbs, tomatoes, geraniums and an increased variety of perennials. We'll also have a plant/tree identification activity for children in the Park. Hope to see you there! http://cobblehilltreefund.org/news/?p=23 Dear Friends: We can all feel pleased with a very successful Tree Chipping two weeks ago. A record 720 trees were chipped and many, many bags of mulch were taken off by people to put in their tree pits or gardens. Several truck loads of mulch went to Red Hook Park ... http://cobblehilltreefund.org/news/?p=22 Neighborhood Christmas Tree Recycling In Cooperation with Mulchfest 2010 by City of New York/ Parks and Recreation Department Saturday, January 9 and Sunday, January 10. Drop off your Christmas trees at the location below. Wreaths and garlands cannot be accepted. Please remove lights and decorations. No artificial trees! Cobble Hill Park: Clinton and Verandah Place ... http://cobblehilltreefund.org/news/?p=21 Click here for a larger image. http://cobblehilltreefund.org/news/?p=19 We have a downloadable brochure (in PDF format) that has all the information you need on ordering, planting, and caring for your tree. Just click here. http://cobblehilltreefund.org/news/?p=18 Come join the Cobble Hill Tree Fund at our Annual Plant Sale, Saturday May 2nd, 10:30am - 3:00pm. We expect to have an excellent selection of Annuals for planting in gardens, tree pits, window boxes and some nice Perennials. There will be plants for both sun and shade. Proceeds go to planting ... http://cobblehilltreefund.org/news/?p=16 Urban trees improve air quality, protect the water supply, save energy, increase the number of tourists and shoppers in an area, help to combat global warming. Please click to read the full article. Benefits: 1. Combat Global Warming 2. Energy Savings 3. Pollution 4. ... http://cobblehilltreefund.org/news/?p=17 Dear Friends: Despite the cold weather and the threat of deep snow (which never materialized) we had a record tree chipping--631 trees. A good deal of mulch was given back to parents and children in Mulchfest bags provided by our friend and Brooklyn Forester, Andy Rabb. Many people helped make this a ... http://cobblehilltreefund.org/news/?p=14 It may have been a sapling, but it looked like a stick. Diane Dillon, for one, was fairly skeptical that the branch her elderly neighbor stuck in the ground in front of his Cobble Hill brownstone one day in the late 1960s — a twig, no thicker than her finger ... http://cobblehilltreefund.org/news/?p=13 Despite a cold dreary morning, our Plant Sale on May 3rd turned out to be a super success! I know it was hard work and took longer than any of us could have wished ( We packed up at 5:00pm), but it was well worth everyone's efforts. We also made ... http://cobblehilltreefund.org/news/?p=12