The City’s Environmental and Shade Tree Commission [ESTC] will hold its Annual Garden Tour from 10 a.m. to noon Sunday. ESTC members and volunteers maintain the city’s green spaces and gardens from March through October. This includes planting, weeding, cleanups, small tree trimming and pruning. The featured gardens include: The Rain Garden, located at Main […]

This November, The New Jersey Tree Foundation will give away 200 trees in Asbury Park as part of a grant from Amercian Forests. A Tree For Every Yard will help increase the City’s tree canopy, beautify homes, and help create cool, shady yards, according to a release from the foundation. There are 100 white fringe trees […]

Asbury Park police are investigating the mysterious uprooting of five saplings within the 100 block of Dewitt Avenue.  The department was notified about the uprooting of the trees at around 8:45 Friday morning by City Engineer Joe Cunha, according to Asbury Park Police Chief Mark Kinmon.  “We did take a report and are looking into […]

Two different groups planted a total of 30 new trees in Asbury Park on Saturday, May 17. Through a donation made by Manasquan-based Sunshine Girl Charities Inc., the city’s Environment and Shade Tree Commission [ESTC] planted seven fruit trees adjacent to the community garden behind the municipal complex. Two 6-foot apple trees, two plum trees, […]

Members of the city’s Environment and Shade Tree Commission [ESTC] tore out old bushes in front of the Asbury Park Post Office Wednesday in preparation of the 75 new, red Knockout Rose Bushes they will plant in the coming weeks. City resident Daniel Weiss donated the money for improvements, according to Tom Pivinski, ETSC chair. […]

America’s oldest national nonprofit conservation organization kicked off the ground work for their “Community ReLeaf” program in Asbury Park Saturday, planting two scores worth of trees on the west side of town. Residents and members of the city’s Environmental and Shade Tree Commission [ESTC], along with representatives from American Forests, the New Jersey Tree Foundation[NJTF], […]