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Turn Your Christmas Tree Into Mulch During City’s Annual Mulchfest

A Christmas tree going through the woodchipper at Astoria Park (Photo: Astoria Park Alliance)

Jan. 3, 2023 By Christian Murray

The city’s annual Mulchfest is back for another year, giving residents a chance to dispose of their Christmas trees in an eco-friendly way.

Residents can bring their Christmas trees to a select number of city parks to be turned into mulch during the annual Mulchfest. This year’s event will take place through Sunday, Jan. 8, with drop-off locations throughout the five boroughs.

New Yorkers can drop off their trees at any of the locations for free during park hours—from now through Jan. 8—to later be chipped and turned into mulch.

Residents must remove all lights, ornaments and netting from the trees before bringing them to a Mulchfest site.

The mulch created by the trees will be used by the city in public parks and gardens to help trees and plants grow. Mulch adds nutrients to the soil, deters weeds, retains moisture and keeps roots warm.

New Yorkers can also get to watch their trees go through the chipper machine at designated sites from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Jan. 7 and Jan 8. Visitors can also take home a free bag of mulch.

More than 50,000 trees were recycled during last year’s Mulchfest. The annual event is run by the Parks Dept. and the Dept. of Sanitation.

A full list of Queens Mulchfest locations is listed below.

Drop off locations and chipping sites

Astoria Park located at 19th Street and Hoyt Avenue
Cunningham Park located at 196th Place and Union Turnpike
Forest Park located at Forest Park Drive and Woodhaven Boulevard
Francis Lewis Park located at Third Avenue and Whitestone Expressway
Hunters Point South Park located at 51st Avenue and Center Boulevard
Juniper Valley Park located at 80th Street between Juniper Boulevard North and South
Travers Park located at 78th Street and 34th Avenue

Drop-off location only
Captain Mario Fajardo Playground located at Kissena Boulevard at Booth Memorial Avenue
John Golden Park located at 215th Place and 33rd Avenue
Queens County Farm Museum located at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway
Queensbridge Park located at Vernon Boulevard and Queensbridge Park Greenway
Rockaway Beach located at 94th Street and Shorefront Parkway
Roy Wilkins Park located at the 177th Street and Baisley Boulevard
Windmill Community Garden located at 39-22 29th St.
Windmuller Park at Lawrence Virgilio Playground located at 39th Drive and 54th Street

Weather permitting, the NYC Dept. of Sanitation will be conducting curbside collections for mulching and recycling of Christmas trees from Friday, Jan. 6 through Saturday, Jan. 14. For more information, please click here.

For more information on Mulchfest and locations, click here

Residents can bring their Christmas trees to select city parks to be turned into mulch during the annual Mulchfest. Pictured at the 2018 event in Long Island City is Rob Basch, president of the Hunters Point Parks Conservancy (Photo provided by the HPPC)

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