The Greening Program, through a grant by the Department of Environmental Protection, plants street trees to create greenways in Newark.

Extensive community involvement assures the survival of these trees. The community is canvassed, potential tree planting sites are mapped, and residents and volunteers are educated in the importance of trees in urban settings. Planting of the trees is conducted by the community and volunteers who are trained in proper planting techniques, pruning and maintenance. Each resident who receives a tree, waters and cares for it. Follow-up canvassing is conducted to ensure proper maintenance takes place.

Primary Objective

To design, develop, implement and maintain urban-based forestry projects in the city of Newark.

Strategy

Establish a management plan to maintain and enhance existing and proposed plantings in the city of Newark.

Develop an urban-based forestry workspace for silvicultural training to enhance and complement the efforts of our environmental education program.

Accomplishments

  • Created the Shanley Avenue Greenway in the South Ward of Newark. This ? belt, the third one in the city, was established by the Greater Newark Conservancy with the assistance of Shanley Avenue Community Group, AmeriCorps and ? House volunteers.
  • Established Newark's second greenway in the Northwest Neighborhood of West Park. Conservancy staff and members from the Weequahic Park Association , ? House and east Side High School participated in the execution of this urban ? project.
  • Planted the first urban greenway in Newark. Located in the Ironbound section ? lined corridor now links the ironbound Little League Field, Hennessey Street ? Independence Filed and Riverbank Park.

Plans

A series of Tree Maintenance Workshops for the three established greenway ? held by the Conservancy's Greening Program.

The Greater Newark Conservancy is moving to its Urban Ecological Center located on Prince Street in the Central Ward. Site survey and pre-design landscape plans are currently being prepared. At this site the Conservancy will create a number of ecological projects including; and urban Forestry project, tree and shrub nursery, site tree plantings, a Horticultural & Greening School and Newark's first Sus? Urban Garden.

Long Term Goals

To strengthen the Greater Newark Conservancy's Urban Forestry Program and provide our continuous support to the New Jersey Urban Forestry Demonstration Project

 

Greater Newark Conservancy, 303-9 Washington Street, 5th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102 Tel: 973.642.4646
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