It’s a scary life out there for NYC street trees. Rats burrowing in tree beds, ghostly stumps, zombie trunks that are half-dead and still standing. It’s enough to send a chill down the spine of even the toughest New Yorker. This October, join the LES Ecology Center, MAS, and NYC DOT for a family-friendly, half-mile Lower East Side walk to hunt down the horrors haunting our urban forest, and learn the tricks that turn a tree bed from spooky to cozy. Brave walkers will be rewarded: taste rare sweet treats made from acorns, watch a pruning demonstration, and bury daffodil bulbs that will rise from the ground come spring.
Costumes encouraged! Wear anything inspired by the urban forest or NYC and go home with a special surprise!
The walk will culminate at the Canal Street Open Street.