Brookdale Park Gets Nearly 140 New Trees
Urban grant allows for planting of trees along Bloomfield side of park
Trees company in Brookdale Park. Workers planted Wednesday 136 young trees throughout the Bloomfield side of the park, which also spans Montclair, thanks to a more than $20,000 urban grant. The trees, which came from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Community Forestry and were secured by Essex County and the New Jersey Tree Foundation, were planted along the roadside to supplement the park's already lush landscape. "Just to think, a few weeks ago we had Hurricane Sandy," said Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. "We had so many trees down," in other parks, he said, noting that Brookdale Park fared the best out of all county parks. Officials said 25 trees had to be removed from Brookdale Park in wake…
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Pat Gilleran
9:22 pm on Sunday, November 25, 2012
Great work Brookdale Parl Conservancy. See what other great projects the conservancy has been working on at: http://www.brookdaleparkconservancy.org/projects.htm This is an organization worth joining! more ›