Here's Where To Get 5 Free Trees In Monmouth County Next Week

MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ — Monmouth County residents are eligible to pick up five free trees through an initiative led by the Department of Environmental Protection.

Every year, the state of New Jersey distributes free seedlings across the state in an effort to aid the state's tree line in rebounding from the devastating effects of Superstorm Sandy. The seedling giveaways are normally held around Arbor Day, which this year falls on April 29.

The seedlings are bare root tree seedlings, which come in lengths of six inches to two feet tall, in a bundle of five.

Here are the locations for pickup in Monmouth County:

• Aberdeen Township - April 30 -9 a.m. to noon - pickup at the front of town hall on Church Street
• Belmar Borough - April 23 - 9 a.m. to noon - pickup outside of Taylor Hardware at Main Street and 10th Avenue
• Colts Neck - April 23 - 9 to noon - pickup at the town hall municipal center
• Hazlet - April 23 - 10 a.m. - pickup at NATCO Environmental building, 399 Middle Road
• Howell - April 23 - 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Howell DPW Garage, 278 Old Tavern Road
• Long Branch City - April 23 - 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and April 24 - 10 a.m. to noon - Outside the Lang Branch Public Library, 328 Broadway at the Jackson Woods Park, Ocean Avenue
• Matawan Borough - April 30 - 10 a.m. - Borough Hall, 201 Broad Street
• Monmouth Beach - April 19 - 10 a.m. to noon - Bathing Pavilion, 29 Ocean Avenue
• Neptune Township - April 23 - 9 a.m. to noon - Neptune TWP Public Library entrance, 25 Neptune Boulevard
• Ocean Township - April 24 - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Green Fest, Joe Palaia Park
• Red Bank Borough - April 23 - 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. - Red Bank Public Library Parking Lot, 84 W. Front Street
• Union Beach Borough - April 23 at noon to 4 p.m., April 25 8 a.m. to noon - DPW, 1400 Florence Avenue
• Wall Township - April 22 - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Wall Township Municipal Building Courtyard

New Jersey celebrated its first Arbor Day in 1884. In the Garden State, the date is recognized as the last Friday in April, which this year is April 29. The holiday is dedicated to the planting, upkeep and preservation of trees.

More information can be found on the Department of Environmental Protection's website.

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