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

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

Just in time for Arbor Day, on April 29, Union County residents can pick up their free trees starting next week. The New Jersey Forest Service Nursery grows over 25 evergreen and deciduous tree and shrub seedling species in Jackson.

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 Union County:

• Berkeley Heights Township: April 23, 11am to 1pm, Columbia Middle School, 345 Plainfield Avenue #2
• Clark Township: April 30, 9am to Noon, 315 Westfield Avenue (behind police station) at Public Works Facility
• Fanwood Borough: April 29, 4pm, Carriage House Park
• Garwood Borough: April 30, 10am to Noon, Borough Hall Municipal Parking Lot, 403 South Ave
• Mountainside Borough: April 23, 9am to 1pm, DPW Building, 1385 US Highway 22
• New Providence Borough: April 23 10am to 2pm Memorial Library Staff Parking Lot, 377 Elkwood Avenue
• Roselle Park Borough: April 29, 10:30am, Sherman Elementary School, 375 Grant Avenue
• Scotch Plains Township: April 23, 9am to 11am, Municipal Library, 1927 Bartle Avenue
• Springfield Township: April 29, 10am, Veteran's Memeorial Park, Corner of Mountain Road and Shunpike Road