The Friends of Asbury Park Environmental Shade Tree Commission

APESTC Greening -- Rain Garden and Press Plaza
2026-06-27 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Transit Hub Rain Garden (Main Street), 87 Main St, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Saturday’s greening (June 27th, 9-11 am) will begin at the Rain Garden on Main Street and Springwood Avenue. As time permits, we will continue on our weeding journey to Press Plaza on Cookman Avenue.

APESTC Greening -- Main Street Rain Garden
2026-06-24 09:00 - 11:00 | Transit Hub Rain Garden (Main Street), 87 Main St, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Wednesday’s greening (June 24th, 9-11am) will continue work at the Main Street Rain Garden. Lots of weeds left to get rid of!

APESTC Greening -- Main Street Rain Garden
2026-06-20 09:00 - 11:00 | Transit Hub Rain Garden (Main Street), 87 Main St, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Saturday’s greening (June 20th, 9-11am) will take place at the Main Street Rain Garden (at the corner of Springwood Avenue, in front of the Transit Hub). Lots of weeding and weed whacking are in store!

APESTC Greening -- Merchants' Park
2026-06-17 09:00 - 11:00 | Merchant’s Park, 172 Main Street, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
This Wednesday’s Greening (June 17th, 9-11am) will take place at Merchants’ Park (corner of Cookman Avenue and Main Street). Weeding will be the main task for the day.

While the greening will officially begin at 9:00am, folks can come earlier (as early at 8:00am) if the weather is particularly hot and you’d prefer to contribute your time earlier in the morning.

APESTC Greening -- City Hall
2026-06-13 09:00 - 11:00 | City Hall Garden (surrounding City Hall), 1 Municipal Plaza, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Saturday’s greening (June 13th, 9-11am) will take place at City Hall. We’ll be planting some new perennials and mulching the gardens that surround the building.

APESTC Greening -- Trolley Triangle
2026-06-10 09:00 - 11:00 | Trolley Triangle, 8th Ave & Emory Street, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Wednesday’s greening (June 10th, 9-11 am), will take place at Trolley Triangle (Emory Street and 8th Avenue). We’ll be weeding and deadheading the irises.

APESTC Greening -- Shade Garden, AP Roses and City Hall Sign
2026-06-06 09:00 - 11:00 | AP Rose Garden, Emory Street & lake avenue, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Saturday’s Greening (June 6th, 9-11 am) will begin at the Shade Garden (West of the Swan Boat launch on Lake Avenue). We’ll continue west from there to the AP Rose Garden, and finish our efforts at the City Hall sign (in front of City Hall). Weeding and mulching will be our focus.

APESTC Greening -- Kite Garden
2026-06-03 09:00 - 11:00
Our Wednesday greening (June 3, 9-11am) will begin at the Kite Garden on Lake Avenue…we’ll be weeding and mulching, then continuing on to the remaining gardens on Lake Avenue, headed east toward the ocean.

APESTC Greening -- Children's Garden
2026-05-30 09:00 - 11:00 | Children’s Garden, 372 Lake Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Saturday’s greening (May 30th, 9-11am) will begin at the Children’s Garden on Lake Avenue. We’ll be weeding and mulching this garden, then continuing east to groom the rest of the gardens along the lake.

APESTC Greening -- Pollinator Garden
2026-05-27 09:00 - 11:00 | Pollinator Garden, Heck Street & lake ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
This Wednesday’s greening (May 27th, 9-11am) will begin at the Pollinator Garden (Lake Avenue and Heck Street) and continue east along Lake Avenue. We’ll be weeding as many of our lake gardens as we can!

APESTC Greening -- Main Street Rain Garden
2026-05-20 09:00 - 11:00 | Transit Hub Rain Garden (Main Street), 87 Main St, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Our Wednesday greening (May 20th, 9-11am) will take place at the Southwest corner of the Main Street Rain Garden (Main Street and Springwood Avenue) — affectionately referred to as the “Rain Garden Heights”. Task of the day will be weeding!

APESTC Greening -- Rotary Garden, Press Plaza, Civil War Garden -- Mulch Fest!
2026-05-16 09:00 - 11:00 | Rotary Garden (Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the AP Rotary Club) (5th avenue), 301-399 Fifth Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Saturday’s Greening (May 16th, 9-11am), will begin at the Rotary Garden (5th Avenue), then continue to Press Plaza and the Civil War Gardens. Volunteers will be mulching each of these gardens. Wear your grubbiest clothes!

APESTC Greening - Tree Planting Grand Avenue
2026-05-13 09:00 - 11:00
The ESTC volunteers, along with the AP DPW, will continue our spring tree planting on Wednesday, May 13th (9-11am). We’ll begin on Grand Avenue between 4th and 5th Avenues, then continue to Grand Avenue between 1st and 2nd Avenues.

APESTC SUG - Tree Plantings in various locations
2026-05-12 09:00 - 11:00
On Tuesday (May 12th, 9-11am) we’ll be having a Spontaneous Urban Gardening (SUG) event. We’ll be planting trees in three locations (in this order)…

1 Tree at 1515 Park Avenue

1 Tree at 6th Avenue and Webb

4 Trees at 3rd and Emory

APESTC Greening -- Tree Planting and Mulching at Butterfly Garden
2026-05-09 09:00 - 11:00 | Garden of Tears and Hope (Butterfly Garden) (5th Avenue), 301-399 Fifth Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Our Saturday greening (May 9th, 9-11am) will take place in Sunset Park, at the Butterfly Garden. We’ll be planting two new trees near the garden, then we’ll weed and mulch both the Butterfly Garden and the Rotary Garden

APESTC Greening (SUG) - Tree Planting on Park Avenue
2026-05-07 09:00 - 11:00
The ESTC volunteers will engage in a Spontaneous Urban Gardening event (SUG) on Thursday, May 7th (9-11am). We’ll be planting street trees on Park Avenue, between 8th Avenue and Deal Lake Drive. All levels of skill and effort are welcome to join in.

APESTC Greening -- Tree Planting
2026-05-06 09:00 - 11:00
Our Wednesday greening (May 6th, 9-11am) will be the first of multiple tree planting events. We’ll meet on 8th avenue in the 300 block (starting at 303 8th avenue) and continue up the block from there. There will be some heavy lifting/maneuvering work to be done, but lots of lighter work with clearing the roots, filling holes and mulching as well.

APESTC Greening -- Gratitude Garden
2026-05-02 09:00 - 11:00 | Gratitude Garden, 829-861 Bangs Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Saturday’s greening activity (May 2nd, 9-11am) will take place at the Gratitude Garden next to city hall. We’ll be mulching the rest of that garden, and then moving on to the planting beds around city hall

APESTC Greening -- Tree Planting 8th Avenue
2026-04-29 09:00 - 11:00
Wednesday’s greening (April 29th, 9-11am) will be our first major tree planting of the spring season. We will be planting trees on 8th Avenue, in the 300 block.

APESTC SUG (Spontaneous Urban Greening)
2026-04-28 08:30 - 10:30
This is our busiest time of year, and we’ll often need to schedule additional greening sessions to keep us on top of our gardens and trees. On Tuesday, April 28th (8:30am – 10:30am), volunteers will meet on Deal Lake Avenue and Webb Street to re-set some trees.

APESTC Greening -- Gratitude Garden
2026-04-25 09:00 - 11:00 | Gratitude Garden, 829-861 Bangs Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Saturday’s greening (April 25th, from 9-11am) will take place at the Gratitude Garden (north of City Hall, next to the train station). We’ll begin with a thorough weeding, and then spread mulch throughout the garden. Wear your grubbiest clothes!

APESTC Greening -- AP Roses and Pivinski Park
2026-04-22 09:00 - 11:00 | AP Rose Garden, Emory Street & lake avenue, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Wednesday’s greening (April 22, 9-11am) will begin at the AP Rose garden on Lake Avenue and Emory Street. Once we’re done weeding that garden, if time permits, we’ll continue over to Pivinski Park/Civil War Memorial Garden, on Cookman Avenue.

APESTC Greening -- Kite Garden
2026-04-18 09:00 - 11:00
Our Saturday greening (April 18th, from 9-11am) will begin at the Kite Garden on Lake Avenue, and continue west up to the AP Rose Garden. As time permits, we’ll head over to the Daffodil Garden on Sunset Avenue (near the Wanamassa Bridge). We’ll be weeding, weeding, weeding!

APESTC Greening -- Rotary Garden
2026-04-15 09:00 - 11:30 | Rotary Garden (Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the AP Rotary Club) (5th avenue), 301-399 Fifth Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Our ESTC volunteers will gather at the Rotary Garden on 5th Avenue (on Sunset Lake, east of the Grand Street bridge). We will be planting irises and doing general maintenance.

APESTC Greening -- Community Farm
2026-04-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Community Farm, 838-872 Bangs Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
This Saturday there are two opportunities to join our volunteers and get your hands dirty! Join our community farm team of volunteers (Farm is located between City Hall and the Asbury Park train station) in some weeding and direct sowing of early spring vegetables.

APESTC Greening -- Rain Garden and Lake Avenue Gardens
2026-04-11 09:00 - 11:00 | Transit Hub Rain Garden (Main Street), 87 Main St, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Our Saturday greening (April 11th, from 9-11am) will begin at the Rain Garden on Main Street and Springwood Avenues. We will then continue down Lake Avenue to weed the remaining gardens we weren’t able to finish on Wednesday.

APESTC Greening -- Kennedy Park and Lake Avenue Gardens
2026-04-08 09:00 - 11:00
Our Wednesday greening will begin at the John Kennedy statude in Kennedy Park (Cookman Avenue and Grand Avenue). We’ll then continue over to Lake Avenue, to finish the weeding we started on Saturday.

APESTC Greening -- Pollinator Garden
2026-04-04 09:00 - 11:00 | Pollinator Garden, Heck Street & lake ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Saturday’s greening will begin at the Pollinator Garden (Lake Avenue and Heck Street) and continue along Lake Avenue to the other gardens. We’ll be cleaning up, pulling spring weeds, and preparing for this season’s flowers!

APESTC Greening -- Trolley Triangle and Wishing Tree
2026-04-01 09:00 - 11:00 | Trolley Triangle, 8th Ave & Emory Street, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Wednesday’s greening (April 1st, from 9-11am) will begin at Trolley Triangle (at the corner of Emory Street and 8th Avenue). As time permits, we will continue to the Wishing Tree Garden (formerly the 7th Avenue Boat Launch Garden) on Main Street next to Deal Lake. Tasks will include raking, pruning, and trimming back last year’s perennials.

APESTC Greening -- Main Street Rain Garden
2026-03-28 09:00 - 11:00 | Transit Hub Rain Garden (Main Street), 87 Main St, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Saturday’s greening event (Saturday, March 28, 9-11am) will take place at the Main Street Rain Garden (near the Transit Hub). Tasks will include raking, pruning and general clean-up.
