Tree Planting in Coney Island

This past Saturday, members of our troop met in Coney Island to plant trees with New York Restoration Project and Million Trees NY. These were planted on NYC Housing Authority property to help replace trees that died as a result of super storm Sandy.

We split into groups with approximately 2 girls in each to plant trees. Our group leader demonstrated how to measure the hole to make sure it's the right depth, packing the soil back in, and building a "donut" around the tree to collect rainwater. The trees were much bigger than the seedlings we planted last year, so it was a lot more physical for the girls. But as usual, they were happy, and energetic and up for the task.

It was a really positive day, with some residents of the housing project coming out to thank the girls for their good work.

For some more photos of the day, go to NYRP's Facebook page here.