Rutgers Forestry

10/12/2026

The Rutgers Eco Preserve is celebrating 50 years!! 🎉

You're invited to join us on Saturday October 24th, at the Eco Preserve for a ribbon cutting, as well as free guided hikes, art, and a scavenger hunt. 🍂

For all the details and to register for parking: ecopreserve.rutgers.edu

10/07/2026

Upcoming event!
Ornamental Reforestation Workshop 🌲🌱

Ornamental Reforestation is a planting concept, invented by Jean Epiphan, that marries manicured garden design with ecological reforestation using a tidy layering effect with regularly spaced native trees above low growing perennials. It creates valuable habitat, captures stormwater, is easy to design, install, and maintain, while it impresses the neighbors too!

Becoming trained in Ornamental Reforestation expands your design and service portfolio to meet the needs of your clients and the environment. Gain new clients who want the best of both worlds - a “Miyawaki” micro-forest but in a tidy, modern yard design. 🍂

This event will take place twice, on October 27 & 28.
Register here:
https://go.rutgers.edu/or-27
https://go.rutgers.edu/or-28

09/28/2026

We are excited to announce the Rutgers Urban Forestry Arbor Day Photo Contest is back for 2027!
This year's theme is "The Seasonality of Trees".
With the color change for fall just around the corner this is the perfect time to capture some beautiful trees.🍃🍂🍁

For full details and to submit your photos visit our website!
https://urbanforestry.rutgers.edu/1636-2/

09/15/2026

We are very excited for the upcoming NJ Shade Tree Federation 101st annual conference! It's always a fantastic couple of days of education, and friendly faces.

Some Rutgers University presenters include:
🌳Dr. Grabosky: Building a Municipal Tree Profile
🦠Dr. Chahal: Oak Wilt Disease: How Sap Beetles Spread a Deadly Tree
Pathogen
🌱Josh Kover: Understanding Trees, Soil, and Community through Tiny Forests
🌲Sabrina Tirpak: Evergreens Got You Down? Find Out What Makes Them
Turn Brown

Registration and full schedule here:
https://njstf.org/annual-conference

08/25/2026

Check out these beautiful new mulch rings around the trees on Rutgers–New Brunswick campus!!
Shout out to the Rutgers facilities crew for a fantastic job.

Having a thin mulch ring, with no turfgrass around your tree is one way to help it thrive! Ideally the mulch extends to the drip line of the tree.
🌳🌳🌳

08/20/2026

Today's Two Minute Tree: London plane tree!
Check out some fun facts about this fun camouflage friend!

08/07/2026

Scholarship Alert!!! Apply today to join us at the NJ Shade Tree Federation Conference this October. Applications will be accepted until Sept. 12th: https://tinyurl.com/shadetree26

07/27/2026

07/24/2026

Today's Two Minute Tree is white oak! ✨
Take a break from scrolling and learn some fun facts about a very special native tree. 🌳

07/06/2026

This weekend’s storm caused a lot of tree damage in New Jersey. If you’ve got damaged trees to clean up, remember to work safely and know when to call a professional. Thank you to Dr. Salisbury for sharing these photos.

Safety first!

➡NEVER work near downed power lines. Downed trees can still conduct electricity. Leave this to professionals.
➡Work with a buddy and keep a first-aid kit handy.
➡Take your time to work within your limits and stay hydrated!
➡Identify potential hazards on your property and mark off area to limit access.
➡Never approach a chain saw operator while they are actively cutting, they likely cannot see or hear.
➡Remember to use personal protective equipment such as eye protection, gloves, hearing protection, and closed toed shoes. Chaps and helmets are also needed for chainsaw work.

Call a professional when:
1. You’re not experienced operating a chainsaw
2. Tree removal work cannot be completed on the ground
3. A tree needs to be felled near structures or populated areas

Learn more about working safely after a storm from our friends at Florida IFAS: https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FR170 (English) and https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/es/publication/FR229 (Spanish)

Learn more about hiring a tree care professional in New Jersey: https://njaes.rutgers.edu/fs019/