![]() With ANJEC’s grant support, the ESTC was able to complete this project by the end of 2022. This project would not have been a success without the $1,000 grant from the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions (ANJEC). This provides habitat creation for pollinators like birds, native bees, and butterflies.ĭespite the 2022 setbacks of a long winter season and blazing heat wave/drought from the summer, the rain garden was excavated, graded with stone and topsoil, planted with various native species, weeded, and mulched. Part of the rain garden design included planting of native species such as ironweed, asters, goldenrod, blue flag iris, milkweed, black-eyed susan, and tussock sedge. The gravel areas allow the excess water to naturally percolate into our groundwater system, and is a great example of water conservation and pollution control. A rain garden facilitates stormwater drainage management by reducing ponding along the streets and allowing run-off to infiltrate onto vegetated areas in the Arboretum. The Environmental/Shade Tree Commission (ESTC) has worked throughout 20 to establish a rain garden at our Arboretum located at the intersection of Heck Ave and Doremus Way. Please CLICK HERE to view all photos from the day! Have ideas to make our Township even more environmentally sound? Please join us at our meetings. Check in later this year to see how these areas have been improved. We are currently working on our rain gardens located at the Township’s Arboretum and across the street from the Jumping Brook baseball fields. The ESTC continues to look forward to new projects that benefit our environment and our residents. As ESTC members, we enjoy hearing from Neptune residents who revisit each year to let us know how their bare root trees are doing from the 2022 and earlier tree giveaways. And the best part…all trees were given away! We cannot thank enough the residents for coming out to support this cause. Some of the tree species that we had this year included thirty Redbuds, twenty-five Chestnut Oaks, fifty Bur Oaks, twenty-five Black Walnuts, and thirty Northern Red Oaks. The free seed packets were also a great way to promote gardening and habitats for our beneficial insects, bees, butterflies, and birds. ![]() This was a great way to promote Arbor Day and literally establish “roots” in the community. The Neptune Township’s Environmental & Shade Tree Commission (ESTC) started off the year with our 2023 free seedlings and bare root tree giveaway.ĭespite the clouds and rain on April 29th, our volunteer members were at the Neptune Township Public Library giving out trees and flower/vegetable seed packets to our local and neighboring residents. ![]() “To be without trees would, in the most literal way, to be without our roots.” ― Richard Mabey Reorganization Meeting: Wednesday January 10, 2024 The meetings will take place at the Township of Neptune municipal building located at 25 Neptune Blvd Neptune NJ 07753 Meeting will begin at 6:30pm 2 nd floor small conference room 2023 Environmental/Shade tree commission monthly meeting dates take place on the second Wednesday of every month. ![]()
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