Ridgewood’s Green Paradox: 79 Saplings Planted, But 40% of Homeowners in the West Saddle River Road area Said NO Trees!
photo courtesy of the Ridgewood Shade Tree Commission
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood, NJ, is famous for its beautiful, tree-lined streets, but the village is currently facing a surprising division over its canopy.
This past Saturday, an enthusiastic group of volunteers, organized by the Shade Tree Commission, successfully planted 79 new saplings in the Willard neighborhood as part of the Village’s “Adopt a Sapling” program, which launched in 2023. To date, the program has planted just shy of 200 young trees, showing a strong community effort to “re-tree” Ridgewood.
