{"id":472714,"date":"2025-12-26T11:49:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T11:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/472714\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T11:49:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T11:49:16","slug":"christmas-tree-recycling-2025-options-in-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/472714\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas tree recycling 2025: Options in Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a look at 2025-2026 community events where residents may recycle their Christmas trees:<\/p>\n<p><b>Philly Goat Project<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/philly-goat-project-new-years-day-walk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philly Goat Project<\/a> will host its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillygoatproject.org\/treecyclefestival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tree-cycle festival<\/a> across three dates and two different sites. A $20 suggested donation for each tree supports free PGP programming all year.<\/p>\n<p>A tree is not required to attend the festival, which will feature family-friendly activities, s\u2019mores and hot cocoa and, yes, goats.<\/p>\n<p>For the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillygoatproject.org\/treecyclefestival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Awbury Arboretum events<\/a> in Germantown, residents may opt for express curbside drop-off, a \u201cG.O.A.T. Safari,\u201d in which folks drive through the farm to drop off their trees, or \u201cpark and drag,\u201d for those who can bring their tree in themselves.<\/p>\n<p>For all tree-cycle events, remember to remove all ornaments and lights before donating.<\/p>\n<p><b>Saturday, Jan. 10 <\/b>| 12 \u2013 3 p.m.<br \/>The Farm at Awbury Arboretum<br \/>6336 Ardleigh St., Philadelphia, PA 19138<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Rain date: Sunday, Jan. 11\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Saturday, Jan. 17<\/b> | 12 \u2013 3 p.m.<br \/>Laurel Hill West Cemetery<br \/>215 Belmont Ave., Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004<\/p>\n<p><b>Saturday, Jan. 24 <\/b>\u00a0| 11 a.m. \u2013 3 p.m.<br \/>The Farm at Awbury Arboretum<br \/>6336 Ardleigh St., Philadelphia, PA 19138<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Rain date: Sunday, Jan. 25<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fishtown.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Fishtown Neighbors Association<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Saturday, Jan. 10 <\/b>\u00a0| 10 a.m. \u2013 2 p.m.<br \/>2501 E. Cumberland St., Philadelphia, PA 19125<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Cost: Suggested donation of $5, to benefit the Fishtown Neighbors Association<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Trees will be turned into mulch and dispersed to local parks and green spaces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.passyunksquare.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Passyunk Square Civic Association<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Saturday, Jan. 10 <\/b>\u00a0| 9 a.m. \u2013 2 p.m.<br \/>Columbus Square Park, 1200 Wharton St., Philadelphia, PA 19147<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Cost: Suggested donation of $5 (cash or Venmo)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fsrp.org\/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Friends of Schuylkill River Park<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Saturday, Jan. 3, <\/b>and <b>Saturday, Jan. 10 <\/b>\u00a0| 9 a.m. \u2013 2 p.m.<br \/>300 S. 25th St., Philadelphia, PA 19103<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Cost: Recommended donation of $20<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Trees will be turned into mulch for park plantings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>                      <a id=\"1_0\" href=\"#\" class=\"btn--ccb-collapse\">collapse<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Below is a look at 2025-2026 community events where residents may recycle their Christmas trees: Philly Goat Project&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":472715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,192073,1448,2830,1311,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-472714","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-christmas-trees","10":"tag-pa","11":"tag-pennsylvania","12":"tag-philadelphia","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115785719052459832","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}