2008-2009 Season

With the help of our partners and volunteers, in the last season, Trees For Houston planted over 40,000 trees from Baytown to Katy, from Conroe to Galveston.

Reforestation

Trees For Houston planted nearly 9,000 trees in areas deforested by city growth and especially areas hurt by Hurricane Ike.

In late November and early December, a team of volunteers reforested Goat Island in the Houston Ship Channel. This large island was swept clear of trees by the flooding with the hurricane.

Workers came from the University of St. Thomas, Trees For Houston, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and the Port of Houston to plant one- and five- gallon trees to combat soil erosion and house wildlife.  Houston is the nation’s second largest port, and it has cooperated with us on earlier projects.

Parks

Trees For Houston helps our areas parks meet the needs of our people. We planted almost 2,000 trees in parks. The South Campus Sports Complex, just south of Reliant Stadium at Bellfort and Stella Link, is the site of 240 live oaks that we planted with the help of hundreds of young volunteers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parkways

Throughout our 26 years, our principal plantings have been of street trees.  We put them along  everything from Interstate Highways to neighborhood lanes.

With the help of the HEB’s workers and contribution, we planted almost 1,500 trees along Elgin Boulevard as it runs through Houston’s Third Ward, giving Elgin’s esplandes face-lifts. 

In May, we planted sixty live oaks in the Elgin esplanades from Highway 59 to Scott Street.

Located north of the Interstate 10, Houston Heights is being replanted to keep it forested by  Keep Heights Green, a tree-roots civic group.  We helped it with meetings it goal of planting 100 large-street trees in their first year.

South of the city, to counter the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, Trees For Houston in a partnership with Taylor Lake Village distributed 340 native pines and oaks to replace lost street and park trees.

Schools

Nearly 400 public and private schools have over 7,000 trees thanks to our Trees For Schools.  Last year, we planted over 800 trees at 33 schools.

The Houston Dynamo joined us to plant trees at JP Henderson Elementary.

Devon Energy joined us to plant trees at Cullen Middle School.

Aramco joined us  to plant trees at Veritas Christian Academy

Awty International School, through its students and parents, joined us to plant there.

Tress For Houston also planted trees at 15 schools in the bay area, including Pasadena, Clear Lake, Galena Park, and Channelview, to help after the hurricane.

Civic Partners

In the 2008-2009 season, our partners planted over 15,000 trees. The Buffalo Bayou Partnership and the Park People were prominent.

With many others, we planted over 300 trees along the Columbia Tap Hike and Bike Trail.

Gifts of Trees

In addition to planting trees, we also gave nearly 1,500 seedlings at events from the Heights Urban Forestry Day to the KBR Earth Day Awareness to the Kids Write to Know Workshop.

Education

Trees For Houston gave trees to science teachers and their students as part of presenting the benefits of trees, their biology, and other facts. Our lectures have reached over 4,000 students from schools as far away as Fort Bend and Channelview.