TREE PLANTINGS
The heart of everything we do at Texas Trees is centered around engaging our communities to join us in planting trees! In a world that's always demanding more, our plantings create a rare opportunity to slow down and enjoy making a lasting difference in the communities where we live, work and play.
" Together we plant the collective hope, through a shared experience, of a better future."
Janette Monear, CEO of Texas Trees Foundation
We Are Invested In Our Communities
Each planting project partners with the community. We engage in feedback, activation and educate within each neighborhood on arboriculture and the importance of community greening. We plant where people need it most. Click below to watch how trees have aided in a community in Dallas.
PLANTING TREES...
- Improves mental and physical health through creating accessible green spaces
- Improves air quality by filtering pollution
- Slows rainfall, reducing stormwater runoff
- Cools hot city surfaces and reduce urban heat island effects
PLANTING SEASONS
Spring: Late February to the end of April
Fall: October to mid-December
37% by 2040
With the City of Dallas' Comprehensive Environmental & Climate Action plan as our guide, we will substantially increase tree canopy from our current rate of 32% to 37% by 2040.
Plantings are based on the Dallas Tree Equity Planting Map, a plotted map that pinpoints where trees are needed most in our city and throughout North Texas. And, while much of our work serves the DFW area, we work with community partners and organizations across the state to increase access to nature and greening for the benefit and improvement of human health for all.
Tree Planting Priority Ranking by Census Block Groups
Priority scores help locate areas which will most benefit from Dallas’ limited resources for tree planting and maintenance. The overall priority score for each district was examined to determine how much tree canopy is needed to raise the current district priority score into the 80th percentile of priority scores. The number of tree plantings needed to add the additional tree canopy to the district was calculated by dividing by the area of a tree with a 25 ft. crown diameter by the additional acreage totals. Districts which currently have a score within the 80th percentile need limited priority planting.
Increase Tree Canopy
It is a priority for the City of Dallas to increase
its tree canopy from 32% to 37%. (CECAP, 2020)
SPONSOR A PLANTING TODAY
and help create cool, healthy, and greener communities. Inquire for planting locations.