Tree Planting Program

Lakewood Heights Neighborhood Association works with the City of Dallas Reforestation Program to provide free trees for our neighborhood. Since 2005, almost two hundred trees have been added to our neighborhood’s parkways. Trees beautify our neighborhood, clean the air and make our streets and sidewalks cooler in the hot summer months. Replacing trees and keeping an urban forest is very important.

In January 2010, Lakewood Heights Neighborhood Association is having its latest parkway tree planting.

The trees must be planted in the “parkway” – for most residents, the parkway is the strip of grassy area between the sidewalk and the street. The type of tree planted must be approved by the City Arborist. Most of the trees provided are very nice trees with a caliper of 2-4 inches!

To be eligible for a free tree you must commit to the following:

• have the tree planted correctly (lakewood heights provides the tree planting service for a nominal fee);
• water the trees deeply once or twice per week during the months of April through October, and biweekly during the months of November through March until the trees are established (which is typically for two years);
• mulch the trees with a two inch layer at the time of planting and every spring and fall thereafter for the duration of the maintenance period;
• fertilize if signs of nutrient deficiency appear;
• replace the tree, at your expense, if it dies within the first two years.

Neighbors Helping makes it Work! Can you volunteer?

More information coming soon about the winter 2010 tree planting.  Interested in learning more about getting a  tree for your parkway? Send an email to Lakewood Heights Trees. We need volunteers to help unload the trees from the city’s trailers – an hour or two of your time on a Saturday morning is critical to getting this done! Interested in volunteering? Send an email to Lakewood Heights Trees.

Tree Planting Articles and Links
Adding curb appeal a tree at a time Dallas Morning News article about a neighborhood tree planting
Great info about urban reforestation City of Seattle Website
Dallas Urban Forestry – www.dallastrees.org
Dallas trees Blog