Stopping by on Kingwood Drive
Trees for Kingwood, actively involved in reformation projects in our community, requested assistance from the Young Men’s Service League to prune the 45 trees planted on Kingwood Dr.
We were fortunate to receive five energetic volunteers who participated in a pruning demonstration. Using snips, loppers and saws, all trees were pruned to look like trees instead of bushes. There was even time to extract 30 steel “t-posts” no longer needed as these 3-year plantings have matured.
Trees for Kingwood are very grateful for the tree care given by the three young men and two moms for work performed Saturday March 7th. Chris Arceneaux
Chevron Phillips Green Team
We are incredibly grateful to Chevron Phillips Green Team for their generous donation, continued support, and meaningful collaboration with our Trees for Kingwood initiative. Their commitment to environmental stewardship has been instrumental in helping us restore and grow our community’s tree canopy. Thanks to Chevron’s partnership, we’re not only planting trees—we’re planting hope and sustainability for future generations. Together, we’re making Kingwood greener and stronger! #TreesForKingwood #ChevronGreenTeam #CommunitySupport #EnvironmentalStewardship
Grassroots organizations pitch in to help maintain, restore Kingwood
When Jay Mincks moved to Kingwood in 1990, he said he was drawn to “the livable forest” that had been newly developed by Friendswood Development Company.
“At the time, Friendswood was still deeply involved in the community,” Mincks said. “They had people on every one of the [homeowners associations] providing leadership because … they were trying to sell real estate, so that meant making sure everyone was doing what they were supposed to do.”
A new community group called Trees for Kingwood completed their first tree planting in November 2022. The group works across community and trails associations, local government and local businesses to facilitate reforesting the Kingwood area. The trees are planted with best practices (such as adding soil amendments and root stimulator) and a two year watering plan to get them established.
Contributions from area community and trails association with trees from the City of Houston allowed for the professional installation of some 35 medium sized trees in our service area. Many of the trees were planted in the bare medians of Woodland Hills Drive starting at Ben’s Branch continuing towards Kingwood Drive.
