HOUSTON (AP) - About 500 trees will be given away Saturday in Houston as part of recovery efforts following last year’s Hurricane Harvey.
The Texas A&M Forest Service on Thursday announced plans to host the event associated with the NASCAR Green Race for Trees Campaign. It’s also a project of the Arbor Day Foundation, the Harris County Master Gardener Association and Texas A&M AgriLife.
The free trees for Houston residents will replace those damaged and destroyed by Harvey, which struck in August 2017.
Staff forester Monica Singhania (sing-HAH’-nee-uh) says the trees, in containers, are live oaks, bald cypress, bur oaks and red maples. Saturday morning’s giveaway is at Hermann Park.
Singhania says more than 1,000 trees were given away during similar events Oct. 13 in Houston and Oct. 20 in Port Aransas (uh-RAN’-suhs).
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