City seeking volunteers to help plant trees this Saturday
The City of Tyler and Mayor Barbara Bass are seeking volunteers to help plant more than 300 trees on Tree Tyler Day, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Residents interested in volunteering are asked to meet at...
View ArticleTree planting ceremony kicks off
Tyler ISD Stewart Middle School cheerleaders, PTA President and Principal joined Mayor Barbara Bass and her team of helpers to kick off the Tyler Initiative Tree Planting ceremony with a cheer. The...
View ArticleTaking care of your landscape trees
By Dennis Smith Trees in home landscapes are large investment. A healthy tree increases in value with age; paying big dividends, increasing property values, beautifying our surroundings, purifying our...
View ArticleLiving green when everything is turning brown: tips to help your trees...
By Holly Huffman You’ve listened to the experts, taken classes and done everything from mulching to spraying to soaking to standing on your head. You might have even done a rain dance. And still, your...
View ArticleRecyle your Christmas tree
Rather than send trees to the landfill after the holiday, the City of Longview encourages residents to give their real Christmas trees new purpose as compost or fish habitats. Residents may drop off...
View ArticleDrought: Millions of shade trees dead
By Hugh Soape An estimated 5.6 million trees that once shaded homes, streets and parks in communities across Texas now are dead as a result of last year’s unrelenting drought. The finding comes from a...
View ArticlePine Tree to celebrate Arbor Day
Pine Tree ISD is proud to host the annual Arbor Day Event sponsored by Keep Longview Beautiful, with a tree planting in the Pine Tree Primary School playground on Friday, April 27, 2012. The public is...
View ArticleMaster gardeners meeting slated
The Gregg County Master Gardeners, “Learn at Lunch” program, will be Wednesday, May 9. Daniel Duncum, with the Texas Forest Service, will present a power presentation on identifying trees. Following...
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