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Total investment for the project was $9 million

For four decades, Trees For Houston has remained dedicated to its mission of providing trees for the city and region despite the lack of a permanent home.

Trees For Houston's New Campus is Heading to Garden Oaks After a $3-million gift from the Kinder Foundation, things will be looking a lot greener in the GOOF. By Gwendolyn Knapp 6/2/2021 at 6:00am Tree distribution in action. After receiving a whopping $3-million gift from the Kinder Foundation, Trees For Houston, the nonprofit that’s been busy planting 20,000 trees since the pandemic began, is now busy with another exciting new venture: A forthcoming 1.5-acre compound, called the Kinder Campus, will break ground at 2001 W. 34th St. later this year (in winter).    The property will...

Volunteers help load trees during a distribution event hosted by Trees For Houston, a nonprofit that is constructing a headquarters at 2001 W. 34th St. in Oak Forest. (Photo by Gabe Castillo, Trees For Houston) Trees For Houston has helped plant 600,000 trees in the region since its inception in 1983. Perhaps that number would be much higher if the nonprofit organization had not been nomadic during much of that time. Now Trees For Houston is planting roots – in Oak Forest – and hopes to grow even faster and provide even more shade and fresh air across the city. Executive director Ba...

Trees for Houston branches out to Garden Oaks thanks to $3M grant Trees for Houston has planted across the city, including Memorial Park. Photo courtesy of Memorial Park Conservancy Houston’s unofficial benefactors have planted quite a seed for a local nonprofit. Nancy and Richard Kinder, through their Kinder Foundation, have gifted Trees for Houston $3 million for a new campus, onsite nursery, education center, and more, the organization announced. That means, in part, a lush new 1.5-acre facility in Garden Oaks — appropriately named The Kinder Campus — located at located at 2001...