After over a year of planning - heat mapping, tree inventories, and navigating approvals - we set out to plant 500 trees on the Columbia Tap Trail… and guess what? We blew past our goal! 
Over 600 trees are now in the ground, thanks to our awesome volunteers! These trees replace those lost to Hurricane Beryl and the derecho and expand our much-needed urban canopy. 
Over 600 trees are now in the ground, thanks to our awesome volunteers! These trees replace those lost to Hurricane Beryl and the derecho and expand our much-needed urban canopy. A MASSIVE thank you to Houston Wilderness for supplying today's trees and Trees for Houston for contributing to an earlier planting. 
We couldn’t have done this without the army of volunteers who showed up in full force—Interactors, Rotaractors, Rotarians, Scouts, our own Friends of Columbia Tap, and so many amazing community groups! 
We couldn’t have done this without the army of volunteers who showed up in full force—Interactors, Rotaractors, Rotarians, Scouts, our own Friends of Columbia Tap, and so many amazing community groups! 
Shoutout to the University of Houston and Rotary Club of Houston Skyline for keeping our planters fueled with lunch, and Eadough Pastries and Provisions for the delicious refreshments! 
A special thanks to Workshop Houston for welcoming us into your space and to Houston Toolbank for lending us your tools.And in the spirit of community giving, Rotary District 5890 Governor Nancy Anderson handed over a donation of gardening tools to Susan Norman with TSU Community Farm—a gift that will keep growing! 
This is just the beginning! We’re continuing to plant and nurture this space as part of the vision to create a linear forest along the Columbia Tap Trail—a dream inspired by the late Rotarian Dakota Stormer, who's family joined us for the event. 
To everyone who dug, hauled, watered, and cheered us on—THANK YOU! Let's keep growing!
Let's keep growing!