Trees & esplanades
Replacing the hackberries the freeze took with live oaks, then watering them for two years.
Trees
Houston · Lindale Park · Since 2026
Neighbors looking after the park.
Friends of Lindale Park is the charitable arm of the neighborhood. We raise money for the live oaks on the esplanades, the fall festival, and the small repairs nobody else is coming to make.
501(c)(3)Every dollar stays inside the neighborhood.
Photo slot: Fulton esplanade after the fall planting, looking north
112
Trees planted
Live oaks and crape myrtles on four esplanades.
284
Neighbors giving
Average gift, $64.
6
Blocks covered
Fulton to Bennington.
100%
Stays local
No paid staff. Volunteers only.
Our work
Three things we pay for
Small, specific, and visible from your porch. If we can't point at it, we don't fund it.
Gatherings
The fall festival, the Helmers Street Halloween walk, and coffee at the two work days each spring.
Events
Neighbor grants
Up to $500 for a block that wants to fix a sidewalk, plant a corner, or light an alley.
Grants
What's coming up
Bring gloves, bring the kids
Oct
31
Nov
14
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Placeholder description. Example: a fall work day mulching the new oaks.
Dec
05
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Placeholder description. Example: annual meeting and potluck.
"Neighbor quote goes here, in their own words."
Not a donor yet? Membership in the Lindale Park Civic Club is separate, and also worth your $35. We work alongside them.
Give where you live
$50 puts one more live oak on the esplanade and keeps it watered through its first Houston summer.
Donate to the park