Tree Give-Away December 8, 2012
Hike for Katreena and the Department of Parks and Parkways
2829 Gentilly Blvd. Grounds of Parks and Parkways
3 gal. trees - limited quantities
2 Per Household

New Orleans suffered many losses in Katrina and its aftermath. One of the major casualties was the city's trees. Over 100,000 were lost, including most of the beautiful magnolias and many live oaks.

Oaks
Live Oak - 50     
Nutall Oak - 5
Cherrybark Oak - 5
Magnolias
Southern Magnolia - 100
Little Gem Magnolia - 50
Japanese Magnolia - 100
Sweetbay Magnolia -100
Cypress
Bald Cypress - 50
Pond Cypress - 100
Redbuds
Species - 25
Forest Pansy - 25
Crape Myrtles - 100
Fig - LSU Purple - 25
Holly - Savannah - 50
Vitex - Shoal's Creek
Chinese Pistache - 10
Drummond Red Maple - 100
Eastern Red Cedar - 10
Fringe Tree - Grancy Greybeard - 25
Japanese Maple - 75
Mayhaw - 5
Parsley Hawthorn - 5
Spruce Pine - 10

In 2006, lifelong New Orleans resident Monique Pilié hiked the 2175 miles of the Appalachian Trail, starting in Georgia and ending in Maine. Her goal was to raise awareness of the storm's impact on the city's treescape and to raise enough money to plant one tree in New Orleans for every mile she hiked. To that end she started a non-profit organization called "Hike for KaTREEna". On October 7 2006, after six months hiking, Monique finished the Appalachian Trail, arriving at Mt Katahdin in Maine. During the hike she raised thousands of dollars. She came home and, together with a host of volunteers from New Orleans and across the country, she began planting trees. Hike for KaTREEna is still planting... and still raising money to replace the tens of thousands of trees still sorely missed in New Orleans. We accomplish this with an army of committed planters. Become a New Orleans volunteer and join our efforts toward the restoration and beautification of this wonderful community!
www.hikeforkatreena.com