District Heights Announces Free Tree Program With Prince George's County

District Heights announced a free tree-planting program for city residents that will take place during the 2025–2026 planting season, saying the trees will arrive in the fall/winter 2025/26. The city posted a short news item and an Instagram message to make the announcement.

The Instagram account @thecityofdistrictheights published the message on March 2, 2026 with the caption: "District Heights residents — FREE trees are coming this fall/winter 2025/26!" The same wording appears in a Districtheights post that adds, "Through Prince George's County Department of the Environment," linking the initiative to the county agency.

The city news item itself, posted March 2, 2026, states that the program is "offered through Prince George’s County Department of the Environment in partnership with" but the supplied excerpt is truncated after the phrase "in partnership with" and does not list additional partners. That truncation means any other collaborators named in the full city announcement are not available in the posted excerpt.

The announcement contains no operational details in the excerpts supplied: there is no figure for how many trees will be made available to District Heights residents, no species list, and no statement on whether trees will be planted in front yards, in the public right-of-way, or on other city property. The city and Instagram posts do not include an application form, deadline, eligibility criteria such as homeowner versus renter status, or who will perform the planting crews for fall/winter 2025/26.

A partnership with Joe’s GreenWorks appears in some summaries of the program but is not named in the city news item excerpt or the Instagram post provided; that organization’s role is therefore unconfirmed based on the March 2, 2026 postings. Funding sources, maintenance commitments after planting, and any canopy or flood-mitigation targets are likewise not specified in the supplied city materials.

City officials and the Prince George’s County Department of the Environment are the named agencies in the announcement; the full city news item and county program details will need to be released to clarify how residents can apply, how many trees will be available, which species will be offered, and the schedule for planting during the 2025–2026 season. The city posted the initial notice March 2, 2026, and further logistical details are expected before community plantings begin in fall/winter 2025/26.