Native Tree Replenishment Project for West Towson and Southland Hills

The Native Tree Replenishment Project is a partnership between the West Towson and Southland Hills neighborhoods and Blue Water Baltimore (BWB), an environmental non-profit organization. The purpose is to replenish the large shade trees that have been lost in the neighborhood.

BWB has received grant money to provide trees at a low cost. Homeowners contribute $75 for yard trees, and $125-$150 for street trees. Planting, staking and mulching is done by BWB volunteers in the fall. Homeowners just need to water the trees regularly for the first 2-3 summers.

Native trees offered for 2025:

Large Canopy Trees:

• American Elm ‘DED cultivar’*

• American Linden*

• Bald Cypress

• Black Gum*

• Atlantic White Cedar

• Eastern Red Cedar

• Hackberry*

• Honeylocust  

• Hophornbeam

• Loblolly Pine

• London Plane/Sycamore*

• Oaks: Northern Red*, Southern Red, Shumard, Swamp White*, & Willow* 

• Persimmon

• Pignut Hickory

• River Birch*

• Tulip Poplar *

  Eligible for Street Tree Planting

Understory Trees (for under power lines):

• American Hornbeam

• Flowering Dogwood - white

• Fringe Tree

• Hawthorn*

• Redbud*

• Serviceberry

• Sweetbay Magnolia

Email your neighborhood tree stewards to ensure “right tree, right place” (Kirsten Hoffman, Barb Gayler, and Jennifer Tobian) at trees4westtowson@gmail.com.

For more information, please visit https://bluewaterbaltimore.org/tree-orders/.

Orders Due August 30, 2025