Garland, TX Tree Protection: Parkway Planting (2026)

" Trees must be selected from the Table 7-6 Street Tree List, which includes species such as Allee Elm, Cedar Elm, Chinese Pistache and Green Ash, each required at a minimum of 8 feet in height and 3-inch caliper at installation. Spacing is fixed at 25 feet on center along each block face, and every tree must be single-trunk, limbed up to at least 7 feet above grade, with 8 feet of vertical clearance over pedestrian walkways and on-street parking and 14 feet over vehicular travel lanes.

Trees are generally installed in 6-foot by 8-foot public sidewalk tree wells built to City specifications, though the Downtown Historic (DH) and Downtown Square (DS) sub-districts allow larger 6-foot by 10-foot wells with tree grates, and properties along Avenues B and D without on-street parking may instead use a continuous 6-foot landscape strip. Underground bubbler irrigation on a separate zone is required for every tree well, with drainage per City details. Interior parking lots in the district must plant one large street tree for every six parking spaces to cut heat buildup.

Compliance is reviewed by the Planning Director as part of Downtown Development Plan approval; species outside the Table 7-6 list require case-by-case approval tied to that plan.