Functions
Trees and forests serve many functions in our urban environment. Trees not only provide beauty when used around our homes, offices, and in our parks, but they also serve practical functions. For example, trees help to clean the air that we breathe. They also provide energy savings by cooling the air around our homes and businesses in the summer and by serving as wind buffers in the winter. Forests, both in upland settings and located along streams, serve to mitigate runoff from storm events, reduce erosion by stabilizing soil, and provide habitat for wildlife.

Goals
The Town of Flower Mound’s Urban Forestry Program has multiple goals:

• Establish rules and regulations governing the protection and preservation of native or established trees within the town. Encourage the protection of healthy trees and large native trees which are irreplaceable resources in our community, and to provide for the replacement of trees removed during construction.
• Educate both the residents of Flower Mound and the development community about the important role that trees serve in our environment.

Regulations

• Tree Ordinance
• Tree Ordinance for Sites Platted Before Oct. 6, 2008 

Resources

• Acorns to Oaks
• Characteristics of the Cross Timbers Region 
• Cross Timbers Wooded Regions Shaped North Texas History 
• Native Tree Brochure

 
Tree Recognition Program

The Urban Forestry Program strives to recognize significant trees throughout the Town. For more detailed information concerning the Tree Recognition Program click the link below.

Program and Nomination Packet

To view the 2013 award winners, please click here.