Founded in 1987, Baton Rouge Green’s goals have been to help Baton Rouge area citizens better understand, preserve, plant & maintain trees & forests as an important community resource.

During its 22 years, BRG has accomplished the following with the vigilant support of over 300 members and scores of dedicated volunteers:

• Planted more than 35,000 trees along roadways and city streets, on school campuses, in parks and neighborhoods.
• Helped develop Baton Rouge’s first landscape & tree ordinance in 1991. Click here to view the current Landscape Ordinance
• Kept citizens informed about opportunities for continual improvement of the ordinance through representation on the EBR Tree & Landscape Commission.
• Developed & distributed an ecology-based, native tree planting guide for EBR Parish.
• Worked with EBR school officials to improve tree care on 115 campuses.
• Provided educational, planting, preservation & conservation projects valued at more than $5.2 million.
• Trained over 500 teachers in Project Learning Tree, a national, award-winning environmental curriculum.
• Partnered with Southern University & Louisiana State University to provide experiences in community forestry efforts to undergraduate & graduate students.
• Developed tree nurseries to grow a more diverse array of native trees & promote their planting throughout the community.
• Partners with the Mayor's office and the Department of Public Works in the management of the Green Light Landscape Program.