This year at Eleanor Tinsley Park, Writers in the Schools (WITS) implemented colorful Poet-Trees with a new theme and look to celebrate National Poetry Month. “Dear Houston: Poems of Love from a City of Resilience” by artist Nicola Parente encourages park patrons to write a love letter to Houston and place it on the trees, exemplifying the strength of our city following last year’s natural disaster.

How One Houston School is Helping Children Experience the Environment
In a quiet corner of Yorkshire Academy’s central courtyard, there’s a garden. The little patch of earth is set up to welcome butterflies, and there’s

