Houston Parks Board believes parks are for everyone. To ensure that our greenspaces connect us to each other and revitalize our lives, we’re committed to keeping our parks beautiful, accessible, safe, and functional. We make this a reality by dedicating more than a third of our annual budget to conservation and maintenance.

Only a high standard of care will sustain our quality greenspaces. We take care of our greenspaces and trails by regularly mowing, cleaning up litter, clearing paths, removing debris, clearing off graffiti, restoring amenities, and cleaning after floods. Our Conservation and Maintenance team prides itself on its attention to over 110 miles of trails and more than 3,330 acres of greenspace.

SINCE JULY 2014

Infographic with six metrics: 1,190 floatable litter items collected; 817 other litter and debris items; 10,109 graffiti sites abated; $8,805,202 in amenities repair and replacement costs; $3,167,267 in flood clean-up costs; and 3,000 flood silt and debris items removed
Infographic showing trail maintenance data. Left chart: existing trails maintained total 110 miles, broken down as Brays 39.4 miles, Buffalo 0.9, Clear 0.0, Greens 11.1, Halls 8.0, Hunting 8.0, San Jacinto 1.0, Sims 23.6, and White Oak 18.1. Right chart: asphalt trails miles replaced, with 59% complete and the remainder still pending, out of a total of 22 miles.
Infographic showing park maintenance. Left side lists amenities maintained: 60 hike and bike bridges, 442 benches and picnic tables, 14 drinking fountains, 411 waste and recycling receptacles, and 14 bicycle fixit stations. Right side shows a pie chart of 23,340 acres currently maintained: 1,117 woodland, 22 wetland, 1,399 delitter only, 149 trails and parking, 144 prairie and landscape beds, and 509 turf.