Trees Across Toronto - Sun Valley / Lower Don Valley Tree Planting

Photo © Tony Bursey

It was a rather overcast day for a couple of hours of tree planting Saturday, April 28th, 2007. There was a good turnout resulting in 800 trees being planted in record time (in under 2 hours).

Photo © Tony Bursey

The gloves they had for kids were cool-looking.

Photo © Tony Bursey

This is the result of planting 800 trees: lots of empty plant pots of various sizes. The city also provided the white buckets for filling with mulch to pile around each one (they said 4-buckets worth but come on... that would be about as big as what we planted!). I think we put two on each.

Photo © Tony Bursey

The City of Toronto provided the shovels and gloves, for good reason... there were various pieces of rusted metal of all shapes and sizes that were dug up. As a result, we piled them in a few places so that they could be safely removed. Behind the pile is a very small section of the trees that were planted.

All in all, it was a very successful event. So much so, that they are having another one next Saturday! If you are in the area, stop by. You can get there off Beechwood north of O'Connor. Go down the hill and under the Don Valley Parkway and past the Metro Police K-9 Training Centre. There is parking along both sides of the road. Of course, you can always ride the trails and stop by to plant a tree or two as you pass.