Roughly one dozen volunteers turned out today for the tree-planting event on N. Maple street.

Representatives from the Office of Neighborhood Services and Spokane Urban Forestry were there to lend a hand, and Nancy MacKerrow of The Susie Forest attended with cookies and “treegrams” to allow the planters’ wishes to flourish along with the trees.

Bryce fills a wheelbarrow with mulch.

Jackie fills out a treegram.

Bryce digs in to the pile of compost.

Angel of Spokane Urban Forestry and Nancy MacKerrow of the Susie Forest.

Jim, Bert and Tim figure out who’s next on shovel duty.

Jim signs the MoU.

Linda spreads some compost around a tree.

Jackie shovels some compost.

Bryce and Alicia fill a wheelbarrow with mulch.

Jigmed wheels some mulch to where it’s needed.

Stacy rakes out compost.

Andy and Bert deal with the shrinking pile of compost.

Angel and Stacy catch up.

The tree-planting crew.

Volunteers of all ages came to help.

A treegram hangs from one of the branches.

Jim and his young assistant

Tim and Bryce fill a wheelbarrow with mulch.

Loni rakes some compost around a tree.

A treegram hangs from one of the branches.

Tim fills out a treegram.

The line of new trees next to N. Maple.

Loni and Karl tend to a tree.

Karl hauls some compost.

Jim and Tim talk trees.

Loni is having a lot of fun spreading compost.

Melissa scoops mulch into the wheelbarrow.

Andy of Spokane Urban Forestry gives some tips and instructions.

This marks the first important step in dealing with this stretch of property on N. Maple. The Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council hopes to work with the city to install stormwater improvements, sidewalks and more plantings in the relatively near future.