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.

Angel and Stacy catch up.

Bryce and Alicia fill a wheelbarrow with mulch.

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

Tim and Bryce fill a wheelbarrow with mulch.

Karl hauls some compost.

Volunteers of all ages came to help.

Tim fills out a treegram.

Andy and Bert deal with the shrinking pile of compost.

Jackie fills out a treegram.

Jigmed wheels some mulch to where it’s needed.

A treegram hangs from one of the branches.

Jim signs the MoU.

Jim and Tim talk trees.

Melissa scoops mulch into the wheelbarrow.

Loni and Karl tend to a tree.

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

Bryce fills a wheelbarrow with mulch.

A treegram hangs from one of the branches.

Stacy rakes out compost.

Loni rakes some compost around a tree.

Loni is having a lot of fun spreading compost.

Bryce digs in to the pile of compost.

Linda spreads some compost around a tree.

Jackie shovels some compost.

Jim and his young assistant

The line of new trees next to N. Maple.

Andy of Spokane Urban Forestry gives some tips and instructions.

The tree-planting crew.

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.