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

Jackie fills out a treegram.

Jigmed wheels some mulch to where it’s needed.

Andy of Spokane Urban Forestry gives some tips and instructions.

Jim and his young assistant

Bryce and Alicia fill a wheelbarrow with mulch.

The tree-planting crew.

A treegram hangs from one of the branches.

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

Loni rakes some compost around a tree.

Tim fills out a treegram.

Volunteers of all ages came to help.

Bryce fills a wheelbarrow with mulch.

Tim and Bryce fill a wheelbarrow with mulch.

Jackie shovels some compost.

Jim and Tim talk trees.

A treegram hangs from one of the branches.

Jim signs the MoU.

The line of new trees next to N. Maple.

Andy and Bert deal with the shrinking pile of compost.

Loni is having a lot of fun spreading compost.

Angel and Stacy catch up.

Stacy rakes out compost.

Melissa scoops mulch into the wheelbarrow.

Karl hauls some compost.

Loni and Karl tend to a tree.

Bryce digs in to the pile of compost.

Linda spreads some compost around a tree.

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.