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.

Jim and his young assistant

Jigmed wheels some mulch to where it’s needed.

Bryce and Alicia fill a wheelbarrow with mulch.

The tree-planting crew.

Melissa scoops mulch into the wheelbarrow.

Karl hauls some compost.

Tim and Bryce fill a wheelbarrow with mulch.

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

Loni is having a lot of fun spreading compost.

Jackie shovels some compost.

Linda spreads some compost around a tree.

Angel and Stacy catch up.

Stacy rakes out compost.

Jim signs the MoU.

Bryce digs in to the pile of compost.

Jim and Tim talk trees.

Loni and Karl tend to a tree.

A treegram hangs from one of the branches.

Bryce fills a wheelbarrow with mulch.

Volunteers of all ages came to help.

Loni rakes some compost around a tree.

Tim fills out a treegram.

The line of new trees next to N. Maple.

Andy of Spokane Urban Forestry gives some tips and instructions.

Andy and Bert deal with the shrinking pile of compost.

Jackie fills out a treegram.

A treegram hangs from one of the branches.

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.