10,000 Hands - 2017-2018

Two volunteer tree planting events, averaging around an hour each, have taken place at this site since
the prep work was completed. On September 13, 2017, eight volunteers from McInnes Cooper planted
15 Sugar maple, 15 Red maple, 15 Bur oak, 15 Red oak, 15 American elm, 27 White spruce, 15 Red pine,
and 15 White pine seedlings and four 1.2 m apple trees as legacy trees for a grand total of 136 trees. An
additional planting was done on October 3, 2017, with volunteers from the Saint John Learning
Exchange’s Workplace Essential Skills (WES) program. These volunteers planted 40 Red spruce, 11 Bur
oak, 16 Red maple, 16 White pine, 17 Mountain maple, 17 Red pine, 17 Red oak, 17 Silver maple, and
17 White spruce seedlings for a total of 168 trees for this planting. At a later date, ACAP Saint John staff
planted an additional four 1.2 m trees (3 Bur oak and 1 Sugar maple) as legacy trees for a grand total of
300 trees for the nursery and eight legacy trees. These trees will be left to grow for two to five years
before being transplanted to riparian or coastal areas in need of woody vegetation.
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Figure 4: (a) Vacant lot before it was transformed into the Crow Alley Urban Tree Nursery. (b)
Volunteers creating rows of soil. (c) Volunteers planting over 130 trees on September 13, 2017. (d)
Volunteers planting over 160 trees on October 3, 2017.
Seaside Park
Seaside Park is located on the West Side of Saint John and was damaged in the late Fall of 2016 by
vandals. On the morning of September 30, 2017, community volunteers helped plant 599 native trees
and shrubs over three hours through the upper (park-like area) and lower (coastal) portion of this park.
Within the upper section six 1.5 m Sugar maple, four 1.5 m Bur oak, and four 1.5 m Red oak were planted
to help define the park. An additional five American elm, 30 Red Maple, ten Red oak, two Balsam fir, and
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