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\nSingers Linda Lees, Judy Morrissey and Sophia Dewar sing a couple of songs before Saturday\u2019s tree planting. Tyler Clarke \/ Sudbury.com <\/p>\n
Approximately 30 volunteers came out to plant trees along Junction Creek in Garson on Saturday for a TD Tree Days event<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s rains were exactly why now\u2019s a great time to plant trees, Junction Creek Stewardship Committee executive director Miranda Vertanen said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of great rain happening,\u201d she said, noting that it\u2019ll make for excellent ground conditions for the 150 trees and shrubs volunteers were planting to take root.<\/p>\n
They\u2019ll remain dormant for the winter and then take off again in the spring.<\/p>\n
Approximately 30 volunteers, many of whom from the TD Bank, came out to participate in the TD Tree Days event in Garson, where they banded out along a path adjacent to Junction Creek.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything that happens here will impact everything downstream; all of the communities, all of the ecosystems,\u201d Vertanen said of the location they targeted for the day\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n
Brook trout like cool, healthy waters, she said, and \u201cHaving the shoreline habitat with tall trees and great underbrush helps shade the water and keep it cool and healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The day was sponsored by TD Bank, with support from others, including discounted plants from Southview Greenhouse Growers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The trees and shrubs planted are all native, Vertanen said, including red oak, basswood, silver maple, red maple, serviceberry, swamp rose, spirea, red pine, white pine, black spruce, highbush cranberry, winter berry, white cedar, tamarack, red osier dogwood, speckled alder, snowberry, bur oak and elderberry.<\/p>\n
This was Plaza 69 TD branch manager Stan Macnabb\u2019s third time participating in the effort.<\/p>\n
\u201cI enjoy it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a good opportunity to get out and meet some people.\u201d<\/p>\n
The day\u2019s efforts kicked off with a land acknowledgement and cultural songs reflective of the natural landscape.<\/p>\n
\nSingers Linda Lees, Judy Morrissey and Sophia Dewar sing a couple of songs before Saturday\u2019s tree planting. Tyler Clarke \/ Sudbury.com
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\nJunction Creek Stewardship Committee intern Charly Leclair instructions a group of volunteers on how to plan trees in Garson on Saturday. Tyler Clarke \/ Sudbury.com
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\nVolunteers make their way down a trail in Garson to plan trees on Saturday. Tyler Clarke \/ Sudbury.com
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\nFather-daughter duo Logan and Gabby McAlpine work on planting a tree in Garson on Saturday. . Tyler Clarke \/ Sudbury.com
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\nVolunteers plant trees in Garson on Saturday. Tyler Clarke \/ Sudbury.com
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\nFather Sammy Saumet and children Juciana, 7, and Diego, 3, plant a tree in Garson on Saturday. Tyler Clarke \/ Sudbury.com
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