Autumn Tree Planting starts the week of October 5

Starting the week of October 5th and if weather permitting, the City’s contractor, Rose Neige, will plant 150 trees on the municipal right of way in front of homes across the City. Residents receiving new trees have been notified. Trees will also be planted in Stayner Park and Westmount Park.

The species to be planted have been chosen to encourage biodiversity and include the following:

  • Quercus rubra
  • Quercus alba
  • Quercus robur ‘fastigiata’
  • Crataegus x mordensis ‘snowbird’
  • Tilia tomentosa
  • Tilia cordata ‘corzam’
  • Acer miyabei ‘state street morton’
  • Cercis Canadensis
  • Gleditsia triacanthos ‘northern acclaim’
  • Salix alba ‘tristis’
  • Juglans nigra
  • Populus tremuloides ‘erecta’
  • Amelanchier laevis
  • Picea abies
  • Larix decidua
  • Tsuga Canadensis
  • Pinus strobus