Urban roots: Charlottetown planting ceremony emphasizes importance of trees in cities

A tree planting ceremony in Charlottetown's Rochford Square took place on Friday morning.

Three trees, a red maple forCanada, a red oak for P.E.I. and a white birch representing the Island's First Nations, were available to be planted.

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One wasplantedin RochfordSquare while the other two trees were taken toVictoria Park to be planted.

The city received funding from CN through theirFrom the Ground Up program in partnership with Tree Canada for the project.

Urban canopy

Beth Hoar, parkland conservationist for the City of Charlottetown, said the ceremony brings a focus to what may be an overlooked issue.

"I think events like this bring awareness to how important trees are," she said.

"A lot of people don't recognize that urban trees are as important as rural trees, so the ability for us to plant more trees in our urban canopy is very importantenvironmentally, and aesthetically, socially, culturally, so Ithink these ceremonies bring awareness to that."

The From the Ground Up program provides funding for enhancing green spaces in cities and First Nations properties across the country.

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