Trees are being planted in a wooded section of Pemberton Park — all that remains of an original estate assigned to Joseph Pemberton in the 1860s by the Hudson Bay Company. The City of Victoria has been working to remove invasive plants and restore this area within the park.
Telus donated $3,000 to the cost of the native trees and shrubs that include Douglas fir, Pacific dogwood, big leaf maple, vine maple, cascara, evergreen huckleberry, red huckleberry, bunchberry, Oregon grape, Dully Oregon grape, Indian plum, salal, sword fern, deer fern twinflower and trumpet honeysuckle. Representatives from Tree Canada also joined the event.
Victoria manages an urban forest of about 33,000 trees on 300 kilometres of boulevards and in 137 parks and open spaces.
To date in 2018, the city has planted 265 trees.
The public is invited to Tree Appreciation Day at Beacon Hill Park on Sunday, Nov. 4, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This event will include educational activities at the Cameron Bandshell and free tree tours in Beacon Hill Park.
