* By Jack Brammer Kentucky.com *
When the trees are fully grown in a few years, maybe some of the 1,000 or so volunteers who planted them Saturday in south Lexington will return to bask in their shade and recall helping Mother Earth on a cool morning in April.
Jane Wiedenhoefer of Nicholasville said she hopes her four children — ages 10 to 16 — will keep their eyes on the seedlings as the youngsters and plants mature.
“This is a great opportunity for the whole community,” she said of Lexington's annual event since 1999 to plant trees in distressed park areas.
From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, young and old volunteers worked on seven acres of Veterans Park off Tates Creek Road to plant 7,000 trees of 25 different species, ranging from bur oak to sweetgum.
The planting, part of the program called Reforest the Bluegrass, occurred on a knolly area behind Lexington Fire Station #22 and near a stream that carries storm water through lowlands and into the West Hickman Creek and watershed area.
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