Fort Langley’s new Memory Grove was officially unveiled Saturday, to continue a legacy of trees that have defined that community.
A cluster of trees have been planted just west of the town, on land that was once part of the old sawmill lands but is now open parkland near Bedford Landing.
The project was spearheaded by a local group, including former mayor Kurt Alberts.
He told the Langley Advance the project was inspired by the horse chestnuts and western red cedars planted along Glover Road in the Fort by Dr. Benjamin Marr.
Those trees were planted in the 1920s near the cemetery.
The new grove of white and red horse chestnuts, grand firs, and western red cedars, will have more room to spread out in their new location than the old trees. Those on Glover Road have to be trimmed back every year due to BC Hydro lines.
In addition to the trees, smaller shrubs such as red twig dogwood, twinberry, snowberry, and huckleberry have been planted closer to the river.
With the trees on Glover Road nearing a century in age, Alberts said the members of the Arbour Trails group wanteed to create that kind of long-lasting legacy.
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