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Alberta Grade 1 Tree Register

Mapping Our Grade 1 Trees & Their Stories

Every year, for more than 60 years, the Alberta Government delivered close to 70,000 tree seedlings to Grade 1 students across the province. We started the Grade 1 Tree Register with one question - Where Are They?

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About Us

We are Joshua Kirsch, a grade 8 student passionate about finding and mapping Heritage Trees, and Dustin Bajer, an educator, tree enthusiast, and tree grower. We believe in the power of trees to tell stories about the people and communities that tend them. Our plants reflect ourselves, and for many, our Grade 1 Trees hold a special place in our hearts and childhood homes. We created the Alberta Grade 1 Tree Register to see how many Grade 1 Trees we can locate.

In The Media

 

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Add Your Tree To The Map

Telling the Story of Alberta Grade 1 Trees, One Tree at a Time

Adding a tree to the inventory only takes a few minutes and is an easy way to commemorate a loved one, share the story of a tree, and bring attention to the legacy of the Grade 1 Tree program.

This Project Is Supported By

Shrubscriber brings together gardeners, educators, schools, and organizations with community, worksh

Shrubscriber

Community Partner

Shrubscriber brings together gardeners, educators, schools, and organizations with community, workshops, seeds and step-by-step instructions to propagate and distribute thousands of trees so that we can grow a food secure, biodiverse, and climate-adapted Edmonton.

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Edmonton Heritage Council

Granting Partner

In 2019, The Edmonton Heritage Council provided a Community Accelerator Grant to Dustin Bajer to research and catalogue heritage trees across Edmonton.


The Alberta Grade 1 Tree is an extension of that work.

The Alberta Tree Register seeks to catalogue and map uncommon, old, large, and historic trees across

Alberta Tree Register

Project Partner

The Alberta Tree Register seeks to catalogue and map uncommon, old, large, and historic trees across the province.

Support from the Canadian Tree Fund has made it possible to pursue the creation of a provincial heri

Canadian Tree Fund

Granting Partner

Support from the Canadian Tree Fund has made it possible to pursue the creation of a provincial heritage tree register, to which we hope to include trees from the Alberta Grade 1 Tree Map.

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Contact Us

Alberta, Canada

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