A special gift for students at six Town of Essex schools to celebrate the country's 150th anniversary.
Town staff and members of the Essex Communities In Bloom Committee helped plant trees Friday at Colchester North Public School, St. Anthony Catholic Elementary School, Ecole Elementaire Catholique Sainte-Ursule, Harrow Public School, Holy Name Catholic Elementary School and Essex Public School.
Planting the red maples is part of the Legacy Tree Planting Program.
The graduating class at each school plants a tree in honour of Earth Day on Saturday.
It is also a gift to the Senior Kindergarten class. The program is intended to create a legacy of environmental awareness for the younger students through the course of their academic life at the school.
