Three months ago storms did major damage to Pease Park -- with high winds knocking down dozens of trees.
This weekend the City of Austin and groups like Trees for Pease among others are coming together-- to make sure it will have plenty of shade in the years to come.
Saturday morning,dozens of volunteers, along with city crews, were on hand to dig up a new chapter in the history of this place -- and plant for the future.
"What we want for Pease Park is to have trees for the long term, that will provide all of the benefits that we like from trees," Walter Passmore, the city's forester said.
Close to 200 cedar, elm, live oak and other native species will take root at Pease -- and over time, restore the canopy that storms destroyed earlier this year. Many of those who came to get their hands dirty say they were pleased at the number of young people who were there to help.
"Most of the time young people really want to have fun and they really don't want to get out and get up Saturday morning at 8 am or 9 am and do some work so I'm glad to see that," said volunteer Chintan Parikh.
This event was also to honor Veterans Day-- and for 14 year old Makala Kuhr, planting a tree is her way of saying thank you to our nation's soldiers.
"I really appreciate all that they do for us and I really thought this is a great cause to do because I mean, getting my hands a little bit dirty for all their hard work it really inspires me. And so I wanted to come out here and help show I support them," she said.
Tree Folks volunteer Chirs Kite says overall, this was truly a labor of love -- and everyone can be proud to leave a green and leafy legacy their children, and their children's children can be proud of.
"Think about a couple of centuries from now, people can walk in this park and be delighted with the huge canopy it will have," Kite said.
The non-profit group Trees for Pease raised 60 thousand dollars to buy the trees and make improvements to the park.
