The event was hosted by Derry City and Strabane District Council’s Environmental Health department as part of the Life Project.
The initiative started seven years ago and sees every life event registered in the District Registration Offices in Derry and Strabane marked by the planting of a tree sapling.
Over 10,000 trees have been planted since the initiative started.
Approximately half of this total has been planted in Council parks during previous planting days, and the other saplings have been given out individually to service users who have registered births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships over the past seven years.
These individual trees are now spread throughout the length and breadth of the Council area, and even further afield.
The project forms part of a wider Council strategy to improve air quality by increasing the overall tree canopy.
It is hoped that in the long term these pockets of woodland will be a valuable addition to the Council's overall green infrastructure, providing a positive impact on the mental and physical health of the public.
The trees for the Bay Road event were donated by The Conservation Volunteers and the Woodland Trust.
A number of families of all ages came to the event at the site adjacent to Bay Road soccer, and many people attended to quietly mark a recent life event.
Further information on the Life Project is available at www.derrystrabane.com/lifeproject where you can also share your experiences of planting your trees.
You can get further information on the initiative by e mailing [email protected] or contacting the Environmental Health Department by calling 028 71 253253.
5. Conor Logue, Environmental Health Officer, DCSDC, planting one of the first of many trees planted at Bay Road on Saturday morning last. (Photos: Jim McCafferty Photography)
Conor Logue, Environmental Health Officer, DCSDC, planting one of the first of many trees planted at Bay Road on Saturday morning last. (Photos: Jim McCafferty Photography) Photo: Jim McCafferty
6. DCSDC Marketing Officer Leeann Doherty with daughter Beth.
DCSDC Marketing Officer Leeann Doherty with daughter Beth. Photo: Jim McCafferty
7. Conservation volunteer Paul McCay, pictured on Saturday morning at the Special Tree Planting Day at Bay Road Park with Ann McAlpine, Anthea Sastyin and Lisa Sherry.
Conservation volunteer Paul McCay, pictured on Saturday morning at the Special Tree Planting Day at Bay Road Park with Ann McAlpine, Anthea Sastyin and Lisa Sherry. Photo: JimMcCafferty
8. TREE PLANTING AT BAY ROAD. . . .Conor Logue, Environmental Health Officer, DCSDC and Paul McCay, The Conservation Volunteers, pictured on Saturday morning with families who took part in a Special Tree Planting Day at Bay Road Park in the city. The event saw hundreds of trees being planted as part of the Life Project where a sapling tree is planted to mark the registration of significant life events in the Council area. (Photos: Jim McCafferty Photography)
TREE PLANTING AT BAY ROAD. . . .Conor Logue, Environmental Health Officer, DCSDC and Paul McCay, The Conservation Volunteers, pictured on Saturday morning with families who took part in a Special Tree Planting Day at Bay Road Park in the city. The event saw hundreds of trees being planted as part of the Life Project where a sapling tree is planted to mark the registration of significant life events in the Council area. (Photos: Jim McCafferty Photography) Photo: Jim McCafferty