PHOTOS: Trees Atlanta plants green future in Avondale Estates

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PHOTOS: Trees Atlanta plants green future in Avondale Estates

People turned out amid a chilly Saturday to help Avondale Estates and Trees Atlanta plant dozens of trees to provide cleaner air, cool shade and habitat for wildlife in the DeKalb County city.

Trees Atlanta coordinator Jake McDonald demonstrates how to properly plant trees before the volunteers spread out around Avondale Estates on a chilly Saturday morning January 20, 2024. (Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Trees Atlanta coordinator Jake McDonald (Right) and volunteer Wade Hobbs (Center) demonstrate how to properly plant trees before the volunteers spread out around Avondale Estates on Saturday morning, January 20, 2024. (Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Trees Atlanta coordinator Jake McDonald and volunteer Wade Hobbs demonstrate how to properly plant trees before the volunteers spread out around Avondale Estates on Saturday morning, January 20, 2024. (Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Trees Atlanta volunteer Max Chesnut-Anne (center) plants a tree along Clarendon Avenue in Avondale Estates along with John Chesnut (right) and Sarah Boyd on Saturday morning, January 20, 2024. (Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

A tree tagged identifying it as a White Oak waits to be planted in Avondale Estates by Trees Atlanta volunteers on a cold Saturday morning, on January 20, 2024. (Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Trees Atlanta volunteer Caroline Tsuji plants a tree along Clarendon Avenue in Avondale Estates Saturday morning, January 20, 2024. (Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Trees Atlanta volunteers try to stay warm as they watch a demonstration on properly planting trees before they spread out around Avondale Estates on a cold Saturday morning, January 20, 2024. (Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Trees Atlanta volunteer Kailey Diatikar lLeft) and Liz De Goarsace try to remove a old root before they can plant a white oak tree in Avondale Estates on Saturday morning, January 20, 2024. (Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Trees Atlanta volunteers John Del Giudice and Emily Stone plant a tree along Clarendon Avenue in Avondale Estates Saturday morning, January 20, 2024. (Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Trees Atlanta volunteers plant trees along Clarendon Avenue in Avondale Estates on Saturday morning, January 20, 2024. (Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Trees Atlanta volunteer Wade Hobbs demonstrates how to use a pick mattock before the volunteers spread out around Avondale Estates planting trees on a cold Saturday morning, January 20, 2024. (Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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Credit: Steve Schaefer

Trees Atlanta coordinator Jake McDonald demonstrates how to properly plant trees before the volunteers spread out around Avondale Estates on a chilly Saturday morning January 20, 2024. (Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)