About 35 trees were planted yesterday during Dunedin's latest Trees for Babies/Celebrating Families planting project.
About 50 people attended the planting event, which was organised by Keep Dunedin Beautiful and supported by the Rotary Club of Dunedin.
Keep Dunedin Beautiful chairwoman Jan Tucker told participants it was "really great'' to see the strong community support shown for the project, at the 2pm event, held on Mother's Day.
The latest trees were planted near the start of a section of the West Harbour cycleway and walkway, near the Otago University Students Association's Aquatic Centre, in Magnet St.
Mrs Tucker said it was also hoped to provide other trees to enable Syrian refugees to mark the beginning of their new lives in Dunedin.
At the latest planting event yesterday, many people continued to celebrate babies, but the activities also marked other aspects of the "celebrating families'' theme.
Those wider celebrations also included some newcomers "putting down roots'' in the community, and people who had once lived in Dunedin reconnecting with their past, she said in an interview.
Keep Dunedin Beautiful co-ordinator Ashlea Muston said the trees were meaningful for those who had planted them, and also provided wider community benefits, by beautifying the coastal area.
A Dunedin kaumatua (Maori elder) Justin Hanning offered a blessing and outlined some of the area's rich history.
Rotary Club president Grant Chirnside, and Dunedin city councillor Mike Lord also spoke before the trees were planted.
Among community participants were Dunedin resident Tim Moore and his daughter Harper (18 months).
Mr Moore said the tree he had planted celebrated not only Harper's arrival, but also the family's appreciation of its links with Dunedin.
But before that tree was planted, Harper helped plant a tree for another family, with support from her father.
