Twelve years after the Baltimore Tree Trust was established by the mayor’s office to expand Baltimore’s tree canopy, members of the nonprofit organization and other volunteers gathered in Winans Meadow at Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park on Tuesday to plant their 10,000th tree in the city.

In 2008, then-Mayor Martin O’Malley pledged to increase the city’s tree coverage from 26% to 40% by 2037, said Justin Bowers, associate director of Baltimore Tree Trust.

When Baltimore Tree Trust was founded, organizers focused their efforts on planting trees in the neighborhood around McElderly Park, which had some of the fewest trees in Baltimore. The nonprofit has since expanded its efforts to the whole city.

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