The live oaks, gumbo-limbos, mahoganies, orange geigers and yellow tabebuias were planted Aug. 12 on Southwest 49th and 50th avenues and Southwest 49th Terrace, said Jeff Siegel, Plantation's landscape architect.
A royal poinciana also will be planted in the neighborhood, between U.S. 441 and Florida's Turnpike.
``We were in by 8 [a.m.] and out by 11. There were 50 people out there helping. It blew me away. It moved like clockwork,'' Siegel said.
The trees were funded by a Broward Beautiful community grant for projects costing less than $5,000, Siegel said.
Residents of Country Club Estates dug the holes for the trees, and the city and neighbors provided the know-how and labor. The Fort Lauderdale Country Club, located inside the neighborhood, donated the use of golf carts to ferry people, fertilizer and water around for the sweating workers.
Many of the trees planted Saturday will flower, Siegel said. The grant program requires that yellow, orange or red flowering trees be used, he said.
``For the most part, people take real pride in their homes there,'' Siegel said.
Royal palms will be planted at the corners of Peters Road and 49th and 50th avenues to mark the entrances to the neighborhood, he said.
Kathy Batt, president of the Country Club Estates Homeowners Association, said the landscape project lifted the spirits of residents, who have felt ignored in the past.
``We feel not a lot has been done here in 25 years. This is uplifting for our area right now,'' Batt said.
She said the project seemed to bring neighbors together on Saturday. As people dug holes in swales preparing for the root balls, residents came outside with their shovels to help. ``It was a good neighborhood happening,'' Batt said.
The project was initiated by Damon Brabham, a former candidate for the Plantation City Council who lives in the neighborhood. The city agreed to move ahead with the project, then applied for the grant, Batt said.
Batt said residents of the south end of the neighborhood near Peters Road also would like a brick column announcing their community, ``like the rest of Plantation. That's next.''