A small tree with a large pedigree was planted next to A Walk to Remember at the Derek Doubleday Arborteum on September 23, 2017. The Vimy Oak was officially planted by Cloverdale-Langley City MP John Aldag, Kwantlen First Nation Elder Lekeyten and Township Councillor Bob Long. The sapling was obtained as a living memorial to commemorate 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
After the Battle of Vimy Ridge was won on April 12, 1917, Lieutenant Leslie Miller, a soldier from Ontario, gathered up a handful of acorns as a souvenir to the momentous victory. On returning to Canada, he transplanted the acorns on his land, calling his property the Vimy Oaks Farm. Today several of the oak trees he planted are still standing.
The Vimy Oaks Legacy Corporation repatriated Canadian Vimy Oaks back to Vimy Ridge and saplings were planted as part of the centennial commemorations in 2017 and 2018. Vimy Oaks saplings were offered for sale to Royal Canadian Legions across the country as a memorial to the soldiers of the First World War.