Vancouver's Park Board was to meet Monday night to begin the process of restoring Stanley Park.

Exactly one month ago, a powerful storm struck Vancouver.

The winds took a particular toll on the Pacific coast city's 400-hectare crown jewel, blowing down up to 3,000 trees.

Since then, workers have been busy knocking down wind-damaged trees. Trails through the forested areas are closed.

The famous seawall around the park -- possibly the most favoured spot by Vancouver's cyclists, roller-bladers and joggers -- also remains closed.

Now the board needs to map out a plan of recovery.

"What kind of wood are we looking at?" board member Korina Houghton told CTV British Columbia.

"Are we going to take it out? Are we going to leave some of it in? Are we going to replant? Are we going to allow for regeneration? If we do we replant, what is the species?"

The first job, however, is assessing the damage.

The board has contacted officials in Halifax, where Point Pleasant park got decimated by 2003's Hurricane Juan. About 60,000 trees got destroyed there.

"Their best advice was that we don't rush into anything, that we do take our time and make sure that we do this whole management scheme properly," Houghton said.

While assessing the overall damage is crucial, a priority is the seawall.

"We really need to make sure that we do this portion of the work properly," Houghton said.

"We have to take our time and make sure ...that the slope is stabilized, but also stabilized for future use. So it's not going to be an easy quick fix," she said.

The Slopes, as it is known, currently costs about $70,000 per year to fix. However, the board hasn't had the money to do anything but temporary fixes.

Donations from Vancouverites eager to help restore their park have helped on that front, board chairman Ian Robertson said Sunday.

"We've got some money, we've got an opportunity to do some very good things here," he said.

The board welcomes suggestions from the public on how to restore the park.

One local group has a unique solution: Palm trees.

There are currently about 80 palm trees in English Bay, and Rudi Pinkowski of the Pacific Northwest Palm and Exotic Plant Society would love to see an exotic garden become part of the park.

"We are the only area in all of Canada where that can be done," he said. "Of course, we may make the people jealous a little bit from Ontario or Alberta, but so be it.  This is one thing they can't beat us and we should take advantage of that."

With a report from CTV British Columbia's Dave Lefebvre