PLANT ONE TREE FOR MCKELLAR

OUR MISSION

"If everyone plants a native tree every year for six years, we will have effectively revived the global forest and stopped climate change in its tracks."
Diana Beresford-Kroeger
(dianaberesford-kroeger.com)

Our mission is to encourage the planting of trees to help the Earth revive.
We are taking up the challenge for McKellar Township in Ontario to encourage the planting of one native tree per person per year for six years to help Mother Nature repair herself one community at a time.

What To Do?

Purchase a native tree of your choice. We can help you choose if you are in doubt.
Plant your tree in a suitable location.
Care for and tend your tree. Planting a tree takes a three year commitment. Water and weed control are the most important. The tree should be big enough and have a good enough root system after 3 years to survive on its own.

BEST TREES TO PLANT

The most likely to survive here in McKellar

Tamarack

Best suited for a lowland site. Will tolerate poorly drained soils.Tamarack is the only evergreen to lose its needles every autumn. The needles are a bright yellow before they fall.

White Spruce

Native evergreen. Best suited to a mid-slope site. Provides a wind break for fields. Also a good tree for privacy screening. Good wildlife tree for both habitat and food.

White Pine

Ontario's provincial tree. Best suited on a well drained site. A fast-growing, large tree. Provides privacy screening and wildlife habitat.

All of the tree species available from Georgian Bay Biosphere and Manitouwabing Lake Community Association are native to this area and would each count towards our total. Some are just harder to keep alive.

Where can I buy my tree(s)?

Local Garden Nurseries (ex.: Little Garden Greenhouse, Parry Sound)
Forest Nurseries (for large orders of saplings) ex.:
treeseedlings.com
pineneedlefarms.ca

Organizations That Can Help You Out

Manitouwabing Lake Community Association
Each year they have a tree sale, delivery this year will be Saturday, May 21. Deadline for orders was last December but they do have some tamarack, white pine and white spruce left. Get in touch right away then get your orders in early next year.
Contact: https://mlca.ca/Tree-Planting-Program Go to their web store to order but also lots of good reading on 'how to and where to'.

Georgian Bay Biosphere
They have a native plants sale each year which includes some trees, one of which is white spruce.
Contact: https://www.gbbr.ca/native-plant-fundraiser/

Making your commitment to the Earth

There are approximately 3500 residents in McKellar...that means we need 3500 trees planted each year for 6 years. The total is 21,000! Will you help? Let us know!
You can plant a tree every year for 6 years but better yet, plant all 6 the first year and they will have a head start! The trees planted need to be native to the area to have the best chance of survival.
Is there someone special in your life you would like to dedicate a tree to? Click the button below to see our pledge page. Send us an email with your dedication, picture and words and we will add it to the page.

Pledge A Tree