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Our Nurseries
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St. Williams Nursery
St.
Williams Nursery
885
Hwy 24 P.O. Box 150 St. Williams, ON NOE 1P0
The
St. Williams Forestry Centre is the newest addition to the
ForestCare nursery network. It consists of two divisions,
the "Bareroot Division" and the "Container
Division". The property as well as an existing bareroot
seedling business were purchased from the Ontario Government
in the fall of 1998. What was known as the St. Williams Forest
Station was the first forest nursery developed in Canada in
1908.
Situated
several miles inland from the northern shore of Lake Erie,
the site is considered by ForestCare experts to be the finest
nursery location in Canada. The very moderate micro-climate
combined with light sandy soils makes it ideal.for continuation
of the bareroot operations as well as the construction of
a multi-million dollar new container seedling greenhouse complex.
Nestled
in the heart of over 3000 acres of Carolinian forest, the
St. Williams site is one of the most southerly geographical
points in Canada, actually at a latitude shared by northern
California.
The St.
William's Forestry Centre produces more than 70 native species
of evergreen and hardwood seedlings. These species are available
in both "bareroot" and "plug" form. Research
is showing that the seedlings grown in "plug" form
have better field survival and growth.


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