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Tree Seedling Production and Sales
J. Frank Gaudet Tree Nursery, located in West Royalty, is the Island’s largest nursery facility with 3,700 square meters of heated greenhouse space and an additional 2,200 square meters of unheated greenhouse space.
Currently, the nursery produces bout 1.9 million tree seedlings representing 13 softwood and 6 hardwood species. The nurseries seedling production focuses on native species such as red and white pine, red, white and black spruce, eastern larch, balsam fir, hemlock, eastern white cedar, white and yellow birch, red and sugar maple, white ash and red oak.
Does the nursery grow a wide range of native species?
The recent interest in conserving and enhancing forest biodiversity and developing new non-timber forest products, has led the nursery to increase the production of several native shrub species. Land owners and conservation groups can now access American mountain ash, serviceberry, aronia, highbush cranberry, red osier dogwood, common elder, red berried elder, mountain holly, winter berry,native spirea, wild rose, wild raisin, red twig willow, yellow twig willow,and pussy willow.
Exotic species such as Austrian Pine, Norway Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce, Japanese Larch are produced for specialty uses.
Does the nursery sell stock directly to the public?
The Nursery does not retail directly to the public. The seedlings produced at the nursery are used for reforestation projects on private and public forest land, watershed enhancement projects, Christmas tree operations and wildlife management operations.
However, the Nursery also supplies stock, seedlings and shrubs, to local garden centers across the Island for sale to the public and for ornamental landscape uses.
Does the Nursery offer tours and education programs?
Group tours of the J. Frank Gaudet Tree Nursery complex can be arranged by calling (902) 368-4711.
