Forest Restoration Nurseries

Community Forest Restoration Nurseries

Education

There are more than 30 tree and shrub species found in the Wabanaki/Acadian forest! Learn how to identify native trees and shrubs or how you can protect and nurture them with some helpful resources.

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Engagement

This project engages residents, groups, communities, municipalities, and people all along the Wolastoq River Valley to encourage capacity building of the Wabanaki/Acadian forest and growth of native tree and shrub species in the area.

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Events

Join us for a workshop, presentation or program on forest and ecosystem restoration, tree and shrub identification, seed collection and saving, and more! Keep an eye out for upcoming event at the KAN Centre and in your area.

Find Out What’s Happening!

The Community Forest Restoration Nurseries is an initiative dedicated to scaling up forest restoration practices and increasing native tree and shrub populations in Western New Brunswick.

We aim to see more people being engaged in understanding and appreciating the traditional Wabanaki Acadian Forest Ecosystem alongside efforts to protect and restore degraded ecosystems. We want to encourage residents and newcomers to this region to have a collective goal of tending nurseries and starting their own backyard nurseries where possible!

This provides Canadians with a prime example of community-scale forest restoration efforts for multiple benefits, from shoreline projection, flood mitigation and carbon sequestering. This is in addition to promoting being out in the natural world, walking in the forest, rejuvenating oneself with ‘forest bathing’, and appreciating all we have in Carleton County.

Community Ambassador Program:

As a part of this project, we aim to make it accessible to individuals and community to have access to the diverse species of our forests. We encourage residents to get involved and help plant trees and shrubs on their land and also get involved in larger community planting events as they are hosted throughout the growing season (usually spring or early fall).

There are many benefits to planting trees as a community, from shoreline and flood protection as well as purifying the air and storing carbon in the trees themselves. By participating in this initiative, you are also connecting with the natural world at a heart level and bringing that connection and appreciation forward for future generations.

Our nurseries provide a variety of common and uncommon tree and shrub species of the Wabanaki Forests for you as individuals and as a community to plant. By becoming a Community Forest Ambassador, we can provide you trees and shrubs at a 50% cost share with the with the requirement that we do need to know where you’ve planted them, and be able to check on them, so arrange contact details with us upon purchasing.

Please get in contact with us for a list of available species and more details on this program.

Who We Are

The KAN Centre is a non-profit community and education centre working with municipalities & community partners within the Western part of the Wolastoq River Watershed to make this project possible. We have already established eleven tree nurseries sites located in Knowlesville, Hartland, Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock and Perth. We will continue to extend this model to the riverbank and the riparian zones of the watershed.

Contact us:
Phone: (506) 375-6400
Or email us at info@knowlesvillenature.ca
You can find us at the KAN Centre-
111 Simms Rd., South Knowlesville, NB, E7L 4P7