The Ultimate Guide to Tree Seed Collection in Ontario

Your Gateway to Seed Collection Success in Ontario

For over two decades, we’ve been providing comprehensive and unique  training to seed collectors using a series of manuals. These manuals cover a range of topics, from cone crop collection, seed biology, and quality to detailed written descriptions of cones, seeds, and their yields. We’ve even printed pages to aid in assessing the scale of a potential seed crop!

With all these manuals, books and handouts in tow, we traveled across the province teaching individuals and organizations about the business of tree seed forecasting and collection. It finally became clear to us that we needed a consolidated resource to streamline this wealth of information — introducing the “Seeds of Ontario Trees and Shrubs: Field Manual for Crop Forecasting and Collecting.”

Maybe you have collected a few acorns and grown them in your backyard, or maybe you have been a seed collector for years and you are looking to hone in on or share your skills. Whatever your situation may be, the Seeds of Ontario Trees and Shrubs: Field Manual for Crop Forecasting and Collecting is the right tool to help improve your understanding of species identification, seed biology, crop cycles, best collection practices, seed and cone maturity and so much more. Learn the importance of genetic diversity and selecting the right stand of trees to collect from, and why a good seed collector ALWAYS does a cut test.  Once you start cutting open and exploring the world of seed, you’ll never look at seed and trees the same again.

There is a pressing need to increase the number of eyes and hands on the ground to collect high quality tree seed. The demand for this skill set has never been greater!

Get your hands on a copy of the manual here, to begin your seed knowledge journey.