Winter Preparations for our 2023 planting season!

In an attempt to stay ahead of our local bunny pruning team seen making some heading cuts on some draping limbs of a pear tree, we have started to take cuttings from our native shrubs for propagation and planting in the 2023 season.

Cutting propagation technique is when we cut a stem or branch from a shrub and place that in in soil to eventually take root and grow into a new shrub.

The process of growing new stock from cuttings is preferable as the new plants are already accustomed to the local environment leading to a more resilient new forest.

Help us continue to propagate new urban forest stock to create new resilient urban forests that are adapted to Ottawa’s climate. 

Watch us on Hors Québec on TFO at 8pm EST on February 27th!

Forêt Capitale Forest will be featured in the french-speaking series Hors Québec on TFO at 8pm EST on February 27th! Our episode is called ‘Les écolos de l’Ontario’.

This show explores stories from francophone communities across Canada. FCF is featured as part of their ecology series! You can watch it live or after February 27th here.

Come see us present at two workshops this Spring!

Our friends at Eco Echo are hosting amazing workshops on different topics related to afforestation. We are excited to share that FCF Directors will be speaking at two workshops this spring. Our directors – Shelley Lambert and Stephanie McNeely – will be speaking at CARE AND CONSIDERATION FOR FOOD-BEARING TREES and CELEBRATE EARTH DAY 2023! RIGHT TREE, RIGHT LOCATION: GROWING A NEIGHBOURHOOD. Please check out this link to register for these events.