Town of Caledon’s annual Tree Seedling Program is back

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CALEDON, ON (January 15, 2024) – The Town of Caledon’s popular Tree Seedling Program is back for the 2024 season! Caledon residents, businesses and schools can now place online orders for potted trees and shrubs, bundled seedlings and mulch mats on our online storefront. Hurry – inventory is sold on a first come, first-served basis.

The Tree Seedling Program isn’t just an affordable way to enhance green space on your property – it also reduces the impacts of climate change, improves air quality and helps maintain Caledon’s green, rural charm. The Tree Seedling Program has added more than 199,000 trees to Caledon’s tree canopy and is on track to achieve a whopping 200,000 trees this year! Place your order today to be part of reaching this milestone achievement.

“The Tree Seedling Program has supported Caledon’s climate change initiatives since 2002 and it is incredible that 200,000 trees sold is on the horizon” said Mayor Annette Groves. “Participating in this program means you’re not just improving your landscaping – you’re playing a role in keeping our Town green for generations to come.”

The following inventory of Ontario native plants is available through this year’s program:

  • Potted Trees: red oak, silver maple, sugar maple, red maple, red/silver cross maple, white birch, tamarack, and american basswood.
  • Potted Shrubs: ninebark, staghorn sumac, american hazelnut, smooth serviceberry, hackberry, nannyberry, and red raspberry.
  • Bundled bare-root seedlings: white pine, white spruce, white cedar.
  • Cocofibre mulch mats.

How to Order

Visit Caledon.ca/seedlings today to access the online store and place your order by Monday, May 6. Residents are encouraged to place their orders as soon as possible as tree inventory is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Pick-up date

Tree orders will be ready for pick up on Saturday May 25, 2024. Pick up details will follow closer to the pickup date.

Do you live on a large property?

The Town has partnered with Toronto Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) and Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) to offer extended programs and planting services intended for residents with larger (two-acre or larger) properties.

Visit the TRCA and CVC websites for more information, program eligibility, and to find which Conservation Authority serves you.

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