The Macphail Woods Tree and Shrub Nursery is located in Orwell on the Sir Andrew Macphail Homestead. We grow native trees and shrubs for use in our planting projects and for sale to the public. Native species are usually
very reliable, hardy and are adapted to our local conditions.

* OPEN THURSDAYS THROUGH SATURDAYS, APRIL 29 to JUNE 5, 9am to 5pm *

Marlane O'Brien Featuring Virginia O'Brien & John Rehder. An awareness and fund-raising event on behalf of The Environmental Coalition of Prince Edward Island.

Music and stories underlining our relationship with our Island and our planet. Poignant, inspriring and sometimes just plain rib-ticking,

April 16th - Eastern Kings Consolidated - 7:30 pm
April 17th - Crapaud Hall - 7:30 pm
April 18th - Lot 16 Community Hall - 7:30 pm
April 22nd - The Guild - 7:30 pm
April 23rd - Wheatley River Hall - 7:30 pm

We're located in Orwell at the Sir Andrew Macphail Homestead. All our walks are free. Donations are most welcome and help to fund our activities at Macphail Woods - call 651-2575 or email Gary for more information.

The complete 2010 events calendar, including the children's program is all available as a PDF Macphailwoods-Events-2010.

In addition to our existing Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project, the Environmental Coalition of Prince Edward Island has an agreement with the province to manage 2,000 acres of public forest land. The lands will be used to demonstrate sustainable forest management and restoration of our native Acadian woodlands. Under the lease agreement, the Environmental Coalition assumes management responsibility for 26 forested properties in southeastern Kings and Queens Counties.

I’m hoping that the Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project has touched your life in a positive way. Perhaps you have come out to one of the hundreds of walks and workshops we have hosted since we began in 1991. Or your children have come out to our summer camps, participated in our school plantings or visited with their classmates. Do you have some of our beautiful native plants from our nursery growing around your home? Many Islanders are seeing and treating their forests differently because of the work we have done at Macphail Woods.

Just wanted to let you know that we are starting our school plantings again for the year, May 26th and 27th at West Royalty Elementary School. If you want to come out for even part of a day, they are great events and I think you'd enjoy yourself. Give me a call at 651-2575. Thanks, Gary

February 3, 2008

A while back, the city of Charlottetown created a new plan for the ecological integrity of Victoria Park, the crown jewel of the city's parks. The plan was writen by Gary and the city hired someone to help make this plan a reality. She has made a couple of really wonderful booklets describing the restoration project and the flora and fauna of the park. The booklets are in Adobe Reader (PDF) format. The plan and booklets are available at this webpage.

http://www.macphailwoods.org/victoriapark-plan.html

I have decided to move the photo gallery over to this blog. I have already started to migrate pictures over and some of the gallery's are ready for viewing. First up, some pictures from the nursery.

Please follow this link.

http://www.macphailwoods.org/blog/image/tid/37