Plan your own
Micro-Forest

Your   Micro-Forest

Step 1: Choose your location

Pick a spot in Canada for your micro-forest.

Step 2: Choose your forest size

A typical micro-forest ranges from 100 m² to 1 hectare, with at least 25 to 50 tree species.

Congratulations! You’ve started a micro-forest and are helping to build a thriving ecosystem!

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Along with your forest, you’ll receive a guide with 10 simple steps to help you care for your micro-forest!

Coastal

The Coastal forest is a rare rainforest; its warm, wet climate and rich soil is found on less than 0.2% of the Earth's surface.

Montane

Montane boasts Canada’s only true desert, even with many lakes, its ecosystem is prone to catastrophic wildfires.

Subalpine

Subalpine forest stretches through BC and Alberta, boasting a cool climate, longer winters, and shorter growing season.

Columbia

Columbia accounts for barely 1% of Canada's forest; the small yet mighty inland forest is lush with dense vegetation.

Grasslands

Grasslands are rich in biodiversity, home to a wide array of plants and wildlife, and play a crucial role in agriculture.

Boreal

Canada's boreal forest is the largest intact forest on Earth; 3 million sq. km without roads, cities or industry.

Great Lakes – Gulf of St. Lawrence

Great Lakes - GSL is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forest area with a coastal climate of warm summers and cold and snowy winters.

Carolinian

Carolinian forest is a small region with an extremely high biodiversity of forest species, over 500 of which are considered rare.

Acadian

Acadian Forest is rich in species and undergrowth; the mature forest has trees with trunks reaching up to a metre across.

Instructions

Step 3: Anchor tree positioning

Space your anchor trees 6 to 10 metres apart.

Step 4: Position your plants

Choose where to place your plants.

Plant Species

      What is an anchor Trees

      The largest and tallest trees – including any mature trees already present on the plot – will be your “anchor trees”. It is around them that all the other plant species will be planted.

      Along with your forest, you’ll receive a guide with 10 simple steps to help you plan your micro-forest!