Events

Native Plant Nursery

Open Thursday-Saturdays from 8am-4pm
April 30th – June 6th

Specializing in native trees, shrubs, ferns and wildflowers, sales from our nursery help support our restoration and educational efforts.

Inquire about our Nursery Catalogue, landscaping services, and ecological forest management!

Native Plant Nursery

Open Thursday-Saturdays from 8am-4pm
April 30th – June 6th

Specializing in native trees, shrubs, ferns and wildflowers, sales from our nursery help support our restoration and educational efforts.

Inquire about our Nursery Catalogue, landscaping services, and ecological forest management!

Native Plant Nursery

Open Thursday-Saturdays from 8am-4pm
April 30th – June 6th

Specializing in native trees, shrubs, ferns and wildflowers, sales from our nursery help support our restoration and educational efforts.

Inquire about our Nursery Catalogue, landscaping services, and ecological forest management!

Native Plant Nursery

Open Thursday-Saturdays from 8am-4pm
April 30th – June 6th

Specializing in native trees, shrubs, ferns and wildflowers, sales from our nursery help support our restoration and educational efforts.

Inquire about our Nursery Catalogue, landscaping services, and ecological forest management!

Kate, one of the province’s foremost biologists, will focus on many of the plants, both native and non-native, that you commonly encounter, plus a look at lots of rare trees, shrubs, wildflowers and ferns. You won’t want to miss this one.

Shelterbuilding for Kids

Take your fort-building skills to the next level! On Saturday, June 1, staff of the Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project will be leading a free workshop on Shelterbuilding for Kids. This event takes place on the Sir Andrew Macphail Homestead in Orwell, and begins at 10am in front of the Nature Centre.

This is an excellent opportunity for the whole family to get outside and learn more about shelterbuilding do’s and don’ts. It is another way to build positive memories of being outside and enjoying nature. The instruction includes everything from how to hang a tarp securely to how to harvest material without being destructive.

You’ll be encouraged to let your wild creativity fly by designing and building your own outdoor shelter. It is a great experience to create something special while working with other people.

This will be the second year offering this workshop, and it was wildly popular in 2018. No registration is necessary. Participants are advised to bring good walking shoes and clothing appropriate to the weather conditions. For more information, call 651-2575, check out our web site (macphailwoods.org) or visit us on Facebook.

Over the years, hundreds of people have taken part in the plant workshops at Macphail Woods and become more observant of the natural world around them. This event is just one of the many nature and forestrelated walks and workshops sponsored by the Environmental Coalition of PEI throughout the year.

Backyard Botanist I: Native Botany

Participants of this half-day course will learn about the types of plants that can be found on PEI, from liverworts and mosses to trees and ferns. Using our native plant nursery and arboretum as well as forest trails, we will have hands-on examples to demonstrate how plants grow, how roots systems connect, strategies for survival and propagation and more.

Bundle this course with Backyard Botanist II for only $100

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Backyard Botanist II: Pruning

This course will focus on learning hands-on skills that you can take home to your yard to help ensure the vigour and beauty of your trees and shrubs. Over the four hours, participants will learn proper pruning techniques to help maintain healthy, attractive and safe trees.

Bundle this course with Backyard Botanist I for only $100

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Plant Identification I: Native Trees

The course provides outdoor hands-on experience looking at leaves, buds, branches, bark and the basic patterns of native tree identification. We’ll also walk the Macphail Woods grounds to look at specimens of all the native species of trees as well as some of the preferred habitats of these beautiful organisms.

Bundle this course with Plant Identification II for only $100

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Plant Identification II: Shrubs and Beyond

Shrubs provide habitat and food for wildlife as well as a staggering number of ecological benefits from nitrogen fixation to shoreline protection. This four-hour course will take us into the Macphail Woods Arboretum which showcases many of the native shrubs you can find across the province. We’ll also introduce a selection of ferns and wildflowers.

Bundle this course with Plant Identification I for only $100

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