Events
Events
Please Note
Due to Covid-19, we are requiring that participants pre-register for all events,
including free workshops and walks.
Email: danielmcrae@macphailwoods.org
Phone: 902-651-2575
Since 1991, we’ve been offering a variety of free programming, from fun-for-the-whole-family events like our popular Owl Prowls to hands-on workshops like Pruning. We love to share our expertise and enthusiasm with anyone curious about our native landscapes.
Due to popular demand, our offerings have grown to include our adventure-filled Sharing a Love of Nature Summer Camps, our in-depth School of Woodland Ecology, and our immersive University Courses.
If you have any questions please contact us by phone (902)651-2575 or email: danielmcrae@macphailwoods.org
Online Events Calendar
Please Note
All our April events have been cancelled due to the current Corona crisis.
We will be making further announcements in April about future events.
Please take care of each other and stay safe.
Basic Chainsaw I: Safety and Felling
Spring Session: Saturday, April 11th
Fall Session: Saturday,November 7th
When trying to manage a forest, being informed about the specific composition of species, soils, water and light is a must. This day-long course will give you practical experience assessing a variety of forest types, continuing to develop the skills introduced in course one.
Please Note
All our April events have been cancelled due to the current Corona crisis.
We will be making further announcements in April about future events.
Please take care of each other and stay safe.
Basic Chainsaw II: Maintenance and Felling
Spring Session: Sunday, April 12th
Fall Session: Sunday,November 8th
This course will continue to build on skills learned in Basic Chainsaw I. The morning will be devoted to learning how to properly maintain your saw and sharpen your chain with precision. The afternoon will once again be spent in the woods learning how to limb, buck and deal with spring poles.
Please Note
All our April events have been cancelled due to the current Corona crisis.
We will be making further announcements in April about future events.
Please take care of each other and stay safe.
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!
Please Note
All our April events have been cancelled due to the current Corona crisis.
We will be making further announcements in April about future events.
Please take care of each other and stay safe.
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!
Please Note
All our April events have been cancelled due to the current Corona crisis.
We will be making further announcements in April about future events.
Please take care of each other and stay safe.
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!
Please Note
All our April events have been cancelled due to the current Corona crisis.
We will be making further announcements in April about future events.
Please take care of each other and stay safe.
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!
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
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
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
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
Nursery Catalogue
Calendar of Events
