Spring is right around the corner and now is the time to start planning your tree planting projects with the help of the Emmet Conservation District’s annual tree sale.
See the 2015 Tree Sale Brochure and Order form for a nice selection of conifer and hardwood seedlings and transplants, small trees and shrubs, and fruit trees.
Please contact us if you have any questions or if you are looking for something that is not on the order form.
The Emmet Conservation District web site is www.emmetcd.org.
Pick up dates for orders are April 24 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and April 25 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., at the Emmet County Fairgrounds in Petoskey.
Pre-orders are due by April 3.
All proceeds go to supporting community projects and Conservation District programs.
UPDATE below and additional details!
Just a reminder that the April 3 deadline for Emmet Conservation District Spring Tree Sale orders is quickly approaching!
We have conifer seedlings and transplants, deciduous/hardwood trees, small native trees and shrubs, fruit trees, seedling packages, and planting supplies. Tree pick up will be from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Friday April 24, and 9-11 a.m. on Saturday, April 25, at the Emmet County Fairgrounds.
Conifers for sale include red pine, white pine, blue spruce, Norway spruce, white spruce, and northern white cedar. Deciduous trees include red oak, white oak, bur oak, red maple, sugar maple. We are also offering four different seedling packets containing between 10-50 seedlings, including wetland, nut, homeowner, and wildlife packages.
We also have eating apple trees for sale. Remember when planting apple trees, that the trees need a second variety of apple or crabapple nearby in order for cross-pollination to occur. We are offering several apple varieties including Honeycrisp, Gala, and Jonagold red, as well as “Magenta” crabapple trees. Apple trees will be available for pick-up at the Fruit-Apple Tree Workshop at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 25. They will be arriving with Steve Fouch, former MSU agriculture educator, who will be leading a fruit-apple tree growing workshop from 1-3 p.m. at the Gabriel Farm in Petoskey. The $30 cost for the first apple tree (~4-5’ height; variety of your choice) includes attendance at the workshop, where participants will learn important information about planting and caring for their new apple trees; additional apple trees are $25/each. Attendance for the workshop only is $20/person. You do not have to attend the workshop to purchase apple trees but please reserve your workshop space and trees early as limited quantities are available.
For more information, you can visit the district website at: www.emmetcd.org to view the tree sale brochure and order form, or call Jackie at (231) 439-8977 to have information mailed to you.
