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Somerville Nurseries Celebrates 75 Years

Deb Pella Keen, Executive Director of Maple Leaves Forever had the honour of attending the celebration of Somerville Nurseries’ 75 years on September 12, 2025 in Everett, Ontario. Over 350 family, employees, business partners, planting agencies, vendors, and neighbours attended the event at the Somerville headquarters near Everett, Ontario. Fred Somerville, President of Somerville Nurseries and one of the sons of… READ MORE »Somerville Nurseries Celebrates 75 Years

Sugar maple seed was in short supply last fall – could affect seedling and sapling availability in coming years

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We note with some concern that very few Sugar Maple trees produced any seed in 2014. This has the potential to impact on the numbers of seedlings and saplings our supplying nurseries will have available in the near future. The production of seedlings requires at least two years to grow a seedling of sufficient size for field planting. Saplings require… READ MORE »Sugar maple seed was in short supply last fall – could affect seedling and sapling availability in coming years