Wooddale Forest Nursery
We've planted many hundreds of thousands of trees from the Wooddale Forest Nursery in Peterview (near Grand Falls-Windsor), which is the main seedling supplier for National Park projects that we've been involved with in Newfoundland. In 2025, we were lucky enough to go on tour with Adam (the very knowledgeable nursery manager), who graciously allowed us to share a number of photos that you can see below.
www.gov.nl.ca/ffa/programs-and-funding/forestry-programs-and-funding/managing/silviculture/wooddale
An old aerial photo of the nursery properties.
Processed seed, stored in the freezer.
White pine, or Pinus strobus.
The utility corridor connecting all of the controlled grow houses.
One of the grow houses, full of ... asparagu!
Bags of freshly picked cones, waiting to be processed.
A history of some provincial milestones in sustainable forestry management.
The symbolic 100 millionth black spruce.
Outdoor grow houses.
The white pine seed orchard.
Inside the walk-in freezer.
Lots of young seedlings.
Processing equipment.
Seedlings being watered prior to shipping.
The plaque commemorating the 100 millionth seedling.
Outdoor grow houses.
A bag of alder seed from Labrador.
Prepping land for new facilities, beside one of the orchards.
Larger larch saplings.
The plumbing for the grow houses is complex.
More watering of seedlings.
A seedling encased in epoxy resin.
A row of the controlled grow houses.
Organized seed jars in the walk-in freezer.
Trees, growing beyond their initial seedling stage.
More land prep for additional facilities.
Processing equipment.
Another grow house full of spruce seedlings.
Mixing reservoirs to feed salt and iron into the supply lines.
More bags of cones, waiting to be processed for their seed.
Some memorabilia in the front reception area.
Lines of trees in one of the orchards.
Side-by-sides. I like the big cage rack on the machine on the right, used to help harvesting seed in the orchards.
Peat supplies for the seedling plugs.
Rows of mature trees.
A wider view of Wooddale's white pine clonal seed orchard.
Big seedlings in larger pots.
Processing equipment.
Part of a mural designed by a local school group.