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PRT Growing Services

http://www.prt.com

PRT grows both Container and bareroot seedlings for the reforestation industry. We are the largest producer of reforestation seedlings in North America with an annual capacity of 630 million seedlings. In 2025, PRT will have grown over six billion forest seedlings in North America. PRT is a network of 28 nurseries with 16 locations in Canada and 12 in the US.

Physical / Mailing Address:

6320 Harrop Procter Road
Nelson, BC V1L 6P9

Contact:

Dan Livingston
ph: (250) 354-8385

Area of Operation:

United States

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina

Canada

Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest territory, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon territory

 

Seed Products and Services

Services
  • Seed orchard
  • Storage
    • Cold storage
    • Freezer storage
  • Testing
Products
  • Seed for forestry
    • Northeastern Conifers red pine, white/red/black spruce
    • Southern Conifers loblolly, shortleaf, longleaf, slash, etc.
    • Western Conifers Douglas-fir, ponderosa pine, western hemlock, western larch, western redcedar, redwood, etc.
  • Seed for restoration
    • Coastal species
    • Shrubs
    • Trees

Nursery Products and Services

Services
  • Contract growing
    • Reforestation
      • Northeastern Conifers red pine, white/red/black spruce
      • Southern Conifers loblolly, shortleaf, longleaf, slash, etc.
      • Western Conifers Douglas-fir, ponderosa pine, western hemlock, western larch, western redcedar, redwood, etc.
    • Restoration / Conservation
      • Coastal species
      • Shrubs
      • Trees
  • Other
    Freezer Seedling Cold Storage
Specifications
Nursery type
  • Federal federal government except Bureau of Indian Affairs
  • Forest Industry company engaged in forestry
  • Private not Government
  • State state/province/insular/university operation
  • Tribal American Indian/First Nation including Bureau of Indian Affairs
Business type
  • Contract legal agreement involved, including Custom Growing
  • Internet online ordering
Production capacity
  • More than 5,000,000
Stocktypes produced
  • Bare Root
  • Container
  • Cuttings