Hi all. I'm a prospective first-time planter and I've recently applied for a Canadian work visa through the IEC and everything has been initially accepted.

The only thing is... I will not physically have the work visa until I get to Canada.

Below is the wording I received:

"Your application to work in Canada has been initially approved by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. The final decision to issue you a work permit and allow you to enter Canada is made after an examination by an officer in Canada."

I'm wondering if I can start applying for tree planting jobs now, or if I will first have to go to Canada and finalise the process for employers to accept me?

Can anyone who's been in this situation shed some light please? It would be a shame if I went all that way just to not get accepted by any employers.

In January I'm going introduce a FREE system which will greatly reduce the learning curve of planters and enrich the way that planters communicate on the block.

Instead of just telling you about it like a professor or theorist, I'd like to show how it solves your problems.

The goal is to get at least 50 UNIQUE errors.

The errors could be caused by yourself or someone else. They could have directly affected you, or you they could be just witnessed by you.

Here's the list so far, in no particular order

1. Bagging Up too many trees at once
2. Planting leaners thoughout the entire piece
3. Planting only the cream
4. Leaving a hole
5. Planting J-roots
6. Getting Hypothermic
7. Ghostlining
8. Cutting someone off when partner planting (boxing someone in)
9. Deadwalking
10. Not bagging up enough trees
11. Getting lost on your way to your piece
12. Not seeking treatment for injuries
13. Not Listening to your partner
14. Not backfilling
15. Assuming you understand the instructions about where to plant
16. Not asking questions when being cut in
17. Being unaware of how long your bag up are
18. Planting fault trees on purpose

This ad was just shown to me.

Have you ever been to a camp with cold plunges?

This past season we would walk into the Okanagan Lake after work, which was pretty cold until June.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1ShvxFDxjQ/

BTW: I don't endorse this ad, it seems like a lot of $$$$

I’m still in high school. But I want to try tree planting. It’s always interested me

What are the requirements? Such as age and education. What’s the pay like? Is that a stupid question idk! I’m in southern Ontario

What is a good rookie camp in Eastern Canada? I haven't heard the best things about Brinkman, I applied to Havemen, and I applied to Irving. Also heard Irving is trash? Im just trying to find a good company that wont be hell. Any recommendations ?

Anyone have any modern planting slang that you and your friends or camp came up with?

These are some of my favourite more recent terms I've heard, I didn't come up with any of them.

Refugees: These are what you call planters who left another company and contract that was so bad that they had to flee and join your company. "Those new _______ refugees from Fort St. John sure look crusty to me"

The Burn Lottery: When you're on a burn contract or burn block you're playing the burn lottery!! Sometimes you come up flush and sometimes you come up bust, but the burn lottery goes on!! The burn lottery is a fickle mistress. You could get the burn cream or you could end up with a pile of rock. Some get rags some get riches.

Cream-Babies: These are planters who ball in cream, and as soon as the land gets bad they lose all motivation or sit at the cache/truck. It's a contract close, get the fuck back in the land.

Cream-Rats: This one is kind of offensive, I wouldn't go calling people it lol, but it's when people come into your piece and stay in the cream and avoid the schnarb. This is rare, but I HAVE SEEN IT.

Anyone have any terms for people who refuse to bag up big enough to fill the massive back and instead line in and out of narrow pieces all day so they pinch for everyone that comes into their piece later? Asking for a friend.

I'm looking for a collection of tree planting art.

Planting can greatly inspire people, it would be interesting to see what planters are inspired to make. There probably isn't a lot of it. It would be nice if they were all in one place.

• Drawings
• Paintings
• Sculpture
• Comics (Graphic Novel)
• poetry

I would be so psyched to see some sculpture of planting if it exists.

Share some of your own too!

Besides the size of the group and connections to Facebook Profiles, does KKR have things that this Subreddit does not?

I'm getting ready to explain a system that will be used to teach planting and make all rookies way more money.

I'm curious to know how much people in this planting group know about a central concept in climbing called "Beta", since the system uses "Beta" to break down a planter's experience into basic building blocks.

"Beta" has already been used in this subreddit!

https://www.reddit.com/r/treeplanting/comments/1egdra5/looking_for_beta_on_some_spots_in_the_chilcotin/

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I'm looking for someone in Montreal who can help me translate my project into French. The project is specifically designed to be an encyclopedia for planters (not planting in general, so no logistics that management uses). I've been planting for 10 seasons, mostly in BC. Every season I take notes on how to plant. This winter I'm putting them all together. Bonus if you're also a climber, since the system that I'm using is based on climbing's "Beta".

Although I can read and understand french, from being in french immersion every year at school while growing up. I'm not able to produce it myself and I've never talked about planting in french. DM me if you're in Montreal and interested
PS: There will be no money involved, since the final product will be free

KKR has a single gatekeeper admin, so I don't want to use that forum.

Is this the largest group of Planters outside of KKR?

My partner and I are looking to get a contract for the upcoming season but I’ve been out of planting world for a decent while and I’m not sure who’s still around, who’s changed, etc.

👋 Heya, camp cook here currently building my menu plan for the coming season, can you tell me your favourite bush desserts? I’ve got the basics like obviously baklava, chocolate cakes, tiramisu. Looking to up the game this year and step outside my box 🫶🏻

So over in FB, there has been a long standing back and forth of James Hughes (rocky Racoon hamdle) owner of "go west" not paying his planters. He's now working in Nicaragua and hasn't paid anybody for work from last season. I thought maybe we should talk about this here, as well.

How does a rookie get started in the U.S.? Been working seasonally as a hotshot in wildland fire for 4 years. Looking for some guidance. Please help a brother out. Used to long hours and grinding hard. I think I could be real good in this line of work.

I’m all for transparency and planters earning their fair share of the pie. However the negative impacts of sharing actual hard numbers publicly has me worried. Mostly these numbers are often inflated and a handful of days at a certain dollar amount can often turn into an “average.” Experience can really affect your pay cheque as well. Clients seeing people online boast of extremely high earnings may make them think planters deserve less. Even though the actual average may be many hundreds of dollars less than what John Doe says he’s making on Reddit. I’m already hearing that many long term direct award contracts have been re-tendered for the upcoming season. Mill closures, tariffs, nafta, inflation, yada yada yada are all factors in clients looking for better value.

Maybe it would be better if planters only discussed earnings on social media and public forums with adjectives such as amazing, good enough, dogshit? The community is small enough that word gets around quickly about where is a good place to work.

the organization with brinkman was just not there on the fall. we spent most of our time driving and boating to the block, hard to get any trees in. and camping during that time of year is sad. Wondering what coastal companies out there are good to work for?

Does anyone have any good experiences with Outland? I keep seeing people bashing the company, wondering if it’s all bad. Thanks

Hi everyone, im looking for any and all advice! My friend and I are looking to go tree planting next year for the first time. We have done bits and pieces of research and are aware of the positives and negatives of going planting and where about it is best to go. We're planning on going to BC (we're from ottawa) and are thinking of flying in to wherever we end up going. Basicallyy, I'm looking for advice on how to prepare physically for the season so that we do well? What we should bring and not bring? How long should we expect to go for? When flying up should we buy things when we get into a town, or do we bring all our supplies on the plane with us? Is the pay reasonable when first starting out/how much should we expect to spend on gear and how much can we expect to come back with? Honestly any and all advice you can give would be deeply appreciated :))

helloooo everyone. i have some questions that i cant really seem to find a lot of info on! im looking into potentially planting next summer, im currently in Nova Scotia for University, but am from NB.

i would love to make it to bc because i heard it's one of the best places to plant, but i am wondering if that would be a wise location since im on the other side of the country. would it be a waste to go that far? im sort of 50/50 on experience and money.

also, has anyone had experience flying out that far with gear? is it worth it with the cost of flights?

im also wondering one last thing, lets say i have made it to bc whether its flying into vancouver or wherever, how can i get to where i need to be? what about when the season is done, will i be able to make it to the airport?

any insight is very much appreciated :)))))

Hello I’m looking to tree plant for 2025 season and was Eid eating if anyone could help me on how to go about it and what I should do looking for a fun experience

Mine is Kratos

I’ve worked for NGR for the past two years(I’m in the kitchen) I’m looking for company recommendations that require cooks, that are a more mature based group (in the nicest way possible) and really looking to just grind and not a lot of partying. And if you know when they will start hiring. TIA

Hello fellow planters!

With recruiting season coming up, I've been going back and forth on what my options are for next season. For context, I've planted 1.5 seasons (had to leave half way through one), with my last season being in 2022.

In my 2nd summer, I was a fairly consistent 2k+ a day planter, especially by June. So I'm not too worried about that part.

Ive had a bit of time away and lots of the people I used to plant with in Apex have climbed the ladder and have their own crews now. Now I know how strongly people feel about Apex, but I always really enjoyed the community/nightlife culture and part of me is worried that Im going to have a hard time finding a company that matches that for me. It's hard to step away from people you're familiar with. I'm a very social person and while I love making money, I'm more in it for the experience than anything else. However, I don't want to disregard other potential options.

So my question is, are there any companies that may be sort of similar when it comes to culture? Any positive experiences people might be willing to share?

Looking for BC planting and also would prefer more bush camps than motel shows (not the biggest fan of having to pay so much for food and then cook it after a day of work).

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This is a commemoration post.

We got word that a long time planter, Michael Hounsell, has died. He was missing on Vancouver Island, and recently, his body was found.

Mike, I knew him as Stick Mike (a name I just learned he did not love), was a quiet, solitary, solid man. He was part of the community with Next Generation for what had to have been over 15 years. He worked elsewhere too. I'm sure some of you have crossed paths.

I believe, and I suppose hope, Mike was a man of profound peace. He was surely a man of little words. There were seasons that we only shared space. In the last few seasons we worked together we joked and chatted. From someone who spoke so little it was really neat and cherished. There was something in his eyes, maybe it was that he understood something that the rest of us didn't. It could feel that way.

Mike would finish a planting day and walk with his stick for kilometers.

I have the idea that not many people outside of planting knew Mike. If you did, could you share what you remember? We'll pass it on to his family.

Not sure what it's all about, but its precious. Wish you well. We'll miss you, Mike

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Prompt says it all.

Although experienced tree planters make a good daily average, I believe the value of the work (especially given that it’s seasonal) is worth significantly more.

What do you guys think it would take to increase prices? I think the main problem is high turnover. Tree planting still has an image problem. If it was taken more seriously pay would probably be higher; which is why I think we need to comply to new safety standards like visible clothing and so on.

I think experienced tree planters should be making between 500-1000 a day, and not just on occasion.

Does anyone know why? It sometimes takes like a week before new posts go through these days and the group is huge compared to here