Hey everyone!

I’m going on my 7th year planting and would like a fresh start. Looking for a decent company that doesn’t undercut planters or have to much overhead about paycheques and what not. Been scammed out of to much money to keep up with the company bouncing

Hey guys, I'm making a fully automated google tracker for the upcoming season. All I would need to do is fill out a minimal google form and it will be imported to a google sheet to track the numbers and calculate things like portal to portal wage, planted hour wage, # of bag ups, time per bag up, daily averages and nets (# of trees, money, camp cost) etc.

Thinking maybe adding stat pay, vacation pay, taxes, etc. not sure if it's useful. If it is, imma need you guys to help with what percentages to use and stuff.

I want some input and ideas that you would love to see or track in a google sheet. What graphs would you like to see?

Thanks!

Besides having good tree prices, what are other attractive qualities that draw you to a certain company or make you stay with a certain company? What are some additional benefits you get that makes you feel appreciated? In addition to that, what are some reasonable things you would like to see companies offer to their planters?

Can some of you uk planters comment a few essential items you’d recommend for a winter season?

Hello all,

New planter here. Interested in tree planting have friends that planted in Victoria and Queensland that loved it. The work itself seems to fit my ethos and skillset. Just wondering if there any reputable companies based in WA that I can look into. Seems majority or over east. Thanks!

Made another fun vid this summer while planting in BC, check it out lol

https://youtu.be/NJD5F5NcOfA?si=KDEwGxmQQ5NBxQsp

Hi, 10 year vet here inquiring about potential work for the 2025 planting season. I’ve been told that there are excellent companies (Raven?, anyone else?) out of K-town that may prefer to hire or they exclusively hire work-from-home planters. I have my own vehicle and good references if needed!

Love the idea of planting out of Kelowna and just hoping to hear of potential opportunities. Thanks!

Hey there!

After a recent shitty period in my life and everything crashing down on me as well as being a rather anxious individual - I am looking for something completely different to try that takes me completely out of my comfort zone.

I like supporting the environment and so I thought tree-planting would be a good idea.

I know absolutely nothing about it - I'm interested in as much information as possible from overseas to local, to how to get started, to pay, to getting along with people, to the environment, to how to not become stick thin from probably burning more calories than ever!

I'm from Australia as well.

Cheers

We have added UK planting companies to our directory.

A lot of Canadian planters will be crossing the pond soon. Let’s use this as our megathread. Review companies here. Suggest companies we may have missed. Thanks ✌️🌲

https://www.reddit.com/r/treeplanting/s/nkgey6ueeB

So this is a rather unique scenario, and I'm wondering if there is anyone who's done anything similar to this. I'm starting my Masters degree in January and my field work is seasonal (August-September) and the rest is in lab/research. I haven’t spoken to my supervisor about it yet because I’m still debating if it’s worth it. Has anyone ever done a summer planting season while doing their degree for school? I've spoken to some other masters students in the same program and they said no it doesn't work out. The reason I'm just so eager to go back is because it's my escape out of the city and I get a pretty good lump of money at the end. I’m open to any opinions/suggestions on this!(:

There’s lots of info in previous posts about what people think the rates should be. Im looking for information on what current day rates are. Trying to get a true understanding of what the industry standard is at. Thanks!

I'm a rookie, I'm interested in tree planting and I've contacted some forestry services in the UK that specialize in this area to see if I can get any work. Every time I ask what are the working hours like? What is the rate per plant? or if I ask about any other basic information that's relevant to the job, I don't hear back from the majority of them. In fairness, Tomorrow's forests have given me a lot of information about the work and they're the only employer who have given me the information I need, but I'm really disappointed in the rest of them. All I want to know is basic information about the job and what I'm getting myself into. Why is it too much to ask from some of them? Has anyone had a similar experience? It's really frustrating because I want to earn money as well.

Hello,

I'm a Romanian national who has been living in the U.K. for over a decade. I have four seasons of planting experience over here and I'm very eager to go and plant in Canada for the upcoming season. I'm currently applying for a company called A+G.

I have a couple of questions and if anybody could provide any insight I would be very grateful

1. As I understand there are two types of work permits, 'open permit' and 'work specific permit'. Should my application to one of the companies be successful which permit would I need to obtain?

2. If there's anyone who has travelled to Canada to plant how was your overall experience. Were you satisfied with the pay? What were the living conditions like at the camps?

Hi

I'm part of a workers coop based in Scotland (UK). There's 4 of us currently and we started after working for someone who decided to close down his company. The primary motive was to get a fairer price for the work we were doing, instead of having a fat chunk of our labour being taken off the top by the person managing the company.

The standard tree price for planting bare-root conifers in good ground (mounded) is around 10p in the UK, but as a coop it's possible to pay ourselves at least 15p/tree, after overheads/foremanning are taken care of, and in some cases even higher depending on the contract. On top of this we can share out excess profits at the end of the year. For weevil spraying over summer we managed to negotiate a good price, and we were able to pay ourselves more than double the standard spraying rate per hectare, some days making truly absurd amounts (£750+) for what is really quite an easy job.

We get to decide as a group when there's a big decision to be made (buying new equipment, whether to take on a certain contract, whether we should push harder on negotiating a price etc). We share the responsibilities of running the company, booking accommodation and doing admin, alternate foreman work between sites, and generally bring different skills to the running of the company.

It also makes it easier to ensure high quality control, because all of us are fully invested in the coop succeeding, so have a personal motivation to ensure our tree quality stays as high as possible. The higher tree price means you have the option to plant fewer trees and make the same money, reducing the pressure to damage your body trying to hit your money-goal for the day.

It's a model that seems to fit so perfectly with our industry, but despite all the research I've done I'm only aware of one other cooperative operating in Scotland apart from ourselves, and can find none in England. I just can't wrap my head around why this isn't more common.

I'd be interested to hear people's opinions, whichever country you're in. I don't know much about the Canadian industry so it'd be great to hear some experiences of people over that side of the pond? If you've ever thought about trying to set up a co-op, what things have stopped you from trying? I think it would be a really positive move for the industry in general to have more coops, it gives workers far more control over their safety, working conditions, pay etc.

TL;DR

Workers cooperatives are gr8, why aren't there more of them?

Ta!

Hiiiii, if any of you have experience planting in the UK under a youth mobility scheme visa can you plzzzz comment and allow me to DM and ask some questions. Applying this week for my visa and I’m super stressed about the financial aspect of it

I'm going into my seventh season and looking for somewhere I can make solid money at but that is also quiet and doesn't really party much. I shouldn't drink, but I struggle sticking to that when everyone else is partying. I trick myself into believing itll be fine and ill just have a couple beers and sometimes I end up getting sloppy and being rude to my friends and ruining relationships and wake up with guilt and regret. I want to keep planting since its the best income to me right now, but I need to find somewhere less social where the planters are just there to work at this point. Thanks

This sub is being oddly sanitized and starting to look like quite the dictatorship.

Most recent example is this new Rule 11 being posted with the comment section disabled effectively cutting off any dialogue at the knees.

“Only banter that doesn’t criticize us will be tolerated”

Am I reading it correctly that behaviour in other subreddits can get you banned in this sub?!

You’ve gone authority made. Slow clap to the mod team.

After some internal discussions the mod team has created a new rule:

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Out of curiosity what companies are planting in NB this fall? Seeing a lot of prep going into some of the cut blocks

so this year i was a rookie at timberline and it was alright, prices seem alright and accomodations were deec, but most of the nights off were just some crusty old dudes drinking PBRs and smoking darts then everyone would go to bed pretty early.

needless to say this got old quick. since im a second year in Uni, im pretty into the party scene and im looking for a planting company that caters to that side of things. im thinking day 2 rippers, bumps in the work trucks, work beers, texas mickeys, swinging from the mess tent rafters, tits out dance-offs, and all kinds of rowdy debauchery. so, what companies out there get down like animal house?

The title, I'm looking to plant in BC in the upcoming season after a few seasons of Ontario Planting under my belt and wondering what the average start of BC planting is. I'm wondering because I'll be abroad till about May 20th, but still hoping to plant. Any info is appreciated!

English will follow

Je me demandais s’il y a un autre job à faire avant le debut de la saison? Idéalement, je voudrais rester au Québec cette fois, mais je veux pas commencer à la fin mai non plus.

Ce serait ma 7eme année comme planteur, si quelqu’un a d’information.

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I was wondering if there is another job that starts before planting in Québec? I’d like to try and stay in the this side of Canada for next season, but also don’t feel like waiting until the end of May.

It’ll be my 7th season planting, if anyone has any information.

https://www.canada.ca/en/competition-bureau/news/2024/07/competition-bureau-seeks-feedback-on-competition-acts-new-greenwashing-provisions.html

This doesn't necessarily relate to treeplanting, but we have an eco-conscious crowd here I figure, and this is worth sharing.

Essentially the Competition Act has a new provision regarding greenwashing. The problem is that the Act doesn't specify how to verify corporate environmental claims. So the federal government is launching a public consultation to ask you all for your thoughts on this.

Y'all have til September 27 to make yourselves heard if you want.

"The Bureau is particularly interested in hearing about:

1. What kinds of claims about environmental benefits are commonly made in the marketplace about businesses or business activities? Why are these claims more common than others?
2. Are there certain types of claims about the environmental benefits of businesses or business activities that are less likely to be based on “adequate and proper substantiation in accordance with internationally recognized methodology”? Is there something about those types of claims that makes them harder to substantiate?
3. What internationally recognized methodologies should the Bureau consider when evaluating whether claims about the environmental benefits of the business or business activities have been “adequately and properly substantiated”? Are there limitations to these methodologies that the Bureau should be aware of?
4. What other factors should the Bureau take into consideration when it evaluates whether claims about the environmental benefits of businesses or business activities are based on “adequate and proper substantiation in accordance with internationally recognized methodology”?
5. What challenges may businesses and advertisers face when complying with this new provision of the law?
6. What other information should the Bureau be aware of when thinking about how and when to enforce this new provision of the law?"

I'm really looking forward to planting my first season in the spring. One of my biggest worries so far is that I'll lose too much weight. I'm a pretty skinny guy, I'm 5'11 and weigh 140lbs. I really don't want to get out there, start working, and drop down to like 125lbs and have to go home because I'm too skinny/weak. What are some good ways to gain weight in the off season without just eating a ton of junk or drinking beer (I'm not much of a drinker)

Hey y’all I got a job to plant in the U.K. I was wondering what the best visa as a Canadian is to be able to cross the pond.

It seems like the youth mobility scheme visa is the best choice, but I just wanted to double check with people who have done this before what the best option for me is.

Thanks!