posted Sep 24, 2014 @ 10:34am by Anita Sthankiya

Nut Tree Seedlings Available for Sale

Thanks to a grant given to the Gellatly Nut Farm Regional Park locals can purchase their very own nut tree seedling.

Seedlings available at the Nut Farm (Photo Credit: RDCO)

The grant from the Tree Canada Edible Trees Program worth $4,000 helped expand the nursery compound in the park where nut tree seedlings are germinated. Those seedlings are now grown and ready for sale to the public and interested growers. Two gallon potted seedlings are available for $20 and funds raised from the seedlings will assist the Gellatly Nut Farm Society.

The seedlings will be on sale during the annual Nut Farm Harvest Fair on Saturday, September 27^th from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at 2375 Whitworth Road in West Kelowna. They’re also available for purchase from Society volunteers at Gellatly House in the park from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm daily until early November.

Seedlings available at the Nut Farm (Photo Credit: RDCO)

The nut orchard at Gellatly Nut Farm Regional Park produces walnuts, tree hazels, butternuts, buartnuts, heartnuts, chestnut and hazelnuts from hardy tree stock. These mature trees are a valuable seed and scion source for producing local nut trees and to promote the unique nut trees developed in the 1920’s and 1930’s by Jack Gellatly.

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