<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_5727">Hi Crispin,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_5726"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_5651">I have a really good resource on nursery stock selection, my father in Scotland has been involved in this for over twenty five years and is most likely one of the most experienced horticulturists in nursery stock selection of both open ground material and containerized nursery stock, especially rootballed trees destined for urban forestry applications. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_6138" dir="ltr">I think you will find his specifications to find a quality nursery tree of particular interest.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_6063" dir="ltr">He has traveled throughout the UK and Europe sourcing trees and shrubs on behalf of local municipalities, landscape architects, landscape contractors, non-profit organizations and private clients. He has also been involved in numerous contract grow systems which I'm sure he would advocate as being an excellent way to procure a quality product at a fair price for both the nursery and client.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_5730">If you would like to contact him via email he can be reached at angus@mackayconsultants.com</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_5825">Just let him know his son on Vancouver Island passed on his details.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_5826">Even although he has not got this experience in North America I'm confident his experience and knowledge will be invaluable as he is one of the few consultants around who specializes in this area.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_5827"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_5828">All the very best,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_5829"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_5830">Gordon Mackay</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_6182">BC<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_5725"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_6183"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_5650"><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_5649" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_6110" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_6109" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_6108" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_6107" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_6159" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Crispin Wood <crispin.wood@edmonton.ca><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> canufnet@list.web.net <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, February 26, 2016 10:00 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [CANUFNET] Sourcing Nursery Stock<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_6114" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv5880417823"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_6113" dir="ltr">Hello All,<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_6158"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_6117">I am interested in knowing what processes and/or practices municipalities across Canada use to source and procure quality, caliper nursery stock to be used for street/park plantings? I am particularly interested in whether your organization produces its own caliper trees? If not, do you physically select or tag trees at the nursery prior to purchase? If you do, how far do you travel to do so? and lastly, what criteria or specifications do you use to define a 'quality' nursery tree? </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_6136"><br></div><div>Any feedback would be appreciated. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br><div class="yiv5880417823gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><table class="yahoo-compose-table-card" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13px;border:medium none;border-collapse:collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="border:medium none;padding:0in 5.4pt;width:82.75pt;" valign="top" width="110"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.edmonton.ca/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);"><img data-id="3bba657f-d40a-c3a0-943f-0af1ac9bec2d" src="https://eservices.edmonton.ca/Images/Edsquarelogoweb.png"></a><br></td><td style="border:medium none;padding:0in 5.4pt;width:396.05pt;" valign="top" width="528"><div style="margin-bottom:0pt;"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="yiv5880417823" style="background:yellow;">Crispin</span> Wood | MS, Urban Forestry | </span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom:0pt;"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;">Neighbourhoods and Parks</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br></span></b><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;"><br></span></b><span style="font-size:8pt;"><div style="font-size:small;display:inline;"></div></span><span style="font-size:10.6667px;">Neighbourhoods</span><span style="font-size:8pt;"> | Community Services</span><span style="font-size:8pt;"><br></span><span style="font-size:8pt;">12304 - 107 Street | Edmonton AB | T5J 2R7</span><span style="font-size:8pt;"><br>tel </span><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);">780-442-0224</a>|</span><span style="font-size:10.6667px;"><div style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline;"> </div></span><span style="font-size:8pt;">email </span><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:crispin.wood@edmonton.ca" target="_blank" href="mailto:crispin.wood@edmonton.ca" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:8pt;"><span class="yiv5880417823" style="background:yellow;">crispin</span>.wood@<span class="yiv5880417823" style="background:yellow;">edmonton</span>.ca</a></div><div style="margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11px;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.edmonton.ca/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);">www.<span class="yiv5880417823" style="background:yellow;">edmonton</span>.ca</a> </span> <br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://transformingedmonton.ca/?utm_source=coe&utm_medium=footer&utm_campaign=socialmedia" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);"><img data-id="4f86a474-7afa-8a82-07cb-58d14b802eb6" src="http://www.edmonton.ca/interface/transform_icon_20x20.jpg"></a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/CityofEdmonton" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);"><img data-id="3e8ed732-50ef-3a91-70c1-d05a73cd8dbe" src="http://www.edmonton.ca/interface/twitter_icon_20x20.jpg"></a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/cityofedmonton" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);"><img data-id="2bfdc9e7-2a20-497e-2ff4-7dabd4d7ad1f" src="http://www.edmonton.ca/interface/facebook_icon_20x20.jpg"></a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/CityEdmonton?utm_campaign=socialmedia&utm_source=coe&utm_medium=footer" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);"><img data-id="0da36773-6a9a-409b-a40f-5bd4c9cdff1d" src="http://www.edmonton.ca/interface/youtube_icon_20x20.jpg"></a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/city-of-edmonton/careers?trk=top_nav_careers" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);"><img data-id="508402bd-a5ff-f750-a69d-d8f9a70ee3be" src="http://www.edmonton.ca/interface/linkedin_icon_20x20.jpg"></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div>
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