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<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Hi Crispin!</span><br>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Long time no see. I speak for but one of 19 boroughs in Montreal, Quebec, but I'd be more than happy to share our experiences with you.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">My sector, along with 8 other boroughs from Montreal's pre-merger days, have a production arrangement with our own municipally-run nursery. We have a production quota of 330 caliper trees/year financed
by the borough and produced by the nursery. We are exploring container and bareroot stock with our nursery as well but the majority of material ordered is b&b. I could say a little bit more, but why not let the crew there speak for themselves. Here are two
videos about our beloved tree farm, established in 1948 :</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><a href="http://montrealgazette.com/news/planning-planting-sapling-montreals-trees-get-their-start-at-lassomption-nursery" id="LPlnk975015">http://montrealgazette.com/news/planning-planting-sapling-montreals-trees-get-their-start-at-lassomption-nursery</a> (English)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99I07OldQcE" id="LPlnk310492">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99I07OldQcE</a> (French with English subtitles)</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Now, as with any other large city, things are not as simple. Our city has the objective to plant 70 000 additional trees (above our quotas) within 10 years as part of the City of Montreal's Canopy
Action Plan. In order to keep up, boroughs must keep planting their quotas and supplement the balance with planting/supply contracts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We have
been dealing with Emerald ash borer and massive removals in Southern Quebec</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> at the same tim</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">e.
So we have that to manage as well.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">In our borough, we do most of the planting in-house with our crews. So we will put out contracts for the supply of extra caliper trees. All of our Capital Works projects that involve landscaping
and tree planting are contracted out as well. We try to source locally as much as we can but when just one city in our area is planting over 7000 trees a year (not counting all of the other cities around us), we do have to make choices, it's part of the challenges
of this industry. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">When we go out to contract, we produce specifications stipulating pretty much all of the criteria that Ken mentioned. In Quebec, we follow the provincial standard NQ0605-300 on Nursery Products
and Sod which can be downloaded for free here : <a href="http://www.bnq.qc.ca/fr/normalisation/horticulture/produits-de-pepinieres-et-de-gazon.html" id="LPlnk470243" title="http://www.bnq.qc.ca/fr/normalisation/horticulture/produits-de-pepinieres-et-de-gazon.html
Ctrl+Click or tap to follow the link">http://www.bnq.qc.ca/fr/normalisation/horticulture/produits-de-pepinieres-et-de-gazon.html</a> .
The standards are in French only.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">I have started meeting with a few local nurseries to share our objectives, needs and conditions with them. That way, they know what we're looking for and they can prepare as they see fit. As for
calls for bids, all of that goes through procurement and everyone has the opportunity to bid. As a result, the law of the lowest bidder still reigns supreme. This can be a challenge sometimes. At this stage in the game, with trees being sold left and right
and center, it's important to build relationships while simultaneously respecting the tendering and contracting process. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">If you have additional questions, please feel free to contact me.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">All the best,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Meg<br>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_5727">Hi Crispin,</div>
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<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.
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<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>
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<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>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456813274244_5828">All the very best,</div>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Crispin Wood <crispin.wood@edmonton.ca><br>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Friday, February 26, 2016 10:00 AM<br>
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<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>
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