Your first-year planting can be really challenging! To help make sure you put your best foot forward in your rookie season, we’ve interviewed Skylar, one of our first years. She told us how she’s enjoyed her first season, gave us her tips on how to make the most of your first year and become as productive as possible. Enjoy!

Once you’ve mastered planting technique, you may find that your productivity plateaus after a while. Now that you’ve mastered everything to do with getting a tree in the ground, these tips will help you master everything else that will increase your productivity.

Being a rookie in tree planting can feel daunting. Hard work, lack of knowledge of the industry, meeting new people, and living away from home are just a few reasons why people may get nervous about starting a career in planting. That’s why we decided to interview one of our Rookies, Avery. We asked her about what her first year at Leader Silviculture has been like. We also got some tips on how you can thrive in your rookie season at Leader Silviculture.

As the old adage says, “Garbage in, garbage out!” If you aren’t eating enough food or aren’t eating the right foods, your energy levels could peak and valley with your blood sugar levels which could reduce your work output (and with that, your paycheque!). Contrastly, if you eat a well-balanced diet with enough high-quality nutrients to fuel you for the whole day, then you give yourself a better shot at maintaining the highest possible output that you can each day, and maximizing what you bring home each week. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of tips for eating well as a planter, as well as some delicious and healthy recipes for you to make and eat like royalty from the comfort of your motel room.

Introducing Serge and Jim, the Leaders of Leader Silviculture!

Planting is many things: A great way to meet people, a meaningful way to fight climate change as a person, a great way to earn high wages in a shorter work season, and a fun thing to do each summer. There is one thing that planting is not, however - easy. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of pre-season exercises that are great for prepping for the planting season.

Paul Bertner has worked with Leader Silviculture as a planter for five years, and works as an incredible photographer in his spare time. Paul has a background in cell biology and genetics, and specializes in tropical rainforest macro photography.