Macro-gardens
Macro-gardens are classical provenance trials where seeds are grown to seedlings in the ideal and controlled environment of a nursery. After two years, seedlings are transplanted to an open-air test site and monitored for 5 years.
Types of macro-gardens
One species, small
1 species, 5 provenances, 100 seedlings per provenance (10 families with 10 offspring each).
Total: 500 seedlings distributed over an area of ~125 m2.
Two species, small
2 species, 5 provenances each, 100 seedlings per provenance (10 families with 10 offspring each).
Total: 1000 seedlings distributed over an area of ~250 m2.
One species, large
1 species, 10 provenances, 100 seedlings per provenance (10 families with 10 offspring each).
Total: 1000 seedlings distributed over an area of ~125 m2.
Two species, large
2 species, 10 provenances each, 100 seedlings per provenance (10 families with 10 offspring each).
Total: 2000 seedlings distributed over an area of ~500 m2.
Interested in taking part?
Are you a research institute or an educational institute interested in growing the seeds in your nursery and installing a macro-garden? Get in touch with us by writing an e-mail to info@mygardenoftrees.eu
Please note that participanting institutes will receive dry, non-stratified seeds at the beginning of 2023 or at the beginning of 2024. We expect participants to stratify the seeds and sow them in the nurseries in the following spring.