Forêt Capitale Forest

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We plant trees in the National Capital region by arranging volunteer tree planting events, and helping other organizations and land owners plant trees.

We help mitigate climate change and increase biodiversity.

08/09/2026

Our love of Tiny Forests just keeps growing! - This time with a new addition out in North Gower 🌱

Forêt Capitale Forest along with Rural Woodlands Ottawa, Councillor David Brown - Ward 21 Brown and the North Gower Community came together to turn a piece of unused land into a beautiful new tiny forest! The area is now home to over 600 trees, shrubs and wildflowers which will help support local ecosystem diversity!🦋

A healthy forest starts from the ground up, which is why FCF always tests the soil before a tiny forest is planted. This allows us to add the proper nutrients to replicate a natural forest and give our plants the best shot at thriving!🌳

A special thank you to the Josette Robertson and Joan Johnston Family Foundation who continue to make this work possible, through our Tiny Forests Together program!

08/07/2026

Mark your calendars! 🌲

Join us on August 20th from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm for FCF’s Annual General Meeting held at the Just Food Community Farm, inside the Big Red Barn (2391 Pepin Court).

Celebrate six years of community-driven impact with FCF as we reflect on our accomplishments, the partnerships we’ve built, and the milestones we’ve reached together. We’ll share the impact we’ve made, highlight what’s on the horizon for the year ahead, and provide an opportunity to connect with the team driving our mission. Whether you’ve been with us since the beginning or are just getting to know Forêt Capitale Forest, we’d love to have you join us!

Alongside snacks and time to connect, we’ll take a short walk on our site to see our seed collection program in action and discuss our involvement in research projects on tiny forests and FCF field work in the MRC des Collines de l’Outaouais as part of the DIVERSE project, a national initiative studying forest resilience across Canada.

Please RSVP at foretcapitaleforest.ca/events

08/01/2026

Looking to get involved this summer, but not sure where to start?
Join us next Saturday, August 8th, at our stewardship workshop at our Capital Golf Site! This hands-on session is designed to help you build both skills and confidence as an environmental steward at FCF sites. You’ll learn how to:
💧 Water effectively
🌿 W**d and care for young trees
🔍 Identify pressures like invasives, disease, and damage
👀 Assess when a site needs attention
Ideal for students wanting hands-on field experience, volunteers looking to get more involved, and anyone interested in supporting Ottawa’s growing green spaces. Check out our events calendar to register!
https://foretcapitaleforest.ca/events/

07/27/2026

Looking to get involved this summer, but not sure where to start?

Join us next Wednesday, August 5th, at our stewardship workshop at our Base of Operations! This hands-on session is designed to help you build both skills and confidence as an environmental steward at FCF sites. You’ll learn how to:

�💧 Water effectively
🌿 W**d and care for young trees
🔍 Identify pressures like invasives, disease, and damage
👀 Assess when a site needs attention

Ideal for students wanting hands-on field experience, volunteers looking to get more involved, and anyone interested in supporting Ottawa’s growing green spaces. Check out our events calendar to register!
foretcapitaleforest.ca/events

07/16/2026

In celebration of Dendron Forestry‘s 10th anniversary, we hosted a planting event for their client volunteers on May 28th. Participants were thrilled to get their hands dirty, give back to nature, and meet new friendly faces in their field of work. What a great way to celebrate and show your clients how much you appreciate their business!

Every year, Dendron Forestry donates a portion of their revenues generated from their Tree Information reports to FCF. Beyond the generosity of Dendron’s support, they are setting an example for their clients and other businesses that contributions toward climate resilience can, and should, be a part of everyday practice.

Thank you Dendron Forestry for sponsoring this planting event, and for paving the way toward sustainable business practices!

07/14/2026

🌳 We're hiring: Executive Director

We're entering an exciting new chapter and we're looking for someone who will bring vision, operational strength, and passion to the work.

Details on the role, qualifications, and how to apply are in the job posting:https://foretcapitaleforest.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/FCF_EDdescription_bilingual.docx.pdf

Know someone who'd be a great fit? Please share!

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🌳 Nous recrutons : Directrice exécutive / Directeur exécutif

Nous entrons dans une nouvelle étape excitante et nous recherchons une personne capable d’apporter à l’organisation une vision, des compétences opérationnelles et une passion sans faille.

Vous trouverez tous les détails concernant le poste, les qualifications requises et la procédure de candidature dans l’offre d’emploi :https://foretcapitaleforest.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/FCF_EDdescription_bilingual.docx.pdf

Vous connaissez quelqu’un qui correspondrait à ce profil ? N’hésitez pas à partager cette annonce !

07/09/2026

As part of the Blackburn Hamlet Garden Tour, our director, Shelley Lambert, will be giving tours of the Base of Operations this Sunday, July 12th. Tours will start at the Red Barn Food Forest at 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM and are a great opportunity to learn about the education and research work that we have going on. For more information and directions, visit our events calendar, found at the link in bio.

07/08/2026

This spring, we welcomed more than 130 community and corporate volunteers to 6 different plantings to work toward the restoration of a former golf course along the NCC Greenbelt, a site we colloquially refer to as P16 in reference to the NCC parking lot, or as Capital Golf as a reference to the site's roots. Adding to our 2025 plantings at this site, volunteers planted over 1000 trees this spring! This restoration project helps restore habitat connectivity, expand canopy cover, and provides an acoustic buffer from the noise of the nearby airport for local communities.

Special thanks to our spring 2026 donors at this location: Trees for Life (400 trees), TD Friends of the Environment Foundation (200 trees), LCBO through our partner Tree Canada / Arbres Canada (150 trees), The Canadian Real Estate Association/L'Association canadienne de l'immeuble (160 trees), and OpenText for their generous $2,000 donation towards this project!

07/03/2026

Looking to get involved this summer, but not sure where to start?

Join us next Wednesday, July 8th, at our stewardship workshop at Hog’s Back Park! This hands-on session is designed to help you build both skills and confidence as an environmental steward at FCF sites. You’ll learn how to:

�💧 Water effectively
🌿 W**d and care for young trees
🔍 Identify pressures like invasives, disease, and damage
👀 Assess when a site needs attention

Ideal for students wanting hands-on field experience, volunteers looking to get more involved, and anyone interested in supporting Ottawa’s growing green spaces. Check out our events calendar to register! https://foretcapitaleforest.ca/events/

07/01/2026

Happy Canada Day!🍁
Whether it’s the temperate rainforests in British Columbia, the boreal forests stretching across the territories and prairies into Quebec, or the Acadian forests found in Atlantic Canada, there is no landscape more ubiquitous to the Canadian identity than our forests.

Our flag is adorned with a maple leaf, and represents "Aninaatig", the Anishinaabemowin word for sugar maple. The sugar maple is a keystone species in northern hardwood forests, is the first tree to “wake up” after winter when its sap starts to flow and is considered the leader of the forest.

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2391 Pépin Court
Ottawa, ON
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