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Last Modified: 1/30/2010
Order Seedlings
To view the 2009 - 2010 seedling order form, please click 2009 - 2010 Seedling Order Form.
Out-of-State Orders -- If you live outside Kentucky, please check with your home state forestry agency to determine if it has seedlings available. If it does not and you would like to order from the Kentucky Division of Forestry, contact the division at 800-866-0555 for additional shipping and handling costs for out-of-state shipments.
* Please note that out-of-state orders will not be accepted until Nov. 1 and all orders are subject to refusal.
Seedlings are available in bundles of 10 and 100 and average 12 to 18 inches in height and are ready for planting when you receive them. Our seedlings are bare-rooted and can only be lifted from the seedling beds when they are dormant. The lifting and shipping of the seedlings usually begins in late December and concludes when seedlings begin to leaf-out in April. Several killing frosts initiate the seedling's dormancy and none will be lifted until they are fully dormant. Once lifted, seedlings are treated with a hydrogel mixture that keeps the roots moist. They are then bundled and kept in cold storage until they are shipped via UPS to your home.
Shortages in planting stock can occur after order processing begins so please submit your order as soon as possible. Orders are filled on a first-come, first-served basis until supplies are depleted.
You may receive free planning assistance for tree planting projects from the division by contacting the district office that serves your county.
For information and photos about tree species available for this fall planting season, please click here. For printable species-specific fact sheets, please click on the species name below.
Though nature will reforest most areas on its own (regeneration), this process can take many years and may result in less-than-desirable species coming back. Tree planting not only saves the time that may be lost waiting for nature, but planting allows you to select the best species for a particular site and allows control of tree spacing for best tree growth and development. Control of spacing also makes necessary maintenance practices, such as weed control, much easier.
The Kentucky Division of Forestry operates two nurseries where tree seedlings are raised for planting on privately owned land. These nurseries are located at Gilbertsville in Marshall County near the Kentucky Dam and at Grassy Creek in Morgan County near the town of West Liberty.
A wide variety of tree species are offered for sale for planting on open crop or pasture land, developing a Christmas tree plantation, wildlife habitat enhancement, improvement of urban areas and for surface mine reclamation.
There are more than a million acres of land in Kentucky that could benefit from tree planting. These areas could not only be planted to produce future timber crops, but trees and shrubs could also be planted to improve wildlife habitat and to protect the soil from erosion by wind or water. In urban areas, planting may be done to improve the environment by reducing the effects of heat, wind, dust and noise, providing privacy screens or just beautifying the urban landscape.
From the planting of the seeds to the removal of tree seedlings from seedling beds and packaging them into bundles for sale, Kentucky's nurseries will produce some 3 to 4 million seedlings each year. Seedlings are available to Kentucky landowners at a reasonable price for the purpose of reforesting Kentucky's lands. The Division of Forestry's two tree nurseries will have seedlings available for shipping to individuals in late fall and in early spring.
For driving directions to the nurseries, click Morgan County Nursery or John P. Rhody Nursery.
For more information about the division's nurseries, contact Tim Sheehan, Frankfort Office, or Charlie Saunders, nursery superintendent, Morgan County Nursery or Joanna Davidson, nursery superintendent, John P. Rhody Nursery.
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DNR Division of Forestry
627 Comanche Trail
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-4496
Fax: 502-564-6553
E-mail: Diana.Olszowy@ky.gov
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