Newsletter

It's winter, but on some days it seems like spring! We have had a mild winter so far and if this trend continues, we all need to get out on those nice days when the water will run through the hose and water those newly planted trees!

On the not so nice days, we are busy making plans for the spring. We are doing some sprucing up (no pun intended) to green up the inside, before the outside greens up first. We are using our big farm building to pot up additional conifers and deciduous trees that are just waiting for the weather to warm up and go outside. We have been moving trees with our pod trailer system well into January. This is something that usually doesn't happen in Nebraska! For those of you who haven't seen our pod trailer system, click on this link to see a short video clip of it in action! A jump on spring is always good and welcome when winter is in full swing.

We will have a good supply of Colorado, Bakeri, Hoopsi and Baby Blue Eyes Spruce in 5 gallon and 10 gallon pots this year, as well as 4 foot to 6 foot B&B (balled and burlapped). We have several selections of sustainable trees, such as Frontier and Princeton Elm's. We also have some beautiful trees to consider such as Red Sunset Maple and American Sentry Linden. There are so many trees and so little time.

Take a look at the photo gallery and information articles posted on our website to determine what trees are best for your situation. Then come on out to "The Farm" to take a look and smell the "spring air" once the temperature rises. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff will be happy to assist you in your decision making process. DIY or have our staff plant plant 8 large trees at one time to landscape your domain in a day! 

Give us a call at 402-476-2550 or email us at sales@oakprairie.com to get the "Ball" rolling!

ReTree Nebraska-One town, one tree, one shovel at a time.

ReTree Nebraska is a 10-year cooperative initiative to raise public awareness of the value of trees, reverse the decline of Nebraska's community tree and forest resources and improve health and sustainability of community trees and forests across our state for future generations.

The primary goal of ReTree Nebraska is to work in partnership with people across Nebraska to foster the proper planting and maintenance of 1 million new trees by 2017.

Visit their website at http://www.nfs.unl.edu/ReTree/million.asp for more information or click here to print the form to report your planted trees.