Tree Care Tools

Use these spiral guards to keep mice, rabbits, and other critters from girdling your tree. 24 inches high.

We are pleased to offer two options for spiral guards:

• White plastic guards - The white colour helps to avoid damage from the sun and trapping excessive heat around the base of your tree.
• Green biodegradable guards - The biodegradable guards are made of starch based plastic and rated for 2 years, which is nearly as long as the plastic spirals last.

Both types of guards will get brittle after a few years and begin cracking/disintegrating. With the green biodegradable guards, there is no plastic waste to reclaim from your orchard once they begin breaking down.

Permanent Orchard Organization Made Simple

Keep your grafts, rootstocks, and fruit trees properly identified through every Canadian season with these durable aluminum tree labels. Whether you're managing a commercial orchard in BC or cultivating heritage apple varieties in your backyard, these professional-grade markers ensure you'll never lose track of your valuable plantings.

Built to Withstand Canadian Weather

• Rust-proof aluminum construction – survives harsh winters, spring thaws, and summer humidity without degrading
• Fade-resistant surface – your variety names, graft dates, and rootstock codes stay legible year after year
• Smear-proof writing – simply use any ballpoint pen or stylus to mark both sides; ink won't run or wash away
• Secure 23cm wire fastener included – attaches firmly to branches without damaging bark

Perfect for Serious Growers

Ideal for tracking multiple rootstock varieties, documenting graft success rates, organizing your nursery stock, and maintaining accurate orchard records. The 7.5 × 1.5 cm label surface provides ample space for variety names, dates, and notes.

What's included: 1 aluminum tree label with wire fastener

A more durable and permanent option than our tying tube, great for areas with harsher elements/less shelter. These ties are designed to secure your tree to a stake, while the soft ridges grip the bark securely and will not rub like rope or wire.  We have been using these to permanently secure our dwarf trees, and the ties are still stretchy and not brittle even after years of use.

We have two types of tree ties, thinner but stiffer plastic ties and larger, thicker rubber ties. The smaller ties are sold in packs of 5 or 100 and the thicker ties are sold individually. The final picture shows a comparison between the two, the thinner one on the right and the thicker kind on the left.

Made from Alberta-grown hemp, these square mats are helpful in retaining moisture around the bases of trees and plants and suppressing weeds. These mats are more flexible than cocodiscs which makes them easy to mould to the earth, especially once they are wet.

These stretchy bands are designed to help you train your tree! Simply attach them to the trunk of a tree or a nearby stake and then to a young branch to gently pull it down into a more horizontal position, promoting fruit production and strong scaffold layers. 

For more information on the benefits of training branches and how to use the tree training bands, read Orchard People's article here!

These bands feature a convenient hook so you can connect multiple bands together to adjust the length and tension as needed when tying down a branch.