Our Story
Silver Creek Nursery is a Canadian company & we believe in natural, sustainable farming.
We are a family owned and operated fruit tree nursery; we specialize in rare and heritage berries, vines, rootstock & scionwood cultivars as well as nut seedlings and more. We are growers, retailers, and researchers, with over 4 acres of experimental orchards.
Silver Creek Nursery is fueled mainly by Mother Nature and six humans. Pictured above from left to right: Amanda Carbis (all-purpose field and office worker, map maker; glue filling the various cracks), Mouse Paxton (versatile office aficionado and field worker), Wayne Kuntze (resident plant whisperer), Steph Muma (formerly Roth, co-owner) with Mycelia Ann (little bundle of love making everything more challenging and meaningful), Zack Muma (co-owner), and Jodi Roth (Steph's sister, beekeeper, social media wiz, more glue filling cracks and holding things together).
As we have continued to expand our knowledge and passion for what we do, our nursery has also grown. Our test orchard now has over 500 cultivars of food bearing plants. We offer apples, pears, plums, peaches, cherries, quince, medlars, and apricots. Whether it’s traditional cider apples you are looking for, or those obscure heritage varieties that Grandma and Grandpa grew, chances are we have it. We specifically curate, grow and test our trees for the Canadian climate; we have cold hardy Apricots for Zone 4, folks! And if you are looking to really round out your edible landscape, we have smaller understory vines, berries and bushes, along with unique plants like paw paws, almonds and figs and various edible tubers (like sunchokes), that will help complete your ecosystem and fill your fruit cellars.
We propagate many of these, creating one of Canada's best resources for a huge range of permaculture plants.
Our goal is to help provide folks across Canada with the opportunity to create a sustainable (and edible) future, one tree at a time. Our dream is to help people gain more food sovereignty, become more self-sufficient, be more connected with the land and their food again, and to provide the opportunity to produce their own nourishing food from healthy plants and soil!
We run our business, the same way we strive to live our lives. At our fruit tree nursery, we believe that the health of the land and the trees go hand in hand. We strive to work with and attain natural, sustainable, holistic and regenerative farming practices; it’s at the heart of everything we do. We cultivate a polyculture ecosystem, nurturing biodiversity that thrives in harmony—from the chickens roaming the yard to the earthworms working beneath the soil. This holistic approach ensures that our trees grow strong and healthy, creating a balanced environment that focuses on the soil and helps build the plants natural immunity. This natural approach often negates the need to rely on the use of harmful chemicals; we thoughtfully select natural pesticides and fertilizers that are approved for organic use and focus on the plants natural immunity over death of the disease or pest.
When you choose our trees, you’re not just adding to your orchard—you’re supporting a sustainable future, one tree at a time.
We are so thrilled to be able to provide you with quality trees, grown right here in Wellesley ON, grown with love and hard working hands, helping mother nature make fruit trees out of sunshine and sticks!
Cheers,
Steph, Zack, Mya and Edgar
