The County of Wellington's Green Legacy Programme with Rob Johnson

Rob Johnson will give an overview of the Green Legacy Programme that gives out over 170,000+ trees a year, in 2023 went over 3 million trees and in 2024 celebrates 20 years. The Green Legacy has two nurseries in the County of Wellington that have over 20,000 volunteer hours logged each year. The Green Legacy has several programmes from living snow fence installation to windbreaks for farmers to increase crop yields to school programmes involving students from kindergarten to grade 8. Rob will discuss how trees can be utilized on the farm to increase crop yield, sequester soil carbon, and recycle nutrients within the system.

Rob Johnson has been involved in environmental restoration for over 25 years and has been with the County of Wellington since 2004. He is currently the Manager of the Green Legacy Tree Nursery, which is a community based nursery that grows trees to improve the forest cover of the County of Wellington. Prior to working with the County, Rob worked with Friends of the Rouge Watershed and managed and operated a native plant nursery.