Forest Restoration

Successful reforestation begins with quality land preparation, high quality seedlings and quality services.

Quality Land Preparation is the first step in good forest management. This can be accomplished through the help of your State government foresters and private foresters. They will provide you with information concerning your land through soil samples and other tests made to your land. This information will help you or your contractor to prepare you land for planting.

The second step to good reforestation is quality seedling. The seedling is the least expensive cost in reforestation but the second most important element to the success of reforestation. F. B. Whitfiled Farms & Nursery produces over 4 million Containerized Longleaf Pine Seedlings per year. They can also provide contracted containerized Loblolly and Slash Pine. At F.B. Whitfield Farms & Nursery, we are proud of the high quality container seedlings we grow.

F. Bennett Whitfield's number one goal is "to provide the best quality seedling and service." Having over 10 years of raising containerized Longleaf, Loblolly, Slash pine seedlings, 20 years of containerized crop growing, and coming from generations of farmers, F. Bennett Whitfield knows the importance of all aspects of farming and reforestation.

The third most important part of reforestation is planting. F. B. Whitfield Farms & Nursery also provides Band Spraying and Planting services. We use a custom-built 3-row tree planter which allows for a more effective planting depth in all types of soil. A vital aspect of planting is the depth of the plug. The custom-built-3-row tree planter allows the staff to adapt the depth of the plug to soil conditions, yielding a higher stand. F. Bennett Whitfield uses Government Forestry Agency and private forestry agencies' recommendations to provide you with the best service. Bennett's philosophy is to stay with the experts' recommended planting information instead of doing what may jeopardize the seedlings and cost the land owner their investment.

Auburn University on Reforestation
Endangered Trees of the World