A total of 1,866 seedlings will be planted over a two-month period.
by Mairi Beautyman
Interior Design

With help from Veneer Technologies, southern red oak, northern red oak, and white oak large-size seedlings will soon be planted in North Carolina’s Piedmont region.

The reforestation effort, sponsored by the Hardwood Forestry Fund of the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources, is meant to be an educational model demonstrating how to establish and actively manage productive hardwoods, according to press material.

Veneer Technologies made a cash grant to the program, which will use the wood for future timber production. The seedlings—a total of 1,866—will be planted within seven-by-ten-foot spacing through this month in North Carolina’s Anson County. Future Farmer of America students from local high schools, 4-H students, community college students, and landowners interested in active management of hardwood timber stands are expected to visit the site.

“Veneer Technologies is committed to reforestation projects such as this,” says Jane Wharton of Veneer Technologies. She adds that the project is intended to successfully demonstrate a sustainable site–and not just for wildlife habitat enhancement and timber produced for future high-quality veneer.

Veneer Technologies, based in Newport, North Carolina, specializes in natural face veneers, sheet veneer, and edgebanding.