Hi. We are a family owned social-enterprise based in Aylmer, Quebec, focused on growing native plants, shrubs and trees locally and sustainably from seed. We devote a majority of our profits to community initiatives that support planting for pollinators, creating tiny-forests, sustaining wildlife, and making a positive, long-term impact to our environment.
Localeaf was born from a desire to change our lifestyle and concentrate on the things in life that bring us joy, while spending more time as a family. We have passed on this passion to our kids, who take an active role and central role in our little business.
Sustainable, Ethical Nursery
Every plant and little tree we offer is grown by us, from seed, in our little nursery, using regenerative growing practices that continue to evolve and improve as we grow and learn. We aim to have a positive footprint in our growing practices, through creating and using our own compost, using recycled pots and materials, maximizing rain water retention and minimizing additional watering.
We make all efforts to source seeds as local to our area as possible, and we try to grow out seeds multiple sources of the same plants, and particularly tree seeds, whenever possible, to help promote bio-diversity. Our seeds now come largely from our own local demonstration gardens, as well as ethical and sustainable collection of seeds from local and near-local populations. We acquire new species from seed collecting organizations and small companies whose practices align with ours, after several years of trial and error.
Our Mission
Our mission is to create a positive impact on both the environment and our community, through plant and seed donations, community engagement, support and education. We proudly donate surplus plants to initiatives focused on enhancing food security, supporting food-sharing programs, and creating pollinator-friendly habitats and green spaces in schools, parks, and other public spaces. We donate seeds and educational workshops toward promotion of community grow-outs, local seed sitting and household access to free growing resources.
Our Projects
Butterflyway Aylmer
In 2025, we initiated the Butterflyway Aylmer project. To date, we have donated plants to support 12 public-facing pollinator gardens across our home community in Aylmer, including gardens in 3 schools, community gardens, local parks, local volunteer organizations, and the Aylmer Food Bank. We are excited to continue to nurture and watch the Butterflyway Aylmer grow next year, and see the butterflies flutter from stop to stop.
Pollinate Aylmer
In 2025, we helped to create Pollinate Aylmer, a local, grassroots community group of volunteers sharing a passion for native gardening and gardening for wildlife. This group continues to thrive and come together to share resources, knowledge, and work together on a multitude of community initiatives. We are a very active virtual group, but we also meet monthly and organize tours of each others’ gardens. If you’re in Aylmer and want to learn more, consider joining our private Facebook Group.
Seedy Saturday Aylmer
In partnership with Partenaires du Secteur Aylmer (PSA) and Pollinate Aylmer, Localeaf is helping to put on Aylmer’s first Seedy Saturday event on February 28th, 2025. In preparation for this event, Localeaf has donated thousands of native seeds from over 100 species of native plants, each one gathered from wildlife gardens on our own property. Pollinate Aylmer has been hard at work packaging over a thousand seed packs, which will be distributed free of charge in our community during this event, alongside community donations of non-gmo, heirloom vegetable seeds.
2026 plans – In progress…
In 2026, we have committed to working with local partners to create a Miyawaki inspired ‘Tiny Forest’ in a local elementary school’s yard, as well as (potentially) a separate native food forest. These projects are large, heavily community involved, and require a lot of planning. Both are ideas very close to our mission and heart, and we are excited to embark on a further learning journey for both, especially after delving into creating our own Tiny Miyawaki forest in 2o25 (read blog here), and the beginnings of what we hope will become a massive food forest focused on native perennial edible fruit, nuts and other foods in years to come (blog post maybe coming, one day).
For more info on what we do, check out our blog, or follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
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