Seed sources

First seed orchard established: 1955. 
Area: 76 ha, total area 703 ha. 
Number of Seed Orchards/Seed Stands: 28. 
Latitude: 56.626493, Longitude: 9.409876 

C.E. Flensborg Plantation is located in Uldum, north of Viborg. The plantation was established during World War II by purchasing heath plots to supply seeds to our own nurseries. The plantation is named after the then-director of Hedeselskabet.

The plantation is still owned by Hedeselskabet. 

First seed orchard established: 2008 
Area: 32 ha 
Number of Seed Orchards/Seed Stands: 15 
Latitude: 56.526122, Longitude: 9.483347

Tophøj Plantation is located a few kilometers north of Viborg near the village of Løvel. The property was bequeathed to Hedeselskabet by the then-farmer Hans Søndergaard.

Hans wished for the agricultural property to be afforested, and in 2008 we took over the operations. Therefore, we established seed orchards of a wide range of tree and shrub species. 

First seed orchard established: 2022 
Area: 25 ha 
Number of Seed Orchards/Seed Stands: 21 
Latitude: 56.410797, Longitude: 9.66637

Laugesen Plantation is located a few kilometers north of Bjerringbro. The property was bequeathed to Hedeselskabet by farmer Jens Hougaard Laugesen in 1994. 

First seed orchard established: 1995 
Area: 29 ha 
Number of seed sources: 60 
Latitude: 56.278448, Longitude: 9.684148

Truust areas are located midway between Aarhus and Viborg. Here was Hedeselskabet’s former nursery, Tvilum Skovgård. In 2000, we took over the areas and operational buildings, where we now produce shrub seeds.

Shrub seeds require intensive care. Therefore, the Truust areas are close to our headquarters and our washing and cleaning facilities, ensuring the shortest possible transport. 

First seed orchard established: 2010 
Area: 5 ha seed orchards, total area 13.6 ha. 
Number of Seed Orchards/Seed Stands: 4. 
Latitude: 56.530966, Longitude: 9.480080

Karen Nygaard Christensen bequeathed 21 hectares of agricultural land to Hedeselskabet, owner of Dalgas, in 1995. Today, both forest and seed orchards are planted on the areas. 

First seed orchard established: 1998 
Area: 2.7 ha, total area 334 ha 
Number of Seed Orchards/Seed Stands: 1. 
Latitude: 56.080442, Longitude: 8.425784 

Mourier-Petersen’s Plantation is located between Ringkøbing and Videbæk. The property is owned by Plantningsselskabet Steen Blicher A/S, established in honor of the 50th anniversary of Steen Steensen Blicher’s death in 1848. Therefore, 894 barrels of heath were purchased in his memory. 

The plantation is named after Hedeselskabet’s first chairman of the board – chamberlain Ferdinand Mourier-Petersen from Rugaard on Djursland.

In the autumn of 2004, we took over the management of 3 ha to establish a seed orchard of hybrid larch (Larix eurolepis). 

First seed orchard established: - 
Area: 87 ha, total area 3,000 ha 
Number of Seed Orchards/Seed Stands: 25. 
Latitude: 55.306093, Longitude: 12.003458

Bregentved Estate can trace its history back to 1319 and has been owned by the Moltke family since 1746. Today, Bregentved is one of Denmark’s largest estates, managing large agricultural and forestry areas and preserving the estate’s significant cultural and natural values. Bregentved Estate has a wide range of certified seed stands and seed orchards, primarily of deciduous tree species. 

First seed orchard established: 2012 
Area: 13 ha, total area 1,500 ha 
Number of Seed Orchards/Seed Stands: 2. 
Latitude: 55.168838, Longitude: 8.773030

Plantningsselskabet Sønderjylland is a traditional and economically solid company that has been engaged in afforestation and care of forests and plantations for more than 100 years. The company manages 1,500 hectares and is thus Southern Jutland’s largest private forest owner with its own forest administration.

On the areas near Skærbæk, 13 hectares of PS Elite Nordmann fir have been established, probably Europe’s largest Nordmann fir seed orchard.