Camilla Daniels
camilla@summitreforestation.com
1.613.804.0476
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About Me: I’m from Guelph ON, and am currently finishing my degree in Geography at the University of Ottawa. I love food, farming, music, cycling, hiking, traveling and being outside. I came planting primarily to pay for school and also to experience what many of my friends have done and were constantly talking about. Planting is one of the hardest things I do in my life, but the intensity, sense of reward, and good money keep me coming back. I feel as though I can fully express my personality when I am planting, because I love hard physical work, traveling to new places and being outside.
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Favorite travel experiences
Planting and Crew-bossing Experience
I planted for three seasons, all with Summit. Every season was great, and every subsequent season I improved, especially in my third season, where I really focused and learned a lot about how to be a successful and happy planter. During the final month of my third season, I was asked to be a crew boss for a 6-person crew. I learned a lot very quickly, as I really had to jump into the new role last minute. I came to love being a crew boss. Seeing my planters improve, succeed, and reach and exceed their goals was my favorite part.
2019 Crew
This year will be my first full season running a crew, but my previous crew-bossing experience will be extremely valuable for the 2019 season as I’ve already gotten my feet wet, made mistakes, and learned from them for a month. With this experience under my belt, I feel ready and excited to get my planters, especially first-year planters, up to speed and set up for a successful and lucrative season. There are also some awesome returning veteran planters who I know will be major assets for first-year planters to learn from, and will create a positive and welcoming team.
Expectations
For my crew, I am looking for positive, hard-working people, who work well with others and always strive to achieve their best in their work. I need you to be ready for a difficult job every day, and take on that day with positivity, a sense of humor, and tremendous effort, without complaining. I need you to be respectful, inclusive, and supportive of your crew-mates, so that we can make every day fun together and have a cohesive, happy crew. I need you to be clear and open with me, and your crew-mates, so that we can maintain good communication. I need you to take care of yourself and maintain a healthy body and mind for this work. I need you to be constantly striving to exceed your personal goals, as well as the expectations that I give to you, and I need you to take the initiative and push yourself to do it. Our main reason for planting is to make money, so I need that to be a motivator for you to work hard every day.
What you can expect from me
I will set you up for a good day every day. Safety is the number one priority. I will work my ass off to help you get what you need to be a successful planter, which includes the practical things like having a stocked cache of trees, having a good plan, and providing you with good training and regular feedback, as well as maintaining a positive working environment, and helping you to feel supported and appreciated as a planter. As much as planting is physical work, many planters would argue that the most difficult part is the mastering a sustainable mentality for the job. I will train you to be a fast planter and make good money while remaining calm and happy. There is no greater feeling as a crew boss than seeing planters improve and reach their personal goals, and I am very excited to help all of my planters do that.
If this aligns with your hopes and dreams for the planting season, please get in touch with me!
- Volunteering on organic farms in Canada, Costa Rica and Spain
- Backpacking through Cuba
- Geography field course camping on a glacier in Kluane National Park, Yukon
- Discovering the beautiful northwest by traveling through northern BC, Yukon, and Alaska
Planting and Crew-bossing Experience
I planted for three seasons, all with Summit. Every season was great, and every subsequent season I improved, especially in my third season, where I really focused and learned a lot about how to be a successful and happy planter. During the final month of my third season, I was asked to be a crew boss for a 6-person crew. I learned a lot very quickly, as I really had to jump into the new role last minute. I came to love being a crew boss. Seeing my planters improve, succeed, and reach and exceed their goals was my favorite part.
2019 Crew
This year will be my first full season running a crew, but my previous crew-bossing experience will be extremely valuable for the 2019 season as I’ve already gotten my feet wet, made mistakes, and learned from them for a month. With this experience under my belt, I feel ready and excited to get my planters, especially first-year planters, up to speed and set up for a successful and lucrative season. There are also some awesome returning veteran planters who I know will be major assets for first-year planters to learn from, and will create a positive and welcoming team.
Expectations
For my crew, I am looking for positive, hard-working people, who work well with others and always strive to achieve their best in their work. I need you to be ready for a difficult job every day, and take on that day with positivity, a sense of humor, and tremendous effort, without complaining. I need you to be respectful, inclusive, and supportive of your crew-mates, so that we can make every day fun together and have a cohesive, happy crew. I need you to be clear and open with me, and your crew-mates, so that we can maintain good communication. I need you to take care of yourself and maintain a healthy body and mind for this work. I need you to be constantly striving to exceed your personal goals, as well as the expectations that I give to you, and I need you to take the initiative and push yourself to do it. Our main reason for planting is to make money, so I need that to be a motivator for you to work hard every day.
What you can expect from me
I will set you up for a good day every day. Safety is the number one priority. I will work my ass off to help you get what you need to be a successful planter, which includes the practical things like having a stocked cache of trees, having a good plan, and providing you with good training and regular feedback, as well as maintaining a positive working environment, and helping you to feel supported and appreciated as a planter. As much as planting is physical work, many planters would argue that the most difficult part is the mastering a sustainable mentality for the job. I will train you to be a fast planter and make good money while remaining calm and happy. There is no greater feeling as a crew boss than seeing planters improve and reach their personal goals, and I am very excited to help all of my planters do that.
If this aligns with your hopes and dreams for the planting season, please get in touch with me!
