According to C.H. Greenblatt, Nicky Jones, the voice of Chowder, was excited to work with Ron Perlman due to Perlman's fame as the comic-book hero Hellboy. To commemorate the occasion, Greenblatt drew a scene of Chowder meeting Hellboy and posted it on his blog.
The Arborians are named after the Armenians and Arvernians, and the Latin word "arbor" (meaning "tree").
Shnitzel is asked to play-seed planting music, and the tune that is heard is a spoof of the band Devo. Shnitzel is wearing a yellow turtleneck sweater and a pink bucked hat, which was what the members of the band wore a lot.
Ron Perlman had played a similar character (a sentient tree antagonist) in the Aladdin (1994) episode "Garden of Evil". His character was named Arbutus, while here his character was named Arbor.