Special Edition 2007 by Canadian Nursery Landscape Association

Awards Issue

CNLA Newsbrief Special Edition 2007 Recognizing Excellence!

Entrants are highlighted

Vol. 17 Issue 4

Winners are announced!

Excellence

NATIONAL AWARDS LANDSCAPE

Canada Recognizes in

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Landscaping!

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Executive Board: Michael Murray - NL Christene LeVatte, CLP - NS Paul Olsen - ON Bill Stensson - ON Cary van Zanten - BC Victor Santacruz, CAE Directors:

Harold Deenen, CLP - ON Jim Wotherspoon - AB Bill Hardy, CLP - BC Bruce Hunter, CLP, CHT, CLD - BC Vic Krahn, CHT - SK Gerald Boot, CLP - ON Doug Conrad, CLP, CHT - NS Yvette Forget - QC Bruce McTavish - BC Anthony Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill - NL Philip Ronald, Ph. D - MB Rene Thiebaud, CLP - ON Peter Levelton - BC Darrell Nameth, CLP - NB John Zaplatynsky - BC Phil Paxton, CHT, CLP - AB

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Victor Santacruz, CAE

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Joel Beatson, CLP

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Peter Isaacson, B.Sc., M. P.M.

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Lydia Couture-Comtois Executive Assistant

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Michelle Gregory Member Services

Showcasing Your Best Work! The provincial horticulture associations across the country have developed stellar Awards of Excellence programs to give their members a marketing edge over their compeition. Every year, members from across the country submit their best work and compete with their peers for top honours. Qualifying to enter the Awards of Excellence program is an achievement all in itsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; own, however winning an Award of Excellence is truly an achievement to be proud of. Winners of provincial Awards of Excellence programs use this honour as a powerful marketing opportunity to their current and potential clients. Several winners promote their awards on their websites, flyers, brochures, catalogues, and business cards. Some winners have also been known to promote their honours on the sides of their pick-up trucks. The National Awards of Landscape Excellence creates an exclusive marketing opportunity for entrants. In order to enter into the National Awards, your provincial association must submit your winning entry on your behalf. There are two categories: landscape construction/installation; and landscape maintenance. Your provincial association may submit up to three entries per category for a total of six entries per provincial association. This is a very exclusive group! Provincial associations with awards programs participating in the National Awards of Landscape Excellence:

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Landscape Manitoba

Canadian Nursery Landscape Association 7856 Fifth Line South Milton, ON L9T 2X8 Tel: 1.888.446.3499 Fax: 1.866.833.8603 Email: info@canadanursery.com Web: www.canadanursery.com

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Entrants in the John Deere Award of Excellence for Landscape Maintenance have already won an award from their respective provincial association. They have undergone two rounds of judging, provincially and nationally. The criteria that the national judges base their decisions on are as follows: 1. Overall ﬁrst impression and general appearance. 2. Healthy plant material. 3. Turf areas are trimmed and mowed evenly, free of weeds, edged, uniform in colour. 4. Plant material is healthy, pest and disease free. 5. Weed free beds and tree basins. 6. Well-designed ﬂower displays. 7. Use of mulch in beds and tree basins. 8. Hardscaping is free of litter and weeds.

International Landscaping Inc., ON Water's Edge Landscaping, ON Cavan's Landscape Design/Build, ON Daccord Webster Paysage, QC Les Embellissements Paysagers Laval Inc., QC Signé Garneau Paysagiste Inc., QC Para Space Landscaping Inc., BC Oceanview Landscape, NS

CNLA thanks all of the entrants for participating in the fourth annual National Awards of Landscape Excellence!

Price Landscaping Services Ltd., NB Earth-Craft Landscaping, NS

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International Landscaping Inc.

Santo Gucciardi, 1114 Lower base Line, Hornby, ON L0P 1E0, Tel: 905-876-3000

This large residential lot in a popular area is often used as a location for motion picture, television, and music video filming. Maintaining this property requires the attention of a crew of five for one full day. All planting beds on the property, whether they contain annuals or not, are cultivated and weeded weekly. Many of the planters are located high on top of pillars and walls which means a lot of hand-watering is required. The turf grass is cut weekly and the lines must be straight, even, and always in the same direction. Two bent grass golf greens are a special feature of the east lawn.

Hollywood North

Water’s Edge Landscaping

Jacki Ciphery, CLP, 3343 Hwy 169, Box 510, Bala, ON P0C 1A0, Tel: 705-762-1110

Two visits a week to this mature estate ensures a beautiful property, whether approached by land or water. The team at this professional company has creatively developed a maintenance regimen for the toughest of gardening terrains. Proper irrigation in the perennial gardens is unusually challenging. Some areas collect water in the bedrock pockets below the soil, some struggle with shallow soil depth atop bedrock, and others hang precariously on steep banks. Careful attention is necessary as some areas need to be watered by hand. The micro-irrigation system for the boathouse planters is helpful, but unpredictable and requires constant monitoring.

Mocha’s Muskoka

Cavan’s Landscape Design/Build

Tom Cavan, RR2, Hwy 24, Erin, ON N0B 1T0, Tel: 519-833-2117

This site is the flagship location for the Mandarin Restaurants. Previous landscapers had planted everything in refuse clay soils, and the irrigation was programmed for turf with no consideration for garden requirements. This professional company redesigned approximately 17,000 square feet of the existing 20,000 square feet of gardens. New soils, trees, shrubs, and perennial beds were added, and approximately 7,000 annuals were planted. Weekly maintenance includes hand weeding, dead heading of all annuals and perennials, as well as application of organic fertilizers on gardens and all container gardens and hanging baskets.

The Mandarin

Earth-Craft Landscaping

Sandy Roberton, CLP, 80 Campbell Drive, Bedford, NS B4A 1N6, Tel: 902-835-0505

The major areas of concern for the customer was the constant dumping of trash and cigarette butts throughout the gardens. So, keeping the area clean and tidy to promote an image of healthiness was a priority for the restaurant owner. Weeding and cultivating in the spring prior to top dressing with compost. Delicate pruning of bonsai’s to maintain the Chinese spirit of the garden scenes. Ca na d i a n Nur s er y L a n d s c a p e A s s o c i a ti o n 7856 Fif th L ine South Milton, ON L9T 2X8 To l l F r e e : 1 - 8 8 8 - 4 4 6 - 3 4 9 9 | To l l F r e e F a x : 1 - 8 6 6 - 8 3 3 - 8 6 0 3 E m a i l : i n f o @ c a n a d a n u r s e r y. c o m

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Daccord Webster Paysage

Stuart Webster, 180, rue peel, bureau 400, Sainte Foy, QC H3C 2G7, Tel: 514-876-0178

The clients wanted a classical and intimate garden that is harmonious with the home and that could also serve as reception area. The sloped ground added to the challenge. On the main path, a fountain gushes into a reflecting pool framed by two stone columns. The path leads to the main entrance hidden behind the residence. Situated on the roof of the underground garage, the main entrance opens up onto a small, charming green space.

Classic Harmony

Les Embellissements Paysagers Laval Inc.

Jocelyne Nydegger, 272, 64e Avenue, Chomedy, Laval, QC H7V 2J1, Tel: 450-688-0971

The clients wished to emphasize an entrance to the inside garden, natural material for the pathways and an English countryside atmosphere. The project’s thematic idea was to create a gate that opens onto the interior garden. The borders here serve as a raised bed for mature trees that fill the wide open space. The landscape is adorned with a great assortment of vegetation where bloom follows bloom. The full wonder of the garden culminates in a visit to each of the raised beds where surprises are waiting to be discovered.

Gateway to Discovery

Signé Garneau Paysagiste Inc.

Patrick Garneau, 29, Boul. Arthabaska Est, Victoriaville, QC G6P 6R9 Tel: 819-758-3887

The intention was to create a garden for relaxation and contemplation that is also an enticing haven for birds, much loved by the owner. Magnificent willows bordering the lake already adorned the site. The landscaper decided to design the new garden around a pergola made from huge hemlock beams. American ivy and pale bittersweet have been thriving there from the very beginning of the project. In the middle of the garden, a statue of Daphne attracts birds with water that permeates the premises with its gentle murmur as it flows to a basin at the statue’s feet.

Invitation to a Haven of Tranquility

Paraspace Landscaping Inc.

Jeff Floey, 4097 Gravely St., Burnaby, BC V5C 3T5, Tel: 604-291-2800

Some of the interesting features at this property include a large courtyard with a large fountain in the middle, stretches of lawn, and formal hedges. The selection of plants in the courtyard provides year-round color in all seasons (pansies, daffodils, daylilies, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, begonias, and salvia). The heritage trees that the building was constructed around are another great feature of the site; they add a great sense of character to an otherwise modern design. 6

The Conservatory

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Oceanview Landscape

Ken Mosher, CHT, Box 235, Chester, NS B0J 1J0, Tel: 902-275-2505

This is a large 8 acre property with large garden areas. Along with maintaining these garden areas Oceanview was also responsible for ensuring the health of the turf. Responsibilities included: • Garden Maintenance, weeding, edging, fertilizing, pruning etc. • Lawn Maintenance Weed control, Liming, fertilizing, aeration etc. • Maintain the small pond at the entrance to the house • Planting and care of the numerous planters on the property • Snow Maintenance; and • Security calls

The Ernst Residence

Earth-Craft Landscaping

Sandy Roberton, CLP, 80 Campbell Drive, Bedford, NS B4A 1N6, Tel: 902-835-0505

A very critical and discerning customer who takes great pride in their property, challenges the expertise of the maintenance crew. This is good as it illustrates the level of service and applied skills required to perform this type of work. Lawn weeds are mechanically removed prior to a weekly mulch mowing. Only two applications of fertilizers per year - Spring and Fall. Proper pruning techniques give shape and visual texture to the garden beds, a few selected perennials add interest throughout the summer, highlighted by annuals.

The Yablon Residence

Price Landscaping Services Ltd.

Kevin Nauss, 47971 Homestead Road, Lutes Mountain, NB E1G 2M2, Tel: 506-858-7800

A formal design was the clients choice for shrub and bed styles – some modification were made from the original design. Weekly visits by the maintenance gardening crew, unique pruning considerations needed to keep shrubs formal in appearance. Extensive interlocking stone was to be kept weed and moss free – black bark mulch was cultivated bi-weekly to keep a “fresh” appearance. Diverse plant material required special attention on this project.

The Filice Residence

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Entrants in the Caterpillar Award of Excellence for Landscape Construction have already won an award from their respective provincial association. They have undergone two rounds of judging, provincially and nationally.

Daccord Webster Landscape, QC Les Artisans du Paysage, QC TOPIA, QC English Lawns Ltd., BC Blasig Landscape & Construction Ltd., BC

The criteria that the national judges base their decisions on are as follows: 1. Overall ďŹ rst impression and general appearance. 2. Degree of diďŹ&#x192;culty/uniqueness of the situation. 3. Harmony of design elements. 4. Integration of hard and soft materials. 5. Inclusion of unique elements: night lighting; fountains; statuary...etc... 6. Ecological balance between hard and soft areas. 7. Quality of hard materials. 8. Installation techniques and correctness. 9. Quality and health of soft materials. 10. Installation and correctness of soft materials. 11. Quality/condition of turf areas. 12. Cultivated/weed free planted areas. 13. Unique use of plant materials.

Excel Landscaping & Design, BC First Choice Landscaping, AB Peter Hughes Landscape, AB JVR Landscape (2006) Inc., AB Creative Light & Landscape, NS Price's Cobblestone, NS Down to Earth, NS Oriole Landscaping Ltd., ON Juergen Partridge Ltd., ON Tumber & Associates, ON Price Landscaping Services Ltd., NB J&K Zinn Landscape Cosntruction, MB Parkland Landscaping, MB

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Daccord Webster Paysage

Stuart Webster, 180, rue peel, bureau 400, Sainte Foy, QC H3C 2G7, Tel: 514-876-0178

The clients wanted a garden adapted to todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hectic life without sacrificing privacy, warmth and comfort. The area is nestled between buildings and enclosed by a wooden fence. Its dimensions inhibit movement and therefore seriously impede access for our work. The landscaper divided the long and narrow yard into three areas of activity: meals, relaxation and conversation. The table in the middle is a natural point of convergence for parents and friends to enjoy a fine meal. A parasol and basin provide a cozy atmosphere that focuses our attention on the table. The concrete, wood and steel give the area a contemporary allure that is in tune with the interior of the home.

Convivial and Contemporary

Les Artisans du Paysage

Jack Lavoie, 1930, rue Jules Verne, Sainte Foy, QC G2G 2R2, Tel: 418-871-8378

The clients wanted a warm and welcoming garden with a natural appearance that would not block the view. To meet the clientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wishes, the landscaper decided to create visual contrasts and use the view of the mountain as a focal point. The designers decided to change the layout of the property by integrating clusters of colourful vegetation. A wooden terrace atop the new rock outcrop provides the owners with a breathtaking view of their home, the pool and the valley below. It is accessed via a slab-stoned stairway. An adjacent little stream cascades over a series of stones to the pool.

Gagnon-Lavoie Residence

TOPIA

Jocelyn Lussier, 4677 Rue Berri, Montreal, QC H2J 2R6, Tel: 514-598-0338

The intention was to create a contemporary garden for contemplation with simple and bold straight lines recalling Asia. The garden comprises of a straightforward rectangular basin surrounded by dense aquatic vegetation including water-lilies, papyrus, arrowheads, rushes and irises. The blossoms, ranging from orange-yellow to blue, create rhythms and surprises as the seasons change. Goldfish and a carp occupy the basin and share honours with the guardians of the realm. The basin is surrounded by a verdant screen of trimmed cedar and boxwood, contrasting with the lighter foliage elsewhere. The Thai sculptures dominate the area. On stone podiums, like actors on a stage, they seem to be walking on water.

Mythology in the Garden

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English Lawns Ltd.

Nick Broad, 2545 Berbyshire Way, North Vancouver, BC V7H 1P9, Tel: 604-929-7732

English Lawns was asked to transform a barge into a temporary floating golf green ‘island’ for a one day competition, including putting green contoured to accept a ball from 175 yards away and 65 feet above sea level, sand traps, and surround. Access was entirely by crane, and watering had to be almost constant, as the growing medium is all sand. The shape of the barge was altered, and landscape cloth dropped around the perimeter the barge. The whole idea was to make it look as little like a barge and as much as an island as possible. The Green is Providence Bent Grass and the surround is Perennial Rye and Kentucky Bluegrass. The trap sand is real white sand trap sand, and a regulation size cup and flag.

Floating Golf Green

Blasig Landscape & Construction Ltd.

Ruth Olde, CLD, 11360 256th St., Maple Ridge, BC V2W 1H1, Tel: 604-462-9144

This property was poorly drained, and the house was physically and emotionally cut off from the street and yet completely open to view. The goal was to make the house more attractive and inviting from the street, and create a private multi-use haven in the back garden that the family could play and entertain in. The back includes a swimming pool, cabana (change and exercise room), glass-covered hot tub, outdoor shower, large patio areas, forest play area, quiet moment spots, and planting that softens the hardscapes and brings colour and life to the garden. The cabana on the west serves as a solid wall providing privacy, and the wrought iron gates with stone pillars on the other side of the property allow a peek-a-boo view, access to the office, and total security, when required.

The Lad Residence

Excel Landscaping & Design

Gerald Cupido, 9298 - 163rd St., Surrey, BC V4N 3C9, Tel: 604-581-0026

The clients wanted a private ‘outdoor room’. This was challenging because the existing yard was wet most of the time, from water coming out of the bank. They started by suggesting that the water could be utilized as a focal feature, with a pond and gentle waterfall. Two sitting areas were designed, connected with stepping stones planted with Thyme and Scotch Moss. The larger patio is close to the kitchen for easy access; the smaller patio in on the other side of the yard for a bit more of a ‘getaway’. Manor square granite for the patio floors and Roman stack wall around the edges for definition and to give a slight sunken feeling. The pond and waterfall create a fascinating focal point between the two patios. A creek bed below the rocks adds to the scene and helps with drainage. 12

The Rybacha Residence

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First Choice Landscaping

Rick Scott, 205-51308 Range Road 224, Sherwood Park, AB T8C 1H3, Tel: 780-918-2700

This yard had an original concrete wall system with a set of stairs going to a lower area where there used to be a tennis court. All the concrete walls were removed and were replaced with a walkway, planters and a fire pit, which wrapped around the upper portion just beyond the original deck. Then to soften the look the concrete walls, a tiered block wall system with planters was installed along with a block stair system to where a lower patio was installed. The old tennis court area was landscaped to create an area with raised beds, walkway, fire pit and lawn to take advantage and compliment the scenery provided by the golf course beyond the landscape construction.

The Edmonton Residence

Peter Hughes Landscape

Peter Hughes, 7203 Flint Place SE, Calgary, AB T2H 1Y8, Tel: 403-543-3999

This project was constructed on a large L-Shaped, lake front home on Lake Bonavista. The client required a significant rear patio and deck for entertaining purposes, which created the issue of “softening” these areas with plant material and shrub beds. The lake front access was small in comparison to the size of the lot. As the home was situated to capture the lake view, a large driveway was required. The contractor attempted to focus the landscape on the garage side of the front yard and the homes’ entranceway.

The Friesen Residence

JVR Landscape (2006) Inc.

John Van Rossel, CLP, CHT, P, Ag., Suite 8, 12210 - 40 st SE, Calgray, AB T2Z 4K6 Tel: 403-257-3479

The clients wanted a front yard with some formality that would compliment the architecture. They have four children and wanted to incorporate the element of “four” into the formality. They wanted four stately trees along the front sidewalk that would become a dominant element once the birch and possible the crab were removed. Brandon elm were used for this. The remaining landscaping was designed with repetition of the element of “four”. Low Cottoneaster hedges border the perennial beds under the elm. These hedges are to be kept narrow and low as front yard delineation from the street, yet provide an unobstructed and welcoming view of the front. Plant material was chosen to give a colourful winter scene with globe spruce and globe cedars, yet leave enough space for colourful displays of flowers in the spring, summer and fall. Ca na d i a n Nur s er y L a n d s c a p e A s s o c i a ti o n 7856 Fif th L ine South Milton, ON L9T 2X8 To l l F r e e : 1 - 8 8 8 - 4 4 6 - 3 4 9 9 | To l l F r e e F a x : 1 - 8 6 6 - 8 3 3 - 8 6 0 3 E m a i l : i n f o @ c a n a d a n u r s e r y. c o m

The Pastewka Residence

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Creative Light & Landscape

Doug Conrad, CHT, CLP, 65 Celtic Drive, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 3G5, Tel: 902-461-1311

This project involved building wooden frames to hold planting medium, veneering the frames with square cut flagstone, insulating and filling planters with soil, laying flagstone on the roof deck, planting, placing beach stone and installing lighting. The construction considerations dealt with the fact that this project was on the sixth floor of a building. As much material as possible was brought up the elevator. When the bulk material (soil, mulch and beach stone) were needed a crane was used.

The Homburg Project

Price’s Cobblestone Paving Ltd.

Shelly Price, RR #1, Site 9, Box 16, Chester, NS B0J 1J0, Tel: 902-275-5780

The Risser’s Beach Boardwalk project was of interest to a community that rallied to have improvements in their area. When the old boardwalk was damaged, after the hurricane and was going to be removed and replaced with a crusher dust trail through the woods, the community lobbied to have it replaced with another boardwalk. With consideration to the size of the worksite -the boardwalk being over 2,000 feet from one end to the other, planning and executing the transportation of equipment, tools and materials where they were needed, was critical to the timely completion of the project.

Risser’s Beach

Down to Earth Gardening & Landscaping Kari Hjukrem, CHT, Box 2245, Wolfville, NS B4P 2N5, Tel: 902-542-5498

A great deal of skill and focus went into the creation of the front drive of this beautiful home. The random pattern of the pavers were enough to throw off any crew, but they endured were able to create an intricate compass design in the heart of the front drive. The client wished for a brightened front yard as it began to take on a very dark and tired look. The client also wanted a landscape project that would lend itself nicely to be wheelchair friendly for when friends and family came to visit. The Crandall Residence

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Oriole Landscaping Ltd.

Peter Guinane, 36 Northline Rd., Toronto, ON M4B 3E2, Tel: 416-696-5110

The rear garden of this home in a trendy downtown area was broken down into two distinct spaces â&#x20AC;&#x201C; upper and lower terrace gardens. The lower terrace garden involved the removal of the existing fence and semiexistent retaining wall. The rear pond was filled in and the deck was scaled back. The west retaining wall was rebuilt to structurally support the raised driveway which leads to a neighbouring south property. The design of this retaining wall is disguised in the construction of the fence. The theme of the fence is carried throughout the property and the triple top rail detail provides a solid connecting horizon for the garden.

Modern Retreat

The second phase of the garden included the replacement of an existing straight staircase with a metal spiral stair. The existing raised deck substructure was reinforced and the decking restructured with new cedar members.

Juergen Partridge Ltd.

Juergen Partridge, 16012 Shaws creek rd, RR1, Terra Cotta, ON L0P 1N0 Tel: 1-800-341-6656

In a pure fusion of art and science, this landscape was an exercise in modern engineering and creativity. In order to orchestrate nature, a thirty-foot engineered sea wall was erected from the shores of Lake Ontario, creating the foundation for this spectacular cliff face landscape. The lower tier of this multi-terraced space holds an organically shaped gunite pool into which ends a thirty foot waterfall. The pool area is encircled by a random flagstone lounge area surrounded by lush plantings.

Perfecting the View

Tumber & Associates

Jason Jayne, RR4, Orangeville, ON L9W 2Z1, Tel: 519-941-3867

At the front entrance of this residence a new welcoming walk fans out to meet the driveway. A touch of formality was appropriate for the entrance and was achieved with a boxwood hedge. The driveway was lined with large sugar maples to accentuate the curves. More parking was needed so a new turnaround was installed. This was hidden and naturalized by surrounding the area with mature 20-foot white pines and garden beds. Major berming and excavation helped to control visual access and extensive plantings and mature spruce were installed for better frontage privacy.

Water is Wonderful

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Price Landscaping Services Ltd.

Kevin Nauss, 47971 Homestead Road, Lutes Mountain, NB E1G 2M2, Tel: 506-858-7800

The project design considerations were to follow the client’s lives and tastes. The clients have a family of 3 preteen age children and do a lot of entertaining, so a useful backyard that is also beautiful was required. The front yard required a dramatic curb appeal with a large front entry design, extensive planting, paverstone walks and driveway, and an interesting fence and arbor. Large plant materials for instant effect were used. With so much stone work going in, compaction was high priority to avoid settlement of walls and pavers.

The Betsch Residence

J&K Zinn Landscape Construction

Johannes Zinn, Box 45, Starbuck, MB R0G 2P0, Tel: 204-735-2408

The initial phases of this project required some unusual reparation, as the yard had two unused water cisterns present. The cavities of the cisterns were backfilled with ¾ down limestone, which were compacted in 5”, lifts creating a solid foundation eliminating any potential settlement. The remaining area was excavated to allow for a 10” base for the patio, and a 6” base for the retaining walls.

Landscape Manitoba

Patio Construction

Roman Pisa II stones were used to create the retaining walls and the curved steps, which lead up to the hot tub. Once the deck support was completed cedar decking was installed to meet the hot tub and steps. This cedar deck creates an even surface for easy access in and out of the hot tub, as well as a sitting area. The patio was constructed using Tuscan paving stones.

Parkland Landscaping

Peter Wyss, Box 1215, Roblin, MB R0L 1P0, Tel: 204-937-8258 Landscape Manitoba

The concrete base had been patched up numerous times, but was again crumbling badly and needed fixing. The legion also wanted to add a commemorative plaque for their fallen comrades of WWII, the War in Korea and another plaque for all the other members of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Merchant Navy, something that had been done at an other cenotaph, but had been put off for decades at this one. A design was created that would add two separate plaques each with a flagpole behind echoed by two large steps in front for wreath display flanked by smaller steps at each side to give access to the flagpoles.

Cenotaph Reconstruction

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Don Chase, cld

After graduating from the University of Guelph in Landscape Architecture, 1970, Don worked as a landscape architect and as a municipal parks planner. In 1978, he moved to the academic field at Humber College where he taught courses in landscape design and construction, construction management and later, CAD for landscape design. At Humber, he also took on the role as program coordinator for the trade of Horticulturist, now Horticultural Technician. Over the past 25 years, he has played a leading role in the development of both the training standard and academic standard for this trade, as well as the overall advancement of the trade across the industry in Ontario. More recently, Don has been instrumental in developing the Certified Landscape Designer program and is an active member of the design commodity group at Landscape Ontario.

Brian Minter

A recipient of the ‘Spirit of Enterprise Award’, the provincial ‘Small Business Excellence Award’, the ‘Order of Canada’ and an ‘Honorary Doctorate of Technology’, Brian Minter, B.A., is a horticulturist, entrepreneur and co-owner with his wife, Faye, of Minter Gardens, a 27 acre world class tourist show garden (opened in 1980) and an innovative destination garden center and greenhouse growing operation in Chilliwack, BC (owned since 1972). Brian is well known from his magazine and syndicated newspaper columns, his own TV and radio programs and his Canadian best selling gardening book, ‘Brian Minter’s New Gardening Guide – Fresh Approaches for Canadian Gardeners’. Brian is in demand internationally as a speaker by industry and by gardening and tourism groups. Actively involved with community organizations, from his chairmanship of the University College of the Fraser Valley to his presidencies of the Kinsmen and Rotary Club, Brian is currently a director of the British Columbia Automobile Association and a founding member of the University College of the Fraser Valley Foundation Board. Ca na d i a n Nur s er y L a n d s c a p e A s s o c i a ti o n 7856 Fif th L ine South Milton, ON L9T 2X8 To l l F r e e : 1 - 8 8 8 - 4 4 6 - 3 4 9 9 | To l l F r e e F a x : 1 - 8 6 6 - 8 3 3 - 8 6 0 3 E m a i l : i n f o @ c a n a d a n u r s e r y. c o m

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Heather Edwards

Heather is the Manager of Parks Planning, Design and Development for the City of Burnaby. Bringing a Bachelor of Recreation Studies together with a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Manitoba, she has focused her work on community development. She has volunteered as a Provincial and National Judge for the Communities in Bloom and Winter Lights for 10 years. In BC she has initiated the creation of the eco-sculpture program and offered assistance and opportunities for other municipalities to learn the technologies and benefits that new program initiatives can bring to a community. The crane and salmon eco-sculpture project received provincial and national awards from BCLNA and CPRA in 2005. Prior to joining the City of Burnaby, Heather worked for Meewasin Valley Authority in Saskatoon Saskatchewan, a Conservation Authority mandated to develop parks, conservation and education programs around the river valley. Heather has also worked in Botswana Africa, Winnipeg and Saskatoon as a Landscape Architect in both thee Public and Private sectors for 15 years.

Ken Rech, m.a.l.a., c.s.l.a Ken Rech is a registered Manitoba landscape architect, who has had his own private consulting practice for 27 years, based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba. His firm has worked on approximately 900 projects over the years, from small private residential scale projects, to larger urban/rural parks, and recreational type projects. The firm has worked primarily within Manitoba, and most recently has been working on many remote northern schools, accessible only by winter roads. Much of Ken Rechâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s works involves the inspection of various Landscape Manitoba member firms works.

Claire Belisle Claireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career in the horticultural industry began almost 20 years ago in 1986 by completing some courses through Guelph University. However, Claire is mostly a selftaught horticulturalist through reading, personal experience and her love for the industry. Claire has played many roles along the way as an advisor in a garden centre, a buyer for a large retail nursery, and she gave private consultations to various horticultural societies regarding garden organization. Claire has also been very involved with horticultural trade magazines. She is a plant photographer, has contributed to the general interest magazine Fleurs, Plantes et Jardins and she revised the Vert Eternal Plants Guide for the third edition. Claire has also contributed to the trade magazine Quebec Vert for the past six years and became their editor in chief in 2004.

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Jeff McMann, isa Jeff McMann is a graduate of the Niagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture. He is also a certified ISA Arborist (International Society of Arboriculture) and is the Supervisor of Forestry for the Town of Markham. His studies were concentrated in all aspects of practical and theoretical horticulture, and in the past two decades, has had many chances to draw upon his knowledge. He has worked for several large scale landscaping operations in the Toronto Area, both in the Maintenance and Construction sectors. Jeff ’s work has appeared in such magazines as Turf and Recreation, the Toronto Star, the Ontario Teachers Magazine and Horticulture Review. He has also received a number of honours and awards, and has judged for Communities in Bloom, Landscape Ontario, America in Bloom, CNLA National Awards and the Mid-Atlantic Horticultural Competition. He has been a presenter at the Niagara Parks Alumni and Landscape Ontario Conferences as well as at the National Parks Symposium. Jeff is a member of Landscape Ontario’s Grounds Maintenance Commodity Group and also an instructor for the winter seminar series. He has volunteered his time to the development of the Landscape Ontario Standards.

Joe Bidermann, cht Joe Bidermann was born in Stuttgart, Germany where he spent the first 33 years of his life before immigrating to the South Shore of Nova Scotia in 1996. He has college degrees in Early Childhood Education, and Environmental Science, which introduced him to horticulture and ornamental landscaping. Joe started Joe Bidermann Landscaping Design in 1994 in Germany, and has continued this business since his immigration. Early on in his career Joe became fascinated by the combination of natural stone and plants, which is frequently reflected in his designs. In 1999 he received an Award of Excellence for Workmanship and Design, and in 2000 he was the winner in the Design/Build category of Landscape Nova Scotia’s Awards Of Excellence Program. A member of Landscape Nova Scotia since 1998, Joe served as a director from 2000 until 2002, and continues to be involved as a judge for the Awards of Excellence. He is Vice-Chair of the Atlantic Association of Landscape Designers, and became chair of the Association in January 2005 during Hort East. Joe became a Certified Horticultural Technician (Installation) in 2004.

Susan Murray, p. ag, isa Susan M. Murray is a third generation horticulturist, a Registered Professional Agrologist, Certified Arborist and an award winning educator and public speaker. She is the founder of the Fraser Valley Heritage Tree Society and its current president.

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Betty Cunnin, isa, cht Encouraged by her first employer, Trudy Vanderburg of Dynamic Gardening, to pursue a horticulture apprenticeship, Betty Cunnin didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop there. She continued her education to achieve a Trades Qualification in Horticulture, become a Certified Arborist and a Certified Horticultural Technician, and completed the North Shore Continuing Education Residential Garden Design course. In 2000, Betty began teaching apprenticeship courses at Kwantlen University College. Her skills as a committed and dynamic teacher quickly became known. She now instructs Plant Identification, Landscape Design, Installation and Maintenance, Arboriculture and Landscape Maintenance, and has been given a part-time faculty position at Kwantlen. Betty operates her own landscape maintenance and design company, specializing in small residential gardens, and she has volunteered with the CanWest Show, BC Home & Garden Show, and has been a landscape certification judge.

Robert Welsh An integral volunteer with the CanWest show, Landscape Executive committee, and works extensively with HortEducationBC. Rob is extremely passionate about the horticulture industry, and is very involved in numerous activities. He is quick to volunteer his time to the trade, and promotes the association, its professionalism, and the benefits of involvement to his students (making him an excellent member recruiter).

Neil Pond

Neil Pond is President and owner of Urban Landscaping Ltd. in Rothesay, NB. He is a graduate of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, holding a landscape horticulture diploma, and is a Master Composter. Neil began Urban Landscaping Ltd. in 1989 and under his direction the enterprise has grown into the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier landscaping company. Urban Landscaping also boasts a full property maintenance division and a compost manufacturing facility. Besides achieving Master Composter status, Neil saw to it that his company would be the first in New Brunswick to achieve full IPM accreditation and is currently awaiting recognition of being a certified Aquascape contractor. He has been on the Board of Directors of Landscape New Brunswick and was a founding member of the Kennebecasis Valley Chamber of Commerce.

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