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am writing this column from a hotel room in Venlo, near Amsterdam. I am here with the Canadian delegation to present an official bid for an Association of International Producers of Horticulture (AIPH) sanction for Flora Niagara 2017.

For a few days the Canadian delegation and I visited Floriade 2012, a world-class horticultural expo that opened on Apr. 5 and closed Oct. 7.

Floriade is only held every ten years.

The history goes back to 1960 in Rotterdam, Holland. There were five linking areas within a 66-hectare park setting; each world area had its own unique décor, program and activities. World areas offer the feel and experience one finds in nature.

The first area I visited was Relax and Heal. It put visitors in balance with nature in an oriental setting. It showcased healing herbs, tea rituals, barefoot paths and a spa-like ambiance, providing every visitor with a special yin yang experience.

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This display showed how nature influences health and wellbeing through some incredibly creative gardens and pavilions.

The next work was entitled Green Engine. This area showed nature combining with industry and how they effectively co-exist in a sustainable way. It contained a huge indoor flower show and imaginary auctions where people could bid on flowers. The area really showed the importance and vitality of horticulture.

The third world I visited was Education and Innovation. This display highlighted the world’s changing perspectives and symbolism of how we look at the future. All the pavilions were very impressive with many striking and innovative ideas.

I was particularly taken with the My Green World pavilion, sponsored by the government of the Netherlands. The building was 15 metres high and one of the landmarks at Floriade. It contained numerous stations that exhibited new ideas and focused on innovative ways to use water, making energy from algae and many solutions to conserve energy.

The area entitled, Environment, was all about bringing green to the city: indoors and outdoors, and at home and at work.

Fabulous innovative gardens, designed and built by creative landscape architects,

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designers and contractors showed how flowers, plants, trees, vegetables and fruits can improve the quality of life.

The last section was the World Show Stage. Here, visitors were exposed to other cultures and their art, culture and entertainment. You could sample food and enjoy international entertainment in a spectacular amphitheatre, which featured numerous concerts. Over 30 countries were represented.

I was so very impressed with Floriade 2012. This park was rooted in nature, and completely surrounded by a mature forest.

The five different theme areas, each with its own unique design, planting and pavilions, were a pleasure to experience.

What I have learned about the world expo exhibits is that a venue like this is not only a fabulous experience for the visitor, but an important catalyst for future development. After the exhibition, the Floriade park will be transformed into the Venlo Green Park, a distinctive business park for the horticultural sector that, thanks to Floriade 2012, will provide a green environment with functional buildings and great landscaping for future development.

Our Canadian delegation, awarded our sanction from the AIPH on Sept. 11, is hopeful that Flora Niagara will provide the same experience as Floriade 2012 to Niagara in 2017. See story on page 5.

What a great display and tribute to horticulture this could potentially be for future generations.

Phil Charal may be reached at pcharal@landscapeontario.com.

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“Expo grows and changes every year, striving to be better than it has ever been before,” says Heather MacRae, LO’s director of events and trade shows. “It is an accurate reflection of Ontario’s green industry, which is always on the lookout for new merchandising concepts, new products and new services that stimulate homeowners to make purchases. The show floor will be full of top-notch Expo is a great opportunity to network with clients, colleagues and other professionals. exhibitors, innovative new products, plants and services to help retailWednesday, October 17, 2012 Now what is His Royal Highness (HRH), lence winners. Plaques will ers make 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, be presented at this time. their stores doing on the cover of this issue of LandKicking off the second interesting Thursday, October 18, 2012 scape Ontario magazine? and final day of the show, destinations 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Glad you asked! He is not coming to Thurs., Oct. 18, will be for their cusOntario. He wasn’t just here, and no, he an intense, yet entertaintomers.”

Toronto Congress Centre, is not likely to sign on as a LO member. ing session on Planning IdentifyNorth Building However, this past spring in associafor Profit presented by Jill ing emerging Parking is free tion with the Prince’s Foundation he did Jensen, founder of Jill Jentrends and meet with Expo keynote speaker David sen Botanical Specialties, showcasTo register go to: Domoney, who will headline the Wed., and Sue Blaney of Lechuza ing the next Oct. 17 breakfast event at Landscape Canada, a life-time entrebig thing for Ontario’s trade show, Expo. preneur and international home garExpo takes place on Oct. 17 – 18 at traveler. Garden centre dens is a the north building of the Toronto Congress retailers and florists, as well as interior, flolarge reason why the Oct. 17 and 18 event Centre. ral and landscape designers, will find this is the ideal forum for garden centres, floDomoney said of his meeting with HRH session inspiring. Tickets include breakfast rists, interior plantscapers and landscape Prince Charles, “While some of us were and are $65 per member and $85 for nondesigners to see what consumers will be making the frantic dash to find the perfect members. looking for next spring. present for Mother’s Day, in a light-hearted According to Landscape Ontario’s GarGreat networking opportunities exchange, I said the flowers would make den Centre Sector Group and Flowers Expo offers a great opportunity to netan ideal gift. Prince Charles replied, ‘Don’t Canada Retail, a hot trend heading into work with large numbers of people who worry, I already have that nailed.’ ” 2013 continues to be container gardening. make their living in the green industry. The Show visitors won’t want to miss havLearn from the best face-to-face communication should not be ing their creativity sparked by free conSession tickets include breakfast at $65 missed. tainer demonstrations taking place daily in for members and $85 for non-members.

Along with networking with your peers, the Destination Inspiration Theatre. ConDomoney will highlight Diamonds in the this year’s show is jam-packed with infortainer gardening appeals to gardeners of Rough, and include unique and improved mative seminars and special events that all skill levels, and many retailers are sellideas for retail strategy and success, using are beneficial for garden centre, floral and ing container gardens that are ready to his recent travels from around the globe. nursery businesses. go, making it easy for customers new to Learn how to turn your business into a Expo 2012 is an ideal venue for peogardening. Skilled gardeners, who prefer compelling destination. All stage presentaple from every segment of the floriculto build their own container gardens, will tions will be held in the Destination Inspiture and horticulture industry to gather to find garden centres well stocked with new ration Theatre — your best opportunity find inspiration, creative merchandising varieties on display at the New Products to watch and learn from the best in the concepts, and participate in professional Showcase. industry. development programs that will enhance Full schedule and event details, Also taking place at the breakfast event their knowledge and career opportunities. including registration, can be found at www.loexpo.ca. is the ceremony announcing the 2012 garParticipants will meet and get advice from den centre and growers Awards of Excelleading industry experts and vendors who

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Flora Niagara 2017 approved by world body health and tourism benefits of horticulture and green space.

“If the event is successful, it will create jobs and showcase our industry to the world.

These events are expensive to produce, but the return is enormous. The best part is that there is a legacy of benefit left for generations,” says DiGiovanni.

The organizers believe 2017 is the best year to host the annual event because it falls on Canada’s 150th birthday.

An artistic concept of what Flora Niagara 2017 could look like.

Preliminary plans Excitement reigned when approval was call for most of the displays to be located announced for Flora Niagara 2017 by on Niagara Parks Commission land. Addithe International Association of Horticultional areas would also include the Royal tural Producers (AIPH) at Floriade 2012 in Botanical Gardens and the Niagara Parks Venlo, Netherlands.

Members of the Ontario delegation were all thumbs-up after the announcement.

Attending the event were LO president Phil Charal, project leader Michel Gauthier, Niagara Region chair Gary Burroughs, Tourism Partnership of Niagara ceo Robin Garrett, executive director of Hamilton Halton Brant Regional Tourism Association Maria Fortunato, Niagara Parks Commission general manager John Lohuis and Niagara Parks director Debbie Whitehouse.

Flora Niagara will be a 150-day event in 2017 that is expected to draw more than two-million visitors and generate an economic impact of more than $800 million.

AIPH is a coordinating body that represents horticultural producer organizations across the world. Members of the Flora Niagara committee present at the announcement said that the bid presentation was very well received. “When the images of the main site concept and its proximity to the Falls were shared, there was great excitement in the room. Following the presentation, the chair of AIPH, Doeke Faber, commented that he was now inspired to visit Niagara, Canada,” said Michel Gauthier.

LO executive director Tony DiGiovanni says that the reason Landscape Ontario is involved is to act as a catalyst for economic development and to raise awareness for the environmental, social, recreational,

Botanical Gardens.

Joining Landscape Ontario as stakeholders for Flora Niagara are The Tourism Partnership of Niagara, Hamilton Halton Brant Regional Tourism Association, Royal Botanical Gardens, Centre-South-West region of RDEE Ontario and Vineland Research and Innovation Centre.

Financial estimates to operate the event have been as high as $400-million.

This year’s show in Holland cost around $200-million, while the 2011 event in China cost $500-million and the Taiwan event in 2010 came in at $400-million.

DiGiovanni responds, “It doesn’t have to cost that much, but we said this event is going to be a catalyst, so we asked for the wish list,” using the 2012 exhibition in Holland cost of around $200 million as an example.

The group has begun to work securing private financial support for the project. If achieved, the two levels of government are expected to follow. Robin Garrett has been quoted, “It’s daunting, but we know there’s a lot of interest out there.”

Details about the event, including quotes from supporters, can be found in Flora Niagara’s bid document on www.floraniagara.com.

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between Alliston and Kearney. He also became more involved in other operations, Creemore Holdings, and two 140acre tobacco farms. At the time he also planted Scotch pine Christmas tree seedlings. In 1960, John took control of Creemore Holdings upon the death of his uncle Peter Thomson. A year later, he began cultivating trees for landscape purposes, and sold the tobacco rights, changing the name from Creemore Holdings to Somerville Nurseries.

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John Somerville honoured for his lifetime of achievement Friends, family and colleagues had the opportunity to honour the lifetime of work

by John Somerville on Aug. 29 at the Riverwood Retirement Home in Alliston.

Many industry leaders stepped forward to acknowledge the great contributions by Somerville and the major role he played in the growth of the horticulture trades.

The tribute was organized by Doug Drysdale of Drysdale Tree Farms. On hand to honour John Somerville’s contributions to the forestry and landscaping industries were representatives from Landscape Ontario, the Ontario Forestry Association, Professional Foresters Association, University of Toronto, Trees Ontario and several other groups.

Landscape Ontario executive director Tony DiGiovanni presented a plaque to John Somerville on behalf of the association. “John has been an important contributor to the landscape industry.”

In a news article about the tribute, Fred Somerville is quoted as saying about his dad, “I think the main gist of the award is that he’s one of the private individuals who have forested more of southern Ontario than anyone else. He’s been selling trees here for 62 years. I don’t know anyone else in the private sector that would have been so instrumental planting trees in southern Ontario.”

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Began as a lumber cruiser

John Somerville’s history goes back to the end of the war in 1948. Following his graduation from from University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Science in Forestry, Somerville started working for the family business, Peter Thomson and Sons Lumber Company, which had cutting rights in Algonquin Park, near Kearney. He worked as a “lumber cruiser” marking trees to be cut into logs.

Son Tom relates how his dad would travel to Toronto on his Harley motorcycle to visit his future wife Jean, who was still in school. In those days, the 300 km trip was a tough challenge on a meandering two-lane road.

The couple married in 1950, and moved to Kearney, where they built a house.

They have three children, Fred, Tom and Robert. Today, Fred is the president of Somerville Nurseries, and Tom is the coordinator of the Pesticide Technician Program through Landscape Ontario.

The year 1957 brought a move to Barrie, where John worked at company operations

Somerville Nurseries can boast of being the largest Christmas tree producer in Ontario. It is also a major supplier of landscape nursery stock. In 1995, the company began preparing to become a major producer of conifer and deciduous seedlings and transplants for reforestation and conservation plantings.

Somerville Nurseries sells over three million seedlings and about 130,000 Christmas trees each year. They are shipped all across Canada and the U.S. Fred also related how his dad is a professional forester and supported the forestry association forever. John Somerville also worked to create the Christmas Tree Farmers of Ontario in the 1950s.

John Somerville is one of the pioneers who shaped the industry into what it is today. For a few hours on Aug. 29, that industry took advantage of the opportunity to acknowledge the fact.

A photo and mention of the special day can be found elsewhere in this issue in Tony DiGiovanni’s column on page 28.

In 1950, John Somerville rode his Harley over some rough terrain.

ASSOCIATION NEWS Returning home proves great success for snow symposium

was by the Ministry of Transportation.

Companies exhibiting products in the trade show included Allstone Equipment – Meyer Products, HM Snow Removal Markers, Cubex Limited, DEL Diesel Equipment, Da-Lee Professional Dust and Ice Management Solutions, Draglam Salt, Drive Products, Drivetec, Eastern Farm Machinery, Eco Solutions, Eloquip, Ground Control Contracting, Innovative Surface Solutions, Joe Johnson Equipment, Marsh Canada, Martek Supply, MegaDome/Harnois Industries, Nisco National Leasing, Rittenhouse, Road Equipment Links, Snow and Ice Management Association, Smart about Salt, Tillson Brands, Total Equipment Rentals, Twin Equipment and Voth Sales and Service.

Sheridan Nurseries named INTERNATIONAL Grower of the Year

A Ministry of Transportation representative was a popular attraction at the Snow Symposium.

Coming back home proved the right move for the Landscape Ontario Snow and Ice Symposium, held on Sept. 20 at LO’s Milton home office.

More than 250 people participated in educational events, trade show and networking. Both the trade show and conference were sold out.

The show was last held at the LO home office in 2009, later moving to larger quarters in Kitchener when it was felt the show had out-grown the facilities at LO. By reconfiguring the set-up for the show at home office, this year proved that the home office could accommodate attendance numbers.

Rain held off until half-way through the day, and then really came down, which Year Anniversary proved a benefit to the exhibitors inside the greenhouse. Also, the smell of fresh popped popcorn didn’t hurt.

Appreciation went to the symposium sponsors Tillson Brands, Jet Blue and Allstone Equipment.

Three conferences were available.

Managing Your Risk was a panel presentation moderated by Gerald Boot CLP, interim chair of the LO Snow and Ice Sector Group. Panel members included Robert Kennaley from law offices of McLauchlin & Associates and Lyne Erwin from Marsh Canada. Ice Melters: Suc-

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cess Stories! was a presentation by Brian Perras, director of the LO Snow and Ice Sector Group. This presentation included Dr. Liping Fu of the University of Waterloo, and William and Nicole Jordan from Urban Meadows Landscaping.

Another popular presentation was entitled What’s New? The Latest Equipment and Technology. This presentation was by Robert Roszell, RELinks, with John Schroeter of Ideal Surfacing, Mark Kough of Henderson Truck Equipment and Tim Van Seters of Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.

One of the most popular demonstrations

Landscape Ontario member Sheridan Nurseries won a world title as Grower of the Year.

The International Grower of the Year award, symbolized by the Golden Rose Trophy, was presented to Bill Stensson, Sheridan ceo, on Sept. 13, in Venlo, the Netherlands.

“This is like winning the Stanley Cup,” said Karl Stensson, president of Sheridan Nurseries, when contacted by Landscape Ontario magazine. “What a tremendous sense of pride and boost of morale for everyone at Sheridan.”

The company gathered staff members together for a photograph with the Golden Rose Trophy to commemorate the win.

Stensson related how the sense of pride was evident throughout staff members, and that even the off-shore workers wanted individual photos so that they could send them back home to family.

And, like the Stanley Cup, the trophy will move throughout Sheridans’ nine retail garden centres and each employee will have a chance to have the trophy sit on his desk.

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It’s the whole package.”

It comes at a great time for Sheridan Nurseries. Next year the company celebrates its 100th anniversary. “This award is icing on the cake for our big birthday next year,” said Stensson.

The competition was tough. AIPH narrowed nominees to growers from the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Karl Stensson Canada, England, Italy and the Netherlands; all growers who won national titles in their respective countries. Sheridan won the 2011 Canadian title, administered by CNLA, to qualify for the international competition.

According to the AIPH president Doeke Faber, even the pre-selection was difficult with the quality of the finalists never as high as this year. “All the participants are excellent companies and very modern state of the art examples for the ornamental industry,” said Faber.

In announcing Sheridan Nurseries’ win,

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a press release from AIPH stated, “Sheridan Nurseries is an example of a fully-integrated producer. With a strong emphasis on new varieties every year, an excellent human resource and education policy, high quality standards, water management, and sustainable production policy, Sheridan won the Golden Rose.”

This is the second consecutive win for Canada. Byland Nurseries from B.C. won the title last year.

To view Sheridan’s staff photo on Facebook, go to http://on.fb.me/V5TZB5. And, to read more about the Golden Rose award go to http://bit.ly/Vj07V0.

Team effort steps up TO help ALS victim

For the past year, each issue of Landscape Ontario magazine has featured a number of projects our members have performed in their community.

This month we feature a project that involved a number of members.

Adam Bienenstock, founder and principal designer at Natural Playgrounds of Dundas, contacted Tony DiGiovanni, LO executive director, about friends from Ancaster, Lesli Smith and her husband Darren who was struck by ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Bienenstock said that the family needed some landscaping for a new entrance to the house and an accessible wheelchair ramp that wraps around the house to Smith’s bedroom.

“All I did was make a call to Tony and then leave the country for work, while he called Walter (Hasselman, owner of Dutchman’s Landscaping in Burlington),

who scrambled a team and donations to make it happen. Walter did all of the heavy lifting on this one,” says Bienenstock.

Lesli Smith wrote that the path Landscape Ontario put in looks fantastic. “I don’t even know how to begin to thank you, getting a ramp path in place and done in time for the arrival of his wheelchair. The path Landscape Ontario put in looks fantastic. The wheelchair drives wonderfully on the path and ramp.”

She continued in her letter, “The day that Landscape Ontario came was also the day that all of our friends and family came to demolish the garage. In total, around 35 people were here. It was like an extreme home makeover. Cars were parked all the way around the block. The garage came down, Darren’s man-shed was moved, the path was put in, the ramp was built…the energy of everyone was incredible. It is a day we will never forget.”

Lesli Smith wrote that “It is incredible to receive the support, friendship and love from so many wonderful people like yourself. We truly appreciate you forwarding our name to Landscape Ontario and for being so generous with your time and thoughts.”

Adam Bienenstock says, “This project made me proud to be working in this business and proud to be a part of Landscape Ontario.”

LO members show off talent at Planter Box event

As part of the Celebrate Yonge event in Toronto, Landscape Ontario members took over the busiest section along the province’s longest street.

Over 150 planters were created to serve as barriers between pedestrian areas and lanes of traffic from Queen to Gerrard. Over 20 participants responded to the Live Green Planter Box Challenge to landscaping professionals from all over Ontario to build themed floral arrangements.

“The landscapers accepted the challenge (thanks to Landscape Ontario spreading the word) and created beautiful plantings that showcased throughout our event area,” said the project manager Susan Williston. “The amazing contest plantings made it difficult to choose just one and the judges named three arrangements as their overall favourites.”

Three members of Landscape Ontario were chosen as the top planters. They are Rembrandt Landscaping at Milton and Landscape Garten, Stouffville, and Green Valley Landscaping of Etobicoke.

The winners were announced at the Cel-

ebrate Yonge VIP Cocktail Reception at the Massey Tower on Aug. 23.

A panel of judges consisting of Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, Lawson Oates from the City of Toronto Environment Office, Frank Ferragine from Breakfast Television and Christopher Hume from the Toronto Star were assigned the task of determining the Challenge’s overall winner. The judges based their decision on who best interpreted themes with bonus points being awarded for environmentally friendly plants, materials and practice.

“This was such a great experience.

Everyone who participated in this one should be rightfully congratulated on a job well done!!” said Irene Belo owner of Green Valley Landscaping.

Linda Dauphinee, owner of Rembrandt Landscaping, said, “We used the challenge as a team building exercise. The entire group had a great time brainstorming ideas for the five planters we chose to enter in the challenge.

Our theme was quaint waterfront. The lighthouse planter was the winner for us. We constructed the planters at our shop in Milton with materials from Putzer Nurseries and Terra Greenhouses. The team then transported and installed the planters at the corner of Edward St. and Yonge St.” Dauphinee related the experience of receiving the award on Aug. 23, when she took her team out to dinner and then proceeded to Massey Tower for the reception. “The team was buzzing with excitement, and when it was announced that we were one of the winners, that excitement was over the top!”

Margarete Haefele CLD, owner of Landscape Garten, says, “I felt planter boxes in such an area need to have driveby appeal. By winning the planter box challenge, I realized that my entry helped to bring people into the space to enjoy it as only pedestrians would. That was the whole point in Celebrate Yonge! The challenge pushed the boundaries for people up and down on Yonge Street. People enjoyed moving out in the open spaces afforded by the planter boxes. It was a joy to see people just being there…playing, relaxing, talking, sunning.”

The floral arrangements were on display until festival’s end on Sept. 16. LO members taking part in the event were Allweather Landscaping of Toronto, Balfour Greenhouse of Fenwick, Cultivate Design of Toronto, Elm Landscaping of North York, Green Valley Landscaping, Landscape Garten, LawnSavers of Concord (entering on behalf of Project

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Barbecue again a success for Durham Chapter

A winning planter created by Green Valley Landscaping.

Evergreen/ Nursery Sod Growers Association), Neighbourhood Landscaping of Etobicoke, Oasis Landscaping of Maple, Rembrandt Landscaping, Silver Stone Landscaping of Concord and Summerhill Nurseries of Toronto. Other participants included Evergreen Garden Market, GGL Landscape Services, Janet Rosenberg and Associates, MBTW Group, Northend Gardens, Royal Botanical Gardens, Toronto Botanical Gardens and Young Urban Farmers.

Sponsors included Legends Landscape Supply, Connon Nurseries/NVK, Unilock, Brothers Equipment Rental, Lockwood Chrysler, Terra Greenhouses, DNM Systems and Salerno Dairy.

The following companies donated prizes: Techo-Bloc, Integrated Appliances, Brooklin/Armtec, Santerra Stonecraft, The Salt Depot, Future Road

It was a great day for a barbecue on Aug. 23, when the Durham Chapter staged its annual barbecue and supplier showcase at Durham College’s Whitby campus Approximately 150 people enjoyed the hospitality of the Chapter serving hamburgers, sausages, salad and corn-on-the-cob.

Special guests included LO president Phil Charal, public relations director Denis Flanagan and membership coordinator Helen Hassard.

Suppliers helping to make the event a success included All Ontario Hydroseeding of Oshawa, Armtec of Guelph, Arnt’s Topsoil of Pickering, Battlefield, Bobcat of Durham of Courtice, BOT Aggregate of Oakville, Direct Solutions of Brantford, Durham Truck and Equipment Sales and Service of Ajax, Environmental Factor of Ajax, Envirobond of Burlington, Evergreen Farm and Garden of Orono, Grobark (Ontario) of Caledon, Innovative Surface Solutions of Ajax, Investors Group, Jensen Trailer Sales and Service of Oshawa, Kobes Nurseries of Bowmanville, Oaks Pavers of Brampton, Permacon, Sheridan Nurseries, Speare Seeds of Harriston, Turf Care Products of Milton and Unilock. Landscape Ontario, Durham College and Parkwood National Historic Site all shared a booth.

Fun dominates Golden Horseshoe Chicken Roast

Over 200 people enjoyed the 2012 version of the Golden Horseshoe Chapter’s Chicken Roast.

Legends Landscape Supply in Burlington hosted this year’s event on Sept.

13. Along with great barbecued chicken, visitors enjoyed a fire-eating dancer, a face-painting clown, a bungee run and a busker act.

Funds raised from the raffle went towards Miracles for Mitch, a fund to assist Mitchell Condren, who was paralyzed in a dirt biking accident this past May. Long-time Chapter board member Walter Hasselman was presented with a gift for all his hard work on the board, before he stepped down last year.

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These girls had fun at the face-painting booth, at the Golden Horseshoe Chapter Chicken Roast before grabbing great chicken and corn.

Chapter golf tournaments

Growing today for a greener tomorrow

New London chapter president Jarrett Woodard greets those attending the London Golf Tournament on Sept. 14, at the Pine Knot Golf Course in Dorchester.

The 2012 Ottawa Chapter Golf Tournament on Aug. 22 offered some great prizes provided by generous donors. Proceeds from this year’s tournament were donated to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation to help fund its research and programs. The tournament was held at the Canadian Golf and Country Club in Ashton.

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ASSOCIATION NEWS LO nursery growers receive help

Landscape Ontario has announced that Dr. Jeanine West has been hired to support nursery growers in Ontario under the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) which funded the boxwood blight project. Dr. West will also be encouraging nurseries to become involved in the to increase Ontario participation in the Clean Plants Certification program.

Dr. West was instrumental in developing boxwood blight best management practices for the nursery and retail industries while working as a manager for Sheridan Nurseries. She has a scientific background and practical experience in container and field production and business, as well as nutrient Dr. Jeanine West and pest management.

Recently, Dr. West left Sheridan to start an independent horticultural consulting company, PhytoServ. Her main goal through the boxwood project is to advise growers on best management practices, including biosecurity, IPM, traceability, and continual improvement, and to deliver the new IPM Manual to growers.

Her contract runs until October 2013.

To contact Jeanine West to book your free on-site consultation, email her at

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jwest@phytoserv.com, or by phone 705-796-8812.

IPM manual ready for nurseries

Landscape Ontario has recently produced a new manual to help nursery growers improve their pest management programs.

Following an extensive research process, best practices were written into a manual, entitled Practical Integrated Pest Management: A framework for pest management in nursery crop production.

To create the IPM best practices, researchers met with growers to determine which best practices would improve biosecurity for nurseries.

Consultants Mario Lanthier of CropHealth Advising and Research in B.C. and James Dennis, who wrote the manual, were hired by LO, with funding from Growing Forward and administered by the Agricultural Adaptation Council.

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) focuses on the prevention of, rather than the reaction to pest outbreaks. “While IPM requires more effort up front in monitoring and identifying pests, the results are that new pests can be identified sooner, fewer chemicals are required, and the treatments tend to be more effective as they are specific to a certain pest at a given developmental stage,” says Dr. Jeanine West, an independent consultant contracted by LO to provide training and advice on biosecurity and other phytosanitary management practices. See following story for more infor-

mation on Dr. West.

“The transition to IPM from a traditional, reactive approach takes time, and relevant resources are required to make decisions throughout the growing season.

This new IPM manual provides those resources, along with a self-assessment tool to determine your current nursery status,” says West.

Growers may access the manual through the Landscape Ontario website at www.horttrades.com/integrated-pestmanagement-and-biosecurity-manual as well as through onsite consultations with Jeanine West.

Growers visit Norfolk and Elgin operations

An enthusiastic group took part in the 2012 Growers’ Tour, visiting four sites in the counties of Norfolk and Elgin.

Approximately 50 people boarded the bus on Sept. 11 at the LO home office in Milton, and later in Woodstock, to begin the tour that visited Fox Hollow Farms, St. Williams Nursery and Ecology Centre, Moore Water Gardens and Canadale Nurseries.

The 2012 tour organizers included members of the Growers Sector Group, Mark Ostrowski, Dave Braun, Gerwin Bouman, Jen Llewellyn and Kathleen Pugliese.

The photographs on page 13 reflect some of the impressive nurseries visited by the growers this year.

Plantscape professionals have new reference tool

Members of the interior plantscape industry have a new reference tool, the Interior Plantscape Reference and Study Manual.

Produced by Landscape Ontario, the publication is a training tool for the interior plantscaper and recommended to

Lead greenhouse grower Wilma Wiersma at St. Williams Nursery and Ecology Centre in St. Williams explains some of the work required to produce over 300 native plant species grown at the 250 acre facility.

Farley See shows members of the tour one of the beautiful lotus flowers produced at Moore Water Gardens in Port Stanley.

At Canadale Nurseries in St. Thomas, a hayride allowed visitors to view the 110 acre production nursery.

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prepare for the Landscape Industry Certified Interior Technician exam.

Topics covered include plant basics and nutrition, soil quality, diagnosis and control of interior plant problems, green wall basics and pest, plant, and people management.

Author of the manual is well-known horticultural educator Fred Prescod, a member of the LO Interior Plantscapes Sector Group. In the manual’s 136 pages, he shares his more than 28 years of experience in the interior plantscape industry. The book includes an extensive profile section of many of the foliage plants used to enhance interior spaces.

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Look for Pro Dev Guide

Accompanying this issue of Landscape Ontario magazine is the new 44-page Professional Development Guide that is filled with over 130 seminars, information on special events throughout the year and much more.

It’s a great opportunity to help you gain skill, earning power and efficiency.

The Guide will also be available at Expo 2012 on Oct. 17 and 18, and may be accessed online at http://bit.ly/Pn781J.

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Retail exam updated

The Landscape Industry Certified Retail Horticulturist (formerly Certified Horticultural Technician) exam has been updated to reflect the changing nature of retail garden centres.

The updated exam is still a combination written and practical evaluation, and is based on the principles of validity (how close to it relates to the job), reliability (how objective the test is) and defensibility (how well it holds up to scrutiny).

Developed by a panel of experts, a greater emphasis was put on customer ser-

vice and merchandising skills, as well as integrated pest management techniques and products.

The occupational standard was used to create a new set of written exam questions and new practical exam stations.

Most notably, the forklift station has been removed from the evaluation, given the need for separate certification for operation in most provinces.

The other significant change for the new exam is an improved scoring system for the practical testing. Like the Landscape Industry Certified Technician exam, the retail exam is now based on a 100-point maximum deduction scale. This helps candidates better evaluate their performance, and turn the exam into a learning experience.

The written exam has also been given an overhaul with a new bank of questions.

As part of ongoing quality control, exam questions will be monitored for problem areas and updated to ensure the best test for industry.

Dates have been set for Landscape Industry Certified designations. They are: Oct. 16, Expo, with all designations written test, 6 p.m. at Doubletree Toronto Airport; Oct. 25, All designations written test, Landscape Ontario home office; Oct. 26, last hands-on technician test this year, at Landscape Ontario home office; Nov. 16, Retail horticulturist written exam at Landscape Ontario home office; Nov. 20, Retail horticulturist hands-on test at Sheridan Nurseries, Mississauga. Information about tests, dates and locations, becoming a judge for a test, and sponsorship opportunities can all be found at www.horttrades.com/ landscape-industry-certified-cht.

VOLUNTEER PROFILE Love of the environment spurred Childs to volunteer Since 2004, Terry Childs has been a consistent volunteer at Landscape Ontario.

He owns and operates Natural Care Lawn and Garden and Nature’s Way Landscaping, both in Gananoque. In talking about why he became involved with LO, Childs says, “I was very committed to the environment when we started Nature’s Way, and as such I thought it was better to try to influence lawn care operators from within the organization that was working hard to keep cosmetic use of pesticides in lawns. It worked.”

In talking about his favourite memory as a volunteer with LO, Childs says with tongue firmly in cheek, “I have many great memories, but drinking away evenings at Expo and Congress should not be made known to the rest of the world. Seriously, FRIENDSHIP is what it is all about.” He reflects that volunteering is a great way to meet new friends from all aspects of the horticultural field and beyond.

Childs says that besides the benefits of friendship and the positive feeling of helping your industry, volunteering also has business advantages. He cites peer interaction that has helped him with both personal and business growth. “My time volunteering has allowed me to place my businesses where I want to position them and to make them profitable.” Childs says that his time spent helping the association, gave him the opportunity to meet many experts over the years. “It would have cost me many thousands of dollars to go out and pay for the kind of advice

I received from those experts I met and talked to over the years.

Terry Childs feels that continued and improved communication is the key to ensuring that the association prospers.

“It is vitally important as a leader in horticulture that we as an organization, and all the way down to the Chapters, keep lines of communication open with members, potential members, staff, public, municipalities and educational officials.”

He says the association is only as strong as it is because of commitment from the members. “We need to ensure we are working to create continued growth as an organization.

This will only happen if we can strengthen our members and bring more into the family.”

Terry Childs has also volunteered in the political arena. He previously served as the secretary of the Green Party of Ontario and was president of one of the party’s riding associations.

“My son is now in his first year at McMaster University in Hamilton, which has left us as empty nesters, so with some time available to me, I am planning on getting back into politics,” says Childs.

In the meantime, look for Terry Childs at Expo on Oct. 17 and 18. He is wellknown to those attending Expo and Congress for his work coordinating the New Products Showcase. It’s one of the most popular attractions at both shows.

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VINES Campsis radicans ‘Balboa Sunset’ 252 8.00 Campsis radicans ‘Flamenco’ 118 8.00 Campsis tagliabuana ‘Mme Galen’ 122 8.00 Celastrus orbiculatus ‘Hercules’ 149 8.00 Celastrus scandens 345 8.00 Hedera helix 116 6.00 Hedera helix ‘Baltica’ 104 6.00 Lonicera x ‘Mandarin’ 156 8.00 Lonicera heckrottii ‘Goldflame’ 147 8.00 Lonicera japonica ‘Halliana’ 155 8.00 Lonicera japonica ‘Halls Prolific’ 119 6.00 Lonicera per. ‘Serotina’ 126 8.00 Parthenocissus quinq. ‘Engelmannii’ 723 6.00 221 8.00 Parthenocissus quinquefolia 1,000 6.00 Parthenocissus tricus. ‘Veitchii’ 440 6.00 Polygonum aubertii 290 6.00 Vitis riparia 326 8.00

EVERGREENS

Azalea ‘Golden Lights’ 177 13.50 Azalea ‘Mandarin Lights’ 95 13.50 Azalea ‘Orchid Lights’ 434 13.50 Buxus ‘Faulkner’ 264 5.00 Buxus X ‘Green Gem’ 319 5.20 Buxus X ‘Green Mound’ 1,000 5.00 150 11.00 Buxus X ‘Green Mountain’ 824 5.00 110 11.00 Buxus X ‘Green Velvet’ 1,000 5.20 Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Pygmaea’ 189 15.00 Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Filifera’ 262 5.00 35 11.00 Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Coral Beauty’ 341 5.00 474 7.00 Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Major’ 158 7.00 Cotoneaster salicifolius ‘Repens’ 724 7.00 Euonymus fortunei ‘Coloratus’ 921 5.00 Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald Gaiety’ 1,000 5.00 Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald ‘n Gold’ 180 5.00 100 7.00 Euonymus fortunei ‘Sarcoxie’ 633 7.00 Ilex X meserveae ‘Blue Prince’ 289 6.00 92 13.00 Ilex X meserveae ‘Blue Princess’ 202 13.00 Juniperus chinensis ‘Gold Coast’ 117 11.00 Juniperus chinensis ‘Gold Star’ 820 5.00 101 11.00 Juniperus chinensis ‘Mint Julep’ 550 5.00 Juniperus chinensis ‘Pfitz. Compacta’ 602 5.00 93 11.00 Juniperus chinensis ‘San Jose’ 301 5.00 224 11.00 Juniperus communis ‘Repanda’ 360 5.00 84 11.00 Juniperus conferta ‘Blue Pacific’ 420 5.00 200 11.00 Juniperus ‘Holger’ 94 11.00 Juniperus horizontalis 385 5.00 Juniperus horizontalis ‘Andorra Compacta’ 255 5.00 89 9.00 42 11.00 Juniperus horizontalis ‘Blue Prince’ 77 5.00 Juniperus horizontalis ‘Icee Blue’ 868 6.00 49 13.00 Juniperus horizontalis ‘Lime Glow’ 100 6.50 110 13.50 Juniperus horizontalis ‘Prince of Wales’ 310 5.00 Juniperus horizontalis ‘Wiltonii’ 305 5.00 Juniperus horizontalis ‘Yukon Belle’ 306 5.00 Juniperus media ‘Armstrongii’ 315 5.00 96 11.00 Juniperus sabina 260 11.00 Juniperus sabina ‘Buffalo’ 100 13.00 Juniperus sabina ‘Calgary Carpet’ 85 13.00 Juniperus sabina ‘Skandia’ 119 13.00 Juniperus squamata ‘Blue Carpet’ 110 5.00 130 11.00 Juniperus squamata ‘Blue Star’ 73 11.00 Larix laricina 656 7.00 Myrica gale 208 7.00 Myrica pensylvanica 587 7.00 Picea abies 100 7.00 300 11.00

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Picea abies ‘Nidiformis’ 798 Picea glauca 158 7.00 1,000 Picea glauca ‘Conica’ 1,000 Picea glauca ‘Densata’ 314 7.00 Pieris japonica ‘Mountain Fire’ 50 Pinus mugo var. mugo 1,000 Pinus strobus 252 8.00 Rhododendron ‘Nova Zembla’ 113 Taxus cuspidata ‘Aurescens’ 173 Taxus X media ‘Hicksii’ 547 6.00 Taxus X media ‘Hillii’ 123 Taxus X media ‘Wardii’ 583 6.00 Thuja occidentalis 178 Thuja occidentalis ‘Brabant’ 79 Thuja occidentalis ‘Danica’ 50 Thuja occidentalis ‘Golden Globe’ 58 5.00 86 Thuja occidentalis ‘Nigra’ 748 5.00 727 Thuja occidentalis ‘Smaragd’ 286 Thuja occidentalis ‘Wintergreen’ 500 5.00 125 Thuja plicata ‘’Spring Grove’ 441 Tsuga canadensis ‘Jeddeloh’ 98

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DECIDUOUS SHRUBS Acanthopanax sieboldianus 100 7.00 Acer ginnala 413 7.00 Acer rubrum 203 7.00 Acer saccharinum 825 7.00 Acer saccharum 651 8.00 Alnus incana 240 7.00 Amelanchier alnifolia 213 7.00 Amelanchier canadensis 90 7.00 80 9.50 Amelanchier humilis 100 7.00 Aronia mel. ‘Autumn Magic’ 55 7.00 Aronia melanocarpa 969 7.00 Berberis thunbergii ‘Concorde’ 200 12.75 Berberis thunbergii ‘Rose Glow’ 96 9.00 91 12.75 Berberis thunbergii ‘Royal Burgundy’ 500 12.75 Betula alleghaniensis 131 7.00 Betula papyrifera 414 7.00 Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’ 117 7.00 Caryopteris clandonensis ‘Grand Blue’ 486 7.35 Caryopteris clandonensis ‘Worchester Gold’ 65 7.00 Celtis occidentalis 597 7.00 Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Nivalis’ 264 7.00 Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Rubra’ 186 7.00 Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Texas Scarlet’ 268 7.00 Chaenomeles sup. ‘Crimson and Gold’ 506 7.00 Clethra alnifolia ‘Pink Spire’ 426 7.00 Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ 148 7.00 Cornus alba ‘Red Gnome’ 101 7.00 Cornus alternifolia 295 7.00 Cornus amomum 1,000 7.00 Cornus racemosa 450 7.00 Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ 200 7.00 Cornus stolonifera (sericea) 1,000 7.00 Cornus stolonifera ‘Buds Yellow’ 333 7.00 Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’ 50 15.00 Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ 142 11.00 Cotoneaster acutifolius 310 7.00 Cotoneaster apiculatus 403 7.00 Cotoneaster preacox ‘Boer’ 1,000 7.00 Deutzia crenata ‘Nikko’ 280 7.00 Deutzia gracilis 424 7.00 Deutzia gracilis ‘Aurea’ 91 7.00 Diervilla lonicera 405 7.00 Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’ 726 5.00 33 10.00

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Fagus grandifolia 160 7.00 122 8.00 Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea’ 355 7.00 Forsythia ovata ‘Ottawa’ 345 7.00 Forsythia X inter. ‘Northern Gold’ 907 7.00 Forsythia X intermedia ‘Goldtide’ 150 7.00 Forsythia X intermedia ‘Lynwood’ 702 7.00 Fothergilla gardenii ‘Mount Airy’ 64 13.00 Genista tinctoria ‘Royal Gold’ 256 7.00 Hibiscus syriacus ‘Aphrodite’ 184 5.00 Hibiscus syriacus ‘Diana’ 678 5.00 165 10.00 Hibiscus syriacus ‘Helene’ 108 5.00 Hibiscus syriacus ‘White Chiffon’ 176 5.00 77 10.00 Hibiscus syriacus ‘Woodbridge’ 105 5.00 213 10.00 Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ 205 7.00 1,000 10.50 Hydrangea ‘Endless Summer Twist n Shout’ 100 14.75 Hydrangea macr. ‘Endless Summer’ 100 14.75 Hydrangea macr. ‘Penny Mac’ 50 8.30 Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ 124 7.00 Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ 104 9.75 Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ 100 9.75 Hydrangea paniculata ‘Pink Diamond’ 127 7.00 Hydrangea paniculata ‘Tardiva’ 187 7.00 Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ 100 10.75 Ilex verticillata 140 7.00 Itea virginica ‘Henrys Garnet’ 360 7.00 Kerria japonica ‘Pleniflora’ 239 7.00 Kolkwitzia amabilis ‘Pink Cloud’ 91 7.00 Ligustrum ovalufolium 310 7.00 Ligustrum vulgaris 168 7.00 Lindera benzoin 183 7.00 Liriodendron tulipefera 165 8.50 Lonicera xylosteum ‘Claveys Dwarf’ 495 7.00 Lonicera xylosteum ‘Emerald Mound’ 147 7.00 Lonicera xylosteum ‘Miniglobe’ 317 7.00 Magnolia stellata ‘Royal Star’ 179 15.00 Magnolia X Butterfly 176 15.00 Magnolia X loebneri ‘Merrill’ 72 15.00 Nyssa sylvatica 240 7.00 Philadelphus coronarius ‘Aureus’ 99 7.00 Philadelphus ‘Innocence’ 117 7.00 Philadelphus ‘Natchez’ 90 7.00 Philadelphus schrenkii ‘Snowbelle’ 141 7.00 Philadelphus X virginalis 402 7.00 Physocarpus opulifolius 1,000 7.00 Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Dart’s Gold’ 174 7.00 Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Diabolo’ 1,000 7.60 Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Luteus’ 461 7.00 Physocarpus opulifolius nanus 400 7.00 Populus deltoides 195 7.00 Populus tremuloides 195 7.00 Potentilla fruticosa 162 7.00 Potentilla fruticosa ‘Abbottswood’ 259 7.00 Potentilla fruticosa ‘Goldfinger’ 96 7.00 Potentilla fruticosa ‘Goldstar’ 442 7.00 Potentilla fruticosa ‘Mango Tango’ 400 7.00 Prunus cistena 846 5.00 1,000 7.00 Prunus serotina 150 7.00 Prunus virginiana 520 7.00 Quercus alba 300 7.00 Quercus macrocarpa 445 7.00 Quercus palustris 65 7.00 Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’ 276 9.00 Quercus rubrum 389 7.00 Quercus velutina 168 7.00 Rhus aromatica ‘Low Grow’ 614 7.00 800 9.00 Rhus typhina 338 7.00

Botanical Name

Qty. 1 Gal Qty. 2 Gal Qty. 3 Gal Avail. Price Avail. Price Avail. Price

Rhus typhina ‘Tiger Eyes’ 87 Ribes aureum 187 Rosa blanda 59 7.00 Rosa Bonica 100 7.00 Rosa Carolina 665 7.00 Rosa ‘J P Connell’ 50 7.00 Rosa rugosa 1,000 7.00 Rosa rugosa ‘Hansa’ 400 7.00 Rosa ‘William Baffin’ 174 7.00 Rosa x ‘Morden Amorette’ 57 7.00 Rosa x ‘Royal Edward’ 294 7.00 Rosa x ‘The Fairy’ 50 7.00 Rubus occidentalis 250 7.00 Salix bebbiana 182 7.00 Salix discolor 606 7.00 Salix eriocephala 500 7.00 Salix exigua 662 7.00 Salix integra ‘Hakuro-nishiki’ 231 7.00 Salix lucida 300 7.00 Salix nigra 430 7.00 Salix repens 300 7.00 Sambucus canadensis 1,000 7.00 Sambucus canadensis Aurea 400 7.00 Sambucus pubens 682 7.00 Sorbaria sorbifolia 676 7.00 Spiraea alba 563 7.00 Spiraea betulifolia ‘Tor’ 433 7.00 Spiraea bumalda ‘Gold Mound’ 109 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Flaming Mound’ 921 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Froebelii’ 326 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Golden Princess’ 1,000 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Magic Carpet’ 195 7.25 Spiraea vanhouttei 735 7.00 Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’ 1,000 8.00 Syringa patula ‘Miss Kim’ 559 8.00 478 Syringa vulgaris 201 7.00 Syringa vulgaris ‘Beauty of Moscow’ 201 Tamarix pentandra 220 7.00 Viburnum lentago 381 7.00 Viburnum opulus ‘Nanum’ 256 7.00 Viburnum trilobum 293 7.00 Viburnum trilobum ‘Bailey Compact’ 556 7.00 Weigela florida ‘Bristol Snowflake’ 175 7.00 Weigela florida ‘French Lace’ 132 9.60 Weigela florida ‘Java Red’ 209 7.00 Weigela florida ‘Nana Variegata’ 445 7.00 Weigela florida ‘Purpurea Nana’ 199 7.00 Weigela florida ‘Rumba’ 163 7.00 Weigela florida ‘Victoria’ 246 7.00

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EVENTS

November 1

Toronto Chapter presents ...

How I grew my business!

Bookmark www.horttrades.com/comingevents for up-to-date event information.

LANDSCAPE ONTARIO AND INDUSTRY EVENTS

October 25

Windsor Awards of Distinction

Bellaire Landscape, 2025 Ellis Sideroad Essex ON. Don’t miss your chance to be recognized for the amazing work you do. For more information or to rsvp for the Awards ceremony contact Jay Rivait at jaytopgrade@hotmail.com.

October 25

October 17 - 18

Expo 2012

Toronto Congress Centre, North Building Expo 2012 is the fall buying show for the garden centre and floral industry. Visit face-to-face with your favourite vendors and take in valuable professional development seminars. Go to www. loexpo.ca for updates.

October 24

Upper Canada chapter meeting

Selby Community Hall The Upper Canada Chapter’s October general meeting will include light refreshments. For more information, contact Helen Hassard at 1-800-265-5656, ext. 354 or helen@landscapeontario.com..

Golden Horseshoe Chapter’s Snow and Ice meeting

Appleby Ice Centre, 1201 Appleby Line, Burlington This meeting from 12:30 - 2 p.m. will feature two industry leaders in the snow and ice sector, and will include lunch. Rsvp by Oct. 22 if you wish to attend. For more information, or to rsvp, contact Helen at 1-800-265-5656, ext. 354, or helen@ landscapeontario.com.

November 1

Toronto Argonauts vs. Hamilton Tiger Cats

Rogers Centre Join the Golden Horseshoe Chapter for a trip to Toronto to attend a CFL game between the Argonauts and Tiger Cats. www.horttrades.com/argos-vs-ti-cats-2012.

Latvian Cultural Centre, 4 Credit Union Dr, North York The Toronto Chapter meeting will feature key industry leaders talking about how they grew their business. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m., and is free for all members who rsvp by Oct. 25, and $20 for potential members, or members who do not rsvp. For more information, or to rsvp, contact Helen Hassard at 1-800-2655656,or helen@landscapeontario.com.

November 6

Durham Chapter meeting

Quality Hotel & Conference Centre, 1011 Bloor Street East, Oshawa Join the Durham Chapter in welcoming LO president Phil Charal, LO executive director, Tony DiGiovanni, LO staff and CNLA staff. This meeting will talk about all of the great programs and events at Landscape Ontario this winter.

There will also be an opportunity to win some great prizes.The meeting will starts at 7 p.m. For more information, contact Helen Hassard at 1-800-265-5656, or helen@landscapeontario.com.

November 7

Waterloo general meeting

Waterloo Knights of Columbus, 145 Dearborn Place, Waterloo This meeting will feature Tim Pawlowski speaking about insurance in the snow and ice sector.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 7 p.m. sharp.

NEW MEMBERS Georgian Lakelands Bob Howes Landscaping with Distinction Bob Howes 181 John St, Feversham, ON N0C 1C0 Tel: 519-922-2002 Membership Type: Interim Signature Stones (part of 510969 Ont Inc) Pete Paquet 5598 John Purvis Rd, Providence Bay, ON P0P 1T0 Tel: 705-377-4213 Membership Type: Associate Golden Horseshoe Ledex Industries/Avalanche Gino Paonessa 5419 Harvester Rd, Burlington, ON L7L 5J7 Tel: 905-634-5600-x223 Membership Type: Associate M. Dunsford Landscaping Ltd Mark Dunsford 11010 Inglis Dr, Campbellville, ON L0P 1B0 Tel: 905-854-4725 Membership Type: Active

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MD Growers Peter Olsen 213 Line 7 Rd, Niagara on the Lake, ON L0S 1J0 Tel: 905-684-6273 Membership Type: Associate

Stone’s Throw Masonry & Hardscapes John Morra 525A Woodbine Ave, Toronto, ON M4E 2H7 Tel: 416-522-2670 Membership Type: Interim

Roger’s Landscaping Roger Barton 4009 Appleby Line, Burlington, ON L7R 3X4 Tel: 905-827-8158 Membership Type: Active

Thomas Equipment Inc Ken Langdon 103 Graham St, PO Box 905 Woodstock, NB E7M 6B5 Tel: 506-325-2122-x110 Membership Type: Associate

Ottawa Easylease Corp Kenneth Mirsky 6 - 625 Richmond Rd, Ottawa, ON K2A 0G6 Tel: 613-234-0007 Membership Type: Horticultural Toronto Calin Stone Ltd Tracy Feng 4128 Midland Ave, Scarborough, ON M1V 4S9 Tel: 416-298-2688 Membership Type: Chapter Associate

Waterloo Gallant Horticultural Solutions Inc Adrien Gallant 12 Suncrest Crt, Cambridge, ON N1S 4Z9 Tel: 519-277-0058 Membership Type: Horticultural Platinum Stone Design Inc Mike Silva 8 The Crest Way, Kitchener, ON N2R 1W4 Tel: 519-591-8622 Membership Type: Active

Connect Grow and prosper from the connections made at our events

• Increase brand recognition • Discover new customers • Capitalize on new markets • Source new suppliers

Canada’s International Horticultural Lawn and Garden Trade Show and Conference INDUSTRY TRADE EVENT January 8-10, 2013 Toronto Congress Centre Toronto, Ontario locongress.com

Co-located with the National Home Show CANADA’S GARDEN FESTIVAL March 15-24, 2013 Direct Energy Centre Toronto, Ontario canadablooms.com

Canada’s fall show for the floral and garden industry RETAIL TRADE EVENT October 17-18, 2012 Toronto Congress Centre North Building, Toronto, Ontario loexpo.ca

GreenTrade Expo Eastern Ontario’s Green Trade Show INDUSTRY TRADE EVENT February 13, 2013 Capital Exhibition Centre Ottawa, Ontario greentrade.ca

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Every new member in 1998 resulted in a pink flamingo placed in the front of the LO home office.

The year 1998 was the first time Canada Blooms was held in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

Monica van Maris at the 1998 Awards of Excellence ceremony. She currently serves as chair of the 40th anniversary committee.

The 1998 growers’ auction attracted Searle of Northgate Farms, left, Peter Braun of Braun Nurseries.

Landscape Ontario celebrates 40 years

1998

Growth and change have marked Landscape Ontario’s history, but pride in the association shines throughout. The year 2013 is occasion for special pride, as your association’s 40th year.

Anniversary preparations are underway, to kick off at Congress in January.

Landscape Ontario magazine is search-

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ing its archives to publish nostalgic annual highlight spreads through the end of next year.

LO’s first 25 years were documented in a special yearbook, available at www. horttrades.com/yearbook. Upcoming issues will cover 1999 to the present.

Photos or material about LO’s history are appreciated; please send to Allan Dennis, adennis@landscapeontario.com.

New members flock to Landscape Ontario in 1998

A swarm of flamingos overtook Landscape Ontario by force throughout the association’s 25th anniversary year.

A flamingo ornament was placed outside the LO Horticultural Centre near Hwy. 401 in Milton every time a new membership was approved in ’98. By year’s end, the

Safety: An afterthought no more The landscape industry’s track record of safety was called out in an expensive way by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB).

WSIB premiums for a landscape contractor spiked from $7.11 in 1997 to $9.11 in 1998 — a near doubling of the ’96 rate of $4.75. It meant that $9.11 was paid to the WSIB for every $1,000 of employee wages.

Fines for the lack of safety measures in place were leveled upon several members who received safety audits. Landscape Ontario lobbied on behalf of those audited companies, claiming the fines weren’t fair due to the industry’s low level of awareness of acceptable safety standards. WSIB agreed with LO’s argument, dropping the fines with an understanding that a safety management program must be developed.

A safety-first mantra began making its way into the consciousness of ornamental horticulture. The industry’s progress was rewarded the following year, with the WSIB premium for landscape contractors dropping to about $8.

Each 1998 and 1999 issue of Landscape Ontario magazine’s predecessor, Horticulture Review, published examples of unsafe work. Each true story ranged from being poked by a hypodermic needle to getting too close to a wood chipper, highlighting preventative steps to be taken to prevent recurrence.

Toronto proposes pesticide ban

a good attendance. Two of the attendees were Bill who purchased one of the auction items donated by

property was populated with 570 flamingos.

The flamingo flock was the idea of former membership services coordinator Verna Loewith, who wanted to visually represent each new application.

“Membership increases have been quite predictable over the past several years,” Loewith said. “The board of directors wanted to put a concerted effort into membership recruitment in our 25th anniversary year.”

The Toronto board of health ruled that pesticide use on city-owned property should be phased out by the summer of ‘99.

Jack Layton, then a city councillor and chair of Toronto’s Environmental Task Force, voted to form two groups to develop plans to phase out pesticide use on private and public property.

Layton told reporters that the creation of these two groups “should mean a dramatic reduction (in pesticide use) in next year’s growing season and a phase-out over the following few years.”

Despite a delegation from Landscape Ontario led by executive director Tony DiGiovanni urging a deferral of the pesticide motion, city councillors voted overwhelmingly in favour of a phase out 41-3.

pesticides are using emotional arguments instead of scientific data.

“The safety record over nearly 50 years of pesticide use is remarkable,” Good wrote in the November ’98 issue. “The vast amount of supporting data may prove the chemical to be safe in the judgement of regulators, however, anti-pesticide groups can twist the uncertainties to emphasize potential problems.”

“You would think that once the federal government approved a pesticide for use in Canada, that this would be sufficient to allow its sale and use throughout the country,” Good said, noting that a provincial government can still create pesticide legislation.

“I would like to see a proper case taken to the Supreme Court of Canada where science and constitutional rights would likely be seriously considered instead of emotion,” he continued. “If the case was presented properly, the chemical industry could win.”

Good’s article caused Barbara Karthein, a landscape designer from Port Perry. Karthein, to respond with a letter stating, that Good’s article “was one of the most meanspirited, divisive pieces of writing I have seen in a long time.

“Good’s article slides around the edges of truth and takes advantage of a possible ignorance of nature,” Karthein wrote.

“We should be offering options rather than taking a ‘one-shoe-fits-all’ approach.

We have been entrusted with the propagation, planting, care and maintenance of nature... let’s consider that first rather than just pursuing the easiest and, therefore, the most profitable, methodologies.”

The war of words between Good and Karthein compelled many Review readers to write. Letter taking sides in the pesticide issue appeared each month for nearly a year.

Pesticides: Point, counter-point

Horticulture Review published a provocative article by Donald Good, a barrister and solicitor whose focus was primarily on agriculture, food and environmental law. Good wrote that all municipal by-laws banning

Mother and son, Sibylla and Frans Peters, hosted a great party, in 1998 to celebrate Humber Nurseries 50th anniversary.

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INDUSTRY NEWS Industry still concerned with EI changes CNLA says it is continuing to push for a meeting and further resolution to the industry’s concerns on the recent changes to Employment Insurance (EI).

The new rules, announced on May 24, will take effect in early 2013.

Joel Beatson CLP, professional and business development manager at CNLA, received a letter from the minister responsible for the employment insurance program, Diane Finley.

“I had the chance to meet with many employers and employees to discuss the recent changes to Employment Insurance (EI),” writes Finley. “It was quickly clear how much confusion exists about the changes, partly because others have been spreading misinformation to scare people.”

She included a list of information points which she says will clear up what the changes are – and are not. “As I stated many times in my talks, these changes are reasonable and are based on common sense. We understand how important seasonal industries are to the Canadian economy. Yet we also know that many sectors are facing very real labour and skills shortages. That is why we need to make sure that the EI system better helps Cana-

dians find work and supports them while doing that.”

The minister’s information points follow: • Employees will not be forced to move.

• A temporarily laid-off employee will not need to take a job for which he is not qualified.

• M aternity, parental, compassionate, and sick leave benefits are not changing.

• The new system will allow employees to keep more money if they accept a job while collecting EI. • P ersonal circumstances will always be considered (area the recipient lives, if they have a car, and childcare responsibilities).

• C hanges do not target seasonal workers.

The federal government recognizes the importance of seasonal industries.

• I f suitable jobs that match a laid-off employee’s qualifications do not exist in the area in which an employee lives, then EI will continue to provide support.

“Canadians want to get back to work.

Statistics shows that those who stay active in, and remain connected to, the labour market find permanent employment faster.

Our government is committed to supporting workers and ensuring that EI enables

a strong and competitive workforce,” concludes Finley.

Beatson says, “We are still working on further clarification and trying to set up a face-to-face meeting to review our concerns with Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (which administers EI). We’re allying with other seasonal industries to gather statistics on impact, etc.”

More information on the changes to EI, may be found at www.horttrades.com/ changes-to-ei-program.

Irrigation industry now certified

Voluntary certification programs for those in the irrigation sector have been announced.

The certification programs were developed by the Irrigation Association (IA).

“As more and more people and companies enter the field, a general lack of knowledge of appropriate system design, proper installation and maintenance procedures and an inconsistency in pricing structures threaten the reputation of the industry overall,” says the IA. Training and certification opportunities will be made available to the industry this winter. A number of those courses will be offered starting this February through Landscape Ontario. To view more information on the program, go to www.horttrades.com/ landscape-industry-certified-ia.

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MEMBERSHIP Chapters begin busy fall schedules

By Helen Hassard Membership coordinator

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If you’re in the snow and ice industry, or considering getting into it, then make sure you are watching www.horttrades.com for more information. We will be hearing from the experts to make sure you are ready for those first icy days of winter.

If you’re not going to be around Burlington on Oct. 25, you can stop by the Windsor Awards of Distinction held the same day. This annual event recognizes local members and the amazing projects they offer. Having attended the event last year, I can honestly say it is well worth the trek down the 401. The Awards of Distinc-

Let us know

If there’s a topic that you would like to hear about at a Chapter event, please let us know. The Chapter boards are comprised of members just like yourself. They do their best to give you the information you need and want, but even they don’t know what you need if you don’t speak up.

If you would like your staff members added to our e-news mailing list, all you need to do is ask. Contact me at 1-800-265-5656, ext. 354, or helen@landscapeontario.com.

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here are some great events scheduled this fall and winter for each of the nine Chapters within Landscape Ontario.

If you were fortunate enough to have attended any of the golf tournaments, barbecues or garden tours this summer, then you know how hard our Chapters work to offer funfilled events.

Coming up over the next month or so will be a huge range of educational events taking place across the province.

The best part is most of them are free.

This month most of the meetings will have taken place already, but Golden Horseshoe still has the highly anticipated snow and ice meeting booked for Oct. 25 in Burlington.

tion brings in business owners, employees and students for an amazing display of local work, as well as a great dinner.

Next month’s meetings range in topics that include snow and ice in Waterloo and Windsor, round-table discussions in Ottawa and Golden Horseshoe, Landscape Ontario Night in Durham and ‘How I Grew My Business’ in Toronto.

So if you’ve got some time, a tankfull of fuel and the LO events calendar (found at www.horttrades.com/comingevents. php#2047), there is no reason to be bored.

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PUBLIC RELATIONS Golf links members in relaxed atmosphere

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must admit I’m not a great golfer. Proof is my record at the tournaments our Chapters host across the province.

This year I decided to attend as many as possible to add support and bring greetings and prizes from your Milton home office. During the process, I learned a few things.

First, I’m still a lousy golfer, but a good listener. I discovered that the golf gatherings are an integral part of member relationships and networking. The time spent on the course is obviously a valuable way for owners and employees to spend time with each other and link with associate members in a relaxed atmosphere.

Ottawa

At the Ottawa tournament, I had a great time golfing with landscape designer Patricia Stanish CLD, learning not only some valuable golf tips but also some advice on how we can improve communications with the Chapters.

The Ottawa golf committee did such an amazing job of keeping the event running on time, I was heading back to Milton by 6 p.m. sharp.

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The following month, on another glorious sunny day, Robert Ellidge, LO’s web editor and official golf photographer, and myself headed to the Waterloo Chapter (now seasoned veterans in running tournaments).

The event was perfect and featured a mix of sponsors, prizes and food.

Again, the interaction among participants was the highlight. I discovered that Irene Bultena from Eloquip, in between helping to run a successful business and family, plus volunteering with 4-H Clubs, still has time to golf on a regular basis. This

became evident as she rescued our team’s score on several holes.

London

In London, our team survived with the help of local athlete Rob Drummond, former captain of the London Knights Junior A hockey team, and who later spent time as a professional in the AHL. Rob is now one heck of a good golfer, and also a truck sales representative for Carrier Centers, one of the sponsors at the London tournament.

It seems the London area must breed excellent golfers. Brian Lofgren, president of Horta-Craft and past chair of the LO Show Committee, has qualified for the Golf Town Can Am finals in Miami, Fla., in October. Good luck, Brian!

Upper Canada

Smart new sponsor recognition flags were flying high at the Loyalist course in Bath to celebrate that the small, but mighty Upper Canada Chapter. It triumphed again by achieving a record attendance. The signing-in ceremony began an upbeat day.

Our foursome included Matt Taylor from Bishops Seeds. As a result, the 18 holes turned into a great educational event as I learned all about the wholesale seed business and Matt’s knowledge and connections with courses throughout Ontario.

Hearing Matt’s and several others’ thoughts on my travels started me thinking that perhaps we should explore possibilities about province-wide golf connections, discounts, sponsorships, competitions, etc.

How about LO Golfer of the Year? It certainly won’t be my name on the trophy!

In conclusion, the golf events at all our Chapters were fabulous. It was obvious that our members and guests thoroughly enjoyed themselves. What a great member benefit!

A big thank you to all the hard work put in by individuals and committees, and thanks to Helen and Jane in Milton for helping to coordinate some of the details on behalf of the Chapters.

Denis Flanagan may be contacted at dflanagan@landscapeontario.com.

UNDERGROUND WORLD CSA S250 improves safety

By Terry Murphy CLP

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hile the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) S250 standard for as-built drawings was developed with the underground utility infrastructure in mind, it can be used by any company to produce final drawings of a completed project.

In the landscape industry, landscape architects and contractors are required to produce as-built drawings.

CSA Group’s S250 Mapping of Underground Utility Infrastructure has its origins from long-established mapping best practices and internal utility company mapping

standards. It was developed by a committee made up of of industry experts, regulators and user groups, all with vested interests to improve the overall quality and consistency of mapping and records information of underground utility infrastructures.

Fundamental to the development of CSA S250 is the two-fold recognition that it is a privilege, not a right, to bury anything underground in the public right-ofway. It is in consideration of that privilege that utility owners are obliged to provide an accurate location of the underground utility infrastructure.

One of the key benefits of using CSA S250 is the improved accuracy, reliability and greater confidence in the location and properties of underground infrastructures.

The standard establishes levels that set tolerances for the spatial accuracy of asbuilts, and promotes better record keep-

ing. The CSA S250 will show specified underground infrastructures. The goal is to create consistent data that is shared and reviewed.

CSA’s S250 technical committee chair Bob Gaspirc, City of Toronto, and vicechair Laverne Hanley, Union Gas, were recently interviewed. An online video clip provides an overview of S250, and what factors drove the need to create the standard. The video also informs viewers on who will use it, and the impact of the standard. It can be viewed free at http://bit.ly/ QPK7G4.

The development of this standard is another effort by the industry to improve the accuracy of underground asset locations, so that those assets can be located and marked if any excavation is required.

This minimizes the potential for utility strikes and protects everyone’s safety when dealing with underground utilities.

The landscape design community may want to obtain a copy of the new standard by contacting CSA directly at http://bit.ly/Pg3g3B. Contact Terry Murphy at tvmurphy@ ca.inter.net with your comments.

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SAFETY AND TRAINING Preparing for busy fall season

By Sally Harvey CLT, CLP Manager Education and Labour Development

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andscape Industry Certification 2012 had a busy written test season last winter and the hands-on test day in Milton in July and at Kemptville College at the end of September. The final test of the year is at Milton in October.

This year we have seen a trend with more candidates registered for turf maintenance than in the recent past, when hardscape and softscape installation were the more popular tests. Please note that due to popular demand to help prepare candidates for their upcoming practical test days, we repeated the candidate orientation this year in Milton on Sept. 21. We will continue to offer more orientation sessions in the future.

To register as a candidate, judge or sponsor for the last of the season’s practical and written tests, go to www.horttrades. com/landscape-industry-certified.

Remember, that volunteering to judge a practical test provides you with re-certification points for your own designation, and also engages you in networking opportunities with like-minded individuals. If you have not judged, I highly recommend it.

Sponsorship of Landscape Industry Certification testing has grown this year, as sponsors recognize the value of direct marketing to a dedicated audience of industry professionals. For more information about sponsorship opportunities, go to www. horttrades.com/landscape-industry-certifiedsponsorship.

Expo 2012

Expo is just around the corner. We are excited to bring you two inspiring and motivational breakfast events hosted by the Garden Centre Sector Group on Oct. 17 and by the Interior Plantscape Sector Group on Oct. 18.

New this year is the Destination Inspiration Theatre, where the breakfast events will take place. This area will be

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transformed during the trade show into a learning theatre that will feature short demonstrations to provide inspiration, training and networking.

We are also excited this year to launch the revised Landscape Industry Certified Horticultural Technician test aimed at the Retail Garden Centre sector. Visit booth 648 to find out more about the 2012 test planned for November. To celebrate the growth of Landscape Industry Certification, we will also introduce a Plant Identification Challenge for attendees to hone, or prove their skills at this important area of horticulture. Students are most definitely welcome to participate. The exact location is to be determined, but watch for signage directing you to the booth.

In addition, right across from booth 648, we will present a new and improved Job Board/Classified wall for active members and associate members to post employment opportunities and resumes. These postings also will appear on LO’s website for 30 days, post-show, adding even more value to your membership at http://bit.ly/joboard.

As has been the case over the last few years, we will continue to host written tests for all Landscape Industry Certification designations at Expo. This year it is scheduled on Oct. 16, the night before Expo, at the Doubletree Toronto Airport Hotel. To see more about certification, go to www. horttrades.com/landscape-industry-certified

Professional Development Guide

As we look forward to the end of a busy and successful year for the landscape horticulture industry, we evaluate the opportunities that lie ahead for our businesses and decide what training needs to happen to propel ahead to that next level. This is why we created the 2012-2013 Professional Development Guide.

This book helps business owners plan ahead, and learn ways to advance their businesses by improving processes and company culture. This helps to make firms more productive and more profitable by participating in seminars provided by your association from the five pillars of the Prosperity Partners program: Customers for Life: Cultivating customer relationships and providing value is the lifeblood of all businesses.

Financial Health: Successful organizations have processes in place to measure financial performance at a glance.

Leadership: At the helm of all successful businesses are leaders who are able to inspire and encourage people around them to achieve a clear and defined vision.

Operational Excellence: Gain the skill and knowledge to make your business succeed.

Sales Success: Successful businesses have refined prospecting, lead-generation and sales processes in place.

For business owners interested in identifying and understanding gaps, and who want to identify areas for development and expansion, register for the one-day Building Your Prosperity seminar on Nov. 14. This will guide you through assessing your business by using the five pillars framework of the Prosperity program. Register at www. horttrades.com/seminars/2012-11-14/PP00.

Some of our members have even found benefit from taking the course again as their businesses change. Mike Hayes, AllGreen Tree Service, says, “This seminar helps identify your blind spots and makes sense of what’s going well, and not so well, with way more clarity.”

Once again, this year’s content is directed by our members through participant and member feedback opportunities and our Professional Development working committee, chaired by Richard Rogers.

Some of the new topics that you can expect this year include: Building a business from the ground up, understanding customers, recruiting and retaining skilled workers, the effective supervisor, introduction to social media, sports field irrigation, rainwater harvesting and conservation, intermediate flagstone, concrete: the next level, advanced green roof maintenance, improving your landscape plans, advanced Google Sketchup, essentials of grounds maintenance estimating and apprenticeship and certification training and exam preparation.

We are very pleased to introduce a new online learning section this year to improve access for those under time and geographical challenges.

The 2012-2013 Professional Development Guide will be available at Expo 2012.

It was mailed with this issue of Landscape Ontario magazine. If you need extra copies, please contact kathymclean@landscapeontario.com, or download an electronic copy at www.horttrades.com/seminars/.

Contact Sally Harvey at sharvey@landscapeontario.com

PROSPERITY PARTNERS Taking the pulse of 2012

By Jacki Hart CLP Prosperity Partners program manager

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his is the perfect time of year to check how your profits and systems performed in 2012.

Using each of the Prosperity Pillars as measuring sticks, grab a quiet hour to take stock of 2012, before it’s completely over, and winter is here. The shift in seasons always changes your routine in this industry — whether or not you are in the snow business.

A simple way to take the pulse

First, as a result of what you learned or committed to doing new for 2012, what were the most significant changes you made to your business this year? List them, and then rate them with comments. Mull over the areas for improvement. And, don’t forget to celebrate the successes.

Second, look at your operation Pillar by Pillar: Professional Operations — Reflect on how smoothly your projects unfolded.

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Create your own additional questions, and take a hard look at how smoothly your business, people, projects, inventory and choreography rolled out.

Sales Success — Did you improve your closing rate this year? Were you doing business with more right-fit customers, and handling or turning away the wrong-fit ones more quickly? Have you improved your quoting or estimating system since last year? Have more of your sales targets been met this year?

Customers for Life — Do you have a sense of improved customer relations?

Have old customers come back? Are new ones becoming loyal and good advocates? How are staff members relating to your customers? What’s has been the feedback from your customers?

Have your word-of-mouth referrals increased?

Leadership — Have you cultivated stronger

relationships with key employees? Have you built your team to be more self-sufficient and better advocates of your business this year? Is your team all working on pace and thinking for themselves when you aren’t there to delegate? Are you getting honest feedback from them when things aren’t great? Are you regularly celebrating successes with them? Are they working towards professional development goals with you?

Financial Health — Have you improved your bottom line profit margin this year?

Are you tracking cost of sales and overhead more closely this year? Have you improved your habits for reading weekly and monthly statements? Have you looked at your return on investment in advertising, equipment and other acquisitions? Can you see your desk?

The Prosperity Partners program offers a very simple and multi-layered system to assess your business in a practical way. In the Prosperity Partners program, business owners work with business owners to identify their unique challenges and problems.

Need a refresher? Tired of getting to this time of year and seeing RED, other than on the trees? Sign up and join us this fall or winter for a great motivating day full of business tools outside of the box. To find out more about the Build your Prosperity seminar on Nov. 14, go to www.horttrades.com/ seminars/2012-11-14/PP001.

Jacki Hart may be reached at prosperity@landscapeontario.com.

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EXECUTIVE DESK Family Tony DiGiovanni CHT LO executive director

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he green industry is comprised of thousands of family-run operations. It is not unusual to see brothers, sons, sisters, fathers, mothers, spouses and even grandchildren and grandparents working together.

This feel of family is one of the reasons we are different from larger corporate structures found in manufacturing, industrial, commercial and institutional sectors. It is also one of the reasons that Landscape Ontario often feels like a family. I have often felt like a family member, when I attend the many weddings, funerals, birthday parties, retirement parties and anniversary celebrations of our members.

Often, I have been inspired when listening to the life stories of our members. Many times members will relate how they started with nothing. Perhaps it was a beat-up lawnmower carried in the trunk of rusted car. One member told me he had to sleep in the car, because he did not have enough money to afford housing.

There are many stories about coming from another country with a just a suitcase and a few dollars. Like my father, many immigrated to Canada alone to find a job and prepare a place for their family waiting overseas.

From humble beginnings, many of our members now have successful operations that sustain thousands of people. They have many reasons to be proud of their accomplishments.

Yet members will tell me that their achievements are not entirely their own. They had a lot of help and support. Friends, relatives, parents, customers, competitors, staff, suppliers, family and faith all played a huge role in achieving their success. They are often more thankful than proud.

It is also interesting to note that many participate in the association, because they want to give back a little of what they received. The contribution ethic is a powerful force. It is one of the main reasons for our existence as an association. It is not surprising that it is a main characteristic of a family.

John Somerville

Tony DiGiovanni presents a special plaque to John Somerville on behalf of Landscape Ontario.

From left, LO family members help Jose Melo celebrate his company’s 40th anniversary: Eddie Almeida of Almeida and Almeida Landscaping, Woodbridge; Jose Melo, Pat Lamanna, G&L Group of Companies, Concord; Charlie Wilson, president of Bruce Wilson Landscaping, Kleinburg.

Connie and Jose Melo shared this gorgeous cake that depicted how property is transformed through landscaping.

This summer I was privileged to be invited to a number of family celebrations. John Somerville, founder of Somerville Nurseries, was recently honoured (see story on page 6) by his family, friends and a number of associations (including ours) for a lifetime of contribution to the forestry, nursery and landscape industries.

Melo Landscaping

Melo Landscaping recently celebrated its 40th anniversary in Schomberg. Jose Melo has always been an industry leader, especially in the use of stone and water in the landscape. He has also mentored (and continues to mentor) many others.

Tony DiGiovanni may be reached at tonydigiovanni@landscapeontario.com.

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This photo of father and son, Guerino and Robert Verrilli from Stone-Link in Woodbridge, was taken at a recent visit. It was wonderful to listen of Guerino’s humble beginnings in the construction industry.

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Confidentiality ensured. Deadlines: 20th day of the month prior to issue date. (eg: June issue deadline is May 20th). January deadline is Dec. 1. Space is limited to a first come, first served basis.

To advertise: E-mail your name, phone number and ad to Robert at classifieds@landscapeontario. com or fax to (905) 875-0183. Online advertising: Website only ads are available for $67.80 (HST included). Min. order $67.80 for up to 325 words. Website ads are posted for 30 days.

View ads online at www.horttrades.com/classifieds

EQUIPMENT

FINN Hydroseeders & Bark Blowers New and Used: • Flex Guard FRM • Soil Guard BFM • Erosion Control Blanket Seed & Fertilizer Toll free: (855) 761-6649 Fax: (905) 761-7959 www.fibramulch.com De-Icing Equipment Rittenhouse carries a full line of de-icing equipment and accessories. Offering de-icing services is a great way to complement snow plowing.

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All of the above stock is ready for immediate shipping either self-dig or we will dig.

For a complete list and pricing please call: Wally 905-335-0062, 905-220-7433 (cell) Jamie 905-523-6449, 905-975-4102 (cell) or e-mail: jwz@hotmail.com

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Landscape Ontario’s Green for Life brand is designed to promote your professional business

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Landscape/Winter Maintenance Manager We are a multiple award winning, full service landscape company located in Oakville since 1986. During this time we earned the respect of our peers in the industry, who consider us a leader in our business.

We have an opportunity for an experienced Landscape/Winter Maintenance Manager who thrives on setting and reaching goals, motivating people and most of all providing service to our clients that is second to none. In return we offer year round employment, a very competitive compensation package with full benefit options.

We are looking for the following qualifications: • Minimum 5 years experience in a managerial role in the landscape industry • University or College degree is required • Excellent horticultural skills, good knowledge of turf care practices, familiarity with disease and insect problems • Experience in snow and ice management • Experienced in managing multiple crews and functions • Familiarity with Excel, Word and Outlook • Solid experience in estimating • Excellent sales skills • Ability to motivate, train and direct staff and encourage a true team spirit • Ability to multi-task and adapt to changing situations • Strong interpersonal and communication skills • Clean Class G with driver’s abstract Please forward your resume to: Santo or Baldo Gucciardi Email: sgucciardi@intland.ca bgucciardi@intland.ca Fax: 905-876-0400 Thank you for your interest. Only those considered for an interview will be contacted.

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Building Your Prosperity November 14, 2012 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

LO Home Office, Milton Join us in this interactive and engaging seminar to shift your business results from frustration to excitement! In this seminar you will learn how to think differently about your business, and learn a whole new way of planning for your future success.

Check out Prosperity Online Survey Take this free survey, posted at www.horttrades.com/prosperity, to measure your strengths and weaknesses in the five prosperity pillars.

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In 2013, Landscape Ontario celebrates four decades of industry service — kicking off at Congress.

Watch Landscape Ontario magazine for special anniversary coverage on your association's past, present and future.

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