Green for Life Magazine Nov/Dec GISC Edition

A Landscape Alberta Nursery Trades Association member publication

November/December 2018, Vol. 6, No. 6

November 15 & 16, 2018 Expo Centre, Edmonton, AB

Where the Green Industry Comes Together

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CONTENTS

Landscape Alberta Board of Directors Brian Gibson, Green Drop Lawns Ltd., Chair Ken Ruddock, ULS Maintenance & Landscaping Inc. Cody Brown, Tree to Tree Nurseries Ltd.

Green Industry Show & Conference Pages 4 - 27

Jeff Oudyk, CSLA, AALA, JLG, Land Tec Landscape Contractors Ltd., Vice Chair

4

Hours, Hotel, & Social Events

John van Roessel, CLM, CLT, JVR Landscape (2006) Inc., Treasurer

5

Trade Show Floor Plan

Keith Plowman, K Plowman Contracting Ltd.

6

Exhibitor Profiles

18

Schedule of Events

Laura Watson, Finning Canada Adam Jansen, The Jansen Group Landscape Alberta Staff Joel Beatson, CAE, CLM,­­Executive Director joel.beatson@landscape-alberta.com

20 Pricing & Registration 21

Pre-Show Workshops

Marnie Main, Member Services Director member.services@landscape-alberta.com

24 Conference Session Descriptions

Valerie Stobbe, Trade Show Coordinator valerie.stobbe@landscape-alberta.com

Green for Life Magazine Pages 28 - 48

Carmen Johnson, Communications Coordinator carmen.johnson@landscape-alberta.com

28 Industry and Association News

Lindsey Johnson, Events & Relationship Coordinator lindsey.johnson@landscape-alberta.com

30 Pricing Begins With Costs (But It Doesn’t End There)

Cheryl Teo, Bookkeeper accounting@landscape-alberta.com

32 Is Turfgrass an Environmental Ally Or An Unsustainable Option

On the Cover Photo: 2018 Landscape Award of Merit Winner, ULS Maintenance & Landscaping Inc. Dunn Residence

in Our Urban Environment 36 Treating Our Ash Addiction in Northern Prairie Provinces 40 2018 Landscape Awards & Tips for Submission

Follow Our Social Media Instagram: @landscapealberta Twitter: @landscapeab

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2017 Landscape Award Winners

46 A Look Back at Our Association

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Trade Show Hours Thursday, November 15 10:30 am-4:30 pm.

Friday, November 16 10:30 am-3:30 pm

Pre-register online to save!

Members*: Free Non-members: $10.00 www.greenindustryshow.com No discount for on-site registration All on-site registration: $20.00 Trade show admission is included with all conference registrations.

Member rate applies to members of Landscape Alberta, Landscape Saskatchewan, AGGA, ISA, AALA, ARPA, CPCIA, and WCTA.

Stay The Sutton Place Hotel Edmonton 10235-101 Street, Edmonton, AB T5J 3E9 Rates from $144/night Based on single/double occupancy. Complimentary Wi-Fi. Heated underground parking at $26/night.

Additional parking available in the surrounding area.

Reservations: 780-428-7111 or visit www.suttonplace.com Group Code: “ED181113201” Cut-off for room rate: October 31, 2018

Tailgate Party Join your fellow trade show attendees for this fun, casual event to follow the trade show’s close. A selection of beverages will be available for purchase and light snacks will be served.

Thursday November 15, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Edmonton Expo Centre Trade Show Floor

Thursday November 15, 2018

Thursday, November 15, 2018 1:00 p.m.

Written exam opportunity for: Landscape Industry Certified Manager, Landscape Industry Certified Technician, Landscape Industry Certified Designer

Call Edith Oyosoro to register: 1-888-446-3499 ext. 8650

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EXPO Centre at Northlands Park | Edmonton 5:30 PM - 10 PM APPETIZERS & SOCIALIZING

Open to all AGGA members & friends of the AGGA Held in conjunction with the 2018 Green Industry Show & Conference.

Join us for the evening as we celebrate the successes and achievements of a successful year and announce this year’s award recipients.

Register online at www.greenindustryshow.com & click the REGISTER button.

November 15 - 16, 2018 OVERHEAD DOOR

2018 Floor Plan

Seating Area

ENTRANCE

A.M.A. Horticulture Inc. ........................................ 321, 323 ADVANCE Nursery Co. Ltd.............................................626 Alberta Horticultural Association ���������������������������������129 Aqua Q..............................................................................227 ArborCare Tree Service Ltd. ..........................................113 Arbor-Tech Utility Services Ltd......................................719 Atlasta Tree Nursery Inc. ...............................................311 Aubin Nurseries Ltd. ............................................. 605, 607 B8 Ventures Ltd. .............................................................107 Bailey Nurseries Inc. ......................................................202 Ball Seed ................................................................. 300, 302 Ball Seed - Greenhouse Equipment .................... 205, 207 Bellwyck – Horticolor .....................................................504 Biobest ............................................................................305 Blue Grass Sod Farms & Nursery ��������������������������������114 Brandt Tractor Ltd. ....................................... 121, 123, 125 BrettYoung Seeds...........................................................714 Bron & Sons Nursery Co. .................... 401, 403, 500, 502 Burnaby Lake Greenhouses Ltd. ����������������������������������700 BURNCO Landscape Centres Inc. ��������������������������������610 BW GLOBAL Structures Inc. ..........................................105 Bylands Nurseries Ltd. ........................411, 413, 510, 512 C Y Grower Supplies Ltd.................................................200 Canadian Nursery Landscape Association �����������������128 Canadian Prairie Chapter, Irrigation Association ......622 Cheyenne Tree Farms Ltd. ............................................421 City of Edmonton Urban Forestry �������������������������������723 Clifty View Nursery .........................................................131 Coaldale Nurseries........................................................ 711 Co-genergy Corp. ...........................................................111 Communities in Bloom Alberta ....................................129 CORIX Water Products ...................................................410 Crescent Garden ............................................................726 DLF Pickseed Canada Inc. .............................................524 Dümmen Orange .................................................. 201, 203 Dutchman Tree Spade ...................................................417 DynaSCAPE Software .....................................................313 Eagle Lake Nurseries Ltd. ..............................................407

Eagle Lake Professional Landscape Supply ...............404 EarthApples Inc...............................................................625 ECCO Chips..................................................................... 120 Eco Lighting Solutions................................................... 115 Edge Equipment Ltd. ............................................ 228, 230 Evergro Division - Nutrien Ag Solutions (Canada) Inc...................................................................... 301, 303 EVL Nursery Inc. .................................................... 224, 226 FBC-Farm Business Consultants ���������������������������������713 Finning (Canada) .................................. 611, 613, 710, 712 Florists Supply Ltd. ................................................ 324, 326 Flowers Canada Growers Inc. .......................................215 Foothills Nurseries Ltd. .................................................225 G.C. Duke Equipment Ltd. .................................... 229, 231 Garden Essentials ..........................................................328 Gardeners Junction ........................................................627 Gateway Research Organization ����������������������������������721 Health Canada, Pest Management Regulatory Agency......................................................................... 425 Henri Studio by Stonecasters LLC �������������������������������400 High Q Greenhouses .....................................................406 HJS Wholesale Ltd. ...............................511, 513, 515, 517 HJS Wholesale Ltd...........................................................514 Holt Tree Spades Ltd. ....................................................117 Horta-Craft Limited ........................................................422 HortProtect – CNLA ........................................................128 Inline Nurseries (2010) Inc. .................................. 101, 103 J.C. Bakker & Sons Ltd. ..................................................325 Jack Van Klaveren Ltd. (JVK) ..........................................629 JAK Equipment ......................................435, 437, 534, 536 Jeffries Nurseries Ltd. ........................................... 320, 322 Jobber ..............................................................................213 Jolly Farmer Products, Inc. ............................................211 Kato’s Nursery (2007) Ltd. .............................................516 Kehoe Equipment Ltd./Alggin Metal Industries .........730 Kubota Canada Ltd. .............427, 429, 431, 526, 528, 530 Lakeshore Tree Farms Ltd. ...........................................307 Landscape Alberta ................................................ 130, 128

Landscape Industry Certified Program – CNLA .........130 LED Smart Inc. ................................................................717 Lemar Tree Spades ............................................... 725, 727 LinkGreen ........................................................................402 Linnaea Nurseries Limited ............................................216 Macore Label Company ................................................715 Mainland Floral Distributors Ltd. ........................ 100, 102 Manderley Turf Products Inc. .......................................621 Martin Deerline ....................................501, 503, 600, 602 Martin Deerline Golf & Turf ................505, 507, 604, 606 McKenzie Seeds .................................................... 110, 112 Metal Pless Inc. ...................................................... 525, 527 Morgan Creek Tropicals Ltd. ................................ 212, 214 Mountain Bark Inc. ........................................................716 Mumby’s Arboriculture Consulting �����������������������������612 Nektar Data Systems Inc. ..................................... 116, 118 Nordic Nurseries ............................................................728 Oakcreek Golf & Turf ............................................ 204, 206 Olds College ........................................................... 428, 430 Ontario Seed Co. Limited (OSC) ����������������������������������623 Original Energy Sales Inc. ..............................................624 Pacific Rim Brackets Ltd. ...................................... 614, 616 Paridon Horticultural Ltd. .................................... 520, 522 Parkland Nursery & Landscape Services Ltd. ............531 Peak Compost ................................................................122 Prairie Side Equipment Ltd. ......................... 104, 106, 108 Professional Gardener Co. Ltd., The ................... 414, 416 ProPeat Carbon Fertilizer...............................................703 Purple Springs Nursery Inc. ................................. 615, 617 Regency Irrigation Ltd. ..................................................310 Rick’s Concrete Products/ Fountain Factory ..............306 Rocky Mountain Landscape Bark ��������������������������������420 Root Rescue Environmental Products Inc. .................529 Rustling Leaves Nursery.................................................127 RyMar Synthetic Grass ......................................... 720, 722 Sea Soil™ /Foenix Forest Technology Inc. ������������������706 Second Nature Compost - City of Edmonton ............702 Seed Centre, a Division of Jardin Foods Ltd. ..............705 Sester Farms Inc. ................................................... 424, 426 Simon Bos Nurseries Ltd. .............................................415 SingleOps, LLC ....................................................... 327, 329 SiteOne Landscape Supply .................................. 315, 317 Smart Snow Pusher .......................................................620 Society to Prevent Dutch Elm Disease (STOPDED) ....312 Southern Irrigation ............................................... 628, 630 Specimen Trees Wholesale Nurseries Ltd. ........220, 222 Spectrum Equipment Inc. .................................... 521, 523 Steam ‘N’ Weeds .............................................................423 Stewart Brothers Nurseries ................................. 314, 316 Stokes Seeds Limited .....................................................412 Sun Gro Horticulture Inc. ..............................................631 Telus ................................................................................724 TerraLink Horticulture Inc. ............................................405 The HC Company ...........................................................124 Top Spray ........................................................................701 TreeTime.ca ....................................................................704 Valleybrook Gardens Ltd. ..............................................506 Van Noort Bulb Company .............................................210 Vanstone Nurseries .......................................................331 Wellmaster Carts, Div. of Wellmaster Pipe & Supply Inc. .......................................................... 221, 223 West Coast Floral Growers & Distributors Ltd. .........217 West Coast Seeds ...........................................................304 Westland Ltd. ......................................................... 601, 603 Zeller & Sons Enterprises ..............................................330

Exhibitor list is current as of October 1, 2018 Visit www.greenindustryshow.com for an updated list of exhibitors.

The Green Industry Show & Conference is produced and managed by Landscape Alberta.

GISC proceeds go back to the industry to support the work and programs of the association.

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EXHIBITOR PROFILES A.M.A. Horticulture Inc. ...................... 321, 323 Connie Bradt 2011 Spinks Drive, Kingsville, ON N9Y 2E5 Tel: (519) 322-1397 Fax: (519) 322-1358 Toll Free: 1-800-338-1136 Email: ama@amaplas.com Website: www.amaplas.com Ellepots by A.M.A., growing containers, growing media, seeding equipment, hydroponic supplies, Al’s Flower Pouch, Urbanscape Green Roof systems, Root Smart.

ADVANCE Nursery Co. Ltd. ......................... 626 Fred Elsaesser Box 1649, Grand Forks, BC V0H 1H0 Tel: (250) 442-5291 Fax: (250) 442-2030 Email: sales@advancenursery.ca Website: www.advancenursery.ca A wholesale producer of prairie hardy deciduous fruit, shade and ornamental trees.

Alberta Horticultural Association .............129 Robert Spencer, President Stettler, AB Tel: (403) 742-7563 Fax: (403) 742-7527 Email: robert.spencer@gov.ab.ca Website: www.abhorta.ca The AHA is an organization of horticultural societies and individuals in Alberta who are involved with horticulture on a professional or amateur basis. The AHA’s mission is the advancement and promotion of horticulture in Alberta.

Aqua Q .......................................................... 227 Rick Rampaul Calgary, AB Tel: (403) 470-4415 Email: rick.rampaul@aquaq.ca Website: www.aquaq.ca Aqua Q provides Smarter Drainage Solutions.

Our stormwater, wastewater, agriculture and building construction products deliver the highest performance, provide greater longevity, enable faster installation, all while protecting the environment and reducing carbon footprint. Our brands include Platon®, Big O®, BOSS 2000® and our new technology-leading composite pipe, BOSS 3000™.

ArborCare Tree Service Ltd. ���������������������� 113 9811-62 Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB, T6E 0E4 Tel: (780) 413-9319 Fax: (780) 439-1934 Toll Free: 1-877-444-8733 Email: trees@arborcare.com Website: www.arborcare.com Established in 1983, ArborCare is one of the largest tree service contractors in Western Canada with offices in Calgary, Edmonton and Vernon BC. ArborCare provides residential, commercial and utility tree services in Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan. No job is too big or too small. Got Trees, Get Us!

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Arbor-Tech Utility Services Ltd. ���������������� 719 Darryl Bruce Box 448, 111 Kennedy Drive Turner Valley, AB T0L 2A0 Tel: (888) 660-4440 Fax: (888) 509-1726 Email: info@arbortechservices.ca Website: www.arbortechservices.ca Arbor-Tech provides vegetation management services in Alberta & Saskatchewan including tree pruning, tree removal, stump removal, herbicide application, an on-staff professional biologist and on-site consultation.

Atlasta Tree Nursery Inc. ........................... 311 Jonathan Klinck 50060 Yale Road East, Chilliwack, BC V4Z 0B3 Tel: (604) 798-1158 Fax: (604) 794-3058 Email: atlasta@shaw.ca Website: www.atlasta.ca We’ve been supplying the Prairie horticultural industry with quality, bareroot fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs for over 20 years.

Being a small, low-profile, efficient grower, we offer excellent value pricing. We also have a limited container selection.

Aubin Nurseries Ltd. ........................... 605, 607 Gerry Aubin, Scott Peter Box 1089, Carman, MB R0G 0J0 Tel: (204) 745-6703 Fax: (204) 745-6838 Toll Free: 1-866-745-6703 Email: gerry@aubinnurseries.ca; scott@aubinnurseries.ca Website: www.aubinnurseries.ca Offering garden centres and professional landscaping firms an essential range of cold hardy container grown nursery stock, perennials and ornamental grasses for today’s market. Weekly delivery service available from April to October.

B8 Ventures Ltd. .......................................... 107 Pam Poulton 5367 - 36A Street, Innisfail, AB T4G 1S8 Tel: (403) 877-5883 Email: ppoulton@b8ventures.com Website: www.b8ventures.com B8 Ventures Ltd., your Western Canadian distributor of Ecoraster, 100% recycled permeable paver and ground stabilization product used in driveways, hot tub bases, hardscaping, rubber/asphalt paving & patios.

Your perfect solution for stormwater mitigation.

Bailey Nurseries Inc. ................................... 202 Bill Sutton 1325 Bailey Road, St. Paul, MN, USA 55119 Tel: (406) 844-2067 Fax: (406) 844-2269 Toll Free: 1-800-829-8898 Email: bill.sutton@baileynurseries.com Website: www.baileynurseries.com Bailey Nurseries is a wholesale grower of trees, shrubs, roses, evergreens, vines, fruits, perennials, rooted cuttings and seedling liners.

We specialize in the growth and distribution of bareroot and container grown deciduous plant material.

Ball Seed ............................................... 300, 302 Dustin Morton RR 3, Wetaskiwin, AB T9A 1X1 Tel: (780) 387-8071 Fax: (630) 520-9141 Toll Free: 1-800-879-BALL Email: DMorton@ballhort.com Website: www.ballhort.com Ball Horticultural Company is a leading wholesale distributor in North America. This family-owned company supplies professional greenhouse growers with quality seed and cuttings, an extensive selection of premium plugs and plants, plus a line of high-performance growing equipment and supplies. For more information, visit www.ballhort.com.

Ball Seed - Greenhouse Equipment ..205, 207 Dan McMahon 622 Town Road, West Chicago, IL, USA 60185-2698 Tel: (630) 588-3367 ext: 3367 Fax: (630) 293-2564 Email: dmcmahon@ballhort.com Website: www.ballhort.com Ball Horticultural Company is a leading wholesale distributor in North America. This family-owned company supplies professional greenhouse growers with quality seed and cuttings, an extensive selection of premium plugs and plants, plus a line of high-performance growing equipment and supplies. For more information, visit www.ballhort.com.

Bellwyck - Horticolor .................................. 504 Fred Kozak 250 A Industriel, Boucherville, QC J4B 2X4 Tel: (450) 641-2642 Fax: (450) 641-4833 Cell: (204) 291-2822 Email: fkozak@bellwyck.com Website: www.horticolor.net Packaging, branding and marketing for growers and retailers. We design and print custom tags, Versa tags, labels, POP, and all types of publications. Experienced, dedicated staff.

Specialized horticultural and photographic data bases.

Biobest ......................................................... 305 Paul Koole 2020 Fox Run Road, Leamington, ON N8H 3V7 Tel: (604) 835-1775 Email: pkoole@biobest.ca Website: www.biobest.be With more than 30 years of experience, Biobest is a leading authority in biological pollination and pest control. Biobest produces and commercializes more than 30 kinds of beneficial insects and mites, which are used for biological crop protection and the production of bumblebees for biological pollination.

Blue Grass Sod Farms & Nursery �������������� 114 Bruce McEwen Unit 102, 39026 Rge Rd 275, Red Deer County, AB T4S 2A9 Tel: (403) 347-7211 Fax: (403) 342-7488 Email: bluesod@xplornet.com Website: www.bluegrassnursery.com Blue Grass Sod Farms, Nursery & Garden Center is one of central Alberta’s largest suppliers of prairie hardy caliper trees and sod. We are a third generation family business servicing the industry since 1970. With over 1600 acres of sod and 200 acres of trees, we are truly the “one stop shop” for all your landscape supplies.

Brandt Tractor Ltd. .....................121, 123, 125 Barry Daley, Branch Manager 10630-176 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5S 1M2 Tel: 780-910-2050 Email: bdaley@brandt.ca Website: www.brandt.ca At Brandt Tractor our focus has been, and always will be on doing whatever it takes to help our customers succeed. This means selling nothing but the best quality equipment, and then backing every machine we sell with an industry-leading parts and service team. It means deeply investing in new dealerships, trucks, parts depots, inventory, and most important of all, in our people.

BrettYoung Seeds ........................................ 714 Travis Unger RR 4, Calmar, AB T0C 0V0 Tel: (780) 985-7300 Fax: (780) 985-8580 Toll Free: 1-800-359-5503 Email: travis.unger@brettyoung.ca Website: www.brettyoung.ca Alberta’s leader in turf and reclamation products. Specializing in seed, fertilizer, sports field products and erosion control products.

BrettYoung can meet all of your landscape needs.

Bron & Sons Nursery Co. ....401, 403, 500, 502 Vince and Ed Bron, Simon Eastwood, Shane Neufeld Box 2643, 3315 Carson Road Grand Forks, BC V0H 1H0 Tel: (250) 442-2014 Fax: (877) 542-5936 Toll Free: 1-800-831-9611 Email: sales@bronandsons.com Website: www.bronandsons.com Container grower of hardy & quality nursery stock. Specializing in shrubs, roses, evergreens, pot-in-pot trees, vines, perennials and grasses.

Supplying garden centres, nurseries and landscapers. Access On-line. Availability and ordering at www.bronandsons.com.

Burnaby Lake Greenhouses Ltd. �������������� 700 Hugh Daugherty 17250 - 80 Avenue, Surrey, BC V4N 6J6 Tel: (604) 576-2088 Fax: (604) 576-2475 Toll Free: 1-800-663-1049 Email: hugh.daugherty@burlake.com Website: www.burlake.com Since 1955, Burnaby Lake Greenhouses has grown to be the largest provider of live plants in Western Canada. We strive to bring you the newest, freshest selection of potted plants, cut flowers and tropical’s straight from our greenhouses.

BURNCO Landscape Centres Inc. ������������� 610 Donnie Wilson 200, 155 Glendeer Circle SE, Calgary, AB T2H 2P9 Tel: (403) 255-2600 Fax: (403) 774-7367 Email: don.wilson@burnco.com Website: www.burncolandscape.com From a shovelful to a truckload, your one stop shop for all landscape supplies.

Canadian Prairie Chapter, Irrigation Association .................................................. 622 Aline Kahawaty Box 1521, Calgary, AB T2H 3A3 Tel: (403) 828-5134 Email: info@cpcia.ca Website: www.cpcia.ca To provide education opportunities to turf, agriculture and golf irrigation professionals.

BW GLOBAL Structures Inc. ���������������������� 105 Paul Cross 29020 Fraser Highway, Abbotsford, BC V4X 1G8 Tel: (604) 856-1303 Fax: (604) 856-1109 Toll Free: 1-877-856-1303 Email: admin@bw-global.com Website: www.bw-global.com; www.bwgreenhouse.com BW Greenhouses® are manufactured in Canada using the strongest Gatorshield steel and highest light diffusion coverings on the market.

BW has become the largest manufacturer of greenhouses and greenhouse parts in Western Canada for 37 years. Call Us Today at 1.877.856.1303.

Cheyenne Tree Farms Ltd. ......................... 421 Jim, Sheryl, Jeff Wotherspoon Box 3060 (24309 TWP Road 510) Beaumont, AB T4X 1K8 Tel: (780) 929-8102 Fax: (780) 929-8107 Toll Free: 1-866-490-2647 Email: info@cheyennetree.ca Website: www.cheyennetree.ca Wholesale producer selling to greenhouses, garden centres, landscapers and municipalities.

160 acre land base, 100 acres of caliper tree production, 3 acres of container plants, 14,400 sq.ft. of greenhouse space for perennial, and tree & shrub production. South of Edmonton: 24309 TWP Rd 510 (Beaumont).

Bylands Nurseries Ltd. .......411, 413, 510, 512 Sales Team 1600 Byland Road, Hwy 97 S, West Kelowna, BC V1Z 1H6 Tel: (250) 769-4466 Fax: (250) 769-5566 Toll Free: 1-800-769-4996 Email: sales@bylands.com Website: www.bylands.com Bylands Nurseries offers one of the most complete mixes of prairie hardy container and bareroot material in North America. We grow quality trees, shrubs, evergreens, fruit trees, annuals, perennials, vines and roses. 2011 Canadian and International Grower of the Year.

City of Edmonton Urban Forestry ������������ 723 Bonnie Fermanuik, Mark Walz, Melissa Campbell 12304 - 107 Street, Edmonton, AB T5G 2S7 Tel: (780) 496-4960 Fax: (780) 496-4978 Email: bonnie.fermanuik@edmonton.ca Website: www.edmonton.ca/trees City of Edmonton Forestry maintains an inventory of about 360,000 trees on boulevards, roadway buffers and parks as well as river valley and various tree stands. Forestry maintains its assets with a combination of in house arborists, urban foresters and contractors.

Mark: (780) 496-4953, Melissa: (780) 442-5437.

C Y Grower Supplies Ltd. ............................ 200 Cor Smit 30600 Landing Road, Abbotsford, BC V4X 2B Tel: (604) 856-5186 Fax: (604) 856-5156 Toll Free: 1-866-856-5186 Email: cor@cygrowers.com Website: www.cygrowers.com Distributor of hard goods for the greenhouse and nursery industry including Ginegar Greenhouse Film, horticultural containers by ITML, Dillen, ProCal, East Jordan Plastics, T.O. Plastics, Haviland and Western Pulp, labels and printers by Sato, and more.

Clifty View Nursery ..................................... 131 Lon or Kevin Merrifield 312 Clifty View Road Bonners Ferry, ID, USA 83805 Tel: (208) 267-7129 Fax: (208) 267-8559 Email: info@cliftyview.com Website: www.cliftyview.com Clifty View Nursery is a family owned and operated wholesale nursery. For 38 years we have been producing cold hardy nursery stock suited for the growing conditions in Canada.

Specializing in Quaking Aspen and Colorado Spruce in seedling, transplant and specimen sizes. We offer a wide variety of other field grown plant material to meet your needs.

Canadian Nursery Landscape Association .................................................. 128 Teegan Giddings 174 Mill St., Unit 102, Milton, ON L9T 1S2 Tel: (905) 875-1399 Fax: (905) 875-1840 Toll Free: 1-888-446-3499 Email: info@cnla-acpp.ca Website: www.cnla-accp.ca National Association providing advocacy, services and support to the landscape horticulture industry across Canada. All programs and benefits are accessed through membership in your provincial association.

Coaldale Nurseries ...................................... 711 David & Cindy Kuperus Box 1267, Coaldale, AB T1M 1N1 Tel: (403) 345-4633 Fax: (403) 345-2866 Email: info@coaldalenurseries.ca Website: www.coaldalenurseries.ca Caliper trees, Colorado spruce, Montgomery spruce and fruit trees.

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Co-genergy Corp. ......................................... 111 Chris Cilia PO Box 36079, Calgary, AB T3E 7C6 Tel: (587) 830-4235 Fax: (587) 830-4235 Email: chris@Co-genergy.com Website: www.co-genergy.com Co-Genergy design and install Tedom CHP systems (cogeneration) to heat and power greenhouses growing food crops, nursery and medicinal plants. Using catalyst treatment from Steuler of Germany we treat the CHP exhaust gas for use as clean growth promoting carbon dioxide.

Communities in Bloom Alberta ���������������� 129 Karen Snethun 11759 Groat Road, Edmonton, AB T5M 3K6 Tel: (403) 789-6287 Email: ksnethun@arpaonline.ca Website: www.cib.arpaonline.ca Communities in Bloom is a Canadian non-profit organization committed to fostering civic pride, environmental responsibility and beautification through community involvement, with focus on the promotion and value of green spaces in urban settings.

CORIX Water Products ................................ 410 Bruce Naka 1210 - 70 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6P 1P5 Tel: (780) 465-0251 Email: info.waterproducts@corix.com Website: www.corixwaterproducts.com Corix Water Products supplies the latest in irrigation and drainage products, from pumps and rotors and everything in between. We are a proud distributor of Rain Bird, Irritrol, and Toro products.

Crescent Garden ......................................... 726 Cesar Castillo 10 NE 41st Street, Miami, FL, USA 33137 Tel: (305) 477-0024 Toll Free: 1-877-477-0027 Email: customerservice@crescentgarden.com Website: www.crescentgarden.com Our line of designer planters recreates the fine detailing of handcrafted artisan pottery in an ultra-resistant lightweight resin. We invite you to take a closer look.

DLF Pickseed Canada Inc. ........................... 524 Bill Letondre 11239 - 186 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5S 2T7 Tel: (780) 934-2915 Fax: (780) 464-0305 Toll Free: 1-800-265-3925 Email: bletondre@pickseed.com Website: www.pickseed.com We are pleased to be the Canadian partner in the “Alliance for Low Input Sustainable Turf”.

Sustainable varieties, reduced inputs, heat tolerance, decreased water use.

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Dümmen Orange ................................. 201, 203 Diane Surette 250 South High Street, Suite 650 Columbus, OH, USA 43215 Tel: (614) 850-9551 Fax: (614) 850-9552 Email: d.surette@dummenorange.com Website: www.dummenorange.com By uniting the world’s top breeders under one distinctive brand, Dümmen Orange blends traditional techniques and emerging technologies to provide the largest selection of superior flowers and plants on earth.

Globally accessible and locally embedded, we continue to be at the forefront of our industry while bringing stability and opportunity to our partners and associates worldwide.

Dutchman Tree Spade ................................ 417 Marlin Tillaart 3735 Sideline 16 North, Brougham, ON L0H 1A0 Tel: (905) 683-8233 Fax: (905) 683-8213 Toll Free: 1-800-293-0070 Email: info@dutchmantreespade.com Website: www.dutchmantreespade.com Manufacturer of the very best in nursery equipment including the Dutchman Tree Spade.

Also specializing in tree planters, tree stakers, truck spades, stabilizers, rootball grapplers and tree tyers.

DynaSCAPE Software .................................. 313 Joe Salemi 217, 3425 Harvester Rd., Burlington, ON L7N 3N1 Toll Free: 1-800-710-1900 Email: jsalemi@dynascape.com Website: www.dynascape.com DynaSCAPE Software has been providing technology solutions to the landscape industry since 1998. Discover how our design and business management solutions can bring your landscape business to a whole new level of professionalism.

Eagle Lake Nurseries Ltd. ........................... 407 Anita Heuver Box 2340, Strathmore, AB T1P 1K3 Tel: (403) 934-3670 Fax: (403) 934-3626 Toll Free: 1-866-805-5007 Email: anita@eaglelakenurseries.com Website: www.eaglelakenurseries.com Local grower of caliper trees, potted trees, shrubs, evergreens, and perennials. Wholesale supplier to residential landscapers, landscape contractors, garden centres and municipalities.

Since 1970...Quality and Service you can depend on.

Eagle Lake Professional Landscape Supply ........................................................... 404 Brian or Nathan 285177 Frontier Road SE, Calgary, AB T1X 0N2 Tel: (403) 262-5600 Fax: (403) 262-5603 Email: brian@eaglelakelandscape.com; nathan@eaglelakelandscape.com Website: www.eaglelakelandscape.com Providing Alberta’s landscape professionals and homeowners with progressive products, dependable delivery services and exceptional customer care. Eagle Lake Professional Landscape Supply also leads the way in innovative solutions, offering LiveRoof, Freedom Fescue sod, sedum turf and engineered soils.

Evergro Division - Nutrien Ag Solutions (Canada) Inc. ........................................ 301, 303 Edwin Hogendoorn 5018-68 Avenue, Calgary, AB T2C 4N8 Tel: (403) 287-3988 Fax: (403) 243-7470 Toll Free: 1-800-661-2991 Email: Edwin.Hogendoorn@nutrien.com Website: www.nutrienagsolutions.ca Leading distributor of popular horticultural products, including ProHort water soluble & controlled release fertilizers, Natures Source liquid & Sustane organic fertilizers, Premier PRO-MIX & peat, pest controls, greenhouse and nursery pots, poly films and Hermadix shade coating as well as soil, water and tissue testing.

EarthApples Inc. .......................................... 625 Phil Bakker 4 Legend Trail, Stony Plain, AB T7Z 0B1 Tel: (780) 996-0707 Fax: (780) 963-4737 Email: phil@earthapples.com Website: www.earthapples.com EarthApples are the new fun way to plant potatoes. We provide easy to grow seed potatoes that are ideal for gardens, patios & urban balconies. Our unique varieties are fun & rewarding to grow, serve, and eat.

EVL Nursery Inc. .................................. 224, 226 Mike Scholtens 22274-64 Avenue, Langley, BC V2Y 2N8 Tel: (604) 514-5060 Fax: (604) 514-5068 Toll Free: 1-888-543-8133 Email: sales@evlnursery.com Website: www.evlnursery.com Grower of ornamental shrubs, grasses, ground cover and perennials in 1 gal & 4” pots.

ECCO Chips ................................................... 120 Beverly Harvey 10114 - 24 Street SE, Calgary, AB T2C 3X7 Tel: (403) 312-8409 Email: sales@eccorecycling.com Website: www.eccorecycling.com Ecco Recycling & Energy Corporation is Alberta’s largest Material Recycling Facility, we divert approximately 12,000 metric tonne of clean reclaimed wood from ending up in landfill monthly. We provide premium re-claimed wood mulch in 3 colors. We provide a superior, quality product that is not from deforestation. ReuseReduce-Recycle, let’s all play our part. For every 35 bags sold….1 tree is saved.

Eco Lighting Solutions ................................ 115 Tracy Grills, Alana Mancini Suite 101, 3309 - 19 St. NE, Calgary, AB T2E 6S8 Tel: (403) 208-0251 Fax: (587) 351-9224 Toll Free: 1-877-627-0251 Email: tgrills@ecolighting.ca; alana@ecolighting.ca Website: www.ecolighting.ca Eco Lighting Solutions™ is dedicated to providing a large array of LED products, from the hobbits to the professional grower. All our LED products are commercial quality, containing only high-output LED chips from the top chip manufacturers.

Edge Equipment Ltd. ........................... 228, 230 Sterling Nordin 12704 - 149 Street, Edmonton, AB T5V 1B3 Tel: (780) 455-3343 Fax: (780) 455-3321 Email: info@edgeequipment.com Website: www.edgeequipment.com Edge Equipment sells quality narrow-line mulchers, large mulchers, dozers, loaders, excavators, telescopic handlers, chippers, and stump grinders to Western Canada.

FBC-Farm Business Consultants ��������������� 713 Jade Cloutier 10703 - 181 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5S 1K8 Tel: (780) 229-0328 Cell: (587) 334-0879 Email: jcloutier@fbc.ca Website: www.fbc.ca Tax consultation/ preparation services geared towards farmers and small business owners.

Finning (Canada) .................611, 613, 710, 712 Dave Rowse 9520 - 51 Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 5A6 Tel: (780) 989-1300 Email: dave.rowse@finning.com Website: www.finning.com Backed by Finning service, the next generation of Cat machines can handle all your residential and landscaping needs. A full line of skid steers, mini excavators and work tools built Cat tough, supported by Finning. Call 1-888-finning for details.

Florists Supply Ltd. ............................. 324, 326 Colleen Hemmingway 16455 - 118 Avenue NE, Edmonton, AB T5V 1H2 Tel: (780) 424-4576 ext: 302 Fax: (780) 424-4566 Toll Free: 1-800-465-8878 ext: 302 Email: chemmingway@floristssupply.com Website: www.floristssupply.com A local importer and supplier of floral, garden centre and greenhouse products. Five locations in Western Canada: Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver to serve you.

Come and check out our seasonal product lines, planters, permanent botanicals, giftware, decor and store display product.

Flowers Canada Growers Inc. ������������������� 215 Andrew Morse 45 Speedvale Ave. East, Unit 7 Guelph, ON N1H 1J2 Tel: (519) 836-5495 Fax: (519) 836-7529 Toll Free: 1-800-698-0113 Email: andrew@fco.ca Website: www.flowerscanadagrowers.com Flowers Canada Growers Inc. is a not-for-profit trade association representing floriculture greenhouse growers and industry partners across Canada.

Foothills Nurseries Ltd. .............................. 225 Blaire Cote PO Box 139, Chestermere, AB T1X 1K8 Tel: (403) 203-3338 Fax: (403) 236-4433 Email: admin@foothillsnurseries.com Website: www.foothillsnurseries.com Specimen caliper deciduous and coniferous trees; pot-in-pot trees; container shrubs deciduous and coniferous; perennials. Delivery service to site within AB, SK and BC. “Clean Plant” certified. We are located just East of Calgary on Range Road 284, 1/2 km North of Glenmore Trail.

G.C. Duke Equipment Ltd. .................. 229, 231 Mark Peart 1184 Plains Rd E., Burlington, ON L7S 1W6 Tel: (905) 407-4748 Fax: (905) 637-2009 Toll Free: 1-800-883-0761 Email: mpeart@gcduke.com Website: www.gcduke.com Suppliers of BobCat & Scag mowers, Little Wonder leaf & debris products, Classen & Ryan lawn maintenance products.

Garden Essentials ....................................... 328 Sami Lander-Zech Calgary, AB Tel: (403) 999-0468 Email: admin@gardenessentials.ca Website: www.gardenessentials.ca A Calgary based company transforming raw iron into functional plant supports. All products are hand-made, maintenance free and provide year round interest. View our catalogue on our website and on linkgreen.ca.

Gardeners Junction ..................................... 627 Shelley Phillips Box 271, Cold Lake, AB T9M 1P1 Tel: (780) 812-1414 Email: dphillips@mcsnet.ca I would like to introduce you to SKEDDADER all natural cat deterrent. The product is designed to keep cats out of the garden, flower beds and other outdoor areas.

Gateway Research Organization �������������� 721 Amber Kenyon Box 5865, Westlock, AB T7P 2P6 Tel: (780) 307-7849 Email: groextension@telus.net Website: www.gatewayresearchorganization.com We are promoting the Government of Alberta’s Farm Energy and Agri-processing Program, as well as the On Farm Solar Photovoltaic Program.

This is funding that is available for farmers and agri-processors to incorporate energy efficient and renewable technologies into their farm businesses.

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Health Canada, Pest Management Regulatory Agency ...................................... 425 Steven Learmonth, Pesticide Compliance Officer Suite 730, 9700 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, AB T5J 4C3 Tel: (780) 495-7014 Fax: (780) 495-5551 Pest Management Info Services: 1-800-267-6315 Email: pmra.infoserv@hc-sc.gc.ca Website: www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/ topics/using-pesticides.html Pesticides imported into, sold or used in Canada are regulated via the Pest Control Products Act (PCPA) and its Regulations. Pesticide compliance officers enforce the PCPA and Regulations as they apply to pesticides. The pesticide label is the law.

Henri Studio by Stonecasters LLC ������������ 400 Dennis Prosperi 1250 Henri Drive, Wauconda, IL, USA 60084 Tel: (847) 526-5200 Fax: 800-Statue-1 Toll Free: 1-800-323-478 Email: dprosperi@@henristudio.com Website: www.henristudio.com From classic to contemporary, from traditional to whimsical, the sparkling Henri Studio range of fountains, planters, birdbaths, and garden ornaments is extraordinary. Now owned and operated by Stonecasters LLC, the Henri line remains the industry leader. Stonecasters also features The Brass Baron, the acclaimed collection of premium bronze pond statues and garden sculptures, as well as collegiate stone mascots.

High Q Greenhouses ................................... 406 Michiel Verheul or Kathy 55431 RR 262, Sturgeon County, AB T8R 0W7 Tel: (780) 939-7490 Fax: (780) 939-2010 Email: kathy@highqgreenhouses.com Website: www.highqgreenhouses.com Full selection of young plants and custom grown finished product. Root & Sell for Selecta First Class including Trixi Combo’s. Western Canadian distributor for “Nature’s Source Plant Food”, revolutionizing growth & plant performance.

HJS Wholesale Ltd. ...................................... 514 Tony Bevilacqua and Terry Folkers Box 2, Group 582, RR 5, Winnipeg, MB R2C 2Z2 Tel: (204) 668-8360 Fax: (204) 667-1775 Toll Free: 1-866-742-5457 (pick hjs) Email: tony@hjswholesale.com, terry@hjswholesale.com Website: www.hjswholesale.com ITML production supplies. Premier and Sun Gro soilless mix, poly greenhouse supplies. Tony cell: (204) 781-1790; Terry cell: (204) 479-9554.

HJS Wholesale Ltd. ..............511, 513, 515, 517 Tony Bevilacqua and Terry Folkers Box 2, Group 582, RR 5, Winnipeg, MB R2C 2Z2 Tel: (204) 668-8360 Fax: (204) 667-1775 Toll Free: 1-866-742-5457 (pick hjs) Email: tony@hjswholesale.com, terry@hjswholesale.com Website: www.hjswholesale.com Wholesale greenhouse and nursery supplies, a large selection of production and retail decorative containers, Sun Gro and Premier Soilless mix, water soluble and slow release fertilizer. Tony cell: (204) 781-1790; Terry cell: (204) 479-9554.

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Holt Tree Spades Ltd. .................................. 117 Bob Fenton 2318 - 246 Stewart Green SW Calgary, AB T3H 3C8 Tel: (403) 242-5871 Fax: (403) 242-7097 Toll Free: 1-844-456-6211 Email: office@holttreespades.com Website: www.holttreespades.com Tree Spades: Manufacturer of all sizes of skid steer mount spades, truck and trailer mount spades and potting spades for all sizes of plastic pots.

Horta-Craft Limited .................................... 422 Brian Lofgren or Paul Lofgren 4836 Egremont Drive, Strathroy, ON N7G 3H3 Tel: (519) 245-8441 Fax: (519) 245-8442 Email: info@horta-craft.ca Website: www.horta-craft.ca Plant identification material: tags, labels, etc., P.O.P. Material for garden centres, signage and banners, and BloomIQ.com. New custom printed full bleed tags.

HortProtect - CNLA ..................................... 128 Member Services - CNLA 174 Mill Street, Unit 102, Milton, ON, L9T 1S2 Toll Free: 1-888-446-3499 Email: hortprotect@canadanursery.com Website: www.hortprotect.com HortProtect is a comprehensive insurance plan designed for the landscape horticulture industry, including unique coverage and pricing for Health & Life as well as Property & Liability insurance. HortProtect is the endorsed national insurance program of the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association and Landscape Alberta.

Inline Nurseries (2010) Inc. ................ 101, 103 Tom Berger, Alyson Kee 49944 Yale Road East, Chilliwack, BC V4Z 0B3 Tel: (604) 794-7096 Fax: (604) 794-7496 Toll Free: 1-888-846-5463 Email: info@inlinenurseries.com Website: www.inlinenurseries.com Wholesale grower and distributor offering a wide range of plant material from perennials, grasses and groundcovers to shrubs and ornamental trees.

J.C. Bakker & Sons Ltd. ................................ 325 Chris Heaslip 1360 Third Street, RR 3, Street Catharines, ON L2R 6P9 Tel: (905) 935-4533 Fax: (905) 935-9921 Toll Free: 1-877-816-6608 Email: nursery@jcbakker.com Website: www.jcbakker.com Wholesale growers of top quality nursery stock since 1949. Roses, bushes, shade & flowering trees, top-grafted standards, flowering shrubs, evergreens, broadleaf evergreens. Bareroot, container grown & field grown available. Shipping across Canada and northern USA. Full and part loads.

Jack Van Klaveren Ltd. (JVK) ���������������������� 629 Western Division, Ray Tamman 8168 River Way, Delta, BC V4G 1K5 Tel: (780) 450-0040 Fax: (780) 450-8389 Toll Free: 1-800-665-1642 Email: rtamman@jvk.net Website: www.jvk.net Annual and perennial flower seed; cuttings of spring plants; containers; soil-less mix; fertilizer; labels and poinsettia cuttings.

JAK Equipment ....................435, 437, 534, 536 Bob Fedorchuk 3913 - 71 Avenue, Leduc, AB T9E 0R8 Tel: (780) 991-5494 Email: bob@jakequipment.com Website: www.jakequipment.com We are your Alberta dealer for Avant compact loaders and attachments. We specialize in the short and long term rental of all types of equipment for your landscaping needs.

Jeffries Nurseries Ltd. ......................... 320, 322 Wilbert Ronald, Michel Touchette, Pete Van Vliet PO Box 402, Portage la Prairie, MB R1N 3B7 Tel: (204) 857-5288 Fax: (204) 857-2877 Toll Free: 1-888-857-5288 Email: jeffnurs@mts.net Website: www.jeffriesnurseries.com Offering a broad selection of prairie grown nursery stock including field and container caliper trees, bare root tree liners, container trees, shrubs and fruit trees; field and container evergreens; container hardy roses. Perennials, lilies, seedlings, rootstock and plastic mulch.

Discover our Northern Garden Collection and Northern Garden Introductions.

Jobber ........................................................... 213 4th Floor, 10520 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, AB T5J 1Z7 Toll Free: 1-888-475-4473 Email: sdr.team@getjobber.com Website: www.getjobber.com Jobber helps home service businesses quote, schedule, invoice, and get paid—faster.

Thousands of lawn care, landscape, and other home service professionals use Jobber to run the day-to-day operations of their businesses.

Jolly Farmer Products, Inc. ......................... 211 Brenda Leech 56 Crabbe Road, Northampton, NB E7N 1R6 Tel: (506) 325-3850 Fax: (800) 863-7814 Toll Free: 1-888-447-0261 Email: brenda.leech@jollyfarmer.com Website: www.jollyfarmer.com Year round grower of young plants of annuals, herbs, vegetables, perennials succulents and tropicals. We specialize in supplying small and medium size growers across North America.

Kato’s Nursery (2007) Ltd. .......................... 516 Michael Kato 29435 Downes Road, Abbotsford, BC V4X 1S3 Tel: (604) 856-2470 Fax: (604) 856-9307 Toll Free: 1-800-550-5286 (KATO) Email: sales@katosnursery.com Website: www.katosnursery.com Prairie hardy quality plants. Small fruits, deciduous shrubs, roses, vines, perennials, ground covers and conifers. Weekly delivery.

Kehoe Equipment Ltd./ Alggin Metal Industries ..................................................... 730 Dave Ross 5545 - 97 Street, Edmonton, AB T6E 3H8 Tel: (780) 420-0040 Fax: (780) 429-2571 Toll Free: 1-877-420-0040 Email: dave@kel-hvac.com Website: www.kel-hvac.com Modine Gas-Oil-Electric-hydronic unit heaters, high & low intensity infrared radiant heaters, high efficiency condensing gas unit heaters; TACO hydronic specialties; Peerless high efficiency boilers.

Kubota Canada Ltd. ........................427, 429, 431, 526, 528, 530 Don McClughan 5900 - 14 Avenue, Markham, ON L3S 4K4 Tel: (905) 294-6535 Toll Free: 1-800-405-6916 Email: customerservice@kubota.ca Website: www.kubota.ca Kubota Canada Ltd. (KCL) markets and distributes Kubota-engineered and manufactured equipment, including a complete line of tractors (up to 171 HP), performancematched implements, compact and utility tractors, compact construction, landscaping and public work equipment, residential lawn and garden equipment, commercial turf products and utility vehicles.

Lakeshore Tree Farms Ltd. ����������������������� 307 Aaron Krahn Box 92, RR 3, (960 Valley Road) Saskatoon, SK S7K 3J6 Tel: (306) 978-3333 Fax: (866) 417-5731 Toll Free: 1-877-995-5253 Email: aaron@lshore.com Website: www.lakeshoretreefarms.com We grow 260 acres of caliper shade trees including spruce, pine & larch; 10 acres of container shrubs and trees; rooted cuttings and seedlings. We specialize in native plants grown from seed and cuttings collected in zones 1 & 2.

Attentive to detail, overnight delivery to many Alberta towns and cities. Site location: 960 Valley Rd, Saskatoon.

Landscape Alberta .............................. 130, 128 Marnie Main 18051 - 107 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T5S 1K3 Tel: (780) 489-1991 ext. 102 Fax: (780) 444-2152 Toll Free: 1-800-378-3198 ext: 102 Email: member.services@landscape-alberta.com Website: www.landscape-alberta.com Member-driven Association supporting and promoting all sectors of the landscape horticulture industry in Alberta. Workshops and conferences, publications, government advocacy, member discount programs, industry Certification program, networking, support for industry research and much more; host of the Green Industry Show & Conference.

Landscape Industry Certified Program CNLA ............................................................. 130 174 Mill St., Unit 102, Milton, ON L9T 1S2 Toll Free: 1-800-446-3499 ext: 8620 Website: www.landscapeindustrycertified.org This industry-developed certification program is recognized throughout Canada and the U.S. Certified individuals have met rigorous testing standards and continue to advance professionalism in the landscape industry.

Become a Landscape Industry Certified Manager, Technician or Designer – TODAY! LED Smart Inc. ............................................. 717 Geoff Feltman 3817 - 98 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 5V4 Tel: (780) 438-6624 ext: 245 Fax: (780) 988-6146 Toll Free: 1-800-457-0416 Email: gfeltham@ledsmart.com Website: www.ledsmart.com We manufacture North America’s only grow lamp that uses LED, UV, infrared radiation & lasers to create a four season grow cycle that can be controlled by our Android or IOS app.

Our grow lamp is the only “one size fits all” in the marketplace. You can simply increase or decrease the area lumen size by either adding or removing LED lighting modules.

Lemar Tree Spades ............................. 725, 727 Les Poffenroth Box 10369, Airdrie, AB T4A 0H6 Tel: (403) 948-9852 Fax: (403) 948-9853 Toll Free: 1-866-948-9852 Email: sales@lemarweb.com Website: www.lemarweb.com We manufacture premium quality tree moving and nursery care equipment. We are committed to quality, efficiency and excellent service.

Whether you need nursery equipment, wire baskets or other nursery supplies, we want to be your trusted supplier.

LinkGreen .................................................... 402 Robert Tigwell 570 Bryne Drive, Unit E, Barrie, ON L4N 9P6 Toll Free: 1-888-476-6527 ext: 1 Email: sales@linkgreen.ca Website: www.linkgreen.ca LinkGreen is an online ordering service for suppliers in the lawn & garden industry, serving over 300 Canadian suppliers and quickly becoming the online ordering service used by over 3500 retailers.

Linnaea Nurseries Limited ����������������������� 216 John Folkerts 3666 - 224 Street, Langley, BC V2Z 2G7 Tel: (604) 533-8281 Fax: (604) 533-8246 Toll Free: 1-888-327-7705 Email: john@linnaeanurseries.com Website: www.linnaeanurseries.com Growers of quality hardy nursery stock including trees, shrubs, ferns, grasses and native plants.

Macore Label Company .............................. 715 Brian Snyder 2215 Claxter Rd NE, Salem, OR, USA 97301 Tel: (514) 405-5185 Toll Free: 1-800-331-9555 Email: brian@macore.com Web: www.macore.com Macore has been supplying tags and labels to the nursery industry for over 50 years. With both a colorful standard line of tags as well as high end custom ability, we can serve your needs. Call us today, we look forward to helping you.

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Mainland Floral Distributors Ltd. ����� 100, 102 Fred De Boer 25355 - 56 Avenue, Aldergrove, BC V4W 1G5 Tel: (604) 856-1264 Fax: (604) 856-1273 Email: sales@mainlandfloral.ca Website: www.mainlandfloral.com We offer a complete assortment of quality potted plants and cut flowers, delivered directly to your door with our temperature controlled trucks. A new updated availability & price list is sent out weekly or is available on our website.

We offer temperature controlled, door to door freight service between Alberta, BC, Washington and Oregon.

Manderley Turf Products Inc. ������������������� 621 Melanie Kruhlak 8818 - 111 St., Unit 160 Fort Saskatchewan, AB T8L 3T4 Tel: (780) 998-1995 Fax: (780) 998-2783 Toll Free: 1-888-225-3885 Email: info@manderley.com Website: www.manderley.com Manderley Turf Products has been helping landscape professionals green up their communities for over 55 years. With a focus on sustainability, we offer premium quality products and industry leading services for results that you can be proud of.

Martin Deerline ...................501, 503, 600, 602 17104 - 118 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5S 2L7 Tel: (780) 452-2790 Fax: (780) 451-2739 Toll Free: 1-877-627-8468 Email: md@martindeerline.com Website: www.martindeerline.com Martin Deerline is your local John Deere dealer with over 50 years of experience in the landscaping and construction industries.

Landscape Alberta members receive special discounts on new John Deere equipment. Visit us in-store or online.

Martin Deerline Golf & Turf .......................................505, 507, 604, 606 17104 - 118 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5S 2L7 Tel: (780) 452-2790 Fax: (780) 451-2739 Toll Free: 1-877-627-8468 Email: md@martindeerline.com Website: www.martindeerline.com Whatever the job, Martin Deerline has what you need to get the job done. With over 50 years’ experience, we’re proud to offer a multitude of world-class brands like John Deere, Ventrac and many more. Visit us in-store or online.

McKenzie Seeds ................................... 110, 112 Laura Prins Edmonton, AB Tel: (780) 453-3535 Fax: (780) 454-1852 Toll Free: 1-800-665-6340 Email: laurap@mckenzieseeds.com Website: www.mckenzieseeds.com McKenzie, Organic, Sow Easy, Gusto, Asian seed lines. Jiffy Seed starting products, onion & garlic sets, seed potatoes, lawn seed, wildflower shaker bags, inoculant, garden accessories and more.

Metal Pless Inc. .................................... 525, 527 Jason Whittemore 1683 Blvd Sucreries, Plessisville, QC G6L 1W4 Tel: (819) 362-2221 Fax: (819) 362-6974 Toll Free: 1-800-362-1688 Email: sales@metalpless.com Website: www.metalpless.com Our company manufactures snow plows for all types of machinery and vehicles. We specialize in snow plows with hydraulically powered side wings. We also hold the patent for Live Edge.

Morgan Creek Tropicals Ltd. .............. 212, 214 Christina Patrick #558, 102-17750 #10 HWY, Surrey, BC V3S 1K4 Tel: (604) 576-1156 Fax: (604) 576-8223 Toll Free: 1-866-576-1156 Email: christina@mctropicals.com Website: www.mctropicals.com Morgan Creek Tropicals is a grower and wholesaler of indoor tropical plants, specializing in Asian specialty products that include bamboo, bonsai and pachira. Our focus is building longterm relationship with our customers through exceptional quality and proven customer service.

Mountain Bark Inc. ..................................... 716 Monte Christensen Box 1502, Okotoks, AB T1S 1B4 Tel: (403) 995-2209 Fax: (403) 995-0925 Toll Free: 1-877-686-2275 Email: monte@mountainbark.com Website: www.mountainbark.com Rustic cedar landscape products: mulch, coloured mulch, split rail fencing, arbours, bark nuggets and cedar firewood.

320 acres of Alberta-grown Caliper Trees, Evergreens, Shrubs, and Perennials Phone: (780) 929-8102 Fax: (780) 929-8107 Toll Free: (866) 490-2647 Box 3060, Beaumont, AB T4X 1K8 info@cheyennetree.ca www.cheyennetree.ca

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Mumby’s Arboriculture Consulting ..........612 Verna Mumby RR1, Site 27B, C7, Kaleden, BC V0H 1K0 Tel: (250) 218-6951 Fax: (250) 497-1105 Email: vmumby@shaw.ca Website: www.treelady.ca We specialize in tree risk assessments, arborist reports, urban forest management plans and tree inventories, and service clients in Saskatchewan, Alberta and BC. Nektar Data Systems Inc. .................. 116, 118 Barry Thomson 14420 - 154 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6V 0K8 Tel: (780) 451-7573 Fax: (780) 447-2330 Toll Free: 1-888-451-7573 Email: barry.thomson@nektardata.com Website: www.nektardata.com Histree is a cloud-based mobile data collection tool catered towards the green industry, allowing assets to be seamlessly identified, managed, mapped, and verified from the field using smartphone technology.

Nordic Nurseries ......................................... 728 Sales Team 29386 Havernam Rd., Abbotsford, BC V4X 2P3 Tel: (604) 607-7074 ext: 1 Fax: (604) 607-7073 Email: info@nordicplants.com Website: www.nordicplants.com Propagators of Proven Winners and Proven Selections - the world’s finest new plants. Nordic Nurseries supplies rooted cuttings to growers across Canada through our broker network and finished product direct to garden centres and landscapers.

Oakcreek Golf & Turf .......................... 204, 206 Thad Klassen 3816 - 64 Avenue SE, Calgary, AB T2C 2B4 Tel: (403) 279-2907 Fax: (403) 236-7995 Toll Free: 1-888-773-7335 Email: klassent@oakcreekgolf.com Website: oakcreekgolf.com Toro commercial mowers, Toro RLC mowers, Toro Siteworks, Boss Plows, Yamaha Golf cars.

Olds College ......................................... 428, 430 Kim Wickwire 4500 - 50 Street, Olds, AB T4H 1R6 Tel: (403) 556-8288 Toll Free: 1-800-661-6537 Email: kwickwire@oldscollege.ca Website: www.oldscollege.ca Olds College now offers Block Style training for all levels of Horticulture classes. Please contact us for more information on how you could attend one or more classes this winter!

Ontario Seed Co. Limited (OSC) ���������������� 623 James Uffelman & Bill Pettigrew PO Box 7, Waterloo, ON N2J 3Z6 Tel: (519) 886-0557 Fax: (519) 886-0605 Email: jim@oscseeds.com Website: www.oscseeds.com Consignment seed displays with an assortment of herbs, vegetables, annuals and perennials selected for Canada’s growing regions. Canada’s foremost supplier of Native Seed. Over 125 years of growing service. GMO – FREE. Brands: OSC, PNW, Aimers Organics.

Original Energy Sales Inc. ........................... 624 Erez Sadeh 413, 10033 - 110 Street, Edmonton, AB T5K 1J5 Tel: (780) 760-0976 Email: originalenergysales@gmail.com Our portable and compact electrical TENS stimulators are a breakthrough in the compact medical device industry. Approved by Health Canada and cleared by the FDA as a class II medical device, it uses an electrical pulse for the stimulation and relief of daily muscle aches whenever and wherever you need it.

Pacific Rim Brackets Ltd. ................... 614, 616 Jasmin Gutierrez 102, 1290 Homer St., Vancouver, BC V6B 2Y5 Tel: (604) 844-2200 Fax: (604) 844-1604 Toll Free: 1-800-665-9199 Email: sales@pacificrimbrackets.com Website: www.pacificrimbrackets.com Pacific Rim Brackets offers an exceptional assortment of unique designs, trending new styles and finishes while maintaining competitive pricing of brackets and accessories, home and garden décor, shepherd hooks, plant stands, plant caddies, coco lined baskets and planters, wall and railing planters, trellises, arbours & obelisks. Shipping is available from our distribution centres in Vancouver or Toronto.

Paridon Horticultural Ltd. .................. 520, 522 Darcy Leiter 5985 - 104 Street, Delta, BC V4K 3N3 Tel: (780) 918-4012 Fax: (604) 596-6155 Toll Free: 1-800-586-5236 Email: darcy@paridon.com Website: www.paridon.com Paridon offers an unsurpassed selection of the highest quality perennials, annuals and succulents for your business. Our offerings include Proven Winners, retail-ready succulents, tillandsia and water plants. Please ask us about our custom plugs and green roof products.

Parkland Nursery & Landscape Services Ltd. ................................................. 531 Dwayne Beck, Pat Aldi, Devon Beck, Deb Beck Box 25004, Deer Park PO Red Deer, AB T4R 2M2 Tel: (403) 340-8755 Fax: (403) 340-8759 Toll Free: 1-888-340-8733 Email: sales@pnls.ca Website: www.pnls.ca 500 acres of caliper trees; tree liners, shrubs, perennials and a large selection of pot and pot trees. Parkland Nursery has a specialized fleet of trucks and equipment as well as an installation crew. We are also the Canadian distributor for Treegator - the original watering bag.

Peak Compost .............................................. 122 Frank Peters 11920 - 68 Street SE, Calgary, AB T2Z 5E7 Tel: (905) 912-2749 Fax: (905) 560-0099 Email: fpeters@aimgroup.ca Website: www.peakcompost.ca Peak Compost is a high quality soil amendment with a strong nutrient profile, is free of foreign materials like plastics and sharp matter and is pasteurized to kill pathogens. Peak Compost is consistently high-quality compost that is professional grade approved by the Compost Council of Canada and the Compost Quality Alliance.

Prairie Side Equipment Ltd. .......104, 106, 108 Frank Michielsen 5606 - 62 Street, Taber, AB T1G 1Y5 Tel: (403) 892-5550 Email: info@prairieside.ca Website: www.giantwest.ca Prairie Side Equipment is proud to bring you the GiANT compact skidsteer, wheelloader and telehandler line together with the highly innovative Imants Root Pruner, part of the Imants Campey greenline. We also have a complete line of implements for general use and CF Moto ATV’s & Side by Sides for work and play. Stop in at our booth and we will answer any of your questions.

Professional Gardener Co. Ltd., The ................................................ 414, 416 Allan Nielsen 915 - 23 Avenue SE, Calgary, AB T2G 1P1 Tel: (403) 263-4200 Fax: (403) 237-0029 Email: progar@telusplanet.net Website: www.professionalgardener.ca Western Canada’s premier supplier to the landscape, nursery and greenhouse trade since 1927. Experienced industry professionals at your service.

ProPeat Carbon Fertilizer ........................... 703 Heather Galbraith 250 Pro Peat Drive, Sugar City, ID, USA 83448 Tel: (208) 372-7328 Fax: (208) 372-7327 Email: heather@propeat.com Website: www.propeat.com At ProPEAT, we are dedicated to delivering solutions for any of your professional fertilization needs. We have developed the most effective nutrient delivery method using a natural carrier. Carbon90Plus is the result of our efforts, and represents our commitment to provide products that deliver more to the plant, using less, and is less impactful on the environment.

Purple Springs Nursery Inc. ............... 615, 617 Joe Klassen 4516 Hullcar Road, Armstrong, BC V0E 1B4 Tel: (250) 546-8156 Fax: (250) 546-9155 Toll Free: 1-877-289-3813 Email: info@psnursery.com Website: www.psnursery.com Wholesale growers of cold hardy B&B and 15 gallon container grown trees on over 250 acres.

Specializing is shade and ornamental trees, as well as spruce and pine.

Regency Irrigation Ltd. ............................... 310 Michael Kennedy 103, 90 Freeport Blvd NE, Calgary, AB T3J 5J9 Tel: (403) 250-2686 Fax: (403) 250-1758 Email: mike.k@regencyirrigation.com Website: www.regencyirrigation.com Underground irrigation systems, ponds and landscape lighting.

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Rick’s Concrete Products/ Fountain Factory ......................................... 306 Mark Veldjesgraaf 2343 - 2nd Avenue N, Lethbridge, AB T1H 0C1 Tel: (403) 329-3686 Fax: (403) 317-0072 Email: ricksconcrete@hotmail.com Website: www.ricksconcreteproducts.com Manufacturing birdbaths, benches, tables, statuary, lawn ornaments and stone art fountains. Exposed aggregate flower pots and tables.

Rocky Mountain Landscape Bark ������������ 420 Derek Jones, Mark Boot 8774 Burton Lake Road, Elko, BC V0B 1T3 Tel: (250) 529-7663 Fax: (250) 529-7610 Email: barkplant@gmail.com Website: www.rockymountainbark.ca We supply landscapers and retail outlets with premium, high quality fir bark nuggets and mulch. Bagged or bulk. We are partnered with Boot Trucking for fast delivery times.

Root Rescue Environmental Products Inc. ................................................ 529 Bob Reeves PO Box 864, Waterdown, ON L0R 2H0 Tel: (416) 995-9050 Fax: (289) 895-8396 Email: orders@rootrescue.com Website: www.rootrescue.com The natural advantage! Root Rescue puts life back into the soil; restoring and nurturing the natural beneficial soil organisms that plants rely on to find water and nutrients. The mycorrhizal soil fungi in Root Rescue go to work immediately helping your plants thrive in their natural environment for life.

Rustling Leaves Nursery ............................ 127 Gary Vander Waal Box 941, Picture Butte, AB T0K 1V0 Tel: (403) 715-7401 Email: garyv@rustlingleaves.ca Website: www.rustlingleaves.ca We aim to provide above par service to our customers and guarantee our product to be in good health upon leaving our nursery. We carry containerized shrubs, perennials, grasses, evergreens, Pot-in-Pot trees, fruit trees and B&B (50-80mm caliper).

RyMar Synthetic Grass ....................... 720, 722 Ryan Aldous 3117 - 16 Street NE, Calgary, AB T2E 7K8 Tel: (403) 278-9777 Fax: (403) 277-0850 Toll Free: 1-888-924-7277 Email: info@rymar.ca Website: www.rymargrass.ca RyMar Synthetic Grass offers the rich look of real grass with our environmentally friendly synthetic grass and turf products. Because of the breakthrough materials used to manufacture the grass, with minimal maintenance, your investment will look and feel realistic and beautiful for years.

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Sea Soil™ / Foenix Forest Technology Inc. ���������������� 706 Rick Fawkes PO Box 638, Port McNeill, BC V0N 2R0 Tel: (250) 729-9965 Fax: (250) 729-9967 Toll Free: 1-866-SEA-SOIL Email: sales@seasoil.com Website: www.seasoil.com Our family makes superior composted soils and mixes. Sea Soil is an organically fertilized, OMRI listed soil made with fish and unique forest fines. Sea Soil by nature is weed-free and safe for all applications. We use Sea Soil as a base for all of our products.

Second Nature Compost City of Edmonton ........................................ 702 Leanne Letourneau Site 480, 250 Aurum Road NE Edmonton, AB T6S 1G9 Tel: (780) 496-5128 Fax: 780-442-0864 Email: secondnature@edmonton.ca Website: www.secondnaturecompost.ca Supply and sale of Second Nature Compost products for agricultural, horticultural and erosion control uses. Your plant health starts with healthy soil.

Seed Centre, a Division of Jardin Foods Ltd. ������������������ 705 Kathy Diebold 9615 - 90 Avenue, Peace River, AB T8S 1G8 Tel: (780) 624-8350 Fax: (780) 624-1739 Email: seeds@jardinfoods.ca Seed Centre is a new division of Jardin Foods Ltd. We specialize in garden seeds, onion sets, seed potatoes, garden tools and gloves. Jardin Foods Ltd. is part of a group of companies that distributes to 500 customers in Northwest AB, North East BC, and NWT. Sester Farms Inc. ................................. 424, 426 Roger Whaley 33205 SE Oxbow Dr., Gresham, OR, USA 97080 Tel: (503) 663-4844 Fax: (503) 663-7659 Toll Free: 1-800-832-4487 Email: sales@sesterfarms.com Website: www.sesterfarms.com Wholesale grower of shade trees and shrubs in bareroot and container, root-pruned conifers in container and B&B and a greenhouse division with liners and rooted cuttings. See the difference in our consistent quality. Specializing in cold-hardy plants, the perfect garden center mix.

Simon Bos Nurseries Ltd. ........................... 415 Simon Bos PO Box 1078, Coaldale, AB T1M 1M9 Tel: (403) 330-8010 Fax: (403) 345-4306 Email: simon@bosnurseries.com Website: www.bosnurseries.com Grower of field grown caliper trees, serving the prairies. Simon Bos Nurseries has been in business for over 25 years. We understand the industry and the challenges we face as well! Our goal is to provide quality product and service.

SingleOps, LLC ..................................... 327, 329 Joseph Johnson 1425 Ellworth Industrial Blvd., Suite 18 Atlanta, GA, USA 30318 Tel: (404) 788-0013 Email: joe@singleops.com Website: www.singleops.com SingleOps is an end-to-end cloud-based business management software designed specifically for the green industry. It is the premier solution to streamline your business and save time and money. With CRM, estimates, scheduling, routing, labor & chemical tracking, invoicing, QB sync and more, you can run your entire business with SingleOps. SiteOne Landscape Supply ................. 315, 317 Ken Vowels / Irina King 9421 - 48 Street SE, Calgary, AB T2C 2R1 Tel: (403) 236-0102 Fax: (403) 236-0120 Email: kvowels@siteone.com Website: www.siteone.ca SiteOne Landscape Supply is the nation’s largest supplier of wholesale irrigation, outdoor lighting, nursery landscape supplies, fertilizers, turf protection products, grass seed, turf care equipment and golf course accessories for green industry professionals in the US and Canada. We are committed to becoming the distributor of choice for landscape irrigation and turf care.

Smart Snow Pusher ..................................... 620 Jason Whittemore 444, Blvd Industriel, Asbestos, QC J1T 4X1 Tel: (819) 252-2252 Toll Free: 1-844-452-2252 Email: sales@smartsnowpusher.com Website: www.smartsnowpusher.com Introducing the first ‘’Do it Yourself’’ snow plow.

Society to Prevent Dutch Elm Disease (STOPDED) .................................................... 312 Janet Feddes-Calpas 5030 - 50 Street, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W8 Tel: (403) 782-8613 Fax: (403) 782-5514 STOPDED Hotline: 1-877-837-ELMS (3567) Email: stopded@shaw.ca Website: www.stopded.org The main objective of the Society to Prevent Dutch Elm Disease (STOPDED) is to promote the survival of the American elm in Alberta by preventing the establishment of Dutch Elm Disease (DED) and its insect vectors. Alberta is DED free and with your help, we can keep it that way!

Southern Irrigation ............................. 628, 630 Kees Van Beek 511 - 41 Street N, Lethbridge, AB T1H 7B6 Tel: (403) 394-0042 Fax: (403) 394-9515 Toll Free: 1-877-663-2615 Email: kees.v@southernirrigation.com Website: www.southernirrigation.com Southern Irrigation offers a comprehensive line of products for agriculture, landscape & turf, greenhouse, nursery, mining, municipal and wastewater applications. We also supply small agriculture implements for planting, transplanting and harvesting.

Specimen Trees Wholesale Nurseries Ltd. ...................................... 220, 222 Sharon Johnsen Howkins 18598 Advent Road, Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 2G8 Tel: (604) 465-7122 Fax: (604) 465-8100 Toll Free: 1-800-471-4448 Email: inquiry@specimentrees.com Website: www.specimentrees.com An impressive selection of hardy grafted conifers; both container and field grown in specimen sizes. A good selection of trees and hardy flowering shrubs are also available.

Spectrum Equipment Inc. .................. 521, 523 Steve Wheatcroft 235120 Ryan Road, Rocky View, AB Tel: (403) 460-5665 Toll Free: 1-888-402-2002 Email: info@spectrumequipment.ca Website: www.spectrumequipment.ca Spectrum provides equipment sales and rentals to the landscape, snow & ice management, construction, facilities management, and oil/ gas industries. Spectrum is also the Western Canadian manufacturers’ rep for: Trecan Snow Melters, Metal Pless Plows, Skeer Systems, ProTech Pushers, Trucbrush, RRS Screening Plants and offers additional products through the Spectrum on-line store.

Steam ‘N’ Weeds .......................................... 423 Dan Dow 2502 - 10 Avenue, Wainwright, AB T9W 1W3 Tel: (587) 437-8326 Email: info@steamnweeds.com Website: www.steamnweeds.com Here at STEAM ’N’ WEEDS we are distributors for Weedtechnics products, using patented Satusteam™ technology as a means of organic weed control. There are no chemicals or additives used to create Satusteam™, only water. Which means that it is safe for kids, pets and the planet.

Stewart Brothers Nurseries ............... 314, 316 Kal Jhaj 4129 Spiers Road, Kelowna, BC V1W 4B5 Tel: (250) 764-2121 Fax: (250) 764-4421 Toll Free: 1-800-313-2101 Email: kal.jhaj@stewartnurseries.com Website: www.stewartnurseries.com Stewart Brothers Nurseries is a family owned and operated business celebrating 107 years of service. We provide and deliver a wide variety of prairie-hardy deciduous and coniferous trees at various stages of growth and development from which to choose. We are committed to you and to the deep roots of your community.

Stokes Seeds Limited .................................. 412 Leah Erickson 296 Collier Road S, Thorold, ON L2V 5B6 Tel: (905) 688-3634 ext: 195 Fax: (800) 272-5560 Toll Free: 1-800-272-5544 Email: lerickson@stokeseeds.com Website: www.stokeseeds.com Canada’s leading supplier of commercial vegetable and flower seeds and vegetative flowers.

Sun Gro Horticulture Inc. ........................... 631 Morgan Bowling 4111 E. Megan Street, Gilbert, AZ, USA 85295 Tel: (480) 340-2176 Toll Free: 1-800-732-8667 Email: morgan.bowling@sungro.com Website: www.sungro.com; www.blackgold.bz Sunshine peat moss, “Sunshine” retail and professional growing mixes; Black Gold peat moss, retail mixes. Florikote controlled release fertilizers, Technigro water soluble fertilizers.

Telus ............................................................. 724 Bianka Osuch 10020 - 100 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 0N5 Tel: (587) 987-6519 Email: bianka.osuch@telus.com Website: www.telus.net Canada’s fastest growing communications company. Offering services such as Optic TV, Smart home security, internet, mobility and more.

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TerraLink Horticulture Inc. ����������������������� 405 Lisa Birston 464 Riverside Road, Abbotsford, BC V2S 7M1 Tel: (604) 864-9044 Fax: (604) 864-8418 Toll Free: 1-800-661-4559 Email: marketing@tlhort.com Website: www.tlhort.com TerraLink Horticulture is 100% Canadian owned private company that for 40+ years has supplied professional greenhouse vegetable, floral, nursery, landscape, garden centre, municipalities and parks in Western Canada with nutrients, crop protection products, media, seeds and more.

The HC Company ......................................... 124 Marc Desrosiers 325 West Street, B200, PO Box 265 Brantford, ON N3T 5M8 Tel: (604) 351-1229 Toll Free: 1-800 -736-4865 Email: mdesrosiers@hc-companies.com Website: www.hc-companies.com The HC Companies manufactures horticulture containers for the greenhouse, nursery and retail markets under the brand names Dillen®, ITML®, ProCal®, Listo™, Akro-Mils Lawn & Garden® and Planters’ Pride®. Headquartered in Twinsburg, Ohio, The HC Companies has locations throughout the United States and Canada.

Top Spray ..................................................... 701 Rob Olenick 305 Griffin Road West, Cochrane, AB T4C 2C4 Tel: (403) 932-1464 Fax: (403) 932-5733 Toll Free: 1-888-516-8524 Email: info@topspray.com Website: www.topspray.com Top Spray manufactures a variety of premium organic mulches such as Foothills Premium Mulch and Montane Garden Mulch, both of which are ORMI certified. We are also Alberta’s largest supplier of colored mulch derived from non-recycled fibre. Our services include blower truck mulch applications and bulk deliveries, erosion control, hydroseeding, ecoblanket applications and grinding services.

TreeTime.ca ................................................. 704 Danielle 204, 9366-49 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T6B 2L7 Toll Free: 1-866-873-3846 Fax: (780) 472-0460 Email: sales@treetime.ca Website: www.treetime.ca TreeTime.ca specializes in selling 1 and 2 year old hardy tree and shrub seedlings. We provide both native and landscape species that are packaged and shipped out of our cold storage warehouse every spring with competitive prices.

Valleybrook Gardens Ltd. ........................... 506 Lovette Franklin 1831 Peardonville Rd., Abbotsford, BC V4X 2M3 Tel: (604) 855-1177 Fax: (604) 850-1383 Toll Free: 1-800-824-1120 Email: lovette@valleybrook.com Website: www.perennials.com; www.valleybrook.com Your perennial source for the best brands.

Heritage Perennials, Jeepers Creepers, Rock Stars, Culinary Collectibles, Backyard Fresh, Succulent Creations and more!

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Van Noort Bulb Company .......................... 210 Keith Carpenter 22264 Hwy 10, Langley, BC V2Y 2K6 Tel: (604) 888-6555 Fax: (604) 888-7640 Toll Free: 1-888-826-6667 Email: Keith@vannoortbulb.com Website: www.vannoortbulb.com Family owned Canadian company supplying horticulture products since 1928. Specializing in wholesale and retail packaged perennials, shrubs, vines, small fruits, roses and bulbs for spring and fall to growers, garden centers, landscapers and cities.

Vanstone Nurseries .................................... 331 Owen Vanstone Box 670, Portage la Prairie, MB R1N 3C2 Tel: (204) 857-8435 Fax: (204) 857-7728 Email: info@vanstonenurseries.com Website: www.vanstonenurseries.com Vanstone Nurseries is a family owned company located in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

We are a wholesale grower of perennials, grasses, ornamental shrubs, small fruit, herbs, and annuals. We take pride in supplying independent garden centres in Western Canada with premium quality plants.

Wellmaster Carts, Div. of Wellmaster Pipe & Supply Inc. ................................ 221, 223 Doug White/ Pedro Friesen 1494 Bell Mill Road, Tillsonburg, ON N4G 4J1 Tel: (519) 688-0500 Fax: (519) 688-0563 Toll Free: 1-800-387-9355 Email: pfriesen@wellmaster.ca Website: www.wellmaster.ca Carts (folding, side sliders, transportation, budget, garden centre), wagons and trailers (4 wheel steer, multiple deck), customer service wagons, carts, benches, displays, in-house 360° carts, Du-All barrows, Rhino and Grizzly, Navigator carts.

West Coast Floral Growers & Distributors Ltd. ...................................... 217 Nathan VanHuizen 1420 - 172 Street, Surrey, BC V3S 9M6 Tel: (604) 541-7447 Fax: (604) 541-0882 Toll Free: 1-800-668-4655 Email: nathan@westcoastfloral.com Website: www.westcoastfloral.com Live potted plants, fresh cut flowers, bedding plants, herbs. You name it, we have it. Along with our reliable freight service, West Coast Floral is a quality grower and shipper of the above. Our fleet covers most points in Western Canada on a weekly basis from Vancouver.

West Coast Seeds ........................................ 304 Alex Augustyniak 5300 - 34B Avenue, Delta, BC V4L 2P1 Tel: (604) 952-8820 Fax: (604) 952-8828 Email: alex@westcoastseeds.com Website: www.westcoastseeds.com West Coast Seeds carries over 1,100 varieties of vegetable, fruit, herb, flower as well as sprouting seeds, microgreens and wildflower seeds. We work on supplying varieties that grow well in our climate and truly believe in organic growing.

Namely, we believe in supplying our customers with the freshest, fattest seed available, with the highest germination rate possible.

Westland Ltd. ....................................... 601, 603 Customer Service Unit 107, 18 Highland Park Way NE Airdrie, AB T4A 0R1 Toll Free: 1-800-363-9378 Fax: (587) 775-6420 Email: customerservice@westlandltd.com Website: www.westlandltd.com Westland Ltd. is the largest 100% Canadian, family-owned, national distributor exclusively committed to the lawn & garden industry. We distribute the products you need, on time and at the right price. We distribute a wide variety of products from over 70 vendors including top brands such as PremierTech, Scott’s, Woodstream and Easy Gardener.

Zeller & Sons Enterprises ........................... 330 Dan Zeller RR 1, 2360 Naramata Road Naramata, BC V0H 1N0 Tel: (250) 496-5338 Fax: (250) 496-5886 Toll Free: 1-866-496-5338 Email: dan@zellerandsons.com Agricultural supplier of equipment and hardware. Pruning tools: hand, electric, pneumatic operated. Spaders, weed and conventional sprayers, cultivating hoes, grafting supplies, rodent and bird control. Bamboo fencing, tying and tree training.

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Schedule of Events Wednesday, November 14 Time

Workshop/Event Registration for Exhibitors Opens

10:00 am 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Certified Irrigation Technician (CIT) Preparation Workshop,** Keith Scweiger | Room 101

10:00 am - 4:15 pm

AGGA Day of Discovery 3.0, Speed Knowledge Sessions for Your Greenhouse | Room 103

12:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Building Your One-Page Strategic Plan for 2019, Danny Kerr | Room 102

12:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Assessing and Modifying Urban Soils, Howard Stenn | Room 104

6:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Landscape Alberta Nursery Producers Annual Auction, The Sutton Place Hotel, 10235-101 Street, Edmonton, AB

**In partnership with the Canadian Prairie Chapter of the Irrigation Association

Thursday, November 15 Time

Session/Event

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Registration and coffee

8:00 am - 9:00 am

9:05 am - 10:05 am

Managing Shrink for Greater Profit Will Healy Room 108

Bridget Behe Room 107

Just in Time Session Cannabis in the Workplace Cristina Wendel Room 109

10:05 am - 10:20 am

10:20 am - 11:20 am

Science & Art of Wholesale Plant Material Pricing

Understanding Greenhouse Crop Needs for Better Productivity Dr. Mohyuddin Mirza Room 108

BREAK Selling Irrigation Efficiency Keith Scweiger Room 108

What the Consumer Sees: Eye-Tracking in Garden Centres

Interpreting the Needs of Your Client John van Roessel Room 109

The 6 Critical Requirements for Healthy Urban Trees Howard Stenn (Two-Hour Session) Room 104

The 3 Keys to Getting Out of Your Day-toDay in Your Business Danny Kerr Room 104

Executing the Vision Nick McCullough (Two-Hour Session) Room 107

Bridget Behe Room 109

Green Industry Show - Hall E 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Landscape Industry Certified Written Exams | Room 108

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Tailgate Party | Hall E

5:00 - 5:30 pm

AGGA Annual General Meeting | Room 107

5:00 - 6:00 pm

Landscape Alberta Nursery Producers Group Meeting | Room 109

5:30 - 10:00 pm

AGGA Garden Party (Ticketed) | Room 104

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Friday, November 16 Time

Session/Event

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Registration and coffee

8:00 am - 9:00 am

9:05 am - 10:05 am

If You Could Only Pick One: Perennial Gold Standards

Emerald Ash Borer: History, Biology, & Risk to Alberta

Susan Martin Room 108

Dr. Ken Fry Room 109

Michiel Verheul Room 107

New Greenhouse Landscape Business Biosecurity Standard Panel: Ask Us & Guidelines Anything Panel moderated Explained

Training Your Staff to Water Will Healy Room 104

Dr. Darby McGrath Room 104

Urban Ecosystems: Moving from Concept to Construction Dr. Darby McGrath & Michael Brownbridge Room 107

by Joe Salemi Room 109

Dr. Ken Fry Room 108

10:05 am - 10:20 am

Preparing Trees & Soils for Success in Challenging Urban Settings

You & the Mass Merchants

BREAK

How to Build Revenue from Women Shoppers & 10:20am - 11:20 am the Next Generation of Growers Susan Martin Room 104

Just in Time Session Embrace Your Inner Geek Grant Harrison Room 108

Growing Green Professionals Panel moderated

by Jason Morphy Room 109

Changing Perceptions & Promoting Sustainable Turfgrass Systems Michael Brownbridge Room 107

10:30 am - 3:30 pm

Green Industry Show - Hall E

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Humboldt Garden Design Charrette | Room 107

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Landscape Alberta Sod Growers Meeting | Room 108

Earn Credits (CEUs) Most conference sessions will qualify for educational credits for renewing industry designations and certifications.

This symbol indicates the session is eligible for the International Society of Arboriculture’s Continuing Education Units (CEU’s).

This symbol indicates one or more credits are available at the indicated session for Alberta Environment’s Pesticide Applicator Re-certification.

Just in Time Sessions* We asked previous attendees and members for conference topics they most wanted to see featured. Ask and you shall receive! Based on your responses, cannabis in the workplace and emerging technology were both highly requested topic. Cristina Wendel will be speaking on Thursday, November 15 with her session “Cannabis in the Workplace.” Then join Grant Harrison on Friday, November 16 for “Embrace Your Inner Geek,” which focuses on technology that can help business owners and staff run the business better. Check www.greenindustryshow.com for full details.

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Pre-Show Workshops Strategic Plan Urban Soils AGGA CIT Prep

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AGGA Garden Party

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How to Register 1. Online Visit www.greenindustryshow.com and click “Register Now.” Select the conference pass of your choice and complete the registration process through Conexsys’ secure online registration portal.

2. Email/Fax/Mail Visit www.greenindustryshow.com and download the registration form available on the website’s home page. Complete one form per person attending and return with payment to: Email: admin@landscape-alberta.com Fax: 780-444-2152 Mail: 18051 107 Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB T5S 1K3 (Cheques payable to Landscape Alberta.)

Rates Member pricing is available to members of the following associations: Landscape Alberta, Landscape Saskatchewan, Alberta Greenhouse Growers Association (AGGA), International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), Alberta Association of Landscape Architects (AALA), the Irrigation Association (CPCIA), Alberta Recreation and Parks Association (ARPA), and Western Canadian Turfgrass Association (WCTA).

Early bird prices are applicable only to registrations received on or before midnight, October 24, 2018; after this date, standard pricing applies.

Pre-registration is accepted until 4:00 p.m. Friday, November 9, 2018; registration after this date must be onsite.

Still have questions? Call Landscape Alberta at: 1-800-378-3198 (press 0).

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Pre-Show Workshops Wednesday, November 14 Certified Irrigation Technician (CIT) Preparation Workshop* TBA | 9:00 pm - 4:00 pm Prepare for the written CIT exam (date TBD) with this helpful seminar. Attendees should be proficient irrigation installers or service staffers who want to prepare for new opportunities. The CIT program is based on a job analysis to identify the knowledge and skills needed to succeed as an irrigation technician.

AGGA Day of Discovery 3.0, Speed Knowledge Sessions for Your Greenhouse* 10:00 am - 4:15 pm Sessions include (25 minutes/topic): • The Future of a Greenhouse • Beyond Ornamentals: Improving Sustainability in Your Greenhouse • Off-Season Events • U-Pick Cut Flower Growing and Design • Trends for 2019 • Online Sales for Your Greenhouse: Successes and Failures • What You Need to Know from a Social Media Influencer • New Blooms-Review and Pictures • Your Bio’s Have Arrived, Now What?

Building Your One-Page Strategic Plan for 2019* Danny Kerr | 12:00 pm - 3:30 pm Every year your business has an opportunity to learn from the past and make strategic moves to evolve into the vision you initially set out to create. Without a disciplined approach to strategic planning, your company can often lead you down a challenging path. This seminar will walk you through a step-by-step approach to creating a simple, effective annual strategic plan; you will: Establish your 2019 goals Learn how to put the company’s strategic plan on one simple to understand page Break the year-end goal down to 3-5 key initiatives you need to focus on Be given systems to break initiatives into a weekly focused routine to keep you on track Get forms and templates you need to put this plan together and implement it right away

Assessing and Modifying Urban Soils* Howard Stenn | 12:00 pm - 4:30 pm Urban soils are often not considered usable for planting areas, as they may only be compacted and/or low in organic matter. Both of these problems can be fixed with simple methods, saving significant amounts of money, with a sustainable approach. This session will review the methodologies used to assess urban soils and review ways to modify these soils so they become usable. The session will introduce soil testing tools and use local sample soils as teaching tools. Come prepared to get your hands dirty. *All workshops include lunch.

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Conference Sessions Thursday, November 15 8:00 am - 9:00 am

9:05 am - 10:05 am

Managing Shrink for Greater Profit Will Healy

Back to Basics: Understanding Greenhouse Crop Needs for Better Productivity Dr. Mohyuddin Mirza

Shrink is your silent business partner that slowly pockets all the profits. There are a number of opportunities in your business where small changes in processes can significantly move more profits to your bottom line. Will has spent the last 10 years looking at areas where growers can eliminate shrink and key metrics to monitor to know that you are making progress in reducing your shrink. Develop opportunities to increase profits and eliminate shrink!

The Science & Art of Wholesale Plant Material Pricing Bridget Behe

Pricing is never as simple as adding or multiplying costs by a fixed number. Join Bridget as she discusses some of the science (more like math) of pricing. Learn how to price wholesale products and when to stop growing them.

Interpreting the Needs of Your Client John van Roessel

This session is geared toward the design/build landscape contractor but applies to anyone dealing with customers.

Listening to the client at the first meeting is important, but interpreting what they really want into the final product is what matters most. Salespeople and designers must ask enough questions to get the information they need. To end with clients that are completely happy with the project, ongoing communication with them is necessary during and after the construction. John has been creating award-winning landscape project for decades and would like to share some of the keys to his success.

The 3 Keys to Getting Out of the Day-to-Day in Your Business Danny Kerr

Most landscapers are experts in their field but often lack the guidance and systems required to get themselves out of the day-to-day and into a more strategic role so they can grow their business to its full potential. This workshop provides you with 3 solutions to the biggest challenges contractors face when growing their business. You will leave with tools and insights to develop a highly effective organization, including forms, templates, and methodologies.

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Understanding the needs of common greenhouse crops is a matter of life and death‌for the plants, that is! A healthy plant is a source of pride for the grower. Greenhouse plants have 16 known “needs,â€? and each need has to be met by the grower in the proper proportion and at the proper time.

Missing even one need can stop the entire process, resulting in deficiencies and/or toxicities. In this session, you will learn about the role of key nutrients and microelements, and Dr. Mirza will explain the process of preparing a good nutrient program for your plants.

Just in Time Session: Cannabis in the Workplace Cristina Wendel

Cannabis in the Workplace was a highly requested topic.

Cannabis is legal for recreational use in Canada as of October 17, 2018, which will create new challenges for employers. Cristina Wendell, an employment and labour lawyer at Dentons, will empower you with the information you need to navigate marijuana legalization in Alberta. She will be covering a variety of topics ranging from your rights as an employer/employee, to suggested marijuana control measures in the workplace.

The 6 Critical Requirements for Healthy Urban Trees Howard Stenn

Often the question that is asked is “what is the best tree to use in a given location?” While it’s a reasonable question, 6 other factors must be set before one can make a good choice.

Any one of these factors, if ignored, will cause a tree to decline or fail to flourish. Failing to respect just two of these requirements will shorten the life of the tree. This session will review each of the 6 requirements and show how they can serve as a blueprint to excellent tree space design.

9:05 am - 11:20 am (2-Hour Sessions)

10:20 am - 11:20 am

Executing the Vision Nick McCullough

What the Consumer Sees: Eye-Tracking in Garden Centres Bridget Behe

As a grower, designer and installer, Nick McCullough (McCullough’s Landscape & Nursery) sees projects through from inception to maintenance. Nick will share how organizational structure and workflow processes lead to exceptional end results. From growing the plants to maintaining them in a successful landscape, learn how collaboration with the homeowner is key at each step.

Bridget has been working with high-tech eye-tracking glasses to better understand how customers make purchasing decisions. This session will provide researchbased information to help you get products from seen to sold. Focus areas include product selection, pricing perceptions, and how consumers make purchase decisions.

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Conference Sessions Friday, November 16 8:00 am - 9:00 am

9:05 am - 10:05 am

If You Could Only Pick One: Perennial Gold Standards Susan Martin

Training Your Staff to Water Will Healy

With seemingly endless options on which perennials to offer consumers, there must be a way to narrow down your choices. Which Nepeta should you always have in stock? Which pollinator plant will everyone be asking for next spring? Susan will discuss top-rated varieties she has deemed worthy of Gold Standard status from a decade of observing perennial trials in the Upper Midwest.

Emerald Ash Borer: History, Biology, and Risk to Alberta Dr. Ken Fry The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is an alien invasive species that was discovered in Canton, Michigan in 2002. EAB has spread across North America to as far west as Manitoba. It feeds primarily on Fraxinus (Ash) but has been reported on Juglans (Walnut), Pterocarya (Wingnut) and Ulmus (Elm) in its native range of East Asia. The beetle is a major threat to ash trees on the Prairies. Invasion history, beetle’s biology, impact on ash trees and how Prairie landscapers can prepare for this beetle’s arrival will be discussed.

You and the Mass Merchants Michiel Verheul Mass merchants or box stores are here to stay, but is there still room for the independent garden centres to compete with the big guys? Can I still do any wholesaling? As a wholesale supplier to independent garden centres, Michiel will show you tips and techniques to help you compete with the big box stores.

Preparing Trees & Soils for Success in Challenging Urban Settings Dr. Darby McGrath In this seminar, Darby will explore the challenges of urban tree establishment from the ground up. She will examine the influence of urban soils on tree establishment, present her research on soil restoration along highways and urban roads, and talk about how nurseries can better prepare their planting stock for the conditions that trees will face.

A focus will be placed on the influence that proper root development from propagation can have on finished sizes of nursery stock as they enter the landscape.

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Watering is the most critical activity in your greenhouse operation since incorrect watering kills more plants than anything else you do! There’s no more important decision in greenhouse growing than when and how much to water.

Listen to Will’s suggestions on changing the paradigm from “go water” to “go dry out those plants to the target dry weight.” Training growers to correctly determine when to water and how to apply water is simple if you have the right tools and strategy. Will can help you develop your strategy and what tools you should use.

The New Greenhouse Biosecurity Standard & Guidelines Explained Dr. Ken Fry The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) embarked on a process to establish voluntary biosecurity standards and guidelines for all major agricultural and horticultural products. The resulting Greenhouse Vegetable and Greenhouse Floriculture Standards and accompanying Guidelines will be described and interpreted regarding how they will impact your business.

Landscape Business Panel: Ask Us Anything Panel moderated by Joe Salemi A panel of landscape business owners will discuss the top issues that are affecting their businesses right now and how they are actively solving them. Key discussion topics include recruiting and retaining great people; delivering on brand and service promises; building and maintaining safety-focused, high performing teams; and how to spend the right amount of time working on the business rather than in it. This panel discussion will be moderated by DynaSCAPE Software’s Joe Salemi.

Urban Ecosystems: Moving from Concept to Construction Dr. Darby McGrath & Michael Brownbridge This seminar discusses how we can assemble urban landscapes to include both form and function by learning from nature. Climate change and rapid urbanization are creating immense pressure on cities and their inhabitants, but reconceptualizing urban landscapes using ecological principles allows us to begin building self-sustaining and resilient urban ecosystems.

10:20 am - 11:20 am

Growing Green Professionals Panel moderated by Jason Morphy

From Surviving to Thriving: How to Build Revenue from Women Shoppers & the Next Generation of Growers Susan Martin

The shortage of skilled professionals in our industry is reaching a critical stage, with an estimated 40% of the current industry employees expected to retire in the next ten years. The apprenticeship program is one often overlooked solution. Join a panel of owners, journeypersons, and apprentices with moderator Jason Morphy from Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training (AIT) to discuss how apprenticeship can help individuals grow in to professional Landscape Horticulturists and thus help businesses to prosper.

The potential for retail horticulture sales to women and younger gardeners is enormous, yet, we are only tapping into a small portion of that revenue today. In this session retailers will learn how to thrive, not just survive, by delivering what today’s consumer wants.

Examples of successful retailers who cater to women and younger consumers will be studied and those lessons will be applied to retail horticulture. You’ll walk away with concrete ideas you can act on right away.

Just in Time Session: Embrace Your Inner Geek Grant Harrison Technology can help improve how efficiently business owners and their staff run the business. This rapid-fire session will cover the latest in technology trends for your business and will highlight how technology can help you solve your everyday problems.

Changing Perceptions & Promoting Sustainable Turfgrass Systems Michael Brownbridge Greenscapes significantly enhance our built environments.

Apart from the aesthetic value that turf brings to cityscapes, it can aid in the establishment of other plant species within the landscape and deliver broader environmental benefits that help mitigate effects of climate change. This presentation will include an update on trials to assess the value and utility of new turfgrass varieties, effects of biostimulants on growth, and a brief review to showcase (and share) the benefits of turf in the urban environment.

Find Speaker Biographies at www.greenindustryshow.com Passport Program: Your Chance to Win 1 of 3 Drones

Pick up your trade show passport on-site, visit all the participating exhibitors to collect your stamp, and enter the draw!

Passports are available at the registration desk or at the Landscape Alberta booth (#130).

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INDUSTRY AND ASSOCIATION NEWS Alberta’s Minimum Wage Increased to $15/hour

2018 National Awards of Landscape Excellence

As of October 1, 2018, the province’s minimum wage will increase to $15.00 per hour in accordance with the Alberta Government’s timeline. You can find more information, including resources for employers, research, and more at https://www.alberta.ca/albertaminimum-wage-changes.aspx.

Over 100 landscape professionals and guests celebrated the 15th annual National Awards of Landscape Excellence on August 15th in St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, N.B. Held at the Algonquin Resort, the event showcased the best landscape design, construction and maintenance in Canada.

Emerald Ash Borer Found in Bedford, Nova Scotia

Five landscape category awards were presented, along with the Garden Centres Canada award for Outstanding Retail Achievement, the Green for life Industry Award and the Caterpillar Green for Life Community Award.

In late September, the presence of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) was confirmed in Bedford, Nova Scotia. This finding was a first for the province, which is outside of the current areas regulated for EAB in Canada. EAB was also detected in New Brunswick earlier this year. Effective immediately, the movement of all ash materials and products from the affected site is restricted.

EAB is a highly destructive, invasive species that has already killed millions of ash trees in both Canada and the United States.

For more information visit https://www.canada.ca/en/foodinspection-agency/news/2018/09/emerald-ash-borer-confirmedin-bedford-nova-scotia.html.

Elm Pruning Ban in Alberta is Over The annual elm pruning ban in Alberta is over until March 31, 2019. The only time it is legal to prune elms in Alberta is between October 1 and March 31, when the elm bark beetle that spreads Dutch Elm Disease is inactive. The beetle feeds on healthy elms and spend the winters in dead and dying elms. If you prune elm trees between April 1 and September 30 (during the restricted time), beetles will be drawn to the scent of the fresh cuts and can potentially infect an otherwise healthy tree. For more information visit www.stopded.org.

CEIC Announces 2019 EI Premium Rate and Maximum Insurable Earnings The Canadian Employment Insurance Commission (CEIC) has forecast a seven-year break-even rate for 2019 at $1.62 per $100 of insurable earnings—a decrease of 4 cents from the 2018 rate of $1.66.

The decrease is mainly due to the reduction in the unemployment rate assumptions over the projection period. The strength of the Canadian economy in 2018 also contributes to decrease the premium rate, with more people working and paying into the EI program and fewer claiming EI benefits than projected. Visit https://bit.ly/2P55YxY for more information.

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The 2018 winners are: CSL Group of Ancaster, Ont. for the Caterpillar National Award of Landscape Excellence in Commercial Construction; Airo Landscapes. of St. John’s, N.L. for the National Award of Excellence for Landscape Design; Aden Earthworks of North York, Ont. for the National Award of Landscape Excellence in Commercial Maintenance; Pro-Land Landscape Construction of Brampton, Ont. for the Caterpillar National Award of Landscape Excellence for Residential Construction; Shades of Summer Landscaping & Maintenance of Waterdown, Ont. for the National Award of Landscape Excellence for Residential Maintenance; Dynascape for the Green for Life Industry award Scott’s Nursery of Lincoln, N.B., for Outstanding Retail Achievement.

Community Innovation Project, Claude Vautour and Patsy Thibault, New Brunswick for the Caterpillar Green for Life Community Award.

Visit the CNLA’s YouTube Channel to watch videos featuring the winning projects at https://www.youtube.com/user/CNLA.

Landscape Alberta Members: Are You Entering the 2018 Landscape Awards?

The early bird entry deadline is fast approaching,and the entries are starting to arrive. Get your submission entered before October 26, 2018 for big savings on entry fees. Entries can be submitted until November 23, 2018. Be sure to check our website for helpful hints and tips to ensure your entry is the best it can be.

We encourage you to submit your best projects for the opportunity to win a provincial or even national designation!

Be recognized for the outstanding work you and your company produces! Remember: the awards are a great marketing opportunity and chance to showcase your professionalism to customers. Winning entries will also be featured in our Green for Life magazine and on our website! Visit http://www.landscapealberta.com/awards-program/landscape-awards/ for the entry package and more information.

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On August 10, 2018, Service Canada invited primary agriculture employers who have in the past required workers in January or February to apply to the program as early as August 10, 2018, to facilitate early assessment of Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) applications Employers are required to advertise on Job Bank for a minimum of 14 calendar days during the three-month period prior to applying for a LMIA. Job Bank does not allow advertisements to be posted prior to 120 days before the start date of the job.

Advertisements posted on Job Bank within 120 days before the start date should enter the actual start date of the job on both Job Bank and the LMIA application NEW Biomentric Process Requirements: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will expand their biometrics initiative effective December 31, 2018.

Participate in the CNLA’s Wage Survey Landscape Alberta members, check your emails for the 20182019 wage survey being conducted by the CNLA, which was scheduled for distribution around the end of October.

The information you will need to prep is as follows: Average Base Hourly Wage: Total the number of employees working within a specific job description and divide that by the average base hourly wage of those employees.

Converting Salary into Base Hourly Wage: Divide the total gross salary/week by 40 hours.

Average Number of Hours Worked Annually: Total the number of hours for all employees that do the job presently and divide by number of employees.

Average Years of Employment within Business: Total the number of years of employment of all the present employees that do the job and divide by the number of employees.

Total Number of Employees The Wage survey is an important tool to help understand our industry across Canada, inform potential employees, and potentially influence government and provide useful data to our member firms. As this Wage survey is a continuation of the original project completed in 2014/15, we have the unique ability to start to analyze trends as well as provide solid business intelligence to help keep our member companies thriving and growing.

NEW MEMBERS FROM AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER Connect Landworks Ltd. Jamie Minshull 11211 Winterburn Rd NW Edmonton, AB T5S 2B2 Ph.780-293-3671 jamie@connectlandworks.com Town of Innisfail Davina Daly 4943 53 St Innisfail, AB T4G 1A1 Ph.403-396-4086 Davina.daly@innisfail.ca www.innisfail.ca SiteOne Landscape Supply Irina King 9421 48 St SE Calgary, AB T2C 2R1 Ph.403-236-0102 iking@siteone.com www.siteone.ca Supplier of wholesale irrigation, outdoor lighting, landscape supplies, fertilizers, seed, equipment and golf course supplies.

BWI Enterprises Ltd. Brian Cook 3110 80 Ave SE Calgary, AB T2C 1J3 Ph.403-720-6229 sales@bwi-1.com www.bwi-1.com Supplier of landscape fabric, erosion control, steel staples and spikes; manufacturer of Bulk Bags for holding landscape materials.

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Pricing Begins With Costs (But it Doesn’t End There) Article by: Bridget Behe Pricing is a tough subject for growers to tackle for a few reasons.

First, many people don’t have a good idea of what their costs actually are. Second, math usually isn’t as much fun as growing plants. Third, there is as much of an art to pricing as there is a science. Pricing profitably is important, not just for covering costs, but to also have a financially viable firm.

For any business, one of the first pricing challenges is to get a good idea of what your costs truly are. Tracking costs takes commitment and requires you to invest time. Get a good tracking system that you can use and dedicate time to keeping it current.

The more you work at it, the more concise your costing system will become. Keep it simple at the start, then increase the level of detail. Labour is one of the largest parts of cost but is tough to allocate. First, allocate costs by area (square meter) or by crop type (conifers), then when you have a handle on that, consider increasing the level of detail to allocating costs to each species or type of crop (firs).

“Market benefits to customers whenever possible as this will increase the perceived value of the crop.”

Most savvy marketers agree that people buy benefits—not the features or characteristics—of products. Consumers buy basil and parsley in four-inch containers (feature) because they are small enough to carry but are also ready right away for eating with fresh produce (benefit). So, while setting the prices of your Green for Life September/October 2018 | 30

products, consider each product’s benefits. Benefits can provide you with the evidence to determine which plants are worth more than the cost of production. Market benefits to customers whenever possible as this will increase the perceived value of the crop.

“Pricing is both an art and a science, but so is raising prices.”

The art of pricing comes into play when you ask yourself how much further can you push the margin, while still appealing to a broad base of your customers, while also pushing up profits.

Most businesses have a fear of increasing prices, but if selling a product is actually costing the business money, disaster isn’t far away. With the assistance of some high-caliper retailers, we devised a study to examine price elasticity or, more simply, how much does demand for a product rise or fall when we increase the product’s price? The really good news was that when we raised prices by 10% per week, in spite of selling 8.27% fewer units, total revenue was actually up by 2.3%. In other words, even though we sold fewer units, the increase in price enabled the retailers to sell about 2.3% more in terms of overall revenue.

We increased revenue even though we decreased the number of units. The key in this study was that the products were clearly differentiated from other products. Increasing prices on commodities simply won’t work.

Pricing is both an art and a science, but so is raising prices. It’s going to be much easier to raise prices on products that are

easily differentiated (perceived as being different). This is one of my big concerns with pricing all containers at the same price point. We are giving up the perceived value dimensions and the real product benefits and telling the consumer that the value lies only below the rim of the container. Sure, it makes life easier for labour (which is hard to find and retain), but we cannot remain profitable and financially sustainable if everything is priced by container size.

Pricing is a game of chess, but most of us can learn how the pieces move.

Your chess match of pricing begins with understanding costs and that starts with good records. Don’t obsess about detail right from the start, but begin to build to a higher level of detail as you become more comfortable with tracking your costs. Don’t try to tackle every product you grow or sell. Start with a few products that can be easily differentiated. Pricing doesn’t seem to be a crisis until the doors are closed. To sum it up, take some proactive steps to really get a handle on your costs and incorporate perceived value in some products that can be easily differentiated. Your bank account, employees, investors, customers, and partners will be glad you did.

Join Bridget at the Green Industry Show and Conference for her speaker session “Science & Art of Wholesale Material Pricing,” to learn more about pricing products. You can also see Bridget speak in her second session “What the Consumer Sees: Eye-Tracking in Garden Centres.”

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Is Turfgrass an Environmental Ally or An Unsustainable Option in Our Urban Environment?

Article by: Michael Brownbridge Grasses play a vital role in natural areas and in agriculture, and of course in urban environments and recreational spaces around the world.

Grassed areas contain hundreds of individual plants, each of which provides ecosystem services and benefits. Grass makes an enormous contribution to the aesthetics and performance of our living landscape, and we need to inform the conversation around the numerous benefits that accrue from having optimally maintained and functional green space.

Like other plants in the landscape, grasses are affected by many environmental factors and are often grown in less-than-ideal soils, such as those found in residential and roadside settings. Yet today, we have access to a wide variety of turfgrasses, which are better adapted to sub-optimal soils. When making selections, consider the location and desired function, and how the grass will perform in the climate of the future.

For example, turfgrass varieties with superior ‘environmental performance’ are now available. The Turfgrass Water Conservation Alliance carries out studies to evaluate turfgrasses and their capacity to withstand drought conditions. Grasses are given the TWCA seal of approval only if they ‘…provide clear water conservation benefits, and can survive under reduced or limited water while still maintaining overall plant health’ (TWCA; http://www.tgwca.org/).

What about grasses with other desirable traits? The capacity to survive in harsh environments, e.g. high salinity or compacted soils. Selection of turfgrasses that have the requisite traits for roadside plantings will enhance their functionality and sustainability in this challenging environment, and more attention should focus on the evaluation of species and cultivars for this purpose.

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It doesn’t get much more challenging than this—yet grasses survive.

(Image courtesy of Vineland)

In an integrated greenspace, healthy turfgrass will: • • • • • • • • •

Filter and capture runoff, prevent soil erosion Allow water infiltration in the soil Reduce heat Improve air quality Absorb noise Absorb CO2 Help mitigate effects of climate change Support biodiversity (both plant and animal life) Provide a great place to relax and play

Some of the benefits derived from turf.

For residential use, various ‘creeping’ tall fescues and ryegrasses have excellent aesthetic qualities. They are competitive grasses, have lower maintenance requirements and importantly, are also very hardy under drought conditions. However, their winter tolerance is sometimes lacking, so more research is needed to identify the best cultivars adapted to our northern climate.

High endophyte grasses also have many desirable attributes.

At Vineland, we established test plots containing creeping tall fescue, creeping ryegrass, high endophyte tall fescue and high endophyte ryegrass in 2015. Two and a half years later (including one drought year) these grasses still cover >80% of the plot area, and this was achieved with no maintenance other than mowing.

Compare this to Kentucky bluegrass, which, over the same period, has dwindled to less than 30% coverage.

Testing the same grasses on sod farms in Ontario, the high endophyte and ‘creeping’ grasses covered >98% of the plot area after 18 mo, preventing any weed ingress. Contrast this to the Kentucky blue blend, which covered <60% of the plots, with at least 5% of the plot area covered by broadleaf weeds.

It is clear that low maintenance, durable grasses are now available that are well adapted to life in an urban setting. This starts to change the conversation around use of grasses in our green infrastructure. Continued

High endophyte fescue (HEF) and Kentucky blue grass (KB) plots, 18 mo after seeding. (Image courtesy of Vineland)

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How to keep turfgrass in top condition so it can provide the greatest benefits? Researcher Guillaume Grégoire at Laval University has been conducting a long-term study to assess the impact of fertilization practices on turfgrass performance, and to provide empirical evidence on nutrient losses through runoff and leaching. Some important ‘take-homes’ from the study so far: 1. Runoff was greater from unfertilized vs fertilized plots; the thicker grass canopy in fertilized plots, intercepted the water, and it is likely that denser root growth allowed it to permeate into the soil.

2. Potassium losses were higher in runoff from unfertilized (including compost-treated) versus fertilized plots.

3. There were slightly higher levels of Nitrogen in runoff and leachate from fertilized plots; this was expected given that plots were fertilized and due to the ‘mobility’ of Nitrogen in the soil; losses may be reduced or prevented by optimizing Nitrogen rate, using slow-release formulations, and better timing of application.

4. Losses were reduced when the fertilizer application was split (versus a one-time application).

Acknowledgements This research was supported in part by Growing Forward 2; the Quebec-Ontario Cooperation for Agri-food Research Competition Project SR 9302 ‘Integrated strategies for production and management of turfgrass sod with improved environmental performance’; and the Ontario Turfgrass Research Foundation. Special thanks to Taro Saito, Bernhardt Steinwender and Paul Côté (Vineland).

Michael Brownbridge is the Research Director for Horticultural Production Systems at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre.

Guillaume Grégoire, Professionnel de recherché, Centre de Recherche en Horticulture, Université Laval.

Join Michael at the Green Industry Show & Conference and learn more about this topic in his session “Changing Perceptions and Promoting Sustainable Turfgrass Systems,” or catch his seminar with fellow Vineland employee Dr. Darby McGrath “Urban Ecosystems: Moving from Concept to Construction.”

The results clearly indicate that a correctly fertilized lawn will retain more water and nutrients than a poorly maintained area, leading to improved performance and functionality.

Well-maintained and healthy turf is a valuable component of a living landscape, contributing to a better environment, better living space, and a happier and healthier lifestyle.

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Treating Our Ash Addiction in Northern Prairie Provinces Opinion-Editorial by Aaron Krahn B.Ed. Co-Owner of Lakeshore Tree Farms Ltd. in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan President of the Western Nursery Growers Group Disclaimer: The only field in which I am an expert is my own. Pun intended. Please consult www.prairietrees.ca to see the results of the extensive trial conducted by the WNGG from 2007 to the present, along with a comprehensive list of tree ratings and recommendations compiled by Western Canadian nursery growers. It is my opinion that this list should be THE primary source for recommendations on trees in the Prairie Provinces of Western Canada.

progressively diminished diversity of options available for urban forests in the colder zones. Between ash and elm (Ulmus spp), these genera make up a majority of urban boulevard, commercial frontage, and park plantings in northern prairie zones for multiple reasons. Should EAB fully infest our cities in AB, SK, MB and Northern Ontario, many cities will have a nine figure bill on their hands for the costs of removing dead trees. Yikes!

Introduction

Elm trees are already under threat from Dutch Elm Disease (DED), though this threat has largely been mitigated by preparations from most Western Canadian cities. Also, the progress of DED is more of a slow march than the unpredictable and ‘viral’ spread of EAB. Many cities have a plan should DED occur. So between DED and EAB, what are our options? The answer isn’t simple…ash are used for many reasons, and other trees are NOT used for many reasons. This article will glean over some of the more common trees available and explain their attributes and limitations in the landscape. In short, there is an answer to overcoming this challenge, but it’s complicated.

I believe the answer lies in adjusting our expectations, being creative in our designs, and in spending more time on the groundwork of landscaping…all the tasks we do BEFORE we plant the tree, mulch it, water it, and then walk away. However, the answer DOES NOT lie in simply “substituting ash for something else.

We are addicted to ash (Fraxinus spp). Landscape designs in the Northern Prairie Zone (Zone 1a-3c) have used this Genus as an anchor tree forever and for great reason. It does everything we want it to, and we have a hard time imagining what the world would be like if we didn’t have it. We don’t have a lot of choices in our frigid zone. As with any eco system, the numbers of species that occur and thrive get fewer as the factors that pressure life get more and more extreme. Ash as an anchor of our designs is under threat, and we need to figure out how to proceed. We don’t know exactly how this threat will manifest itself in the Prairie Provinces, and I’m not here to advocate erasing them from our lists. I think every tree has its place, but the question is on everyone’s mind.

Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), an invasive beetle from Northern Asia capable of killing all ash trees, has made its way from Detroit/ Windsor in the early 2000s to Winnipeg, Manitoba (discovered late 2017). The current state of this infestation in Winnipeg is unclear, and summer reports show no new adult beetles in traps in Winnipeg, but we await fall counts. Regardless, this pest threatens urban forests in the northern Prairie zones to a much more significant degree than its previous path through the Midwest USA and southern Ontario. This is largely due to the Green for Life September/October 2018 | 36

Trees are still great!

Despite this threat, I predict tree planting will continue to an ever-increasing degree because the public is becoming more and more aware of the impact urban greenspace makes on the livability of our cities. Greenspaces reduce urban temperatures absorb and slow the runoff of storm water, attract property

buyers, and provide space for casual and organized recreation.

The village square is becoming an integral part of new neighbourhoods. Linear parks have been designed to be part of larger bicycle and walking path systems that connect neighbourhoods to schools, parks, and suburban business centres. Traditional streetscaping continues to be a priority for most cities. Trees are in demand…..but future designs will likely not include many—if any—ash.

Why were we addicted to Ash? So here’s the meat of the article. Let’s analyse why we use so much ash. For the rest of this article, I’m going to ignore Elms; we still use them, but it’s a bit of a magic tree so we keep our faith in the pruning programs of our cities and the geographic distance between them.

Ash fulfill the following parameters: 1. Cold-hardy for our zones: There are many clones among four species of ash that do very well here.

2. Adaptable to varying soil chemistries: Our native soils vary from 7.0 pH to 8.3 pH (higher in reclaimed areas), from somewhat salty to nice and clean. Ash seems to live in all but the worst soils and even in places lacking macronutrients (Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium) they seem to hang on.

3. Drought and flood tolerant: They are native to seasonal flood zones, and are deep rooted and able to hang on in droughts. Once established they are a long term tree.

4. Big enough/fast enough: In a short time they provide significant shade and can be pruned up to a branching height up and out of our way. They are an “umbrella tree,” providing that sought-after street canopy over time.

5. Clean enough: Many seedless clones exist (which is always nice), they don’t throw up suckers and spread, have no fungal or bacterial blights, and don’t have serious trunk rot issues if their structure is maintained. Up until EAB one could say that most clones were free from pests that threatened their viability on the landscape. While Cottony Psyllid, Ash Cone Roller, various scales, and Ash Plant Bug are an issue, they are either specific to particular types of ash and/or the infestations come and go with weather, site conditions, tree health, and are at least subject to some level of predictable chemical control as a last resort.

6. Propagate easily/transplant easily: Producing thousands of similar-looking, structurally sound ash clones on a regular basis and moving them to jobsite in a healthy condition has been refined by nurseries and landscapers in the Prairie provinces to the point where it has become standard procedure. We have become very good at it.

Now read the list over again, and again. You’ll need to know it to help answer the following question.

“So what can I substitute for ash?” followed by Yeah but…

Given any list, adding an exclusionary parameter makes it shorter. For this article, let’s call not meeting these exclusionary parameters “yeah buts.” The major six yeah buts are the parameters I listed for why we used ash previously. So let’s look at some of the genera that come to mind. I’m not going to go

over all their attributes or all the selections available—that’s what Google is for. What I’m going to explain is the yeah but and suggest how to adapt to using these trees in our landscapes.

Acer (Maple)

-A. rubrum (Red Maple). “Yeah but they are not adaptable to our soil chemistry.” There are selections out there that seem to be cold hardy. They are big, fairly clean, and are available from Ontario and the US. The hardiest ones have been selected in Manitoba, but they can become sickly yellow in our high pH soils, and there is nothing permanent we can do to amend that.

-A. freemanii hybrids. “Yeah but they aren’t cold hardy.”

No matter how much we try, Autumn Blaze and other Freeman maples aren’t reliable crops on Prairie nurseries. Yes, your neighbour has one and it is fine. Yes, there are some in your park that were planted last year and they are beautiful red right now.

Under stress, and under turf, the hardiest selections of Freeman maple will survive until it catches and starts to grow, and that’s the year it will likely take significant damage. It’s not January that kills the hardier selections: it’s October. It’s growing like crazy and staying green until hard frost takes it down. New selections are being made though. Look to Manitoba in the future for better selections coming. Unfortunately it takes time to build stock.

A. saccharum (Sugar Maple) “Yeah but they aren’t cold hardy and are hard to propagate and hardly available.” Again, new selections seem promising, but it will be a few years until they are proven and significant stock is available.

A. saccharinum (Silver Maple) “Yeah but they aren’t ALL cold hardy and can be chlorotic in prairie soils over the long term.” We use the selection Silver Cloud here…We root prune them every September to turn them off so they’ll winter in the nursery. Under turf they are quite reliable, but availability is sparse for now. I’m sure it will improve.

A. tataricum (Tatarian Maple) “Yeah but they are not big enough.” Hot Wings and other clones seem to be gaining popularity, but they are far from perfect. Skilled pruning in the nursery to bring it up to a good branching height is required. The planting site must have good organic content in the soil and good fertility must be present or else they will become off colour. They aren’t terribly clean either. Anthracnose is a fungal disease that can really make them sickly.

Alnus (Alder) “Yeah but they aren’t drought tolerant.” There are few species of alder that form proper trees (some are shrubs. Alder are an understory tree and are adapted to sheltered sites with light soils and consistent moisture. They tend to scorch and tatter

by August in open sites with heavy, dry soil. They are very fast growing but need decent soils and over time will stress out and stall in poor sites. The selection Prairie Horizon seems to perform the best in our zone as a landscape tree.

Betula (Birch) (Paper Birch, Asian White Birch) “Yeah but they are not drought tolerant—buggy too.” Including irrigation in the design will make birch a viable choice. There are also some selections that are resistant to Bronze Birch Borer.

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great Asian selections out there too. (Prairie Dream, Parkland Pillar, and Dakota Pinnacle come to mind.) The magnificent Cutleaf Weeping has gone out of style due to the legendary Borer epidemic of the 1980’s and 1990s. Try to move them in spring. Mid-summer and fall transplanted birch often disappoint, even if they were basketed in spring. Container grown stock are not sensitive when they are transplanted, but remember container grown stock requires immediate and constant irrigation until established.

Celtis (Hackberry) “Yeah but they aren’t cold hardy—not across the entire zone anyway.” They seem to hate my particular soil as well. There are a couple selections out there, but if they aren’t on your local nursery’s list there’s a reason. If a selection is on the list, use it!

Craetagus (Hawthorn) There are a few hardy varieties out there. Snowbird seems to be the best tree-form one in my nursery. However, the yeah buts include too small for streetscaping, suckers, drops fruit, many pests, and diseases. Every tree has a place. While I would never line a street with Hawthorns they should be part of the mix.

Malus (Apples and Crabapples) “Yeah but they aren’t big enough and aren’t clean.” There are many options when it comes to malus and in my opinion it is under used. See your local nursery for details. Much has happened since Thunderchild and Radiant were popular. Malus is a very adaptable tree when it comes to soil and varying moisture.

Some newer varieties have no fruit or at least very little; some can be pruned high by a skilled nursery worker if they are pruned early enough in the production cycle. Many are disease free, and in time many grow quite large. However, malus selections will not meet all the aforementioned parameters at one time. Plant them in clusters for impact if one tree won’t be big enough. Buy stock that has been worked as high as possible to get maximum branch clearance. Design wider boulevards to accommodate the lower headed selections.

Populus (Poplar) “Yeah but it is not clean.” You can say that again! Hybrid Poplars and the larger native poplars (Cottonwood, Balsam Poplar) are awesome until they’re not. Bugs, cankers, suckers, and falling branches…enough said. Poplars still have a place. Open parks and wide boulevards is where they are useful. Especially if they are irrigated, poplars will provide decades of shade. Just give them room.

Populus (Trembling Aspen) “Yeah but same as above.” Aspens are native to the zone, but cannot be held to the structural and pest free standards of street trees. So many struggles exist. Borers, fungus, canker.

Use them in mass plantings, clusters, and naturalized designs.

In chinook zones where there are even fewer choices, I’ve seen them used in traditional designs and as feature shade trees, but groundwork and diligent fertilization, irrigation, and pest management for multiple years after planting is required to really get them going.

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Prunus (Ornamental Cherries) “Yeah but they are often messy and diseased.” Schubert Cherries and maydays were heavily used up until very recently when the fungus Black Knot became recognized as a major problem and expectations from customers regarding cleanliness and branching structure changed. Amur Cherry is heavy with fruit and the trunk tends to split. Roberts cherry is a stunted version of Shubert that seems quite Black Knot resistant. The hybrid selection Ming is a medium sized cherry with very little fruit and seems to be free from Black Knot. Both are promising selections for bed plantings where a high branching habit is not required.

Planting cherries in groupings reduces our obsessive need for each tree to be perfect and a couple trunk-splits and low branching then seems not to matter as much.

Pyrus (Ornamental Pears) “Yeah but they are very messy.” GOOD NEWS! It only takes a few minutes to clean them up! The cold hardy varieties you will find in western Canadian nursery catalogues are also tolerant of multiple soil types and pollution. While pears are particularly sensitive to herbicide drift from my neighbour’s barley field this is not an issue in urban settings. They can’t replace ash in the size category or cleanliness category, but the upright and hardy variety navigator fits great in boulevards.

Quercus (Oak) “Yeah but they’re so slow.” Oaks are slow in poor soils, slow to establish, and there are few proven species/selections for our zone, but they can really be a rewarding tree in the long term if care is taken in the groundwork. Drainage and fertility are important to give them a good start. The only species with consistent hardiness is burr oak, but there are particular selections of other species that seem to be proving useful.

Stock of these is sparse due to the difficulty of propagation and rootstock compatibility.

Quercus macrocarpa (Burr Oak). Seed source is important; this tree occurs from Manitoba all the way down the Missouri River system and to the Gulf of Mexico via Texas, and some suppliers in the USA have stock that hasn’t proven hardy at my nursery, but Canadian suppliers are usually dealing with proven sources. Some great selections are showing up too!

Quercus alba (White oak). Generally not hardy in the Prairies, but one suspected hybrid selection, Admiration, is showing great promise and is being budded onto burr oak. The mother tree is in Saskatoon. Magnificent.

Quercus ellipsoidalis (Northern Pin Oak). While some selections are cold hardy, the species is terribly chlorotic in high pH soils, to the point of failure, but the selection shooting star has proven viable when budded onto burr oak. One that has become known recently is First Editions Majestic Skies. I have two excellent specimens in my yard, however, we still find them elemental sulphur in the blend; maybe that’s why they are doing well. It’s only propagated by one nursery in the USA, and they so far do not use burr oak as rootstock. Like I said, propagating oak clones is hard when burr oak is the necessary rootstock, but I’m hopeful that as demand increases, Canadian nurseries will provide more Quercus options.

Sorbus (Mountain Ash) MOUNTAIN ASH IS NOT ASH! These lovely trees range from dwarf to huge and are the ones with the orange berries that your dad hated cleaning up in fall. Well GOOD NEWS! It is light work and your dad also hated that the lawn grew and needed mowing, and that his car got dirty every time it rained. There are several semi dwarf varieties of European Mountain Ash (S. aucuparia) suitable for streetscaping. One is referred to as “Columnar” or “Pyramidal” Mountain Ash and another is called “Rossica” or Russian Mountain Ash. The species Showy and American Mountain Ash (S. decora and S. americana) are low and wide and need room. All need good soil and fertility with good drainage—compact, alkaline clay will not do. They are susceptible to fireblight.

Tilia (Linden) I love Lindens. “Yeah but they need particular soil and moisture conditions to thrive, and the Chinook zones seem to struggle with hardiness issues.” Little Leaf Lindens (T. cordata), their North American counterparts known as Basswood (T. americana), and their hybrids are promising species for streetscaping, and there are magnificent sidewalk plantings and monstrous specimens in my home city of Saskatoon. More and more species and selections are being tested and marketed. Look for Manchurian Linden (T. manchurica) selections popping up, and some Mongolian Linden (T. mongolica) selections and hybrids have been around for a while. Many have been used for a long time in the Northern USA, and we are only now realizing that they are suitable here. We are getting better at raising their branching heights in the nursery, so they will suit streetscaping purposes.

However, plop them in a highly compacted, poorly drained, unirrigated, or infertile area and they stall. Lindens require diligent groundwork. Pay attention to the soil in the planting area like you would a vegetable garden.

enough to match the traditional streetscaping designs of other cities in warmer zones.

It is our expectations and what we invest in our designs that will be our substitute for ash. Creative thinking, unconventional planting patterns, more resources devoted to irrigation, soil preparation, and space will be required for a successful landscape. The old adage of right plant, right place is one we can lean on here.

Honestly, I think good things will ultimately come from the challenge we are facing. Our designs will become more diverse in the species used and the look of them will become more dynamic as we adapt them to accommodate trees of varying shapes and sizes. We will invest more in their sustainability with better plantsmanship.

As does any population faced with stress, we will evolve.

This views and opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect Landscape Alberta’s position.

Opinion-Editorial by Aaron Krahn B.Ed. Co-Owner of Lakeshore Tree Farms Ltd. in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan President of the Western Nursery Growers Group

Ulmus (American Elm) “Yeah but Dutch Elm Disease” Like I said at the beginning, I think the majestic American Elm and the selections already common to our zone will be around for a long time and still have a place in our designs. Maybe we are choosing to hope because I’ve noticed they are still being planted in monocultural designs in Alberta, but care will be a struggle. We have learned a lot since DED appeared on the East coast of North America in 1928. Winnipeg spends a lot of money combating it with some limited success in slowing its spread. Saskatoon spends a crazy amount maintaining and pruning its current inventory to mitigate its spread should it ever arrive. There are DED resistant clones, but due to the tight restrictions on the movement of elm, we have had no legal way to move these clones into the DED-free zones for proper testing and to build up inventory. Hybrid elm clones that are resistant to DED have proven to have limited success across the zone.

Conclusion…What can I substitute for Ash? There is no easy substitute for ash. Ash fit a particular set of parameters that has suited our needs for landscaping in a cold, dry climate with imperfect soils. It has also suited the design specifications that require clean, low maintenance trees that need little input once established and grow big enough and fast

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2018 Landscape Awards & Tips for Submission Photo: 2017 Landscape Award of Excellence Winner, ULS Maintenance & Landscaping Inc., Van Wieren Residence The Landscape Awards Program The Landscape Awards showcase the best this industry has to offer while also reflecting the association’s commitment to creating and preserving the beauty of the urban landscape. The program is also designed to reward independent landscape contracting professionals who execute top quality landscape projects.

The Landscape Awards program has four main objectives: 1. Encourage landscape contractors to be the best in their field 2. Provide a marketing opportunity to those companies that receive an award 3. Encourage a company’s employees to aspire to excellence 4. Provide an opportunity to compete in the National Awards of Landscape Excellence.

Members can enter projects into nine different categories, including construction, maintenance, and design. Each entry is evaluated using outlined criteria; the submissions are not judged against each other. A Merit Award goes to an entry that earns 70-84 points, and an Excellence Award goes to an entry that earns 85 points or higher. Entries that acheive excellence are eligible for the National Awards of Landscape Excellence: a Canada-wide program developed by the Canadian National Landscape Association.

Helpful Hints for Awards Submissions: Site preparation adivce: • Plant material should be properly selected and welladapted to the site.

• Make sure plant material is well-pruned and free of insects or disease. Remove all tags and flagging.

• Sweep up mulch that has spilled onto hard surfaces.

• Remove all weeds from shrub beds.

Photography adivce: • The judges can only rely on the photographs and the written description submitted. Remember, first impressions count for both judges and future clients.

• Candid photos of people using the landscape can show use and demonstrate scale.

• Photos that show compatibility of materials and show textural qualities are helpful.

• Elevated/overheard shots taken from a normal vantage point (deck, upstairs window, etc.) can be helpful.

• Include before, during, and after photos to help the judges see your whole project process.

• Submit photos taken during the summer or early fall. Lawns should be green; if some photos are taken in the fall, the trees and shrubs should still have some leaves.

• Do not show your company name and/or logo in any photos.

Showcase your creativity and expertise!

Enter the 2018 Landscape Awards Entry forms and guides are available at www.landscape-alberta.com.

The Landscape Awards program is only open to active members of Landscape Alberta.

Contact Carmen at carmen.johnson@landscape-alberta.com, 780-489-1991 or 1-800-378-3198

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Merit

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A Look Back at Our Association

Landscape Alberta Golf Tournament: Finning Team; 2011

Olds College Opening of Apprenticeship Program; 1983

Gloria Beck and Arnold Heuver

Southern Chapter Summer BBQ; c. 1980 Central Chapter Social; 1988

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