Jan/Feb 2016 Green for Life Magazine

A Landscape Alberta Nursery Trades Association member publication

January/February 2016 Vol. 4, No. 1

Photos from the 2015 Green Industry Show Building Leaders and Landscapes

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January 12 - 14, 2016 Congress 2015 Congress Centre, Toronto, ON www.locongress.com

March 1 or 2, 2016 (TBD) Landscape Alberta Spring Workshop & Awards Dinner Edmonton, AB 1-800-378-3198 March 11 - 20, 2016 Canada Blooms Direct Energy Centre, Toronto, ON www.canadablooms.com

March 14 - 18, 2016 International Green City Conference Vancouver, BC www.cnla-acpp.ca/greencity

March 17, 2016 Landscape Saskatchewan Spring Workshop Double Tree by Hilton, Regina, SK 1-800-378-3198

Landscape Alberta Board of Directors Chris Brown, CLM, JLG, CSO, CRS Brown Landscape Services Ltd., Chair Brian Gibson, Green Drop Lawns Ltd., Vice Chair

Steve Wheatcroft, B. Comm, ULS Maintenance & Landscaping Inc. Cody Brown, Tree to Tree Nurseries Ltd.

Jeff Oudyk, CSLA, AALA, JLG, Land Tec Landscape Contractors Ltd. Jordan Voogd, JLG, Sunstar Nurseries Ltd.

John van Roessel, CLM, CLT, JVR Landscape (2006) Inc. Anita Heuver, JLG, Eagle Lake Nurseries Ltd. Landscape Alberta Staff Joel Beatson, CAE, CLM, Executive Director joel.beatson@landscape-alberta.com Marnie Main, Member Services Director member.services@landscape-alberta.com Erynn Watson, Member Services Assistant erynn.watson@landscape-alberta.com Valerie Stobbe, Trade Show Coordinator valerie.stobbe@landscape-alberta.com

Kyla Hardon, Communications Coordinator kyla.hardon@landscape-alberta.com Cheryl Teo, Bookkeeper accounting@landscape-alberta.com

On the Cover 2011 Landscape Award of Merit Winner Salisbury Landscaping Jones Residence Photos from the 2015 Green Industry Show, Page 8 Building Leaders and Landscapes, Page 10

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Industry and Association News...

2015 Green Industry Show & Conference Landscape Alberta’s 2015 Green Industry Show & Conference packed the BMO Centre in Calgary on November 19 & 20.

Record numbers of participants were drawn to the conference workshops and trade show - the third largest event of its kind in Canada.

The event kicked off on Wednesday, November 18 with the Garden Centre Bus Tour through southern Alberta, and the Landscape Alberta Nursery Producers Annual Auction held at the Executive Royal Hotel. The auction was a big success, helping to raise money for horticultural research in Alberta and providing a great venue for networking.

This year’s conference focused broadly on the need for discussion about the changing urban environment and the challenges of operating a business in today’s world. Annual favorites, such as Dr. Ken Fry and Dr. Mohyuddin Mirza, were joined by experts from across North America including author and water management expert, Brad Lancaster. The trade show welcomed over 150 high-quality exhibitors who were excited by the new location and the many new faces this year.

We are already gearing-up for the 2016 Green Industry Show & Conference, which will be held in Edmonton at the Expo Centre on November 17 & 18, 2016.

You can view photos from this year’s show on pages 7 -8 or online at: https://www.flickr.com/gp/109214823@N04/7q7p3A.

Update on Bill 6 On December 10, 2015, Bill C-6, the Enhanced Protection of Farm and Ranch Workers Act was officially passed in the legislature. This means that in the coming years, the current exemptions for farms and ranches to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), Workers Compensation, Employment Standards and Labour Relations (unionization) legislation will be ending and/or drastically changing.

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There are four key areas of change introduced in this omnibus bill: 1 Mandatory OHS for all Farms and Ranches. Already required for most of Horticulture. (effective January 1, 2016, with code to be passed in 2017) 2 Required WCB coverage for all employees. Already required for most of Horticulture. (effective January 1, 2016) 3 Labour Relations. This opens the doors for unions to form on farms. (effective spring 2016) 4 Updated Employment Standards, likely in the form of a new labour code. (effective spring 2016) The most crucial issue for our sector is the update to Employment Standards. Currently our sector sits in the purgatory between exemptions for farms and ranches, and the mandatory standards for all employers. For example, nurseries and sod farms are currently subject to special regulation that increases the level for required overtime to 48 hours per week from the standard 44 hours (farms have no required overtime). These changes to employment standards may end this regulation, or perhaps this is an opportunity to be rightfully included as a farm. Landscape Alberta has requested consideration for employment standards that respect the seasonal nature of our farm operations, for updated OHS supports specific to farming, for a private alternative to WCB, and for a review of timelines to ensure new regulations aren’t implemented at the start of peak season.

Landscape Alberta has been and will continue to be involved in advocacy on this issue. Letters have been sent to Minister Sigurdson and Minister Carlier outlining our position and requesting a meeting to seek solutions together.

Alberta’s New Carbon Tax On November 22, 2015, the Alberta government announced their Climate Leadership Strategy which includes the addition of a carbon tax. This strategy aims to reduce emissions via creating a consumer price incentive for reducing energy use.

The government has pledged to direct this tax revenue towards environmental initiatives.

Carbon will be taxed at an initial rate of $20 per tonne in 2017 and rising to $30 per tonne in 2018. Rates will continue to rise at inflation + 2% after 2018. In the short-term, this will have varying degrees of impact across the industry.

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Gasoline increase approx. 6.7 cents per litre Natural gas increase between $1.50 - $1.68/gigajoule Electricity - the least drastic increase - $0.02/kwh

Landscape Alberta is working on collecting impact statements from members and will continue to work on development of a position statement on the new tax along with a solution-based approach to benefit the industry.

National Agricultural Occupational Framework – Turf Producers On December 2, a group of Red Deer and area turf growers joined representatives from the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC) as a focus group for the National Agricultural Occupational Framework (NAOF). Given the seasonal nature of sod production, and many other factors, finding labour is always a challenge. In an effort to plan and prepare for increasing labour shortages across agriculture, the NAOF seeks to provide data in several key areas including establishing base job profiles, creating tools for employers, connecting education and training to employer needs, and providing helpful labour market information when working with government or other stakeholders.

The Alberta (western) session was one of three to be held across the country. We thank all of those who participated in this important first step. As results become available, Landscape Alberta will make sure they are published.

Paywith will help you accept the Garden Gift Card This year, Garden Centres Canada launched a national gift card program that is available to association members. This gift card can be redeemed at any participating member location, and is the perfect gift option for those with friends and relatives that live far away.

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The gift card program is administered by Paywith, based out of BC. Paywith will be contacting garden centre members in the coming weeks to tell you more about how the program works, and set up your terminal over the phone, if you want to participate.

Key points: • Gift cards are sent via smart phones and processed as a manual credit card transaction.

• Funds are only transferred when a card is redeemed at your store, at which time you will be charged a processing fee (0.5% lower than your MasterCard processing rate).

• Cards can be redeemed at any participating garden centre. You must sign up to participate (it takes less than 30 minutes).

• You will receive a customized link for your website that will enable customers to choose to have the card redeemed at your store only if they purchase from your website.

Please take a few minutes to talk to Paywith when they contact you. They are not selling you anything. They only wish to help you take advantage of this program before the holidays. For more information, please visit www.gardengiftcard.ca, or contact the CNLA office at 1-888-446-3499.

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Upcoming Agriculture Job Fair – Lethbridge Alberta Agriculture and Forestry along with Alberta Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour are excited to announce the Agriculture Job Fair on February 25th and 26th, 2016 at Exhibition Park in Lethbridge, AB.

This event is designed to accommodate the recruitment needs of southern Alberta agriculture employers and to assist with their workforce attraction needs. There is no exhibitor fee for employers – they only ask that you are hiring at the time of the event and that you are based in southern Alberta. For more information and to register for exhibit space, contact Bryon Anderson at 403-388-1981 or bryon.anderson@gov.ab.ca.

Registration deadline is January 22, 2016.

DAS Legal Insurance Effective December 1, 2015, the DAS Legal policies for Landscape Alberta members have expired. For 2015 only, the Landscape Alberta board along with support from the CNLA Insurance committee wanted to promote the availability of this program, and had agreed to buy coverage for all Active members on their behalf as a value-added service.

The full package legal insurance is now available at discounted rates to Landscape Alberta members. Visit https://www.groupbuyprotect.com to find out more about this valuable product that helps small-medium businesses protect themselves while providing cost certainty for services.

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B8 Ventures Ltd. Pam Poulton 5367 36 A Street, Innisfail, AB T4G 1E6 P: 403-877-5883 ppoulton@b8ventures.com www.b8ventures.com Charlie Roy Contractor Ltd. Charlie Roy #7, 5935 35 Street SW, Calgary, AB T2C 2H1 P: 403-225-0229 info@crconractorltd.com www.crcontractorltd.ca City of Calgary – Urban Forestry/Parks Nikki Anguish PO Box 2100 Stn M, Calgary, AB T2P 2M5 P: 403-537-7550 nikki.anguish@calgary.ca www.calgary.ca Country Stone Landscaping Katie Abrams 1323 Centre Street, Carstairs, AB T0M 0N0 P: 403-700-7594 F: 403-337-0149 countrystonelandscaping@gmail.com

Jobber Connor Bradley 10520 Jasper Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1Z7 P: 587-316-1941 connorb@getjobber.com www.getjobber.com

Oasis Construction Landscaping Ltd. Thomas Rochow 2916 Cedar Ridge Drive SW, Calgary, AB T2W 1X6 P: 403-500-7771 info@oasis-landscaping.ca www.oasis-landscaping.ca

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2015 Green Industr y Show Maria Byland, Rich Oke, John Byland and P hyllis Savard, Bylands Nurseries Ltd.

Annaleise Wolf, Roni Bhowmick and Geri Dominguez Balbin, Eagle Lake Nurseries Ltd.

Jason Rosmanitz and Dave Leyh, TWD Lawn & Garden Products

Jerritt Bron, Simon Eastwood and Shane Nuefield, Bron & Sons Nursery Co.

P hil Paxton, Wheatland Trees, and Christine LeVatte, Rene Thiebaud and Gerald Boot, CNLA Board

Kyla Hardon and Joel Beatson, Landscape Alberta with Harvey the Hound

Jeff Wotherspoon, Cheyenne Tree Farms Ltd.

Cesar and Maria Castillo, Crescent Garden

Brian Bolger and Kyle Redfern, Eagle Lake Professional Landscape Supply

Sharon Johnson Howkins, Sandy Howkins and Lindsay Davidson, Specimen Trees Wholesale Nurseries Ltd.

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Scott Bergmann and Cameron Crawford, RyMar Synthetic Grass

Dario Cyr and Cody Brown, Tree to Tree Nurseries Ltd.

Peter Hay and Alex Augustyniak, West Coast Seeds with Harvey the Hound

Kurt Dickhoff, Dutchman Industries Inc. with Harvey the Hound

Andre DeBeauville, Todd Rossy and Brian Johnson, Cervus Equipment

Devon Beck and Pat Aldi, Parkland Nursery & Landscape Services Ltd.

D’Arcy Poole, Adam Underwood and Brenna Merritt, Van Belle Nursery

Alyson Kee and Tom Berger, Inline Nurseries (2010) Inc.

Jordan and Harold Voogd, Sunstar Nurseries Ltd.

Toso Bozic, Alberta Agriculture and Sara Van Heuveln, Hort Protect

Jeff Preece, Holt Tree Spades Ltd.

Dusty Wein and Shane Sadler, Clearview Horticultural Products Inc.

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Building Leaders and Landscapes Adam Pio created Aztec Landscaping Ltd. in 2008. After working in the landscape maintenance industry for four years, he readily recognized that many landscapes were flawed by poor design and improper construction. He wanted to start a company that prided itself on creating landscapes that stand the test of time, looking better year after year. Since the ruins of Aztec temples are still around today after many centuries, Adam thought the name suited his vision well. One of his goals when starting this company was to be a full service landscape management provider for the residential market.

He wanted to make his clients’ lives easier by being a one-stop shop for all of their landscaping needs.

Aztec Landscaping prides itself on the work they do, and have been rewarded by having past clients come to them with new projects. This demonstrates success in their goal of creating and maintaining landscapes that last. They have built a team of people who not only care about the company’s values and vision, but aspire to personally contribute to the success of their community. Key to this company philosophy is an in-house Leadership Development Program lead by one of their own, Jason Wood. Landscape Alberta spoke with Jason about how they have developed this program, the challenges and successes, and why it is so important to their business.

LA: Tell us about your Leadership Development Program?

Jason Wood: Leadership development is something we take very seriously at Aztec Landscaping. Let me just say that if no time is spent developing your leaders, the Vision, Mission and Core Values of your company stay with YOU and only YOU. It might be nice that you have a company creed on the wall of the shop or office but believe me, it’ll just be something that remains on the wall and not embodied by your people.

The Leadership Development Program at Aztec Landscaping is really an on-going process. If leaders are not learning, they cannot lead effectively. In fact, that was the starting point for us in determining who will lead in our company - Are they coachable? Are they teachable?

There can be many road block to learning – at Aztec Landscaping, a swollen head is detrimental to leadership development and disqualifies one from leading or coaching any of our teams.

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Jason Wood and Adam Pio, Aztec Landscaping Ltd.

Since development is one of our core values, we are devoted to spending one hour each week to walk through study material and questions with our leaders. This amount of time might seem wasteful at first or even unrealistic. However, the time invested in this process with your leaders will prove its worth in your return. In fact, a major enemy in this process that I’ve witnessed is busy-ness. “We’re too busy to do anything like this”. I understand it is tough when you have a busy schedule, but if you want leaders in your organization, then you WILL make time for it. If you put leaders first, you’ll avoid painful pitfalls later. The opposite of this can be equally true.

I’ve watched countless employers waste time and resources, expecting that their people will simply know how to lead others without equipping them in this process. The employer ends up frustrated with the employee, and the employee ends up frustrated with their employer, resulting in loss of confidence and trust. Not spending the time to invest in your leaders only creates disappointment on all fronts, and we all know the costs of that; poor morale, loss of key people, loss of profit, and so on.

Though the Leadership Development Program at Aztec is an on-going process, there are some critical stages we take qualified leaders through when initially developing them.

The first stage is about knowing who we are. We discuss our philosophy of leadership and build relationships with those we are leading. During this phase we demonstrate the style of leadership we promote at Aztec and the reasoning behind it.

One of the resources we use as part of our core study time is The Secret by Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller. We work through this initial phase with specific questions designed to engage how we lead in everyday situations while landscaping.

We believe in leading by example. We encourage the leadersin-training to watch how we do it. It’s also a way to keep us accountable in our own leadership – those learning from us will immediately know if we practice what we preach, which in turn will determine whether they follow us or not. This initial phase is really about trust. If there’s no trust, we cannot expect our leaders to carry the Vision of the company, no matter how much they get paid.

The second stage is about knowing who you are. We use of a number of tests that help our staff see and understand which leadership style they naturally lean towards. This is a bit of a journey. Learning about ourselves and our own tendencies can, with the right approach, be quite humorous. During this phase I teach a lesson on communication by describing a situation for the leaders – a troubled staff member who is being deceitful to the leader. I take each leader through it, role-playing as the troubled staff member to help them see how they naturally respond in this situation. In fact, our leaders have said it’s by far one of the most memorable and humorous moments in their training. But, they remember it and, more importantly, use what they’ve learned.

“Before a company can think about what kind of leadership style they are, they need to figure out what type of company they want to be” The third phase is the briefing and de-briefing stage, which involves a heavy amount of coaching. A must-read before taking people through this phase is Coaching for Performance by John Whitmore. We use landscape-specific case studies and real life scenarios from Aztec’s history. We’ve found that this phase helps the leaders open up and report what’s really going on in the field and get to the heart of the matter in the everyday situations they experience. Because of the nature of this phase, we spend time equipping our leaders for problem solving and reporting. Why? Because we want our leaders to be able to problem-solve through situations the way we need them to. Jeffrey Scott has been a great help in this and we utilise his Million Dollar Process.

We also employ the use of the 5 Why’s used

by Toyota. Both systems have helped to put tools in the hands of our leaders so they can problem solve more effectively. For reporting, I designed a daily, weekly and monthly step-back system to catch and work through issues as they arise. It also helps equip our leaders to spot potential problems ahead of time, saving the company time and

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money. This phase allows us to work through situations together and builds team spirit, trust and leader confidence.

The fourth phase is all about unleashing the leader into an “owner”. Management support is available if a situation arises, but we expect our leaders at this phase to “own” the process of the full work spectrum. Weekly meetings are held to cover performance. The leader now gets a 360-degree view through reports from their team every quarter and own the productivity/performance of the team they lead. We do this to maintain clarity at a leadership level, and since our leaders “own” situations, they report on their team with us in senior team meetings.

LA: Why did you feel the need to develop such a program?

JW: We’ve discovered that there is a leadership void in the landscape trade. In fact, when Adam and I attended a business session at last year’s Green Industry Show & Conference, we were one of only four companies in that room who had even developed a company vision. Most trades educate apprentices on the skills of the trade itself, not the leading or coaching of people, which tends to be what we do throughout most of our day. We identified the issues and set about finding the right solutions for our company. We desire to develop world class landscapers – that is our mission statement at Aztec.

LA: Who is this program designed for? How many of your employees have gone through this training?

JW: Initially it was designed for the management of the company. It seemed fitting as we believe that “it all rises or falls

on leadership” (The Secret by Ken Blanchard) and we were looking to be unique in our field. However, we soon realised the need for succession and made it available to those who desired to lead or showed a talent for it. At this time, six of our staff have gone through the training.

LA: How many lessons are there? What are the topics and how are these implemented and used in the day-to-day running of Aztec?

JW: There are 12 lessons and topics ranging from personality testing to communication testing. As mentioned earlier, case studies are built that revolve around different topics in landscapespecific, real life situations. The briefing/de-briefing systems ensure these lessons are being implemented every day, and we also review this in our reporting.

LA: What are some of the success and challenges that you have faced in developing and offering this program?

JW: Success is seeing current leaders carrying the Vision, Mission and Core Values in their own leadership and it passing on to others.

That’s inspiring!

Challenges? I would say that, in our region, the traditional “oil & gas industry mentality” of boss-driven leadership is something we constantly fight against to retain our company culture. The “Boss” model demands of its employees without the boss actually leading his/her team. We at Aztec, in a Servant style of leadership, serve our team by having our leaders lead by example. Our leaders understand if they’re going to gain the respect of the other employees they need to set the standard with their own work ethic and attitude. There is a major adjustment for this to work well.

Boss-driven employers bark orders and have little patience with their work force; you either “get it or you’re gone”. Our leaders show the staff the Aztec Way of doing the job, in a respectful manner, so that employees understand what’s expected of them.

The other challenge is that the learning has to be hands-on, so the lessons are designed as such, which takes a bit more work than originally expected.

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LA: What is the feedback from employees who have participated in this program?

JW: It’s been positive for the most part. We’ve had a few people express interest in leading only to find out they weren’t leaders and, in fact, didn’t want to be leaders after a few lessons. Not all are interested in such accountability and transparency. Those that have stuck with it have used this training in all aspects of their lives, at home and with their families.

We are in the 2nd edition of the program and on our way to creating a 3rd. We keep finding little improvements and updates that better lead to the success of others, and that’s really what this program is about.

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January

6: Landscape Alberta at Cultivate and Connect 8-9: Landscape Awards Judging

13: Landscape Alberta and AGGA meet with Minister McIvor 20-22: CNLA Winter meetings in Toronto

28: Landscape Alberta hosts TFWP Electronic Town Hall

2015: Year in Review

February

24-25: Landscape Alberta heads to Ottawa re: Seasonal Labour Shortage

March

3: City of Edmonton 1st vote on herbicide ban 5: Alberta Works Edmonton Job Fair

11: LA AGM, Spring Workshop and Awards Dinner in Calgary 12: City of Edmonton Landscape Standards Review 15: New member savings program for Kubota announced

24-25: Landscape Industry CertiďŹ ed candidates test their skills at Olds College

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April

31-1: First Aid Training

1: Safe Digging Month begins 1: Elm pruning ban begins

7: New member savings program for Echo/Shindaiwa announced 23: STOPDED conference

May

6: City of Edmonton Log Cabin Meeting 7-8: Arbor Day celebrations take place in Edmonton and Calgary

13-14: Skills Alberta Competition at Northlands

21: City of Edmonton Tree Planting demo

28-29: Skills Canada National Competition held in Saskatoon

June

1: New member savings program announced for FCA Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge 11: Meeting with Premier Notley & Minister Sigurdson re: minimum wage

19-21: Garden Days 22-28: Dutch Elm Disease Awareness week

23: Edmonton city council votes to ban herbicide use on city land

July

6: Landscape Alberta Nursery Producers bus tour in Kelowna 21: Dutch Elm Disease found in Saskatoon

August

11-16: World Skills in Brazil

12: Landscape Alberta recognized as Business in Bloom by City of Edmonton Front Yards in Bloom 17-20: CNLA Summer meetings in Manitoba

19: CNLA National Awards of Landscape Excellence. Landscape Alberta member, Peter Hughes Landscape wins National Award for Residential Construction

September

23: National Tree Day 30: Elm Pruning ban ends

October

1: Soil and Compost Symposium in Edmonton

1: Minimum wage in Alberta increases to $11.20/hr

19-20: ISA Prairie Chapter Conference in Lethbridge 20: AILCA Ag Labour Summit in Red Deer

November

4: National Landscape Standards Prairie/ North region - 1st committee meeting.

Launch in March 2016 13: Landscape Awards entry deadline

December

1: New penalties for TFWP abuse come into eect 14: Skills Alberta landscape gardener committee meeting

18: Landscape Alberta Nursery Producers annual Live & Silent Auction

19-20: 2015 GISC held in Calgary for ďŹ rst time in over 20 years

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ReTree YYC – Recovering and Restoring Calgary’s Trees Together!

In September 2014, Calgary experienced the largest snow fall prior to the fall equinox in 130 years. Since it occurred before the trees had shed their leaves, the weight of the snow caused many tree limbs to fail resulting in wide-spread damage to trees that caused power outages, traffic signal failures and debris spread across the city. It is estimated that 50 per cent of the 500,000 public trees and 1.5 million private trees have been impacted. This means there are three times as many damaged trees on private property as there are on City land.

Recovering from this storm will require us as a city and a community to look after our trees.

Out of this disaster, The City created the ReTree YYC program to work on the recovery and restoration of the urban forest.

This recovery work started immediately after the storm and will continue over the next three years. This work will ensure we have a strong and resilient canopy for generations to come.

This year, the ReTree YYC program had some great successes including planting nearly 50 per cent more trees than we would normally plant in a year and assessing and/or pruning nearly 112,000 trees. We also held numerous public events where we spoke with over 6,000 Calgarians, gave away over 1.5 million kilograms of free mulch and ran a multi-faceted digital media campaign promoting tree care. We also launched an interactive map on calgary.ca/trees where citizens can find out about the storm, the recovery efforts and what City work is going on in their community.

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This storm provided us an opportunity to come together as a community and we realized the need to build on our relationships with industry partners. That is why we invited many industry partners to participate at our ReTree YYC fairs and other public engagement opportunities in 2015. We all have a vested interest in building a strong and resilient urban canopy in Calgary; this is why in 2016 we will be hosting two more events that you may be interested in.

ReTree YYC Industry Forum Feb. 4, 2016 Interested in partnering with us to encourage Calgarians to plant more trees and grow a healthy urban forest? This one-day forum is designed to provide information about what our ReTree YYC project has planned for 2016 and opportunities to partner with the City at our events. We will also provide updates and have presentations from other important industry speakers. Registration is free, but space is limited so RSVP to retreeyyc@calgary.ca.

ReTree YYC Fair May 14, 2016 Would your tree-related business like to participate and/or have a booth at our ReTree YYC Fair in May? We are currently looking for industry partners.

This is a continuation from last year’s ReTree YYC fairs and is an opportunity for citizens to come out to a free event and learn about how to care for their trees. This

event will include talks, demonstrations, exhibitor booths, guided walks, as well as a kid’s area, entertainment, and food options. The City will be advertising this event through various media outlets and there is no cost for you to participate.

Tents, tables and chairs will be provided, but any additional needs are the responsibility of the exhibitor.

Microphones and speakers will be provided for scheduled talks. The Tree Resource Fairs are intended as learning opportunities, so sharing information will be the primary focus. This is also a great opportunity to profile your business/ organization to the general public, therefore limited advertising and sales may be accommodated.

Last year, the tree fairs received excellent media coverage. Numerous media outlets covered them and specific vendors attending the events were profiled in at least three of these media opportunities. If you would like to be part of the next event, please email retreeyyc@calgary.ca.

Additionally, we are always interested in partnering with retailers to bring tree care and tree-related messaging to citizens. We’d love to hear from you if you would be interested in working with us to build a strong tree culture in Calgary. Email retreeyyc@ calgary.ca if you are interested in partnering with us further to promote the message of ReTree YYC!

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Editors note: Landscape Alberta provided 4,000 copies of Trees and Shrubs for the Prairies for ReTree YYC events to be given to homeowners and direct them to find Landscape Alberta members.

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Brendan Casement Arbor Day Peace Chapter 1995. L-R: Walter Pazakiski, Murray Quinn, Marie Stevens, Cecilia Littleton and Lloyd Stevens

Northern Chapter BBQ, Pollock Farms 1983. L-R: Butch Pollock, Dick Mantel, Murray Munro and Harold Voogd.

Southern Chapter Golf Tournament 1993. L-R: Marian Bron, Ed Bron and Kathleen Pereira

A look back at our association

Green Survival Awards 1984, Hans Bron and Margaret Lorenzen

LANTA Convention 1983. L-R: unknown, unknown, Henry Heuver, unknown, Dave Herbert, unknown, unknown, Joseph Supino, Joe Hartwell, unknown and Videl Travassos.

1976 ANTA Convention. R: Alf Savage

L-R: Bob Sproule, Garry Greenfield, Gerald van Bruggen, Mike Haberl Sr. 18 I Green for Life January/February 2016

Ronald McDonald House Manager with Nigel Bowles.

The people in these photos have been identified to the best of our ability. If we have made an error or if you are able to identify someone in a photo, please email admin@landscape-alberta.com, so we can update our records.

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With numbers like that and new features like a one-piece sealed and pressurized cab and high-backed heated air suspension seat, you’ll be working in greater comfort with lower operating costs every day.

Contact your Finning sales rep today to start saving money on your next job tomorrow.

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