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FOCUS: ILCA Awards & Honors 10 Person of the Year Roger Fick, Wilson Nurseries Distinguished Service Award 12 RentalMax honored for 2018

2018 Scholarship Winners 14 ILCA helping to build the future Know Your ILCA Board of Directors 16 Capsule introductions to all 12 members Grow With the Flow 20 Sustainable water management with rain gardens

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From Where I Stand — Do I look like a guy with a plan? Do you know what I am? I am a dog chasing cars. I wouldn’t know what to do with it if I caught one. - The Joker, The Dark Knight

Complaining about politics is a time-honored American tradition. We gripe at bars, around holiday dinner tables, staring at our property tax bills, or banging away on social media sites. What is far more rare is when a policy maker stops dead in his or her tracks, turns to you, and asks, “Ok, smart guy, what do you want to do about it?” In that moment, a group like the ILCA must bridge the divide between problem identifier and problem solver. That is when we must decide if we are capable political advocates or mongrel dogs barking at passing cars. A few weeks ago on Facebook, I offered the opportunity for members to sound off about politics. This is a risky venture in today’s day and age, but I felt the informality and pseudo-anonymity of Facebook would provide the perfect venue for a gripe session. We started the post with an image of a large, angry emoji. We then asked ILCA members to air their grievances in a fashion that would’ve made Frank Costanza proud in this season of Festivus. I wanted our members to provide background into the political obstacles that make their businesses run less smoothly and profitably. This was intelligence gathering, plain and simple. As the bill filing deadline in Springfield looms closer, we wanted to determine if there were avenues the ILCA could get involved in on a proactive basis. ILCA plays a lot of defense each legislative session. This year will be no different with a new administration, fresh faces in the General Assembly, and a lot of old foes dusting off pieces of “good idea” legislation. The conversation on Facebook played out predictably. There were a few earnest posts, but most were general gripes about high personal, corporate, or property taxes. This is an area that ILCA has very little authority or power to enact change. Income and property taxes impact us all and ILCA struggles to find a nuanced argument that would show why landscape professionals are bearing some undue brunt. I will admit, I have done a lot of learning on the job when it comes to how the legislative process plays out down in Springfield. Our lobbyist Dave Manning has been with the ILCA for longer than I have held the job as Executive Director and has helped guide and teach me along the way. I am aided by a fantastic Regulatory and Legislative Committee made up of volunteers who vet the detailed bill summary that Dave provides. They take positions on over one hundred bills each legislative session. We are a patchwork of human resource professionals, lawyers, suppliers, and contactors from various green industry disciplines. More universally, we are concerned citizens who realize that if we don’t speak up, we go unheard, or worse, someone else speaks for us. The Regulatory and Legislative Committee has now spun off an entirely new Political Action Committee Subcommittee or the PAC Subcom. It is their job to raise funds for the PAC and to take the policy positions created by the R&L Committee forward to the actual men and women of the General Assembly. We target key officials on key committees who will most likely review legislation that session that will help or hurt us. All of this takes time and money and that is why the PAC Subcom has been so active these past 12 months beat-

ing the drum about contributions. Clearly, ILCA has the infrastructure in place to at least form a bulwark against the negative impact of state legislation. That bulwark involves a lot of talented individuals working together to either inform the General Assembly about issues that impact the members or inform our members about issues that flow backwards from the General Assembly. This is why the Board of Directors built a new objective into its strategic plan about doing a comprehensive review of existing state legislation to find practical areas where ILCA can have an impact. That is tougher than it sounds. Keep in mind, every year, the Illinois General Assembly proposes almost 9,000 pieces of new legislation and we have to keep tabs on every single bill that even tangentially brushes up against our industry. Further, there are hundreds of thousands of pages of statutes already passed by the General Assembly that form the basis of our state legal system. In addition, millions of additional pages of rules support and provide clarity to those laws. It’s a lot of reading, to put it lightly. It took me a long time of dealing with the State of Illinois and its agencies to shift my paradigm about state law. Like most citizens, I believed that the mere passage or existence of a law was enough to correct behavior. If we didn’t like how the world worked, or something or someone was being abused, passing a law would fix the situation. I am not sure why I felt this way when evidence to the contrary was all around me. We have laws about robbing banks and murder, but we still have bank robbers and murderers. In addition, I naively concluded that identifying law breakers to law enforcement agencies was enough to spur action. That too is not accurate. Many police and law enforcement agencies know of law breakers, but they may lack the resources, evidence, man power, or sheer will to do anything about it. One thing I have learned during 10+ years in dealing with state government, is that when Springfield finally gets you in their crosshairs, you are royally screwed. There is a reason for the expression, “You can’t fight city hall.” All of a sudden, all those laws and rules buried in the back of some dusty statute book are thrust into the limelight and their authority and punitive impact are devastating. If you approach lawmaking with the perspective that many will get away, but some will pay, it is easier to make peace with that likely outcome. Laws will not make a utopia, but their occasional harsh, quick, and cruel enforcement against bad actors helps avoid a dystopia. So that brings us back to our introductory quote by the Clown Prince of Crime - The Joker. The ILCA guided by our strategic plan and our legislative infrastructure is prepared to identify, review, and possibly take action on existing rules and laws that impact ILCA members, but what are those laws and which ones take priority. Some ideas in the hopper: The Turf Committee - In many states, lawn care is under siege. The ILCA must hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. To prepare, our Turf Committee performed a comprehensive review of the statute that governs lawn care and pesticide applicators and suggest no changes at this time. They identified a few areas of concern, but feel it is premature to work on a comprehensive lawn care bill because it would flush out opponents. Instead, they want to continue to build relationships at the Illinois Department of Agriculture and stay vigilant to any legislation that would erode preemption. The lesson here is pre-

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scient, don’t look for a fight if you don’t need to. The Irrigation Committee - The provision that lets licensed irrigation professionals legally do their job sunsets in 2024. It was a fight to get the 10-year extension in 2014 and we need to be prepared for another one. The Irrigation Committee’s statute is relatively banal, but they are also governed by comprehensive rules and codes that also demand attention. They are reviewing all of it and will be in a position next fall to determine if they want to push any additional changes. In the meantime, they also want to build better relationships with the Illinois Department of Public Health who oversee irrigation practice. That relationship has been non-existent for many years. Worker’s Compensation Insurance Reform - Instead of focusing on the rates, ILCA is focusing on enforcement. We view worker’s compensation insurance as the strongest stick that can be shoved into the spokes of illegal operators. With our estimates that 30-40% of the industry is operating without comp, we see this as a major problem and threat to landscape employees and clients across Illinois. We are in discussion with lawmakers about a suite of changes that will ratchet up enforcement of illegal operators and bring us closer to ILCA’s stated goal - 100% compliance with state worker’s compensation laws. Snow Indemnification and Licensure - Two years ago, ILCA passed a small, but mighty bill for snow contractors with the help of the Accredited Snow Contractors Association. This bill makes blanket indemnification clauses unenforceable and instead pivots the liability to whomever caused the infraction. For example, if there was a slip and fall in a parking lot after it had snowed 0.5 inches, but the contract reads that the snow contractor cannot be on the property until 1.0” has fallen, an indemnification clauses cannot be used to protect the property owner and punish the contractor. In short, the new language makes each party responsible for their own actions. In addition, another idea is to create a snow contractor’s license. ILCA members have always been split on creating a license for landscape contractors similar to roofers and plumbers. ILCA worries about pushing a law that would create a fee for landscape service providers without its ability to change industry practices. However, snow does present an opportunity. Summer Snow Days made it painfully clear how unregulated and difficult it is to plow snow. I was most shocked at how competitive the snow side of the industry is and how few companies make money off of it. I was under the impression that firms could charge emergency management level pricing. One remedy would be to develop a license for snow companies. Large residential and commercial property owners would have to use a licensed snow company or they would sacrifice all indemnification protections. That would root out nefarious snow companies who don’t pay the proper insurance or cut corners on OSHA and labor laws. These are just a scalpel-sized slice of issues that are facing snow and landscape service providers over the next 1-3 years. We need to know what else is out there. We are not omniscient beings who spend our nights reading tomes of state statutes. We need to understand, specifically, what current laws or issues impact your businesses (outside of taxes!). It has taken years of diligence and hard work by dozens of ILCA advocates, paid and unpaid alike, to get the State of Illinois to pay attention to us. Now, we must tread carefully, ethically, and responsibly. Let’s use this hard-earned opportunity to enact real change. If not, we are better off chasing cars and barking at the moon.

Scott Grams December 18, 2018

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President’s Message — I always look forward

to iLandscape, but this year takes on special significance. As President, I will have a lot of responsibilities, events to attend, and speeches to make. I will miss spending hours in the educational sessions, but should be able to sneak into some to them. I will have to spend more time on the floor schmoozing the exhibitors and less time in my room napping. Oh well; for the good of the order, right? But the real reason it has special significance is that we are unveiling ILCA’s new marketing campaign for the industry. As you know, improving the public’s perception of the landscape profession has been a goal of mine. For too long we have been the trade that people disregard: “It’s just cutting grass, right?” No, we are a profession that wears many hats and juggles lots of different issues. How many times have you been blamed for something another trade did? My favorite example is when a client was upset about the shape of their grass and accused me of not knowing what I was doing. Turns out, the builder had buried two feet of gravel covered by sheets of plywood and then topped off with a foot of clay. It was the whole front yard. The only soil was from the sod. Or the time a bush died, and we discovered that’s where the painter was pouring out his turpentine at the end of every day (the client couldn’t deny the smell). Because of these types of issues, the Board has been working for years trying to change this dynamic and we now have something to show for it; a public awareness and marketing campaign. I am proud to be part of a Board of Directors who has pushed this up the list of association priorities (with special thanks to Past President Lisa Fiore). We did some serious budgeting to make sure that we had the funds to roll out a campaign that our members could be proud of. Besides merely having the funding, we also had to ensure that our story would be told properly, and in a manner that will spur emotion from our members and action from our clients. We spent months selecting a public relations firm, out of Des Moines of all places, and felt they were the best vehicle to take our message far and wide. From our first meetings, Bing Bang understood our central themes of harmonizing with nature, landscaping as art, the pride we feel as professionals, and the frustration we feel from competing against black market companies. All of those themes are featured prominently in the campaign. The results of this effort will be debuted at iLandscape. We leaked a preview at the ILCA Annual Party, but now, the entire campaign will be rolled out. From the feedback we received at the Annual Party, we hit it out of the park. We have a year-long distribution strategy for the content. It will include social media, web ads, and even television spots. It will debut in mid-February and is designed to encourage interest and respect in the industry we all call home. Stop by the ILCA booth at iLandscape to see the entire campaign that includes testimonials and scripted content. This is a vision realized for ILCA and I’m privileged to be part of it. We did all of this for our members and we hope that you attend iLandscape to see what all the buzz is about.

President

Tom Lupfer Lupfer Landscaping (708) 352-2765 tom@lupferlandscaping.com

Vice-President

Jose Garcia Natural Creations Landscaping, Inc. (815) 724-0991 info@naturalcreationslandscaping.com

Secretary-Treasurer

Donna Vignocchi Zych ILT Vignocchi, Inc. (847) 487-5200 dvignocchi@iltvignocchi.com

Immediate Past President Lisa Fiore Don Fiore Company, Inc. (847) 234-0020 lfiore@donfiore.com

Directors

Eric Adams Russo Power Equipment (847) 233-7811 eadams@russopower.com Jennifer Fick Wilson Nurseries and Landscape Supply (847) 683-3700 jennf@wilsonnurseries.com Allan Jeziorski Hartman Landscape (708) 403-8433 allan@hartmanlandscape.net

Jeff Kramer Kramer Tree Specialists, Inc, (630) 403-8433 jwkramer@kramertree.com

Kevin Manning K & D Enterprise Landscape Management, Inc. (815) 725-0758 kmanning@kdlandscapeinc.com Scott McAdam, Jr. McAdam Landscaping, Inc. (708) 771-2299 Scottjr@mcadamlandscape.com Dean MacMorris Night Light, Inc. (630) 627-1111 dean@nightlightinc.net Mark Utendorf Emerald Lawn Care, Inc. (847) 392-7097 marku@emeraldlawncare.com

Thank you, Tom Lupfer

December 19, 2018

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Black Creek Canyon., Inc. • Lockport Playground Paradise

We call this property

the Itasca Playground Paradise because of an obvious central feature: a playground built for the owner’s young children, one that encourages them to revel in the outdoors while enjoying both play and exercise. The playground includes a swingset, slide, and jungle gym, and it’s as well equipped for recreation as most public parks in the area. At the same time, another of the owner’s children loves to garden, as do the grownups—and the whole family enjoys swimming, relaxing in the whirlpool, and cooking and dining al fresco. We had to pack a lot of features into what is, all in all, a relatively small area without making the whole space feel crowded and without sacrificing any of the family’s privacy. That, we found, was our greatest challenge, but one that was a pleasure to work around. We did so by making each of the activity areas discrete while also feeding into neighboring areas, screening off the informal garden, for example, with ironwork and vegetation to

afford the child gardener a little corner of paradise to call her own, and setting off more formal garden areas with hedges that draw the eye to a burbling waterfall that helps define two areas: a covered outdoor dining space, and an open-air patio that leads into the main house. An adult can take in most of the property in a glance, but for children there are plenty of areas to claim as their own, affording opportunities to let their imaginations run free in an outdoor space that is carefully designed without being fussy.

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ILCA Awards & Honors —

ILCA’s 2018 Person of the Year Roger Fick by Patrice Peltier

Roger Fick

, President of thrived long after installation. Wilson Nurseries, is a humble man. “We have to be the ultimate “I guess I achieved a few things, but owner of each project,” Fick I don’t feel any different than when I explains. “Our plants need to grow began,” says ILCA’s Person of the Year.” and thrive a long time.” A lot of people would beg to differ. Fick walked his talk…even “He is a spectacular nurseryman,” when that meant taking a big hit. says Harry Vignocchi, chairman of ILT Once when a Red Sunset maple Vignocchi, a customer for more than 40 started dying after installation, years. “His emphasis has always been Fick discovered his supplier used a on quality. I don’t think he had an equal propagation technique that created in that area.” graft incompatibility. He alerted “Roger is a visionary. He helped the supplier to the problem, and set the bar for the rest of the nursery then Fick destroyed his remaining industry,” says Tom Trayser of Trayser Red Sunset maple stock. Landscapes. Previously a landscape “They looked beautiful, but architect at Brickman, Trayser lists a I knew they wouldn’t be longnumber of Fick firsts: lining out nurslived,” Fick recalls. ery stock along the contour of the land During his 20 years as a instead of in straight rows to prevent Wilson Nurseries customer, erosion, cultivating after rain storms to Arlington Heights Forestry Crew improve root systems and contract growing. Chief Brian Crawford has also experienced Fick’s long-term “He was the first in my experience to move toward a spec commitment to his plant material and his customers. for a tree like you would spec a paver.” He was on the cutAt the height of the Emerald Ash Borer crisis, the Village ting edge,” Trayser recalls. of Arlington Heights wanted to purchase 10,000 replacement When Graham Anderson, general manager of Surface trees over five years. “Roger was the only one who was willNursery, was a horticulture student at University of Illinois ing to let us order five years out,” Crawford recalls. Urbana-Champaign, the nursery management instructor took When the village submitted its list of trees, “Roger took students to Wilson Nurseries. “She was using Wilson Nurseries the time to go through the list and tell us the pros and cons as an example of how to do things right,” Anderson recalls. “It of every tree,” Crawford explains. “He made sure we knew was a meticulously clean growing operation. Very impressive.” what we were doing. That’s commendable.” Since then, Anderson has worked with Fick as a supplier Relationships—with customers, suppliers and employees of shade tree liners for Wilson Nurseries. “Roger helped to — are important to Fick. “It’s not about how big you can make raise the standards in the Chicagoland area about what qualyour business,” he says. “It’s about people and relationships.” ity nursery stock should be,” Anderson says. “He gives a lot Jeff Kerber, co-owner of SigNature, Inc., witnessed Fick’s of attention to detail. He is a leader in high quality products approach during their first meeting. for landscape contractors.” Armed with bank statements and other financial data, “He’s a wonderful man,” says Shelly Dubofsky, owner of Kerber visited Wilson Nurseries to set up a line of credit. Shelly’s Landscape Contractors, Inc. “I’ve been doing busiKerber wasn’t sure how the process worked or even how big ness with him for over 40 years. His service is impeccable. a line of credit he might need. His plants are above impeccable.” “How about I give you $50,000 and you promise to pay From the beginning, in 1972 when Fick partnered with me back,” Kerber recalls Fick saying. landscape contractor Carl Wilson to form Wilson Nursery, he “It’s such a memorable story to my partner and me, but believed it wasn’t enough to provide quality plant material. He Roger probably made that offer to many people,” Kerber says. committed to do whatever he could to insure that those plants “He gave us a really nice start, and he’s been great ever since.” 10 The Landscape Contractor January 2019

Fick developed his appreciation of plants while helping his mother in her garden and accompanying her on excursions to local nurseries. “I always loved the mysteriousness of plants and how they grow,” he recalls. “I wanted to know ‘how does this happen?’” Both parents encouraged all three of their children to serve their country, so after high school, Fick joined the Navy. As a member of the Ceremonial Honor Guard, the sailor from Hammond, Indiana was present at the burial of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd in 1957 and President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Inaugural Ball. Later, he served on a navy cruiser. After the navy, Fick enrolled at Indiana University to become an eye doctor. “That didn’t last long,” Fick says with a chuckle. While working at Inland Steel, Fick did side jobs designing and installing landscapes for people he knew. His search for an espaliered pear tree led him to an Illinois nursery where the owner offered him a job. By then, Fick and his wife, Joy, were the parents of two-year-old Jennifer and one-year old Andy. Joy, a pharmacist, agreed to leave her job and uproot the family. Fick marvels at her faith in him. A few years later, Fick and Wilson started their nurseries. Peter Orum, founder of Midwest Groundcovers, met Fick when they were both employees at another nursery. Orum was a propagator. Fick was in sales. “Roger kept track of what his customers needed. As soon as those plants were available, he sold them all. There was nothing left for anyone else to sell,” Orum recalls. As nursery owners, “we took turns buying plants from each other if we didn’t have enough stock to fill an order,” Orum recalls. Once, when Orum’s father was visiting from Denmark, he went along when Orum picked up plants from Fick. “Roger was very attentive to my father. He paid a lot of respect to an old nurseryman,” Orum recalls. “My father really liked Roger, so every time he came to visit that was part of our routine, to have lunch with Roger.” Many of Fick’s relationships with suppliers, customers and employees date back to those early days. Earning — and returning — that kind of loyalty is important to Fick. “Many of our customers have become very successful,” Fick says. “And many of our employees have progressed nicely in life. They’ve been able to buy a home, raise children and see those children graduate from college. I hope we have improved the quality of our employees’ lives.” “I have witnessed how Roger helped many co-workers succeed while here and even after they moved on from Wilsons,” says Nursery Manager Fred Tellez, an employee for 30 years. “My dad, Vincente, worked alongside Roger

for 47 years, and during that time he was able to provide for our family of myself and six siblings. From us, there are 22 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The entire Tellez family is grateful for Roger.” Fick is also pleased his own children have joined him as owners in the business, where both have been active for more than 25 years. Together they’ve expanded the business to include four locations to be closer to more customers and added Wilson Landscape Supply so customers can buy plant materials and hard goods in one stop. “We have meals together, and talk to each other several times a day,” Fick says. “It’s nice, and we all still like each other,” he adds with a chuckle. Both Jennifer and Andy are among Roger’s biggest fans. Says Andy, “My dad has a drive to do his best in whatever task he chooses to take on. He has great empathy for his family, employees and customers. His integrity is second to none. These traits, to me, are why he has been so successful in the business world.” Another driving force is Fick’s faith. Having served as an elder and a trustee of his church, Fick says, “I am a Godly man.” From the beginning, Fick has been committed to quality, not just for himself but for the whole industry. “My pledge has always been to see how good we can make this industry,” he says. Frustrated by the lack of consistency in sizing plant material across the country, Fick was asked to join the Standards Committee of the American Association of Nurserymen. “When you describe something as a 2 1/2-inch, clump form crabapple, what does that mean? Is the whole clump 2 1/2 inches, or a single stem? It’s indecipherable,” he says. “We wanted to describe what that means so you can deliver what’s specified.” Joy, Fick’s wife of 58 years, says this is typical. “When there is a problem, Roger doesn’t worry too much about who did it, or why or how. He wants to fix it right now,” she explains. “He does not claim to know all there is to know about the business. But he is smart enough to find out who does know and to make their acquaintance.” Through the years, Fick has also been a supporter of ILCA, hosting three Summer Field Days. “We’ve tried to do our part,” Fick explains. “We support ILCA because it’s our customers’ organization.” “It’s exciting to be involved in a nursery production operation,” Fick says. “On top of that, most of my friends are employees, customers or suppliers. “I make a few decisions, and at the end of the day, I still like being on the tractor. I like cultivating, cutting the grass, propagating,” Fick says. “I’m just kind of going along with the program. A lot of what happened just happened.”

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ILCA Awards & Honors —

ILCA Selects—

RentalMax for 2018 Distinguished Service Award

by Patrice Peltier

When it comes

to meeing customers’ needs, RentalMax is a well-oiled machine—literally as well as figuratively. This diligence in giving its customers the same top-quality care it gives the fleet of equipment it rents has earned RentalMax ILCA’s Distinguished Service Award. “We couldn’t be more excited and appreciative for the ILCA partnership and the recognition,” says John Jeanguenat, who became RentalMax president in 2018. “We appreciate having the opportunity to work with ILCA members, to learn from each other and to have some fun together.” Founded in 1997, RentalMax is the largest general equipment rental company in the Chicagoland area, with eight locations. In 2008, the company joined ILCA and has been an active participant ever since. “RentalMax has always been a substantial sponsor of virtually every event at ILCA,” says ILCA Board Member Scott McAdam, Jr. of McAdam Landscaping, Inc. The company is a regular sponsor and exhibitor at iLandscape, Summer Field Day, Snow Days and the Annual Meeting, to name a few. “In addition to what they do for our members individually, they’ve done a lot for ILCA as an association…and they’re a heck of a lot of fun,” says ILCA Executive Director Scott Grams. During the depths of the recession, 12

Grams recalls RentalMax stepped up the appeal of raffle prizes to entice more members to the Golf Outing. They also provide lift equipment to give The Landscape Contractor Publisher Rick Reuland a birds-eye photo opp of the entire Summer Field Day grounds, and they poured RentalMax Ale as Premiere Sponsor of the Annual Meeting, Grams reports. “Whenever we bring them a creative idea, they’ve always enjoyed being playful with us,” Grams says. “They’ve brought a very personal touch to their sponsorships.” St. Charles Store Manager Matt Shinofield is one of the first RentalMax managers to get involved in ILCA. He served on the Golf Outing Committee for six years, two of them as chair. “It’s been great getting to know my customers and becoming allies with some of the other vendors,” he says. “We can work together better because we know each other.” Shinofield, who works with other trade associations as well, is impressed by ILCA. “They have great events, great educational programs, and they do a great job of pulling everyone together socially,” he says. “ILCA is a step above.” Peggy Rose, RentalMax Business Development, has also been active in ILCA, serving as co-chair of the Women’s Networking Group for several The Landscape Contractor January 2019

years. Nicole Nault of LafargeHolcim was new to the industry when she met Rose at a Women’s Networking Group event three years ago. “Peggy was instrumental in welcoming me and bringing me up to speed in the industry,” Nault recalls. “It is wonderful having Peggy as a mentor. No one appointed her to do that, she just stepped up. I’ve seen her do this with countless other people,” Nault continues. “That embodies what all of us should be doing more of, especially in these times when attracting new people to the industry is so important. We can all learn from Peggy.” Nault has worked with employees in several RentalMax offices and discovered they’re as helpful and friendly as Rose. “They are all very serviceoriented people.” ILCA Secretary-Treasurer Donna Vignocchi, President of ILT Vignocchi, has had a similar experience working with the Lake Zurich office. “They’re very attentive, very personable, and their flexibility is outstanding. When things change quickly, as they do in this business, and you have to rent some crazy piece of equipment at 6 a.m., they’re there for you,” she adds. “They take the time to talk to me

about what I need. They explain things. They go the extra mile—with a smile in their voices. They have a ‘We’re going to figure this out attitude,’” Vignocchi explains. “They make the experience better for me. I really appreciate the caring part of it.” Jeanguenat says that is standard operating procedure at RentalMax. “On a regular basis customers call us with an idea of the equipment they want to rent,” he explains. After discussing the project with a customer service representative, they may be guided to equipment that’s even better suited to the task, he says. According to Jeanguenat, the company invests millions of dollars each year in purchasing the newest, top-of-the-line equipment. Most of the fleet is five years old or newer, Shinofield adds. That’s one of the things Mike Egly, general manager of Wingren Landscape, appreciates about RentalMax. He’s worked with RentalMax exclusively for the last eight years. “The equipment is up to date and well maintained. We’ve never had an equipment malfunction,” he says. “I’ve even purchased several pieces of used equipment from them because I know it’s been so well maintained.” Egly also appreciates RentalMax’s flexibility. “They’re always willing to work with us. They get equipment from other locations if we need it.

“They want our business, and they want us to be happy,” Egly continues. “We feel they truly care about Wingren Landscape, and that means a lot to us.” “RentalMax is a huge contributor to our industry,” says Jim Turcan, president of Cornerstone Partners. “They’re always one of the first to sponsor ILCA events regardless of whether they’re educational or social.” As a RentalMax customer for more than 12 years, Turcan is impressed on their level of customer service. “Their staff has been extremely accommodating about getting equipment into our hands, even if that means direct delivery to the job site,” Turcan says. “We view them as an extension of our crews—not just a vendor. In the time it takes to send an e-mail or make a phone call, we can rely on them to figure out how to get the equipment we need.” Ralph Meyer, Fleet Manager for Sebert Landscaping, agrees. “It’s one phone call, and you know it’s done,” he says. A RentalMax customer for 20 years, Meyer says the equipment is late model, well-maintained and dependable, but that’s not even the main draw. “Their customer service is the main reason I work with them,” he says. “They are very, very, very attentive-from the store managers to the president. The human side of the business is great.” “I was blown away when I heard

RentalMax got this award,” Shinofield says. “Both Peggy and I really enjoy working with ILCA, and we’re so honored the company got this award.” “It’s a complete honor,” Rose agrees. “We’re a team, and we really work hard to take care of our customers.” “I also want to give credit to Terry Hagy, who was very involved with ILCA while he was RentalMax president for 21 years, and to Matt and Peggy. The credit goes to them,” Jeanguenat says. “I am excited to be part of RentalMax and ILCA.”

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What I’d like ILCA members to know: While running my company is my job; being involved with ILCA is my career. It is where I go to learn about the latest innovations and what’s going on in the industry. The shared knowledge of the members is the greatest benefit of being a member. Please attend as many events as you can and introduce yourself to the person sitting next to you. You will learn as much from them as the presenter.

Natural Creations Landscaping, Inc. (815) 724-0991

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What I’d like ILCA members to know: Happy New Year, Felíz Año Nuevo, I am your bilingual board member. Our companies, as well as the ILCA, have diversity, intelligence, hardworking and committed individuals that allow us to be great!! With our continued teamwork we will reach success together. I wish you all a great 2019 season.

What I’d like ILCA members to know: ILCA is a very special organization and serving on the Board is a great honor. Keeping our members and our industry’s well-being at the forefront of our minds is our responsibility. It is a responsibility I try to do with integrity, persistence and heart.

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Immediate Past President

Lisa Fiore

Don Fiore Company, Inc. (847) 234-0020 lfiore@donfiore.com Years on the Board of Directors:

What I’d like ILCA members to know: Being a member of ILCA has been very rewarding for me personally and professionally. I have made great friends and done business with great folks. It has been a great honor to serve on the board in helping to representing such an amazing group of professionals. I look forward to continue working on bringing greater awareness of our industry and all that is has to offer to future generations. I wish you all a blessed New Year and great success for the 2019 season!

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What I’d like ILCA members to know: We’re fortunate to be associated with an industry that creates a positive impact on our environment. As changes are inevitable, it’s our responsibility to be at the forefront of what we contribute to on a daily basis all while, working alongside some fascinating individuals. Enjoy what you do!

Years on the Board of Directors:

What I’d like ILCA members to know: I’m excited about the public awareness campaign that will be launched at the iLandscape Show. Our industry is filled with talented, dedicated and professional people. This campaign is an excellent way to inform the public of who we are, what we can do and why we’re an important trade.

What I’d like ILCA members to know: ILCA has accomplished many great things in 2018, and I anticipate that 2019 will be even better. We will continue to increase the professional awareness of our Association as ILCA members are talented, professional, hardworking and passionate. I am proud to be in the Landscape industry. We will keep fighting the good fight!

What I’d like ILCA members to know: Being new on the board I have met a lot of great leaders in our industry that have a wealth of knowledge and experience. I am looking forward to working together with our team to help tackle challenges in the green industry. The ILCA has a lot of members and I am looking forward to meeting more and more at upcoming ILCA events to talk about success and keeping up to date on trends and issues that affect us all. Hope to see you soon at the next ILCA event!

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What I’d like ILCA members to know: As board members, we are here to serve the greater good of both our membership and the landscape industry. Give us a call or drop us a line with your thoughts. While the Board of Directors may seem distant, we care about each and every member and how we can best support them.

What I’d like ILCA members to know: I am incredibly excited to see how the new branding campaign will impact the association and our membership. From increasing our number of members, providing higher value, improving the industry’s public image, and providing a great sense of pride in what we all do – I’ve never been so proud to be a part of the ILCA.

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Have you noticed that once thunderstorms are in the forecast the weather reports often seem ominous? For example, “The National Weather Service cautions that tens of millions face flooding threat across Midwest.” And, “Multiple rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms may cause widespread flooding and rivers will continue to rise!” That’s just two of countless dire warnings announced this past fall in Illinois. You’ve heard it before and you’ll hear it again. Floods are an inevitable natural event. They are the most common natural disaster in Illinois, accounting for well over 90 percent of declared disasters. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources estimates that over 250,000 buildings are located on Illinois floodplains. And, according to Chicago meteorologist Tom Skilling,“flooding is definitely getting worse.” With increasing development and extensive, non-porous surfaces in urban and suburban areas—streets, sidewalks, alleys, patios, parking lots, malls, and a sea of rooftops—the problem is not going away. You

don’t need to live in a designated floodplain area to experience standing water or flooding. Ed Beaulieu, vice president of research at Aquascape, told ILCA members at the 2017 Impact Conference, “Water is an asset, but one inch of rain on an acre produces 27 thousand gallons of water. Sustainable water practices need not be doom and gloom—it’s our job to educate people.” As leaders in the green industry, ILCA members are in prime position to help address these challenges. Even if you (or your clients) don’t experience record-breaking floods, standing water may be present after a heavy thunderstorm. The neighbor’s

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property may drain into the adjacent lot or worse—along another home’s foundation. Rain barrels or cisterns—large water-holding tanks connected to a gutter downspout—may be one solution. They are an easy and inexpensive way to capture and store water coming off a roof—and that excess water can and should be used to water garden beds and lawns. And then there are rain gardens—another effective way to capture runoff.

What is a rain garden?

Rain gardens are a type of stormwater management practice that protects, restores and simulates the natural water cycle. In its most basic form, a rain garden is a depression in the ground that’s filled with sand, topsoil and compost and planted with native perennials and grasses that allow water to slowly seep deep into the ground. Besides addressing the flooding issue, putting water back into the soil helps to recharge underground aquifers and reduces surface runoff, which can contain pesticides and herbicides, to streams and rivers.

Gardens Most home landscapes in Illinois are on relatively flat surfaces—we typically don’t see steep rolling hills, but occasionally we come across projects that have slopes. It could be a drainage ditch with sloping sides. A house may be built on a lot that pitches several feet lower or higher in the back than at the street. The ground around a home’s foundation may slope down into a side yard. All of these situations present challenges, such as drainage issues, changing light conditions, overly dry soil, standing water, soil erosion and potential flooding. They can also provide opportunities.

Ditch the Lawn, Plant a Prairie

“With the right planning, we can make a site work to an advantage,” says landscape architect Bob Hursthouse of Hursthouse in Bolingbrook, IL. He used his home’s landscape to demonstrate just that. A turf-covered drainage ditch by his rural mailbox in Newark, IL, is an example of turning lemons into lemonade. From the high point on his front lawn, there’s a nine-foot drop to the ditch and another four-foot rise back up to the road. “The first time I mowed, it was fun,” he said. “The second time was exercise, and the third time was just plain work.” Erosion, standing water, and different types of soil layers throughout the swale presented an interesting design challenge. Hard-packed, gravelly clay at the edge of the road stayed dry during (continued on page 22)

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(continued from page 21) summer while the bottom of the ditch often held standing water. The slope facing the road baked in the sun while the other half could be in shade. Very few plants are adapted to growing in all four conditions (wet, dry, sun, shade). “My first thought was let’s embrace the problem and restore it with native plants,” Hursthouse said. The goal would be a sustainable, low-maintenance attractive garden. He worked with Grace Koehler of Pizzo Native Plant Nursery in Leland, IL, to develop a plant palette

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that would suit the site’s many conditions, including standing water that was present after every rain and snow melt. Coneflowers, blazing stars, blackeyed Susans, butterfly weed, mountain mint, swamp milkweed, penstemon, compass plant, tall sunflowers and other native perennials were chosen for their ability to withstand the formidable conditions. “I am not a great supporter of ‘here is a list of rain garden plants,’ because the term ‘rain garden’ has a wide range (continued on page 24)

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Five planting “zones” were developed using a variety of native plants that could work with the different soils, the excess moisture (or lack of it), and help stabilize the site with their deep roots. The design encompassed the (continued on page 27)

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Special Feature — (continued fromn page 27) “Six weeks later, everything was up and blooming, and the following spring the plants quickly emerged to fill in the bare spots—it exceeded my wildest expectation,” Hursthouse said. Once the plants were in place, he pulled out his Dutch hoe and pulled it through the soil to eliminate any weed seedlings around the plants. “That took me about 15 minutes, three or four times a week.” During the summer of 2017, he spent only 15 to 30 minutes a week removing weeds. As the plants grew together and filled in, there was less room for weeds to take hold. In the spring, the plants are mowed down and the spent leaves and flowers are chopped up and left as mulch. That’s about as low-maintenance as it gets. Although Hursthouse could have simply massed low-growing shrubs

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as a ground cover along the slope, he wanted a design that acknowledged the informality of the site, which includes several ancient oak trees. Little and big bluestem and prairie dropseed grasses add texture to the slope. Large outcropping stones were installed as a stairway into the ditch and up to the mailbox. The stones and the deep roots of prairie plants help stem soil erosion. Inside the lawn-turned-prairie is an inviting space that holds Adirondack chairs. The granite gravel circle is a destination for reading, relaxing or simply watching all the pollinators.

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Although the plants look like they could have just popped up on their own, the slope is a carefully designed landscape that allows the forbs and grasses to (continued on page 30)

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DISCOVER THE GARDENS The garden spaces are always an exciting feature of iLandscape. This year, the primary garden spaces will be an artistic gesture toward the 4 elements: Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water.

The Earth Garden will be a place to escape, relax and experience the show.

The Wind Garden may be a prairie garden walkthrough

EARTH

WIND

FIRE

WATER

with overhead elements that capture and celebrate the power of wind.

The Fire Garden will incorporate a place to sit and

enjoy the outdoor fire feature with appropriately flamed themed plantings.

The Water Garden may turn into the gesture of multiple reflecting ponds with planting accents and a bridge.

by semi-popular demand

Submit your best photos to win! $2,750 in cash prizes will be awarded. There are 10 Best Photo categories:

Deadline: Jan. 9, 2019

Black and White

Night

Water

Sunrise/Sunset

Fire

Flower/Perennial

Wildlife in the Garden

Seasonal Container

GARDEN SPACES • iPiX

iPix 2019…Back

Pet

• All winners are notified prior to the show. However, the Grand Prize winner will be • Each category runner-up wins $75. announced at iLandscape on Thursday, • The iPix Grand Prize for Best Photo wins $1,000! January 31st at 4:00pm. • You may enter one photo per category— • All winners and runners-up will be displayed on in theory you could win up to $2,000! canvases at iLandscape in a gallery setting. • Contest is open to any iLandscape attendee/ • All winners and runners-up may keep their exhibitor/sponsor. You do not have to be an canvases. ILCA member to enter. • Only $10 per photo to enter. • Each category winner wins $100.

Wind

For more information and to submit your photos, visit www.ilandscapeshow.com/ipix. The Landscape Contractor January 2019

The tradeshow has once again been expanded for the 2019 show. iLandscape 2019 will feature 275 exhibitors (38 new exhibitors) showcasing the hottest products and services for the lawn and landscape industry.

EXHIBIT HOURS

EXHIBITORS

Wednesday, January 30, 2019 9:00am–4:30pm

1st Choice Equipment......................... 1734 AA Stone IMPEX............................... 618 A Beep LLC....................................... 918 A. Block Marketing ............................ 1305 A. D. R. Bulbs, Inc.............................. 1113 Advanced Turf Solutions, Inc................. 1642 Aesthetic Metals................................. 1924 Alert Distributing, Inc........................... 1304 Alexander Equipment.......................... 1714 Alliance Designer Products................... 1806 All Stone Solutions ............................. 941 Alta Equipment Company................ 1220 Alta Falls & Pond Supplies................... 1206 Altorfer Cat.......................................1031 AmericanHort................................... 320 Aquascape Inc.................................. 808 Ariens and Gravely............................ 1316 Arlington Power Equipment.................. 1136 Armintrout’s West Michigan Farms......... 946 Arrowhead Ornamentals..................... 1807 Arthur Clesen, Inc............................... 1413 Arthur Weiler, Inc............................... 1244 Atlas Bobcat...................................... 1943 Avant Tecno USA............................... 1246 B & B Bedding, Inc............................ 1809 Badger Evergreen Nursery LLC............. 1143 Bailey Nurseries................................. 1118 Ball Seed Company .......................... 930 Banner Sales and Consulting, Inc.......... 1033 BCA Products.................................... 816 Belden Brick Company....................... 419 Belgard............................................ 1636 Better Bilt Products Inc......................... 815 Blue Grass Farms of Indiana................ 1342 Blu Petroleum................................... 600 BoBBex Inc....................................... 206 Bon Tool Company............................ 304 BP Pro............................................... 605 Breezy Hill Nursery, Inc........................ 302 Bronze Memorial Foundry.................. 506 Butterfield Color, Inc........................... 1041 Capital Stoneworks of IL...................... 909 Cardno Native Plant Nursery............... 1135 Carlin Sales/ProGreen Plus................. 1026 Carlton Plants LLC............................... 1341 Casey Equipment Co., Inc................... 1510

Thursday, January 31, 2019 9:00am–4:30pm Cassidy Tire Co................................. 1230 CAST Lighting LLC.............................. 1507 Cedar Path Nurseries.......................... 906 Central Sod Farms, Inc........................ 1319 Central Turf & Irrigation Supply............. 905 Cherokee Manufacturing..................... 1010 Chicago Gas Lines............................. 1934 Chicagoland Grows........................... 1119 Chi Turf............................................ 1842 Christiansen Farms.............................. 516 Classic Groundcovers, Inc................... 1043 Clean Cut Tree Care .......................... 615 Clesen Brothers Inc............................. 1045 Clesen Wholesale.............................. 1913 Colorblends Wholesale Flowerbulbs ..... 1509 ComEd............................................. 518 Compeer Financial ............................ 1311 Conserv FS, Inc................................. 1804 Contree Sprayer & Equipment.............. 920 Cornerstone Processing Solutions Inc..... 321 County Materials Corp....................... 208 Crop Insurance Solutions.................... 319 Crum-Halsted Insurance..................... 118 Cub Cadet........................................ 420 Curb Depot....................................... 219 Curv-Rite, Inc..................................... 1407 Dauer Manufacturing......................... 418 Dayton Bag ..................................... 1234 Decker’s Nursery.............................. 204 Deere and Company.......................... 1536 DeVroomen Garden Products............... 1704 DeWitt Company............................... 1035 Diamond Blade Warehouse................. 1039 Ditch Witch Midwest.......................... 1834 Docuprint Forms & Signs....................... 102 Doty Nurseries................................... 1021 DPM, Inc/Dutchman Industries.............. 1240 Dutchman Tree Farms, LLC................... 1920 DynaScape Software.......................... 1111 EasyPro Pond Products........................ 1208 Eby’s Evergreen Plantation, Inc.............. 947 Echo Incorporated.............................. 1844 Ecoturf Midwest Inc............................ 948 Ecoverse........................................... 1708 Eden Valders Stone............................. 904 Emergent Safety Supply....................... 1816

The Landscape Contractor January 2019

Friday, February 1, 2019 9:00am–2:00pm Encore Landscape Lighting................... 934 Ero-Tex Hanes.................................... 1410 Evergreen Nursery Co., Inc................... 301 Ewing Irrigation & Landscape Supply.. 421 EZ Kut Products.................................. 945 Fabriscape, Inc.................................. 910 Fairview Evergreen Nurseries, Inc. .... 317 Feece Oil Co.................................... 1406 Fiore Nursery & Landscape Supply........ 1238 First Place Oils.................................. 104 Fond du Lac Stone & Natural Stone Veneers Int’l.................................. 1036 Forrest Keeling Nursery....................... 1019 Fox Ridge Nursery.............................. 1216 Garden Prairie Nursery & Organics...... 1139 Goodmark Nurseries.......................... 1204 Grasshopper Company....................... 1848 Great Lakes Landscape Supply ......... 218 Green Glen Nursery Inc...................... 1121 Greenius by LS Training System.............. 216 Green Soils Management................... 120 GRO Horticultural Enterprises, Inc.......... 1443 Grow It! Garden Socially.................... 932 Halloran Mowerworks........................ 820 Halquist Stone................................... 1313 Harrell’s ............................................ 401 Hayward Distributing Co..................... 1546 Herman Losely & Son, Inc.................... 1811 Hicksgas.......................................... 819 High PSI Ltd....................................... 505 Hillside Lifts ...................................... 201 Hinsdale Nurseries, Inc....................... 1339 Home Nursery, Inc............................. 1317 Homer Industries LLC........................... 1505 Hometowne Insurance Services, Inc....... 1841 Hortech............................................ 1604 Hortica, a brand of the Sentry Insurance Group........................... 403 Hulton Tool Company LLC.................... 937 Hunter Industries/FXL........................... 1409 Husqvarna ....................................... 1646 Illinois Arborist Association.................... 322 Illinois Brick Company......................... 1810 Illinois Green Industry Association.......... 1310 Illinois Landscape Contractors Association.................................. 1112

MTI................................................. 1346 Mulch Manufacturing Inc.................... 221 MWRDGC ...................................... 1941 National Seed................................... 1608 Natural Repellents LLC.......................... 116 New England Ladder Co. LLC............... 306 Northern Family Farms LLC................... 1212 Northland Farms LLC.......................... 814 Northshore Landscape Products............ 812 Nursery Supplies, Inc.......................... 1705 NYP Corp......................................... 215 Oly-Ola Edgings, Inc.......................... 1105 Omega II Fence Systems.................... 207 Onarga Nursery Company................... 305 Ornamental Growers Assoc................. 1117 Pace, Inc.......................................... 1144 Pace, Inc. 1444 Pave Tool Innovators............................ 402 Peerless Fence................................... 1909 Perfect Turf ....................................... 1744 Permaloc Corporation......................... 1013 Phoenix Irrigation Supply..................... 1343 Pine Hall Brick Company..................... 817 Pizzo Native Plant Nursery.................. 1218 Premium Travertine.............................. 841 ProLine Division.................................. 806 Proven Winners ................................ 915 R. A. Adams Enterprises, Inc................. 1214 Rain Bird.......................................... 1005 Rainbow Treecare Scientific Advancements.............................. 838 Red Flint Rock & Stone........................ 1008 Reinders, Inc..................................... 1046 RentalMax LLC................................... 1710 Riverfarm Nursery............................ 504 Riverside Plastics, Inc............................ 616 Rochester Concrete Products................. 834 RockSteps ........................................ 845 Rosetta............................................. 1610 Rotochopper, Inc............................... 619 Round Grove Products....................... 106 RR Landscape Supply.......................... 1141 Russo Power Equipment....................... 1330 RWC Insurance Group....................... 911 Sable Marco, Inc............................... 839 Salvador Insurance Agency................... 205 SavATree.......................................... 1814 SCP Distributors................................ 503 SEK-Surebond ................................... 840

KEY

Sester Farms...................................... 318 Sheridan Nurseries............................. 916 SiteOne Landscape Supply.................. 924 Snow Systems.................................. 303 Spring Grove Nursery, Inc................... 1115 St. Aubin Nursery............................... 1404 Stihl................................................. 1838 Stockyards Brick LLC........................... 835 Stone Age Manufacturing, Inc............. 1242 Stone Center LLC............................... 1038 StoneWall Retaining Walls/ Trench’edge Trencher..................... 1047 Studebaker Nurseries.......................... 1009 SureFoot Hardscape Products............... 1742 Sure-Loc Aluminum Edging/ Wolverine Tools............................ 1042 Techo-Bloc Midwest Corp.................... 1746 The Davey Tree Expert Company.......... 1040 The Espoma Company....................... 607 The Morton Arboretum...................... 604 The Mulch Center............................... 1109 The Rock Stone & Landscape Supply..... 1843 The Tree Connection, Inc..................... 1004 Tillmann Wholesale Growers.............. 122 TransChicago Truck Group................... 844 Tri-County Stockdale Company............. 1306 Triple Crown Products......................... 1441 TurfMaker Corporation........................ 1006 Turtle Creek Nursery.......................... 203 Twixwood Nursery............................. 1224 Unilock............................................. 1320 United Greenhouse Systems, Inc........... 1016 United Label...................................... 1015 U.S. Arbor Products, Inc...................... 948 Vermeer Midwest............................... 1436 Walnut Creek Nursery........................ 842 Walters Gardens, Inc......................... 108 Wandells Nursery Inc......................... 1014 Warming Trends .............................. 502 Weather Command............................ 520 Wholesale Tree, Inc............................ 1914 WI Dept. of Agriculture........................ 508 Willoway Nurseries............................ 1741 Wilson Nurseries, Inc......................... 1504 Wisconsin Nursery & Landscape Association.................................. 1112 Woody Warehouse Nursery, Inc........... 217 World of Stones USA......................... 617 Xylem Ltd/Rocks Etc............................ 1718

EXHIBITORS

IL-IN Sea Grant................................... 608 Intimidator Group............................. 622 Intrinsic Perennial Gardens................... 1915 Ivanhoe Nursery................................ 1439 J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co................... 1312 John Holmlund Nursery....................... 1037 Johnson’s Nursery, Inc......................... 1308 JULIE, Inc.......................................... 1340 Kaknes Landscape Supply, Inc.............. 912 Kalb Corporation.............................. 601 Kaneville Tree Farms........................... 1020 Kankakee Nursery Co........................ 1333 Kasota Stone Fabricators..................... 1907 Keystone Hatcheries LLC...................... 1210 Klyn Nurseries Inc............................... 501 Knapheide Manufacturing Company..... 1030 KO Supply Company, Inc.................... 804 Kramer Tree Specialists........................ 1405 Krukowski Stone Co., Inc..................... 1012 Kuenzi Turf & Nursery......................... 1706 Lafarge Fox River Stone....................... 1044 LandOpt.......................................... 621 Landscape Hub................................. 818 Landscape Management Network (LMN)......................................... 1905 Landscape Material & Firewood Sales, Inc..................................... 1022 Leaves Inspired Tree Nursery................. 502 Lemke Stone, Inc................................ 1337 L F George Inc................................... 1944 Lincoln Nurseries, Inc.......................... 1018 Listerman & Associates........................ 202 Loma Vista Nursery............................. 846 Longshadow..................................... 811 Lurvey Landscape Supply..................... 1818 Mariani Plants................................... 1017 Martin Implement Sales, Inc................. 1412 Master Mark .................................... 944 McGinty Bros., Inc............................. 1107 McKay Nursery Company................... 913 Metal Pless....................................... 220 Midwest Arborist Supplies.................... 821 Midwest Compost LLC........................ 1805 Midwest Groundcovers....................... 1514 Midwest Trading................................ 1614 Modeco Systems LLC.......................... 1918 Monroe Truck Equipment..................... 938 Montale Wholesale Nursery................ 1911 Morris Trailer Sales............................ 620

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F.E.

F.E.C.

ADVENTURE EXIT

F.E.C.

DISCOVERY EXIT

F.E.

RAMP 'C' UP

RAMP 'C' UP F.E.

EXPLORATION EXIT

F.E.C.

d Ib("T E M % ")

816

BCA Products

811

812

911

909

Aquascape

910

Capital Stoneworks 905

Central Turf & 806 ProLine Irrigation Division Supply

EXIT

Kaknes Landscape Supply

Fabriscape, Inc.

10'

Cedar Path Nurseries

KO Supply Company,Inc

1012

1111

1010

1109 The Mulch Center

Cherokee Manufacturing

10'

Red 1008

10'

McGinty Bros.Inc

Fire Garden

1006

1105 Oly-Ola Turfmaker Edgings, Corporation Inc. 1004

TheTree Connection

1305

Keystone Hatcheries LLC 1208

EasyPro Pond Products

1206 AltaFalls & Pond Supplies

10'

1310 Illinois Green Industry Association 1308

1405

1304

Goodmark Nurseries

1509 Colorblends Wholesale Flowerbulbs

1406

1507 CAST Lighting, LLC

Feece Oil Co.

Tri-County Kramer Stockdale Tree Company Specialists

1204

1410

Ero-Tex Hanes

10'

1407

Johnson's Curv-Rite, Nursery Inc. 1306

1510

Ditch Witch Midwest

10'

1710

Rental Max LLC

F.E.C.

10'

1705

1608

National Seed Nursery

10'

B-and-B Bedding

1708

1807

Arrowhead

Ecoverse Ornamentals

Hortech, Inc

Garden Products

Dutchman Tree Farms

1918

Modeco Systems

1816 1915 Emergent Intrinsic Safety Perennial Supply Gardens 1814

SavATree 1810

1913

Clesen Wholesale

10'

1914 Wholesale Tree, Inc.

1911 Montale Wholesale

1806

EXIT

Management Network

Conserv FS

1804

F.E.C.

F.S.

EXIT

F.E. F.E.C.

ENTRANCE

FHV/FEC

T F.E.C.

FHV/FEC

F.S.

EXIT

1907

Kasota Stone Alliance Fabricators Designer 1905 Products Landscape

F.E.C.

F.S.

EXIT

GAS F.E.C.

9.5'

Illinois Nursery Brick 1909 Company Peerless Fence

1809

Copier

FHV/FEC

F.E.C.

F.E.

F.E.C.

FHV/FEC

ENTRANCE

FHV / FEC

FHV/FEC

304Bon

306

318

10'

REGISTRATION

509

10'

Aisle 500

The Morton Arboretum

608 IL-IN

REG.

CleanCut Tree Care 615

520

522

Weather Warming

Aisle 600 616

Riverside Plastics

Sea Grant

Trends

World Rotochopper LandOpt of Stones 619 617 621

618 AA

Stone IMPEX

620 Morris

Trailer Sales

EXIT

604

518

622

Intimidator Group

F.E.C.

F.E.C. - FIRE EXTINGUISHER F.H.V. - FIRE HOSE

Blu Petroleum

516

F.E.C.

The Espoma Company 607

10' 600

Cub Cadet EXIT

EXIT EXIT

BP Kalb Corporation 605Pro 601

420

ChristiansenComEd Command Farms

Greenway

SCHAUMBURG FOYER NORTH

504 506 Bronze 508 Wisconsin Riverfarm Memorial Dept-of Nursery Foundry Agriculture

Inspired Tree Nursery

SERVICE CORRIDOR

Leaves 502

Ewing Irrigation & Landscape 421Supply

WEST

503

Illinois

Association

Belden Brick 419

EXIT

501

F.E.C.

High PSI 505

322

AmericanHort Arborist

Aisle 400 418

Dauer Manufacturing

Pave-Tool Innovators

320

Sester Farms

EXIT EXIT

Stage Garden #2

Insurance

403Group

Klyn SCP Nurseries Distributors

Aisle 300

10' 402

FHV/FEC

305

Tool Hill New Nursery Company England Hortica,-a Ladder brand-of Harrell's Sentry Company 401

Metal Pless

F.E.C.

302 Breezy

220 218Great Lakes Landscape Supply

Fairview Crop Cornerstone Evergreen Processing Insurance Solutions, Nurseries, Solutions 317 Inc. 319 321 Inc.

Onarga

303

Greenway

301

Snow Nursery Systems Company

Aisle 200 216

EAST

Evergreen Nursery

Mulch Woody Curb Manufacturing, Warehouse Depot 221 Inc. Nursery 219 217

D A/V

F.E.C.

SEMA

FHV/FEC

ELEC. ROOM

JAN.

The Landscape Contractor January 2019

DATA

FHV/FEC

ELEC. ROOM

SEMA

FHV/FEC

9' SCHAUMBURG FOYER WEST

FHV/FEC

90'

208

206

Decker's BoBBex Nursery Inc

County Materials Corp.

EXPRESS REGISTRATION

80'

NYP Corp

215

EXIT

70'

204

Listerman & Associates

EXIT

60'

Salvador Omega-II Insurance Fence Systems Agency 207 205

Greenius-by LS-Training Systems

50'

10'

Aisle 100

116 118 120 122 Tillmann Green Natural Crum-Halsted Soils Wholesale Repellents Insurance Management Growers

10' 202

F.E.C.

40'

F.E.C.

30'

9/10/2018 CM

EXIT

DRAWINGS AS OF

EXIT

FHV/FEC

10'

First 106 Round 108 Walters Place Grove Gardens Oils Products

104

ELEC. ROOM

102 Docuprint Forms& Signs

Turtle

10' 15' 20'

F.S.

1920

Lurvey Landscape Supply

1811 Herman Losely &Son

Supplies, 1604 Kuenzi 1706 1805 Wilson Inc. Midwest Turf & Compost Nurseries, Nursery Inc. (Ceiling height approx. 15' below dotted line)1704DeVroomen

Homer Industries

GAS

Aesthetic Metals

1818

Alexander Equipment

Rosetta

1504

1505

F.S.

EXIT

Hillside Creek Lifts 203 Nursery

F.E.C.

EXIT

F.S.

GAS

Wind Garden

1714

1610

Casey Equipment Co.

St.Aubin Nursery

F.E.C.

EXIT

FHV/FEC

Aisle 1900

STIHL 1834

Rocks, Etc

Midwest Trading

LF George

1934

F.E.C.

1838

1941 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

1944

F.E.C.

1734

Atlas Bobcat

Aisle 1700

Aisle 1800

1842

Xylem, Ltd

1614

Midwest GroundCovers

1404

Alert Distributing

201

GAS

F.E.C. F.S.

F.S. F.E.C.

Willoway Nurseries

Aisle 1500

Aisle 1600

F.S. Aisle 1400

Aisle 1300

Kankakee Nursery Company 1311

Northern Compeer Family Financial Farms

10'

1104

1413 Arthur J.Frank Clesen, Inc. Schmidt 1409 &-Son Co

1210

Chi Turf

1742 1841 Surefoot Hometowne Hardscape Insurance Products Services

EXIT

1943

1924

1514

Martin Implement Sales

1312

1212

1112

1107

Flint Rock-& Stone

R.A. Adams Enterprises

WNLA

Krukowski DynaScape Stone Software Company

F.H.V. F.E.C.

F.E.C. F.S. Aisle 1200

Aisle 1100

A.D.R. Bulbs

Wandell's Nursery

Ariens and Gravely

Stone

1214

The1843 Rock Stone& Landscape Supply

1844

18' F.S.

F.E.C.

EdenValders Stone

1113

1313

1744

Perfect Turf

1726

1316

1317 Home Nursery, Inc.

EXIT

Grasshopper Company

1718

1412

1216 Fox

Techo-Bloc Midwest Corp.

1st Choice Equipment

Stage Garden #1

Central Sod Farms

1218 Pizzo Native

EXIT

1848

1424

Unilock

Ridge Nursery Halquist

ILCA

Belgard

1319

PLant Nursery

1115

1014

1009

Rain Bird

1117

Ornamental Growers Assoc.

1016

Permaloc Corporation

1005

Bailey Nurseries

Spring United Greenhouse Grove Systems Nursery

1013

904

804

F.E.

1018

Lincoln Nurseries

1015

906

1118

1119 Kaneville Chicagoland Tree Grows Farms

United Label

912

Northshore RWC Landscape Insurance Products Group

EXIT

FLOORPLAN

916

1220

1020

1017

918

Sheridan Nurseries

913 McKay Northland Nursery Farms Company

808

1019 Forrest Keeling Nursery

1636

1320

Twixwood Nursery

1121

1741

1642

Deere and Company

Vermeer Midwest

Russo Power Equipment

1224

Landscape Green Material Glen & Firewood Nursery, Sales Inc.

A-Beep Mariani Diga-Talk Plants

814

10'

1022

1021

Doty Nurseries

1536

1436

1330

F.S.

915

818

Landscape Hub

815 Better Bilt Products

Longshadow

F.E.C.

Contree Sprayer-& Equipment

Pine817 Hall Brick Company

GAS

920

Halloran Mowerworks

819

Hicksgas

Carlin Sales/ProGreen Plus

Husqvarna

1333

Cassidy Tire Co.

Water Garden

Hayward Distributing Co.

JULIE, Ivanhoe Inc. Nursery

1230

1124

PACE, Inc. #2

1746

1646

1439

1340

1337

Dayton Bag & Burlap

1026

SiteOne Landscape Supply

820

Lemke Stone

Alta Equipment Company

821 Midwest Arborist Supplies

1031

Altorfer Cat

Ball Seed Company

F.S.

F.E.C.

1238 Fiore Nursery& Landscape Supply

1546

Products

1339

Hinsdale Nurseries

1443

GRO

Blue Horticultural Grass Enterprises Farms 1441 Triple of Crown Indiana

1341

1234

Knapheide Manufacturing Company (The)

1342

Carlton Plants

DPM,Inc. Dutchman Industries

1030

924

Proven Winners

F.S.

Banner 1033 Sales and Consulting

1240

Cardno Native Plant Nursery

Stone &Natural Stone Veneers

1242

MTI

1444

F.E.C.

Earth Garden

Stone Center LLC

FondDuLac 1036

1343 Phoenix Weiler, Irrigation Inc. Supply

1244 Arthur

Stone Age Manufacturing

Arlington Power Equipment

1135

1038

Avant Tecno USA

Hunter Industries/FXL

It! Garden Socially

GAS

1037 John Holmlund Nursery

DeWitt Company

932Grow

930

825

Garden 1139 Prairie Nursery & Organics

Tree Expert Co.

1035

Encore Landscape Lighting

Rochester Concrete Products

Davey 1040

1039

Diamond Blade Warehouse

1136

1141

RR Landscape Supply

Aluminum Edging/ Wolverine Tools

PACE, Inc. #1

1346

A-Block Marketing

Hulton Tool Company

934

1143

Badger Evergreen Nursery

Fox River Stone

Sure-Loc 1042

1041

Butterfield Color

Studebaker Nurseries

Stockyards Brick

834

Lafarge 1044

17.5'

1246

JAN.

Chicago Gas-Lines

838 Rainbow TreeCare Scientific Advancements

835

1043

944

Master Classic Groundcovers Mark

1144

Reinders, Inc.

1045

938

937

840

SEK Surebond

839

Aisle 900

All-Stone Solutions

Premium Travertine

Creek Nursery

Clesen Brothers

1046

Advanced Turf Solutions

842 Walnut

F.S. Sable Marco

F.E.C.

941

844 TransChicago Truck Group

Armintrout's 946 West Michigan Farms

Monroe-Truck Equipment

F.E.C. GAS

Aisle 800

RockSteps

StoneWall 1047 Retaining Walls/ TrenchNedge Trenc

CONCESSIONS

EXIT

JAN.

Echo Incorporated

846 Loma

EZ 945 Kut Vista Nursery Products

U.S. Arbor Products

948

Aisle 1000

947 Ecoturf Eby's Evergreen Midwest Plantation 848

845

841

F.H.V. F.E.C.

F.S. F.E.C.

EXIT

CONCESSIONS

EXIT

JAN.

F.E.C.

dR b(% "d F E D M b("_ E D A )" % C O ") ST

CONCESSIONS

EXIT

EXCITING NEWS FOR 2019!

We have expanded the iLandscape educational offerings to 55 sessions over three days (an increase of over twenty sessions from 2018). As attendee interest in education has continued to grow, we have listened to your feedback and added even more options for professional development at iLandscape. In order to optimize your learning experience and balance with time on the trade show floor, we are now offering five choices of sessions in each timeframe. We have shortened the sessions to 75 minutes and added a fourth 50-minute education session option each day. Further, by beginning education at 8am, we will make sure attendees avoid long registration lines and get to their classes with plenty of time.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2019 EDUCATION

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM NIRVANA

Frederick Law Olmsted: Environmental Visionary! Kirk Brown, John Bartram Lives, Olmsted Lives F.L. Olmsted gave form to urban America in his design of cities. Chicago became the #1 travel destination of the world because of his template for the Columbian Exposition of 1893. His collaboration with Calvert Vaux established the blueprint for creating public gardens around the world. This dramatic presentation focuses on the life of the father of Landscape Architecture who created cities out of the American wilderness and began a conservation movement still challenging the world today.

C.L. Fornari, Gardenlady.com Your clients want flowers all summer. You want plants that your crew doesn’t have to coddle, tweak, or replace in early August. This presentation provides a list of flowering plants of several sizes and a recipe for their successful growth. Included in this talk are annuals for containers, flower gardens, mixing with perennials and planting in challenging locations. SCHAUMBURG CD

New Elms for American Cities and How to Train Them for a Productive Future Kris Bachtell, The Morton Arboretum No more nightmares on elm street. Today a completely new generation of elms is becoming available to beautify and green American cities. For these trees to have longevity they need to be sited property and a sound, well developed structure. For mature trees to have good structure they must be pruned properly when young. Gain an understanding of how these pruning principals can be utilized to improve your communities’ trees for a long,

WEDNESDAY EDUCATION

One fee, three days. Below are the educational sessions for Wednesday, January 30, 2019

SCHAUMBURG AB

Annuals That Deliver

iLandscape is going digital this year with an education portal that allows attendees to navigate the program, download handouts, and complete evaluations. Thanks to our Education Sponsor, Montale Wholesale Nursery. Applied for CEUs for Landscape Architects Applied for CEUs for Certified Arborists The Landscape Contractor January 2019

UTOPIA AB

Myth to Money: 5 Myths Top Salespeople Avoid Merit Gest, Merit-Based Sales Development, Inc. You’ve been lied to. People meant well, but the “truths” they’ve told you about success in sales are the very things causing you to make costly mistakes. In this interactive and entertaining session, you will: discover 5 myths top salespeople avoid, learn a methodology to go from myth to money, apply the myth to money shifts to real life sales scenarios, practice a sales technique that will put money in your pocket now, and laugh! UTOPIA CD

Landscaping in Drifts of One: A Focus on Plant Combinations

WEDNESDAY EDUCATION

Tony Avent, Plant Delights Nursery, Inc. Gardening rules say to limit your plant palette, but this only makes gardens boring and identical. Instead, let’s focus on increasing botanical diversity by paying closer attention to colors, textures, sizes and forms. This allows landscape professionals to create much more interesting, aesthetically pleasing, and botanically diverse gardens.

9:45 AM – 10:35 AM

SCHAUMBURG AB

Your Role in Monarch and Pollinator Conservation Jane Grillo, Midwest Groundcovers and butterflyjane.com Monarchs are one of the most recognized and loved butterflies. However, their population, as well as that of many pollinators, is in decline. Come and learn the value of pollinators, look at the life cycle of monarchs, understanding their fascinating annual cycle and the many plants that landscapers may incorporate in the landscape to help support them and other pollinators. SCHAUMBURG CD

Proper Pruning for Better Blooms and Plant Health Richard Hentschel, University of Illinois Extension This session will address the art and science of shrub pruning. Professionals must understand the appropriate times to prune flowering shrubs for a better bloom show. We will discuss proper pruning techniques and timing for maintaining plant health and appearance. It is vital that crews are taught proper pruning techniques while respecting the regimentation and time constraints crews must deal with on every property. Learn the difference between efficient pruning and quick and shoddy pruning. UTOPIA AB

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Plant Porn: We’ll Make You Want to Try It! A Panel of Plant Professionals Moderated by Kevin McGowen, Kaknes Landscape Supply Steve Raczak, Twixwood Nursery Cathy Schroeder, Mariani Plants Richard Forey, Lurvey Landscape Supply Grace Koehler, Pizzo Native Plant Nursery Bow-chika-wow-wow. A group of industry professionals will share some of the plants that blow their hair back. Let these talented professionals inspire you to use something you may not yet use. Everything from annuals to trees will be covered in this with hot, but tasteful photographs for each of the plants. Listen to stories about how and why these plants pound pulses. Then it’s time for a cold shower.

Production Planning Analysis and Execution

Fred Haskett, The Harvest Group Time may be money, but somedays it’d be nice to buy a little more time. This session will demonstrate the difference between using systems management vs. task management in day-today operations. It will cover effective production planning, structured scheduling and routing, and efficient job execution. Days aren’t getting any longer, but we can show you how to make them a little easier.

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The Hows, Whats, and Whys of Tree and Shrub Growth Regulation Patrick Anderson, Rainbow Treecare Scientific Advancements Plant growth regulators (PGRs) can be a versatile tool for managing trees and shrubs within the urban/suburban interface. PGRs are being adapted in to landscape operations to reduce tree and shrub pruning frequency. Reduced pruning cycles can benefit budgets, improve safety and labor allocation, and result in less frequent wounding of trees and shrubs. By the end of this talk, attendees will have a better understanding of how PGRs work and their application in the landscape.

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Deep Rooted Wisdom Jenks Farmer, JenksFarmer.com Plantsman Nursery Gardening styles, techniques and expectations changed dramatically in the last few decades. With style changes, great horticultural techniques, knowledge & design get forgotten & ultimately lost. Jenks Farmer combines stories and lessons from his horticulture mentors, with artful, ecologically friendly garden design. Jenks will share stunning photos and warm stories from his favorite gardening projects and parts of his recent Timber Press book “Deep Rooted Wisdom: Skills and Stories from Generations of Gardeners.” UTOPIA AB

What’s it Worth: Promoting the Green in Green Industry

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM State of the Green Industry Craig Regelbrugge, AmericanHort Our national politics have not been so “colorful” in a long time, but the stakes for our industry are high. We have deep concerns about the workforce. Will Congress help, or at least do no harm? What about the Trump Administration? Where might the green industry be headed on our top issues? Politics, legislative initiatives, public policy efforts and government regulation affect all of us—whether you’re a landscape architect/designer, grower/nursery/greenhouse, garden center/retailer, irrigation contractor, landscape professional, educator/student, trade association, etc. No one can afford to be in the dark or not know how that evolving political landscape may affect our industry as we move forward. SCHAUMBURG AB

Fantastic Foliage Annuals Mark Dwyer, Rotary Botanical Gardens While compositionally diverse landscapes offer a wide variety of plants that appeal to our senses, the strong contribution of seasonal plants with “presence” can enliven any setting. Beds, borders and containers benefit from the strong textural and colorful contribution of annuals in which the primary feature of interest is engaging foliage. We will examine specific plants, both old and new, as well as examine their successful use in strong compositions.

New generations of consumers have a different view of plants, landscaping, and gardening. It’s time we take a good hard look of how we can appeal to those consumers and encourage their continued and increased use of green industry products and services. This talk focuses on how to market the value plants add to all aspects of our lives, from the environment, to the economy, and to our own health and well-being. UTOPIA CD

Ornamental Grasses for Now and the Future Brent Horvath, Intrinsic Perennial Gardens Ornamental grasses have been building in demand and use in the landscape since the 1980’s. Currently the industry is crazy for Carex. Learn new and not so new grasses and Carex to incorporate into your landscape, gardens and containers too. Also, learn some of the best companion plants to use with those grasses.

WEDNESDAY EDUCATION

Bryce Lane, North Carolina State University

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2:15 PM – 3:30 PM NIRVANA

A Celebration of Eccentricities: The Plants and Their People Tony Avent, Plant Delights Nursery, Inc

WEDNESDAY EDUCATION • CLASES EN ESPAÑOL

Behind every great plant, there’s a great, oft-crazed plant person. We’ll share stories of some of the most fascinating plant personalities along with their amazing plants and discoveries. This enlightening session will tell the stories behind the famous plants that make us all look good. SCHAUMBURG AB

Supercharge Your Sales Process Mark Bradley, Landscape Management Network In this presentation, Mark will cover the importance of a repeatable sales process and how to manage a sales funnel to increase revenue and profits simultaneously. A deep dive into how to use technology to discover exactly where you need to make changes, where to focus your sales efforts, how to identify your best opportunities and avoid the pitfalls along the way using a “Profit Awareness Roadmap” to stay focused on overall company success. SCHAUMBURG CD

Diseases of Trees and Shrubs Brian Hudelson, University of Wisconsin-Madison Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic Learn about common diseases of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs and their management. This presentation will focus on leaf and needle diseases, canker diseases, and vascular wilt diseases. Learn to ID these in the field, identify pathogens, and identify weather conditions that lead to their establishment.

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Employee Compensation for the Lawn and Landscape Industry Fred Haskett, The Harvest Group One of the most powerful tools in business is benchmarking against the past, the future and most importantly against industry standards. We put this 2017 study together to provide information that can be used to compare compensation averages against individual firms to help design and maintain compensation programs. Learn to better understand our largest cost structure, improve effective recruiting tactics, build better teams through incentive packages, provide employee benefits as well as reduce turnover. UTOPIA CD

Local Landscape Architecture: Designing Grounded Respites in the Global and Virtual Age Shannon Nichol, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Landscape Architects This presentation will share proven methods in designing landscapes such as the Lurie Garden at Millennium Park, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the National Museum of African American History & Culture. The focus of the presentation will be on the importance for landscape designers to find and express the often-hidden and overlooked local-landscape characteristics and cultural stories. Local plants, building traditions, and landscape patterns will be discussed incorporating seemingly regular, vernacular context into designed landscapes.

CLASES EN ESPAÑOL Spanish language classes are free on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 La Asociación de Contratistas de Paisaje de Illinois (ILCA) se complace en invitarlo al espectáculo iLandscape del 30 de enero al 1 de febrero de 2019. El espectáculo se llevará a cabo en el fabuloso Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center & Hotel, ubicado en Schaumburg, Illinois. El estacionamiento es GRATUITO y solo cuesta $25 de admisión por los tres días! ($25 cuando compre el boleto antes del 7 de enero de 2019, $35 después del 7 de enero). Check the website for more information.

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FREE iLANDSCAPE SHOW PARTY

Wednesday, January 30, 2019 • 4:30pm – 7:00pm

An Unforgettable Night by Howl at the Moon

GET READY TO ROCK! HOWL2-GO provides the ultimate event entertainment, combining the customizability and variety of a DJ and the excitement and fun of a live band. Dueling pianos provide what other entertainers fail to bring: energetic and unique event entertainment for all ages. HOWL 2-GO’s dueling piano players perform music that will fit every musical taste, rocking music of any and all genres. Whether you’re a country fan, a R&B lover, classic rocker, pop enthusiast, or if you just like to dance, this is the party for you!

Come have a blast singing and dancing to your favorite songs.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT PARTY • PRIZES

Gather with your friends, colleagues or customers for hors d’oeuvres, drinks, and great music.

YOU CAN WIN! $30,000 in cash prizes and more! All attendees at iLandscape can enter to win prizes on the day(s) they attend. Wednesday – Thursday – Friday prize giveaways will include: Cash Prizes, Sea Eagle Watersnake, Deluxe Leg Lamps, Sam & Harry’s Steakhouse Gift Cards, Odyssey Dinner Cruises, Pelican Coolers, Carrom Hockey Game, Mountain Bikes, Morton Arboretum Memberships, Drones, Glass Sculptures, and more! The Landscape Contractor January 2019

Irrigation Contractor Essentials: 4 Hour Refresher Course

IRRIGATION WORKSHOP • WALKABOUT • ENTERTAINMENT

THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2019 8:30AM–12:30PM EUPHORIA

iLandscape Walkabout Discover Your Element: Earth, Wind, Fire, Water Ed Beaulieu, Aquascape THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2019 10:30AM–11:30AM Directly on the convention center floor

MEMBER RATE: $100 NON-MEMBER RATE: $150 This course is approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health for 4 hours of continuing education that is legally required for all registered irrigation contractors in the State of Illinois. Course Approval #: 750-221 This four part class covers the essentials for professional irrigation contractors. It will review backflow preventers, proper joint connections, both poly and PVC, electrical troubleshooting with proper wire connections, and add-ons and retrofits to increase business.

All of nature. The complexity of what we do. The form and beauty of the world around us. All can be distilled down to their simplest forms known as the classical elements. Walkabout tour guide Ed Beaulieu will use the creative direction of iLandscape to showcase vendors who understand how these structural elements form the building blocks for all that we do. See, touch, and experience the classical elements at work in our profession and better understand how they come together in extraordinary ways. Wear comfortable walking shoes, grab your walking staff, and gear up for this amazing trip around iLandscape complete with Ed’s usual brand of wisdom and whimsy.

iLandscape is more than a tradeshow! The show informs, innovates, and inspires. To set the tone, it gathers artists and musicians from across disciplines. These artists and musicians will infuse each day of the show with energy and creativity.

Ellen DeSitter The Living Statue

Ink Factory

ARTISTS & MUSICIANS

John Fister

Matt Stedman Band & Ring of Music Kent Arnsbarger Steel Drums

John Measner Magic Show

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2019 EDUCATION One fee, three days. Below are the educational sessions for Thursday, January 31, 2019.

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM SCHAUMBURG AB

IM4U: Managing Landscape Labor in the Digital Age

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The Practical Science Supporting Tree Planting Best Practices Gary Watson, The Morton Arboretum Successful tree planting practices must be based on sound science. This up-to-date synthesis of the research devoted to planting urban and suburban trees can be used to understand and implement the appropriate practices that are vital to planting trees that will last a lifetime. Topics covered will include choice of tree size and nursery production method, site preparation, tree responses during digging, planting, and establishment at the new site.

Kirk Brown, John Bartram Lives, Olmsted Lives

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Market Proven Travertine and Why You Should Be Installing It Randy Weldishofer, TruStone Distributors With an emphasis on installation practices and design options, this presentation will highlight the profitable benefits of Turkish Travertine. Travertine is available in a myriad of colors and products, making it one of the most versatile stones used in outdoor living spaces. By revealing tricks of the trade and commonly used practices, efficiencies will be shared for making each patio profitable and worry free. UTOPIA AB

Raising Your Game: Ways to Improve Design, Plant Selection, and Maintenance William Moss, Get Out & Grow This timely and relevant presentation will review some of the problems with common landscapes and low level maintenance. Solutions that improve design, raise the profile of the gardening professional and increase profits will all be discussed.

9:45 AM - 10:35 AM NIRVANA

Creating a Company Culture That is Distinctive and Remarkable Lee Fredericks, Rainbow Treecare Scientific Advancements Many companies today operate much like a company from 30 years ago. The problem is, the world has changed. Companies with a successful culture have been able to adapt, adjust and continue to grow and outperform the competition. Today the secret sauce for successful recruitment and marketing is a well-defined and ingrained company culture. This presentation will share practical strategies for every level of an organization from owner down to the labor force. SCHAUMBURG AB

Ecology and Control of Yellow Nutsedge Roch Gaussoin, University of Nebraska

THURSDAY EDUCATION

Human Resources could be the most challenging element of any Landscape Design/Build installation. Keeping the crews filled, the days productive and the clients happy is a three-ring circus of conflicting energies. This session will develop new digital strategies to help small businesses with large objectives keep track.

Yellow nutsedge is one of the most difficult weeds to control in turf and landscapes. It is very unique in its biology and ecology. A single nutsedge plant can produce nearly 5,000 tubers by the end of the growing season. This presentation will use a multi-step strategy, developed after nearly 5 years of research, to effectively manage yellow nutsedge in turfgrass.

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Segmental Permeable Pavement Pete Baloglou, Techo-Bloc Midwest Corp Determining when permeable pavements are applicable begins with soil analysis and surrounding topography. This practical session will cover permeable pavers from tip to tails with deep analysis into soils, geotextiles, subbases, base materials, and paving unit integrity. It will also cover the bells and whistles from curbing and edging, joints, and erosion and sediment controls. A can’t miss session for those using stone to deal with Midwestern water issues. UTOPIA AB

Employee Incentives and Motivation

THURSDAY EDUCATION

Paul Kimicata, Kimicata Brothers, Inc. How do you keep employees engaged within your company? Paul is a third generation owner of a design/build/ irrigation/maintenance landscape firm in Pittsburgh. He watched his relatives struggle to keep an employee more than a few years before they moved on. He will share specific methods used to keep employees engaged and a bonus system that is relevant the entire year, not just the last 3 weeks of the season.

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM NIRVANA

Landscaping with Wildflowers Jack Pizzo, The Pizzo Group Join Jack Pizzo as he shares expert advice on how to integrate native plants into your next landscape design and the resulting benefits to your clients. Attendees will discover the rewards of using native wildflowers in your clients’ projects and learn how to use wildflowers in rain and perennial gardens. Finally, attendees will see the latest trends in native landscape design and restoring native areas and see why natural landscapes can reduce overall maintenance costs. SCHAUMBURG AB

5 Steps to Increasing Your Profitability with Quickbooks Monica Muir, Muir & Associates, LLC Too often in business we forget the basics. Learn the 5 steps that will help you increase your profitability with QuickBooks—from setup, to reviewing your results and streamlining your workflow. Avoid the common mistakes so many users make. SCHAUMBURG CD

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Are Your Weeds Laughing At You? Paul Drobot, Plants to Grow plantstogrow.com If you have a garden or landscape, you have weeds. Besides physically pulling the weeds, there are many other strategies to controlling them. Soil improvements, plant selection, yard or garden design, proper use of mulches, proper tools, etc. all help make the job easier. Be persistent, use some of the strategies presented, and you can control the laughter of the weeds.

Guarantee Compaction and Eliminate Structural Failures in the Residential Market Bill Gardocki, Interstate Landscape Co. Most residential contractors have no specific means to measure compaction. It is hard to believe more attention isn’t given to this issue when most hardscape failures occur because of a lack of compaction. This technical session focuses on four compaction issues: compaction equipment, compaction testing, proper soil selection, and geosynthetic soil stabilization aids.

Garden Space in Use! iLandscape 2018

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New Arrivals: Keeping a Look Out for Invasives Fredric Miller, Joliet Junior College This presentation will address the newest invasive species including brown marmorated stinkbug, spotted lanternfly, spotted-wing drosophila, walnut twig beetle, and pin-hole borers (Ambrosia beetles) affecting landscape plants. Proper identification, plant symptoms, economic importance, host plants, and pest management will be discussed. You’ll never outnumber them, but you can outsmart them.

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4 Steps Key to Better Job Costing in Quickbooks Monica Muir, Muir & Associates, LLC Discover ways to use features in QuickBooks you never thought about, or understood, that can help you market smarter and work smarter. You will learn aspects to setup that not only help you track profitability better, but help you track key metrics so you can market more effectively. Monica will also share reporting that will help you analyze your profitability and key metrics so you can make wiser decisions.

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Soils in the Urban Landscape

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Paul Drobot, Plants to Grow— plantstogrow.com

Bill Gardocki, Interstate Landscape Co What good are hardscape skills if you can’t close the deal? This session focuses on bidding and selling residential projects. Comparisons are made to softscape and maintenance bidding and selling. This practical discussion includes what areas on a hardscape project can get installers into trouble and what areas to focus on to help grow a business. UTOPIA AB

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Sabbatical to Plant Freedom Austin Eischeid, Austin Eischeid Garden Design

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Structural Pruning at Planting: Crucial for Upping Your Game Ed Gilman, University of Florida Prune at planting? I thought we didn’t do that! The research and experience show us the way to a better urban forest. Roots and shoots are best pruned at planting to correct structural deficiencies because most never get pruned again for structure. Nursery stock arriving with inferior structure WILL benefit. We show you the way. There is sure to be plenty of discussion and disagreement. Come prepared to defend your position—I will.

As a student of Piet Oudolf, Austin has grown into his own unique design style that uses elements of his mentors. He will discuss his work experiences and how it formed the garden designer he is today. Austin will share his design process and talk about using strong perennials for seasonal interest.

THURSDAY EDUCATION

All landscape professionals know that successful gardening is dependent to a great extent on the quality and condition of the soil. Understanding some of the basic properties, physical structure, and soil living organisms is important. This in turn will assist the landscape professional’s decisions on how to improve the soil, understand fertilization, and watering.

Hardscaping Sales 101 for the Residential Contractor

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The Incredible Edible Landscape Lisa Hilgenberg, Chicago Botanic Garden Gorgeous photography, thoughtful perspective, design and planning tips, and best fruit cultivars and vegetable varieties illustrate how edible plants and flowers can be incorporated into modern landscapes, providing experiential havens for our scattered lives, providing nourishment and respite for clients, family and friends.

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ILCA EXCELLENCE IN LANDSCAPE AWARDS PROGRAM

THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2019 • Reception begins at 5:00 pm • Dinner begins at 6:00 pm • Program starts at 7:00 pm

Don’t miss the ILCA’s annual showcase featuring the best landscapes in Illinois. Awards Night will be the crown jewel of iLandscape networking opportunities, as well as a great venue to see the industry’s best projects. Come join the celebration of these coveted awards.

AWARDS NIGHT

please note:

Join friends for an evening of mingling, honoring & celebrating: • Excellence in Landscape Award Winners

Awards will have a limited amount of tickets available. It is vital you register early if you plan to attend Awards Night. iLandscape cannot guarantee a ticket without pre-registration.

• Person of the Year

Awards Night includes heavy appetizers, dinner and the program; cash bar.

• Student Design Competition Winners

• Distinguished Service Award Winner • 2018-19 Scholarship Winners

In addition, the winners of two prestigious industry awards will be announced that night: • JUDGES’ AWARD — The best project among all entries as chosen by the judges. • PROFESSIONALS’ CHOICE — The best project among all entries as chosen by other contractors and green industry professionals.

The Excellence in Landscape Awards Night is a separate ticketed event. Awards tickets do not include a tradeshow pass. If you wish to attend the tradeshow or educational sessions, please select the appropriate pass in addition to the Excellence in Landscape Awards ticket during registration.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2019 EDUCATION One fee, three days. Below are the educational sessions for Friday, February 1, 2019.

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM NIRVANA

Sharing Thoughts About Existing and Designed Plant Communities Gerould Wilhelm, Conservation Design Forum and Roy Diblik, Northwind Perennial Farm

Bobbie Schwartz, Bobbie’s Green Thumb For years, perennial gardens were designed as side by side blocks of color. Over the past ten to fifteen years, these designs, with European influences, have become more impressionistic. In addition, more importance is being given to foliage, deadheads, and lengthening the seasons of interest. The degree of maintenance is also affected by these changes in design and by plant selection. UTOPIA AB

Landscape Design, Site Design Critiques Gregory Pierceall, Professor Emeritus, Purdue University, Department of Landscape Architecture As a practiced and experienced site design educator, Gregory will cover the basic elements of good landscape and site design. Using finished designs he’ll illustrate the structure, forms and components that make a good landscape functional and attractive. See that form and functions are basic to solid design. Let decades of experience demonstrate that “design” is invisible until it does not work. UTOPIA CD

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From Surviving to Thriving: How to Build Revenue From Today’s Consumers Susan Martin, Horticultural Marketer The potential for garden and landscape sales from women and younger gardener audiences is enormous, yet we are only tapping into a small portion of that revenue today. In this session, you will learn how to thrive, not just survive by delivering what today’s consumer really wants. We’ll examine the practices of successful gardening businesses who cater to these audiences and you’ll walk away with concrete ideas you can act on today.

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Plants for Problem Areas Melinda Myers, Nationally known gardening expert, TV/radio host, author & columnist

FRIDAY EDUCATION

The Earth has been covered with diverse plant communities long before we became designers, landscapers, growers, and gardeners. Plants have lived in intimate, healthy, social relationships with millions of other living beings creating conditions for flourishing, continued health. Our horticultural planting practices should and will continue to evolve, recognizing the opportunities and possibilities for plants. Better understand native plants in remnant communities, re-established communities how to live with durable perennials, and proper stewardship practices.

SCHAUMBURG CD

The New Perennial Garden: Design and Maintenance

Too much water and wind are just a few challenges you and your clients may face when designing or renovating a landscape. Help them correct problem areas to mitigate the challenge whenever possible. And when it isn’t possible, select the plants that tolerate difficult growing conditions including dry shade, heavy clay, and deerpopulated areas.

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9:45 AM – 10:35 AM

UTOPIA CD

NIRVANA

Consilience, Concinnity, and The Way Gerould Wilhelm, Conservation Design Forum This imaginative session will examine native prairie, woodland, and riverbank landscapes to illustrate consilience and concinnity. Natural systems are uninterested in good intentions, budgetary problems, personnel problems, government regulations, or ignorance on the part of stewards or scientists. We must learn The Way of our land and accommodate it just as strictly as must a pilot obey the laws of flight in accordance with the configuration and design of his airplane.

Jared Barnes, Stephen F Austin State University We are incredible propagators of plants, but a challenge we face is how do we make more horticulturists? In this enthusiastic presentation, Jared will discuss the great similarities in how we sow seeds and how we expose youth to horticulture, in how we take cuttings and how we help amateur horticulturists continue growing, and in how we graft two different species together and how we bridge a connection between plants and people’s other passions.

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM

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How Networking & Connecting Can Grow Your Business Dean MacMorris, Night Light, Inc.

FRIDAY EDUCATION

Propagating Horticulturists: A Cultural Guide for Cultivating Interest in Plants

This presentation will introduce the 8 rules of networking and the types of people who can help us network. We will discuss strategies for being a top-notch networker. Attendees will be given a list of questions to make it all about the person you are talking to, while networking. It’s never about you, but what goes around, comes around. SCHAUMBURG CD

The Artful Garden Bobbie Schwartz, Bobbie’s Green Thumb The most obvious notion of the artful garden is the incorporation of art, e.g. sculpture and ornament, into the garden but another aspect is the realization that structures such as fences and arbors can be artistic, not just functional. Add creative garden design plus thoughtful choices and uses of plant material to make your garden a living work of art. UTOPIA AB

Woody Plants Worthy of Small Spaces Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, The Hoosier Gardener

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Carmen Miranda in the Midwest Irvin Etienne, Indianapolis Museum of Art A garden requires many elements to be successful but one of the most important is eye-popping attention-getting color and texture. The only plants that can provide the extravagance that makes gardening worthwhile are tropicals and annuals. When you go Carmen Miranda, plants jump right out of the containers and into garden beds. They may combine with hardy plants or they may create beds of pure tropicalissmo. Either way the result is true garden ecstasy. SCHAUMBURG AB

Give Your Employees C.R.A.P. … and 7 Other Secrets to Employee Retention Jeff Kortes, Human Asset Management LLC Jeff shares eight key fundamentals that drive employee retention and how leaders are a key role in retention. He’ll highlight how employee turnover affects the image of the organization and how the financial costs are big money. Attendees will understand the key traits to retain the new generation of workers and how using the “Great Boss” questions to assess if you have what it takes to be a retention magnet in your area of influence.

Explore the trees and shrubs that earn the space they take in the urban and suburban landscape by multi-seasonal interest, longbloom cycles or other attributes. Some even work well in ornamental containers. Lots of breeding going to reduce the size of woody plants without diminishing their flower power, and we’ll take a look at some of them. 54

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Migrating North: Inspiration From a Southerly Plant Palette

Now is the Time to Join ILCA!

Jared Barnes, Stephen F Austin State University The South is being hailed as a rising cultural epicenter for great crafts, music, and food. We’ve also got some great plants, y’all. In this presentation, Dr. Jared Barnes will share some of his favorite southern plants, native and adapted, that you can use for inspiration for your northern gardens. UTOPIA AB

Will Hooker, Will Hooker: Landscape Architecture Permaculture is a design and management methodology where environments are set up to supply as many of the needs of the residents as possible. These needs include food, water, energy, shelter, and a sustainable resource stream. This presentation will entail a brief overview of the principles of permaculture with an in depth description of how these principles were applied to a 1/3 acre peri-urban home in Raleigh, NC. UTOPIA CD

Rapid Fire Sketch Design Craig Stoffel, Studio Inside|OUT Attendees will learn the fundamentals of sketch techniques to create realistic and expressive drawings to communicate design ideas and intent. Step-by-step slides will highlight the basic set up and composition to demystify the process that creates beautifully loose sketches that communicate to the clients and design teams the overall character and spatial compositions. *Attendees are encouraged to bring their own drawing materials and follow along with the instruction. All skill levels are encouraged to attend.

Networking at iLandscape 2018

4 $100 off your first year of membership* 4 Member discounts to iLandscape and other educational programs 4 Invite to ILCA’s new member mixer at iLandscape and be eligible for the new member raffle MEMBER BENEFITS: • Discounted member rates for educational programs • Networking events • Company profile on ILCA’s website • Subscription to The Landscape Contractor magazine— print and digital • Exclusive use of the ILCA logo • Listing in ILCA’s Membership Directory and Buyer’s Guide

• Access to manuals/ training materials • Political representation in Springfield and Washington D.C. • Access to ILCA’s free legal hotline • Volunteer opportunities • Showcase your work— Submit your best projects for an ILCA Excellence in Landscape Award • And more!

FRIDAY EDUCATION • ILCA MEMBERSHIP

Permaculture: A Sustainable Living Methodology for the Home, Garden and Community

Add an ILCA membership to your iLandscape registration and receive the following:

*For Contractors (Class A members) only.

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STUDENT CAREER DAY AT iLANDSCAPE

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Friday, February 1, 2019

STUDENT • CAREER FAIR FAIR STUDENTACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES • CAREER

iLandscape welcomes all studious students, prepared pupils, unbelievable undergrads, and serious scholars. Students may attend any day of iLandscape at no cost but Student Career Day will be Friday, February 1, 2019. The complete educational program is available to students at a reduced fee. Any student looking to make the jump to becoming a green industry professional cannot miss this incredible day at iLandscape. iLandscape is the event for green industry students. The cost to attend the tradeshow at iLandscape for college and university students is FREE as long as the student is registered through their college or university. The educational program is deeply discounted for green industry students ($25 early/$35 late). Student activities include educational sessions, student roundtables with mentors, Career Fair, a career board featuring jobs from the landscape industry’s top firms, prizes and giveaways, as well as access to the show floor. 9:00 AM—STUDENT ROUNDTABLES The highlight of student career day is an incredible student session. Landscape industry professionals will lead table discussions about their area of expertise in the green industry. Professionals will be on hand representing: landscape designers, account reps, garden centers, young business owners, and more. They will explain how to get a job in the green industry, how to be successful, and how to climb the ladder.

Looking for work? Join us! Friday, February 1, 2019 9:00 AM–1:00 PM Entrance into the career fair is FREE! Are you looking for work? The career fair will feature top Illinois landscape companies looking to add you to their team. Bring your resume and a hearty handshake. Participating companies will be announced in December. Check the website for more information.

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The Schaumburg Convention Center is attached to the Renaissance Hotel. Simply walk downstairs, across the lobby, and into the show. No shuttle busses or brisk walks outdoors. The venue will also overstaff GATHER bar, Sam & Harry’s steakhouse, concession stands, and coffee shop to ensure lines are short. The Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel is committed to putting guests first and will make sure nothing stands in the way of a morning cup of joe or happy hour beer.

Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel 1551 N. Thoreau Dr. tel: 1 (847) 303-4100 Schaumburg, IL 60173 fax: 1 (847) 303-4199

Booking your room is easy, below are options for your convenience: • Link directly to the Renaissance Schaumburg Center Hotel reservation page Direct Link: https://resweb.passkey.com/go/iLandscape2019 • Call 1-877-303-0104 and reference: iLandscape: The Illinois + Wisconsin Landscape Show

• Free parking • Complimentary Access to Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel Fitness Center (featuring the first salt water hotel pool in Illinois) • Experience refined style at the Renaissance Hotel in Schaumburg, IL where stunning design and architecture blend seamlessly with impeccable service for ultimate in refined sophistication. PLEASE NOTE: Hotel rates are available exclusively for iLandscape exhibitors and attendees. This is the only hotel affiliated with the iLandscape Show. iLandscape and ILCA cannot guarantee room rates or availability by any other company, representative, or hotel. Hotel reservations made in any way other than through the online reservation or with direct contact with the hotel are at the risk of the individual.

THE RENAISSANCE THE RENAISSANCE

A limited hotel block is available. It is VITAL that you book your rooms early. Discounted hotel rates at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel are available through January 7, 2019.

Book your stay at Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel and receive the following benefits:

There are a limited number of hotel rooms available at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel. Spillover hotels and rates will be available if necessary. Check the www.ilandscapeshow.com website for more information.

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PARKING IS FREE at the onsite and spillover lots!

Get there early—it is best to park closest to the convention center as opposed to the hotel. Guests of the hotel are guaranteed onsite parking spaces. PARKING iLandscape recognizes that parking at the facility is limited. To rectify the situation we have added a spillover lot at IKEA Home Furnishings that will be running 5 concurrent shuttles on each morning of the show. There will be no waiting or lines for shuttles in 2019. iLandscape and the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center are committed to making your iLandscape experience pleasant from the moment you park your car.

Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel 1551 N. Thoreau Dr. Schaumburg, IL 60173

SPILLOVER PARKING

PARKING • ABOUT SCHAUMBURG

Spillover parking may be in effect as early as 8am on each day of the show. Should it be required, offsite parking for this event will be located at IKEA, only 1.2 miles from the Renaissance. Signage from the convention center to this parking area will be in place should directional assistance be required. Shuttles will be available to transport attendees to and from the convention center.

AIRPORT INFORMATION Chicago O’Hare International Airport—ORD www.flychicago.com/ohare

Midway International Airport Chicago—MDW www.flychicago.com/midway

Hotel is 13 miles NW of O’Hare Airport.

Hotel is 32 miles NW of Midway Airport.

The Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel does not provide shuttle service to/from airports.

ABOUT SCHAUMBURG, IL

ENTERTAINING & DINING

retailers in America.

Schaumburg is known nationally as an outstanding attraction and shopping destination—synonymous with an almost unlimited choice of the finest

Schaumburg’s 200 restaurants welcome you in style and with something for everyone’s taste. Ranging from high-end steaks to Chicago-style pizza, the list of well-known eateries includes: Chicago Prime, 58

IKEA 1800 East McConnor Pkwy Schaumburg, IL 60173

Morton’s Steakhouse, Bonefish Grill, Wildfire, P.F. Chang’s and Lou Malnati’s Pizza, to name a few. Entertainment options abound from some of the best in international performances at IMPROV or Prairie Center for the Arts to Rivers Casino a short drive away. Shopping is extreme at Woodfield Mall—one of the top 10 largest indoor shopping malls in the U.S.

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JANUARY 30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;FEBRUARY 1, 2019 SCHAUMBURG CONVENTION CENTER SCHAUMBURG, IL

Join the conversation! #iLandscape2019 BE PART OF THE iLANDSCAPE EXPERIENCE! iLandscape is about providing more benefits to attendees for less money. iLandscape was designed smarter and placed in a lower cost, more convenient venue. Savings are passed along to the attendees and exhibitors.

PRICING Early rate: On or before 1/7/2019 Late rate: After 1/7/2019 Tradeshow-only: Early: $25

Late: $35

Education (Includes Tradeshow): Early: $89 ILCA/WNLA Member $119 Non-Member Late: $109 ILCA/WNLA Member $149 Non-Member Awards Night: $95

Register online at www.ilandscapeshow.com! By registering online, you will have the ability to manage your registration. You will be able to upgrade and change names if one of the previously registered attendees is no longer able to attend.

CANCELLATION POLICY Education Sessions/Awards/Irrigation Workshop: Please send cancellation notice in writing to iLandscape (information@ilca.net). Cancellations received by 1/7/2019 will be subject to a $25 processing fee per person. There will be no refunds after 1/7/2019. Trade Show: Registrations for Trade Show-Only are non-refundable.

REGISTRATION

Students: Students must be registered through a college or university. Tradeshow: Early: $0 Late: $0 Education: Early: $25 Late: $35

By participating in the 2019 iLandscape Show you acknowledge that you might be photographed in connection with activities. You agree that iLandscape is the sole owner of all rights to the resulting photographs for all purposes relating to iLandscape business. Your likeness may be used by iLandscape in advertising and promotional materials. Participants shall receive no compensation for appearance in any materials.

Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t register online? Print the paper based registration form on the iLandscape website and fax or mail it to ILCA: 630-472-3150 or 2625 Butterfield Rd, Ste 104S, Oak Brook, IL 60523

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iLandscape

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Descubra su elemento —

con educación

Quatro elemento Earth, Wind, Fire and Water Por Meta Levin Con respecto al factor Yum, acompañe a Lisa Hilgenberg, del Jardín Botánico de Chicago, para obtener más información acerca de una de las modas más candentes en la actualidad: “El increíble paisaje comestible”. Presentará fotografías fabulosas, así como consejos sobre diseño, planificación y opciones de plantas.

Para los interesados en la historia

Si desea las estrellas, usted no puede elevarse más en la industria del paisajismo que Frederick Law Olmsted. Sabemos que desapareció hace mucho tiempo, pero Kirk Brown lo volverá a la vida en una presentación dramática, “Frederick Law Olmsted: ¡Visionario ambiental!” “Varias de nuestras sesiones tienen una perspectiva histórica”, asegura Hartmann. Además de mirar hacia adelante, la industria también mira hacia atrás para determinar lo que podemos aprender de cómo se hacían las cosas en el pasado. Olmsted es mejor conocido por delinear el modelo para la Columbian Exposition de 1893 en Chicago, además de haber diseñado los terrenos del Parque Central de Nueva York, los jardines del Capitolio de Estados Unidos en Washington DC y el Biltmore Estate en North Carolina. Arquitecto paisajista, periodista, crítico social y administrador público estadounidense, es considerado el fundador de la arquitectura paisajista de Estados Unidos, así como el creador de un movimiento 60

conservacionista vigente todavía en el mundo de hoy.

Un Estado de la Unión “Hort”

Para una perspectiva general del estado actual de la industria y cómo la están afectando influencias exteriores, asista a la conferencia “Estado de la Unión”, con Craig Rugelbrugge, Vicepresidente Sénior de AmericanHort, cuya presentación tratará sobre cómo la política, las iniciativas legislativas, los esfuerzos de política pública y los reglamentos gubernamentales afectan a quienes trabajan en todos los aspectos de la industria. “Nadie”, asegura, “puede darse el lujo de permanecer en la oscuridad o no saber cómo el panorama político en evolución afecta nuestra industria a medida que avanzamos”. Los miembros del Comité de Educación prestaron mucha atención a los comentarios de los asistentes en iLandscapes anteriores. “Lo más importante que surgió el año pasado fueron los árboles – enfermedades, daño, raíces”, afirma Hartmann. “El cambio climático es real y lo estamos viendo en nuestros árboles”.

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Descubra su elemento — January 30 — February 1, 2019 iLANDSCAPESHOW.COM Está bien, hablemos de los árboles...

Habrá varias sesiones relacionadas con árboles, incluyendo “El cómo, el qué y los porqués del crecimiento y los reglamentos arbóreos” con Patrick Anderson, Rainbow Treecare Scientific Advancements; “Enfermedades de árboles y arbustos” con Brian Hudelson, Clínica de Diagnóstico de las Enfermedades de las Plantas de la Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison; “Nuevos olmos para las ciudades estadounidenses y cómo entrenarlos para un futuro productivo” con Kris Bachtell, The Morton Arboretum; “La Ciencia Práctica apoya las mejores prácticas de plantación de árboles” con Gary Watson, The Morton Arboretum; “Poda adecuada para una mejor floración y salud de las plantas” con Richard Hentschel de los Servicios de Extensión de la Universidad de Illinois; “Poda y Plantación estructurales; cruciales para mejorar su juego” con Ed Gillman de la Universidad de la Florida, y “Plantas leñosas, dignas de espacios pequeños” con Jo Ellen Meyer, The Hoosier Gardiner. El cambio climático ha generado más problemas. Hartmann señala primaveras frías y húmedas, inundaciones y tormentas eléctricas. Como resultado, “En el último lapso de tres a cinco años, hemos tenido más problemas de enfermedades”, dice. Los cultivadores se preguntan qué árboles necesitarán los contratistas de servicios de paisajismo en el próximo

período de cinco a 10 años, porque eso tomará cultivar árboles grandes y sanos, afirma Hartmann. Con los cambios climáticos, los contratistas de servicios de paisajismo y los cultivadores están trabajando para averiguarlo.

Trayendo negocios

Los asistentes también han pedido más sesiones relacionadas con los negocios. “Uno de nuestros mayores desafíos es la mano de obra”, asegura Hartmann. “Nuestra gente está tratando de atraer, conservar y contratar empleados. Por lo que tendremos más sesiones sobre cómo conservar a la gente valiosa”. Sesiones como, “Remuneración de los empleados en la industria de céspedes y paisajismo” con Fred Haskett del Harvest Group; “IM4U: Cómo gestionar la mano de obra paisajista en la era digital” con Kirk Brown de John Bartram Lives, Olmsted Lives; “Cómo crear una cultura empresarial distintiva y excepcional” con Lee Fredericks de Rainbow Treecare Science Advancements; “Incentivos y motivación de los empleados” con Paul Kimicata de Kimicata Brothers, Inc.; y “Dé a sus empleados C.R.A.P. y otros 7 secretos para conservar a los empleados” con Jeff Kortes de Human Asset Management LLC, todos tratarán sobre ese tema.

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Descubra su elemento — con educación ¡Traigan las plantas!

Usted está esperando plantas, flores y similares, ¿no? Usted suspira por las plantas exuberantes (Plant-Porn), como lo promete la primera frase de este artículo. El comité de iLandscape Education no decepciona. “La gente quiere colores y algo excepcionalmente interesante”, asegura Hartmann. “Plantas exuberantes (Plant-Porn): ¡Haremos que desee probarlas!” presentará un panel de profesionales, moderado por Kevin McGowen de Kaknes Landscape Supply, y lo dejará suspirando con su discusión sobre las plantas que “soplan sus cabellos hacia atrás”. Los panelistas hablarán sobre todo tipo de plantas, desde anuales hasta árboles, de una forma que aumentará su presión arterial. Le advierten que podría necesitar una ducha fría después de la conferencia.

Favoritos familiares

Gregory Pierceall, profesor emérito del Departamento de Arquitectura Paisajista de la Purdue University y nombre muy conocido para los miembros de ILCA y los lectores de la revista The Landscape Contractor, guiará a los asistentes a través de las “Críticas al diseño paisajista, diseño de sitios”. Tratará sobre los elementos de los buenos diseños paisajistas y de sitios, con énfasis en la estructura, las formas y los componentes que hacen un buen diseño paisajista funcional y bello. El diseño, dice, es “invisible hasta que deja de ser funcional”. Y regresará el popular y bien conocido Roy Diblik, de Northwind Perennial Farm, para presentar junto con Gerould Wilhelm, Director de Investigaciones del Conservation Research Institute, “Compartiendo ideas sobre comunidades de plantas existentes y diseñadas”. Wilhelm seguirá esa presentación con otra: “Consiliencia, armonía y el camino”. Con respecto a la consiliencia y la 62

armonía, son palabras relacionadas entre sí que significan concordancia y adecuación entre las partes de algo.

Plantas de otra madre

Si desea más, verifique éstas opciones: “Anuales que dan resultados” con C.L. Fornari, orador, escritor, presentador radial; “Paisajismo en conjuntos de uno: Enfoque en combinaciones de plantas” con Tony Avent de Plant Delights Nursery, Inc.; “Anuales con follajes fantásticos” con Mark Dwyer de Rotary Botanical Gardens, Janesville, WI; “Sabiduría con raíces profundas” con Jenks Farmer de JenksFarmer.com Plantsman Nursery; “Período sabático para la libertad de las plantas” con Austin Eischeid de Austin Eischeid Garden Design; “El nuevo jardín de plantas perennes: Diseño y mantenimiento” con Bobbie Schwartz de Bobbie’s Green Thumb; “Plantas para áreas problemáticas” con Melinda Myers, experta en jardinería de renombre nacional, presentadora de radio y televisión, escritora y columnista; “El jardín ingenioso” con Bobbie Schwartz de Bobbie’s Green Thumb; “Carmen Miranda en el MedioOeste” con Irvin Etienne del Museo de Arte Moderno de Indianapolis; y “Migrando hacia el Norte: Inspiración de una paleta de plantas sureñas” con Jared Barnes de la Universidad Estatal Stephen F. Austin.

Y la categoría final es un popurrí

Sostenibilidad ambiental, conservación y ecología, tienen todas un lugar en una industria que se autodefine como verde. Eso incluye la belleza y los aspectos prácticos de cómo atraer mariposas y otros polinizadores. Jane Grillo de Midwest Groundcovers and Butterflyjane.com guiará a los asistentes a través de “Su papel en la conservación de mariposas monarcas y polinizadores.” The Landscape Contractor January 2019

O escuche a Bryce Lane de la Universidad de North Carolina hablar sobre “Lo que vale: Promover lo verde en la industria verde”. Se concentrará en cómo atraer una nueva generación de clientes preocupados por el entorno, así como de las ventajas para la salud de un paisaje “verde”. El miembro de ILCA, Jack Pizzo, de The Pizzo Group hablará sobre “Paisajismo con flores silvestres” y Roch Gaussoin de la Universidad de Nebraska guiará a los asistentes a través de “Ecología y control del coquillo amarillo, una mala hierba difícil de controlar”.

Y el final

El comité no ha olvidado que también usamos elementos sólidos en nuestros jardines. Echemos un vistazo: “El travertino probado en el mercado y por qué debe instalarlo”, con Randy Weldshofer de TruStone Distributors y Jeff Werner de Werner Hardscapes, enfatizará las prácticas de instalación y las opciones de diseño, destacando los beneficios del travertino turco. Continuado en el campo de los elementos sólidos en jardinería, Pete Baloglou de Techo-Bloc Midwest Corporation y popularmente conocido como “Pete el adoquín” dirigirá a los asistentes durante una sesión práctica sobre adoquines permeables, incluyendo toda la parafernalia de accesorios. “Ventas de elementos de concreto 101 para el contratista residencial” con Bill Gardocki de Interstate Landscape Co., se concentrará en la licitación y venta de proyectos residenciales. Si va a diseñar y desea utilizar algunas de estas ideas, debe prestar atención a las tareas diarias de mantener el negocio próspero. Aquí de nuevo el Comité de Educación está prestando atención de una forma que lo mantendrá sonriente e informado.

Merit Gest de Merit-Based Sales Development le advertirá sobre lo que tiene que evitar en “Del mito al dinero: 5 mitos que los mejores vendedores evitan”. Promete que además de llevarse herramientas para mejorar sus técnicas de venta, reirá durante toda la sesión. Mark Bradley de Landscape Management Network también le dará algunos consejos para “Sobrecargar sus proceso de ventas”. Bradley le proporcionará información práctica sobre cómo utilizar la tecnología para identificar dónde debe hacer cambios, concentrar sus energías de ventas, identificar sus mejores oportunidades y evitar dificultades para permanecer enfocado en el éxito de la compañía. Sea inteligente con respecto a su negocio. Susan Martin de Gardener Sue’s News cubrirá, “De sobrevivir a prosperar, cómo generar ingresos de los actuales consumidores” y el miembro de ILCA, Dean MacMorris, de Night Light, Inc., le enseñará “Cómo las redes de contactos y las conexiones pueden estimular el crecimiento de su negocio”, dándole las ocho reglas de las conexiones en redes, así como estrategias y técnicas para iniciar conversaciones. “Le enseñaremos a nuestros asistentes cómo usar las herramientas que les estamos proporcionando”, afirma Hartmann.

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Dutch Valley, Inc. Beecher, IL 60401 (708) 946-2449 www.dutchvalleyinc.net

by Meta Levin

When Jason Musch bought Dutch Valley,

Inc. from his father, the business was focused on roadside restoration, with a small amount of commercial maintenance. My how things have changed in the last five years. Dutch Valley, Inc. does commercial property maintenance for South Chicago and North West Indiana, as well as commercial landscape services and snow and ice removal. It all began about 30 years ago when Musch’s father and uncle, Jim and Bob Musch started a business in South Holland, IL, eventually moving it to Monee, IL where they began a mulch manufacturing company called Rainbow Farms. By the time Jason Musch became involved, the company had 15 employees and was known for its IDOT road restoration work. When they moved out of the road work, the number of employees dropped to its current 10, plenty to handle the varied work that they have, he says. One of these employees has been with the company since before Musch bought it from his father. “It’s all about relationships,” he says. “He stuck with me and I’m glad that he did.” With all the commercial work that Dutch Valley handles, Musch has had a ring side seat to many of the trends in the industry, including increasing requests from property managers to incorporate green or sustainable practices into its landscape management. Musch has responded one step at a time, evaluating each to assess its success. For instance, both employees and customers were pleased when Dutch Valley introduced battery powered trimmers. “The guys like them, because they are light weight and don’t blow exhaust in their faces,” he says. The customers are happy, because they perceive them as more energy efficient, do a good job and because there is no exhaust, as well. Dutch Valley also has started an organic fertilizer program. 64

The results, says Musch, are similar, if not better than using the chemicals that they previously employed. Musch grew up in the business, learning by working with his father and uncle. Originally, he thought that he would study business in college, but realized that he would be happier in horticulture. He now holds an associate degree in horticulture, turf and landscape construction from Joliet Junior College. Even with the good education, Musch admits that the transition from the owner’s son to the owner was challenging. “It’s difficult to prepare yourself,” he says. “When you are the owner, it all stops with you and you have to wear many hats. I had to learn how to manage.” His education process brought him to ILCA. “I have to be constantly learning,” he says. Pointing to The Landscape Contractor magazine, he believes that it is “a benefit to read the articles.” He has also taken advantage of training and education opportunities throughout the year and particularly at iLandscape. Best of all, he believes that the level of professionalism that ILCA has, “embraces everything that I stand for,” he says. Every Saturday Musch’s two sons, ages eight and five, come to work with him. They help clean up equipment and with other age appropriate tasks. He and his wife, Lorrie, a junior high school math teacher, also enjoy taking the boys to Michigan, an hour’s drive away, where they can play along the Lake Michigan shoreline. All in all, he is pleased with the decision to go into the family business. “I enjoy what I’m doing,” he says.

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Assist owner in daily operations, sales and client contact for an established territory. Applicant must possess skills in identification of plants, insects and disease. Motivated candidate would be responsible for providing daily work and scheduling for 6 crew members. Qualified leads will be issued. Equipment will include 2 aerial towers, 3 chipper trucks and various size stump machines. Full benefits include company vehicle, medical, dental, life insurance and retirement plan. This is a salary plus commission position (6 figures). Submit resume to: Vince Winkler Winkler’s Tree & Landscaping, Inc., P.O. Box 1154 LaGrange Park, IL 60526 708-544-1219 or email to info@winklerstreeservice.com Discretion assured CLASSIFIED ADS CLOSING DATES & RATES February 2019 issue ads: January 5, 2019 March 2019 issue ads: February 15, 2019 PLEASE NOTE: “HELP WANTED” AD SALES ARE LIMITED TO ILCA MEMBER COMPANIES Magazine Cost is $5 per line Minimum charge $50 Website Cost is $12 per line Minimum charge $120 (About 6 words/line) Submit your ads online at ilca.net or call Alycia O’Connor 630-472-2851

Kinnucan Tree is a 45+ year old, full service landscape design/build, maintenance, tree removal, pest prevention and plant healthcare company currently seeking candidates for a position in our Landscape Maintenance Division as an Account Manager. The position will report to the Landscape Division Manager and focus on client relations and maintain direct control over the Maintenance Foreman responsible for servicing the Account Manager’s clients. A well suited candidate will: Possess a strong horticultural background. A degree in a related field is a plus. Develop and maintain a strong positive relationship with customer base. Proactively manage properties by identifying and correcting issues before the customer brings them to our attention. Propose corrective course of action to client. Monitor and direct activity of crews, adjusting scheduling to efficiently complete weekly routes. Be personable, outgoing, detailed-oriented, goaloriented and sales driven. Increase company revenue by continuing to find new clients and selling enhancements to existing clients. Be responsible for meeting sales goals monthly and annually. Please send resume to: john@kinnucan.com

HELP WANTED LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE MANAGER We are offering an excellent position with a full-service landscape contractor, which services Chicago’s North Shore. As a well-established firm, we specialize in high-end design/build projects and maintenance services. You should be a highly motivated, organized self-starter with exceptional verbal and written communication skills, to manage our Landscape Maintenance/Plant Health Care Division. The ideal candidate has minimum 5 years’ experience in training, managing field staff and a sense of design/architecture. Computer proficiency, knowledgeable in identifying plants, plant diseases of turf grass, trees and shrubs, pesticide applicator’s license, are requirements. Horticultural, Agronomy degrees and Spanish-speaking are pluses. Sales experience is required with Snow management a plus. Responsibilities include account management, new sales, maintenance estimations and managing add-on services. All maintenance team building, recruiting, hiring, and training of field Staff. Candidate will achieve target levels of productivity and quality results for clients and staffing. This individual will demonstrate a commitment to safety and excellence and require minimal direction. Salary will commensurate with experience. This position is a direct report to the owner of the company and candidate will be responsible for all aspects pertaining to client site management. To apply or learn more, email and/or send resume to greenjob2018@gmail.com.

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Green Grass Landscape Architecture & Construction, an ever growing and expanding design/build firm serving the Western suburbs since 1997, seeks to fill one position. Green Grass, Inc. focuses on providing a full spectrum of landscape services while specializing in high-end residential design and construction. Applicant is to be well-versed in all landscape construction methods and possess the ability to interpret and implement site engineering, hardscape and landscape plans. Applicant must also have a working knowledge of plants, basic understanding of landscape design, excellent on-site client communication skills and experience with project management including but not limited to material procurement, sub-contractor sequencing, code compliance/inspections and time tracking. Role includes working with the design/sales team from project kickoff to project completion, with the goal of exceeding client expectations. Ability to multitask, maintain a high level of organization while working in a fast-paced environment and problem solving are keys to this position. Proficiency in Spanish is a plus. Preferred applicant is to have a BLA or related horticulture degree but experience in the landscape industry is paramount. All experience levels are to be considered. Please email resume, portfolio and salary requirements to contact@greengrasslandscape.com. All inquiries are kept confidential.

Design/Build Firm seeking a creative individual to join our talented team of landscape professionals. We believe our passion for this business is every bit as important as the collaborative team we put together. This position offers unlimited growth and earning potential for the right person.

Woodlawns Landscape Company is seeking a professional with entry-level experience in the landscape industry who is interested in taking the next step in his or her career. We are in need of an individual who would like to join our innovative, outof-the-box, fast paced team, as our company has tripled in growth in the last 5 years. Woodlawns is a fun place to work that provides room for growth and career advancement. With over 100 high profile sites, including retail, industrial, and commercial properties alike in both the city of Chicago and surrounding suburbs, we are looking for a unique professional to imagine, design, and install the most creative seasonal color in the industry. We take pride in our designs, enjoy our work family, and challenge ourselves to be ahead of the curve, setting the tone for seasonal color in Chicagoland. This position will work closely with the Seasonal Color Manager, ensuring the best installations all year round. The ideal candidate will be organized, creative, works well as part of the team, and is not afraid to get dirty. Jobs will be viewed start to finish, from conceptualizing and designing all the way through to installation and clean up, for all the seasons of color. A flexible schedule is a must as this person will be part of overseeing yard inventory, loading, management of materials, and daily on-site installations. The ability to take direction and also provide direction is part of the balance required for this position. Preferred knowledge in plant ID, particularly annuals and perennials. A general love of our industry and creative landscape design. Bilingual in English and Spanish is a plus. We recommend you check out our Facebook and Instagram (Woodlawns_ Landscape_Company_) profiles to view examples of our work. Candidates, please submit your resume to Katrina Kindle at Katrina.kindle@woodlawnslandscape. com

Experienced Irrigation Foremen & Techs Needed Earn $25/hr or more based on experience working for well established premier irrigation contractor. Openings in commercial and residential divisionsmaintenance & installation Contact Halloran & Yauch, Inc. 847-281-9400 Service@hyirrigation.com Www.halloranyauch.com

Facility Manager Bruss Landscaping, Inc. is looking for a dedicated Production/Facility manager to oversee our installation crews and 10-acre nursery/production facility in West Chicago. Candidates must have experience managing multiple crews, be well versed in hardscape and plant materials, as well as basic plumbing and construction skills. Basic computer skills (Microsoft Office Suite) and the ability to verbally communicate in both English and Spanish are also necessary. A class ’C’ license is required as well as a valid Spray Operator License. We can facilitate both the Driver’s License upgrade as well as the Operator license for the proper candidate. Bruss is a relaxed work environment, although seasonally hectic, with a strong compensation and benefit package including insurance, 401k, generous vacation allowance, reduced winter hours and Performance Bonus. Candidates, please submit your resume to Eric Bruss, ebruss@brusslandscaping.com, (630) 6651600.

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Responsibilities: Work directly with the homeowner from initial client contact through design phase, to construction management Set, manage and meet expectations for our high end customers Be a team player who can contribute to our company with clear and consistent communication, a strong work ethic and solid follow through Solve problems with creative and innovative thinking Assist in the growth and development of the company Requirements: BLA or similar with min. 5 yrs. design and sales in the green industry Strong Portfolio of completed work Excellent written and verbal communication skills Experienced in CAD, Sketch-up as well as hand drawings Proficiency in MS Excel and MS Word is a must We Offer: Competitive Salary and Health Package Simple IRA and Year-end Bonus Opportunities for continuing education and further professional development Company vehicle What’s Next: We’d like to hear from you! Please send resume and work examples to: matt@ rollinglandscapes.com Brighter futures start at BrightView We are a team of talented professionals, driven by results and relationships, and committed to taking care of each other, clients and communities. We know when we take care of each other, great things happen for our employees. BrightView is currently seeking: • Landscape Maintenance Crew Members • Landscape Maintenance Crew Leaders • Landscape Maintenance Irrigation techs To apply or learn more, email lorena.rea@ brightview.com and/or call Lorena at 224-6338428. BrightView Landscapes, LLC is an Equal Opportunity and E-Verify Employer.

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Revisiting Your Plant Palette — Alliums By Patrice Peltier

When Kathy Freeland recommended Allium

Editor’s Note: Honorary Lifetime ILCA Member Kathy Freeland, a certifiable plant geek, was a regular contributor to The Landscape Contractor starting in the late 1990s. She introduced readers to strange and sometimes exotic plants, frequently offering suggestions on how they might be employed in the landscape. In a world of euonymous and impatiens, she offered a path less travelled. Twenty years later, we offer a look back at how some of her recommendations have stood the test of time.

senescens ‘Glauca’ in 2001, the only allium her employer, Midwest Groundcovers, was selling was the native Allium cernuum. Freeland appreciated ‘Glauca’ for its twisty, blue-green foliage and its smaller size—6-12” tall and wide compared to A. cernuum’s 12-18” stature. A few years later, another allium, ‘Summer Beauty’ burst onto the scene and stole all the attention. In the wake of Summer Beauty’s popularity, landscape designers and home gardeners took notice of other alliums as well. Currently, Midwest Groundcovers carries five non-native and two native varieties of alliums, selling about 85,000 plants a year. (It stopped selling A. senescens ‘Glauca’, however, in 2015 due to decrease in demand.) “’Summer Beauty’ is far and away the most popular allium,” says Shannon McEnerney, prod- Allium senescens ‘Glauca’ uct manager at Midwest Groundcovers. She says two newer cultivars—Summer Peek-A-Boo® and ‘Millenium’—and the native A. cernuum are seeing increasing sales. Although only A. senescens ‘Glauca’ has the twisty foliage Freeland so admired, all the alliums discussed here are widely admired for their clean, attractive foliage. “The foliage is fabulous,” says Christine Darbo, Allium angulosum ‘Summer Beauty’ inside sales representative for Midwest Groundcovers. “It starts out beautiful and stays beautiful all season.” Freeland recommended alliums, in part, because of their adaptability. They thrive in a range of soils from rich to poor, do not require a lot of water and are well suited to rock gardens or perennial borders. She pointed out that they come in a range of sizes, from less than six inches to more than six feet in height. Allium Summer Peek-A-Boo® “Designers frequently plant the taller types in the middle to the back

of the perennial border in combination with monarda, achillea and ornamental grasses,” she wrote. “‘Glauca’ is a darling plant,” Darbo says, confirming Freeland’s endorsement of it as an admirable landscape plant. Since then, it has been overshadowed by the emergence of ‘Summer Beauty.’ In this regard it remains much as it was when Freeland shone a spotlight on it, a plant worthy of a second look.

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Allium senescens ‘Glauca’ (German Garlic) Size: 6-12” tall and wide Bloom time: July-August Bloom color: Lilac to lavender Foliage: Bluish-gray to gray-green, twisting Allium angulosum ‘Summer Beauty’ Size: 12-18” tall; 18-24” wide Bloom time: July-August Bloom color: Purple Seeds: Sterile Zone: 5-8 Allium Summer Peek-A-Boo® (Sport of A. angulosum ‘Summer Beauty’) Size: 8-12” tall; 18-24” wide Bloom time: July-August Bloom color: Purple Zone 5-8