landscape ontario - december 2011

2 LANDSCAPE ONTARIO DECEMBER, 2011

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6 FEATURES Day of Tribute Congress 2012 Waterloo Tree Hunt

9 ASSOCIATION NEWS Windsor Chapter Awards Ottawa Cancer Park Waterloo school project Annual General Meeting Snow and Ice comes back home Upper Canada Award In memoriam

14 EvENTS15 INdUSTRy NEWS

Accessibility Act WSIB 2012 rates Alternative trees

LANDSCAPE ONTARIO STAFFCarla Bailey, Kim Burton, Rachel Cerelli, Paul Day CDE, Lexi Dearborn, Tony DiGiovanni CHT, Rob Ellidge, Denis Flanagan CLD, Sally Harvey CLT CLP, Helen Hassard, Lorraine Ivanoff, Jane Leworthy, Kristen McIntyre CHT, Kathy McLean, Linda Nodello, Kathleen Pugliese, Paul Ronan, Ian Service, Tom Somerville, Martha Walsh

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I am happy to report positive and enthusiastic response to the new look and name for your member magazine,

launched with last month’s issue.Inspiration for

the change came several years ago, when forward-look-ing members of LO’s Branding Com-mittee devised the marketing plan that led to enhanced vis-ibility for the green

industry, new customers for member businesses and a new brand identity for Landscape Ontario. The marketing plan

called for members to use their points of contact with the public to promote Green for Life.

During the early stages of the effort, several Branding Committee members voiced a strong belief that LO members and sectors must live and breathe Green for Life — that success depended on the new identity carrying through to our trade-targeted communications, as well as our public face.

More background on Green for Life can be found on page 33, in the LO Annual Report section. The committee members listed in the report all contrib-uted to Green for Life’s phenomenal success. When it comes to those who believed in using our trade communica-tion opportunities specifically to promote

the program, Paul Doornbos, Alan White and Tim Kearney deserve special men-tion. Thank you, gentlemen, for your convictions and commitment!

Thanks are also due to the mem-bers who took time to provide feedback on the rebranded magazine — through both correspondence and survey responses collected through our weekly e-broadcast, LO This Week. According to results, you overwhelmingly like the new look, approve of Landscape Ontario magazine’s reorganized structure, and feel it serves member needs well.

To the sole dissenting respondent, we hope to win your approval and con-fidence over time. And to those who offered comments, we will take your suggestions to heart, and will look into implementing your ideas in the future.

With the end of 2011, Landscape Ontario magazine hopes to offer a higher level of service to Ontario’s green industry in the New Year. Merry Christmas to all.

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

VINESAmpelopsis glandulosa Elegans 432 8.00 Campsis radicans Balboa Sunset 462 8.00 Celastrus orbiculatus Diana 210 8.00 Celastrus orbiculatus Hercules 260 8.00 Celastrus scandens 460 8.00 Hydrangea anomala petiolaris 152 6.00 453 13.00Lonicera brownii Dropmore Scarlet 205 8.00 Lonicera heckrottii Goldflame 200 8.00 Lonicera japonica Halls Prolific 320 6.00 270 8.00 Parthenocissus quinq. Engelmannii 242 6.00 844 8.00 Parthenocissus quinquefolia 1,000 6.00 Parthenocissus tricus. Veitchii 1,000 6.00 Polygonum aubertii 1,000 6.00 Vitis riparia 365 8.00 EVERGREENS Azalea Golden Lights 266 13.50Azalea Mandarin Lights 251 13.50Azalea Orchid Lights 474 13.50Buxus Faulkner 246 5.00 934 11.00Buxus microphylla 556 5.00 42 11.00Buxus X Green Gem 844 5.20 1,000 11.20Buxus X Green Mound 1,000 5.00 1,000 11.00Buxus X Green Mountain 1,000 5.00 1,000 11.00Buxus X Green Velvet 1,000 5.20 774 11.20Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Pygmaea’ 230 15.00Chamaecyparis pisifera Aurea Sungold 6 5.00 311 11.00Chamaecyparis pisifera Filifera 172 5.00 284 11.00Chamaecyparis pisifera Filifera Aurea 325 11.00Cotoneaster dammeri Coral Beauty 1,000 5.00 752 7.00 Cotoneaster dammeri Major 599 7.00 Cotoneaster salicifolius Repens 716 7.00 Euonymus fortunei Canadale Gold 723 7.00 Euonymus fortunei Coloratus 1,000 5.00 Euonymus fortunei Emerald Gaiety 1,000 5.00 1,000 7.00 Euonymus fortunei Goldtip 333 7.00 Euonymus fortunei Sarcoxie 443 7.00 Ilex X meserveae Blue Prince 500 6.00 275 13.00Ilex X meserveae Blue Princess 840 6.00 623 13.00Juniperus chinensis Gold Coast 160 5.00 495 11.00Juniperus chinensis Gold Star 310 5.00 350 11.00Juniperus chinensis Mint Julep 390 5.00 401 11.00Juniperus chinensis Pfitz. Compacta 205 5.00 383 11.00Juniperus chinensis San Jose 41 5.00 312 11.00Juniperus communis Repanda 386 5.00 223 11.00Juniperus conferta Blue Pacific 550 5.00 180 11.00Juniperus horizontalis Andorra Compacta 277 5.00 432 11.00Juniperus horizontalis Bar Harbor 289 5.00 298 11.00Juniperus horizontalis Icee Blue 989 6.00 821 13.00Juniperus horizontalis Lime Glow 205 6.50 74 13.50Juniperus horizontalis Prince of Wales 419 5.00 106 11.00Juniperus horizontalis Wiltonii 445 5.00 668 11.00Juniperus horizontalis Yukon Belle 355 5.00 300 11.00Juniperus media Armstrongii 122 5.00 308 11.00Juniperus procumbens nana 53 5.00 420 11.00Juniperus sabina 276 5.00 93 11.00Juniperus sabina Buffalo 41 6.00 152 13.00Juniperus sabina Calgary Carpet 131 6.00 132 13.00Juniperus sabina Skandia 150 6.00 191 13.00Juniperus squamata Blue Carpet 96 5.00 254 11.00Juniperus squamata Blue Star 360 11.00Metasequoia glyptostroboides 1,000 7.00 Microbiota decussata 55 5.00 275 11.00Myrica pensylvanica 1,000 7.00 Picea abies 279 7.00 135 11.00

Picea glauca Conica 541 13.00Picea omorika 201 7.00 Picea pungens glauca 230 7.00 Picea pungens Globosa 40 5.00 267 22.00Pieris japonica Mountain Fire 200 11.00Pinus mugo var. mugo 1,000 11.00Rhododendron ‘Nova Zembla’ 200 Taxus cuspidata Aurescens 403 15.00Taxus cuspidata Monloo 400 18.50Taxus cuspidata nana 56 6.50 290 15.00Taxus X media Densiformis 1,000 6.00 854 13.50Taxus X media Hicksii 1,000 6.00 1,000 13.50Taxus X media Hillii 630 6.00 209 13.50Taxus X media Wardii 648 6.00 846 13.50Thuja occidentalis 613 11.00Thuja occidentalis Nigra 738 5.00 597 11.00Thuja occidentalis Smaragd 851 5.00 1,000 11.00Thuja occidentalis Wintergreen 1,000 5.00 592 11.00Thuja plicata Spring Grove 680 11.00Tsuga canadensis 206 5.00 207 11.00Tsuga canadensis Jeddeloh 386 13.50Tsuga canadensis Pendula 250 13.50

DECIDUOUS SHRUBS Acanthopanax sieboldianus 392 7.00 Acer ginnala 292 7.00 30 8.00Acer rubrum 856 7.00 Amelanchier canadensis 104 7.00 200 9.50Amelanchier humilis 442 7.00 Aronia mel. Autumn Magic 219 7.00 Berberis thunbergii Aurea nana 140 6.00 300 13.50Berberis thunbergii Concorde 75 6.00 99 9.50 100 13.50Berberis thunbergii Rose Glow 270 6.00 299 9.50 Berberis thunbergii Royal Cloak 601 6.00 82 9.50 70 13.50Berberis x Emerald Carousel 287 9.50 Betula alleghaniensis 200 7.00 Betula nigra 465 7.00 Buddleia davidii Black Knight 275 7.00 Buddleia davidii Ellens Blue 450 7.00 Buddleia davidii Ile de France 704 7.00 Buddleia davidii Nanho Purple 337 7.00 Buddleia davidii Petite Plum 400 7.00 Buddleia davidii Pink Delight 460 7.00 Buddleia davidii Purple Prince 773 7.00 Buddleia davidii Royal Red 336 7.00 Caryopteris clandonensis Dark Knight 246 7.00 Caryopteris clandonensis Grand Blue 417 7.35 Caryopteris clandonensis Worchester Gold 344 7.00 Celtis occidentalis 578 7.00 Cercis canadensis 460 7.00 Chaenomeles speciosa Nivalis 412 7.00 Chaenomeles speciosa Rubra 956 7.00 Chaenomeles speciosa Texas Scarlet 495 7.00 Chaenomeles sup.Crimson and Gold 243 7.00 Clethra alnifolia Hummingbird 223 7.00 Clethra alnifolia Pink Spire 580 7.00 Cornus alba Elegantissima 293 7.00 Cornus alba Red Gnome 460 7.00 Cornus alternifolia 1,000 7.00 Cornus amomum 891 7.00 Cornus kousa chinensis 300 7.00 Cornus racemosa 1,000 7.00 Cornus sanguinea Midwinter Fire 354 7.00 Cornus stolonifera Kelseyi 439 7.00 Cotinus coggygria Royal Purple 371 11.00Cotoneaster apiculatus 292 7.00

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Cotoneaster horizontalis 643 7.00 Cotoneaster preacox Boer 1,000 7.00 Deutzia crenata Nikko 773 7.00 Deutzia gracilis 910 7.00 Diervilla lonicera 556 7.00 Euonymus alatus 255 5.00 764 8.00 Euonymus alatus Compactus 1,000 5.00 550 8.00 967 10.00Fagus sylvatica Purpurea 533 7.00 Forsythia Kumson 477 7.00 Forsythia ovata Ottawa 930 7.00 Forsythia X inter. Northern Gold 1,000 7.00 Forsythia X intermedia Goldtide 443 7.00 Forsythia X intermedia Lynwood 420 7.00 Fothergilla gardenii ‘Mount Airy’ 300 1.00Genista tinctoria Royal Gold 314 7.00 Gymnocladus dioica 169 7.00 180 9.50Hibiscus syriacus Aphrodite 319 5.00 70 10.00Hibiscus syriacus Diana 450 5.00 312 10.00Hibiscus syriacus White Chiffon 72 5.60 197 10.60Hibiscus syriacus Woodbridge 390 5.00 200 10.00Hydrangea arborescens Annabelle 882 7.00 1,000 10.50Hydrangea macr. Nikko Blue 211 8.00 Hydrangea paniculata Pink Diamond 399 7.00 Hydrangea paniculata Pinky Winky 376 7.60 Hydrangea paniculata Tardiva 345 7.00 Hydrangea paniculata Vanille Fraise 288 9.00 Hydrangea serrata Bluebird 440 7.00 Ilex verticillata 351 7.00 Ilex verticillata Afterglow 1,000 7.00 Ilex verticillata Southern Gentleman 507 7.00 Itea virginica Henrys Garnet 791 7.00 Kolkwitzia amabilis Pink Cloud 818 7.00 Ligustrum ovalufolium 278 7.00 Ligustrum vulgaris 333 7.00 Lindera benzoin 400 7.00 Liriodendron tulipefera 335 8.50 Lonicera tatarica 231 7.00 Lonicera tatarica Arnold Red 1,000 7.00 Lonicera xylosteum Claveys Dwarf 548 7.00 Lonicera xylosteum Emerald Mound 1,000 7.00 Lonicera xylosteum Miniglobe 555 7.00 Magnolia stellata Royal Star 307 15.00Magnolia X Butterfly 238 15.00Magnolia X loebneri Leonard Messel 331 15.00Nyssa sylvatica 240 7.00 Philadelphus coronarius Aureus 607 7.00 Philadelphus Innocence 863 7.00 Philadelphus Minnesota Snowflake 341 7.00 Philadelphus Natchez 238 7.00 Philadelphus X virginalis 295 7.00 Physocarpus opulifolius 1,000 7.00 Physocarpus opulifolius Dart’s Gold 1,000 7.00 Physocarpus opulifolius Diabolo 1,000 7.60 Physocarpus opulifolius Seward 657 9.85 Populus deltoides 450 7.00 Potentilla fruticosa Dakota Sunrise 793 7.00 Potentilla fruticosa Gold Drop 1,000 7.00 Potentilla fruticosa Goldstar 268 7.00 Potentilla fruticosa Mango Tango 503 7.00 Prunus cistena 399 5.00 1,000 7.00 23 8.00Prunus virginiana 426 7.00 Quercus macrocarpa 393 7.00 41 8.00Quercus robur Fastigiata 633 9.00 Quercus rubrum 720 7.00 Rhus typhina 1,000 7.00 Rhus typhina Tiger Eyes 15 10.50 239 16.50

Ribes alpinum 1,000 7.00 Rosa Bonica 465 7.00 Rosa J P Connell 252 7.00 Rosa John Cabot 335 7.00 Rosa rubrifolia 310 7.00 Rosa rugosa 552 7.00 Rosa rugosa Alba 249 7.00 Rosa x Champlain 430 7.00 Rosa x George Vancouver 265 7.00 Rosa x Royal Edward 314 7.00 Salix bebbiana 806 7.00 Salix caprea 1,000 7.00 Salix eriocephala 212 7.00 Salix exigua 1,000 7.00 Salix gracilis Purpurea Nana 880 7.00 Salix nigra 288 7.00 Salix repens 263 7.00 Sambucus canadensis 997 7.00 Sambucus canadensis Aurea 1,000 7.00 Sambucus nigra Black Lace 75 9.50 100 13.50Sambucus pubens 225 7.00 Sorbaria aitchisonii 495 7.00 Sorbaria sorbifolia 1,000 7.00 Sorbaria sorbifolia Sem 125 8.00 298 9.50Spiraea alba 1,000 7.00 Spiraea arguta 276 7.00 Spiraea betulifolia Tor 255 7.00 Spiraea bumalda Gold Mound 1,000 7.00 Spiraea japonica Anthony Waterer 568 7.00 Spiraea japonica Crispa 922 7.00 Spiraea japonica Dakota Goldcharm 511 7.00 Spiraea japonica Flaming Mound 725 7.00 Spiraea japonica Froebelii 1,000 7.00 Spiraea japonica Golden Princess 688 7.00 Spiraea japonica Goldflame 1,000 7.00 Spiraea japonica Magic Carpet 1,000 7.25 Spiraea japonica Shirobana (Genpei) 386 7.00 211 8.00Spiraea japonica White Gold 478 7.00 Spiraea nipponica Snowmound 346 7.00 Spiraea vanhouttei 406 7.00 Stephanandra incisa Crispa 1,000 7.00 Symphoricarpos albus 1,000 7.00 Symphoricarpos chenaultii Hancock 251 7.00 Syringa meyeri Palibin 1,000 8.00 Syringa patula Miss Kim 1,000 8.00 Syringa vulgaris 833 7.00 Tilia americana 328 7.00 Viburnum dentatum 489 7.00 Viburnum dentatum Chicago Lustre 642 7.00 Viburnum lentago 1,000 7.00 5 8.00Viburnum nudum Winterthur 359 7.00 Viburnum opulus Nanum 380 7.00 Viburnum plic. Summer Snowflake 446 9.00 Viburnum plicatum Mariesii 408 9.00 Viburnum plicatum Shasta 340 9.00 Viburnum trilobum 1,000 7.00 Viburnum trilobum Bailey Compact 685 7.00 Weigela florida Bristol Ruby 265 7.00 Weigela florida Bristol Snowflake 337 7.00 Weigela florida Elvira 199 9.60 Weigela florida French Lace 343 9.60 Weigela florida Java Red 200 7.00 Weigela florida Minuet 299 8.00 Weigela florida Nana Variegata 932 7.00 Weigela florida Rumba 546 7.00 Weigela florida Victoria 212 7.00

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Since its inception in 2005, officially desig-nated the Year of the Veteran, the Ottawa Chapter’s Day of Tribute has maintained through volunteer work, the burial grounds of Canada’s fallen soldiers at the National Military Cemetery Beechwood in Ottawa.

“I am very proud to be involved with this project,” says event chairperson Sha-ron Rouette-Urquhart of Green Unlimited in Ottawa. She has been involved with the project since the beginning.

Many Chapter members say it’s an opportunity to honour the military and their families through beautification of final rest-ing places of military veterans. This is the sixth year Chapter members have sup-ported this initiative.

“I find myself continually impressed by the level of commitment that members of the green industry have in support-ing a volunteer project such as this,” said Rouette-Urquhart. “I have had the hon-our of meeting and working with wonder-ful people who care for their community in any way they can. I see an earnest desire in those around me to show some appre-ciation for our Canadian soldiers and their families, so I am very pleased to be able to take part in coordinating this project.”

The Chapter created a banner spe-cially for the event, along with red T-shirts as a symbol of support for the military on Red Fridays. The event took place on Fri., Oct. 28.

Sponsors of the Day of Tribute were Bradley’s Insurance, Norleans Technolo-

Ottawa Chapter continues to honour Canada’s fallen soldiersgies. Product suppliers: Greenspace, Peter Knippel Nurseries, Ritchie Feed and Seed, Peter Smit and Sons Inc., Green Unlimited and Weed Man. Special thanks to the members from Green Unlimited, Bradley’s Insurance, Geosynthetic Sys-tems, Clintar Landscape Management — Ottawa, La fleur de la Capitale, Weed Man, Hirsig Landscapes, and Peter Smit and Sons, whose work ensured the suc-cess of the day.

Dignitaries and Ottawa Chapter mem-bers present: Major Jo-Anne Flawn-Laforge DND DCSM, Brigadier General David Kettle, Commonwealth War Graves

Commission, Warrant Officer Christopher Robin, Retired Chief Warrant Officer Dan Bradley, Roger Boult of Beechwood Cem-etery, Chris Burns LO Ottawa President, directors Stacy Elliott of Bradley’s Insur-ance, Jim Curran of Lafleur de la Capitale; there in spirit, committee member and Ottawa director Kelly Mulrooney-Cote of Geosynthetic Systems.

A complete selection of photographs from the day can be found on the Ottawa Chapter Facebook page that can be accessed from www.horttrades.com/ chapter/ottawa.

Many of the crew who took part in Ottawa Chapter’s Day of Tribute.

LO volunteers keep the military cemetery beautiful.


Congress is more than a trade show. There are conferences, awards, networking and even dancing.

Top up your toolbox! Trim your costs, sharpen your skills and

build your professional edge at Conference at Congress 2012. It all takes place on Jan. 9, 10, 11 and 12.

The 39th edition of Landscape Ontario’s trade show – Congress – is scheduled for Jan. 10 to 12 at the Toronto Congress Cen-tre. The 2012 edition promises to be the premier networking event of the year with everything from outstanding exhibits and an enlightening New Products Showcase to value-added edu-cation and not-to-be-missed events such as the Awards of Excellence cer-emony and Tailgate Party XVI.

PRE-TRAdE SHOW EvENTS, MON., JAN. 9The 47th Annual IPM Symposium returns to the Con-gress Centre, Cohen Ballroom. Times have changed, and the program is revamped to add more value and be more relevant than ever for both lawn and tree care companies, as well as municipalities.

The 2012 theme ‘Managing Turf, Trees and Expectations’ will see noted indus-try experts enlighten the audience. Also available will be a sponsor showcase and attendees can earn eight IPM Council of Canada CEC’s. New this year, the IPM Person of the Year Award will be presented. The day’s events will conclude with a com-plimentary networking reception for all reg-istered attendees.

The Landscape Designers’ Conference will again be held at the Doubletree by Hil-ton Hotel, in the International Ballroom, and include a sponsor showcase and feature a full-day of sessions, followed by a net-working reception. The line-up is fantastic: Kyle Lacy, Ron Koudys CLD, Haig Seferian CLD, Phillip Van Wassenaer, plus many more! This is a must-attend for landscape design professionals.

The Ontario Parks Association’s 56th Annual Parks Educational Forum will also be held at the Doubletree. ‘Turning Grey to Green, 75 Years of Protecting Tomor-row Today’ has a fantastic line-up from the

Tools for the Trade are all at Congress 2012operations manager from the City of Cam-bridge, to the head of horticulture at the Royal Botanical Garden in Burlington, to the City of Chicago’s director of green ini-tiatives. This annual event attracts parks and open space professionals from across the province, including frontline staff to directors and elected officials.

The Certified Landscape Professional Study Group will also be available on Mon-day, with an exam writing option at the end of the day. Human resources and leader-

ship will be the focus.The Irrigation Conference has been

reformatted and moves to Wednesday afternoon. This will include lunch, allowing attendees to enjoy the trade show in the morning and network at the irrigation con-ference in the afternoon. The 2012 edition features Todd Magatagan from the Texas Irrigation Association Board of Directors. He will highlight the good, the bad, the ugly and the future of Texas Irrigation Licensing.

CONFERENCES, JAN. 10 TO 12The 2012 Conference at Congress — Tuesday to Thursday sessions — will focus on prosperity for both business owner/oper-ator and employees. Relevant business development and enhancement are key issues and will highlight the schedule.

The speaker line-up has been revamped. Most presenters are new to Congress, but are well recognized at asso-ciations across the Great Lake States. The program features internationally acclaimed industry and business experts such as Jeff Mowatt, Ron Koudys, Jody Shilan, Steven Peck, Kyle Lacy, Mark Bradley, Bill Arman and many more. With 33 sessions to

choose from, attendees have many, many options to expand their knowledge. New for 2012, each day will feature owners-only workshops to drill down into business oper-ations. Also new this year, all conference pass holders are invited to lunch sessions with business-focused chat sessions as part of a value added initiative. Each day at 2 p.m. will feature a session, free to all trade show attendees.

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities will hold three green roof workshops on Thursday

afternoon.

SPECIAL EvENTSHeld in conjunction with Congress, the Awards of Excel-lence ceremony for the landscape con-struction, mainte-nance and design programs will take place at the Double-tree by Hilton Hotel on Jan. 10. The cer-emony is preceded by LO president Tom Intven’s wine and cheese reception. Tickets can be pur-

chased at www.locongress.com.Soak up some history! Also on Tuesday,

the Ontario Horticultural Trades Foundation is hosting the Legacy Room. It’s an oppor-tunity to drop in and network with mem-bers and pioneers of the association. Light refreshments will be served, and the invita-tion is open to all members.

Wednesday morning kicks off with breakfast at the Doubletree for LO’s Annual General Meeting. All members are invited to attend and review activities from the pre-vious year, elect two members at large and discuss plans for the coming year.

The evening boasts one of the best par-ties in town – Tailgate XVI! Check out three hot new emerging musical artists, and some great entertainment. This networking event includes dinner. All that is required for admission is your trade show badge – what a deal!

Follow us on Twitter for updates @locongress.

Look for detailed information in the Con-ference Guide – included in the Nov./Dec. issue of Landscape Trades, or at www.locongress.com.


The 2011 Champion Tree Hunt was a tre-mendous success for the Waterloo Chap-ter, with 333 entries.

On Oct. 29, the Chapter announced the winner of event was a 126-foot-high eastern cottonwood, entered by Peter

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and Judy Weber. The presentation took place with Landscape Ontario executive director Tony DiGiovanni, who joined Phil Dickie, Mike Hayes and Greg Temple-man, members of the Waterloo Chapter who began the tree hunt back in April.

The presentation was held at the Huron Natu-ral Area on Trillium Drive in Kitchener. The tree is located several kilometres west of Bamberg. It is 277 inches in circumference, its crown is 90 feet at its wid-est spread, and 75 feet at its narrowest.

To see all the entries and photos of both the winning tree and closing ceremony, visit www.treehunt.ca.

The 2011 tree hunt was inspired by a great tree hunt organized in 1990 by the Kitchener-Waterloo Field Naturalists to help find the largest trees and trees of special interest within the region.

The purpose of the 2011 hunt was for people to learn how to identify trees and to take measurements of circumference, height and crown spread. Another pur-pose of the project was to raise awareness of the value of tree preservation.

The tree hunt website provided a list of tree species with pho-tos, and instructions for how people should measure the trees as part of their entries.

Peter Weber can’t completely hug this giant eastern cottonwood.


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The Windsor Chapter honoured a num-ber of its professional members with Awards of Distinction.

Windsor Chapter presents Awards of Distinction

The annual event took place in late October at Top Grade Landscape and Garden Solutions in McGregor.

Approximately 60 members and staff of the respective companies enjoyed a barbecue, followed by the Chapter awards presentations.

Organizers say the overall quantity of entries were up from the previous year, with some very professional work on dis-play. The Chapter was joined by home office staff members Tony DiGiovanni, executive director, Denis Flanagan, director of public relations, and Helen Hassard, membership coordinator.

The format changed this year, result-ing in no gold, silver or bronze awards. The following lists the company, followed by the awards it won:

Bellaire Landscape: Water Feature Small, Water Feature Large, Landscape Construction Small Residential, Land-scape Construction Large Residential, Hardscape Small, Hardscape Large

Lakeshore Landscaping: Landscape Construction Large Commercial, Land-scape Construction Small Commercial, Landscape Construction Large Residential

Landscape Effects Group: Landscape Construction Large Commercial, Land-scape Construction Small Residential, Landscape Construction Large Residen-tial, Hardscape Small, Hardscape Large

Top Grade Landscape and Garden Solutions: Landscape Maintenance Com-mercial, Landscape Maintenance Resi-dential

Garlatti Landscaping: Landscape Maintenance Commercial, Landscape Maintenance Residential

Accepting plaques at the Windsor Chapter Awards Night are from left, Christopher Keiser of Landscape Effects Group, Chapter president Nino Papa of Santerra Stonecraft, and Chris Power of Bellaire Landscape.


ASSOCIATION NEWS

SINCE 2008, OTTAWA CHAPTER IS A BIg PART OF REgIONAL CANCER FOUNdATIONSince 2008, Ottawa Chapter members have stepped up to maintain the Ottawa Cancer Survivors Park.

The maintenance schedule of the

park was coordinated this year by Ottawa Chapter vice president Ed Hansen of Hansen Lawn and Garden. He is also the creator and organizer of a yearly golf tournament in Ottawa, ‘Take a Swing at Cancer - the Herman Hansen Memorial Golf Tournament’ in memory of his father Herman Hansen, who passed away from

colon cancer. To date, this tournament has raised over $100,000 for the Ottawa Regional Cancer foundation.

The latest task taken on by Ottawa Chapter members is maintaining the grounds on the new Maplesoft Centre, which officially opened Nov. 3. Maplesoft focuses on cancer survivorship, creating a calm and relaxing atmosphere for all who visit.

Ed Hansen says, “I know that all the volunteers who participate in this main-tenance program are doing so for very personal reasons. It is their way of giv-ing back to the community. The whole of Ottawa Chapter benefits from their involvement. The grounds of the park and now the Maplesoft Centre, as a result of our members’ generosity and dedication of their time, will continue to be maintained with the same beauty and spirit as has been for the past three years. I am honoured and proud to be part of this program and welcome all other Ottawa Chapter members to join in the project next year.”

Located on 4.5 acres at the busy intersections of Alta Vista Dr., Industrial Ave., and Riverside Dr., Ottawa’s Cancer Survivors Park offers a place of seren-ity and inspiration to cancer patients and survivors, their friends and families.

The following Ottawa Chapter mem-bers took part in the maintenance pro-gram this year at the park: Horticare Landscaping, Garden Creations, The Professional Gardener, Clintar Land-scape Management, Ottawa GreenLife Garden Care and Landscaping, Hansen Lawn and Garden, Terrapro, Lindsay Landscapes, Greenscape Watering Sys-tems and Lafleur de La Capitale. Teams maintained the site throughout the sea-son. The fall take down was completed on Nov. 1 by Clintar Landscape Manage-ment Ottawa, Hansen Lawn and Garden, Horticare Landscaping and Lafleur de la Capitale.

For more information on the park please visit www.cancersurvivorspark.ca/about.htm

WATERLOO’S LATEST gREENINg PROJECTCREATES OUTdOOR CLASSROOMWaterloo-Oxford District Secondary School has a new outdoor classroom thanks to the Waterloo Chapter.

Members wishing to have a say concerning issues affecting the association, will have the opportunity at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Jan. 11, at the Doubletree International Plaza Hotel, 655 Dixon Rd., Toronto.

Free breakfast is served, starting at 7:30 a.m. An rsvp is appreciated to Kathleen Pugliese at 905-875-1805, or 1-800-265-5656, ext. 309, or [email protected].

Have your say at AGM

Chris Burns, president of the Ottawa Chapter and Clintar Landscape Management-Ottawa, on left, and Ed Hansen, vice president of the Ottawa Chapter and Hansen Lawn and Garden, take a break after volunteering at the Ottawa Cancer Survivors Park.


The project was the Chapter’s lat-est school greening community project. Don Prosser of Don Prosser Landscape Design of Ayr was the project’s chair.

“We are so excited to have this out-door classroom,” said Greg Kaster, teacher at Waterloo-Oxford school.

The outdoor classroom will provide students with an interactive classroom for studies on ecology, environmental interaction, climate change and green technologies. Students from the horticul-ture class will maintain the outdoor area.

The official ribbon cutting ceremony for the outdoor classroom took place on Oct. 6, at the school, located in Baden.

Landscape Ontario donated materi-als, time and manpower to create the outdoor classroom, located beside the horticulture classroom at the school. Stu-dents from the construction class created benches and a pergola to a

UPPER CANAdA CONTINUES BEAUTIFICATION AWARdFor the seventh consecutive year, the Trenton Commercial Beautification Tro-phy, collaboration between the Trenton Horticultural Society and Upper Canada Chapter, has been awarded to a non-res-idential business or organization that is judged to have an exceptional presence.

Bonita Glover of The Garden Net-work received the award this year. “It is fitting that this woman’s enterprise was selected, as the business is an excellent example of Landscape Ontario’s Green for Life philosophy,” said Dan Clost, Chapter secretary and past president.

The Garden Network is a retail gar-den centre and greenhouse located in Stockdale and Natural Themes, a neigh-bouring native plant nursery. “Together, they offer information and activities cen-tred on naturalized and traditional gar-den techniques. Extensive display beds demonstrate the possibilities of the many plants available for sale and viewing. Children’s activities are available around traditional and native plant gardening. Folks who live in Trenton are familiar with Bonita’s work, as she is responsible for the magnificent planters and hanging baskets that enliven the downtown core,”


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explained Clost.To date, winners of this sought-after

recognition include a local motel, a foot-care clinic (twice), a funeral centre, a bed and breakfast and even a municipality.

Presenting the trophy on behalf of the Chapter was Lisa Smith CHT, a long-time member of the Upper Canada board of directors and an Awards of Excellence winner.

IN MEMORIAM

HANS J. SCHMITzHans J. Schmitz, founder and president of Artistic Landscape Designs, Ottawa,

passed away on Nov. 17.

A memo-rial service will be held at the First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa Nov. 26.

Born in Sep-tember, 1929 in Sonnenberg bei Wiesbaden,

Germany, Schmitz immigrated to Canada in December 1952.

Landscape Ontario first vice-president Tim Kearney expressed his fond memo-ries of Hans Schmitz. “The Schmitz fam-ily gave a then 16-year-old inexperienced young man (Kearney) his first taste of what is undoubtedly the finest and only worthwhile profession on earth. In one summer, Mr. and Mrs. Schmitz firmly entrenched the word professional into my vocabulary. He was perhaps the first of a long list of truly professional, quality minded, and passionate landscapers to grace our city.

“His insistence to create imaginative cutting edge gardens, while providing a garden centre that was second-to-none for the homeowner, was a vision that many can only still dream. A trailblazer, a leader and a mentor to many, this won-derful husband, father, and grandfather touched the lives of thousands. Many of us are forever indebted to his vision,” concluded Kearney.

Hans J. Schmitz leaves behind his wife of 57 years Edeltraut, and children Eva (Jim), Edel, Hans Jr. (Mary-Anne), Eckhart (Louise) and honorary son Mossy (Yassaman), grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

In his memory, a donation on behalf of the Ottawa Chapter is being made to Friends of the Experimental Farm (Botan-ical Garden).

dAvId STEvENSON SOMERvILLEThe co-founder of Somerville Nurser-ies, David Somerville, passed away on Oct. 25, at the age of 83. The funeral took place at St. John’s United Church in Alliston.

With partner John Somerville, he helped develop Somerville Nurseries, which is now the largest grower of natu-ral Christmas trees in Canada.

Bonita Glover of The Garden Network, left, accepts the Commercial Beautification Trophy from Lisa Smith of Lisa Purves Garden Design and Consultation, a member of Upper Canada Chapter board of directors.

The Snow and Ice Sector Group has decided to hold its annual symposium and trade show on September 20, 2012.

The Snow and Ice Conference and Expo has been held off-site for the last few years, but will return to Landscape Ontario’s home office site next year.

Sessions will run inside in the morning and a mini-trade show and practical demonstrations will take place outside in the afternoon.

Snow and Ice event returning home


On June 27, 1928, he was the first baby born in the original Stevenson Memorial Hospital in Alliston. He was the second son of David Wilmot and Marjorie Ann Thomson, and younger brother of John (Jean).

He attended Pickering College, where he met his future wife, Shirley King. The couple, married in 1949, had four children: Chuck (Ann), Dan (Adele), Cheryl Jiiva (John) and Rich-ard (Lei). The family grew to include

seven grandchildren: Jason (Kayla), Kelly (Ken), Joni (Andrew), David, Stephanie, Aaron, Austin and three great-grandchildren, Ariah, Allie and Reena.

Somerville began his working life at General Steel Wares in the production department, before moving north to Kear-ney, where he joined the family lumber business. He eventually moved from lumber into Christmas trees, moving back to Allis-ton in 1960.

He believed in community service, serving Rotary Interna-tional, which presented him with the prestigious Paul Harris Fel-low Award. David Somerville also enjoyed activities, such as driving his Harley across Canada to B.C; canoeing in Algonquin Park; managing his pheasant hunt club; camping with family; snowmobiling; and wintering and golfing in Florida.

CALvIN CHONg Dr. Calvin Chong passed away Nov. 26, after a battle with lym-phoma. Dr. Chong was a long-time supporter and contributor to the horticulture industry. His research work at Vineland Station and the University of Guelph, along with his passion for horti-

culture was unmatched. His research work enhanced many of the industry’s practices, especially with respect to container growing. Most recently, he worked on recycling materials from the waste stream into growing substrates.

Among several awards, Dr. Chong was elected as a Fellow of the Inter-national Plant Propagators Society (1999) for his many contributions in the area of plant propagation. He was a great communicator and cared a great

deal about the people with whom he worked. His work made a very positive difference in the horticultural community.

Dr. Chong leaves behind his wife, Dorothy, son Oliver and his wife Naoko, Glenn and his wife Anne, daughter Joanne Gonsalves and her husband Trevo, and grandchildren, Taiyo, Hiromi, Samantha, Phillip, Cadence and Kalista.

A funeral service was held on Sat., Dec. 3, at Highland Funeral Home in Markham. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association.

CORRECTIONOn page 8 of the November 2011 issue of Landscape Ontario, the article under the heading, “Kees Govers on the ground floor of fast-growing green roof industry,” contained the sentence, “When fully vegetated and satu-rated, each container weighs around 30 pounds.” In fact, a saturated module of four inches in depth weighs just under 30 pounds per square foot.


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

Capacity audience at 2011 IPM Symposium.

EvENTS

January 9IPM SymposiumToronto Congress CentreThe 2011 IPM Symposium will take place at the Toronto Congress Centre in the Cohen Ballroom. An impressive list of speakers makes up a full agenda. For details, visit www.horttrades.com/ipm-symposium-2011.

January 9Landscape designer Conference Doubletree Plaza Hotel, International Ballroom, TorontoA full-day design seminar is set for the Dou-bletree Plaza Hotel, International Ballroom, Toronto. An initiative of the Landscape Ontario Designers Sector, the event begins at 8 a.m. The information-packed event concludes at 5 p.m., followed by a networking reception. For more information, go to www.locongress.com.

January 10 – 12Congress 2012 trade show and conferenceToronto Congress Centre, 650 Dixon Rd., TorontoLandscape Ontario’s Congress is Canada’s largest green industry event for landscape pro-fessionals. Engage with energetic industry pro-fessionals to sharpen your skills and increase your expertise. Details at www.locongress.com.

January 10Awards of Excellence Ceremony and President’s ReceptionDoubletree by Hilton Hotel, Toronto AirportThe annual Landscape Ontario Awards Cer-emony will honour the top landscape contrac-tors, designers and maintenance contractors in the Ontario horticulture industry. The Presi-dent’s wine and cheese reception at 4:45 p.m. gives attendees an opportunity to meet and mingle with outgoing LO president Tom Intven. Tickets may be purchased at www.loawards.com.

January 11Irrigation conferenceToronto Congress Centre Don’t miss the 2012 irrigation conference at the Toronto Congress Centre. The symposium will feature the latest techniques, designs, mar-ket forecasts, technology and much more, and it all begins at 12-noon with registration and lunch. More information is available at www.locongress.com.

January 12Certification written test dateCongress Trade ShowAll certification designation written tests can be challenged at Congress at 2 p.m. with pre-registration. For more information, contact Landscape Ontario 1-800-265-5656, or email [email protected].

February 7 - 9damage Prevention SymposiumBlue Mountain, CollingwoodThe 9th Annual Ontario Regional Common Ground Alliance Damage Prevention Sympo-sium will take place at Blue Mountain, Colling-wood. For more information, or to register, go to www.orcga.com.

February 8growers group annual short courseRoyal Canadian Legion, 57 Watson Parkway South, GuelphThe LO Growers Group annual Short Course agenda includes a featured speaker, as well as industry researchers and growers who will present the results of their LO-funded research and government updates. As always, the day concludes with the popular Growers’ Good Idea session, with several growers sharing their experience.

CHAPTER EvENTSJanuary 17Ottawa Chapter AgMRoyal Canadian Legion Branch, 641- 3500 Fallowfield Rd., OttawaJoin the Ottawa Chapter for its Annual Gen-eral Meeting. Speakers include the executive director and president of Landscape Ontario. Pre-register with [email protected] for a free lunch and to qualify for the Sens ticket giveaway.

January 26Windsor Chapter meetingDominion Golf Club, 6125 Howard Avenue, LaSalleThe Windsor Chapter begins a new year with its first meeting of 2012, starting at 12-noon, and running to 3 p.m. The Windsor Chapter is bringing in Philip Bell of Shutter Studios to teach how to take fantastic photos.

February 1Waterloo Chapter meeting Knights of Columbus, 145 Dearborn Place, WaterlooMembers of the Waterloo Chapter invite you to the February meeting, entitled, ‘Landscaper’s Rant: Roundtable Discussions on Our Issues.’ It starts at 7 and runs to 9 p.m. Contact Rob Tester at [email protected] for more information.

February 2Toronto Chapter meetingLatvian Centre, 4 Credit Union Drive, TorontoOne of Toronto Chapter’s most popular meet-ings of the year is the annual MTO meeting.

February 7durham Chapter meetingQuality Suites Hotel (formerly the Holiday Inn), Bloor St., Oshawa The February Durham Chapter meeting will begin at 10 a.m.

February 7London Chapter meetingBest Western Lamplight Inn, 591 Wellington Road South, LondonJoin the Chapter for a buffet lunch at 12-noon, followed by a seminar on website development and taking perfect photographs to showcase your business. Cost is $25 per person, with lunch included. Pre-registration is required. For more information, contact Carla Bailey at [email protected].

February 1519th annual green Trade ExpoC E Centre, 4899 Uplands Drive, Ottawa Now in its 19th year, Green Trade Expo moves to a new location. Visit us at the C E Centre, 4899 Uplands Drive, Ottawa. To register or find more information, go to www.greentrade.ca.

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New accessibility rules in force this JanuaryAs of Jan. 1, 2012, all employers in Ontario who provide goods and services must be compliant with the Ontario’s new Accessibility Standard for Customer Ser-vice issued under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).

While the Customer Service Stan-dards have applied to designated public sector organizations since Jan. 1, 2010, those standards will apply to all providers of goods or services in Ontario. Employ-ers covered by the Customer Service Standards are required to:• Establishpolicies,practicesand

procedures governing the provision of goods and services to persons with disabilities.

• Providetrainingtoallpeoplewhointeractwith the public on the organization’s behalf, as well as to those who are involved in developing the organization’s policies and procedures.

• Allowpersonswithdisabilitieswhouseservice animals or support persons to enter areas that are open to the public or that are open to other third parties where the organization is providing goods or services.

• Notifythepublicregardingtemporaryplanned or unexpected disruptions to facilities or services that persons with disabilities use to access the organization’s goods or services.

• Establishaprocessbywhichpeoplecangive feedback on how its organization provides goods or services to persons

with disabilities and describe how the organization will respond to the feedback.

• Maintaindocumentscontainingthegeneral policies, feedback processes and training materials developed pursuant to the above requirements, as well as to provide such documents to any person

Ontario’s workplace insurance sys-tem is in a transition period. Accord-ing to the WSIB, “A modest premium rate increase for 2012 is the mini-mum necessary to stabilize the sys-tem’s finances while being fair to the workers and employers who rely on it.”The following graph shows a gen-

upon request. This last requirement applies only to organizations with 20 employees or more.

The Customer Service Standards will be enforced by workplace inspections, compliance orders and administrative fines of up to $100,000 for each day that a corporation is not in compliance.

To find out more information on the Act, go to www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/ programs/accessibility/index.aspx. The Customer Service Standards also requires that organizations file compli-ance reports through the Service Ontario website www.ontario.ca/en/services_for_residents/ONT04_024954.html.

WSIB 2012 rateseralized premium rate change for the landscape industry. For your spe-cific rate group, look for the number that appears on your WSIB Premium Remittance Form. For more infor-mation, go to the WSIB’s website at http://bit.ly/WSIBrate.

Rate group

Sector WSIB description 2011 Premium Rate

2012 Premium Rate

181 Nursery Growers Fishing and Miscellaneous Farming $3.51 $3.58184 Lawn Care Poultry Farms and Agricultural Services $3.13 $3.19190 Landscaping and

Related Services$4.72 $4.81

570 Snow Plowing General Trucking $6.43 $6.56636 Garden Centres Other Sales $1.40 $1.43

WSIB RATES FOR HORTICULTURE INdUSTRy CATEgORIES

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A list of 29 alternative trees to white and green ash (Fraxinus americana and F. pennsylvanica) and Norway maple (Acer platanoides) is now featured online.

Emerald ash borer (EAB) is destroy-ing white and green ash in record numbers throughout North America. Market demand has dramatically declined at this stage of the EAB infestation.

Norway maple is accused of naturaliz-ing in many areas both in the U.S. and in Ontario, placing Acer platanoides on sev-eral invasive plant lists. Some research claims cultivars may not be invasive, but the popularity of Norway maples has declined because of the issue.

Finding alternative trees became a con-cern for nursery growers. This sparked the formation of the research group to develop a list of urban tolerant trees as good alter-natives to ash and Norway maple. Infor-mation was gathered through surveys with industry groups and a literature search into urban tolerant trees.

Through funding from the Farm Innova-tion Program, Landscape Ontario Growers’ Sector Group initiated the research project to develop a list of urban-tolerant trees that could be offered to the Ontario landscape industry.

The project team, led by Thelma Kes-sel of Lacewing Horticulture, included Sean Fox, assistant manager, University of Guelph Arboretum, Jennifer Llewellyn, OMAFRA nursery crops specialist, and Dr. Glen Lumis, Professor Emeritus, University of Guelph.

The 29 trees on the list are consid-ered suitable for an Ontario urban setting, while encouraging species diversity. The research group feels the trees on this list have tolerance to urban situations, along with aesthetics and relative freedom from pests and diseases. The trees are similar to ash in size and form. Smaller specimens were included for sites where ash would be too large.

Unlike today where a few specimens dominate the landscape, the group felt that a broad list of replacements will allow future urban forests to have a better opportunity to resist major pest infestations, and reduce the risk of future widespread problems.

List of urban-tolerant trees for nurseries now online

FEATUREd TREE Shagbark hickory, Carya ovataLike a shaggy dog, the more you get to know shagbark hickory, the more you will like it.

Perhaps one of Ontario’s toughest native trees, this species can often be found growing in dry, rocky conditions in natural areas. It is an important compo-nent of the oak-hickory forest for habi-tat and food source. Shagbark hickory becomes a stately shade tree. It can reach 22 metres with a narrowly cylindri-cal shape and open branching.

Carya ovata is interesting throughout the year. As the leaf buds unfurl, red-dish bracts are revealed that appear as if flowers. In May, the showy male cat-kins bloom. Compound leaves provide a strong, almost coarse texture to the summer landscape. Pinching the leaves reveals a slight apple scent. Fall is per-haps the most striking time with foliage

Acer campestre, hedge mapleAcer x freemanii, Freeman’s mapleAcer ginnala (A. tataricum subsp.

ginnala), Amur mapleAcer platanoides,

Norway maple cvs. only: ‘Columnare’ ‘Crimson King’ ‘Globosum’ ‘Royal Red’

Acer triflorum,threefloweredmapleAesculus flava (octandra), yellow

buckeyeAmelanchier spp., serviceberryCarya cordiformis, bitternut hickoryCarya ovata, shagbark hickoryCeltis occidentalis, hackberryFraxinus quadrangulata, blue ashGinkgo biloba, ginkgoGleditsia triacanthos var. inermis cvs.,

honeylocustGymnocladus dioica, Kentucky

coffeetreeMaclura pomifera, Osage orange

Malus spp./cvs., crabappleOstrya virginiana, ironwoodPhellodendron amurense and/or

sachalinense, Amur corktreePyrus calleryana cvs., Callery pearQuercus bicolor, swamp white oakQuercus ellipsoidalis, northern pin oakQuercus macrocarpa, bur oakQuercus muehlenbergii, chinquapin

oakQuercus shumardii, shumard oakSyringa reticulata and/or pekinensis

spp./cvs., Japanese tree lilacTaxodium distichum, baldcypressTilia americana, basswoodTilia cordata, littleleaf lindenUlmus americana, American elm

Online factsheets are available for each tree with specific data and pho-tographs. The information is acces-sible at www.landscapeontario.com/trees-for-urban-landscapes.

Recommended 29 alternative trees

turning shades of yellow and golden brown. In winter, the shagbark hickory is appreciated for the tree’s stately shape and the fantastic exfoliating bark that is so shaggy, it defies description.

The shagbark hickory grows slowly, building an extensive root system that enables it to tolerate tough conditions, such as heat and drought on a wide range of

Few pests and diseases affect shagbark hickory.

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soils. As demand for hickories increases, nursery growers will find techniques to overcome the chal-lenges of transplanting this taproot species.

The name ovata describes the egg shape of the nut husk. The often-plentiful nuts are the choice food for wildlife, and most edible of the hickories. Hardy to zone 5 and perhaps zone 4, the shagbark hickory has few seri-ous pests or diseases.

The tree has some wonderful features, but it should be care-fully located. It may be sensitive to deicing salt, and should not be

planted in highly maintained turf areas. Dropping petioles, nuts, leaves and exfoliating bark may be regarded as a maintenance nuisance. Planted where it can develop in all its beauty, Carya ovata is a valuable contribution to the urban forest.

The shedding bark, dropping petioles and fruit may be too messy for the fastidious gardener or maintained turf areas.

One large tree can produce up to 630 litres of nuts.

Alternate, pinnately compound, five leaflets, striking yellow and golden brown fall colour.

18 LANDSCAPE ONTARIO ANNUAL REPORT 2011

If you are reading this article, chances are you are a survivor. You no doubt have worked harder than ever and learned a great deal about yourself and re-invented your company at least once during my two years as president.

You probably haven’t had a great deal of spare time to reflect on it, either. Since the crash of 2008, the pace of life and business has escalated at a rate to which we have not been accustomed. The changing economic climate has treated the sectors differently, as

well as each of us as individuals. What differs is our personal response to change. Some of us thrive on the new opportunities that change brings, while others accept change with difficulty and in turn may not fare so well. There is one thing for certain, however, and that is that change is here to stay and the rate of change is increasing.

Through these tumultuous past two years, I sincerely hope that Land-scape Ontario has been in some small way a grounding force for you. We have worked hard to:1) Identify your priorities 2) Direct our full resources and energies to match those priorities 3) Not just meet, but exceed your expectations of what an association can

do to help you achieve your business and professional goals 4) Help you get the advice and tools that you need to thrive in changing

times5) Provide you with as many opportunities as possible, on a chapter basis,

a sector basis, as well as a provincial and even national basis to educate and allow you to network with peers in order to create your own group of like-minded individuals who can act as a club for mutual business and personal improvement

In short, we have tried our hardest to demonstrate return on your investment on your dues to Landscape Ontario.

The true litmus test of your approval is your membership renewal, and the most recent count says, all things considered, we are doing OK. Our membership is declining lightly. I could stretch it, and say it is holding.

The mounting challenges of meeting your needs and your continued approval in these changing times does not wane. Our biggest challenges I feel, are as follows: • Maintaining our value proposition

You, our members, will expect more from your association in the coming years. We must clearly understand what you need and expect through continuous external and internal scanning. Then, we must deliver a solid ‘value proposition’ in tune with your needs and expectations in order to

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President’s MessageMounting challenges will test strength of association

retain your membership. Please remember that YOU are masters of your association’s destiny and your participation ensures the outcome.

• Staying financially sound We have enjoyed blissful budgeting to date, because our revenues have been accomplished with relative ease. The impact of the changing economic times on our association has not yet been fully realized. In many parts of the U.S., the harsh impact of the new economy has become reality and associations there are failing miserably. In the foreseeable future, I fear we could face slowing membership and reduced revenue from our main income streams – our trade shows and magazines. Our challenge will be to maintain the level of delivery from our income consuming departments that provide our value – education and membership services, if our income generating departments are compromised. Will we be able to maintain a sufficient value proposition to maintain your interest?

• Maintaining our spirit of volunteerism Our association has been built by an incredible spirit of volunteerism throughout our long history. Ironically, however, in these rapidly changing times, our strength is also our Achilles tendon — this very dependent on volunteers. Your ‘free’ time has become rare and more valuable than ever. Can we continue to ask volunteers to change their lives to meet the association’s work? I believe that in order to attract volunteers into the future, we need to make volunteer work more flexible, faster, focused and enjoyable. Further, we need to rely more heavily on our staff to do the legwork in order to accomplish our membership goals.

• The challenge of relevance This past year, incredibly difficult weather precipitated and heightened the question of relevance of our industry in general. After all, many of our goods and services are not essential, as are food, shelter and energy. In the wet, cold April and May of 2011, I’m sure most of us thought our customers were saying, “Let’s just forget about gardening this year.” I’ve been impressed by our members’ ability to fight back and survive and even thrive in this most difficult of years. We have a great deal of work to do as an association of individual companies to achieve overall relevance, and respect for our industry.

I have truly enjoyed working for you and hope that in the last two years that you have found ‘real value’ in your membership to Landscape Ontario. If you have, renew your membership, and spread the good word.

Landscape Ontario is an amazing organization, and I am very proud and honoured to have served as your president.

Respectfully submitted,Tom IntvenPresident 2010-2011

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The association is once again in a fortunate financial position. The time to invest in the membership is when the general economy is slow.

This year we continued to spread the message to the public about the value of landscaping and using professional mem-bers. The amazing Landscape Ontario gar-den at Canada Blooms told the story of a caring professionals getting together to showcase how our industry enhances the quality of life. We continued this messag-

ing by focusing resources on the Landscape Ontario.com Green for Life website. Our members further reinforced the public benefit message through the many community-building projects outlined in the pages of this Annual Report.

We also focused on professional development activities with many programs aimed at helping members enhance their businesses.

On the financial side, we did well. We achieved retained earnings of $108,475. We did better than expected at Congress, Garden Expo and Horticulture Review magazine. We invested in education and membership services.

The retained earnings were allocated to the following funds: • IndustryDevelopmentFund:$77,475.Withthetop-up,thereisnow

annual Treasurer’s ReportAssociation in fortunate financial position

$660,000 in this fund. This is reserved for priority projects of the board. It also serves as a contingency fund in case of unforeseen circumstances.

•PromotionFund:$6,000.Thisisafundweusetoallocatetochaptersand sector groups for extra promotion. The $6,000 was used to top up the fund to $20,000.

•Technology:$25,000.Thisfundisusedtoupgradecomputersystemsandsoftware. We will be introducing a new membership card system early in the new year.

•BuildingFund:AlthoughwedidnotallocateanymoneytotheBuildingFund this year, there is a balance of $871,543. It will be used in the future to enhance your headquarters as a professional development centre for horticulture.

It is also worth noting that the association has no debt, sits on 49 acres of valuable land, benefits from healthy and secure investments and enjoys a stable income from trade shows, magazines and dues.

As your treasurer, I am proud to be the steward of the collective finances of the association. There are few horticultural associations in the world that enjoy such stability.

Respectfully submitted,Dave Braun Treasurer 2011

Executive Director’s ReportState of the industry

This year has been a challenge for many of our members. The wet and cold spring, was followed by searing summer heat dis-couraging garden and landscape activity.

Garden centre and grower members were hit the hardest. Contractors fared bet-ter, but found themselves far behind being unable to get onto muddy sites. The lawn care sector found it very difficult to keep up with the weeds and their customers’ expec-tations. The fall was much better for many parts of Ontario, except Georgian Lake-

lands where members experienced prolonged periods of rain and one of the earliest snowfalls on record.

In response, your association hosted a number of think-tank meetings which featured excellent speakers and consultants. Stories and strategies were shared. We also focused our public messages on topics meant to stimulate demand for our members’ services and products.

In tough times, the Landscape Ontario community becomes much more important. Challenges can bring out the best of people. It has been inspiring to observe the resilience and passion of the membership, and also the care that many of you have for each other — even as competi-tors. The contribution-ethic of the membership is legendary. The number of hours given to the association in pursuit of our common vision (to enhance the lives of our customers and to build a prosperous, profes-sional, ethical, recognized and valued green industry) is immense. The amount of time, resources and money that our membership expends giving back to the community through chapter and individual projects

is truly amazing. Thousands have been touched by the generosity and goodwill of our members. These stories are highlighted throughout the pages of the annual report.

A few highlights Despite the weather and economic challenges, we managed to accom-plish a great deal. The pages of this report are living testament to the enviable position we enjoy in having so many members, so engaged in advancing the industry and association.

Prosperity through engagement Speaking of engagement…. This was the theme of President Tom Intven’s presidency. His very clear message is that engagement unlocks the per-sonal, professional, financial and social benefit available to you through membership. The more you become involved, the more you benefit. Members listened. There has never been a time with so many members passionately involved in Landscape Ontario activities. It sets us apart as an organization.

This marks the end of Tom Intven’s presidency. He will now retire into the special club of Past Presidents (lifers) who continually support, guide, challenge and nurture new leadership. The torch has been passed to Phil Charal.

Tom was an excellent president. Part of his legacy will be the way he reflected the best of the industry’s values and professionalism. Tom is a great listener. He is a very influential communicator. Tom has been an excellent role model. He is astute and professional in business and sensi-tive and caring in character. He reflected integrity, credibility and trust in all his association duties. He was an influential and inspiring president. I


felt very proud serving under Tom. I know you did, too.

Members give back I am always amazed and inspired by the willingness of the membership to contribute to their community. ‘Giving back’ is one of the best ways to communicate the culture of the industry, association and its members. Giving back during a difficult and challenging year makes an even stron-ger statement about the character of our membership.

Here are some examples:

Windsor The Hospice of Windsor – Chris Power took a number of us to see this refuge for those recovering from cancer and those in pallia-tive care. On the same trip, we vis-ited Olivia’s Accessible Backyard. Olivia is 11 years old and relies on a wheelchair. Thanks to the Sunshine Foundation and Sasha Hunter (landscape designer at Garlatti Landscaping) and many other supporters, Olivia is now able to access and enjoy her back-yard. A special accessible swing, surrounded by a bike circuit, is the centrepiece of this beautiful and fun garden.

LondonAdding to the tradition of build-ing amazing community gardens like Banting House Museum and Victoria Hospital Butterfly Garden, the London Chapter, through the leadership of Grant Harrison, Mike Martins and Barry Sandler, have taken on the huge, ambitious and important London Veterans Memorial Highway proj-ect. They have committed to com-pleting the landscape plan. This year, they planted 200 large trees with the assistance of many com-munity volunteers and organiza-tions. The project attracted great coverage from local and national media. They are now embarking on a plan to raise millions of dollars to plant thousands of trees in order to transform the highway into a fitting memorial.

Waterloo Golf proceeds were divided equally between KidsAbility, the annual School Greening Project and Waterloo Chapter’s Education Fund. KidsAbility is a facility for children with special needs (www.kidsability.ca/en/AboutUs)

This year’s school yard project was at Elizabeth Ziegler School.

Golden Horseshoe Last year the Chapter donated proceeds from the chicken roast to a trust fund established for the children of Mark Smith (Marcus and Madison). Mark Smith was a hard working and dedicated employee of Scott’s Land-scaping, who at the age of 38 passed suddenly in the family home on March 10, 2010. In addition, the Chapter recently assisted an ALS patient

by building a ramp to make it possible to access his home. Walter Hassle-man coordinated the project.

Toronto Members of the Toronto Chapter, in conjunction with the Starlight Foun-dation, were able to renew an old terrace/helicopter pad on the ninth floor of the Hospital for Sick Kids by building a total accessible space for children and their families to enjoy. The Dick Sale Memorial Golf Tourna-

ment raised approximately $7,800, with proceeds to go to the Sick Kids Foundation.

Upper Canada In the Upper Canada Chapter, Dan Clost mobilized the membership to build a garden at the Centre for Community Living

Georgian LakelandsThis Chapter completed a huge commitment to install the land-scape at Gilda’s House, a facil-ity to house the families of cancer patients while they are undergoing treatment. The Chapter’s annual food drive collected donations for the Elizabeth Fry Society in Barrie, as well as Thornbury in support of the Beaver Valley Outreach Pro-gram.

Ottawa Ottawa continued its tradition of community involvement. Members there maintained Cancer Survivors Park and Ronald McDonald House. They also participated in the annual Day of Tribute at Beechwood Cem-etery, Canada’s National Military Cemetery.

Government relations Our industry is Ontario’s best kept secret. Few government officials or members of the public understand the huge economic, environmental,

social, recreational and other life enhancing benefits our industry pro-vides. It is always good to tell our story. This year, we were fortunate to have the collective ear of many government officials. Here are a few examples:

Minister Jim Flaherty came to our Board meeting at Parkwood Estate (thanks to the work of Mark Humphries). President Tom Intven had the opportunity to introduce the Minister, and in his opening remarks shared industry statistics. Mr. Flaherty heard firsthand about the 170,000 people we employ and the $14 billion of economic benefit we gener-ate. Minister Flaherty picked up on many of these statistics in his own speech. It was wonderful to hear, “I did not realize you could save 25 per cent home energy costs through landscaping.” Perhaps this will lead to a ‘Landscaping for Energy Efficiency’ campaign in the future. Perhaps we can get landscaping included in the government’s energy-conservation rebate programs.

Minister of Natural Resources Linda Jefferies participated at Canada Blooms, joined by mayors from all over Ontario. They experienced and

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were inspired by the great gardens and plants at the festival. This event was organized by Denis Flanagan, as part of his public relations duties at LO.

We also met with the Minister and Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Tourism and Federal Minister of the Environment.

Another government relations highlight was being able to support Ottawa region MP Royal Galipeu in his effort to declare National Tree Day in September. We were elated when his Private Member’s Bill made it through the House of Commons. Our membership picked up on this opportunity and participated in planting over 150 trees in local school yards in commemoration of Canada’s first National Tree Day.

Canada Blooms Landscape Ontario garden I sent my counterparts across North America the time-lapse video of the Landscape Ontario Garden Build at Canada Blooms. http://bit.ly/grdnbuild

They could not believe that over 50 companies and over 200 volun-teers would work together to build a magnificent garden showcasing the talent, creativity and character of the industry. The experience at Canada Blooms demonstrated the wonderful community spirit of our member-ship.

Canada Blooms co-location The co-location arrangement with the National Home Show will mean that we will be involved with the largest indoor event in North America. This will give us almost double the amount of visitors to inspire.

Strategic plans and industry think tanks In difficult times, associations become more important. No company is an island. Working within the framework of mutual improvement, ben-efit and interdependence makes life a little easier. This year we hosted two think tanks for sector groups that were hardest hit.

We also focused on renewing the strategic plan to continually enhance our relevance. Landscape Ontario’s success is based on a service-oriented co-operative attitude, frequent plan reviews and delivering relevant activi-ties. The tradition continues.

Our top priority is human resources/professional development. Michael Pascoe provided the leadership for renewing the long-term human resource plan (high schools and post-secondary schools) and Richard Rogers presided over the review of the professional development plan. We have great direction for the next five years. As part of the pro-fessional development plan, there is a renewal of the Prosperity Partners concept. Thanks to Hank Gelderman and Jacki Hart for assuming leader-ship duties on this important project.

Chapter/local relevance is another priority theme. Many improve-ments in chapter engagement were generated by the previous plan. The main driver of that effort was Paul Doornbos. Tim Kearney is now leading the renewal activities. In his spare time, Tim is also working on develop-ing a company accreditation concept.

World garden event, 2017We are promoting the idea of hosting a world garden event in Niag-ara Falls in celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary. Michel Gauthier and Carol Cowan are leading this initiative. The idea is starting to gain momentum. The event will stimulate a great deal of economic, environ-mental, legacy and tourism benefit for the industry.

Waterloo Champion Tree Hunt Visit treehunt.ca to get an idea of what Phil Dickie, Mike Hayes and Greg Templeman were able to accomplish. Through the concept of a tree hunt, they mobilized many members of the community to search and measure the largest trees in the region. There were over 300 entries. The project raised awareness for the value of trees, the professionalism of our mem-bership and the importance of community engagement. Through the

process, there is now a permanent record of some of the largest trees in Waterloo region. This concept may be expanded across Canada.

New Landscape Ontario magazine (Horticulture Review) Horticulture Review has been rebranded to reflect Landscape Ontario’s new image. The seeds of this change were planted by the branding com-mittee, who advocated a consistent look for all of our communications. The response has been very positive.

Permanent horticultural research chair at Vineland One of our goals was to raise $3-million for a permanent research chair at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre. Although we were not able to raise that amount, Jim Brandle, CEO of Vineland, agreed to fast-track the position. The search is now on. The Ontario Horticultural Trades Foundation contributed $100,000 and Landscape Ontario contributed $160,000, by using a “Growing Capacity” grant. This position will accel-erate innovation in our sector.

Trial Garden at LO The trial garden continues to expand. From the Highway 401, thousands of motorists are treated to a kaleidoscope of colour as they pass the home office. The open house events have helped expand the knowledge of plants to the trade and public. The trial garden is the living laboratory that informs our new plants issue of Landscape Trades and our new plant displays at Expo and Canada Blooms. Thanks to the dedicated team from the Grounds Management Group, led by Rodger Tschanz from the Uni-versity of Guelph, for their contributions.

Smart about Salt This year we formed a new organization, the Smart about Salt Council. The founding members include the Region of Waterloo, Building Own-ers and Managers Association (Ottawa), Ontario Good Roads Association and Landscape Ontario. The purpose of the Council is to promote Smart about Salt accreditation. The program will increase professionalism in the snow and ice management sector, while improving stewardship practices and reducing liability. The program acceptance is beginning to accelerate. Thanks to Bob Hodgins for his leadership. Recently, Go Transit and the City of Ottawa joined the Region of Waterloo in endorsing the program.

Salt rate research Those of you in the Snow and Ice Management Sector are aware that exposure to slip and fall risk is escalating insurance rates. In fact, some major insurance companies will not insure snow operations, because of the claims. Many may also be surprised to learn that there are no scientific standards to guide the amount of salt required to keep parking lots and sidewalks safe. The Snow and Ice Sector Group, through the leadership of Robert Roszell, has initiated a research study at the University of Water-loo. Results should be available in two years. A standard rate will greatly reduce exposure to slip and fall claims. Funding partners include SIMA, Ontario Good Roads Association, TRCA and Landscape Ontario.

Low impact landscape accreditation This project was initiated by the Environment Committee. In a prior-ity setting exercise, it was determined that emissions from vehicles and power equipment could be greatly reduced through an education and accreditation program targeting end users. In partnership with the City of Toronto and Ontario Parks Association, a best practices manual was developed. The manual is the foundation for a “train the trainer” pro-gram that will accredit candidates to deliver the training to employees. The pilot training project will soon be complete. The program design is


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modular and will eventually include sections on fleet management, water management and soil. We will also incorporate an on-the-job training program meant to provide an effective and universal training process, no matter the content. Thanks to Paul Ronan and Steve Anderson for their leadership on this very important project.

Research support Thanks to the Farm Innovation Program and the Agricultural Adaptation Program, we have been very fortunate to be the agent for some ground-breaking industry-directed research projects. Here is a summary:•Digitalidentificationofpests•Alternativestoash•Ontario-growntreeliners•Blackvineweevilcontrol•Verticilliumwiltmanagement•Greeninghighways•Boxwoodblight•Nurseryandgreenhousesustainability•Waterqualityandirrigationmanagement•Greenrooftechnologies•Biopesticidesforgrubcontrol• IPMinnurseries•Steamsolarizationforweedcontrol

These are my top 15 highlights for the year, however, many more activities are chronicled in this annual report.

It is important to add, we sometimes take many of our accomplish-ments for granted. It is good to remember that your association is one of the largest, most active, engaged and effective horticultural organizations in the world. We host over 150 seminars, organize two of the largest horti-cultural trade shows in North America, publish two excellent magazines, deliver relevant and popular conferences and symposia, co-founded the largest flower and garden festival in Canada and enjoy the participation of many engaged members who freely give their time and resources to the various boards, committees, chapters and sector groups that drive

The regional needs of the members are served through a network of nine chapters. Through monthly meetings and promotional activities, the chapters represent an ideal way for member companies to keep abreast of local industry concerns. The two most sought after membership benefits — education and networking opportunities — are provided through the association’s regional chapter structure.

Durham President: Greg Scarlett CHTPast president/provincial board representative: Mark HumphriesVice president: Ed HewisSecretary/treasurer: Carol FulfordDirectors: John Fulford, Brian Baun, Norm Mills, Brian Marsh, Harry Van Staveren

association activities. Many of you know that I often describe myself as the official observer.

It is heartening to observe that younger industry members are starting to assume positions of responsibility, just as the seasoned members are step-ping back to act as mentors. This is a very healthy situation. Even though we are seeing unprecedented change, extreme volatility in the economic markets and some insecurity about what the future holds, it is good to observe that the spirit of co-operation, mutual mentorship, contribution, passion for improvement, community building and good will contin-ues to dominate the culture of our great organization. We can only grow more relevant, as long as we continue to follow our principles.

Recently, I had the good fortune of being invited by Humber College to attend a presentation from internationally renowned branding expert Martin Lindstrom. He compared a good brand to the attributes of religion.

This comparison resonated with me, because I have often observed the parallel between Landscape Ontario and a church, temple or syna-gogue. We get together to enhance each other’s lives while working on improving the way we enhance the lives of our families, employees and customers. We enjoy a clear and profound vision. We encourage a sense of belonging and community. Our rituals (AGM, board meetings, chap-ter meetings, elections, etc.) provide the framework for our participation. We have many great stories to tell about each member’s accomplishments and contributions in the service of advancing the industry and commu-nity. We are a refuge where members can share positive experiences and difficulties and where we learn from each other’s successes and failures. We encourage a culture where friendships are nurtured. Many members share their positive interactions and encourage others to join. We use a common symbol to communicate the industry’s benefit and legacy. We look for ways to influence the future in order to provide benefit to people we don’t even know. We are always looking to make a positive difference and change the world for the better.

Landscape Ontario has had many years of success. As long as we con-tinue to act like a church, we will enjoy many more.

On behalf of your staff at Landscape Ontario, we wish you a healthy, happy and prosperous 2012.

The Durham Chapter held meetings on the first Tuesday night of each month at the Holiday Inn in Oshawa.

September 2010: Durham Chapter’s Annual Barbecue was held at Kobes Nurseries. Overall it was a great turnout on a beautiful and sunny day, with 12 suppliers in attendance. Everyone enjoyed roast beef on a bun, corn on the cob and refreshments. The following from Landscape Ontario joined Durham Chapter members: association president Tom Intven, executive director Tony DiGiovanni, LO public relations director Denis Flanagan, and membership coordinator Helen Hassard. It was an afternoon of great food and networking opportunities.

October 2010: Sandy Smiles, from Durham Region Local Training Board, discussed the apprenticeship program. Les Jogoda, from the Dur-ham Catholic Secondary School, discussed local grade 11 and 12 Land-scape Design and Maintenance Program. Kelly Howe, from Employment Standards, outlined the responsibility placed on business owners regard-ing employment issues.


prizes at our meetings.The Durham Chapter thanks Fred Young from the Farm Safety Asso-

ciation. His knowledge on health and safety issues is a great resource for our Chapter. And, a thank you to Carol Fulford, who always goes beyond the call of duty as treasurer to keep all of our meetings running smoothly and taking additional time to organize events for the Chapter.

As president of the Durham Chapter, I have enjoyed another year of being a part of our board. I am proud to announce that during my 2010 year, we have welcomed another addition to our family. On Nov. 13, 2010, our daughter Ava Scarlett was born! A sincere thank-you to the members of the Durham Chapter and their families for the thoughtful gifts and best wishes sent to April and I.

Respectfully submitted,Greg Scarlett CHTPresident, 2010-2011

Georgian Lakelands President: Michael LaPorte CLTVice president: Jeff LeePast presidents: Mark Goodman, Earle Graham, Nick Solty, Robert AdamsProvincial representative: Warren PattersonTreasurer: Sheila Allin Directors: Terry Kowalski, Gary MacPhail, David Emms, Lynne Barnes, Ken Adair and Gabriel Matamoros

The October Chapter meeting at the Meaford Golf Club featured J.Paul Lamarche as our guest speaker. It was attended by over 40 members. Brookdale Treeland Nurseries assisted the Chapter by sponsoring J.Paul, and members learned valuable information on how to build a better business and increase profits.

The November Chapter meeting was held in Wasaga Beach with over 30 members in attendance. The speaker, Mr. BOB from Cassels Mar-keting, discussed marketing and promoting your business…building

word-of-month marketing that delivers warm leads. After the presen-tation, members socialized over sandwiches and sweets, discussing the season’s successes.

In early December, the Chapter held its annual Christmas dinner in Barrie. To make the event truly successful, we added a casino night that was really well received. Everyone mingled and bid with their LO bucks and won some fantastic prizes. It was a great way to end the year with colleagues. Each year at the Christmas dinner, the board presents two awards, ‘Volunteer of the Year’ and ‘Supplier of the Year.’ This year the board selected Ross Allin as the volunteer of the year and the supplier of the year award went to Unilock, Barrie location. Congratulations to both our winners.

The Chapter kicked off 2011 at Congress in Toronto. Board and Chapter members volunteered their time to staff the Georgian Lakelands booth at Congress. We promoted Landscape Ontario Snow Day, LO membership within the Chapter, as well as showed off the new Chap-ter sponsorship trailer. From Congress, the Chapter picked up 24 new membership leads, signed two new trailer sponsorships, and encouraged all LO members to attend February Snow Day. We would like to thank the Georgian Lakelands Trailer sponsors for their support in 2011: Plati-num sponsors, Atlas Block and Profleet Care; Gold sponsors, Clearview Nursery, Unilock and Solty Garden Centre; Silver sponsor, Botanix, Bar-rie’s Garden Centre. The money raised from the sponsorship trailer is directed back into the Chapter for membership education and commu-nity projects.

Dig Safe was the hot topic at the February Chapter meeting in Bar-rie. Members received up-to-date information from Lori O’Doherty of the Ontario Regional Common Ground Alliance, regarding Dig Safe practices.

November 2010: Landscape Ontario and CNLA staff members were present at this meeting to discuss the benefits of Landscape Ontario. They also made a special presentation to the Thiebaud Family, in mem-ory of John Thiebaud. A tree will be planted in the memory garden in Milton.

February 2010: The Chapter welcomed speaker Allan King from LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. He addressed the topic of sustainability and the LEED certification, announcing the buildings in Toronto persuing LEED certification. In attendance were suppliers Sheridan Nurseries, Arnts Topsoil, and Sinclair Cockburn. It was announced that Canada Blooms was being held at Direct Energy Centre from Mar. 17 to 21.

March 2010: We had a great turnout of 66 members to the March Chapter meeting, sponsored by Ontario Truck Training. Yvette presented special rates to LO members to promote the upgrade to the ‘AR’ class licence. Suppliers attending were Sheridan Nurseries, Vandermeer Nurs-eries, Kobes Nurseries and Battlefield Equipment. MTO announced updates to the Annual Inspection Sticker — gross vehicle weight sticker, dangerous goods, straps/chains and the three-year phase-out of two-way radios. Elections to the executive board remained the same, with no new nominations. Announcements at the meeting included Canada Blooms industry night, the youth fair hosted by Whitby, and the Scugog Spring Garden Show.

Message from the presidentIt has been another successful year, and I would like to take the oppor-tunity to thank all of the board members for their continuous support. Also, thank you to all the companies that donated items towards door

Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty and Durham Chapter past president Mark Humphries.


Landscape Ontario Snow Day is held each year in February. Members from Georgian Lakelands, as well as London and Toronto Chapters hit the slopes at the Alpine Ski Club in Collingwood. The 2010 Snow Day drew the highest attendance in the history of the event, with over 65 ski-ers and boarders. The sun shone, ski conditions were great and the fun races were a big hit. For many participants, it was like World Cup Rac-ing. Sponsors donated amazing prizes for the après ski and Nick Solty provided the entertaining questions for the ski crowd. Until next year!

Standing-room-only was the result at the annual March MTO Chap-ter meeting. Over 120 members and non-members (both green industry and non-industry companies) registered for the MTO and general meet-ing held in Barrie’s Innisbrook Golf Course. Hank Dubee from MTO outlined the new 2011 dos and don’ts. The presentation was informa-tive, with Hank Dubee providing an over-the-top slideshow of actual traffic violations and the reasoning behind MTO laws. The refreshments were sponsored by Myke. Chapter elections were held for directors of the 2011-12 board. A number of members stepped forward this year with a couple of existing board directors retiring. We wish to say a BIG thank-you to Nick Solty, Terry Kowalski, Sheila and Ross Allin, Gabriel Matam-oros and David Emms for their service on the Georgian Lakelands board. It won’t be the same without you.

April was a very busy month with two Chapter events. Despite the dismal weather conditions, there was a great response at the first Land-scape Contractors’ Barbecue held at G.P. Masonry in Barrie. Although it was very cold, 40 local contractors came out to enjoy hamburgers, hot dogs and pizza. Thank-you to Peter Guanine of the Contractors’ Sector Group for attending the barbecue. This event was a great way to meet old and new LO members.

Once again the Chapter hosted our annual food drive to collect dona-tions for the Elizabeth Fry Society in Barrie as well as at a second location in Thornbury in support of the Beaver Valley Outreach Program. Bota-nix, Barrie’s Garden Centre was the site in Barrie with a contractor equip-ment and event trailer prominently displayed. We would like to thank Botanix for donating food and beverages for the charitable barbecue.

We also hired a new Chapter coordinator, Lexi Dearborn. She has been with us for quite some time as a member and sat on the executive board. Lexi was the one who kept us organized and always knew who to call to get things done in a pinch. Lexi has great knowledge of how our Chapter works and where we need help. To say we couldn’t have done all the things we do without her would be an understatement. Lexi has been a key person to keep our Chapter moving forward in line with our strategic plan. She has enabled our Chapter to stay connected with home office and to use resources that are there. We look forward to working with Lexi again this year.

Respectfully submitted,Michael La Porte CLTPresident, 2010-2011

Golden Horseshoe President: Fiore ZenonePast president: Tim CruickshanksProvincial board representative: Brian Cocks CLTVice president: Walter HasselmanTreasurer: Bruce WilsonSecretary: Paul DeGroot Directors: John Bos CLT, Patrick Evangelisto, David Pierce, Jeff Smith and Deanna Van Varik

The 2010 Golden Horseshoe Chapter Chicken Roast, as always, was a smashing success. Despite the dreary weather, the facility at Grand River Brick and Stone in Stoney Creek was packed. The kids were kept busy with

activities such as the bouncing castle, reptile man, flower planting, loot bags and gumball guessing contest. Kids weren’t the only one taken care of at this event, with prizes that included a stone bench, a wheelbarrow, big screen TV and lots more. The buffet dinner was expertly cooked and served by the Chapter board members, who even constructed a barbecue shelter to make sure no one got soggy chicken. The event was not only a blast for all attendees, it served a great cause. All proceeds from the raffle tickets and gumball guessing contest were donated to the trust fund estab-lished for the children of Mark Smith (Marcus and Madison). Mark Smith was a hard working and dedicated employee of Scott’s Landscaping, who at the age of 38, passed suddenly in the family home on Mar. 10, 2010.

October: The November chapter meeting was the kick-off to win-ter. Speaker, Jim Hornung Jr. of the Snow and Ice Management Associa-tion (SIMA), discussed snow contracts. The meeting was hosted by Duke Equipment and Hort Protect was the meeting sponsor.

November: Dave and John Wright of Wright Lawn Care Services shared their expertise with Chapter members. In addition, Eleanor Rebelo, training consultant for the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, attended to register apprentices. The meeting was hosted by Connon Nurseries/NVK Holdings.

February: This lunch meeting featured the Ontario Regional Com-mon Grounds Alliance talking about locates. In addition, a representa-tive from Bell Canada came to answer questions from the members. The meeting took place at Copetown Community Centre.

March: MTO representative Ian Walters assisted those in attendance on how to stay compliant with the rules and regulations put out by the provincial government. J.Paul Lamarche provided an afternoon presen-tation, outlining how to improve your business. All who attended felt this presentation was well worth braving the snowstorm that day. The meeting was hosted by Hamilton Builders’ Supply.

April: Due to extreme weather conditions, the original MTO meeting held at Hamilton Builders’ Supply did not receive the expected atten-dance numbers. To ensure all members had a chance to hear this valu-able information, the Chapter board brought Ian Walters back for an evening barbecue and MTO presentation. Hamilton Builders’ Supply once again donated the space to host this meeting.

Annual golf tournament: This year’s golf tournament was a sold out shotgun style tournament held at Willow Valley Golf Course. The event raised thousands of dollars and brought 144 people out for a beautiful day of golf. Next year’s tournament information will be available shortly.

Respectfully submittedFiore ZenonePresident, 2010-2011

London Chapter President: Grant Harrison CLTPast president: Tim CradduckSecretary: Nicola KempDirectors: Jan Hunter, Derek Geddes, Jarrett Woodard, Jason Zehr, Jerry Hakkers, Mike Martins

It was another beautiful day on Sept. 10 for the annual London Chapter Golf Tournament, held at Pine Knot Golf Course in Dorchester. Over 130 golfers enjoyed a day off work in the sunshine, as well as a fantastic dinner. A big thank you goes to all of our sponsors, with special men-tion to Stratford Farm Equipment.

September 2010: Michael Lewis presented the best methods to spend your advertising budget. Jim Graham from Try Recycle updated Chapter members on waste transfer issues.

October 2010: This salt management meeting prepared members for the upcoming snow season.


November 2010: This meeting, sponsored by Unilock, discussed the latest trends in hardscapes and permeable pavers.

February 2011: A seminar took place on website development and taking perfect pictures to showcase your business. This meeting was sponsored by Landscape Safety.

March 2011: Under discussion was ‘how to utilize your LO member-ship perks.’ Members found answers to questions on how use associate supplier discounts, online website profile, certification and more. There were also displays of new products from the London area. The meeting sponsor was OLS Canada.

Veterans Memorial Parkway The London Chapter joined the executive of the Veterans Memorial Parkway Community Initiative Program (VMP) with a clean and green initiative for the Parkway on Apr. 16. The Chapter has committed itself to future beautification of this parkway. This event was just the first step in an ongoing involvement.

Big thank you to Wendy HarryWe are going to miss Wendy Harry as our Chapter Coordinator. She gave amazing support to our members and we look forward to her contribu-tions as she remains a member in our Chapter.

New Chapter coordinatorCarla Bailey joined the London LO team as Chapter coordinator in June 2011.

Gardens of Distinction TourIt was a gorgeous July day when over 130 people enjoyed the third annual Gardens of Distinction Tour , taking in 13 properties between London and St. Thomas. There was plenty to see and be inspired from the creations by London Chapter members. All the funds raised go to our next community garden project. We look forward to raising the stakes next year.

Respectfully submittedGrant Harrison CLTPresident 2011

OttawaPresident: Chris Burns CLTVice president: Ed HansenPast president: Sarah JohnstonTreasurer: Sundaura Alford CLDProvincial board representative: Bruce Morton CLP, CITDirectors: Jim Curran, Tim Dyer, Stacy Elliott, Bert Minor, Kelly Mulrooney-Cote, Patricia Stanish CLD, Chris Urquhart CLP

It’s been another busy year for members in the nation’s capital. Ottawa Chapter AGM took place on Jan. 18. Despite a snowstorm that day, 39 attendees braved the weather. This group included many past presi-dents and long-time members of the Ottawa Chapter. The AGM 2011 included a past presidents’ luncheon, as well as a presentation from LO president Tom Intven, who spoke on his theme of ‘Prosperity Through Engagement’ and what it is to be a volunteer. Executive director Tony DiGiovanni spoke about human resources development, public rela-tions and Chapter relevance, both involving Landscape Ontario and local Chapters.

Ottawa Chapter undertook a different approach to meetings this year. The lunch-and-learn meetings included speakers Mark Burleton, manager of grounds and greenhouses at official residences, National Capital Commission, and Mark Buchshon, Ottawa Construction News Group. This format offered members a chance to hear relevant speakers and network, while having lunch. This upcoming year, Chapter meet-ings are moving to a new location, the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 641, in Barrhaven. The meetings will feature new speakers, lunch, and a chance to win one of two pairs of tickets to the Ottawa Senators, all free to members who pre-register.

Annual Day of Tribute This annual event was once again well attended by over 20 compa-nies and 44 members at the National Military Cemetery at Beech-wood. Military members who attended that day included Commander Marie-France Langlois, Deputy Director of the Directorate of Casualty Support Management, Chief Warrant Officer Dan Bradley, manager of the National Military Cemetery, and Warrant Officer David Hannigan,

Canadian Forces Liaison Officer to Beechwood Cemetery. Dominique Boulais represented the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Pres-ent from Beechwood Cemetery were Roger Boult and Nicole Bedard. This event was initiated and is chaired by member Sharon Rouette-Urquhart and David Stewart. It is a great day, and great way for our members to give back to the military, our veter-ans and their families.

GreenTrade Expo 2011 The 18th annual Ottawa Chapter GreenTrade Expo was attended by over 1,100 people and featured over 85 exhibitors. The day began with the MTO Snow Contractors’ breakfast, featuring presenter Mark Stang from the MTO. He attracted a full house of 70 attendees, who benefited from hear-ing about the new legislation and hot button issues from the MTO official.

The Profit Builders’ Luncheon featured key-note speaker Brian Kilrea, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and former coach and current gen-eral manager of the Ottawa 67’s. A portion of the luncheon’s profit was donated to the Brian Kil-rea Teaching Room at the Children’s Hospital of London Chapter president Grant Harrison has some help from city mayor Joe Fontana digging in the

first tree at the Veterans Memorial Parkway project.


Eastern Ontario by GreenTrade Expo chairperson and Ottawa provin-cial representative Bruce Morton of Greenscape Watering Systems. Kil-rea also graciously signed copies of his new autobiography co-authored with James Duthie, They Call Me Killer; Tales from Junior Hockey’s Legend-ary Hall of Fame Coach.

We also presented free business education seminars such as Land-scape Management Network, Full Dimension Group, Peter Knippel Nursery’s Joan Johnson, Workplace Safety Prevention Services Sheila James, and perennial favourite Bill Bitz’s pruning seminar.

GreenTrade Expo 2012 will take place on Feb. 15, 2012, with prepa-ration already underway. The excitement begins with the new location at the Capital Exhibition Centre, a brand new, state-of-the-art trade and convention centre near the McDonald Cartier International Airport in Ottawa.

CertificationCertification of landscape trades took place again this year at University of Guelph — Kemptville College, on Aug. 11 and 12. On both days, 17 local candidates and many local members volunteered their time during the written and practical testing days. Thanks to many local associate and active members and volunteers who participated, ensuring success once again for this important industry event.

Golf tournamentThe annual Ottawa Chapter Golf Tournament took place this year at the Canadian Golf and Country Club in Ashton on Aug. 26. The 64 golfers and 85 attendees enjoyed the day at the golf course in support of the Ottawa Food Bank. This year tickets were raffled for the day’s use of the celebrity hummer golf cart. Live music, a great meal, networking as well as great sponsorship and door prizes made the day of success. Ottawa Chapter is donat-ing $3,000 to the Ottawa Food Bank from pro-ceeds of this year’s golf tournament.

EducationThe winter seminars included Prosperity Part-ners Profitable Business with George Urvari, Landscape Design with Beth Edney, Container Gardening with Paul Zammit, WHMIS Train-ing from WSPS Sheila James, and Pruning with Bill Bitz.

Cancer Survivors ParkChapter members continued to volunteer to maintain the gardens at the Cancer Survivors Park this season. This ini-tiative, coordinated by Ed Hansen, Ottawa Chapter vice-president, had weekly maintenance visits provided by the following companies: Lind-say Landscape, Hansen Lawn and Garden, Terra Pro, Garden Creations, Clintar Landscape Management, Lafleur de la Capitale, Greenlife, Green-scape, Horticare, Manotick Tree Movers and The Professional Gardener.

In closing, I would like to thank our many local members who con-tinue to volunteer their time and resources to the betterment of our association and community. We are fortunate to have such an involved membership group.

Respectfully submittedChris Burns CLTPresident 2011

TorontoPresident: Lindsay Drake NightingaleFirst vice: Arvils LukssSecond vice: Allan Kling CLPPast president: Fiona Penn Zieba Treasurer: Sabrina Goettler CLPSecretary: Janet Mott CLPProvincial board representative: Ryan Heath CLP, CLTDirectors: Christine Moffit, Janet Ennamorato, David Nemeth, and Mike O’Connor

The 2010-2011 season was filled with success stories for the Toronto Chapter. We continue to align our Chapter events with the Pillars of Prosperity – Sales Success, Financial Health, Operational Excellence, Customers for Life and Leadership. We also continue to encourage mem-bers to attend Chapter events as a way to connect and network, as well as to learn and discuss issues important to the industry and members.

October 2010: The 2010-2011 season began with a presentation on ‘The Permit Process: How to Successfully Navigate Projects Involving Urban Forestry, Ravines, and TRCA Protected Sites.’ This tenacious topic

was peppered with many questions from the audience. November 2010: We were pleased to have Stuart Knight speak on ‘The

Art of Powerful Conversation.’ This entertaining and thought provoking evening was well received by all in attendance. We are pleased that Land-scape Ontario will be using the services of Stuart Knight at future events.

February 2011: Another successful full-day seminar on ‘The Elements of a Successful Maintenance Business’ involved presentations from Clar-ity for the Boss, Prosperity Partners, GroBark Soils, vehicle safety with the officers from MTO, and Workplace Safety and Prevention Services. There were over 50 participants at this year’s workshop. We look forward to more information at next year’s event.

March 2011: The number of Toronto Chapter members volunteering at this year’s Canada Blooms was staggering. The beauty of the whole experience showed the commitment of the entire industry to continue to provide the wider community (local, provincial, and national) with an outstanding garden festival. Exceptional experience!

April 2011: This meeting was the very successful Annual General

Rooftop garden at Sick Kids.


Meeting and Suppliers’ New Product Showcase, held at York Region Equipment Centre, with food sponsored by Unilock. We were fortunate to elect three new board members, as well as welcome a number of new members. It was a great evening of networking and sharing of product knowledge.

June 2011: Members of the Toronto Chapter, in conjunction with the Starlight Foundation, were able to renew an old terrace/helicopter pad on the ninth floor of the Hospital for Sick Kids by building a total accessible space for children and their families to enjoy. I would like to thank and recognize the following members or member companies: Designs By The Yard, Landscapes de Sol a Sol, Permalock, Armstrong Landscaping, Gardens in the City, Double Tree Landscaping, Dragon-fly Features, Neighbourhood Landscaping, Urban Garden, Outside Pros, Christine’s Touch, Landscapes By Lucin, Cypress Hills Landscaping, Tumber and Associates, Trillium Maintenance, and the following indi-viduals, Michelle Arthur, Samantha Thomas and Adam Bonin. Please accept my apologies if I inadvertently missed your name. It is a truly beautiful space!

July 2011: Another successful Dick Sale Memorial Golf Tournament was held at Nobleton Lakes Golf Club. The event raised approximately $7,800 with proceeds to Sick Kids Foundation. It is always an enjoyable day of golf, lunch, prizes and good fun.

August 2011: Again this year, the annual baseball tournament was held at Richmond Green in Richmond Hill. The tournament trophy was won for the second year in a row by Arbordale/Moonstruck. A terrific and delicious barbecue lunch was enjoyed by everyone, and as per usual, rain held off for all but the very last game. It was a great day.

Our Chapter could not carry out its many events and activities with-out the support, dedication and sponsorship of our terrific volunteers, board members, suppliers and Landscape Ontario staff. Everyone con-tributes to make Toronto Chapter successful!

Respectfully submitted,Lindsay Drake NightingalePresident 2010-2011

Upper Canada President: Terry ChildsVice president: Neil BoumaSecretary: Dan Clost CHTTreasurer/Provincial board representative: Paul Doornbos CLP, CLT, Directors: Judy Bell, Ken Dehaan, Pamela McCormick CLP, Rick Murray, Sian Pritchard, Lisa Smith, Andre Ypma

It has been a very interesting year in the Upper Canada Chapter. The mantra of ‘Relevance in our Community’ resonated through the imple-mentation of actions defined by our strategic planning sessions. That’s newspeak for, “We talked about what we needed to do as Landscape Ontario members, and then we did it.” Education, information and training became our focal points.

The first general Chapter meeting of the year centred on formal edu-cation paths and LO’s role in developing those pathways. Representa-tives from three local school boards, Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU), apprentices, co-operative education students, the first Special High Skills Major (Horticulture, SHSM) student in our catch-ment, and a full complement of members came together to see how we all interact. How important was this seminal town hall-style meeting? The following results speak for themselves: a pilot project for SHSM; a first year intake of 18 Red Seal horticulture apprentices through Loyalist College; representation on the East Central Ontario Training Board (an MTCU funded board focusing on workers); a probable permanent train-

ing site for future apprenticeship programs, and a better understanding of how we all need to interact to achieve the mandate of Landscape Ontario. On a lighter note, LO president Tom Intven and executive director Tony DiGiovanni, who were present at the meeting to bring provincial greet-ings, were told that they could not talk as long as they wanted.

The first annual Training Days were initiated to allow smaller com-panies to have their employees attend both legally mandated and work-related sessions. Qualified instructors covered newly legislated Acts, lawn care equipment, skid steer certification and WHIMS. (A list of acknowl-edgements follows this report, but this is the place to express our appre-ciation to Terry Childs for offering up his workshops and offices.) Cost of these invaluable two-day training sessions? Donations to the local food bank.

Other training and information sessions looked at snow and ice man-agement-budgeting, an LMN workshop on planning for profit, a work-place prevention safety presentation on new legislation and the most painless methods to achieve compliance, and — the second best attended session — the MTO meeting.

Upper Canada was also well represented this year at the CLT certifica-tion and testing days at Kemptville College, Congress and Expo planning boards, as well as many other provincial committees.

Community relations had Upper Canada on local cable TV during the presentation of the 5th annual Commercial Beautification Trophy at a city council meeting. There were several articles in three local newspapers.

The annual golf tournament enjoyed its greatest participation and profit, thanks to the efforts of Paul Doornbos, Pam McCormick and Ste-phen Poole.

At the time of writing this report, the Chapter is involved in creating a sensory garden for Community Living Quinte West at its training site in Trenton. This will be a two-day build, involving many members, poten-tial members and bucket loads of sweat equity from stakeholders. Politi-cos and media types will be on hand on Oct 11 for the official unveiling; a good cause for a great community resource.

There are two exciting events in the planning stages for Upper Canada: a lawn care mini-expo and a garden centre formal evening.

On the organizational front, the Chapter has taken a good look at succession planning for the board of directors. The goal is to eliminate recreating-the-wheel syndrome for incoming members. The incoming board comprises an excellent mix of four new and six returning mem-bers. Employees of member companies have also played a significant role in day-to-day operations this year.

This is the best part of the report, revealing those who make our orga-nization the special body of people it is. Thank you to long-time stalwarts for their years of dedication, and thank you in advance to you newbies for your willingness to step up to the plate. My utmost respect and admira-tion is extended to each of you. The Chapter gratefully acknowledges the work of provincial staff members, Sally Harvey and Helen Hassard, who were both instrumental in many of our successes. Martha Walsh from Ottawa Chapter receives kudos.

Personally, I need to mention the invaluable mentorship of Diana Cassidy-Bush and the guidance of Terry Childs and Paul Doornbos.

It has been a fantastic year. Much has been done, and much is left to do.

Respectfully submitted,Dan Clost CHTSecretary 2010-2011


Waterloo President: Robert TesterVice president: Randy AdamsProvincial board representative: David Wright CLPTreasurer: Helmut ZgrajaSecretary: Jeff ThompsonDirectors: Cor Bultena, Richard Burch CIT, CLP, CLT, Jason Dietrich, Don Prosser CLD, CLT

September’s meeting saw Mark Bradley make a business presentation that was well received by our members. GroBark was the meeting’s spon-sor, promoting Landsource Organix and products. The presentation highlighted a job in N.Y. State.

In October, the Chapter meeting took the form of a tour of the Han-son Hardscape production facilities. Andre presented information on ICPI starting an Ontario chapter. He also presented information on upcoming trends in the segmental paving and wall products in south-ern Ontario.

November was the annual snow meeting, with the Kissner Group as the sponsor. Lackner McLennan Insurance’s Tim Paulowski presented information on some pitfalls in contracts relating to insuring in the snow industry.

Our annual Fall Freeze-up dance was held with a few changes. We moved the social to Waterloo Inn, and everyone had a great time. It was a job well done by our organizing committee.

December was our annual social and meeting with National Leas-ing as the meeting sponsor. Landscape Ontario home office staff talked about marketing. Helmut cooked-up a storm on the barbecue with roast beef and roast pork. Irene once again provided the sweet table for all to enjoy.

January proved a very involved meeting for all who attended, as we had representatives from local cities to go over by-laws that have an impact on our operations. World Gym was our sponsor and introduced a group rate for all members in the Chapter.

February brought in Jeffery Scott to speak on marketing. Sponsors were Canadian Recycled Glass and Nutrite.

March saw the Ontario Regional Common Ground Alliance make a presentation to our members. We also ran training session for key staff members on how to read locate drawings. Sponsors were Transpave and Ferrell Brick and Stone.

In April, Edith George presented information on heritage trees and their value. Botany Bay Estate Perennials and Grand River Natural Stone were our sponsors.

Extra events this year for the Waterloo Chapter saw the 5th consecu-tive year of our school planting. This took place in April at Elizabeth Ziegler Public School, which received our green transformation to their school grounds. We also completed a project that was inspired by the staff and students at Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School.

Once again the Chapter hosted a golf tournament with proceeds going to help our Chapter’s greening initiatives, the Rotary Centre and the Hort Foundation. The home and garden show saw our members handing out tree seedlings to link us to the Green for Life.

Once again, our Chapter hosted the local competition among high school students in landscaping division of Skills Canada. This was our biggest event yet, with 13 teams competing from three school boards. Thanks all our sponsors and members who help judge and organize this event.

Respectfully submitted,Rob TesterPresident 2010-2011

Windsor President: Mark WilliamsVice president: Nino PapaPast president: Karl KlinkTreasurer: Don Tellier CLTProvincial board representative: Garry MooreSecretary: Jay RivaitDirectors: Chris Power, Doug Roberts, Chuck Pronger, Dan GarlattiRegional outlook

We had a winter with lots of snow and quite cold, which is a little unusual for our area. The spring offered lots of rainy and cloudy weather, hampering retail garden centre sales. Landscapers found it difficult to complete projects with all the rainfall. There seemed to be plenty of work available, but that weakened as the cool, wet weather turned to very hot temperatures almost instantly, skipping spring entirely! Hard work and focus kept businesses in the game. Good luck and continued success to all.

Volunteer renewalAll individuals in our area are tired, but at Landscape Ontario events our members came through with flying colours. All members who partici-pate feed off of each other and a good time is had by all. Membership functions have countless benefits and hopefully all firms take the time to participate in some or all of Windsor’s many events.

Chapter meetingsThe attendance at our Chapter meetings has continued to increase. We, as a board, are not sure if it is the meeting topics or the free food! We always leave time for questions and social interaction.

October 2010: A group of over 50 people gathered at Garlatti Land-scaping for this year’s Awards of Distinction presentation and barbecue social. It was a great evening of socializing and a chance for everyone to view some of the spectacular work from local companies. We are so proud!

November 2010: This meeting was well attended with 30 members for dinner held at Dominion Golf Course. An excellent presentation on snow and ice/salt applications was made by Robert Roszell, the chair of the salt research committee of LO Snow and Ice Sector Group.

January 2011: A lunch meeting was held at the Dominium Golf Course with 28 members in attendance. John Lavoie of Unilock made an informative presentation on hardscapes and surface water control on interlocking stone. It was most interesting.

Newsletter: Once again, Jay Rivait has not let us down and continues to keep everyone informed and up-to-date. We can’t thank you enough, Jay, for a job well done!

Chapter helps communityWe helped the Town of Leamington with a plan to replant trees that were destroyed by the June 2010 tornado. The trees were located in various parks and boulevards. The plan was donated to the town and then many of our members tendered the replanting process. Multiple firms received work from this project.

Our members continue to do outstanding work and are recognized each year at our Awards of Excellence presentations, held in October. Many businesses bring their employees to this premier event. Respect and appreciation for all talent and efforts are experienced at this event and it is one meeting you do not want to miss.

Great pride can be taken from Chris Power and his volunteers from Windsor Chapter for the hospice project. Its beauty is appreciated and admired by all, and it is a huge legacy with great accomplishment for the Windsor Chapter.


reportssector2011

The scope and mandate — and therefore the needs — of the various indus-try sectors served by Landscape Ontario are distinctly different. The specific requirements of each of these groups are facilitated by the association’s sector group structure. The objective of each sector group is to respond to current con-cerns resulting from marketplace pressures and government legislation.

Garden CentreChair: Michael Van DongenProvincial board representative: Bob McCannellMembers: Barry Benjamin, Perry Grobe, John Hawkes, Alice Klamer, Robert Kuepfer, Chas Lawton CIT, CHT, Shannon Lindensmith, Susan Richards, Tony Sgambelluri, Art Vanden Eden CHT

The Garden Centre Sector Group members demonstrated this past year how resilient and adaptive we all can be.

The Garden Centre Symposium at Expo 2010 featured presentations on how to improve and expand garden centres, including layout, mer-chandising, web presence and product offering. Judy Sharpton, Doug Green, Eve Tigwell and Tom Intven captivated a roomful of owners and managers, who despite an economic downturn, were invested in the growth and improvement of their respective garden centre.

The Garden Centre Sector Group was also happy to release the Employee Manual, which the group commissioned and made available free of charge to members. This template manual allows for customizing policies related to government standards, and unique procedures spe-cific to the improvement of retail and garden centre operations.

CNLA and Garden Centres Canada, under the leadership of chair Anthony O’Neill with the support of Landscape Ontario and the Garden Centre Sector Group, had a tremendous year in regards to the improve-ment of independent garden centre and public awareness. CNLA con-ducted its third annual inspection program with Eve Tigwell, which focuses on the quality of the garden centre experience. National Recycle

Week, in its second year, diverted even more plastic and gained increased public press coverage. Finally, this year the Garden Centres Group was happy to support the first annual National Tree Day on Sept. 21.

Adverse conditionsThe year 2011 was the wettest spring on record, and was also one of the hottest and driest summers in many years. These adverse conditions for Ontario garden centres demonstrated the sector’s resilience. The Garden Centre Sector Group reacted by hosting a free event with guest speaker Judith Guido, who focused on how to improve our industry, company brand image, and where to grow in the future.

Over the next year, the Garden Centre Sector Group will once again show its adaptive abilities. In reaction to member demand, we moved the 2011 Symposium program to the morning of Expo, which over a warm breakfast, will feature a presentation by Karl Stensson, ‘Taking a Good Garden Centre and Making it Great.’ The committee will also work on the program, ‘Improvement of Garden Centre Staff,’ by redeveloping the retail certification program to make it easy and accessible to train within the garden centre industry. We will also look at ways to expand the inspection program for our members and improve on industry knowledge and idea sharing. We greatly appreciate input from anyone, and welcome the participation of members in our committee meetings.

Respectfully submitted,Michael Van DongenChair, 2010-2011

Grounds ManagementChair: John Hewson CLP/ Mike DeBoer CLTProvincial board representative: Brian MarshMembers: Carmine Filice CLP, Anthony Kampen, Jeff McMann CLT, Dean Schofield, Rodger Tschanz, Jay VanGelder

July saw the Windsor Chapter come together for its first annual base-ball tournament. Lots of great fun and relaxation were experienced by the 60-plus people who participated.

Our Bob Girard Memorial Golf Tournament, held in September, was a huge success, even though the event was rained out. Sixty-plus golfers joined us that day with many sponsors and door prizes. Orchard View Golf Course staff cooked a great steak barbecue meal that was enjoyed by all. The rain didn’t dampen the fun and social time for all those who took the time to attend. Windsor Chapter has a few members who always step up and contribute so much. Thank you!

As a Chapter, Windsor took on a project to make a backyard wheel-chair accessible for a young girl named Olivia. Without these members, this dream of being able to enjoy the outdoors would not have been real-ized. Windsor Chapter really can make a difference!

Plans are well underway for Windsor Chapter to be involved in an upcoming home show event. We will enhance certain areas of the show, as well as provide an educational/informative source. The members

along with St. Clair College horticulture students will participate.

President’s closing remarksFirst, I must say a huge thank you to all the members who have decided to get involved and volunteer their time and skills to this Chapter. Just when you think things might go soft, many people step up to carry this Chapter to a new level. The members just keep trying to improve, and it is amazing! Thank you to Jay Rivait for the amazing newsletter; there’s no shortage of correspondence in this Chapter. I encourage all members to continue their involvement. Everyone watch for his newsletter and please come out to our next function. Our Chapter does make a differ-ence. Please get involved!

Respectfully submittedMark Williams President 2010-2011


This is the fifth year of the Trial Gardens at the Landscape Ontario home office site, under the supervision of Rodger Tschanz of the University of Guelph. The goal of the trials is to highlight new and under-utilized plant varieties to the Ontario landscaping industry.

This year the Trial Gardens included a display that featured a bed of kalanchoe in the centre of the site by Balfour Greenhouses. A two-day open house event had over 80 industry members attending on the Fri-day, with the public open house on the Saturday, with over 175 attend-ees. Visitors came from as far as New York State. On the Saturday, the open house presented an ‘ask-the-expert’ booth with representatives from the Master Gardeners of Ontario. Thank-you to all sponsors of this event who ensured that was a great success. The new varieties were sched-uled for display at Expo 2011, and Congress 2011 in the New Product Showcase.

The Sector Group’s vision statement is, “A prosperous, pro-fessional, ethical, rec-ognized and trusted Grounds Management Sector.”

The group worked on and discussed the following issues:•Developastrategic

plan through SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats).

•Benchmarkprojects/charting accounts by developing a program that includes: overhead, sales per truck, sales per day, productivity ratios, etc. The Group will review in 2012 to see if this is still required by industry.

•Developacommunicationplan.Whoisourcustomer?Whatisourstory? Possible delivery systems of this information. It was agreed that Canada Blooms was a good venue.

•Emissions.TheGroupinviteddistributorsandmanufacturersofgrounds equipment to a special meeting to discuss reducing emission.

•Specialprojecttoenergizethesector.Theplanistodevelopasetoflow impact guidelines for the property management industry (Green Guidelines). The guidelines would act as a pre-qualification device. Jeff McMann is spearheading this project with input from the rest of the Group.

Respectfully submittedJohn HewsonChair

Growers Chair: Mark OstrowskiVice-chair/ Provincial board representative: Gerwin BoumanTreasurer: Bill PutzerMembers: Jamie Aalbers, Dave Braun, Harry Devries, Tim Dyer, Kam-eron Fordyce, Jeff Gregg, Jennifer Llewellyn, Glen Lumis, John Moons, Fred Somerville, Melissa Spearing, Christine Stein, Dave Tillaart, Alex Verbinnen, Rita Weerdenburg, Youbin Zheng

The Nursery Growers’ Sector Group continued to work on strategic prior-ities throughout the year, which include professional development and education, research and market development and industry advocacy and promotion.

The year started out with a very successful annual Nursery Growers’ Tour on Sept. 16, 2010. Over 120 people climbed aboard two charter buses to visit six sites in the Niagara area. Host sites included Connon Nurseries/CBV Holdings in Waterdown, Blue Sky Nursery in Beamsville, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, J.C. Bakker and Sons Nurs-ery near St. Catharines, Mori Nurseries at Niagara-on-the-Lake, The Ice House Winery and Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens. Great weather and excellent camaraderie were shared by all with the help of sponsors ASB Greenworld, Gro-Bark Ontario and Plant Products.

Our fall dinner meeting was held Nov. 3, 2010, at the Oakville Qual-ity Inn. Attendees enjoyed network-ing with industry peers over refresh-ments and dinner. Mario Lanthier of CropHealth Advis-ing and Research spoke about pest management in Canadian nurseries. This was followed by Ken Rounds of Ethosolar, who gave an informative overview of solar energy options. He also provided information about the Ontario Power Authority incentives to promote solar energy installations

through the Microfit program. The Growers’ research subcommittee is successfully identifying

important projects that align with our key research and industry devel-opment priorities. They work directly with horticultural researchers and collaborate on improving best management practices. Leveraging research and development monies available from government programs, this group is marshaling several projects that include highway plantings, alternatives to ash and Norway maple, water quality and usage, biocon-trols, fertilizer application, integrated pest management and disease sup-pression. Thanks go to Alex Verbinnen, research subcommittee chair, and his group of committed growers.

A think tank session with industry owners and operators was held on Jan. 25, 2011. Moderated by Tom Intven, this forum’s objective was to encourage an exchange of ideas among businesses to help address the economic challenges facing our industry. Several speakers, includ-ing guests Debbie Lonnee from Bailey Nurseries in the U.S. and John Chisholm from S.B. Partners, gave their perspective on stimulating pros-perity within the framework of a slowing economy. Discussion and several action items revolved around stimulating demand, operations improvement, public and government awareness and finance-related ideas.

Jeff Gregg is the chair of our Safety Subcommittee. The group has made significant progress working with Sally Harvey and Workplace Safety and Prevention Services to establish a nursery-specific safety train-ing program. This adds great value and will make a positive difference in promoting safety in the industry. WSPS is developing the workbook and organizing education sessions for this winter in partnership with LO.

Industry open house at LO/University of Guelph trial gardens.


The annual Nursery Growers’ Short Course was spearheaded by Jen-nifer Llewellyn and Glen Lumis again this year, on Feb. 9. Well over 200 growers gathered at the Royal Botanical Gardens to hear presentations on water, pest and soil management practices. Several industry suppliers brought exhibits and shared their products and service knowledge with attendees. Thank you again to all of the generous sponsors who helped with the food and speaker costs.

This year’s Research Auction was hosted by Blue Sky Nursery. Many made the trip to Beamsville on a beautiful, hot day to bid on top qual-ity plant material, landscape supplies and equipment. Thanks again to all of the bidders, sponsors, volunteers and staff for making it a success-ful day. Great food and fun were enjoyed by all who participated, raising $20,000 for our horticultural research and scholarship program.

Many individuals work countless hours to ensure that this industry continues to be a vibrant, successful and fun sector to work in. I would like to personally thank all of the directors, volunteers, sponsors and staff who support this group and make it a pleasure to serve.

Respectfully submitted,Mark OstrowskiChair, 2010-2011

Interior Plantscapes Chair: Stephen Schell CHTProvincial board representative: Stephen SchellMembers: Hella Keppo CHT, Fred Prescod CHT, Phil Van Alstyne CHT, Nanthakumar Paramanathan

On October, 2010, we held the second Interior Landscape breakfast dur-ing Expo at the Toronto Congress Centre. The theme was Environmental Design, featuring guest speakers, Kathy Fediw and Joanne Young. Spon-sor this year was Westbrook. The presentation was held at the Green for Life Stage with 40 participants.

The group reviewed the logistics of the seminar, and it was decided that something different is required for Expo 2011. The theme agreed upon was Living Walls.

Other initiatives•TheSectorGroupbecameamemberofGreenPlantsforGreen

Buildings. This allows access to numerous training programs and marketing promotion material.

•RedeemerCollegewascontactedtodetermineopportunitiestoworkwith the school to provide a marketing plan for the industry. This would be part of the school’s curriculum.

•OntheissueofCertification,theGroupwillworkwithPLANETtofinalize the interior manual.

The committee will discuss ways to revitalize the Interior sector in 2011-2012.

Respectfully submittedStephen Schell CHTChair 2010-2011

Irrigation Chair: Chris LeConte/John Lamberink CITMembers: Robert Cooke, Louise Cottreau, Chris Davies, Brian DeCaluwe CIT, Alan Driedger, Andrew Gaydon, Kara Gibbons, Gillian Glazer, Steve Macartney CIT, Roy Neves, Mike Ross, Tony Serwatuk CIT, Gary Supp, Henry VanHengstum CIT, Neil Whitehall CIT, Chuck Yates CIT

The Irrigation Sector Group hosted the annual Irrigation Conference at Congress 2011 on Jan. 10. The theme of the event was Get Smart about Irrigation. It was a full-day conference with dynamic speakers and topics, which were well received by the 110 participants.

Projects/events•Education:CIC,CID,CLIA,CLEA;promotionofeducational

opportunities and certification•Developedatwo-daybootcamp,scheduledforApril,2012•WaterStewardshipAwardsofExcellence;reviewthecriteriaandupdate•Marketingofthesectorthroughthewebsite•PromoteSmartIrrigationMonthinJulyofeachyear•Participateinthe2012IPMSymposium,BenefitofGreenInfrastructure•NationalElectricalCodeandhowitaffectsthesector• IrrigationConferenceatCongress2012

The irrigation industry is under increasing scrutiny from policy mak-ers and environmental groups and the Irrigation Sector Group is keeping abreast of the situation.

Respectfully submittedJohn Lamberink CITChair 2011

Landscape ContractorsChair/Board representative: Peter GuinaneMembers: Thomas Blatter CLP, Brian Clegg, Charlie Dobbin, Janet Ennamorato, Harry Gelderman, Steve Hary, Ryan Heath CLP, CLT, Barry Hordyk, Arvils Lukss, Brian Marsh, Arthur Skolnik

I would like to thank all of the members of our committee for the time they contributed to the Landscape Contractors Sector Group.

The annual lecture series was held in conjunction with Industry Night at Canada Blooms on Mar. 17. Speakers were Mark Hartley, who pre-sented designs of private residential gardens located in the city and in the country, and Mark Bradley, who talked about the designs and construc-tion of his award-winning projects. Special thanks to the sponsors of the event: Beaver Valley Stone, Dufferin Aggregate, Eloquip, Gro-Bark, and Unilock. Over 100 attended the event, enjoying the presentation. Every-one then joined the Industry Night celebration and Canada Blooms Awards program.

For the 2012 Lecture Series, the group decided to change venue and date to revitalize the event. It will be held on Feb. 22, at the Toronto Botanical Gardens. Speakers will be Haig Seferian and Terry McGlade. Although there is no charge for the event, the Landscape Contractors Group is asking for a donation of canned goods or funds. All proceeds from this event will be donated to the re-planting efforts in Goderich.

The Landscape Contractors Group assists with the feature gardens at Canada Blooms, reviewing the entries to ensure they meet industry standards and quality. With the assistance of LO staff, and Tim Kear-ney’s vision, the ‘wow’ factor was returned to the show in the Landscape Ontario garden. The 2011 Canada Blooms show at the new location – Direct Energy Centre – was a great success, featuring everything on one floor level.

Following the completed negotiations with the National Home Show, the 2012 Canada Blooms will take place over 10 days. The Land-scape Contractors will continue to assist with the feature gardens.

Items of interest•LandscapeContractors’newsletterfocusesontheissuespertainingto

contractor sector.•Worktoincreasethenumberofmembersinthegroup.Itwasdecided


to try to include representatives from all chapters, ensuring the group’s membership captures the needs of the sector. Group members will visit all chapters and make a presentation.

•Howtopromotesectortotheconsumer.Discussiontookplaceonthe‘Selecting a Landscape Contractor Brochure’ to incorporate all aspects of the horticulture industry. It was felt the best venue for distribution to consumers is Canada Blooms.

The Contractors support the new Green for Life initiative. We are the green industry, and need to get the message out to the people.

Respectfully submittedPeter GuinaneChair, 2010-2011

Landscape Designers Chair: Tony Lombardi CLD, CLPProvincial board representative: Beth Edney CLD, Paul Brydges OALATreasurer: Fred Post CLDNewsletter editor: Jennifer HaymanMembers: Paul Brydges OALA, Don Chase CLD, Harry Gelderman, Judith Humphries CLD, Alice Klamer, Ron Koudys OALA,CLD, Fred Post CLD, Haig Seferian CLD, OALA, Ron Swentiski CLD, Catherine Geratts

The Landscape Designers Sector Group hosted the annual conference at Congress on Jan. 10, 2011. The full-day event had guest speakers Ron Koudys, Jeff McMann, Wendy Shearer, Rosalind Reed, Dave Maciulis, Beth Edney and Paul Zammitt. They were well received by the 175 peo-ple in attendance.

We would like to thank our sponsors: Blue Sky Nursery, Unilock, Rockdeck, HGH Granite, Dynascape, Betz Pools and CNLA. Added to the conference was a special area where sponsors of the event had table-top displays and were able to network with participants.

The conference committee members are Jodie Munshaw CLD, speaker coordinator; Chris Mace, sponsor coordinator; Catherine Ger-atts, décor coordinator; and Kristen McIntyre CHT, event coordinator.

The Group also hosted a Designers’ Breakfast at Expo in October, 2010. This session was held at the Green for Life Stage, with 70 partici-pants. Guest speaker was Theresa Syer, whose topic was Wow your Clients with Great Service. This event was sponsored by Connon Nurseries/NVK and Gibsan Pools.

Because of the success of the conference and breakfast, the Landscape Designers Group plans to continue hosting both these events.

The Designers Group newsletter continues to be a great success, and has been widely circulated. It is to be incorporated with the LO website.

The Group is working on the following projects/events:•TheCLDcommitteecontinuestospendtimeontheexamand

portfolio reviews. Discussion on the process, standards and education opportunities is ongoing. The Group is also working on the manual, which is due for completion and release in time for the 2012 Landscape Designers Conference on Jan. 9

•OTSStudentDesignCompetition•Areviewisunderwayofthepresentstrategicplanandupdateto

accommodate for the development of the CLD and its progress as the official nation-wide designation for landscape designers

•Participateinthe2012CanadaBloomsgardenbuild

Respectfully submittedTony Lombardi CLD, CLPChair, 2010-2011

Lawn CareChair: Steve TschanzProvincial board representative: Alan WhiteMembers: Tom Somerville, John Wright, Rohan Harrison, Don McQueen CIT, Don Voorhees, Paul Gaspar, Richard Reed, Bill Van Ryn Jr., Mark Goodman, Kyle Tobin, Dave Soepboer, Ryan Van Haastrecht, Lee Radcliffe, Thom Bourne CIT, Phil Bull, Pam Charbonneau, Martin Horsman, Gavin Dawson

Last year continued with government issues at the forefront of many meetings. This included the eco-fee on fertilizer and water quality issues pertaining to fertilizer usage.

The eco-fee issue resolved itself with the backlash of public pressure. The recycling of fertilizer bags is still a potential problem, as some ave-nues for recycling disappeared with further discussions.

We met with Canadian Fertilizer Institute about fertilizer usage and ground water quality. The approach of the Institute has a familiar feel as Crop Life’s did to the pesticide industry. There is concern on this direc-tion that will potentially once again leave only lawn care operators pro-tecting products. We created a sub-committee to promote the benefits of turf. This committee is working in conjunction with the sod growers on plans to have a nice display at Canada Blooms in 2012.

There is still no legal method to control chinch bugs in Ontario. The rumours of new products coming to the market continue, but there is nothing yet. A letter was sent to the Minister of the Environment about the lack of products and potential easing of the rules on class 11. A meet-ing followed with the ministry staff in the spring to address the lack of products coming to the market, but it was not very successful. Govern-ment officials said that companies that want to bring products to Can-ada should talk to them before the PMRA to see if it will be suited for class 11. This emphasizes the lack of science used in the formulation of the regulations and classes.

The use of the product Fiesta has been tough this year, as price is still an issue and re-growth continues to be a problem.

Respectfully submitted,Steve TschanzChair 2010-2011

Lighting Chair/Provincial board representative: John HigoMembers: Pamela Bingham, Gillian Glazer, Carl Hastings, Leon Hordyk, Raymond Josephian, Cory MacCallum CIT, Ken Martin, James Solecki, Joe Willemse, Corey Yourkin

Training and certification were priorities this year. The group worked to develop a training manual for a written Certified Landscape Lighting industry test and practical test stations. This is ongoing.

The group is still working on the main issue for this sector, Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) regulation. The goal is to have ESA recognize the competency, credibility and professionalism of the Certified Landscape Lighting industry. The members are still active, and await information and confirmation in regards to the Act. So far, there has been little move-ment. Note, permits and inspections are now required for all jobs.

The Sector Group hosted the annual Lighting Symposium and Trade Show at Grand Chalet in Milton in February, 2011. It was decided in 2010 to change the venue to accommodate more participants and exhibitors. Over 110 participants and 12 exhibiting companies attended the event, which was deemed a great success.


Other priorities include a communication newsletter and creating a brochure with promotional material to help a Lighting Contractor.

Respectfully submitted,John HigoChair, 2010-2011

Snow and Ice Chairs: Edward Hewis/John FulfordCommittee: Randy Adams, Vince Arone, Gerald Boot CLP, John Bui-kema, Carmine Filice, Steve Hary, Mark Humphries, Keith McDow, Jim Monk, John O’Leary CLT, Darren Rodrigues, Robert Roszell, Bob Tester, William Tiemersma, Martin Tirado SIMA

This year the group continued to•Createandimplementstandardrecordkeepingforms•AdoptandpromotetheSmartaboutSaltprogramasabenchmarkfor

good practices •RevisethecurrentLandscapeOntarioSnowContract• Investigateinsurancecoverage

The annual Snow and Ice Symposium/Trade Show was held in Kitch-ener/Waterloo in September, 2010. Landscape Ontario, OPA and MEOA partnered on the event. There were over 300 attendees at the event.

The group is working on the following projects/issues that include:a) Chloride Research Project – Dr Liping Yu of the University of Waterloob) Smart about Salt accreditationc) Review of the contractd) Insurance issuese) Review of strategic direction

The Optimum Salting for Parking Lots and Sidewalks report by Liping Yu and Raqib Omer, both of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo, continued its research to develop a better understanding of the conditions that influence the effectiveness of various commonly used deicing and anti-icing treatments for parking lots and sidewalks, and to develop knowledge for optimum selection of materials, application rates and techniques.

Robert Roszell attended the International Conference on Road Salt and reported back to the group on what took place during the event.

Respectfully submitted,John FulfordChair 2011

reportscommittee2011

All of Landscape Ontario’s affairs are governed by its members. Regional needs are met at the chapter level, while industry-specific issues are dealt with at the sector group level. All other affairs are conducted at the committee level. Some, such as Congress, Communications or Finance, are long-standing committees that oversee the association’s very important, revenue-generating activities. Often, committees are formed on an as-need basis to deal with specific matters. Once a committee has successfully completed its mandate, the committee is discontinued.

BrandingChair: Paul Doornbos CLT, CLPMembers: Darren Bosch, Diana Cassidy-Busch CLP, Phil Dickie, Tom Intven, Tim Kearney CLP, Shannon Lindensmith, Steve Macartney CIT, Bob McCannell, Jim McCracken, Mark Ostrowski, Alan White

As envisioned in the marketing plan drafted several years ago, LO’s Green for Life brand has now taken on a life of its own.

The centrepiece of the initiative, the consumer-targeted website www.landscapeontario.com, continues to connect consumers with LO mem-bers. People may search for LO members who provide services within a consumer’s locale. The search links inquiries to customized member profile pages. Some members have reported receiving valuable referrals from the website. The site also serves to inspire consumers on the beauty and benefit that is provided by horticulture.

Member volunteers who created the program in 2008 had, among their many goals, the objective of creating a sustainable industry pro-

motion to drive demand, should the economy soften. Their vision and commitment deserve immense gratitude, as Green for Life continues to strive to do exactly that.

As hoped for, members are co-branding their companies, and build-ing the GFL brand across Ontario with vehicle stickers, as well as logos on print and electronic promotions. The brand is front-and-centre at all LO events, including our trade shows. Exposure is further reinforced at the chapter level. LO’s trade publications also help spread the Green for Life story.

Landscape Ontario’s leadership has now inspired other provinces across Canada. We created Green for Life, and it fits LO’s values to share the program with our sister associations. Our program has been grate-fully adapted and integrated by British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. The program also inspired a very success-ful tree-planting event in Minnesota.

LO members, especially through their chapters, already perform an impressive amount of community service work. Now that work is align-ing with the spirit of Green for Life.

LO utilizes Denis Flanagan as our public spokesman, supplemented by his many contacts. He makes countless live, TV and radio appear-ances across the province and Canada. In addition, he is a leader with organizations including Communities in Bloom, Canada Blooms, the Ontario Horticultural Society and others. His public relations activities, in accordance with the Green for Life brand’s focus, are now supporting our many community initiatives.

Landscape Ontario’s presence at Canada Blooms 2011 was the asso-ciation’s largest-scale statement ever, all built around the Green for Life


brand. LO’s 10,000-sq. ft. garden greeted every visitor at the show’s entrance. This garden exemplified the “culture” of Green for Life, with over 40 member companies and 200-plus volunteers coming together to show our pride in promoting our industry, by working together and checking egos at the door. Dream landscapes and new plants were fea-tured at the show in Garden Inspiration magazine, flip side of the Can-ada Blooms show guide, to give visitors a take-home reference on how to beautify their landscapes, and connect with LO members. The GFL brand was also promoted through extensive media coverage built around the show.

Special funding to implement Green for Life expired at the end of the last fiscal year. This year, our branding initiatives were integrated with LO’s general operating budget. Thanks to my fellow committee mem-bers for guiding our public image in such a positive, productive direc-tion, and thanks to all who implemented the program with an eye for effectiveness and good value. The challenge for the association now is to ask the question, “Does this fit with our brand?” for all strategic initia-tives going forward, and to have the courage to continue moving forward with those initiatives that fit.

Respectfully submitted,Paul Doornbos CLT, CLPChair 2010-2011

Building Chair: Karl StenssonDirectors: Hank Gelderman CLT, Tom Intven, Paul Olsen, John Putzer, Haig Seferian CLD, Marc Thiebaud, Rene Thiebaud CLP, Bob Tubby CLP, Monica van Maris, Neil Vanderkruk

We are making slow but steady progress in developing the Landscape Ontario home office. Last year our committee recommended that we keep 10 of our 48 acres. The board agreed. We are now in the process of preparing the surplus lands to enhance its value, if and when we

decide to sell. We hired a development consultant to help us through the process.

In order to maximize the value, we will submit a Draft Plan of Sub-division to the Region of Halton. The Draft Plan will be circulated to a wide number of agencies for comment. After the circulation period (and revisions to the plan if required by the reviewing agencies), draft plan approval is given by the Region. Draft approval states that the plan may be registered and the lots created, subject to a series of conditions. When all of the conditions have been fulfilled, the plan is registered and the individual lots sold.

The process includes preparation of items such as, proposed road locations, functional servicing plans, topographical survey, archaeologist report, biologist report, etc.

The home office continues to be well used by the membership. We host over 150 seminars and countless meetings. We also expanded the Trial Garden area this year. It acts as an outdoor classroom for new vari-eties of annuals and perennials. The garden’s open house events for the public and trade continue to become more popular each year. The colourful garden attracts a great deal of attention from the highway.

We also landscaped around the Union Gas transfer station, using many different types of native plants. The plantings have been designed to be used for certification testing.

We look forward to renovating the main building as soon as the sur-plus lands are sold.

Respectfully submitted,Karl Stensson Chair 2010 - 2011

Canada Blooms Co-Chairs: Jeff Olsen and Heather FullerDirectors: Everett DeJong, Suzanne Drinkwater, Jill Fairbrother, Michel Gauthier, Peter Guinane, Tim Kearney CLP, Mary Jane Lovering, Janette MacDonald, Lawson Oates, Janet Rowley, Jacqueline Tilford-Clarke

The theme for the 15th annual Canada Blooms Flower and Garden Festival was Rhythms. It was a perfect complement to our collabo-ration with the Juno Awards and its 40th anniversary.

Canada Blooms and five talented members of Landscape Ontario created garden tributes to previ-ous Juno award winners with the creation of beau-tiful gardens to reflect each artist’s particular style and genre. We thank Jully Black, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Sarah Harmer, Ben Hep-pner and the family of Oscar Peterson for their par-ticipation.

Held at the Direct Energy Centre for a sec-ond year, Canada Blooms featured over six acres of colourful gardens, 100,000 square feet of marketplace The Green for Life garden at Canada Blooms inspired visitors with the beauty and benefits of green infrastructure.


and 200 hours of guest speakers, workshops and demonstrations over five days in mid-March.

A spectacular entrance garden was created by the Landscape Ontario Green for Life team, headed by Tim Kearney and designed by the Haig Seferian team. The build team consisted of over 50 companies, 200 indi-viduals and hundreds of thousands of dollars of material and labour. Once again this year, each Chapter in LO was represented. The Green for Life garden showcased a multi-coloured floral wall, gentle water fea-ture, with an area to sit and relax under the 10 foot high trees in beauti-ful planters, all giving a park atmosphere. The garden also featured plant material selections for green roofs.

Canada Blooms 2011 was attended by over 90,000 enthusiastic guests. Attendees came from across Ontario, other Canadian provinces, the United States, along with international visitors from the United Kingdom and Europe.

The marketing plan for the 15th anniversary celebrations involved Canada’s top media organizations, including The Toronto Star, Rogers and CTV. Canada Blooms presented a pull-out section in both The Star and new partner Metro Newspaper, as well as extensive online promotion. This year Canada Blooms participated in a provincial transit shelter cam-paign with the support of the Ontario government, which attracted more guests from outside of the GTA to visit the host City of Toronto.

A big thank you is extended to all our sponsors, growers, greenhouse operators and horticultural suppliers who generously donated funds, time, services and supplies to ensure the growth and success of Canada Blooms. We thank them all for their continued support.

We also would like to thank the over 1,200 volunteers, who donated numerous hours doing many different jobs: greeting the buses, handing out the show guides, assisting with the build of the gardens, introducing guest speakers and answering questions from attendees. Without these volunteers, Canada Blooms would not be what it is.

The year 2012 will bring some major changes for Canada Blooms, as we co-locate with the National Home Show, Canada’s largest home show to create the largest home and garden event in North America. This new 10-day event from March 16 to 25, is expected to see a huge crossover attendance, allowing Canada Blooms to introduce new con-sumers, new exhibitors and media to our world-class horticulture and floriculture event.

Respectfully submitted Jeff Olsen, Heather FullerCo-chairs, 2011

CNLALO representative: Gerald Boot CLP

CNLA’s relationship with the rest of the provinces has never been as pro-ductive or relevant. There are so many initiatives and issues, that some-times it is difficult to simplify and articulate, unless some background is provided. This report will attempt to connect those dots.

Public/government relations The George Morris Centre report, Documented Economic, Environmen-tal and Health Benefits of Horticulture, and the Deloitte report, Economic Impact of the Ornamental Horticulture Industry, were both initiated by CNLA in 2009. These documents, as well as the Sustainable Sites Ini-tiative, Green Cities Movement and Green Infrastructure project, are being used to make a credible case for the quality of life benefits of our industry.

The more we collectively deliver the message that horticulture is much more than ornamental, the more our entire sector will benefit. This is the simple and central message of the public and government

relations activity. It is no different for Landscape Ontario. Here are some of the programs and activities CNLA is working on to advance our sector’s story: Horticulture for Health and Green City promotion.

Canadian Ornamental Horticulture Alliance (COHA) This is an alliance of CNLA, Flowers Canada and Federation Inderdisci-plinaire du Horticulture de Quebec. Its sole focus is to raise awareness for the benefits of our sector to the federal government. A new executive director, Pierre Cadieux, has been hired. His office is in Ottawa. COHA is funded by the three founding groups. Since we fund CNLA, therefore COHA is funded by Landscape Ontario.

Political Action Committee The committee encourages all members to develop a relationship with their MP. Relationships help build awareness for the benefits of our sec-tor. CNLA will assist members with communication materials.

Environment committee The plastics recycling program was very successful across Canada. The committee is investigating the Green Cities accreditation program. This program is being developed in the Netherlands.

Business development and innovation CNLA, through COHA, convinced Agriculture Canada to contribute the original genetics for the Explorer Roses to CNLA. They also agreed to fund the majority of the rose breeding program at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre. This project has the possibility of developing amazing hardy shrub roses, generating a real benefit for many in our industry. In addition, the Vineland partnership generates more funding to develop innovative products and processes.

Insurance program I am the insurance chair for CNLA. It has been a time-consuming and complex job, however, the potential benefits for the association and members are enormous.

We switched to Marsh from Sinclair Cockburn last November. Marsh has been very good to deal with. They are the largest insurance broker in Canada, and therefore have considerable influence with insurance com-panies. Since November, they have built premiums to over $1-million. The insurance program was once at $12-million. We still have a long way to go.

The benefits of our relationship with Marsh are many. They have agreed to form a risk management council to help our members reduce business risk. They will also build a fund to help fight frivolous claims. Ultimately, however, the idea is to form our own industry insurance company. Once the premiums reach $10-million, we will explore this option.

Here is how it works: Members pay their premiums into a collec-tive fund; the premiums are used to pay any claims; insurance is then purchased for any risk above the premium amount. If the collective pre-miums are not utilized, because of good claims experience, these funds remain as the property of the group.

Barriers to acceptance•Changinginsuranceprogramsisnoteasy.Membersareencouragedto

get quotes. •Provincialrepresentativeshavebeenaskedtoactasanadvisorygroup.

It is hoped that this will accelerate acceptance. •Weneedtoreducetheriskwithinthegroup.•Thegreatestriskisrelatedtodriving.Marshwilldevelopanonline

vehicle safety awareness program for member employees. •Goalis$25-million.•Wewillstartfightingfrivolousclaims.


CNLA dues Last year the LO board gave me the authority to negotiate a 1.5 per cent increase for the next three years. All provinces agreed to the increase, with the exception of British Columbia.

Green for Life National Awards CNLA has adopted the Ontario Green for Life Awards program. This will be an award within the Communities in Bloom program.

Member recruitment CNLA wants to assist with member recruitment. The board agreed to purchase a list of all industry members in Canada on a 50/50 basis. LO has already purchased the list.

Grower issuesCNLA is presently determining research priorities, so that funds raised may be raised to support those priorities.

The U.S. has passed legislation that will force growers to identify the country of origin on all plants going into that country. This might stop many exports and is a serious issue. Currently, Canadian Food Inspec-tion Agency is helping CNLA determine the impact of the legislation, so that an appropriate response may be developed.

The Advanced Payment Program is now available for growers. Pre-ferred financing is available to pay for planting crops. CNLA lobbied for this benefit. Up to $400,000 is available, with first 100 interest free, and the rest is at prime. Administration fees do apply.

The Clean Plants Program was responsible for the survival of the B.C. industry when faced with the sudden oak death crisis. The risk man-agement program uses a systems-based, audited approach to implement best practices to reduce the spread of regulated pests. It also enhances the grower’s ability to trace-back and trace-forward any plant. This ability is essential in case of a quarantine and/or eradication order. The program was funded by the B.C. government. Funds have now run out and the program is in danger of being shut down. CNLA agreed to take over the administration of the program until it becomes sustainable. The new U.S. legislation, noted above, might make the program essential for all growers.

Canadian Label: The growers group is looking for common branding to sell Canadian product. One idea is to use “Cool-Roots,” or “Canadian Roots.”

Human resource development There is major progress on the Red Seal program. Program standards have now been aligned across Canada. The national exam is almost complete. Once the program is complete, there will be a major effort to build demand by lobbying government to make apprenticeship and cer-tification requirements in tender documents.

An on-the-job training program will be a major priority next year. This will help members train their employees, based on a well researched system used in the military.

A Masters level program has been developed with the George Mor-ris Centre. Owners and managers are encouraged to take the program.

GovernanceCNLA is reviewing its governance structure in order to reduce the size of the board and to save on travel costs. A proposal was put forward for consideration. Comments are encouraged. A decision on change will be made at the next meeting from Feb. 7 to 11 in Halifax.

Respectfully submitted,Gerald Boot CLPCNLA representative

CommunicationsChair: Hank Gelderman CLTT, CLTOMembers: Gerald Boot CLP, Laura Catalano, Tim Kearney CLP, Marty Lamers, Janice Laurin, Bob Tubby CLP

LO’s communications initiatives consistently served the industry well during prosperous times, and the association’s Communications Com-mittee is pleased at the levels of service delivered during recent tougher times.

Of the association’s many initiatives, publication revenue was hard hit by the recession. As marketing budgets dried up, our issue sizes cer-tainly went down. However, we found the means to get unique industry- and sector-specific information to our audience, despite lower revenues.

Actually, publications were hardest-hit during FY 2009-2010. This year’s results show gross revenue up three per cent, unchanged direct expenses and a five per cent improvement in net proceeds before wages. Committee members applaud the communications team on these results.

Our flagship, Landscape Trades, continues its respected leadership role for Canada’s industry. While a few other Canadian green industry maga-zines serve niche regions or sectors, LT’s quality, reach and industry ser-vice ethic is unchallenged. This year saw the successful launch of www.landscapetrades.com. The site features story archives, online subscriptions, classifieds and the online Source Book, plus online display advertising — a new revenue stream.

Horticulture Review is as popular among LO members as ever. Com-mittee members view it as a critical communications link, defining the association. HR helps to drive attendance and success at association events, recognize volunteer achievements, promote professionalism and deliver news about Ontario’s industry and LO members.

The e-broadcast LO This Week, an extension of HR, has become an indispensible tool for LO and its members. In the spirit of spreading our message as widely as possible, an electronic replica edition of HR is dis-tributed in e-news ahead of the print version, and we offer free electronic subscriptions to anyone interested. Times and preferences change, but we feel we are doing a good job of serving members with timely elec-tronic communications, without going overboard.

Canada Blooms is our most effective opportunity to connect with the public, and our team once again published the official Blooms show guide, along with the flip-format Garden Inspiration. The beauty and ben-efits of horticulture, through our Green for Life initiative, were commu-nicated to 45,000 readers through the magazine.

While your publishing team produces about a thousand magazine pages annually, the volume of other support work it performs is aston-ishing. The official LO website, www.horttrades.com, ranks high in rich-ness and complexity of information; this is the reason it appears at the top of search engine queries. We continue to connect and inspire consumers through the Green for Life initiative, built around www. landscapeontario.com. And a few of the other projects completed during the course of the year include the LO Member Handbook, the Landscape Trades wall calendar, LO Professional Development Guide, Congress Confer-ence Guide, Congress and Expo show guides, countless brochures, flyers and more.

Committee members, through their time and interest, provide a valu-able sounding board to determine whether our communications initia-tives are on target. I know that our staff values their input, and I echo that appreciation.

Respectfully submitted,Hank GeldermanChair, 2010-2011


Congress and ExpoChair: Brian LofgrenVice-chair, Congress: Brian Cocks CLTVice-chair, Expo: Beth Edney CLDMembers: Scott Beaudoin, Diana Cassidy-Bush CLP, Terry Childs, Doug Coote, Paul DeGroot, Barry Dickson, Nathan Helder, Michael LaPorte CLT, Bob McCannell, Klaas Sikkema, Nick Solty, Jack VandeRee CLT and Monica van Maris.

Landscape Ontario’s Show Committee hosts two major industry trade shows that include both exhibits and professional development. The industry’s fall show for the floral and gar-den industry assumed a new name – Land-scape Ontario’s Expo, formerly Garden & Floral Expo, to take full advantage of being associated with the LO brand. Held Oct. 19-20, 2010, the show opened a Window to the World of retail.

Congress ran Jan. 11-13, 2011, offering industry specific pre-confer-ence professional development, a full three-day conference and trade show. Congress 2011 closed on a revenue high note of $109,000 over total revenue and net proceeds compared to Congress 2010. Expo achieved more modest results, but still a positive revenue increase of $27,000 over projected revenue and $31,000 over projected net pro-ceeds.

Attendance, unlike revenue, didn’t fare as well. At Expo there was a modest increase to 2,800 visitors while Congress, hit by a snowstorm in the middle of the show, experienced a 12 per cent decrease from the previous year. The weather and the economy caused fluctuations in both revenue and visitor participation; neither of which are predictable or controllable.

Expo, formerly Garden & Floral ExpoExpo 2010 opened in a blaze of colour and well merchandized displays which captured the attention of over 2,800 horticulture and floriculture professionals. High quality booth displays, hundreds of new plant and product introductions, sector specific symposia and floral masterpieces, featured in Aisle 400 of the show floor, left attendees feeling excited about the state of the industry. A visit from over 30 garden writers helped garner some great post-show media coverage.

The show committee’s goal has been to give attendees and exhibi-tors a world class, retail focused trade show that is conveniently located within their own market area. The show is designed to inspire visitors to take action to create extraordinary experiences in their own stores for their customers. To this end, Expo 2010 introduced design and merchan-dising elements that sparked ideas, including: modern artistic lighting, updated colour schematic, a welcoming entrance garden, creatively mer-chandized new product and plant introductions, and improved staff knowledge on plants and products. Credit for the continuous improve-ment in the show environment can be attributed to artistic director Albert Graves, landscape designer Beth Edney, floral designer Derrick Foss, AIFD, CAFA, of Just Me Floral, and garden designer Diana Cassidy-Bush of Fresh Landscape and Garden Solutions.

The theatrically lit section was expanded for Expo 2010 and contin-ued to offer dramatic displays to entice visitors into booths. Over 100 of the latest product additions to the world of ornamental horticulture were featured in the New Product Showcase. Greenstar Plant Products, a leading innovator in the industry, sponsored the feature. Connon Nurs-

eries/CBV Holdings and Medallion Fence contributed product for mer-chandising the area. Michael LaPorte, Clearview Nursery, Terry Childs, Natures Way Landscaping, and Klaas Sikkema, a LO alumni member, are congratulated on designing and merchandizing the products.

Partnerships with Communities in Bloom Ontario, Flowers Can-ada (Ontario), Master Gardeners of Ontario, Niagara Economic Devel-opment Department and the Canadian Academy of Floral Art (CAFA) enable us to reach out to have designers create an environment that wel-comed visitors to the show floor and attracted a new generation of gar-den centre retailers and florists, who expected to be wowed at Expo.

The entire event was made possible through the generous support of our sponsors: Global Arch, Greenstar Plant Products, HortProtect-Marsh and Turf Revolution.

The Green for Life Stage, sponsored by Turf Revolution, partnered with Landscape Ontario to offer educational programming to help industry professionals become green for life. Connon Nurseries/NVK Holdings and Camilla House Imports also made contributions.

The dynamic education programs for the Garden Centre Sympo-sium, Landscape Designer Breakfast and Interior Plantscape Breakfast and Networking event were made possible through the commitment of companies that believe strongly in professional development. Apprecia-tion is extended to: Fafard et Freres, Connon Nurseries/NVK Holdings, Permacon, and Westbrook Floral, along with the following contributors: Brookdale Treeland Nurseries, Canada Nurseries, Canadian Nursery Landscape Association/Garden Centre Canada, Langendoen Nurseries, Manchester Products, Turf Revolution, Valleybrook Garden (Ontario) and Willowbrook Nurseries.

Renamed a year ago, Expo has gained recognition in the world of horticulture trade shows, as offering not only some of the freshest plant material grown in Ontario, but also the one stop event to see many of the favourites grown in the University of Guelph’s trial gardens. Retail and floral visitors depend on Expo to network with the vendors and growers who supply the plants and products their customers expect.

Congress 2011Under the leadership of Gilles Bouchard and the sales proficiency of Paul Day, Congress enjoyed resounding success in the sale of exhibit space. Revenue was up by $109,000 over 2010.

Despite the challenge of inclement weather and constraints on the parking lots at the Toronto Congress Centre, due to the rental of the

LO’s trade shows offer a chance for industry members to meet Face-to-Face.


north building on the same dates as our show, attendance declined by 12 per cent, but was still 10 per cent ahead of 2009.

For several years, Congress has benefited from strong partnerships with the Canadian Fence Industry Association (CFIA), Communities in Bloom — Ontario and the Ontario Parks Association (OPA) who help fill the trade show floor with related products and professional develop-ment programs that compliment both the business and technical pro-gramming of Congress.

The show committee is grateful to Pat Hillmer, enticed out of retire-ment, who put the Congress pre-show and dynamite conference pro-gram together. The events attracted 400 delegates to the one-day only, IPM Symposium, a total of 98 delegates to the Irrigation Conference, 10 CLP delegates at the Toronto Congress Centre certification event, and 195 delegates at the Doubletree by Hilton Toronto Airport Hotel to par-ticipate in the Landscape Designer Conference. Rachel Cerelli, LO’s certi-fication and apprenticeship coordinator, handled the symposia logistics with the same attention to detail she demonstrates on certification test days.

Kristen McIntyre, returning from a second maternity leave, did an outstanding job in her new role as conference and events coordinator. The conference began on a light-hearted note by keynote speaker, Jody Urquhart, who reminded the 150 delegates that humour helps to handle disappointment and setbacks.

The balance of the conference featured business themes and indus-try specific topics. Delegates rated them ‘great’ and ‘excellent,’ except for two sessions on financial management. The full conference registration numbers increased by 10 per cent, as did single-day registrations.

The popularity of the social events continued among Congress del-egates. Held concurrently with the trade show and conferences, over 600 Landscape Ontario members and guests attended the Awards of Excel-lence ceremony in recognition of the landscape design, construction and maintenance accomplishments of members. Close to 500 trade show delegates and vendors frequented Tailgate Party to network with indus-try peers in a fun and entertaining event.

The success of the 38th edition of this event can be attributed to the generous support of our sponsors: Platinum – Banas Stones and Global Arch, Gold – Chrysler Canada, Silver- Doubletree by Hilton Toronto Air-port Hotel, and Landscape Trades; Bronze – Bobcat of Hamilton, Davey Tree Expert of Canada and Vermeer Canada.

Like organic foods in grocery stores, green products, services and organizations, are required to demonstrate business profitability. Gain-ing market acceptance and penetration for products on display in the Green Forum is an ongoing challenge. Despite the time it takes to gain market acceptance, there is commitment to sustainable green space management and best practices in all aspects of business.

The Ontario Parks Association and Communities in Bloom — Ontario continued the endorsement of the Green Forum by supporting it with exhibits and professional development programming and events, including Green Connections: Green Communities, Parks and Partner-ships and the OPA’s Conference: Parks: Connecting the Community.

Ontario Lieutenant Governor David Onley delivered an inspiring speech to a crowded room of park managers, planners and business owners of landscape companies. After LO president, Tom Intven, gave a guided tour of the Congress trade show, the Lieutenant Governor agreed to meet with members from LO to discuss the topic of designing green spaces for the physically challenged.

There were 619 exhibitors at Congress 2011, compared to 622 in 2010. The upbeat tone of the show resulted in many exhibitors rebook-ing for Congress 2012. The success of the show, in terms of attendance and vendor participation, is attributable to the strength of our partner-ships with allied trades - the Ontario Parks Association’s Explorations and Canadian Fence Industry Association’s Fencecraft trade shows. Con-gress continues to hold its reputation as one of North America’s leading horticulture sector trade shows.

SummaryI take this opportunity to thank the LO staff, volunteers and committee members for their ability to align with the LO Board of Directors and branding committee vision of being Green for Life.

Respectfully submitted,Brian LofgrenShow Committee Chair, 2010-2011

Education, Training and Human Resource DevelopmentEducation and Labour Development continued as a high priority in 2011.

The Prosperity Partners journey is truly integrated in all professional development products and services that we offer to our industry mem-bers. These include the winter seminars, webinars, symposia, conference seminars, Safety Group, engaging Chapter meetings, magazine content, trade show opportunities, the Landscape Ontario resource booth at the shows, certification and much, much more.

Your Landscape Ontario staff is working hard to partner with you to help achieve a new level of prosperity in your businesses and personal lives.

Long- and short-term human resource development continued to be a focus this past year with the addition of energetic synergies with vari-ous industry stakeholders.

The Education and Labour Development team had a busy year involved in and supporting many activities. Highlights are listed below:

Secondary and post-secondary•HorticultureOntarioSecondaryTeachersAssociation(HOSTA)

meetings and activities•HostingHOSTAwebsite•Twenty-fourprogramsin2010-2011(17programsin2010)•Updateonlinetoolsforcareersformembers•Supportedmemberpromotionoftheindustryasacareertoyouthand

newcomers•Collegeprogramrevisionandprogramadvisorycommittees•SkillsOntariogradeeightworkshop•OntarioTechnologicalSkillscompetitionatsecondaryandpost-

secondary level

Apprenticeship •Deliveryandexpansionofapprenticeshipprogram•Microskillspre-apprenticeshipprogram•MTCU-RedSealLandscapeHorticulturistapprenticeshipprogramand

exam launch•ParticipatedonICCommittee• IndustrycommitteestransitioningtoTradeBoardwithCollegeof

Trades•DevelopmentoftradeboardsdelayeduntilFall2011•Activeapprentices:895(notwrittenfinalexam)•ActiveCertificateofQualification:98(Doubledsince2009)•Activeemployers:504•NewregistrationsasatMar.31,2011:220•OntarioYouthApprenticeshipProgramapprentices:22

Safety:•SponsoredLandscapeOntarioSafetyGroup


•2010LandscapeOntarioSafetyGroupwasverysuccessfulwitharecordrebate score 5.74 per cent, and a group rebate of over $60,000 returned to the 25 participating firms

•PartneredwithWorkplaceSafetyPreventionServices(WSPS)toprovideindustry-specific safety education and training across the province

•WorkedwithWSPS,formerlyFarmSafety,inongoingdevelopmentofonline safety resources relevant to the industry

•Revisedsafetywebresource•SafetyCouncilmetquarterlytodiscussstrategies,gapsandtrends

within our industry and pending regulation from WSIB, MOL, WSPS, ORCGA, MTO

•SupportedseveralfirmsundergoingWorkWellaudits,resultinginpositive outcomes

•RepresentedtheindustryonWSPSAgricultureAdvisoryCommitteeasvice chair

•Focusedcommunicationsandeffortsoncompliance,MinistryofLabour, ORCGA, safe work blitzes and practices and prevention strategies

•ReleaseofTonyDeanReport–Bill160.WSIBtofocusoninsuranceand MOL to assume inspection, enforcement and prevention

Certification:•LaunchofLandscapeIndustryCertifiedManager(CLP)longdistance

learning opportunity with Humber College and CNLA •PracticaltestswereofferedatKemptvilleCollegeintheOttawaChapter

and at LO home office in Milton •CertifiedIndividualsinOntario:CIT:526,CLT:309(Manywithmore

than one designation), CHT: 73, CLD: 61, CLP: 76 in Ontario, with 70 in progress.

• InfluencingintegrationofcoreCLTcompetencieswithincollegeprogram curricula

•Gainingrecognitionwithinindustryandamongpurchasers• Increasedaccessandavailabilityaswrittentestsareregularlyoffered

throughout the year at all trade shows, Canada Blooms and some Chapters.

Grant projects •ApprovedforaLabourMarketPartnershipEmploymentOntariogrant

by the Ontario Government, entitled, Identifying Labour Issues and Challenges in the Landscape Horticulture Industry

•ApprovedforaFarmCreditCanadagrantentitled,Ornamental Growers’ Safety Program

Professional development events•Expo2010hostedsuccessfulGardenCentre,LandscapeDesignersand

Interior Plantscape symposiums•Congressconferencesincludedapre-tradeshowsymposiumseries,

including the only IPM event for 2011, the landscape designers’ conference, a CLP seminar and the irrigation conference. All were very successful and well attended

•Thirty-twoCongressconferenceshadover500attendees•The2011awardsprogramcontinuedtoevolvewithactiveparticipation

from members. This resulted in 165 awards in construction, maintenance and design programs, along with 22 special awards

•ThesecondLightingSymposiuminFebruarywasre-locatedduetoincreased attendance the previous year

Seminars•DevelopedProsperityPartnersoverviewvisualonline•Seminarattendancefor2010-2011wasdown,butstable•Feedbackwaspositiveoncontent• Increaseduseofonlineregistration•Planningfor2011-2012underway,basedonmemberandcommittee

feedback

• Increasedleveragingendorsedsuppliers;hostingandcross-promotingdevelopment opportunities

•On-the-jobtrainingprogramestablishedmastertrainerstodeliverseminars in 2012

Industry relations•AttendedCanadianAgriculturalHumanResourceCouncilmeetings,

which provided a valuable connection at the federal level•ParticipatedinCanadianOrnamentalHorticultureAlliancecollective

collaborations •OngoingadvocacywithnewCollegeofTrades,MinistryofEducation

and Ministry Training Colleges and Universities•AmemberoftheMinistryofAgriculturehorticulturevaluechain

round-table labour working group’s management and technical skills development sub-committee

•Amemberofthehorticulturevaluechainround-tablelabourworkinggroup’s sector promotion and career awareness sub-committee

Human Resources Development CommitteeThe Professional Development and Education Review Committee, chaired by Richard Rogers CLTH, CLTS, reviewed the results of Land-scape Ontario’s education offerings to the trade over the past year. The review included Chapters, Sector Groups, winter workshops, Congress conferences, symposia, Green Trade Expo and webinars.

Recommendations from this committee have benefitted members greatly in 2010 and 2011. We thank the committee for its continued lead-ership and contributions to continually improving professional devel-opment opportunities for the industry.

Long-term Human Resources Planning CommitteeIn 2010, Landscape Ontario (Tony DiGiovanni and Tom Intven) asked Michael Pascoe of Fanshawe College to chair a committee and review Landscape Ontario’s mandate in regard to education and to formulate a five-year action plan for the association. A group of concerned indi-viduals (industry professionals and educators, representing apprentice-ship, secondary and post secondary institutions), CNLA, Ontario Parks Association, as well as resource staff from Landscape Ontario, debated and discussed the issue over a 12-month period through email, articles in Horticulture Review, meeting at Landscape Ontario and the online chat forum www.linkedin.com.

The basis for the discussion centred around three questions devel-oped by the chair. Question one recognized what LO was currently doing in regards to education and creating awareness within the group of what needed to be addressed. Question two was framed as a ‘wish list’ of what LO’s involvement could/should be within the context of this plan, while question three engaged educators to define and/or redefine their role and relationship with the industry.

Report summaryThrough the three areas of education (secondary, apprenticeship and post secondary), several common themes evolved that could be devel-oped as one unified target for the association in its efforts to promote this profession to students and potential students.1. Landscape Ontario should develop a unified approach to education

with promotion addressing all three of the core educational sectors using current, innovative techniques such as YouTube, websites, podcasts, etc.

2. Develop a unified one-stop shopping resource that is current and regularly maintained. This resource would list all educational opportunities, student resources and scholarship information from across the province. This resource would also promote cohesion between educational groups (teachers to college professors).


3. Assist in the development of an annual Ontario horticulture educators’ conference. Currently, it is very difficult to bring all educators together with industry stakeholders.

4. All curriculum should include green infrastructure and sustainability issues (diploma programs have the internal flexibility to do this), and LO should work with all stakeholders to ensure curriculum meets industry needs and trends.

5. Over the next five years, LO and the education community should explore financial sustainability of all horticultural programming. Through all levels of education, it was noted that financial security for programming was and is at the forefront. This is a complex issue to tackle and can only work with a long range, aggressive marketing campaign led by LO and supported by all educators.

6. Landscape Ontario must develop its own attitude; some call it swagger. We cannot allow decision makers to simply put us in the ‘unimportant file.’ Therefore, industry professionals with jaw-dropping expertise need to make the decision-makers take notice.

7. Various programs connected with our industry must develop attitude. As we have seen time and time again, programs force educators to do everything but educate. As a combined team, both educators and LO need to possess a strong and unique attitude. We need to make a pact and insist that education just doesn’t sit on the shelf. LO must ensure that education remains a priority.

What can educators do to refine and expand the role of education going forward? To borrow a phrase, I am sure we have all heard from Tim Kearney: “We must remove the silos that exist.” As educators, we are viewed as leaders and as such need to explore all educational opportuni-ties within our remit. Opportunities that educators might enact include: college credits given to high school horticulture students, advance stand-ing in diploma programs to apprenticeship students, and advance standing to college students entering university horticulture programs. These are all within reach if educators knocked down the silos. By lad-dering educational opportunities, not only provincially but also nation-ally through programs such as CCTT, we can build a stronger, seamless industry.

“Education is fortunate to have a partner such as Landscape Ontario at the table; the ongoing support is exemplary. It is hard to imagine another trade or industry that is as responsive and thoughtful as LO. Through the past initiatives, LO has supported the sustainability of OHEC, HOSTA and the growth of apprenticeship. It has ensured the financial stability of hundreds of students in education through bur-sary and scholarship awards and has supported research through the Foundation. We as educators are fortunate to have such a supportive industry voice and one that has directed a renewed approach through the initiation of this report.” (Excerpt from the report submitted by Michael Pascoe)

The Education and Labour Development team will continue to sup-port and advocate as your partners in prosperity on behalf of related edu-cators, instructors, students and industry, as we strive to bring relevant development opportunities that will develop and sustain a ‘prosperous, professional and ethical industry that is respected and recognized by all stakeholders for the contribution that the industry makes in enhancing quality of life.’

Respectfully submittedSally Harvey CLT, CLPManager, Education and Labour Development Team

Environmental Stewardship Committee Chair: Nathan HelderVice-chair: Chris Le ConteMembers: Susan Antler, Scott Bryk, Janet Ennamorato, Sean James, Allan Kling CLP, John Lamberink CIT, Bob McCannell, Peter Scholtens, Anna van Maris, Art Vanden Eden CHT, Alan White, Alex Zalewski CLT

Since the mandate of this committee is very broad in nature, at times it’s been difficult to see progress. Environmental stewardship should be at the heart of everything we do as a green industry, and sometimes it is dif-ficult to detect progress while in the middle of positive change. The com-mittee, however, has acted as a catalyst and nurturer of positive change throughout the organization. The following list outlines some of those changes:•TheGreenInfrastructureCoalitionhasmadesomeprogressindefining

many of the opportunities and issues related to the promotion of green infrastructure. Workshops have been held in many areas throughout Ontario. The Coalition is made up of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, Evergreen, Ontario Parks Association, LEAF, OALA, Toronto Region Conservation Authority and Landscape Ontario.

•TheGreeningHighwayProjectwassuccessfulinreceivingprovincialfunding to initiate this research project that will attempt to identify the optimum cultural conditions and plant choices for highway plantings. Evidence of the two-year old project can be viewed at 401 and Allan Road (both sides of the highway) and 401 and 427 (north bank of 401).

•ThecommitteeispartoftheSmartaboutSaltaccreditation,whichincludes Region of Waterloo, Building Owners and Managers Association and Ontario Good Roads Association. The aim is to reduce salt use and promote professional snow operations.

•DevelopmentoftheHorstDickertMemorialNativePlantAward.

It is positive to see LO members taking initiative with their own envi-ronmental stewardship projects. Some companies have been involved in an installation of a green roof on the Big Carrot Whole Food Store in Toronto. Others are involved in developing a new project known as Green Streets, coordinated by the Toronto Chapter, while others have made changes in their own businesses.

The LO Sector Groups have also embraced environmental steward-ship. This is evident and seen in the Irrigation Group, which is pro-viding leadership and promoting water conservation. And, Grounds Maintenance Group is in the process of writing specifications and guide-lines with stewardship in mind. The Garden Centre Group is developing creative partnerships with plastic recyclers.

The Environmental Stewardship Committee looks forward to another year. I would like to recognize my fellow committee members, LO and CNLA staff for their dedication and contributions.

Respectfully submitted,Nathan HelderChair 2010-2011

IPM Symposium Chair: Mark GoodmanCommittee members: Pam Charbonneau, Jeff Lowartz, Doug Smith, Rohan Harrison, Gerald Stephenson, Kyle Tobin, Monica van Maris, Violet Van Wassenaer, John Wright and Tim Cradduck


Reflecting on our 2011 IPM Symposium, what resonates is that our com-mittee accomplished exactly what we set out to do: combine all of our regional events into one ‘super-symposium.’ It was our 46th annual event symposium. Billed as a ‘new format, new energy, more value’ event, it surpassed expectations.

Our newly amalgamated format proved successful, with almost 500 engaged attendees at the Toronto Congress Centre. The full-day event was held in conjunction with Congress 2011, on the pre-trade show day, Monday. For the first time, lunch was included, as was a post-session networking reception.

We are professionals in our field of turf and landscape management, and strive to continue to be regarded as such. IPM Council of Canada CEC’s were granted through the required number of confirmed attend-ees. For all who attended, I wish to express my thanks.

A special note of appreciation to all our sponsors, without whom we could not achieve the high level of experience provided to our guests.

Also appreciated are the surveys returned by attendees. The time spent filling out the surveys is appreciated and your comments will help build and shape future events.

Lastly, the symposium would not be successful without our amazing and dedicated committee members. They all contribute to the success of the event, and their time and expertise is appreciated.

We welcome everyone to the 2012 event being held on Mon., Jan. 9, at the Toronto Congress Centre, Cohen Ballroom. With the ever-chang-ing new products and tools, the 2012 Symposium is sure to help attend-ees manage turf, trees and expectations. We look forward to seeing you there.

Respectfully submitted,Mark GoodmanChair 2010-2011

Membership Recruitment and RetentionChair: Warren PattersonMembers: Hank Gelderman CLT, Brian Lofgren, Frans Peters, Michael Van Dongen, David Wright CLP

This committee’s responsibility is to oversee the programs and processes which relate to providing exceptional value and service to the members.

Specifically this includes: Design and coordinate a membership recruitment and retention campaign. Review communication methods and strategies used to make members aware of the benefits and pro-grams of LO/CNLA. Review, improve and promote membership benefit programs.

2010 - 2011 Highlights•Congress2011hostedamembershipfocusgroupofnewmembers

seeking information on why they joined and how their expectations matched what was received once they did join. Results of this focus group were extremely helpful (refer to Horticulture Review, February 2011, Page 6 for complete details).

•Chaptersarepursuinglocalsupplierstohostchaptermeetings.Supplier nights have proved quite successful, as they give associate members an opportunity to promote their business, allow active and interim members to learn about new products and services, promote LO to non-members through the supplier’s other networks and raise funds for Chapter activities.

• InSeptember,2011,LOhostedaLeadershipDevelopmentSummit.This meeting was to lay the groundwork so that Chapter and Sector Group board members could be more comfortable in their roles and

more capable in accomplishing their goals. •LOthroughitsChaptershasbeenworkingtobuildlocalrelevanceand

recognition. Several Chapters have held events toward this goal, but I would like to highlight one particular event. The Durham Chapter hosted its annual supplier barbecue on Aug. 25 with tremendous success. This event was promoted by the suppliers, as well as through local media. The result was over 200 guests in attendance at this educational, networking event.

•LOisworkingtobuildamarketingcampaignaroundtheGreenforLife message. This goes out electronically to non-members, as well as being highlighted in signage and magazine ads. The campaign will demonstrate the benefits of membership in a way that is both eye-catching and amusing.

•NewandexcitingtopicsarebeingselectedtodriveattendanceatChapter meetings and events through the use of technology in business, photography, marketing, sales and roundtable discussion meetings. In addition, the Chapters have decided to create events geared more towards building relationships and networking with peers in a social setting, rather than a formal meeting with a built-in presentation.

•AsurveywentoutattheendofMarch.Aninterestingfindingincludedthe fact that the main benefit of LO membership is networking and education. Members also want LO to develop an accredited membership level and educate the public to increase GFL brand awareness.

Goals to pursue:• IncreaseawarenessofLandscapeOntariowithnon-membersthrough

multi-media marketing campaign.• IncreaseconsumerawarenessofLandscapeOntarioandtheGFLbrand

at the local level by utilizing local media and community projects.•Membershipdriveinvolvingendorsedsupplier;allmembersneedto

be aware of the various benefits available through LO.•Continuetobuildlocalrelevancesothatmembersinallareasof

Ontario can benefit from a Landscape Ontario membership. •Developanaccreditationstatustoprovidedifferentiation,provide

relevance to consumers and to recognize excellence.

Respectfully submitted,Warren PattersonChair 2011

Ontario Horticultural Trades Foundation Chair: John WrightMembers: Bob Allen, Brian Cocks CLT, Hank Gelderman CLT, Ben Kobes, John Peets, Mike Thomas, Marc Thiebaud, Dave Turnbull CHT, Neil Vanderkruk, Monica van Maris, Bob Wilton

The Ontario Horticultural Trades Foundation is the research and schol-arship arm of Landscape Ontario. The Foundation’s mandate is to ensure a healthy future for the horticultural industry, through financial support of research and scholarships from interest generated on capital investments.

The capital in the Foundation has continued to grow, despite very little organized fundraising. Most of the funds are generated through association events and activities.

The Foundation would like to thank donors. A donation is an easy and effective way to benefit Ontario’s horticultural community and is tax-deductible. Donations were received this year from Michael Gregorasz, Willi Hessenthaler, Ann Jakins, Joerg Leiss, Nathan Paramanathan, Mon-


ica van Maris, Karen Weyermann, Patricia Worgan, John Wright, Agrium Advanced Technologies, Armstrong Landscapes, Beaver Landscaping, Beaver Valley Stone, Cambridge Landscaping, Cameron Landscaping, Connon Nurseries/NVK Holdings, D&R Mazza Landscape Mainte-nance, DenBok Landscaping and Design, Eastbrooke Contracting, Echo Power Equipment (Canada), Entire Landscapes, Enviroscape Incorpora-tion, Forecast Landscaping, Forever Green Lawn, Future Road Solutions, Geoscape Exteriors, Gravely — an Ariens Company, Green Again Irriga-tion, Green Masters Landscaping, J. Garfield Thompson Landscape, JCA Trees, Kubota Canada, Maitland and Maitland, Mar Lamers Contracting, Nutri-Lawn Ottawa, Nutrite, Oaks Concrete Products, OJ Muller Land-scape Contractors, Omega Landscape Outdoor Services, Paysagement Trillium, Petries Quality Topsoil, Stihl, The Investment Guild, The Well Tended Garden, Timm Enterprises, TLC Professional, Trillium Mainte-nance, Underhill Landscape, Van Holland Landscaping, Wright Land-scape Services and Yorkshire Garden Services.

Providing scholarships is particularly close to the hearts of Founda-tion supporters, who point with pride to the many recipients who are now successful industry members. This year, the Foundation distributed $13,000 in scholarships to students enrolled in horticultural programs across the province.

The Foundation is especially pleased to encourage high school stu-dents to enter the landscape industry, by offering scholarship oppor-tunities as they begin their careers. The new scholarship program Scholarships for New High School Graduates has been very successful. A new brochure, Horticultural Scholarship Opportunities was developed this year, listing all the available scholarships. This brochure was distrib-uted to all post-secondary and secondary schools.

Congratulations to this year’s recipients

Post Secondary Scholarship ($1,000): Randi Brooks, FanshaweJakeob Daoust, MohawkNicole Hall, St. ClairMelissa Ozaruk, FanshaweJeffery Simpson, FanshaweJaclyn Van Der Heyden, Niagara Parks High School Scholarship ($1,000): Jeremy Sales, University of GuelphEmily VanderDeen, Fanshawe

Apprenticeship Scholarship ($1,000):Katharine Flohr, HumberSuzie Michaels, Humber

Tony DiGiovanni Scholarship ($1,000):Timothy Elliott, Fanshawe

John and Ruth Wright Scholarship ($2,000):Kathleen Dodson, University of Guelph

At Congress 2011, the Foundation hosted ‘The Legacy Lounge’ for the pioneers of the industry. Approximately 50 pioneers visited the lounge to talk about old times, what is happening now in the industry and what they hope will happen in the future. It was a way to thank them for the contribution to the industry. This year, the Foundation invited the Chap-ter Board and Industry Sector Group — approximately 20 members — to visit the lounge. It was a friendly spot to sit, relax, talk with others and enjoy refreshments. The Foundation thanks the following companies who sponsored the Legacy lounge: Agrium Advanced Technologies, Bea-ver Valley Stone, Connon Nurseries/NVK Holdings, Echo Power Equip-ment (Canada), Gravely, an Ariens Company, Kubota Canada, Nutrite, Oaks Concrete Products, Stihl, The Investment Guild, Timm Enterprises

Research programsThe Foundation has also contributed to numerous research programs. In the 2010 – 2011 fiscal year, the Ontario Horticultural Trades Foundation contributed a total of $183,996.49 to the following projects: •UniversityofGuelph($9,375),leafandstemdiseasesofboxwood•UniversityofGuelph($5,748),evaluationofsteamandsolarisationas

alternatives to herbicides in ornamental and turf plantings•OntarioTurfgrassResearchFoundation($5,000),stimulatinghost

defenses for control of turf-grass diseases, irrigation protocols and over-seeding rates for pesticide-free soccer fields. Biological control of crabgrass

•VinelandResearchandInnovationCentre($55,523.49),functionalbio-pesticides for lawn care industry

•UniversityofWaterloo($84,900),optimumde-icingandanti-icingforparking lots and sidewalks

•UniversityofGuelph($23,450),irrigationwatermanagementonOntario nursery farms

The Foundation developed a new information brochure “Support the Ontario Horticultural Trades Foundation”. With a donation to the Foundation, you have the satisfaction of knowing that you are “making a difference and leaving a legacy” for the industry that you love.

Fundraising programsYou can support the Foundation by:•Sponsorship:JointheFoundationbymakingapledgeasanannual

donation or a one-time gift. •Memorialgift:Thisisameaningfulwaytohonourafriend,lovedone,

or professional contact, and help support the industry•Legacygift:Earmarkfundsthroughyourestatetosustainthe

horticulture industry. Contact your estate planner, or lawyer to include this legacy provision in your will.

•Stewardshipprogram:ManyFoundationsponsorssharetheirexpertiseby speaking to groups and direct their honorariums to the Foundation.

In 2011, a fundraising raffle was held. Tickets were sold for $20 each with only 1,000 tickets printed. Cash prize winners were Helmut Zgraja, $5,000, Maria Bau-Coote, $1,000, and Del Cressman, $500. The win-ning tickets were drawn at the annual Growers’ Auction on Aug. 14 at Blue Sky Nurseries.

Thank-you goes to all the members of the Foundation for your efforts and participation.

Respectfully submittedJohn WrightChair 2010-2011

Pesticide Industry CouncilChair: John WrightSecretary: Tony DiGiovanniManager PIC-PTP: Tom Somerville

In 2000, the Ontario Ministry of Environment (MOE) implemented new requirements under the Pesticide Act (originally Ontario Regulation 914). Under the new requirements, anyone who applied pesticides had to be either licensed, or have ‘Technician Status.’ The new regulation required that all unlicensed assistants working with licensed exterminators must complete a basic pesticide safety course to acquire Technician Status in order to legally apply pesticides.

The Pesticide Technician Program (PTP) was then established as the ‘basic pesticide safety course’ to acquire Technician Status and meet the


new requirements. The PTP is a basic two-part safety program that incor-porates both a practical component and an academic exam, as the train-ing requirements.

The Pesticide Industry Council (PIC) was formed on behalf of the pesticide industry by the Lawn Care Sector Group to implement the new requirements. The PIC has worked with the MOE since 2000 to meet the new requirements and administer the PTP.

Landscape Ontario is the administrator of the PTP on behalf of the MOE under the guidance of a Memorandum of Understanding.

PIC is a council that has representation from Hydro One, Canadian Golf Superintendents Association, Ontario Golf Superintendents Asso-ciation, Professional Lawn Care Association of Ontario, Urban Pest Management Council, Crop Protection Institute, International Society of Arboriculture, Ontario Parks Association, Ontario Vegetation Manage-ment Association, Structural Pest Management Association, and Land-scape Ontario.

This is the third year (2011) that the PTP and PIC have worked within the framework of the Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2009. The new regula-tions amended the Pesticides Act to prohibit the use and sale of pesticides that may be used for cosmetic purposes. Since the implementation of the new regulations curtailed the use of pesticides, the number of people enrolling in the PTP is significantly lower.

However, under the new regulation, to apply the allowable ‘control products,’ a person still requires a license. Therefore, with the PTP still required, the PIC is still in business. The number of technicians enrolling in the PTP dropped from 1,200 in the years leading to the passing of the new regulation, to 800 the first year, when the new law was passed. The numbers did increase to 975 last year (2010), a year after the implemen-tation of the new regulation. This year (2011) the number of technicians enrolling in the PTP is down slightly, to 925.

To date, the total number of technicians enrolled in the PTP through the PIC is 12,500. There were 14 new people who became qualified PIC Accredited Examiners, for a total to date of 668. Financially, for 2011, PIC has broke-even.

The new regulations also required that the program training material had to be significantly changed to reflect the new law. PIC worked with MOE last year to change the PTP training and testing material. This was the first year (2011) that the Technician Training Manual logbook and the question bank reflected the new regulations.

In addition to working with the MOE to change the technician train-ing material to reflect the new regulations, PIC also enacted a re-training program for examiners last year. All PIC examiners must take a refresher course to renew their PIC examiner status. Re-accreditation of examiners included a webinar detailing the implications of the regulation change and a re-signing of the Examiner Code of Ethics. Any examiners not taking the refresher course last year were required to take the refresher course this year (2011).

Members of Pesticide Technician Advisory Council (PTAC) who con-tributed significantly to the development of the PTP include Wanda Michalowicz, Crystal LaFrance and Suzanne Durst (on maternity leave) from the MOE, John Wright, Tom Somerville from the PIC and Gary VanderHeide and Gerald Vander Ploeg from PIRC.

Respectfully submitted John Wright Chair 2010-2011

Prosperity Partners Chair: Hank Gelderman CLTMembers: Gerald Boot CLP, Bill DeLuca, Leon Denbok CLP, CLT, Mark Fisher, Eric Gordon, Jacki Hart CLP, Ryan Heath CLP, CLT, Tim Kearney CLP, Bob Tubby CLP, Michael Van Dongen

Members very clearly told us that the priority of the association is to help improve business skills. This gave birth to the Prosperity Partners pro-gram. Here is the simple idea behind the concept: •Businessprosperityisincreasedbyfocusingonfivedistinct,but

interrelated competencies (Leadership, Sales, Finances, Operations and Customer Relationships). We call these “pillars.” They are based on Bob Prosen’s book Kiss Theory Goodbye.

•Allbusinesseswillbenefitfromconstantimprovementinalltheseareas.

•Allbusinessesareunique.Somewillbestronginsomeareasandweakin other areas.

•Theprofessionaldevelopmentactivitiesoftheassociationshouldcontinually reinforce and align with the pillar concept, so that we can unify the membership with a common business language. Landscape Ontario is a Prosperity Partner.

A few years ago we developed an introductory Build your Prosper-ity seminar. The purpose was to orient members to the five pillar con-cept. Candidates discovered their strengths and weaknesses. They were encouraged to participate in the many professional development activities and programs of the association, designed to provide helpful resources no matter the size, level or age of the business. The seminar acted as a very important orientation and gap analysis tool.

We have since delivered many seminars across Ontario. The program quickly gained in popularity and the positive response has been phe-nomenal. Many members have commented on how helpful the Prosper-ity Partner program has been to them. We were so successful in the early years and the results so positive, that the Board of Directors made the program mandatory for all new members. It was offered free of charge.

New members have two years to take the program. We have found this has not worked. It has been very difficult to get new members to attend. Making the program compulsory seems to have worked against its uptake. Perhaps it’s a natural reaction from entrepreneurs. Perhaps it’s just been a difficult few years and finding time to leave the business to take a seminar has been a challenge.

The Prosperity Committee and many of the members are still con-vinced of the relevancy and importance of the program as a business development tool. The evaluations from new candidates have been exemplary. Clearly a new approach must be developed.

The early results of the program were encouraging. Prosperity Part-ners has provided a huge benefit to many. We will look for ways to rein-vent the program. We can sense the potential.

Recently the chair position has been assumed by Jacki Hart. We also added new enthusiastic members to the committee. I will stay on to offer as much support and encouragement as possible to the new team. The committee is determined to listen to members and tweak the program so that it touches the majority of the membership.

Respectfully submittedHank Gelderman CLTChair 2011


volunteers2011

Ken AdairGarden Maintenance OnlyRandy AdamsRM Adams Trucking Robert AdamsAdams Landscaping and Property MaintenanceSundaura Alford CLDYards Unlimited Landscaping Bob AllenRW Allen Horticultural Services Sheila AllinCreative Gardens and WaterscapesIan AndrewsGreenwood InterlockSusan AntlerThe Composting Council of Canada

Vince AronePinpoint GPS Solutions

John Bakker IIIJC Bakker and Sons

Lynne BarnesGordon J Leece Landscapes

Brian BaunB.K. Baun Landscape

Scott BeaudoinManchester Products

Judy BellTreefrog Design

Barry BenjaminBarry Benjamin and Associates

Pamela BinghamLUNA

Adam Bonin CLTFern Ridge Landscaping

Gerald Boot CLPBoot’s Landscaping and Maintenance

Laura Booth CLTFanshawe College

John Bos CLTBos Landscaping

Darren BoschThe Landmark Group

Neil BoumaPicture Perfect Landscaping Quinte

Gerwin BoumanStam Nurseries

Dave BraunBraun Nursery

CommitteesTom Intven, president of Landscape Ontario, extends his appreciation of the volunteers who sit on one or more of LO’s committees. These com-mittees meet regularly to discuss the future of the industry and the asso-ciation. Committees include, Accreditation, Awards of Excellence, Board of Directors, Branding, Building, Chapter Boards (Durham, Georgian Lakelands, Golden Horseshoe, London, Ottawa, Toronto, Upper Can-ada, Waterloo and Windsor), Communication, Executive/Finance, Envi-ronmental Stewardship, Foundation, Industry Sectors (Garden Centres, Grounds Management, Growers, Interior Plantscapes, Irrigation, Land-scape Designers, Landscape Contractors, Lighting, Lawn Care and Snow and Ice), IPM Symposium, Legislation, Liaison, Membership Recruit-ment and Retention, Past Presidents, Pesticide Industry Council, Prosper-ity Partners, Trade Show and Trial Gardens.

Paul BrydgesBrydges Landscape Architecture

John BuikemaGelderman Landscaping

Cor BultenaEloquip

Richard Burch CLT, CLP, CITBurch Landscape Services

Chris Burns CLTClintar Landscape Management – Ottawa

Daryl Bycraft CLTBycraft Gardens

Diana Cassidy-Bush CLPFresh Landscape and Garden Solutions

Laura CatalanoNisco National Leasing

Phil CharalAllweather Landscape

Pam CharbonneauGuelph Turfgrass Institute

Don Chase CLDSeferian Design Group

Terry ChildsNature’s Way Landscaping

Brian CleggAllweather Landscape

Dan Clost CHTConnon Nurseries/CBV Holdings (Trenton)

Brian Cocks CLTBrian Cocks Nursery and Landscaping

Robert Cooke

Douglas CooteDG Coote Enterprises

Louise CottreauAWS Irrigation Management

Tim CradduckTender Lawn Care

Tim CruickshanksCruickshanks Property Services

Jim CurranLafleur de la Capitale

Gavin DawsonGreenLawn

Carl De Boer CLTWhispering Pines Landscaping

Brian De Caluwe CITBDC Irrigation Systems

Harry De VriesV Kraus Nurseries

Mike DeBoer CLTGelderman Landscaping

Paul DeGrootConnon Nurseries/NVK Holdings

Harold Deenen CLPHank Deenen Landscaping

Phil DickieFast Forest

Barry DicksonBR Dickson Equipment

Jason DietrichAce Lawn Care

Charlie DobbinGarden Solutions by Charlie Dobbin

Paul Doornbos CLT, CLPThornbusch Landscaping Company

Lindsay Drake NightingaleYorkshire Garden Services

Tim DyerKings Creek Trees

Beth Edney CLDDesigns By The Yard

Stacy ElliottBradley’s Insurance

Janet EnnamoratoCreative Garden Designs

Patrick EvangelistoCompliance Safety Solutions

Kevin FallsEngage Agro Corp

Carmine Filice CLPGreentario Landscaping (2006)

Mark FisherThe Escarpment Company

Carol FulfordGerrits Property Services

John FulfordGerrits Property Services

Dan GarlattiGarlatti Landscaping

Paul GasparWeed Man – Toronto

Andrew GaydonVanden Bussche Irrigation – Milton

Derek GeddesColdstream Land Escape Company

Hank Gelderman CLT

Harry Gelderman Gelderman Landscaping

Catherine GeraatsAphrodite Design Group

Kara GibbonsToro Company

Jeff Gilberds CLT, CLPClintar Landscape Management

Gillian GlazerJohn Deere Landscapes

Sabrina Goettler CLPOriole Landscaping

Mark GoodmanEnviroking Lawn Care

Eric GordonGordon Landscape Company

Earle GrahamLakelands Irrigation

Jeff GreggV Kraus Nurseries

Perry GrobeGrobe Nursery and Garden Centre

Peter GuinaneOriole Landscaping

Jerry HakkersSifton Properties

Ed HansenHansen Lawn and Gardens

Grant Harrison CLTEscapes Outdoor Living Designs

Rohan HarrisonPremier Turf

Jacki Hart CLPWater’s Edge Landscaping

Walter HasselmanDutchman’s Landscaping

Carl HastingsArbordale Landscaping/Moonstruck Landscape Lighting

Mike HayesAllgreen Tree Service

Jennifer HaymanJennifer Hayman Design Group

Ryan Heath CLT, CLPRyan Heath Professional Landscaping

Nathan HelderGelderman Landscaping

Edward HewisGround Control Contracting

John Hewson CLPGreenscape Lawn Maintenance

John HigoTurf Care Products Canada

Bob HodginsSmart About Salt Council

Barry HordykShademaster Landscaping

Leon HordykShademaster Landscaping

Martin HorsmanGelderman Landscaping

Mark HumphriesHumphries Landscape Services

Jan HunterHunter Home and Garden

Tom IntvenCanadale Nurseries

Sean JamesFern Ridge Landscaping

Joan JohnstonPeter Knippel Nursery

Kennedy Johnston CLTPeter Knippel Nursery

Sarah JohnstonGreenlife

Raymond JosephianNightscaping

Nicola KampNicola’s Garden Art

Anthony KampenBoot’s Landscaping and Maintenance

Tim Kearney CLPGarden Creations of Ottawa

Robert KennaleyMcLauchlin and Associates

Hella Keppo CLTStems Interior Landscaping

Christoph KesselOntario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Alice KlamerBlue Sky Nursery


Karl KlinckOrchard Farm Nursery

Allan Kling CLPUrban Garden Supply

Ben KobesKobes Nurseries

Ron Koudys CLDFanshawe College

Robert KuepferFafard et Freres

Michael LaPorte CLTClearview Nursery

John Lamberink CITAquality Irrigation and Illumination

Marty LamersAllan Block/Atlas Hardscapes

Janice LaurinConnon Nurseries/NVK Holdings

Chas Lawton CHT, CITTaylor Nursery

Chris Le ConteSmart Watering Systems

Jeffrey LeeLee’s Landscaping

Tom Leedle CLTLandscaping by Leedle

Shannon LindensmithGeorgina Garden Centre

Jennifer LlewellynOntario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Brian LofgrenHorta-Craft

Anthony Lombardi CLP, CLDDr. Landscape

Russel LoneyLoney Landscaping

Jeff Lowartz CLTHealthy Lawn Care Services

Arvils LukssLandscapes by Lucin

Glen LumisUniversity of Guelph

Mike Lunau CLT, CLPEden Gardenworks

Mike LyseckiThe Beach Gardener

Cory MacCallum CITGreenscape Watering Systems

Gary MacPhailEgo’s Nurseries

Steve Macartney CITRaintree Irrigation and Outdoor Systems

Chris MaceLeaside Landscaping

Brian MarshEarth Art Landscapes

Ken MartinCopper Expressions Landscape Lighting and Design

Bob McCannellMcCannell Consulting

Jim McCrackenMcCracken Landscape Design

Mike McGrath CLTHeritage Green Landscape Contractors

Jeff McMann CLTTown of Markham

Burke McNeill

Don McQueen CITNutri-Lawn – Burlington

Norm MillsKobes Nurseries

Bert MinorPrebbel Enterprises

Christine MoffitChristine’s Touch Gardening

Jim MonkMarkham Property Services

John MoonsConnon Nurseries/NVK Holdings

Garry MooreUniversity of Windsor

Bruce Morton CLP, CITGreenscape Watering Systems

Janet Mott CLPChristine’s Touch Gardening

Kelly Mulrooney-CoteGeosynthetic Systems

Jodie Munshaw CLDReeves Florist and Nursery

Jay Murray CLPTLC Professional Landscaping

David NemethElm Landscaping

Roy NevesDJ Rain and Co

Terry Nicholson CLTClintar Landscape Management

Mike O’ConnorOutside Professional Services

John O’Leary CLTClintar Landscape Management

Paul OlsenBrookdale Treeland Nurseries

Peter OlsenRoyal City Nursery

Keith OsborneGro-Bark (Ontario)

Mark OstrowskiLaurel Forest Farms

Nino PapaSanterra Stonecraft

Nanthakumar Paramanathan

Warren PattersonBotanix - Barrie’s Garden Centre

Ken PavelyDufferin Lawn Life

Michelle PeetersBaseline Nursery - Division of Peeters Landscaping

John PeetsJohn Peets Landscaping

Fiona Penn ZiebaFiona’s Garden Gate

John PerrimanMountview Services

Frans PetersHumber Nurseries

David PierceUnilock

Fred Post CLDYour Designer Landscapes

Chris PowerBellaire Landscape

Fred Prescod CLTPlan It with Plants

Sian PritchardThe Cutting Garden

Chuck ProngerWatergardens Unlimited

Don Prosser CLT, CLDDon Prosser Landscape Design

Bill PutzerM. Putzer Hornby Nursery

John PutzerM. Putzer Hornby Nursery

Lee RatcliffeDr Green Services

Richard ReedDufferin Lawn Life

Susan RichardsNew North Greenhouses

Jasanna RivaitTop Grade Landscape and Garden Solutions

Darren RodriguesSinclair Cockburn International

Richard Rogers CLTR J Rogers Landscaping

Mike RossRain Bird International

Robert RoszellRoad Equipment Links

Gregg SalivanSalivan Landscape

Greg Scarlett CLTUrban Landscape Solutions

Stephen Schell CLTThe Plant Lady

Dean SchofieldLandmark Landscaping

Peter ScholtensVerbinnen’s Nursery

Todd SchwindtTS Benefit Solutions

Haig Seferian CLDSeferian Design Group

Frank Selles CLTFramar Landscape & Maintenance Contractors

Tony Serwatuk CITHydroSense Irrigation Design & Consulting

Gord ShuttleworthDelaware Nursery

Klaas Sikkema

Arthur SkolnikShibui Landscaping

James SmithNiagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture

Jeff SmithLynden Lawn Care

James SoleckiIntegra Works

Nick SoltySolty and Sons

Fred SomervilleSomerville Nurseries

Melissa SpearingGround Covers Unlimited

Stuart SproutSprout’s Premium Earth Products

Patricia Stanish CLDPatricia Stanish Landscape Design

Christine SteinAgrium Advanced Technologies

Bill StenssonSheridan Nurseries

Karl StenssonSheridan Nurseries

Gary SuppTurf Care Products Canada

Stephen SutcliffeAtlas Block

Ron Swentiski CLDTrillium Associates

Donald Tellier CLTSt. Clair College

Robert TesterTNT Property Maintenance

Marc ThiebaudOGS Grounds Maintenance Specialists

Rene Thiebaud CLPOGS Landscape Services

Mike ThomasThe Investment Guild

Jeff ThompsonNative Plant Source

Dave TillaartDutchmaster Nurseries

Kyle TobinLawnSavers Plant Health Care

Rodger TschanzUniversity of Guelph

Steve TschanzTurf Management Systems/Truly Nolen

Bob Tubby CLPArbordale Landscaping/ Moonstruck Landscape Lighting

David Turnbull CHTDavid Turnbull and Associates

Chris Urquhart CLPGreen Unlimited

Phillip Van Alstyne CLT

Michael Van DongenVan Dongen’s Landscaping and Nurseries

Anna van MarisParklane Nurseries

Monica van MarisVan Maris Holdings

Harry Van StaverenVan Staveren’s

John van StaverenThe Garden Shop

Deanna Van VarikConnon Nurseries/NVK Holdings

Violet Van WassenaerMinistry of the Environment

Jay VanGelderDenBok Landscaping and Design

Jack VandeRee CLTBoot’s Landscaping & Maintenance

Art Vanden Eden CHTSheridan Nurseries (Whitby)

Neil VanderkrukConnon Nurseries/NVK Holdings

Peter Vanderley CLPPete Vanderley’s Lawn Maintenance and Landscape Services

Alex VerbinnenVerbinnen’s Nursery

Don Voorhees

Bruce Warren Brookdale Treeland Nurseries

Alan WhiteTurf Systems

Joe WillemseDiMarco Landscape Lighting


Mark WilliamsWilliams Nurseries Bruce WilsonPermacon Group - Greater Toronto Area

Robert WiltonClintar Landscape Management

Jarrett WoodardGrand River Brick and Stone

David Wright CLPWright Landscape Services

John WrightWright Lawn Care Service

Special eventsTom Intven, president of Landscape Ontario, expresses his thanks to those volunteers who assist and participate at numerous events during the year: Canada Blooms, certification, golf tournaments, baseball tour-naments, Chapter home shows, awards judging, Congress, Expo, Green Trade Expo – Ottawa, Ottawa Day of Tribute and other Chapter events.

Abate Wori AbateMinistry of Training, Colleges and Universities

Camilla AckroydSt. Clair College

David AgnewSeneca College

John AirdOntario Service Safety Alliance

Dave AlexanderAtlas Block

Ricky AllenPicton

Ross AllinCreative Gardens and Waterscapes

Stephen AndersonSthil

Andrew ArsenauArbordale Landscaping/ Moonstruck Landscape Lighting

Collette BacchusHumber College

Margaret BakerSt. Clair College

Stephen Barker CLT, CITGanden Landscapes

Simon Barnes CLTBos Landscaping

Ben BauerClintar Landscape Management – Ottawa

Jim BauerBauer Landscape and Garden Maintenance

Melanie BeachamMicroSkills

Bob BellaireBellaire Landscape

Mike BellaireBellaire Landscape

Olivia BellaireBellaire Landscape

Michael Bellingham CLTGarden Creations of Ottawa

Chris BirdSycamore Landscape

Scott BirdSycamore Landscape

Amanda Bishop-AsheMicroSkills

Bill BitzBytowne Lawn Experts

Nadia Blackburn

Scott BoereArbordale Landscaping/ Moonstruck Landscape Lighting

Kevin BoggsSt. Clair College

Jeff BonnettSeferian Design Group

John Boot CLT, CITBoot’s Landscaping and Maintenance

Derek BoothOntario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

Elaine BoumaPicture Perfect Landscaping Quinte

Thom Bourne CITNutri-Lawn – Ottawa

Gregory BouwmanBoot’s Landscaping and Maintenance

Collin BraszBoot’s Landscaping and Maintenance

Paul BraszBoot’s Landscaping and Maintenance

Glenn BridgeEnvironmental Design Landscaping Contractors

Al BriggsWorkplace Safety and Insurance Board

Kirby Brock CITBoot’s Landscaping and Maintenance

Eric Brooks CLPEco Landscaping

Cody Bruce CLTClintar Landscape Management - Mount Hope

Matt Burke CLTClintar Landscape Management - Mount Hope

Chris Burns CLTClintar Landscape Management – Ottawa

Jorge CapiroLeaside Landscaping

Sri ChandrakanthMicroSkills

Harry ChangHumber College

Mike ChapmanOasis North Landscapes

Greivin ChavezDouble Tree Landscaping

Tico ChavezDouble Tree Landscaping

Heather ChavusonWater’s Edge Landscaping

Mark ChidlowOutside Professional Services

Don ClarkSt. Clair College

Christopher Clayton Landscape Architect

Stephen CoffinDr. Landscape

Terrance CoffinDr. Landscape

John CordinglyM. Putzer Hornby Nursery

Patricia CowdreySafe Communities Incentive Program

Melanie Cristiano CITGreenscape Watering Systems

Joshua CroweNotre Dame Catholic Secondary School

Janet CuffMicroSkills

Mark CullenMark’s Choice

Trevor Cullen CLTCullen Landscaping

Louis D’AlonzoOntario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

Christiaan DannrathBoot’s Landscaping and Maintenance

Elyse DavenportSt. Clair College

Dianna Dawson CLTGarden Creations of Ottawa

Dennis DeJongNotre Dame Catholic Secondary School

Dana DeKuyperMicroSkills

Andrew Desjardins CLTClintar Landscape Management - Toronto downtown

Anthony DiFrancoNotre Dame Catholic Secondary School

Chris Diacur CLTClintar Landscape Management – Niagara

Merita DinajMicroSkills

Yverine DongmoMicroSkills

Sean DonnellyDry Stone Guild Commission

Matthew Dressing CHT

Francois DussealtThe Beach Gardener

Mitchell D.SouzaNotre Dame Catholic Secondary School

Wally Earl CLT, CHTGreen Things Landscaping 2010

Jeff Eidsness CLTClintar Landscape Management – London

Stacy ElliottBradley’s Insurance

Pat Elo CLTEarth Art Landscapes

Jason Felker CLTGelderman Landscaping

Lorraine Flanigan

Kris FlindallEarth Art Landscapes

Roy FordOntario Ministry of Labour

Liberato FranchinoArbordale Landscaping/ Moonstruck Landscape Lighting

Nick Fratoni CLTHeritage Green Landscape Contractors

Patricia GadourySt. Clair College

Michael GagneNotre Dame Catholic Secondary School

Belinda GallagherTriffids Plants

Jim GarrettGarrett Insurance Agency

Jason GawSycamore Landscape

Jean-Paul GervaisPaysagement Trillium Landscaping

Kim GoodwinLiving Landscapes

Chris GrahamKimberley Cottage Garden

Jeremy GrahamEarth Art Landscapes

Nina GronlandMicroSkills

Ryan Haluska CLT, CITNiagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture

Tim HandNotre Dame Catholic Secondary School

Dave Harrington

Barry HarrisonSkills Canada – Ontario

Sandy HarrisonBalfour Greenhouses

Kassie HarveyGreen Design Landscaping

Rick Harvey CLT, CLPGreen Design Landscaping

Lorne Haveruk CITDH Water Management

Robin HenryOntario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

Iku HiroakaMicroSkills

Sonja Hirsig CLTHirsig Landscapes

Rick HofstetterHofstetter Landscaping

Chuck Yates CITYates Custom Lawn Sprinklers

Alex Zalewski CLTParklane Nurseries

Jason ZehrRural Roots Landscaping

Fiore ZenoneTumbleweed Landscape Contracting

Helmut ZgrajaHelmutz Interlock

Youbin ZhengUniversity of Guelph


Peggy PEI Hong/YangMicroSkills

Joel HordykShademaster Landscaping

Mark HordykShademaster Landscaping

David Hupman Jr.Brickman - Ohio Division

Sherry Ing

Sara IrvenRitchie Feed and Seed

Mary Anne Jackson-HughesAlgonquin College

Sheila JamesWorkplace Safety and Prevention Services

Alistair JohnstonStrybos Barron King

Joan JohnstonPeter Knippel Nursery

Shane Jordan CITGanden Landscapes

Mykola Kachmar

Sara KatzWild at Heart Design

Ryan Kearney CLTGarden Creations of Ottawa

Tyler KearneyGarden Creations of Ottawa

Darrell Kekanovich CLTRitchie Feed and Seed

Paul KellyGarden Creations of Ottawa

Al King CLPOutside Professional Services

Isaac KirwinDry Stone Guild Commission

Heather Klimes CLT, Peter Knippel Nursery

Liz Klose CLPCanadian Nursery Landscape Association

Stefan KoechlinArbordale Landscaping/ Moonstruck Landscape Lighting

Terry KowalskiKowalski Landscaping

Richard KuizengaShademaster Landscaping

Mark LambleyPete Vanderley’s Lawn Maintenance and Landscape Services

Maria LanaverdeMicroSkills

Kelly Lance

Lorraine LangstonBattlefield Equipment Rentals

Mike LarocqueGreenspace Services – Ottawa

Richard LaurieM. Putzer Hornby Nursery

Shawn LefebvreGelderman Landscaping

John LeinSt. Clair College

Phil Lindsay CLTLindsay Landscape

Michael LouasiNotre Dame Catholic Secondary School

Eric LouieChristopher J Clayton Landscape

Jim LounsberyMohawk College

Sonya C. LovinoSt. Clair College

Todd Lynch CLTGanden Landscapes

Murray MackenArbordale Landscaping/ Moonstruck Landscape Lighting

Faith MahiMicroSkills

Len ManciniHolland Park Garden Gallery

Ken MarshEarth Art Landscapes

Jacki McFarlaneMicroSkills

Blair McKergowDouble Tree Landscaping

Dan McLeanOutside Professional Services

Dean McLellanDry Stone Guild Commission

Jenny MeiMicroSkills

Suzie MichaelsMicroSkills

Hank MollemaTerraPro Corporation

Rodney Monteith CLTGanden Landscapes

Chad Moore CLTPlanit Earth Landscaping

Chaz MorenzGardens in the City

Terry Murphy CLPLandscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association

Rob MussonBellaire Landscape

Jared MyerSt. Clair College

Allan NasonNotre Dame Catholic Secondary School

Tammy NasonNotre Dame Catholic Secondary School

Ana NatyshakSt. Clair College

Jim Neumann CITGreenscape Watering Systems

Tim O’Brien CLTGarden Creations of Ottawa

Samuel OldsfieldNotre Dame Catholic Secondary School

Nick OlshewskiNotre Dame Catholic Secondary School

Ryan OwenThe Beach Gardener

Mike PalermoNotre Dame Catholic Secondary School

Kostas PaliulisNotre Dame Catholic Secondary School

Michael Pascoe CLTFanshawe College

Peter PattersonJ Garfield Thompson Landscape

Chris Pearson CLTHeritage Green Landscape Contractors

Daniel PirrieDr. Landscape

Nick PisanoNational Research Council Canada

Meredith PlantSeferian Design Group

Jason PondBattlefield Equipment Rentals

Richard PortelanceCypress Hill Design and Build

Alysa PottageWorkplace Safety and Prevention Services

Alice PowerMinistry of Training, Colleges and Universities

Jason PowerSt. Clair College

Tracy Pring CLPClintar Landscape Management - Mount Hope

Michelle PuglieseGelderman Landscaping

Tracy QuiMicroSkills

Ian RoothamEarth Art Landscapes

Barbara RosensweigThe Cultivated Garden

Gary Ross CLDDesigned and Delivered

Sharon Rouette-UrquhartGreen Unlimited

Jeff Rowley CLTFanshawe College

Robert RussoMohawk College

Ursula RussoNotre Dame Catholic Secondary School

Chris Rylands CLTClintar Landscape Management – Niagara

Bruce ScottCasa Loma

Robert ShaneWeed Man – Ottawa

Gord SherwoodBalfour Greenhouses

Brad SmallSt. Clair College

John SmitPeter Smit and Sons

Claude SmithKemptville College

Jennifer SmithClintar Landscape Management – Ottawa

Gail SmythSkills Canada – Ontario

Reid SnowDry Stone Guild Commission

Tammy StawnyczyTurf Care Products Canada

David Stewart CLTCustom Lawn Care

Brian StreightBoot’s Landscaping and Maintenance

Lou’ay SulaimanBurl-Oak Landscaping

Shayla SupoCanadian Nursery Landscape Association

Angelina TargattMicroSkills

Sally TaylorSeferian Design Group

Connie Teplitsky

Gerrit Tervrugt CHT

Andrew Thompson CLTGanden Landscapes

James ThompsonJ Garfield Thompson Landscape

Edward TookeOntario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

Jacob TorenvlietEnvironmental Design Landscaping Contractors

Koos TorenvlietEnvironmental Design Landscaping Contractors

Mark TorenvlietEnvironmental Design Landscaping Contractors

Nicholas TorenvlietEnvironmental Design Landscaping Contractors

Nick TorenvlietEnvironmental Design Landscaping Contractors

Jacob TrevenaNotre Dame Catholic Secondary School

Elizabeth TuntevskiMicroSkills

Olivia UrquhartGreen Unlimited

Aaron VanBerckelShademaster Landscaping

Laura VanRooyMicroSkills

Brent VanderkrukConnon Nurseries/NVK Holdings

Mark VanderkrukConnon Nurseries/NVK Holdings

Shannon VanderkrukEnvironmental Design Landscaping Contractors

Dave VandermulenConnon Nurseries/NVK Holdings

Victor VelasteguiBoot’s Landscaping and Maintenance

Alex VerdonkShademaster Landscaping

Kurtis VesbyEarth Art Landscapes

Mauro VesiaArbordale Landscaping/ Moonstruck Landscape Lighting

Nathan VickerySt. Clair College

Clarence VisserShademaster Landscaping

Shelley Wall

David WebssiesNotre Dame Catholic Secondary School

Barb WelburnThe Cultivated Garden

Oscar WerkmenShademaster Landscaping

Aj WhiteArmstrong Landscaping


Rayne WildwoodThe Cultivated Garden

Fraser WilsonFraser Wilson Inc.

Lindsey Wilton CHTReeves Florist and Nursery

Welwyn WongWelwyn Wong Landscape Design

Jess WoodsMicroSkills

Eric Wright CLTPete Vanderley’s Lawn Maintenance and Landscape Services

Tavis YeatesOasis North Landscapes

Scott YoungArbordale Landscaping/ Moonstruck Landscape Lighting

Companies Bauer Landscape and Garden Maintenance, Bradley’s Insurance, Clintar Landscape Mangement — Ottawa, Fraser Wilson Inc., Ganden Landscapes, Garden Creations of Ottawa, Green Unlimited, Greenscape Watering Systems, Greenscape Services — Ottawa, Lindsay Landscape, Nutri-Lawn — Ottawa, Peter Knippel Nursery,

Peter Smit and Sons, Ritchie Feed and Seed, TerraPro, Thornbusch Landscaping and Weed Man — Ottawa.

INVESTMENTS Maturity Rate Of Opening Value Purchases Disposals Gain/Loss Realized Accrued Closing Value Market Date Return At Cost At Cost Disposals Interest On Interest At Cost Value Sept. 1/10 Disposals Aug. 31/11 Aug. 31/11 Aug. 31/11 Bell Canada Coupon Apr 15, 2019 5.16 % 491,318 491,318 42,039 Province Of B.C. Coupon Dec 18, 2018 4.20 % 491,318 491,318 21,598 Province Of Quebec Coupon Dec 1, 2021 4.79 % 300,046 300,046 1,349 B.C. Telus Coupon Apr 8, 2022 4.79 % 272,537 13,504 272,537 293,527 Bank Of Montreal Coupon Feb 20, 2015 2.73 % 449,999 10,097 449,999 454,546 Ontario Hydro Coupon Aug 18, 2022 4.23 % 555,027 19,306 555,027 597,818 Totals 1,555,218 1,005,026 1,282,682 64,987 0 42,907 1,277,563 1,345,891

2010 2011 Audited Audited Statements StatementsAssets Cash 213,210 240,364 Investments 1,555,218 1,277,563 Accrued Interest 50,646 42,907 Accounts Receivable 2,096,642 2,029,423 Prepaid Expenses 711,973 677,371 Land/Building-Vineland 57,645 57,645 Land/Building-Steeles Ave 0 580,462 Land/Building-Head Office 1,243,947 1,243,947 Total Assets 5,929,280 6,149,681 Liabilities & Surplus Accounts Payable 540,754 614,098 Accounts Payable-Garden Centre Group 10,093 4,961 Accounts Payable-Growers Group (19,712) (225)Accounts Payable-Ipm Symposium 18,691 28,310 Accounts Payable-Special Projects 12,089 7,440 Deferred Revenue 2,786,858 2,872,169 Hort. Centre Improvement Fund 898,010 871,544 Hort. Industry Development Fund 469,913 582,897 Technology Fund 5,320 (817)Promotion Fund 10,483 14,263 Surplus-Members Equity 1,046,568 1,046,568 Net Income 150,215 108,475 Total Liabilities & Surplus 5,929,280 6,149,681

LANDSCAPE ONTARIO AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED AUG. 31/11

BALANCE SHEET 2010 2011 Audited Audited Statements StatementsHorticultural Industry Development Fund Opening Balance 607,992 600,128 Expenditures (138,079) (17,231)Industry Funding/Donations 0 0 Transfer From Net Income 130,215 77,475 Closing Balance 600,128 660,372 Horticultural Centre Improvement Fund Opening Balance 899,151 898,010 Expenditures (53,891) (26,638)Industry Funding/Donations 52,750 172 Transfer From Net Income 0 0 Closing Balance 898,010 871,544 Technology Fund Opening Balance 24,367 15,320 Expenditures (19,047) (16,136)Transfer From Net Income 10,000 25,000 Closing Balance 15,320 24,183 Promotion Fund Opening Balance 28,692 20,483 Expenditures (18,210) (6,220)Industry Funding/Donations 0 0 Transfer From Net Income 10,000 6,000 Closing Balance 20,483 20,263

FUND ALLOCATIONS



2010 2011 2011 2012 2013 Audited Audited Revised Revised Proposed Statements Statements Budgets Budgets BudgetsRevenue Rent 118,747 122,147 115,000 122,000 122,000 Administration Fees 121,219 86,991 78,000 28,000 28,000 Earned Interest 60,730 42,489 60,000 70,000 70,000 Gains/Losses-Investments 37,467 64,987 1,000 1,000 1,000 Information Technology/Web Fees 8,633 9,218 9,000 9,000 9,000 Miscellaneous 176,865 5,885 1,000 1,000 1,000 Total Revenue 523,661 331,716 264,000 231,000 231,000 Expenses - Administrative Expenses Property Taxes 42,552 52,249 50,000 52,000 52,000 Telephone 39,373 37,223 40,000 33,000 33,000 Hydro 36,753 31,898 40,000 35,000 35,000 Heat 23,896 23,759 30,000 26,000 26,000 Maintenance-Yard 37,464 40,831 45,000 40,000 40,000 Maintenance-Building 86,281 65,789 80,000 70,000 70,000 Office Supplies 30,418 21,788 26,000 23,000 23,000 Office Equipment 7,390 7,136 10,000 8,000 8,000 Computer Equip/Software 11,136 3,693 10,000 4,000 4,000 Information Technology/Web Exps 22,331 21,896 22,000 22,000 22,000 Postage 12,587 10,251 15,000 14,000 14,000 Courier 6,273 6,101 6,000 7,000 7,000 Audit 16,775 18,000 16,000 17,000 17,000 Legal Fees 3,746 1,764 1,000 3,000 3,000 Advertising 1,538 1,696 1,500 2,000 2,000 Insurance Expense 16,024 19,479 16,000 18,000 18,000 Meeting Expenses 18,025 18,477 18,000 17,000 17,000 Travel 66,346 76,673 52,000 50,000 50,000 Dues & Subscriptions 8,759 8,441 10,000 9,000 9,000 Donations 1,692 2,690 3,000 2,000 2,000 Training (Staff) 7,080 3,011 5,000 5,000 5,000 Miscellaneous Expenses 12,671 10,406 15,000 12,000 12,000 Bank Charges & Interest 55,813 66,267 53,000 60,000 60,000 (Gain)Loss On Foreign Exchange (486) 2,940 1,000 2,000 2,000 Total Expenses 564,437 552,457 565,500 531,000 531,000

Compensation Wages 1,637,928 1,699,149 1,638,000 1,676,000 1,676,000 Benefits 128,121 100,447 100,000 110,000 110,000 Source Deductions 91,343 94,857 98,000 98,000 98,000 Total Compensation 1,857,392 1,894,454 1,836,000 1,884,000 1,884,000 Total Expenses 2,421,828 2,446,911 2,401,500 2,415,000 2,415,000 Net Income(Loss) (1,898,167) (2,115,194) (2,137,500) (2,184,000) (2,184,000)Wage Allocations 1,271,249 1,344,137 Overhead Allocations 627,121 598,209 Net Income(Loss) Net Of Allocations 203 (172,848)

INCOME STATEMENT - GENERAL



2010 2011 2011 2012 2013 Audited Audited Revised Revised Proposed Statements Statements Budgets Budgets BudgetsRevenue Membership Dues 922,022 943,558 935,000 950,000 950,000 Awards of Excellence 41,003 38,403 42,000 38,000 38,000 Merchandise 7,548 1,681 7,000 3,000 3,000 Referral Fees 42,550 22,039 45,000 40,000 40,000 Total Revenue 1,013,123 1,005,681 1,029,000 1,031,000 1,031,000 Expenses - General CNLA Membership Dues 267,650 270,303 271,000 275,000 275,000 Member Subscriptions 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 88,000 Awards of Excellence 88,278 60,958 73,000 73,000 73,000 Membership Plaques 3,803 5,973 7,000 7,000 7,000 Annual Report 2,565 3,183 3,000 3,000 3,000 Merchandise 5,621 0 4,000 4,000 4,000 Membership Campaign 10,594 9,095 10,000 10,000 10,000 Membership Booth 33,885 13,421 20,000 18,000 18,000 Promotion-Members 35,015 20,897 26,000 23,000 23,000 Promotion-Canada Blooms 74,108 126,606 50,000 50,000 50,000 Promotion-GFL/Branding 18,334 20,000 15,000 15,000 Total Expenses - General 609,519 616,770 572,000 566,000 566,000

Chapters and Sector Groups Windsor 2,736 3,260 3,260 3,230 3,230 London 6,264 5,139 6,264 6,290 6,290 Golden Horseshoe 8,383 8,920 8,920 9,480 9,480 Waterloo 7,120 7,318 7,318 7,010 7,010 Ottawa 4,977 6,417 6,524 6,342 6,342 Toronto 4,667 2,190 20,740 20,560 20,560 Georgian Lakelands 6,628 4,929 6,316 6,342 6,342 Durham 5,603 5,828 6,628 6,550 6,550 Upper Canada 3,770 1,320 3,710 3,770 3,770 Growers 1,968 3,419 3,000 3,000 3,000 Lawn Care 397 412 3,000 3,000 3,000 Garden Centre 213 80 3,000 3,000 3,000 Landscape Contractors 992 127 3,000 3,000 3,000 Grounds Maintenance 655 343 3,000 3,000 3,000 Designers 1,691 996 3,000 3,000 3,000 Irrigation 2,787 3,443 3,000 3,000 3,000 Interiorscape 3,207 585 3,000 3,000 3,000 Snow & Ice 1,407 880 3,000 3,000 3,000 Landscape Lighting (1,848) (2,576) 3,000 3,000 3,000 Total Chapters and Sector Expenses 61,618 53,032 99,680 99,574 99,574 Total Expenses 671,137 669,801 671,680 665,574 665,574 Net Income(Loss) 341,986 335,880 357,320 365,426 365,426 Wage Allocations (513,174) (516,252) Overhead Allocations (156,780) (149,552) Net Income(Loss) Net Of Allocations (327,968) (329,925)

INCOME STATEMENT - MEMBERSHIP SERVICES



2010 2011 2011 2012 2013 Audited Audited Revised Revised Proposed Statements Statements Budgets Budgets BudgetsRevenue Advertising 572,511 608,527 723,000 630,000 630,000 Web Display Ads 450 1,950 1,000 15,000 15,000 Polybag 40,917 27,018 35,000 35,000 35,000 Classified Ads 3,745 4,984 5,000 5,000 5,000 Subscriptions 5,668 5,489 8,000 5,000 5,000 Member Subscriptions 44,000 44,000 44,000 44,000 44,000 Total Revenue 667,290 691,968 816,000 734,000 734,000 Discounts Member Discounts 76,003 76,122 80,000 80,000 80,000 Agency Discounts 11,663 14,659 28,000 15,000 15,000 Total Discounts 87,666 90,781 108,000 95,000 95,000 Gross Revenue 579,624 601,187 708,000 639,000 639,000 Expenses Printing 95,384 102,016 120,000 100,000 100,000 Freelance Editorial 14,118 14,290 18,000 15,000 15,000 Editorial Travel 1,932 3,132 4,000 4,000 4,000 Sales Travel 15,657 16,458 15,000 15,000 15,000 Mail Preparation 7,840 6,826 9,000 8,000 8,000 Poly Bag Costs 5,378 4,249 8,000 7,000 7,000 Postage (2Nd Class) 47,937 49,124 48,000 48,000 48,000 Postage(Foreign) 3,196 2,683 5,000 4,000 4,000 Courier Charges 993 1,626 2,500 2,000 2,000 Subscription Campaign 0 0 1,500 1,500 1,500 Promotion/Media Kits 14,817 7,462 6,000 6,000 6,000 CCAB Circulation Audit 5,556 5,220 5,000 5,000 5,000 Miscellaneous 73 96 500 500 500 Bad Debts 0 1,880 1,000 2,000 2,000 Total Expenses 212,880 215,061 243,500 218,000 218,000 Net Income(Loss) 366,745 386,126 464,500 421,000 421,000 Wage Allocations (166,122) (170,064) Overhead Allocations (78,390) (74,776) Net Income(Loss) Net Of Allocations 122,233 141,287

INCOME STATEMENT - LANDSCAPE TRADES MAGAZINE



2010 2011 2011 2012 2013 Audited Audited Revised Revised Proposed Statements Statements Budgets Budgets BudgetsRevenue Advertising 139,591 156,472 160,000 145,000 145,000 Polybag 12,434 7,974 8,000 9,000 9,000 Classified Ads 7,170 5,800 6,000 6,000 6,000 Web Classsified Ads 8,260 10,832 8,000 9,000 9,000 Subscriptions 406 212 500 500 500 Member Subscriptions 44,000 44,000 44,000 44,000 44,000 Total Revenue 211,860 225,290 226,500 213,500 213,500

Discounts Member Discounts 24,860 27,882 28,000 25,000 25,000 Agency Discounts 864 970 600 600 600 Total Discounts 25,724 28,852 28,600 25,600 25,600 Gross Revenue 186,136 196,438 197,900 187,900 187,900 Expenses Printing 42,729 39,047 42,000 42,000 42,000 Editorial Travel 987 996 1,200 1,000 1,000 Mail Preparations 4,251 4,640 5,000 4,500 4,500 Poly Bag Costs 2,180 1,633 2,000 2,000 2,000 Postage 17,372 17,233 18,000 18,000 18,000 Miscellaneous 0 0 250 250 250 Bad Debts 0 0 500 500 500 Total Expenses 67,519 63,549 68,950 68,250 68,250 Net Income(Loss) 118,617 132,889 128,950 119,650 119,650 Wage Allocations (121,731) (129,976) Overhead Allocations (39,195) (37,388) Net Income(Loss) Net Of Allocations (42,310) (34,475)

INCOME STATEMENT - HORTICULTURE REVIEW

PUBLISHING - SPECIAL PROJECTSRevenue 110,446 103,866 95,000 95,000 95,000 Expenses 60,914 58,835 60,000 60,000 60,000 Net Income(Loss) 49,532 45,031 35,000 35,000 35,000 Wage Allocations (9,287) (9,368) Overhead Allocations 0 0 Net Income(Loss) Net Of Allocations 40,246 35,663



2010 2011 2011 2012 2013 Audited Audited Revised Revised Proposed Statements Statements Budgets Budgets BudgetsRevenue Exhibit Space 1,730,964 1,851,223 1,765,000 1,900,000 1,900,000 Exhibit Space-Partners 59,000 93,025 70,000 90,000 90,000 Registration 129,076 124,465 120,000 130,000 130,000 Sponsorship 28,500 27,241 25,000 30,000 30,000 Miscellaneous 6,246 7,179 5,000 5,000 5,000 Total Revenue 1,953,786 2,103,133 1,985,000 2,155,000 2,155,000

Discounts Member Discounts 156,784 192,687 170,000 200,000 200,000 Member Discounts-Partners 5,950 9,800 7,200 10,500 10,500 Total Discounts 162,734 202,487 177,200 210,500 210,500 Gross Revenue 1,791,053 1,900,646 1,807,800 1,944,500 1,944,500 Expenses Exhibit Hall 356,110 366,785 366,785 377,800 377,800 Security 23,030 23,477 24,000 25,500 25,500 Show Services 101,525 98,603 100,000 110,000 110,000 Feature Area 0 1,544 4,000 3,000 3,000 Garden Subsidy 12,186 5,679 14,000 9,000 9,000 Speakers 31,818 21,869 30,000 35,000 35,000 Registration Services 36,066 33,787 37,000 37,000 37,000 Audio Visual Equipment 7,715 12,051 15,000 15,000 15,000 Receptions 32,807 35,956 33,000 36,000 36,000 Printing 25,573 29,886 32,000 30,000 30,000 Promotion 14,307 9,856 22,000 12,000 12,000 Public Relations Services 8,302 7,218 7,000 8,000 8,000 Advertising 28,527 32,705 30,000 34,000 34,000 Photography 2,592 0 2,800 3,000 3,000 Flowers 2,684 1,493 3,000 2,000 2,000 Gifts/ Gratuities 30 0 1,000 0 0 Insurance 6,664 5,881 7,000 6,000 6,000 Move In/Move Out 91,450 95,907 90,000 100,000 100,000 Snow Removal 0 0 10,000 10,000 10,000 Travel 45,491 40,560 43,000 42,000 42,000 Parking 10,611 11,150 11,000 12,000 12,000 Police 1,680 1,680 1,800 2,000 2,000 Postage 19,888 21,802 22,000 24,000 24,000 Janitorial 35,175 42,000 36,500 44,000 44,000 Software 10,492 9,001 9,000 10,500 10,500 Labour 6,351 3,106 7,000 5,000 5,000 Commissions-Partners 13,825 20,735 13,000 20,000 20,000 Miscellaneous 6,993 3,780 5,000 2,500 2,500 Total Expenses 931,891 936,510 976,885 1,015,300 1,015,300 Net Income(Loss) 859,161 964,136 830,915 929,200 929,200 Wage Allocations (209,020) (243,410) Overhead Allocations (156,780) (149,552) Net Income(Loss) Net Of Allocations 493,362 571,174

INCOME STATEMENT - CONGRESS



INCOME STATEMENT - EXPO 2010 2011 2011 2012 2013 Audited Audited Revised Revised Proposed Statements Statements Budgets Budgets BudgetsRevenue Exhibit Space 553,145 613,900 594,000 631,000 631,000 Registration 4,614 6,770 6,000 3,500 3,500 Sponsorship 3,775 8,750 5,000 9,500 9,500 Miscellaneous 5,229 400 0 0 0 Total Revenue 566,763 629,820 605,000 644,000 644,000

Discounts Member Discounts 22,402 27,375 20,000 35,000 35,000 Total Discounts 22,402 27,375 20,000 35,000 35,000 Gross Revenue 544,361 602,445 585,000 609,000 609,000 Expenses Exhibit Hall 95,580 98,440 98,444 98,920 98,920 Security 8,147 8,424 9,000 10,300 10,300 Show Services 54,637 52,169 53,000 58,250 58,250 Registration Services 11,290 10,640 12,000 12,000 12,000 Printing 9,791 13,147 14,000 15,050 15,050 Promotion 7,785 9,458 9,400 7,700 7,700 Public Relations Services 3,500 5,332 5,300 5,750 5,750 Advertising 30,121 24,959 25,000 30,380 30,380 Photography 1,350 1,500 2,250 2,250 Move In/Move Out 33,885 34,757 34,000 37,350 37,350 Travel 14,985 16,688 15,000 13,750 13,750 Parking 1,906 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 Receptions 10,633 11,834 8,500 9,000 9,000 Postage 15,383 7,657 16,500 7,800 7,800 Janitorial 7,360 7,720 7,500 8,000 8,000 Software 7,235 7,348 7,000 8,500 8,500 Commissions-Partners 0 3,250 9,100 12,500 12,500 Miscellaneous 5,795 1,103 2,350 3,250 3,250 Total Expenses 318,031 316,275 329,594 342,750 342,750 Net Income(Loss) 226,330 286,170 255,406 266,250 266,250 Wage Allocations (120,548) (130,249) Overhead Allocations (117,585) (112,164) Net Income(Loss) Net Of Allocations (11,803) 43,756


2010 2011 2011 2012 2013 Audited Audited Revised Revised Proposed Statements Statements Budgets Budgets BudgetsRevenue General 523,661 331,716 264,000 231,000 231,000 Membership 1,013,123 1,005,681 1,029,000 1,031,000 1,031,000 Publications 876,206 901,491 1,000,900 921,900 921,900 Congress 1,791,053 1,900,646 1,807,800 1,944,500 1,944,500 Expo 544,361 602,445 585,000 609,000 609,000 Education 276,089 228,296 272,000 217,000 217,000 Total Revenue 5,024,493 4,970,275 4,958,700 4,954,400 4,954,400 Expenses General 2,421,828 2,446,911 2,401,500 2,415,000 2,415,000 Membership 671,137 669,801 671,680 665,574 665,574 Publications 341,312 337,444 372,450 346,250 346,250 Congress 931,891 936,510 976,885 1,015,300 1,015,300 Expo 318,031 316,275 329,594 342,750 342,750 Education 190,078 154,859 181,000 169,000 169,000 Total Expenses 4,874,278 4,861,800 4,933,109 4,953,874 4,953,874 Net Income(Loss) 150,215 108,475 25,591 526 526

INCOME STATEMENT - DEPARTMENTAL SUMMARY


2010 2011 2011 2012 2013 Audited Audited Revised Revised Proposed Statements Statements Budgets Budgets BudgetsRevenue Special Projects 7,881 17,479 17,000 17,000 17,000 Trade Courses 207,269 163,113 205,000 170,000 170,000 Certification 60,939 47,704 50,000 30,000 30,000 Total Revenue 276,089 228,296 272,000 217,000 217,000 Expenses Special Projects 77 11,107 2,000 12,000 12,000 Trade Courses 115,769 94,523 117,000 100,000 100,000 Certification 49,021 30,819 35,000 40,000 40,000 Promotion 13,212 6,411 15,000 5,000 5,000 Foundation Scholarships Funding 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 Total Expenses 190,078 154,859 181,000 169,000 169,000 Net Income(Loss) 86,010 73,437 91,000 48,000 48,000 Wage Allocations (131,368) (144,818) Overhead Allocations (78,390) (74,776) Net Income(Loss) Net Of Allocations (123,748) (146,157)

INCOME STATEMENT - EDUCATION


Sarah WillisEditorial director

What is your job description at LO? As editorial director, my main respon-

sibility is the production of Landscape Trades. As a member of the communi-cations department at LO, I am part of a team that works together to produce all the publications, newsletters and consumer pieces put out by the asso-ciation to support the work that our members do.

What is your background before com-ing to LO, and when did you begin work at LO? My background is in horticulture. I am

an alumnus of the University of Guelph

and the Niagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture. My first job after graduation was as a gardener at the Royal Botanical Gardens. When I was laid off in winter, I responded to an ad in Horticulture Review for a writer and Rita Weerdenburg hired me imme-diately. In 1991, Landscape Ontario bought Horticulture Review, so I’ve just passed my 20-year anniversary with the association.

When not at work, where can you be found? My husband and I are just getting used

to being empty nesters, so are start-ing to reinvent our lives together after living for years at the dojo and hockey arenas with our three kids. As our chil-dren leave for school, we are gradually replacing them with large dogs, so we spend a lot of time hiking with them. I enjoy kayaking on quiet rivers, and am a knitter and beginning quilter. I also took up hockey a few years ago, so am having a great time on the ice after cheering from the stands for so long. Also, my family is part-owner of a gar-den centre in Oakville, so in my spare time in the spring, I can be found help-ing out in the sales yard.

When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a writer. When I was lit-

tle, my father built me a Wendy House (Google it), and I spent hours and hours there, writing and illustrating my

own magazines—which I would distribute to friends.

What inspires you during your time at LO? As the final instalment after two years

of LO staff profiles, it’s become a cli-ché, but I really am inspired by the creativity, entrepreneurial spirit and generosity of our members. I am fortu-nate to have chosen to work in such a phenomenal industry.

Name your all-time favourite movie, musical group and TV show. The movie I can watch again and again

is The Shawshank Redemption. I have varied musical tastes, but would have to go back to my 70s roots with Elton John or The Who as my all-time picks; and pretty much any gritty series on HBO is my favourite TV show at the time—Deadwood, Rome, Band of Brothers, etc.

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? While I enjoy visiting European coun-

tries, some day I hope to go to the Pacific Ocean and see the Galapagos, Polynesian Islands, and end up in New Zealand.

Tell us one thing about you that few of your colleagues know about you. When we were young, my brother and I

were discouraged from listening to rock and pop music at home. The

household record collection featured classical music, jazz and show tunes. As a result, we are both still able to sing our way through the scores of all the great original Broadway shows — but rarely do!

LO STAFF PROFILE


By Terry Murphy CLP

If you really want to know what the experts think about a subject, just ask for their input. So I did just that. I called

Mike Scarland, manager of damage pre-vention for Enbridge Gas Distribution. I asked for his take on the Underground World, what is hap-pening, what are the problems and what the landscape indus-try can do to make life easier for Enbridge

and vice versa. Enbridge is one of the largest gas

companies in Canada. By the way, Mike has spent more than 20 years in damage prevention, is a founding member of the Ontario Regional Common Ground Alli-ance (ORCGA) and extremely knowledge-able on all underground issues, and is very open, straightforward and candid with his remarks. He also sits on the Ontario ORCGA board of directors.

“You know Terry, most of our problems with landscapers can be solved if they would just take the time to get locates. This is the number one problem.”

First, the number of gas line hits by landscapers is on the decline, which is great, but more significantly, the number of hits due to lack of locates is constant. This means that the majority of landscaper hits are the result of digging without locates.

What the experts are sayingThis is still the number one cause of the problem with landscapers”

This information from Enbridge is not new information, as we have heard this scenario many times before. As a mat-ter of fact, that is the reason why Land-scape Ontario was originally asked to sit on the ORCGA board: too many hits without locates. I then asked Mike, where does the information come from. “We get this infor-mation from our own Enbridge field reports that our people generate, where they must give a reason for a hit. This information is part of our ‘root cause’ reporting analysis that we use to help us reduce hits. We pass this info on to firms and organizations like Landscape Ontario, so we can help them reduce their hits and damage costs. Don’t forget, the cost of an average gas hit to a landscaper is about $3,000.”

I learned from Mike about the over-all number of hits that are caused by the landscape com-munity in Ontario. He indicated that ORCGA has a reporting tool called DIRT (Damage Information Report-ing Tool). Every time there is an accident reported, the indus-try and root cause is

captured. “This means that all utility strikes are recorded and the key information facts are consistently compiled, so we have pro-vincial statistics on all utility hits in Ontario,” said Mike. “The reason DIRT was incorpo-rated from our United States colleagues, is so we had complete and consistent report-ing on damages to know who was causing hits and the reason for the hit. This report-ing tool helps us zero in on the problem and the company, or industry and helps us improve our damage prevention and reduce repair costs and more importantly, save lives.”

Mike clearly noted that Landscape Ontario has done a very good job over the last couple of years to bring down the num-ber of utility hits. “Our goal is to reduce the landscape industry hits by 50 per cent in two plus years. However, there is just one area that the landscape community has to work on and that is to make sure to call for locates before digging.

Please send your comments, suggestions and ideas to [email protected].

Fire that could result from a typical residential gas hit.

THE UNdERgROUNd WORLd


By Dr. Youbin Zheng, Katherine Vinson, and Dr. Mike DixonUniversity of Guelph

The majority of the Ontario potted nursery crops (perennials, shrubs, and trees) are grown in organic-

based growing substrates containing components such as pine bark, peat moss, and other types of composts.

Most plants grow best at a pH of 5.4 to 6.4 in organic substrates. Of course, some crops prefer an even lower root zone pH. For example, the best pH for azalea is 4.5-5.8. A substrate pH above 6.2 can lead to Iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn), Copper (Cu), Zinc (Zn), Boron (B), and even Phosphorus (P) deficiency in some crops (blueberry, pin oak, red maple, hydrangeas) and cause symptoms like leaf chlorosis. Also, when the sub-strate pH is above the optimum range, the applied fertilizer can be wasted. For example, when the substrate pH is above 6.5, most of the phosphorus is in insolu-ble forms, which are difficult if not impos-sible for plants to uptake.

LOW PH RARE IN ONTARIOWhen there is P limitation, even if there is plenty of nitrogen, potassium, and other nutrient elements, plants still cannot uti-lize these nutrients to best effect. There-fore, the fertilizer applied will be wasted and may also move out of the system to harm our environment. A substrate pH that is too low can cause Fe, Mn, Zn, and Cu toxicity, and Calcium (Ca) and Magnesium (Mg) deficiency. However, in Ontario, too low of a pH is rarely seen. Managing substrate pH may prove to be the single, most cost effective practice in potted nursery production.

Substrate pH is mainly controlled by the materials used in mixing the sub-strate, the fertilizer applied, irrigation water, and the plants themselves. In this article, we will address the water issue only.

In Ontario, many nurseries use water from wells, rivers, and other sources with a high alkalinity and a high pH. A

Acidify irrigation water for potted nursery crop production

high alkalinity in irrigation water is usu-ally caused by high concentrations of carbonates, usually calcium carbonate (CaCO3), magnesium carbonate (MgCO3) and bicarbonates (HCO3-). pH is a mea-sure of the acidity and basicity of irriga-tion water. Using irrigation water with a high alkalinity can lead to an increased pH in the growing substrates or soils. To reduce water alkalinity and pH, acid can be injected into the irrigation water. How much to inject depends on the alkalin-ity of the irrigation water, the type of acid used, and the target alkalinity and pH you want to achieve. There are a number of useful sources to use for guidance. The following are a few free web-based calcu-lation tools to easily achieve your goal.• NorthCarolinaStateUniversity:www.

ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/floriculture/software/alk-calc/alk.html

• UniversityofNewHampshire:http://extension.unh.edu/Agric/AGGHFL/Alkcalc.cfm

• UnitedStatesGeologicalSurvey(USGS): http://or.water.usgs.gov/alk/

CALCULATE ALkALINITyChoose whichever method you prefer, but the first thing is to know the alkalinity of your water. Either measure the alkalin-ity using some of the simple, inexpensive kits available, or send a sample of your water to a commercial laboratory. When you do the calculation, please pay spe-cial attention to the alkalinity unit, since different laboratories may give you dif-ferent units and different calculators may require different unit inputs. Measured as either HCO3- or CaCO3, the unit can be milliequivalents per litre of water (meq/L), parts per million (ppm), or mg/L.

Here are three simple equations to use for converting one unit to another: 1 meq/L CaCO3 = 1 meq/L HCO3-, 1 meq/L CaCO3 = 50 ppm = 50 mg/L, and 1 meq/L HCO3- = 61 ppm = 61 mg/L. Also, to con-vert from ppm CaCO3 to ppm HCO3-, mul-tiply the CaCO3 value by 1.22. The other thing to know for links above is the pH of your water. Determine this yourself by using a pH meter, or pH test kit, or send a

sample to a laboratory.If using sulphuric acid (H2SO4), phos-

phoric acid (H3PO4), or nitric acid (HNO3) to lower the pH of your irrigation water, calculate how much S, P, or N you are adding to your pots, so you can reduce the fertilizer application of that element, otherwise you may run into some nutri-ent imbalance issues. For example, when using HNO3 to acidify irrigation water, you are adding more N into the system. If you are still using the same amount and type of fertilizer as you did before, then your plants may grow more rapidly, but less hardy. If you do not want to change your type of fertilizer and application rate, then H2SO4 may be a better acid to use, since plant uptake of SO4- is much slower than the uptake of NO3-; therefore in the short term, you may not run into any big nutri-ent imbalance issues. However, if you are recycling irrigation water, then H2SO4 is not recommended, as SO4- will eventu-ally accumulate in your water to an unac-ceptable level. For more information on the benefits and drawbacks of each acid, see the table at http://bit.ly/sLldCx.

SySTEMS vARyIt is important to ensure that the injec-tion equipment is appropriate for use with acids. Read product descriptions carefully as one company may provide multiple injection systems, but each system may vary in terms of its suitability for strong acids. It is also suggested that separate injectors be used for fertilizer applications to avoid salt precipitation. Agitation of the pipes may be required to prevent the acid from resting and wearing down the equip-ment. All metal irrigation pipes should be well rinsed at the end of each acid injec-tion treatment.

ONgOINg UPdATESCurrently, our group is testing whether acidifying irrigation water alone can keep growing substrates within an optimum pH range and improve the performance of several plant species, some of which require a lower substrate pH. We will pro-vide ongoing updates on this and other aspects of our research program at the University of Guelph.

If you have any questions, contact Dr. Youbin Zheng, 519-824-4120, ext. 52741, [email protected]. Dr. Zheng is a researcher in horticulture, www.ces.uoguelph.ca/greenroof/.

IRRIgATION


By Bob HodginsSmart about Salt executive director

In my course Smart about Salt Essen-tials Training I conduct an experiment using a cold plate, where I simulate a

frosting situation in the classroom. The photograph on this page shows that the surface temperature is at -6.3oC and there is a good layer of frost on the surface. The granular of salt on the left has been sitting on the surface for some time, with

very little melting occurring. Melting won’t happen until a combi-

nation of moisture, heat and salt forms a brine (solution of salt in water). It is the brine that melts the frost, snow, or ice. This is a fundamental principle that all snowfighters should understand.

At the end of the lesson, I spray the

Rock salt doesn’t melt anything!

right side of the cold plate with a 23 per cent sodium chloride brine, and VOILA — the frost is immediately eliminated.

Under the right conditions, the use of liquid anti-icing materials can cre-ate a much safer condition than straight salt. This requires significantly less salt. I demonstrated this by spraying half my driveway with a liquid before a snow event. I applied just enough liquid to dampen the pavement. The next morn-ing I woke to see the results of my efforts. The side of my untreated driveway was covered with snow, whereas the treated side was bare and damp. The salt resi-due that was left after I sprayed melted the snow.

Over the following week a warm spell melted all the snow, but we had no rain to wash away the salt brine that remained on the left side of the driveway. Then we got another small snowfall and the same thing happened. The left side of my drive-way was bare and damp, and the right side was covered in snow.

Road authorities that use liquid anti-icing have learned that this same prin-ciple can save them time and money and create safer conditions. For example, a road authority could apply dry salt to take care of four consecutive mornings of

frost. However, the dry salt will only last a day because traffic whisks the material off the road.

In four days they could apply about 400 kilograms of salt on two-lanes per kilometre. If they applied liquid anti-icing, they would only use about 23 kilograms of salt, with one application lasting for the four days, if there was no rain. That is a 94 per cent saving in salt and much safer conditions.

There are a number of different liquid anti-icing materials on the market with different properties and working tempera-tures. It is an excellent tool for maintain-ing safe winter conditions in parking lots and sidewalks.

As with any tool, snow users need to understand when and how to properly use liquid anti-icing material. If you are a contractor, I encourage you to look into these materials. If you are a site owner or manager, discuss the use of liquids with your contractor.

Bob Hodgins may be contacted at [email protected].

Left: Left side of driveway lightly treated with salt-brine. Above: The end result after snowfall.

SMART ABOUT SALT


By Helen HassardMembership coordinator

Recently I was in Windsor for that Chapter’s annual Awards of Dis-tinction. I found myself in a con-

versation with a new member company, our executive direc-tor Tony DiGiovanni and our public rela-tions manager Denis Flanagan.

One of the inter-esting things that I learned from this conversation was the origin of our logo.

As most of you may know, a few years ago LO adopted the Green for Life logo. It was the result of our branding commit-tee’s hard work. But what you might not

It’s the chicken and egg syndromeknow is this brand has gone national with PEI, Manitoba and New Brunswick joining us.

When the board decided it was time to rebrand, the branding committee hired a marketing company to develop a logo and tagline. This company found that the target market for our membership is women between the ages of 35 to 60. Although this is a generalization and does not necessarily represent all mem-bers, what they found through the survey is that those consumers related to the image of a little girl on a swing. Just like that, the GFL logo was born!

As I mentioned, the research was a generalization. For those members who didn’t want to use the little girl on the swing, because they knew it wouldn’t appeal to their clients, the tree logo came to be. It is an equal, but different logo.

We encourage you to use whichever one will best suite your business needs.

I’ve have heard that a number of members don’t want to use the logo, or put the decals on their trucks, because their customers don’t know what it means. Well to them I say, it’s the chicken and the egg situation. Consumers aren’t going to recognize the brand until they see it out there on your trucks, business cards and websites.

Now, I don’t expect to convince every-one, but for those of you that see the value and want the GFL brand recog-nized, please start incorporating this into your marketing. We have free promo-tional materials available at www. horttrades.com/green-for-life.

In addition, your local chapters and LO home office are always working on building GFL brand recognition, whether it’s by attending local events, commu-nity projects, or sponsoring charities and events. If you have a great idea, or want to get more involved, we would love to hear from you.

Helen Hassard may be contacted at [email protected].

DurhamCotter LandscapingBrian Cotter142 River Street, Seagrave, ON L0C 1G0Tel: 905-424-3440Membership Type: Active

Mr. Grass Landscaping Ltd.Paul Gervais1860 Brock Road, Uxbridge, ON L9P 1R4Tel: 416-410-9046Membership Type: Active

Williams Design StudioPaul Williams1470 Hwy 7APO Box 86, Bethany, ON L0A 1A0Tel: 705-277-2666Membership Type: Active

GeorGian LakeLanDsIdeal Landscape ServicesAndrew Beattie31 Allsop Crescent, Barrie, ON L4N8T7Tel: 705-896-0196Membership Type: Interim

LonDonSteer and Graham Property CareNick Graham102 Duke St, Komoka, ON N0L 1R0Tel: 519-200-9431Membership Type: Interim

NEW MEMBERSToronToAvant-Garden ServicesTiago Varella-cid704 Spadina AvePO Box 20, Toronto, ON M5S 2S7Tel: 416-783-8448Membership Type: Active

Cooper Equipment RentalsDoug Dougherty33 Racine Rd, Toronto, ON M9W 2Z4Tel: 416-744-5000Membership Type: Associate

Entripy Custom ClothingAndrea Pellizzer5, 6 & 7 - 2320 Bristol CircleOakville, ON L6H 5S3Tel: 905-844-1291-x3065Membership Type: Associate

Highland National LeasingMike Manson15783 Yonge St, Aurora, ON L4G 3H4Tel: 866-980-8037-x264Membership Type: Associate

Marsh Canada LimitedLyne Erwin800 - 70 University Ave, Toronto, ON M5J 2M4Tel: 416-349-3060Membership Type: Associate

Ontario Sawdust Supplies LtdJoe Falcone48 Sluse Rd, Holland Landing, ON L9N 1G8Tel: 905-836-9356Membership Type: Associate

Paul Will Do ItPaul Kornatz503 - 15 Park Hill Crt,Brampton, ON L6Y 1P6Tel: 905-497-9059Membership Type: Horticultural

Town of Richmond HillElke Gruenewald42 Bedford Road, Sutton West, ON L0E 1R0Tel: 905-716-3345Membership Type: Horticultural

WinDsorSt. Clair CollegeJohn Lein156 Robson Road, Leamington, ON N8H 5P9Tel: 519-966-1656-x4344Membership Type: Horticultural

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By Sally Harvey CLT, CLPManager Education and Labour Development

It is hard to believe that Congress is approaching once again. This is always a time of year to which I look forward. It is

a time of renewal. The New Year energizes me to reach out for new opportunities that will help us to achieve goals both on a per-sonal and business level. New opportuni-ties require planning, education and training to be successful.

As your partner in prosperity, Landscape Ontario offers you many opportunities to gain a fresh perspec-tive with the vast professional development and training seminars presented in the Prosperity Partner Professional Development Guide released last month. www.horttrades.com/professional- development-guide-2011-2012, and within the Congress Conference guide, is avail-able for a sneak peak at: www.horttrades.com/congress-conference-guide-2012 and is also included in your next issue of Landscape Trades.

Our conference and events coordinator, Kristen McIntyre has worked diligently to make sure that the 2012 Congress confer-ence offers you more ‘Tools for the Trade.’ Over three days the conference will pro-vide such things as tips on how to trim your costs, sharpen your skills and build a com-petitive edge. I can promise that you will be inspired and energized.

Again this year, we are pleased to pro-vide the Monday warm-up programs prior to the trade show on Jan. 9 that includes:• 47thAnnualIPMSymposium• LandscapeDesigners’Conference• CertifiedLandscapeProfessionalStudy

Group that includes an exam writing option.

Tuesday through Thursday (Jan.10-12), the Conference will focus on prosper-ity for both business owners/operators and employees. Business development high-lights include sustainable best practices, innovation, sales and marketing, opera-tions, safety, human resources, and plan-

New year is time to energize yourselfning for our future.

New this year: The Irrigation Confer-ence is moving to Wednesday afternoon.

New this year: New speakers and a new format with sessions offered in the mornings only to allow attendees to spend quality time on the trade show floor. With more than 27 sessions, including three-hour owner-based workshops, attendees have many options to expand their knowledge.

New this year: All conference pass holders are invited to ‘life lessons at lunch’ with interactive business focused discus-sion and networking sessions. It is included in your conference pass.

Check your Conference guide for more details, or contact us.

Teachers/Instructors and their students are encouraged to attend the 2012 Con-gress trade show. Go to: www.horttrades.com/sessions-for-students-and-teachers.

In addition to the many conferences and seminars available to teachers and students, we are also presenting free spe-cial sessions; one for students and teach-ers, and another for teachers only.

It doesn’t stop there. Sector events, Chapter meetings and events are planned throughout the year, all offering an oppor-tunity to learn, improve your business and network within your community that we proudly call Landscape Ontario.

I encourage everyone to start now about your professional development plan. Take advantage of the early bird discounts. Use the savings to bring another staff per-son to Congress, or register him/her in a seminar.

LABOUR MARkET PARTNERSHIP The Employer Human Resource Policy and Procedure Guide and Employee Handbook and other tools funded by Employment Ontario are to be released in January to help our employers manage their human resource asset. Stay tuned.

Safety remains a hot topic with the intro-duction of the Ornamental Growers Safety Program seminars by the Farm Credit Canada Ag Safety Fund. These promise to deliver compliance awareness and the return on investment that a progressive safety program can provide in every work-place. The cost benefit of a safe workplace is PRICELESS!

The Landscape Ontario Safety Group is returning with a record performance this past year. The 2010 Safety Group scored and celebrated a record high score of 5.74 per cent out of a possible six Twenty-five Safety Group firms received a rebate cheque. The total rebate was over $60,000 in October. We congratulate those who par-ticipated in building their safety programs, and reaped the benefit.

The 2012 Safety Group will deliver an increase in service and value this year. WSPS Workplace Safety Prevention Ser-vices is visiting each member in February to provide safety program development resources. This will be followed by a volun-tary spot-check in August and September to provide feedback and advice on how and where improvements are needed. Register now for the 2012 Safety Group. Go to www.horttrades.com/safety-groups.

dId yOU kNOW?You can stay on top of the Ministry of Labour news and updates by subscribing to the newsletter entitled, What’s New? To subscribe, go to www.labour.gov.on.ca/ english/about/pubs/whatsnew/.

Contact Sally Harvey at [email protected].

SAFETy ANd TRAININg


By Denis Flanagan CLDDirector of public relations and membership services

One of our goals in 2012 is to con-tinue to recognize the wonderfully generous contributions that our

members make to their local communities. The stories of these contributions will not only run in our own publications, but we will also make a concerted effort to get these stories the credit they deserve into national and local news media.

The following is one such story that deserves that sort of attention.

When Bill Roseborough’s wife passed away in 2009, he wanted to build a legacy in memory of her and allow other people to share in the experience.

Karen Roseborough was dedicated to her nursing profession in Hanover from 1963, until she retired in 2000. It was at Hanover and District Hospital that she was diagnosed with cancer, passing away in 2009.

Bill contacted LO member Tim Krae-mer from Ground Effects Landscapes. He and Tim knew each other from projects they worked together in the community. Bill shared his idea of building a garden, and Tim subsequently asked Paul Brydges, a landscape architect who he works closely with, to consult on the project.

While Tim and Paul put their heads together to develop concepts to present to the hospital, Bill worked towards ensuring there were some initial funds available to get the project off the ground. And so a part-nership was formed, from which a beautiful garden was designed and built from local materials and countless volunteer hours.

The garden was designed to be a peaceful place where staff, patients and visitors can use for reflection and medita-tion, and where memories can be cherished and shared.

As we all know, a challenge when build-ing a project like this is sustainability. To overcome this obstacle, a number of steps were taken to ensure the ongoing viabil-

Garden of fond memories

ity of the project. The Hospital Foundation administers the fundraising component of the project. Donors can choose features in the garden such as benches, fence panels, trees, etc., to be engraved as a way of cel-ebrating someone’s life, or to pay tribute to a friend, doctor, nurse, or support staff. Paul continues to volunteer time on the proj-ect by advising on the placement of these special elements. Landscape Ontario will donate a Green for Life engraved piece as one of the River of Life Stones.

Tim from Ground Effects Landscapes has pledged that his company will volun-teer to maintain the garden for as long as it takes.

I am constantly hearing about simi-lar stories that involve our members. Yes, we have all read the business advice on how it’s good to be involved in community projects. It seems to me that the underly-ing motivation is not driven by a business model, but the sheer fact that you sincerely care about the community you live in. What a wonderful thought this month as we begin to celebrate the season of giving, but it’s obvious to me that the gift of giving among our members extends to all seasons.

Please continue to share your stories with us, so we can share them with others.

Denis Flanagan may be contacted at [email protected].

Community enjoys garden that honours memory.

PUBLIC RELATIONS


Members give back Tony DiGiovanni CHTLO executive director

December is a time for reflection. This year has been a challenge for many of you, yet what stands out is your

persistence, perseverance, tenacity, pas-sion and willingness to contribute time and resources to improve the industry, associa-tion and community.

I doubt other industries have so many individuals who are so generous and con-tribution-minded. Please read my Annual Report (page 17) for a glimpse at some of the great projects members and chapters were involved in this past year.

While compiling the wonderful stories of how our chapters are enriching their com-munities, I began to wonder about your individual contributions outside of the asso-ciation. I sent out an email asking for your stories. The response was incredible. Over

the next few months we will create a sec-tion in Landscape Ontario magazine to tell the story of how our members “give back” to make the world a better place. I found read-ing the stories very inspirational.

THE PRESIdENT In an association like ours, the president represents the membership. He repre-sents you in front of the public, government officials, other members and the broader horticultural community. In my position as executive director, I am in the privileged position to support the president. I get to see what each person who serves that posi-tion is made of. I experience first-hand their sincerity and care for association members.

Tom Intven’s term as your president will be over at Congress. It is difficult to believe that two years have gone so quickly. I was in Ohio at the Great Lakes conference when my counterpart from Minnesota told

Tom how influential his articles in Horticul-ture Review have been. Whenever I am with Tom at any LO event, someone stops to tell him the importance of his ideas and messages.

Tom has represented us well. He reflects integrity, intelligence, empathy, thoughtful-ness, sensitivity, caring and professional-ism. I feel proud at the way he represents all of us. He reflects the best. Join me in congratulating Tom for a job well done. We look forward to his service as a ‘lifer’ in other activities of the association. The won-derful part of this job is that many members become friends. It is a good thing to have Tom as a friend.

I would also like to congratulate Phil Charal, the new incoming president. Phil has been a perennial contributor to LO for many years. We look forward to his presidency.

At this time of year, I want to thank the staff of Landscape Ontario. We have a unique team at LO. There are no slouches. They are like family. They care. They love to support the membership.

Your staff wishes you all the best in 2012. We look forward to being your pros-perity partner.

Tony DiGiovanni may be reached at [email protected].

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By Tom IntvenLO president

This will be my last message to you, as my term as president of Land-scape Ontario comes to an end.

First, let me say that it has been an honour and privi-lege to serve as your president. I enjoyed meeting many mem-bers in all the chap-ters involved in different sectors. While our mem-bers are diverse in their businesses,

our strength lies in our common mission. Most of all, I have enjoyed working with the board and staff to help navigate our association through two very difficult and challenging years.

Closing thoughts My father used to say, “The harder I

work, the luckier I get.” My luck has been more serendipitous. By my simple elec-tion as president, I have lucked into a position that is surrounded by gifted vol-unteers and staff. It has been a privilege to have served with an exceptional pro-vincial board composed of passionate, committed volunteer leaders.

vOLUNTEER SPIRITI have been absolutely blown away by the volunteer spirit observed at every level of governance — those members who have the ‘Landscape Ontario Gene.’ That is, they believe that by working co-operatively for a common goal, they will accomplish more than by working alone. This strong and passionate belief, found in so many of our members, is at the very heart of Landscape Ontario’s success. To all of our members who have given so generously of their time and resources over the last two years, I would like to sincerely say, THANK YOU!

I would like to commend all of our staff on their contributions and work ethic over the last two years. Special recog-nition should be given to our executive director, Tony DiGiovanni. Tony has been inspirational in his continued and undy-ing commitment to the development and prosperity of our members. His intelli-gent, adaptive, congenial and visionary management has been key to LO’s abil-ity to navigate these rapidly changing. I encourage Tony, and all of our staff to stay committed and keep up the good work.

If you would indulge me, I have a few closing recommendations to all of you that I would like to make.

STRIvE FOR ExCELLENCEI encourage all of our members and staff to strive for excellence in all aspects of your work. In order for our industry to become more appreciated and command higher wages and prices, we need to demonstrate excellence and profession-alism in every sector and at every step of the way. We have come a long way, but we still have a long way to go in this regard.

FIgHT FOR OUR RELEvANCEIf we are to survive as an industry with the changing demographics of North America, we need to be adamant about our story. In this world of information overload, we need to be actively and aggressively, preaching the benefits of the goods and services that our industry provides. We need to support the rele-vance of the activities of the green indus-try in our local communities, in our daily conversations with people, and in all of combined efforts. If we do not, our indus-try will lose its relevance in a technology dominated world.

gET INvOLvEd WITH yOUR ASSOCIATIONMy theme has been ‘Prosperity through Engagement.’ The concept presented in January of 2010 was that the more our members become engaged in what our community has to offer, the more success they will achieve and the stronger our association will become.

The best way to face the challenges of the rapidly changing economy is to fully embrace Landscape Ontario, its culture, its programs, its network of members and staff and their touch points, and its sense of community. I still firmly believe this to be true. I have observed that many of our members have become more engaged in Landscape Ontario in the last few years, despite the increase in demands from our businesses. To all of you who are so committed, I would like to extend a sin-cere THANK YOU! for your continued expression of your passion for our indus-try through your engagement.

WE ARE BLESSEdThe work of association development is ongoing and challenging. We are again blessed with a talented and commit-ted volunteer provincial board that rep-resents our many and diverse interests and areas. I know that our new president will experience the same feeling of being lucky to be surrounded by many dedi-cated volunteers and staff in the pursuit of our mission.

Please join me in wishing the new president, Phil Charal, the board of direc-tors and all of our governance the best of luck in the coming years.

Tom Intven may be reached at 519-631-1008, or [email protected].

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By Jacki Hart CLPProsperity Partners program manager

Here’s a simple five-point test for you to see if the Prosperity Part-ners Build Your Prosperity seminar

will help reduce stress and headaches at work:1. Make a ‘to-do’ list of things you need to do at work tomorrow. Even it’s your down-time season, you likely have business related planning, purchasing, meetings, assessing, etc., you

need to do. So, just write them all down.2. At the end of the day tomorrow, check

the list and mark off the ones you have done.

3. Add whatever else you think of to the list.

4. Repeat every day for a week — using the same original list — with things checked off and added each day.

5. At the end of the week, look at the list, and see what things you originally wrote down are not yet done, and which things you later added, and have now completed.

So, what are you waiting for? More of the same headaches next year? Or a painless way to change the way you spend your time at work so that you can enjoy your career more – with a better work life balance?

Your association has developed this unique business tool box for you. It’s sim-ple, effective, and easy to access.

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Canadale Nurseries 67 519-631-1008 www.canadale.com

Hillen Nursery Inc 4-5 519-264-9057

Kobes Nursery 9 905-263-8814 www.kobesnurseries.com

Landscape Safety 13 877-482-2323 www.landscapesafety.com

Legends Landscape Supply Inc 11 905-336-3369 www.landscapestore.ca

Limestone Trail Company Ltd 61 905-563-8133 www.limestonetrail.com

Newroads National Leasing 59 416-587-1021 www.newroadsleasing.com

Potters Road Nursery Inc 62 519-688-0437 www.pottersroadnursery.com

Riverbend Farms (Ontario) Ltd 8 519-765-2130 [email protected]

Sipkens Nurseries Ltd 57 866-843-0438 www.sipkensnurseries.com

Stam Nurseries 15 519-424-3350 www.stamsnurseries.com

Uxbridge Nurseries Ltd 64 905-655-3379 www.uxbridgenurseries.com

Winkelmolen Nursery Ltd 11 519-647-3912 www.winkelmolen.com

Zander Sod Co Ltd 13 877-727-2100 www.zandersod.com

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