M. PUTZER HORNBY NURSERY LTD We are located only minutes from Toronto and Hamilton
We welcome all Commercial and Residential Landscape Contractors In the photo from left are Mike Reid and Rob Garby, both of Hansen Lawn and Gardens, Michael Fulcher of Permacon and president of the Ottawa Chapter, Ed Hansen of Hansen Lawn and Gardens as they pose at the LO garden at the Ottawa Cottage and Back Yard Show.
in Ottawa from Apr. 11 to 13. The garden was designed by Sundaura Alford of A Cultivated Art, and built by Hansen Lawn and Garden, along with Permacon and 50 students from the Algonquin College Horticultural Industries Program, under the supervision of instructor Steve Neumann. The students gained valuable garden and trade show build experience as they worked in two groups for three-hour shifts. The garden, completed in seven hours, included garden beds with birch trees, Hydrangea macrophylla, dogwood shrubs, pyramidal junipers, flowering spring bulbs and Icicle pansies. The generous support of the following Ottawa Chapter members made this garden build possible. Permacon generously donated the stone product for the build, while plant material came from GreenLife Wholesale Nursery and Algonquin College. Birch trees came from Manotick Tree Movers, and mulch from Artistic Landscape Design. A thank you goes out to Ottawa Chapter directors Ed Hansen, Sundaura Alford CLD, Mike Fulcher, Sarah Johnston and Steve Neumann for all the work they accomplished to complete this project.
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The Grounds Guys, Orangeville, were featured on W Network’s series Be the Boss Canada. The April 17 broadcast featured two employees from Landscape Ontario member The Grounds Guys, in head-to-head challenges for a life-changing job promotion. Participants take part in a week-long job interview for what each believes is a chance for a promotion, with enticing pay and perks. As those employees battle to be the best and out-perform each other, the winner gets handed the keys to run his very own franchise, making the jump from employee to business owner. “We put them through challenges to see how they would apply our core values under difficult conditions,” said CEO Peter van Stralen, author of C.A.R.E. Leadership. Since 1987, the ten van Stralen brothers have built The Grounds Guys to become one of Canada’s largest landscape management companies, with 40 locations in five provinces across Canada.
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