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Toronto, Ont. (January 11, 2017) Landscape Ontario Salutes Green Industry Excellence Ontario’s green professions celebrate the best projects of 2016 at the Landscape Ontario Awards of Excellence More than 600 landscape professionals gathered Jan. 10, 2017 at Toronto’s International Plaza Hotel to celebrate the best construction, maintenance and design projects in the province at a gala event hosted by Breakfast Television personality Frankie “Flowers” Ferragine. “I am thrilled once again to be here tonight to recognize the amazing work being done in the landscape professions across this province,” Ferragine said. “Each year, I am amazed by the the incredible passion and talent our profession has to offer, and the commitment to making our communities and landscapes greener and healthier spaces is inspiring.” Gardening guru Mark Cullen received an honorary lifetime membership to Landscape Ontario for his dedication for promoting the green professions. “Mark is a gifted communicator who has inspired thousands with his heartfelt and trusted advice,” said Tony DiGiovanni, Landscape Ontario’s executive director. “What really sets Mark apart is his integrity and his eagerness to contribute. He is on numerous committees and boards, and has given thousands of volunteer hours towards making Landscape Ontario, Canada Blooms and the landscape professions better.” Awards are judged by industry experts according to specific criteria. If no project qualifies in an area, no award is given.
Construction PROGRAM Abloom Landscape Contractor Inc., Metcalfe Aqua Spa Pools & Landscape Design, Woodbridge Balsam Creek Landscaping, Lynden Bienenstock Natural Playgrounds, Dundas Blue Diamond Pools and Landscaping, Barrie Boffo Landscaping Inc., Maple BonaVista Pools Ltd., Markham Bouwmeister Inc., Stouffville Calibre Concrete Inc., Rockton Cedar Springs Landscape Group, Oakville Cedarcroft Landscape & Design, Orangeville CSL Group, Ancaster DA Gracey & Associates, Vaughan David Gaze Landscaping, Oakville Dr. Landscape Inc., Scarborough Dusty Miller Landscaping, Queensville Earthscape Ontario, Wallenstein Edengrove Landscape Ltd., Mississauga Elite Designed Concrete Inc., Thornhill Exact Interlock Ltd., Ottawa Garden City Groundskeeping Services, Mississauga Garlatti Landscaping Inc., LaSalle GBC Design & Build Gelderman Landscape Services, Waterdown Golden Mean Landscapes, Burlington Green Scene Landscaping, Toronto Greentario Landscaping (2006) Inc., Hamilton Griffith Property Services Ltd., Richmond Hill Hackstone Landscapes, Maxwell Hill n’ Dale Landscaping, Mulmur Ian McGregor Pools & Landscaping Ideal Landscape Services, Barrie, MIlton Kim Price Landscape Design, Toronto Kreative Woodworking, Woodbridge Land Effects Outdoor Living Spaces Ltd., Toronto Land-Con Ltd., Concord Landscape Plus Ltd., Etobicoke M.E. Contracting, Toronto Maple Ridge Landscapes Ltd., Lynden Muskoka Landscapers, Bracebridge Natural Landscape Group Inc., Dundas New Nature Landscaping, Hamilton Oakridge landscape Contractors Ltd., Hannon Par-Bro Design Build Ltd., King City Paradisaic Building Group, Bowmanville Plantenance Landscape Group, Pointe Claire Pool Craft, Richmond Hill Premier Landscaping & Design Ltd., Richmond Hill Pro-Land Landscape Construction Inc., Brampton Roger Willis Contracting Ltd., Kars, Royal Stone Landscaping & Design Ltd., Woodbridge Rutherford Contracting Ltd., Aurora Seferian Design Group, Burlington Shades of Summer Landscaping & Maintenance, Waterdown Springbank Landscapes, London Stonehenge Design Build, Concord Stonelife Landscaping Inc., Concord The Beaudry Group The Landmark Group, Thornbury Tidy Gardens Landscaping Inc., Mississauga Tyler Speirs Design Build, Collingwood Wentworth Landscapes, Picton Whispering Pines Landscaping, Orangeville Yards Unlimited Landscaping Inc., Ottawa
Maintenance PROGRAM Aden Earthworks Inc., Toronto Boffo Landscaping Inc., Maple Boot’s Landscaping & Maintenance Ltd., Richmond Hill Cypress Gardeners Inc., Port Carling Dusty Miller Landscaping, Queensville Landscape Plus Ltd., Etobicoke Shades of Summer Landscaping & Maintenance, Waterdown Snider Turf & Landscape Care Ltd., Kitchener Strathmore Landscape Contractors, Pointe-Claire Wentworth Landscapes, Picton LANDSCAPE Design PROGRAM AquaSpa Pools & Landscape Design, Woodbridge Earthscape Ontario, Wallenstein Jennifer Hayman Design Group Inc., Toronto Living Rooms Landscape Design, Hamilton Natural Landscape Group Inc., Dundas Stonehenge Design Build, Toronto Welwyn Wong Landscape Design, Manotick Irrigation PROGRAM DJ Rain & Co Ltd., North York Yates Custom Lawn Sprinklers, Manotick LANDSCAPE LIGHTING PROGRAM DiMarco Landscape Lighting, Mount Albert Edengrove Landscapes Ltd., Mississauga Hill n’ Dale Landscaping, Mulmur Kim Price Landscape Design, Toronto Nutri-Lawn, Burlington Rain Gods, Milton Royal Stone Landscaping & Design Ltd., Woodbridge Stonelife Landscaping Inc., Concord INTERIOR LANDSCAPING PROGRAM Stems Interior Landscaping Inc., Washago Urban Garden Supply Co., Toronto Special Awards PROGRAM DUNINGTON GRUBB Award 2017 The Landmark Group CASEY van MARIS Award 2017 Pro-Land Landscape Construction Inc. DON SALIVAN GROUNDS MANAGEMENT Award Wentworth Landscapes Community Leadership Award Scott Wentworth HONOURARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP Award Mark Cullen HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION ADVOCACY Award Jean Huard LEGACY Award NVK Holdings Inc. PAST PRESIDENTS AWARD John Moons PROSPERITY PARTNERS LEADERSHIP AWARD John Larson, Janet Mott, Christine Moffit, Sherri Hornsey
Congratulations to all the winners of Landscape Ontario’s Awards of Excellence for 2016. For more information about the Landscape Ontario Awards of Excellence programs, please visit www.LOawards.com
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Landscape Ontario is pleased to recognize the winners
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The Landmark Group DUNINGTON GRUBB AWARD
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ON THE COVER 26 URBAN RENEWAL Artists use the city as their canvas 42 INKSCAPE Industry professionals share the stories
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60 WALK OFF THE EARTH Taking time out to connect with nature
STYLE 14 LANDSCAPE ONTARIO AWARD WINNERS Dream big! 18 OUR FAVOURITE THINGS Let us share our faves with you 20 TRENDING Alfresco furnishing
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30 HGTV’S CARSON ARTHUR Blending colour into your outdoor space
and your neighbourhood
34 DESIGNER PROFILES That’s right...Canada’s got talent 38 HGTV’s PAUL LAFRANCE Are the colours in your landscape
guiding your emotions?
41 URBAN ROOFTOPS The sky is the limit! 46 THE QUEBEC QUONNECTION Expert Glenn Curtis on adding colour
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IMPROVE 53 MANNY NEVES OF HARDCORE RENOS Welcome to the new kid on the block 56 SHOWER ME...HARDCORE A nice clean renovation story
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64 Colour coach pierre lalande Surrounding yourself with colour based on your DNA
66 DIY Useful and visually pleasing mosquito repellent 68 TOP CHEF CANADA’S RENE RODRIGUEZ A closer look at what shaped
his career
72 PATIO FARE Three of the top restaurant patios in Canada 78 DILLON’s DISTILLERY A story of perserverance and victory in a small batch distillery
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DISCOVER 82 CANADA’s CANDY COLOURED HOMES Jelly bean row or
Smartie box? A story to satisfy any sweet tooth
90 HOMEGROWN More Canadian talent be proud of 94 frankie flowers Create a work of art in your garden 96 COMIC RELIEF This guy always busts our guts! 96 NOT SO AVERAGE JOE Everybody is a somebody!
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contributors
Pierre Lalande is the best selling author of “Colour Leads the Way” and a globally recognized expert on the scientifically based, Colour Authentication System, which applies to the colours you wear and the ones you live in. What’s he tossing this spring? “As they say, ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure’. My wardrobe primping is key, therefore more of my clothes will be finding new homes this spring.”
Kimberley Fowler has been a writer and editor for more than a decade. Several years ago, she started a successful freelance writing business. This wife and mama now spends her days writing from the comfort of her home. “With little kids at home, I’ll be de-cluttering toys. If it hasn’t been played with in the last six months it’s going in the “to donate” pile.”
With every new issue, we love to get to know our writers a little better. You know…what makes them tick? So, we usually have a sort of random question to ask them to respond to in hopes of learning something new about them. Our question for this issue was… “what is the one thing that you are going to toss into the garbage this spring?” Intersting answers!
Bryen Dunn is a writer, editor, radio host and blogger in the Greater Toronto Area. “As for spring cleaning and purging, that’s been a continuous goal of mine for the past couple of years. I’m actually doing a big reno on my place, so I’ve been tossing quite a bit lately. Feels good to de-clutter!”
Diane Slawych This
former radio news reporter turned globetrotting, freelance writer has written for 60+ publicatons. You can usually find her in Toronto attending festivals and concerts, or watching foreign films. Her spring cleaning routine involves tossing out dated travel brochures, which accumulate in many boxes around her office!
Cedric Lizotte writes about restaurants, bars and travel. He also has a new blog thefinediningblog.com. What will I throw away when I’m spring-cleaning? “Well, not much, because I’ve been living in my suitcase for four years now!”
Laura Stanley is a Toronto
based writer and new to our lineup. Her spring clean? “Hmm! I have a pile of old books in my room that have been bothering me for months and I’m going to drop them off at the little free library that’s down the street from where I live! ...And now that I’ve said it, it must happen!”
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Nara Farrell is an artist in every sense of the word; acting, comedy, writing…she does it all, and does it well. “Spring cleaning...I am in an ongoing spring clean of any emotional blockages that are interrupting my natural flow. So, I’m cleaning myself!”
Kelly Beull is a novelist, screenwriter and part-time blogger. What is she going to unload this spring? “Any sock that I can’t find a match for is going straight into the garbage this spring. As a mom and writer there is not enough time in a day to look for socks that don’t match… especially with writing deadlines looming.
Renaldo Amota is a young, talented, up and coming writer from Thorold, ON. What’s he tossing? “I have many things I could purge this spring. But I love my things...and they’re mine. No touchy! I think instead, this spring I’ll be tossing out the act of complaining. Let’s call it “spiritual spring cleaning.”
Richard Beattie is a graduate of Queen’s University and a freelance writer who enjoys soccer, travel and non-fiction. “The one thing I’ll be throwing in the trash this spring… my old stereo. It has been collecting dust since I first got an iPod and it’s time to admit that CD’s and cassette tapes will never become cool again like vinyl.
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CONNECT WITH COLOUR Welcome to a new and colourful spring season. For many reasons, it’s my favourite time of year. Clearing out the cobwebs and being able to spend some quality time outdoors, while gearing up for the summer season, gets most people into a positive frame of mind and really awakens the senses. The theme of this issue, “City In Colour”, prompted me to consider colour and what roll it plays in our lives and our outdoor spaces? I think it’s safe to say that most of us are aware of the impact that colour has on our mood. So, how can it be used effectively in order to create a particular atmosphere in your personal outdoor space, be that a balcony or backyard? I think you’ll find the answers to all your “colour” questions in the pages of this issue. From colour in your garden, to colour in your hardscape and everything in between, our team of experts have all the facts to help our readers make an informed decision. What more can anyone ask for? Have a colourful season!
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Thermory is chemical free, thermally modified lumber. A real wood product that goes through a heat and steam process, which allows for full control of moisture content in the lumber and makes it incredibly stable and rot resistant
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didn’t participate much in elementary or secondary school. I kept to myself; I didn’t want to stand out, but that all changed with post education when my passion for storytelling and filmmaking developed. Once I found my environment I was able to contribute, partake in discussions and change things with my ideas. From filmmaking, I shifted gears to construction. Most would wonder how, exactly, that works?! The two careers are more similar than you might imagine. Although I didn’t have any formal construction education, was never a labourer nor had I apprenticed, I did have a childlike curiosity about everything and anything to do with construction. I simply asked a lot of questions and the questions never stopped. What I express here and online, via my social media pages, is my version of construction. Trade events are a great place to ask questions and discover new products like Thermory. This chemical free, thermally modified lumber is a real wood product that goes through a heat and steam process, which allows for full control of moisture content in the lumber and makes the wood incredibly stable and rot resistant; that’s the sales and technical pitch… now for the Hardcore Renos point of view.
As the sales reps discuss the pros and cons and more pros of wood… and their wood particularly, key words are sticking in my head. Words like, stable, rot, heat, cold and then I interrupt to ask my first question. “Can I use this in a shower renovation project?” …Silence… except for the buzz of the attendees. With a little hesitation they tell me…”I suppose.” Followed quickly by, “who are you?” Go figure, my inaugural project with this product wasn’t a deck or a fence or a bench… but a shower. I wanted to install real wood inside a shower, as a functional accent wall. I was fascinated by the prospect, but I still needed to do a bit more homework with a mock up test board. As everyone knows, I always work with Schluter products for waterproofing, and Mapei products for adhering any tile or stone material, (for both interior and exterior). Now, wood doesn’t like to play well with tile and stone. Products that adhere to tile and stone don’t necessarily adhere to wood. This was my dilemma! Test after test, the wood always separated from the adhering material. My testing consisted of submerging the Thermory wood, adhered to a piece of Schluter KerdiBoard (wall board for showers), into a tank of water
for hours, air drying and repeating. With each failure I became more frustrated and then I had a thought; stop thinking about securing the wood as if it’s tile…start thinking about securing the wood as if it’s wood; treat this as if I were installing wood siding. I began with 2” wide furring strips made from KerdiBoard, made to measure for the area. I secured each Thermory board with a stainless steel screw. Schluter has a self-sealing, flexible, crack resistant caulking (KerdiFix). As each screw penetrated the KediBoard it would be sealed with the KerdiFix and avoid nulling the waterproof warranty of the product. Over a one-month time frame, a mock-up test board was repeatedly submerged in water (for 3 hours at a time) then air-dried. It showed no signs of failure. This shower and bathroom are over 2 years old now and nothing has failed. I have built decks, barn doors and fireplace surrounds with Thermory products, but this shower really stood out. I am currently working on exterior home theatre applications and coffered ceilings with this product. The ideas continue to get drawn up and tested. Sometimes you have to look outside and bring those renovating ideas inside… Or vice versa. OUTDOORLIFESTYLEMAGAZINE.COM
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Patios are magical places that come in all shapes, sizes and reasons for being. There’s the hot summer patio overlooking the water, and the winter patio on top of the mountain…your breath visible, blanket wrapped around you while seated by an outdoor fire. And of course, the inner city dive with a few tables and chairs standing crooked in an alley…you drinking a pint of cheap beer. But the function is always the same – to bring friends and strangers together over the comforts of food and drink, some fresh air and scenery…an oasis to rejuvenate the soul. Vancouver’s Tap & Barrel took it one step further. After the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the usual post-Olympic malaise set in, leaving large parts of the Olympic site unoccupied…a forlorn concrete acreage, devoid of life, but sitting squarely beside beautiful False Creek. It was a site crying out for some humanity to turn it into a lively and picturesque urban centre. But still… it sat empty. Enter Vancouverite Daniel Frankel, who cast his keen eye upon the forlorn post-Olympic site. He saw it, not for what it was, but for what it could become, and put forth his very best west coast vision of a restaurant and patio that could create a heartbeat for the otherwise moribund site. That vision emphasized a small environmental footprint including regionally sourced ingredients for the restaurant, a keg system called FreshTAP that negated the need for bottles and cans, and locally brewed beer. Tap & Barrel lucked-out on the locally brewed beers as Vancouver was undergoing a craft beer renaissance. In fact a major member of this new wave of brewers is CRAFT which sits about 30 meters across the plaza from Tap & Barrel. Taking full advantage of this burgeoning beer scene, Tap & Barrel proudly maintains 24 local beers, 2 ciders and 14 local wines, all kept in FreshTAP stainless steel kegs, which perfectly preserve the freshness of every beverage on the premise. The restaurant is housed on two levels. The open floor plan emphasizes the scenery. The food is fresh and imaginative with a west coast flare and the beer is served from a long central bar. Frankel’s passion for education is evident in the library found upstairs along one wall of the restaurant and surrounded by comfy reading chairs and sofas tucked in to a cozy fireplace. You are welcome to take a book without fuss and return it when you can. The patio is to die for…overlooking False Creek with a gorgeous seawall walk, which circles the inlet (yes, False Creek is actually a False Ocean inlet, go figure!). It was the perfect location to resuscitate a tired Olympic site. Locals from the neighbourhood mingle with tourists on the patio with a view of Vancouver’s hockey arena, the downtown cityscape and, of course, the mountains and the sea of English Bay with its exquisite sunsets. It has become the beating heart of a now thriving neighbourhood.
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FATHER GOOSE If Barbara Walters assigns you a nickname (Father Goose), it’s safe to say that you’re a “somebody”. William Lishman is a world-renowned artist and conservationist. His works include a best selling autobiography, several award-winning films, and his stunning public art. He is a pioneer in ultralight aviation and the first human to lead birds in formation. He also initiated the use of ultralight aircraft in establishing new migration routes for precocial birds. His work has been documented on ABC’s 20/20 and CBC’s the Nature of Things. The two hit feature films, Fly Away Home and The Winged Migration, were inspired by his work. Lishman has received numerous awards including the Odyssey of the Mind’s prestigious Creativity Award, The Canadian Governor General’s Meritorious Service Medal and the US National Wildlife Federation Conservation award. He is co-founder and chair emeritus of Operation Migration, the organization that plays the key role in establishing an easterly flock of endangered Whooping Cranes in North America. Lishman’s current passion is Air First Aid, with his unique plan to use a world wide network of ultralight aviators, using purposely designed aircraft as eyes-in-the-sky for conservation issues, while training as a first response airlift for victims of natural disasters. williamlishman.com
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