Horticulture Review - September 2008

Horticulture The Voice of Landscape Ontario

Review

September 15, 2008

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Chapter events LO chapters host an array of great events! To publicize your chapter’s event, please e-mail chapterevents@landscapeontario.com September 18 Georgian Lakelands Chapter Meeting Lora Bay Golf and Country Club, Thornbury Working Together with Rob Vogel. Join the Chapter for an informative meeting on best practices for working together. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Contact Stephanie Smith at 1-800-265-5656, ext. 354.

September 18 Toronto Chapter Meeting Doubletree International Plaza Hotel, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto Join the areas’ top designers for a panel session. Ask questions, get suggestions and feedback on any areas of landscape design.

Contact Stephanie Smith 1-800-265-5656, ext. 354.

September 23 Durham Chapter Supplier Night Barbecue Direct Landscape Supply, 935 Bloor St., E., Oshawa The Durham Chapter’s first-ever supplier night and free barbecue. Spaces are available for suppliers. See all the new equipment and products and find out what the Chapter is planning for the coming season.

Contact Carol Fulford at 416-410-3435, or Stephanie at 1-800-265-5656, ext. 354.

October 2 Windsor Chapter Meeting Williams Nurseries, 261 Rd. 12, RR 3, Leamington Susan and Mark Williams of Williams Nurseries will be hosting this year’s fall social and barbecue, beginning at 5 p.m.

Please RSVP by Sept. 25 to Wendy Harry at 1-888-211-5606, ext. 2356. There is no charge for this social.

October 7 Durham Chapter Meeting Holiday Inn, 1011 Bloor Street E. , Oshawa Mark Bradley of The Beach Gardener will speak about the ups and downs of running a successful landscape business and give advice and tips on how to make your

company more profitable. You don’t want to miss this meeting! Meeting begins at 7 p.m.

There is no charge for the meeting.

October 8 Upper Canada Chapter Meeting New Strathcona Paper Centre Arena, 16 McPerson Dr., Napanee This meeting will focus on Employee Performance. Meeting begins at 7 p.m.

October 14 London Chapter Meeting Lamplighter Inn, Royal Palm Room, 591 Wellington Rd. S., London Buffet dinner at 6 p.m., followed by guest speaker Jacki Hart at 7 p.m. Jacki will give an informative presentation on the Prosperity Partnership Program. Learn how to work ON your business, not just IN it. Cost is $35 per person for the buffet. Pre-registration is required. Contact Wendy Harry at 1-888-211-5606, ext. 2356.

October 16 Georgian Lakelands Chapter Meeting — Integra Lighting Join the Chapter for this informative meeting on lighting and the best practices for installation and find out what products are available to satisfy your customers. Meeting begins at 7 p.m. Contact Stephanie Smith at 1-800-265-5656, ext. 354.

October 21 Ottawa Chapter Meeting RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Dr., Ottawa Join Stacey Elliott as he discusses the many insurance options available to companies and offers helpful tips to help you get the most for your dollar. Meeting starts at 10 a.m.

October 30 Toronto Chapter Meeting Doubletree International Plaza Hotel, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto Join the Chapter for an informative and innovative look at successful marketing to help your company prosper. Meeting begins at 7 p.m. Contact Stephanie at 1-800-265-5656, ext 354.

September 15 Prosperity Partnership Best Practices Seminar New Strathcona Paper Centre Arena, 16 McPerson Dr., Napanee For those who have completed the first Prosperity Partnership seminar and want to gather resources for your journey to prosperity, the Best Practices Seminar is for you.

Landscape professional Jacki Hart has compiled best practices from industry champions for each of the prosperity pillars. The workshop runs from 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. LO member price is $250 and the cost for non-members is $320.

Lunch is provided. Maximum registration: 25.

For more information and to reserve your seat in this workshop, contact Jackie at prosperity@landscapeontario.com.

September 16 Prosperity Partnership supplier seminar New Strathcona Paper Centre Arena, 16 McPerson Dr., Napanee If you are a supplier to the green industry and are interested in helping your customers become better at their business, this seminar is for you.

Landscape professional and facilitator Jacki Hart will explain the benefits of Landscape Ontario’s Prosperity Partnership initiative and how you can get involved. Cost: no charge, lunch provided. For more information, contact Jacki at prosperity@landscapeontario.com.

September 16 Snow and Ice Symposium Landscape Ontario, 7856 Fifth Line South, Milton The Snow and Ice Commodity Group of LO is hosting Best in Snow, its annual symposium and equipment display. This year’s symposium features a full day of seminars to help operators become more efficient, reduce costs and improve their bottom line with a focus on salt management. Learn how salt management programs can help reduce insurance premiums and protect businesses from many liability issues. Registration is $90 for LO members and $150 for non-members. Register online at www.horttrades.com.

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September 17 Certified Snow Professional Exam Landscape Ontario, 7856 Fifth Line South, Milton Candidates can write any or all six of the exam modules for the new Canadian version of the Certified Snow Professional (CSP) designation.

The exam runs from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Call 414-375-1940 or visit www.sima.org.

September 25 Growers Research Auction Mori Nurseries, Hwy 55., Niagara-on-the-Lake Join the Growers Group for its annual fundraiser and bid on plant material to support the Growers Research Fund. Also: live judging of the LO Growers Awards of Excellence entries!

Lunch at 11:30 a.m., auction starts at 1:00 p.m. Contact Kathy (ext. 306) or Kathleen (ext. 309) at 1-800-265-5656. Awards of Excellence entry forms can be downloaded at www.loawards.com.

September 25 - September 26 Certified Horticultural Technician - Installation and Maintenance Niagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture, Niagara Falls Evaluations will be held for ornamental maintenance, turf maintenance, softscape installation and hardscape installation. The written exam will be held Thurs., Sept. 25 at 1 p.m, with the the practical evaluation the following day from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Visit www.horttrades.com/cht, or contact Ashleigh Woodhall at awoodhall@landscapeontario.com.

October 1 Prosperity Partnership Introductory Seminar Landscape Ontario, 7856 Fifth Line South, Milton The seminar runs from 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. LO member price: $99 Non-member price: $170.

Lunch is provided. Contact Jacki Hart at prosperity@landscapeontario.com to reserve your seat in this workshop.

October 2 Prosperity Partnership Best Practices Seminar Landscape Ontario, 7856 Fifth Line South, Milton The seminar runs from 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. LO member price: $250 Non-member price: $320.

Lunch is provided. Contact Jacki Hart at prosperity@landscapeontario.com to reserve your seat in this workshop.

October 3 Awards of Excellence Deadline - Construction, Maintenance, Interior and Design Visit www.loawards.com to enter or download the awards brochure with list of categories and submission requirements. Winners will be announced Jan. 6, 2009 at the Doubletree by Hilton Toronto Airport in Toronto. For more information, contact Kristen McIntyre at kristen@landscapeontario.com.

October 9 Certified Horticulture Technician Evaluation - Retest Landscape Ontario, 7856 Fifth Line South, Milton The re-evaluation for the CHT installation and maintenance practical component runs from

8 a.m.-6 p.m. The written re-evaluation will be held Fri., Dec. 12 at 9 a.m. Re-evaluation fee $50 administration plus $15 per station (+GST).

Visit www.horttrades.com/cht, or contact Ashleigh Woodhall at awoodhall@landscapeontario.com.

October 20 Garden Centre Symposium Toronto Congress Centre, 650 Dixon Road A full-day world-class learning opportunity for garden centre employees and managers. LO’s garden centre awards of excellence will be presented during lunch. Delegates will be treated to a sneak peek at Garden & Florist expo the night before the show opens. Registration is $145 for LO members and $195 for non-members until Oct. 10.

Online registration and additional information can be found at www.gardenexpo.ca.

October 20 Interiorscape Symposium Toronto Congress Centre, 650 Dixon Road Hosted by the Interiorscape Commodity Group of LO, this full day of education, learning and networking features keynote speaker McRae Anderson, president and principal designer at McCaren Designs of St. Paul, Minn. Industry top achievers will be recognized at an Awards Luncheon. Delegates are treated to a special reception and sneak peek of Garden & Florist Expo. Registration is $125 for LO members and $150 for non-members until Oct. 10. Online registration and additional information are online at www.gardenexpo.ca.

October 21 - October 22 Garden & Florist Expo Toronto Congress Centre, 650 Dixon Road Visit www.gardenexpo.ca.

More events online at

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Landscape Ontario’s mandate is to be the leader in representing, promoting and fostering a favourable environment for the advancement of the horticultural industry in Ontario.

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Executive board

Windsor Chapter

President

President: Karl Klinck, kklinck@ Board rep: Garry Moore

Past president

Commodity groups

Robert Adams, robertadams@ Bob Tubby, CLP, bobtubby@ First vice-president

Designers

Tom Intven, tintven@

Chair and board rep: Beth Edney, CLD, bedney@

Second vice-president

Garden centre

Tim Kearney, CLP, tkearney@ Secretary/treasurer

Phil Charal, pcharal@

Chapters reps

Chair and board rep: Bob McCannell, bmccannell@

Grounds management Chair: Mike DeBoer, CHT Board rep: Brian Marsh

Landscape Ontario staff LO staff members are committed to member service. Please call with your questions or concerns.

7856 Fifth Line South Milton, ON L9T 2X8 Tel: (905) 875-1805 or 1-800-265-5656 Fax: (905) 875-3942 Web: www.landscapeontario.com

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Executive director Tony DiGiovanni, CHT ext. 304, tonydigiovanni@ Executive assistant Kathleen Pugliese, ext. 309, kpugliese@ Controller Joe Sabatino, ext. 310, jsabatino@ Manager, Pesticide Industry Council Tom Somerville, ext. 351, tsomerville@ Manager, education and labour development Sally Harvey, CLP, ext. 315, sharvey@

Growers

President: Brian Marsh, bmarsh@ Board rep: Mark Humphries, mhumphries@

Co-chairs and board reps: Bart Brusse, Dave Braun

Education and labour development Ashleigh Woodhall, ext. 326, awoodhall@

Georgian Lakelands Chapter

Interiorscape

Education and labour development Ken Tomihiro, ext. 319, ktomihiro@ Education and labour development Kathy McLean, ext. 306, kathym@ Trade show manager Paul Day, CDE, ext. 339, paulday@

Durham Chapter

President: Mark Goodman Board rep: Terry Kowalski, tkowalski@

Chair and Board rep: Stephen Schell, CHT

Golden Horseshoe Chapter

Chair: Chris LeConte Board rep: Steve Macartney, CIT, smacartney@

President: Tim Cruickshanks, tcruickshanks@ Board rep: Dave Emmons, demmons@

London Chapter

President: Tim Cradduck, tcradduck@ Board rep: Michael Pascoe, CHT, mpascoe@

Ottawa Chapter

President: Tim Dyer Board rep: Bruce Morton, CLP, CIT

Toronto Chapter

President: George Urvari, gurvari@ Board rep: Lindsay Drake Nightingale

Upper Canada Chapter President: Paul Doornbos, CHT, CLP Board rep: Paul Doornbos, CHT, CLP, pdoornbos@

Waterloo Chapter

President: David Wright Board rep: John Keenan, jkeenan@

Irrigation

Landscape contractors Chair: Peter Guinane Board rep: Phil Charal, pcharal@

Lawn care

Chair: Gavin Dawson Board rep: Alan White, awhite@

Lighting

Chair: John Higo Board rep: John Scanlon

Snow and ice management Chair: Ed Hewis Board rep: Gerald Boot, CLP, geraldboot@

Members at Large Jacki Hart, CLP Gregg Salivan

CNLA Board Rep

Gerald Boot, CLP, geraldboot@

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Commit to higher levels of knowledge

By Robert Adams LO president

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s we continue working to complete commitments to clients for the year, we must not forget ourselves and our families. Striving for excellence in an ever-changing world can only be achieved through perseverance and continued commitment to furthering our education, knowledge and improving ourselves.

Robert Adams We should also invest in our staff, by providing opportunities to improve their knowledge and confidence.

At this time of year, when we are struggling to complete jobs, I urge you to take a couple of minutes to think about what it would take to make you more successful. It may involve taking a course to expand your knowl-

edge in a specific area. Or, maybe it includes having more knowledgeable staff and allowing them to demonstrate the confidence to fulfill what you ask of them.

yourself the questions now. Then call Landscape Ontario, or go online, to research the many avenues available to develop your personal skills.

Prosperity Partners is one avenue of opportunity. It is specifically geared towards owners/operators of companies to help make them high achievers. Since its inception last year, we have continued to develop this program, with its second phase running now and right through until spring of 2009. The program is something, I believe, we should all attend.

Hopefully, some of you had the opportunity last year to experience and learn from the valuable information that was shared. Continuing with further development of the course structure and implementation of phase two will prove exciting, as well as informative.

If you don’t put effort into the process, how can you expect maximum results to follow? We must lead by example.

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“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”

— Anatole France Landscape Ontario is committed to promoting higher levels of knowledge in our industry. Through extensive feedback and research, Landscape Ontario has compiled a variety of educational opportunities to assist owners and employees to better understand and develop specific job skills. I urge everyone to consider attending one of our many courses throughout the winter season, but you need to ask

Robert Adams can be reached by e-mail at robertadams@landscapeontario.com

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE

We all must work to support our industry

By Tony DiGiovanni, CHT LO executive director

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uccess is based on your ability to provide benefit for your customers from an emotional, environmental, financial, social, aesthetic, physical and legacy perspective.

It works only when customers are willing to hire our services because they understand the benefits.

How do we raise public awareness of the green industry’s benefits?

I believe the best Tony DiGiovanni way to raise awareness is through individual action, one customer at a time. All of us have the responsibility to promote the benefits of our industry by cultivating positive customer relationships, taking on the role of communicator and teacher. It’s when we all focus on educating our own customers and prospects that our collective image is enhanced.

Every satisfied customer reflects well on the entire industry. Unfortunately, the opposite is true when negative relationships occur.

Showcase your creativity at Canada Blooms Another very effective way to communicate our many benefits is through garden shows. For the past 12 years, I have observed the emotional reaction displayed by visitors when they enter Canada Blooms. The wonderful showcase that demonstrates thousands of ideas easily stimulates their senses and in turn translates into industry growth.

I believe that Canada Blooms has done more to promote the benefits, credibility and image of our industry than any other single activity.

If you are interested in helping raise the image of the industry and you have a passion to showcase yourself and Canada Blooms has your business, we done more to promote the want to hear from benefits, credibility and image of our industry than you. We are looking for the best any other single activity.

garden builders in the industry to create gardens at Canada Blooms.

Are you passionate about stretching the boundaries of your creativity? Are you interested in communicating your ideas and talents at Canada Blooms? We have limited space to showcase the best ideas, best work, and most emotionally stimulating displays.

If you are up to the challenge please send

me an e-mail. We will support the best with complimentary space, financial support, material handling and logistics.

Help us communicate the benefits of the industry by building a garden at Canada Blooms.

Tony DiGiovanni can be reached by e-mail at tonydigiovanni@landscapeontario.com

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PUBLIC RELATIONS

Make the most of your garden

By Denis Flanagan, CLD Manager, public relations

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he theme at this year’s Hampton Court Flower Show was ‘Make the Most of your Garden.’ The show is an annual horticultural showcase, held just outside London, England.

I was fortunate to take in the show during my vacation this year. The setting on the

grounds of the famous palace alongside the river Thames is absolutely breathtaking. The whole horticultural industry supports the show, with nursery growers filling acres of marquees with roses, perennials, annuals and bulbs. Specially emphasized this year were herbs, vegetables, fruit and unusual plant material.

The show organizers have been incredibly successful at garnering sponsorship support. One of the major sponsors is a leading

Just one of the 50 show gardens at the Hampton Court Flower Show in London.

newspaper, The Daily Mail. It built a thatched cottage for the show, complete with a greenhouse, stables and extensive perennial gardens.

A drawing card for the public was a competition, with the winner receiving the complete cottage rebuilt anywhere in the U.K. Over 50 show gardens were created, demonstrating how they may be used and enjoyed in many different ways. The Association of Professional Landscapers and the Society of Garden Designers built a garden named ‘The Traveler’s Garden.’ It was inspired by Walter de la Mare’s poem, The Listeners. It demonstrated how a professionally-designed and -built garden can enhance your life.

Children were encouraged to be part of the show by entering a scarecrow building competition. This proved successful, involving many school groups.

A number of displays featured recycled materials, water conservation, vegetables growing in containers and many other trends we are now seeing beginning to develop here. I have included one memorable moment that I captured with my camera.

The whole experience was certainly inspiring, and reminded me that we should all be supporting and growing our own wonderful showcase, Canada Blooms. If you like to get more involved, please contact the Blooms office directly, or get in touch with me at 1-800265-5656, ext. 303.

Denis Flanagan can be reached by e-mail at dflanagan@landscapeontario.com

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YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

September starts another exciting chapter season

By Stephanie Smith Membership and chapter coordinator

receiving lots of good will and strengthening our brand through these initiatives.

t’s hard to believe that the summer is almost over and the fall is nearly here. It seems like just yesterday that it was June. Speaking with our members at all of our hugely successful events, we are all in agreement. Hopefully this month will not be another soggy one, so that we may enjoy more of the amazing events that LO chapters have scheduled.

Stephanie Smith September 23 is a free barbecue and Supplier Night Social with the Durham Chapter. Join the chapter for a free casual social night, when you can mix business with pleasure. There will be new products showcased and free food. And, let’s face it, who doesn’t love free food? Get to know what your chapter is all about, meet some fellow members and enjoy all of the great events that will take place this meeting season. We are always looking for more suppliers to join us, so give us a call. Find out all the details online at www.horttrades.com.

Chicken Roast September 11 is the date for the Golden Horseshoe Chicken Roast. Come out and join the chapter for a barbecue with a show by the Reptile Man. If you haven’t seen the show, you don’t know what you are missing. There will be lots of prizes and bouncy castles and games for the kids. Sponsorship opportunities are also available.

Please note that readers of online HR will receive this information prior to the date of the event, but if you are reading this in the print edition, sorry it has already happened and we hope to see you next year.

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Golf tournaments wrapping up I would personally like to thank everyone involved in organizing the events for all the amazing work that went into running these great tournaments. It took lots of personal time and effort to make these events so successful.

The feedback has been extremely positive.

Next year’s golf tournaments are already being planned to be bigger and better. Make sure you register early to avoid disappointment.

Thank you to all our sponsors and to all the participants. It was a pleasure to support the great charities this season. Proceeds go to Sick Kids, Ronald McDonald House and Gilda’s Club in Barrie. Landscape Ontario is

Membership dues increasing Per our Provincial Board, LO membership dues will increase annually, determined by the Consumer Price Index. Per Stats Canada, the CPI increase from May 2007 to May 2008 is approx 2.2 per cent. Our dues for new members and renewals, effective Sept. 1, 2008, will be: Active: $470 + 23.50 GST=$493.50 (was $483) Associate: $572 + 28.60 GST=$600.60 (was $588) Interim: $281 + 14.05 GST=$295.05 (was $288.75) Chapter Associate: $307 + $15.35 GST=$322.35 (was $315) Satellite: $102 + 5.10 GST=$107.10 (was $105) Meeting season The season is about to kick off and I hope to see everyone at the great meetings planned by each chapter. Stay tuned to this monthly column and the website to make sure you do not miss out. As always, I am here to help, so if you need anything or have any questions, contact me at ssmith@landscapeontario.com or 1-800-265-5656, ext. 354.

DUES PAYMENT NOTICE 2009 LO Membership Renewal Invoices were mailed out in mid-August.

Payment is due by September 30, 2008

I look forward to great participation this season. The chapter meetings will be full of useful information to help your businesses prosper.

Stephanie Smith can be reached by e-mail at ssmith@landscapeontario.com

Members proudly displaying the LO logo This month the following members were observed proudly displaying the LO logo through advertisements, attached to their vehicles or displayed on the company website. Each month Horticulture Review will print the names of those members we see displaying the fact they are proud members of LO. Bedrock Landscapes, Bala www.bedrocklandscapes.com Abloom Landscape Contractor, Greely www.abloomlandscape.com Avalon Landscaping Technologies, Holland Landing www.avalonland.com Vista Groundworks, Scarborough www.vistagroundworks.com LP Nursery & Landscaping, LaSalle www.lpnursery.com Greenscape Turf & Forestry Management, Kitchener www.greenscape4you.com Rock Valley Natural Stone, Woodbridge www.rockvalleynaturalstone.com Rainbow Sprinklers and Irrigation, Hamilton www.rainbowsprinklers.com B.K. Baun Landscape, Ajax www.bkbaun.com Alpine Nurseries, Niagara-on-the-Lake No website

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PROFESSIONAL AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Landscape excavators: Call for locates

By Sally Harvey, CHT, CLP Manager, education and labour development

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s landscapers, most of us excavate.

I should know, as I have been one for many years. What we forget to do — some of us anyway — is “Call Before You Dig.” Locate identification is the responsibility of all parties that intend to excavate. With all the extensive infrastructure of buried facilities, this is absolutely essential.

Calling before digging will prevent utility disruption and potential Sally Harvey tragedy. It also proves due diligence on behalf of the landscaper.

Anyone who excavates is responsible to seek out a locate service. Allow at least a week’s notice prior to excavating. Ontario One Call (1800-400-2255) is an interface between registered

utility owners and excavators. The program is terline of the located cable or conduit, and one here to help us do due diligence and to prevent metre from either side of outside edges of the underground facility on a horizontal plane. If avoidable crisis.

Excavators must be aware that privately- excavation is to occur within the tolerance zone, owned buried utilities may exist within work then use precaution by way of hand digging, vacuum extraction methods, and/ areas. You should routinely or pneumatic hand tools, etc. request owners to locate their “Engage the Remember that protection of private underground facilities. property owner exposed underground utiliOn occasion, a property owner ties is the responsibility of the may not be aware of any prito ensure that vate facilities. This is always a private locates are excavator during the excavation phase. Don’t leave lines dilemma. Your initial site visit, completed and unsupported. when quoting or designing a marked, at his If an unidentified underproject, should consistently ground facility is found, the include a visual and physical or her cost.” excavator should perform due check for barbecues, swimdiligence by contacting the ming pools, outdoor kitchens, fire pits, infrared lights and other features that facility owner/operator directly and immediately, may be powered by an underground source. Add or through the One Call system.

It is the excavator’s responsibility to notify these items to your site-visit checklist. Make it easy on your estimators, sales people and design- the utility owner of any damages immediately, as ers, and at the same time protect us all. it must be repaired by a qualified professional.

If there is evidence of private locates, ask Never attempt to repair any utility. If gases or questions. Ask the property owner for informa- toxins are released into the environment, then the tion on the fuel source and type. This will indi- excavator must contact appropriate emergency cate that private locates exist, which means it personnel to prevent injury or danger to the pubis time to engage the property owner to ensure lic or property damage. In this event, don’t forget that private locates are completed and marked, that excavators must take reasonable measures at his or her cost. Private locator services may be immediately to protect workers, the public, propfound under ‘Cable Detection, Installation and erty and the environment.

Splicing’ in the Yellow Pages, or Google ‘private Let’s make sure that we continue to excalocates in your area’. vate professionally: Whatever you do, be vigilant! Do not exca• Call for public and private locates vate until you receive the proper clearances for for every excavation project all of private and public locates.

• Verify that the locate address is correct Once you receive proper documenta• Verify that the digging area is correct tion, it is your responsibility as an excavator to on the locator’s documentation verify the paperwork to ensure that the correct • Perform excavation outside the tolerance property was located, and the paperwork covzone as noted above ers the proposed dig area. There have been rare • Report any damages to utilities immediately instances when errors were made by the loca• Prevent tragedy and utility disruption tor. Just like anything in business, it is up to us to make checks and double checks. Ensuring Any excavation brings the threat of striklocates and correct locates is no different than ing underground utilities, and private underverifying and confirming that your landscape ground supply lines pose even more challenging product arrives on the site at the proper time hazards. The potential human cost of tragedies to maintain projected efficiencies. Should you caused by utility line damage is immeasurable. have any questions about the paperwork, you The sad thing is, this is completely preventable! must contact the locator for clarification before Please read, understand and use the Ontario One commencing excavation. Notify the One Call Call guidelines (www.orgca.com) in the interCentre or the private locator immediately if dis- ests of your customers, your employees and our industry. crepancies are evident.

Once you are cleared by all public and private locators to dig, excavators must observe a Sally Harvey can be reached at tolerance zone: one metre width from the cen- sharvey@landscapeontario.com

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NEW MEMBERS

Thank you to these new members for joining LO DURHAM CHAPTER Holman Landscape Restoration Mike Pennington 772 Ferndale Street Oshawa, ON L1G 2E5 Tel: 289-240-2689 Membership Type: Active georgian lakelands CHAPTER advancedlandscapes Chris Keen 258 Nelson Cresent Innisfil, ON L9S1E7 Tel: 705-333-1477 Membership Type: Interim golden horseshoe CHAPTER Arborwood Tree Service Inc. Andrew Hordyk 2380 Allen Road, RR 1 Caistor Centre, ON L0R 1E0 Tel: 905-957-5663 Membership Type: Active Komatsu International (Canada) Inc. Charmaine Greer 578 Hwy 6 North Dundas, ON L9H 7J3 Tel: 905-690-1623 Membership Type: Associate Primavera Designs Jimmy Bonadie 10 Beechwood Crescent Fonthill, ON L0S 1E7 Tel: 905-892-8935 Membership Type: Active ottawa CHAPTER Bernwood Contractors & Consultants Inc. Peter Freamo 2678 Ulster Cres.

Ottawa, ON K1V 8J6 Tel: 613-724-8507 Membership Type: Active Millers’ Farm and Market Suzanne Miller 6158 Rideau Valley Drive Manotick, ON K4M 1B3 Tel: 613-692-2607 Membership Type: Active toronto CHAPTER Naga Sanjay Pandrala Membership Type: Horticultural Betz Cut Stone Ltd. Doug Betz 3440 Davis Drive Newmarket, ON L3Y 4W1 Tel: 905-853-1258 Membership Type: Associate

Brushcut Property Maintenance Inc. Marco Ritacca 114 - 14845 Yonge Street, Unit # 6 Aurora, ON L4G 6H8 Tel: 905-841-5668 Membership Type: Active Cedargreen Landscape Contractors Ltd. Antonio Manna 17 - 50 Ritin Lane Concord, ON L4K 4C9 Tel: 905-660-3494 Membership Type: Active Garden Basics Ian Anderson 2 McClenny Dr Aurora, ON L4G 5P9 Tel: 416-989-9387 Membership Type: Interim McCartney Landscaping Inc. Bill McCartney 65 River Rd Brampton, ON L6V 3N2 Tel: 905-457-6209 Membership Type: Active Winkler Landscaping & Snowplowing Ltd./Winkler Sprinkler Ofer Winkler 42 Guardsman Rd Thornhill, ON L3T 6L4 Tel: 905-764-7567 Membership Type: Active upper canada CHAPTER Jenny’s Property Maintenance Patrick Bruno 6050 County Road #9, RR 3 Napanee, ON K7R3K8 Tel: 613-354-0346 Membership Type: Active waterloo CHAPTER Brad Vandewoude Sod Farms Ltd. Brad Vanderwoude 1190 Kramp Road RR#2 Breslau, ON N0B1M0 Tel: 519-648-3200 Membership Type: Interim Gardens To Go Inc. Ann Hollings 7858 Highway 7, RR 2 Guelph, ON N1H 6H8 Tel: 519-803-6084 Membership Type: Interim Mitchell Property Maintenance Inc. Gary Snider 1005 Ayershire Lane, RR 1 Millbank, ON N0K 1L0 Tel: 519-699-9424 Membership Type: Active

New membership applications are posted to the LO website at www.horttrades.com

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Chapter News

keeping your chapter connected

London project opens to community

By Wendy Harry

London chapter members came out shining at the official opening of Alex’s Butterfly Garden that graces the grounds of the Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario.

A dreary, lifeless patch of grass was recreated into a wonderful garden filled with flowers that attract butterflies. Water bubbles over rocks, supplying soothing sounds and places to sit for those visiting Left to right: Cheryl Campbell, Custom Rock Creations; the hospital. Alex’s Butterfly Garden is in Tim Cradduck, London Chapter president; Wendy Harry, London Chapter coordinator; Jay Murray, London honour of Prenatal and Infant Loss.

In the Spring of 2005, Gordon and Chapter vice-president, and Jerry Hakkers, London Chapter director.

Lesley Hart suffered the unimaginable loss of their third daughter, Alex. The Harts wanted to valuable green space, the fully accessible garmake a lasting difference at Children’s Hospital den will allow the peace and beauty of natural of Western Ontario, through the creation of the surroundings to soothe and heal individuals in Alex’s Butterfly Garden… a haven of healing, times of difficulty. See more about the garden at respite and reflection. In addition to reclaiming www.alexsbutterflygarden.com.

Baseball tournament a hit

1st – Ryan Heath Professional Landscapes

2nd – Arborstruck

Many thanks to the following members who helped to bring this garden to life through their donations of time and finances: Baseline Nurseries and Garden Center, Clintar Groundskeeping Service, Custom Rock Creations, Echo Power Equipment, Fisher Landscape and Golf

Alex’s Butterfly Garden is now completed.

Supplies, Great Lakes Lawn Care, Greenway Blooming Centre, Gro-Bark (Ontario), Hyde Park Equipment, Kernow Garden, Maglin Site Furniture, Mountview Landscaping, Oaks Concrete Products, Stihl, Stone in Style, TLC Professional Landscaping, TRY Recycling, Turf Care Products Canada, Unilock, Vafiades Landscape Architect, Valleybrook Gardens (Ont) and Van Horik’s Greenhouses.

A special thank you goes to Jay Murray, CLP, of TLC Landscaping and vice president of the London Chapter, who took this assignment above and beyond his volunteer duty. He played a major role in the creation of this garden. Without our members, this garden would not have come to life. We should be proud to have such active members in our chapter.

Hole-in-one wins mower 3rd – Stonemen’s Valley

4th – Sheridan Nurseries

Congratulations to the winning teams of this year’s annual Toronto Chapter baseball tournament, held Sun., Aug. 17 in Toronto.

Organizers were pleased to see many new faces at the tournament and the many sponsors provided some great prizes for the fun-filled day.

Fantastic weather, enthusiastic teams and a delicious barbecue lunch made the day a huge success.

If you are interested in joining the committee for next year’s event, contact Stephanie Smith at 1-800-265-5656, ext. 354 or Sabrina Goettler at 416-696-5110, ext. 32.

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Shawn Baltzer of Cedar Spring Landscaping had a great day on the golf course when he sunk a hole-in-one during the Golden Horseshoe Chapter’s first annual golf tournament at Willow Valley Golf Club on August 13.

Along with the excitement of sinking the rare shot, Shawn’s day got even better when he was presented with a John Deere riding mower

by ArgraTurf Equipment Services and a set of Taylormade Burner golf clubs from Newroads National Leasing.

Expanded LO trial gardens attract attention Over 60 industry members and media attended an open house at Landscape Ontario’s Milton office on Aug. 20 to see and hear the results of the ornamental trial gardens.

After a successful first year in 2007, the LO Grounds Management Commodity Group and the University of Guelph decided to expand and redesign the flower beds on the Milton property.

The result — approximately 6,000 square feet of colourful annuals and perennials on the south lawn of the Milton property offering a wide selection of flowers, grasses and interesting foliage for the landscape. The purpose of the trial garden is to promote the use of interesting and varied plant materail to the landscape industry. Some of the cultivars in the trial were new releases and others were examples of hardy and vigorous plants that are ideally suited for landscape applications.

A unique challenge to this year’s trials was the record amount of rainfall. University of Guelph Trial Gardens Manager Rodger Tschanz

said it was the most rainfall he had experienced since his first trials in 2001.

Some plants performed better as a result of the extra rainfall, which also proved to be a good environment for some pests and diseases.

After spending the morning at the LO site,

many attendees continued on to view the trial gardens at the University of Guelph in the afternoon session.

The LO Grounds Management Commodity Group and the University of Guelph would like to thank the following sponsors: A.M.A. Plastics, Ball Horticultural Company, Goldsmith Seed, Vanden Bussche Irrigation and Equipment, Rainbird, Hunter Industries and Halton Turf & Tractor.

Two chances to hear David Suzuki The Toronto Chapter is bringing David Suzuki to the John Basset Theatre in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on November 20. Suzuki will discuss Greening Our Cities, with an emphasis on the importance of trees. The presentation begins at 7 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.locc.ca for $50. They make great thank-you gifts for special clients or employees.

Earlier in the day, the Toronto Botanical Garden is hosting a special Environmental Awareness event with David Suzuki. For $75, you can take part in a tour of the Toronto Botanical Garden, enjoy a networking luncheon followed

by David Suzuki’s commentary and then witness a special tree planting ceremony with the TBG David Suzuki kids’ program. A limited number of tickets are available at www.locc.ca.

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LO MEMBER PROFILE

Award-winning designer says many people helped along the way

By Allan Dennis

C

onnie Cadotte has some definite ideas on what makes a great garden design.

Along with passion for the work, creativity and a lot of help along the way, Connie believes a good designer must be able to think in three dimensions.

The award-winning designer began her business, Garden Retreats, 11 years ago.

Growing up on a farm near Chatham, Connie was always a tomboy and loved working in the fields. But that love of working with the earth didn’t lead her immediately into the landscape business. Instead, she became a successful pharmaceutical rep.

She changed fields for a career in landscape design, which quickly snowballed.

After going to school at Ryerson, Connie met Ron Swentiski, who became her mentor, and convinced her to work towards the Certified Landscape Designer (CLD) designation. She also joined the LO Designers Commodity group, meeting “so many great people who helped me along the way.”

She emphasized that she learned so much about the industry by becoming involved with both the commodity group and her chapter. “I didn’t realize all the benefits of networking with people in the design industry,” says Connie.

She notes that many of the people who she connected with still get together for dinners and exchange ideas, along with fellowship.

“I highly encourage people to pursue CLD designation, not just for education, but also

Connie did not do much relaxing at Canada Blooms.

for personal fulfillment. The confidence that one receives by achieving your CLD cannot be measured,” says Connie.

Canada Blooms garden Connie fondly remembers her time creating and building a garden at Canada Blooms as a major confidence-builder. “It was an amazing challenge to take on, but when the garden was complete, what a great sense of accomplishment I had.

At the same time, it resulted in amazing feedback for my business.”

While her memories are pleasant, building the garden

Connie Cadotte has strong ideas on garden design.

“Each job is different and brings about new tests for your ability.

We are continually stretching the envelope.” was a challenge. A terrible snow storm hit just before the show. “There we were, hand-bombing 13 tons of river pebbles, that were covered in three feet of snow.”

Each job challenges creativity After 11 years in business, Connie says she is still excited about her vocation. She notes that she is working on some great large projects this summer, in both commercial and residential situations. “Each job is different and brings about new tests for your ability,” says Connie. “It’s a challenge to stay creative. We are continually stretching the envelope.” She explains that her job on one hand is an art form, while the other side requires skills as a project manager.

Connie notes that clients now want the unusual and unique, but sometimes don’t understand the fees required to create a design. A few question paying for design work. “People don’t realize the amount of effort that is required to

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create a proper design,” says Connie. She says the best advice she received was from George Urvari of Oriole Landscaping, current president of LO’s Toronto Chapter, who told her never to depreciate the cost of design and never hide the cost. “I have found that the public is becoming better at understanding the value of good design,” says Connie.

Garden Retreats is a family business.

Connie’s husband, Murray Fearn, is an architect, who has a great understanding of the maze that people may find dealing with city building permits. “The whole process can be very daunting,” says Connie.

Connie’s son Jules is living in London, England, where he is a graduate of the London School of Fine Arts and Design. He has created some of the statuary that Connie will include in client’s properties. She laughs, “It’s a long way from when he used to do the grunt work for me.”

This high energy woman, who once ran triathlons and marathons, says she has no trouble staying motivated. “I love the technical challenges. I don’t think that will ever go away.”

Along with her busy schedule, Connie donates two free designs each year to charitable groups. This year she has worked with a church group and the Fred Victor Centre, which is a shelter for abused women. “It’s very satisfying to help groups who don’t have a great amount of money,” says Connie.

Pesticide technician and trainee requirements Pesticide use in Ontario is regulated by the Ministry of the Environment (MOE), which has a mandate to protect consumers and workers in trades that bring them into direct contact with pesticides. In 1998, the ministry introduced mandatory training, certification and supervision requirements under Regulation 914 (Reg. 914) of the Pesticides Act for a class of pesticide applicators known as trainees and technicians.

Those requirements ensure that adequate training and supervision are given to applicators (technicians who work with pesticides) who are not fully licensed exterminators. This is done in order to protect their health and safety, as well as the public and the environment.

A trainee is defined as someone who works as an assistant to a licensed exterminator, and has not successfully completed an MOEapproved pesticide safety training course with practical training from a licensed exterminator.

Under law, he or she requires direct supervision by a licensed exterminator at all times.

A technician has successfully completed an MOE-approved pesticide safety training course and has received practical training from a licensed exterminator. A technician requires indirect supervision by a licensed exterminator.

Technicians must always have their technician identification card readily available at the worksite, and produce it if requested. In order for this ID card to be considered valid, all sections must be completed in full, including the technician’s name and address, a PIC, PIRC University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus identification number, and the dates of completion of the academic and practical portions of the technician training course. The licensed exterminator who observed completion of the academic and practical portions of the course must sign the card, as well as the technician.

A technician is allowed to post signage to notify the public that pesticides are being used. Under Regulation 914, it is the licensed exterminator who is supervising the project that ensures the signs meet the land extermination

Community news Frank Vezeau, owner of Shamrock Landscaping in Angus, passed away suddenly on July 27 in his 48th year. Vezeau leaves behind his wife Cathie, and daughters Kristyl and Tanya. A funeral service was held on July 31. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Canadian Marfan Association would be appreciated by the family.

public notification requirements.

A licensed exterminator may supervise, at one time, up to three unlicensed assistants (a combination of trainees and/or technicians)

“Under law (a trainee) requires direct supervision by a licensed exterminator at all times.” applying pesticides at one or more sites. A supervising licensed exterminator may have an unlimited number of trainees or technicians during training, if the extermination is not performed for payment.

An exterminator may be deemed a technician if his license is not specific to the place of work. For instance, he or she may be licensed to work as a structural exterminator, but is assisting a fellow exterminator performing a land extermination outdoors. In this instance, the

structural exterminator is not allowed to supervise unlicensed assistants.

Finally, a water exterminator licensed for mosquitoes or biting flies, while performing an extermination for mosquito larvae control under the authority of a water extermination permit issued under section 7(2) of the Pesticides Act, may supervise up to seven technicians and/or trainees at one time.

There are many other conditions that govern the activities of trainees and technicians who work with pesticides under Regulation 914.

For a summary of the key regulatory requirements for trainees and technicians, the MOE has published a reference document entitled Guide to Pesticide Licensing and Certification (Publication # 4523e). It is available through the publications link on the MOE web site at www.ene.gov.on.ca.

Additional information about the regulatory requirements for application of pesticides within Ontario may be obtained by contacting a pesticide specialist at the regional MOE office in your area. To find the nearest ministry regional office follow this link: www.ene.gov. on.ca/en/contact/regionalmap.php.

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Akebia quinata ‘Silver Bells’ 8.00 Ampelopsis glandulosa ‘Elegans’ 8.00 Aristolochia durior 6.00 8.00 11.00 Hedera helix ‘Baltica’ 11.00 Hedera helix ‘Thorndale’ 11.00 Hydrangea anomala petiolaris 6.00 Lonicera heckrottii ‘Goldflame’ 8.00 Lonicera japonica ‘Halliana’ 8.00 Lonicera X ‘Mandarin’ 8.00 Lonicera per. ‘Belgica Select’ 6.00 8.00 Lonicera per. ‘Serotina’ 8.00 Polygonum aubertii 6.00 Parthenocissus quinquefolia 6.00 Parthenocissus quinq ‘Engelmannii’ 6.00 Parthenocissus tri ‘Veitchii’ 6.00 Vitis riparia 8.00 Wisteria ‘Aunt Dee’ 8.00

Evergreens - 1, 2, 3 gal.

Azalea ‘Mandarin Hi Lights’ Azalea ‘Golden Hi Lights’ Azalea ‘Orchid Hi Lights’ Buxus microphylla 5.00 Buxus semp. ‘Green Mound’ Buxus ‘Green Mountain’ Buxus ‘Green Velvet’ Buxus ‘Falconer’ 5.00 Cotoneaster adpressus ‘Compactus’ 5.00 Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Major’ 7.00 Cotoneaster microphyllus 5.00 Cotoneaster salicifolius ‘Repens’ 7.00 Euonymus fortunei ‘Coloratus’ 5.00 7.00 Euonymus fort. ‘Emerald Gaiety’ Euonymus fortunei ‘Sarcoxie’ 7.00 Euonymus fortunei ‘Vegetus’ 7.00 Ilex meserveae ‘Blue Prince’ 5.00 Ilex meserveae ‘Blue Princess’ 5.00 Juniperus media ‘Armstrongii’ 5.00 Juniperus media ‘Gold Coast’ 5.00 Juniperus media ‘Mint Julep’ 5.00 Juniperus media ‘Pfitz.Compacta’ 5.00 Juniperus procumbens nana 5.00 Juniperus chinensis ‘San Jose’ 5.00 Juniperus communis ‘Alpine Carpet’ 5.00 Juniperus comm ‘Green Carpet’ 5.00 Juniperus communis ‘Repanda’ Juniperus conferta ‘Blue Pacific’ 5.00 Juniperus hor ‘Bar Harbor’ 5.00 Juniperus hor ‘Blue Horizon’ 5.00 Juniperus hor ‘Icee Blue’ 6.00 Juniperus hor ‘Andorra Compact’ 5.00 Juniperus hor ‘Prince of Wales’ Juniperus hor ‘Torquoise Spreader’ Juniperus hor ‘Wiltonii’ 5.00 Juniperus hor ‘Yukon Belle’ 5.00 Juniperus hor ‘Youngstown’ 5.00 Juniperus sabina 5.00 Juniperus sabina ‘Scandia’ 5.00 Juniperus squamata ‘Blue Carpet’ 5.00 Juniperus squamata ‘Blue Star’ Juniperus scop ‘Blue Arrow’ 5.00 Juniperus virginiana ‘Grey Owl’ 5.00 Larix laricina 7.00 Microbiota decussata 5.00 Metasequoia glyptostroboides 7.00 Myrica pensylvanica 7.00 Picea glauca 5.00 7.00 Picea glauca ‘Conica’ Picea glauca ‘Densata’ 7.00

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Picea omorika 7.00 Picea pungens kiabob 7.00 Picea pungens glauca 5.00 7.00 Pieris jap ‘Mountain Fire’ Pinus mugo mughes Pinus strobus 5.00 7.00 Rhododendron ‘Northern Starburst’ Rhododendron Aglo (PJM) Rhododendron ‘Regal’ Thuja occidentalis ‘Brandon’ 5.00 Thuja occidentalis ‘Danica’ 5.00 8.00 Thuja occidentalis ‘Holmstrup’ 5.00 Thuja occidentalis ‘Hetz Midget’ 5.00 Thuja occidentalis ‘Little Giant’ 5.00 Thuja occidentalis ‘Nigra’ 5.00 Thuja occidentalis ‘Smaragd’ 5.00 Thuja occidentalis ‘Wintergreen’ 5.00 Tsuga canadensis 5.00 7.00 Tsuga canadensis ‘Jeddeloh’ Tsuga canadensis ‘Pendula’ Taxus cuspidata ‘Monloo’ Taxus cuspidata nana 5.00 Taxus media ‘Densiformis’ 5.00 Taxus media ‘Hicksii’ 5.00 Taxus media ‘Hillii’ 5.00 Taxus media ‘Wardii’ 5.00 Yucca filamentosa 5.00 Yucca fil. ‘Aureomarginata’ Yucca flaccida ‘Golden Sword’

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Deciduous Shrubs - 1, 2, 3 gal.

Abeliophyllum distichum 7.00 Acanthopanax sieboldianus 7.00 Acer campestre 7.00 Acer ginnala 8.00 Acer rubrum 7.00 8.00 Acer tataricum ‘Bailey Compact’ 7.00 Amelanchier alnifolia 7.00 Amelanchier canadensis 7.00 8.00 Amelanchier laevis 7.00 Aronia melanocarpa 7.00 Aronia melanocarpa ‘Viking’ 7.00 Buddleja ‘Ellen’s Blue’ 7.00 Buddleja davidii ‘Ile de France’ 7.00 Buddleja davidii ‘Nanho Purple’ 7.00 Buddleja davidii ‘Pink Delight’ 7.00 Buddleja davidii ‘Petite Plum’ 7.00 Buddleja davidii ‘Purple Prince’ 7.00 Berberis thunbergi ‘Ruby Carousel’ 9.50 Berberis thunbergi ‘Royal Cloak’ 9.50 13.50 Betula papyrifera 7.00 Callicarpa dichotoma ‘Early Amethis’ 7.00 Caryopteris cland. ‘Dark Knight’ 7.00 Caryopteris X ‘Grand Bleu’ 7.35 Caragana microphylus 7.00 Caryopteris cland. ‘Kew Blue’ 7.00 Celtis occidentalis 7.00 Cercis canadensis 7.00 Cercidiphyllum japonicum 7.00 Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Nivalis’ 7.00 Clethra alnifolia ‘Paniculatum’ 7.00 Clethra alnifolia ‘Pink Spire’ 7.00 Cornus alternifolia 8.00 Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’ 7.00 Cornus alba ‘Ivory Halo’ 7.45 Cornus alba ‘Sibirica’ 8.00 Cornus amomum 7.00 Cornus foemina 7.00 Cornus kousa chinensis 7.00 Cornus racemosa 7.00

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Cornus stolonifera (sericea) 7.00 Cornus stolonifera ‘Bud’s Yellow’ 7.00 Corylus avelana 7.00 Cotinus coggygria 7.00 Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ 7.00 Cotoneaster acutifolius 7.00 Cotoneaster horizontalis 7.00 Cotoneaster preacox ‘Boer’ 7.00 Deutzia crenata ‘Nikko’ 7.00 Deutzia gracilis 7.00 Deutzia x ‘Strawberry Field’ 7.00 Elaeagnus angustifolia 7.00 Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’ 5.00 Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea’ 7.00 Forsythia X int. ‘Goldtide’ 7.00 Forsythia ‘Northern Gold’ 7.00 Forsythia ovata ‘Ottawa’ 7.00 Hibiscus syr. ‘Lavender Chiffon’ 5.60 Hibiscus syr. ‘Diana’ 5.00 Hibiscus syr. ‘Pink Giant’ Hibiscus syr. ‘Woodbridge’ Hydrangea arbor. ‘Annabelle’ 7.00 Hydrangea macroph. ‘Nikko Blue’ 7.00 Hydrangea arb. ‘Whitedome’ 7.60 Hydrangea ‘Endless Summer Blushing Br.’ Hydrangea mac. ‘Endless Summer’ Hydrangea macroph. ‘Penny Mac’ 7.00 Hydrangea pan. ‘Grandiflora’ 7.00 Hydrangea pan. ‘Kyushu’ 7.00 Hydrangea pan. ‘Little Lamb’ 7.60 Hydrangea pan. ‘Pinky Winky’ 7.60 Hydrangea pan. ‘Tardiva’ 7.00 Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’ 7.00 Hamamelis virginiana 7.00 Hypericum inodorum 7.00 Ilex vert. ‘Afterglow’ 7.00 Ilex verticilata 7.00 Ilex verticilata ‘Winterred’ 7.00 Itea virginica ‘Little Henry’ 7.45 Juglans reglea ‘Carpathia’ 7.00 Kerria japonica ‘Pleniflora’ 7.00 Ligustrum vulgaris 7.00 Lonicera xylost. ‘Clavey’s Dwarf’ 7.00 Magnolia loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’ Magnolia ‘Susan’ Philadelphus ‘Innocence’ 7.00 Philadelphus schrenkii ‘Snowbelle’ 7.00 Philadelphus X virginalis 7.00 Philadelphus ‘Minnesota Snowflake’ 7.00 Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Diabolo’ 7.60 Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Dart’sGold’ 7.00 Physocarpos opulifolius ‘Luteus’ 7.00 Physocarpus opulifolius nanus 7.00 Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Summer Wine’ 7.85 Populus tremuloides 7.00 Prunus cistena 5.00 Potentilla frut ‘Abbotswood’ 7.00 Potentilla frut ‘Cor.Triumph’ 7.00 Potentilla frut ‘Dakota Sunrise’ 7.00 Potentilla ferrari ‘Gold Drop’ 7.00 Potentilla frut ‘Goldstar’ 7.00 Potentilla frut ‘Pink Beauty’ 7.00 Potentilla frut ‘Tangerine’ 7.00 Quercus robus ‘Fastigiata’ seedlings 1.00 Ribes alpinum 7.00 Ribes aureum 7.00 Rosa Bonica 7.50 Rosa Carolina 7.00 Rosa Henry Kelsey 7.00 Rosa X ‘J P Connell’ (ex) 7.00 Rosa ‘Knock Out’ 8.00

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Rosa ‘Pavement Scarlet’ 7.00 Rosa rugosa ‘Hansa’ 7.00 Rosa x ‘Champlain’ 7.00 Rosa X ‘The Fairy’ 7.00 Rubus odoratus 7.00 Rhus aromatica 7.00 Rhus typhina ‘Tiger’s Eye’ 5.50 12.50 Salix bebbiana 7.00 Salix bebb. ‘Crispa’ 7.00 Salix discolor 7.00 Salix eriocephala 7.00 Salix exigua 7.00 Salix gracilis ‘Purpurea Nana’ 7.00 Salix integra ‘Flamingo’ 7.00 Salix integra ‘Hakuro-nashiki’ 7.00 Salix matsudana ‘Tortuosa’ 7.00 Salix nigra 7.00 Sambucus canadensis 7.00 Sambucus canadensis ‘Aurea’ 7.00 Sambucus nigra 7.00 Sambucus nigra ‘Thundercloud’ 7.00 Sambucus nigra ‘Guincho Purple’ 7.00 Symphoricarpos chenaultii ‘Hancock’ 7.00 Spiraea fritch ‘Pink Parasols’ 7.45 Spiraea arguta 7.00 Spiraea bumalda ‘Anthony Waterer’ 5.00 7.00 Spiraea bumalda ‘Crispa’ 7.00 Spiraea bumalda ‘Flaming Mound’ 7.00 Spiraea bumalda ‘Froebelii’ 7.00 Spiraea bumalda ‘Gumball’ 7.00 Spiraea bumalda ‘Goldflame’ 7.00 Spiraea betulifolia ‘Tor’ 7.00 Spiraea fritschiana 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Alpina’ 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Dakota Goldcharm’ 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Dart’s Red’ 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Genpei’ 7.00 8.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Goldmound’ 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Golden Princess’ 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Halward’s Silver’ 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Little Princess’ 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Magic Carpet’ 7.25 8.25 Spiraea japonica ‘Manon’ 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Neon Flash’ 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Shirobana’ 5.00 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘White Gold’ 7.00 Spirea tomentosa 7.00 Spiraea vanhouttei 7.00 Sorbaria aitchisonii 7.00 Sorbaria sorbifolia 7.00 Sorbaria sorbifolia ‘Sem’ 7.00 8.00 Syringa hyac. ‘Pocahontas’ 7.00 Syringa patula ‘Miss Kim’ 8.00 Syringa prestoniae ‘Miss Canada’ 7.00 Syringa prestoniae ‘Minuet’ 7.00 8.00 Syringa vulgaris 7.00 Syringa vulgaris ‘Beauty of Moscow’ 7.00 8.00 Syringa vulgaris ‘Madame Lemoine’ 7.00 8.00 Syringa vulgaris ‘Monge’ 7.00 8.00 Syringa vulgaris ‘Prince Charming’ 8.00 Syringa vulgaris ‘Primrose’ 7.00 Syringa vulgaris ‘Sensation’ 7.00 8.00 Syringa ‘Sugarplum Fairy’ 8.00 Syringa ‘Thumbelina’ 7.00 Stephanandra incisa ‘Crispa’ 7.00 Viburnum dent. ‘Chicago Lustre’ 7.00 Viburnum ‘Emerald Triumph’ 7.00 Viburnum lantana 7.00 Viburnum lantana ‘Mohican’ 7.00 Viburnum lentago 7.00 Viburnum plic ‘Mariesii’ 7.00

Botanical Name

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Viburnum plic ‘Shasta’ Viburnum recognitum/dentatum Viburnum sargentii ‘Onondaga’ Viburnum X rhyt. ‘Allegheny’ Viburnum trilobum Viburnum trilobum ‘Bailey Compact’ Viburnum trilobum ‘Compactum’ Viburnum nudum ‘Winterhur’ Weigela florida ‘Alexandra’ Weigela ‘Bristol Ruby’ Weigela florida ‘French Lace’ Weigela florida ‘Minuet’ Weigela flor. ‘Naomi Campbell’ Weigela florida ‘Purpurea Nana’ Weigela florida ‘Rubidor’ Weigela florida ‘Rumba’ Weigela florida ‘Victoria’ Weigela florida ‘Variegata’ Weigela florida ‘Nana Variegata’ Weigela ‘Red Prince’ Weigela ‘Java Red’ Weigela ‘Polka’ Weigela ‘Tango’

Botanical Name

Evergreens - 5 gal.

7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.60 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00

5 gal price

Chamaecyparis nootk ‘Green Arrow’ Juniperus chinensis ‘Spartan’ Thuja occidentalis ‘Brandon’ Thuja occidentalis ‘Holmstrup’ Thuja occidentalis ‘Nigra’ Thuja occidentalis ‘Smaragd’ Tsuga canadensis

36.00 19.00 19.00 19.00 19.00 19.00 33.00

Deciduous Shrubs - 5 gal.

Acer palmatum ‘Dissectum’ Amelanchier canadensis Betula papyrifera Cercis canadensis Cornus kousa chinensis Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’ Hydrangea mac. ‘Endless Summer’ Hydrangea pan. ‘Grandiflora’ Hydrangea pan. ‘Kyushu’ Hydrangea pan. ‘Limelight’ Juglans reglea ‘Carpathia’ Magnolia loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’ Magnolia ‘Susan’ Magnolia stellata ‘Royal Star’ Populus tremuloides Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’ Spiraea bumalda ‘Flaming Mound’ Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’ Syringa pres ‘James Macfarlane’ Syringa prestoniae ‘Minuet’ Tilia cordata Viburnum ‘Emerald Triumph’ Viburnum lantana ‘Mohican’ Viburnum trilobum ‘Compactum’

Botanical Name

Evergreens - 15 gal.

51.00 19.00 19.00 19.00 20.00 16.00 21.70 16.00 17.00 17.00 17.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 16.00 25.00 13.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 16.00 16.00

15 gal price

Metasequoia glyptostroboides Thuja occidentalis ‘Brandon’ Thuja occidentalis ‘Brandon’ Thuja occidentalis ‘Nigra’ Thuja plicata ‘Spring Grove’

41.00 41.00 41.00 41.00 41.00

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LETTERS

Halton’s senior planner on landscapers and planning The July issue of Horticulture Review featured the story “Can Halton landscape contractors operate on rural land?” by Stuart Service.

Questions sent to Stirling Todd, senior planner for the Municipality of Halton, were received after the article was published. His response follows.

The Region, in response to a request from the City of Burlington, and since supported by the Towns of Milton and Halton Hills, has initiated a study that will look at the landscape services sector in the Region with the objective of providing increased clarity on where these types of uses should be located. In order to understand this industry better we sought direction from Landscape Ontario.

The Region of Halton has made it clear, through presentations made at the public information sessions, that we are researching this dynamic and important sector of our local economy. We are looking to those operating businesses in this sector to assist us in understanding the nature of the businesses, the types of services offered both in the summer and winter months, why the operators of these businesses have predominantly decided to locate in the rural areas of the Region where they are generally not permitted and what are the obstacles to locating in an urban industrial area where they would generally be permitted by the local zoning by-laws.

We understand that some of the landscape businesses operating in the rural area have

an agricultural component to their operation.

Let us be clear, those operations which solely grow nursery stock are considered agriculture in nature and are already generally permitted throughout the rural areas of the Region. Those operations that are more commercial or industrial in nature or are considered to be a contractor’s yard, as defined by the applicable zoning bylaw, are not currently permitted in the rural areas of the Region.

The Region, with the assistance of our consultants, municipal partners, Landscape Ontario and the landscape industry, is trying to understand the policy regime as it exists today and the nature of the businesses operating in the rural areas. This assessment will ultimately result in a policy position here at the Region which will provide direction on where these types of uses should be located.

At the current time, local municipalities can prosecute operators of businesses which are by their nature deemed not in conformity with the municipality’s zoning bylaw. The approach used is under the discretion of the municipality in which the use is operating. It is the intent of this study to provide clear land use policy direction on where the various types of landscape businesses should be located within the Region.

The Region is actively advancing this study and hopes to have a formal position sometime before the end of the year. Until such time, we encourage your industry representatives to continue offering opinions to Landscape Ontario and to us directly.

Here is an update on where we are now.

Since our completion of the public information sessions in late June, we have been working on reviewing our notes and dealing with vacations by several of our team members. Over the next month or so, the project team will be getting together to determine where we go from here.

I would expect that we will want to meet with Landscape Ontario in the early fall to discuss our initial thoughts on how we may proceed.

We appreciate your industry’s patience as this study potentially has significant implications to your industry and to others who live in the rural areas and North Aldershot. We are not going to rush to any conclusions. Please also be reassured our cautious approach will only better serve your industry, as we will have a more thorough understanding of your business and the role it plays in our communities.

Finally, we expect to have recommended policy approaches from our planning consultants this fall and once this has been provided, the Region of Halton will need to determine how best to proceed. Once we make our decision, the local municipalities can decide their preferred course of action.

I hope this provides you with what you are looking for. If this does not, please do not hesitate to contact me at your convenience and I will do my best to provide the information you need.

Thank you for your interest in this study and for assisting us keep your industry informed.

Regards, Stirling Todd

Take advantage of job fairs They say that showing up is half the battle! I was recently at a two job fairs sponsored by Landscape Ontario, and there were some 40 candidates in attendance looking for work.

Unfortunately, half to two-thirds of the employers who had agreed to be there did not show up.

I know from speaking to other employers who were there that they were giddy about the talent level they had found to fill positions in their companies.

Rumour has it that it’s hard to find great people to work in our industry. This is especially true in the fall, when the students go back to school. But isn’t it hard to find career-oriented people with an education with unbelievable

previous experience and some with unbelievably good attitudes? (That was a rhetorical question!) The answer is yes. And the good news is that these people were at the job fairs. I know — I hired two!

Landscape Ontario is the best organization out there to help make your company better.

The list of opportunities is long: • Training future talent with all the educational programs it offers.

• Prosperity Partners program that helps existing businesses find a mentor.

• Creating networking opportunities for its members so they can get their heads out of the sand.

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• Holding chapter events that discuss business topics, as well as practical industry topics • Lobbying government to create a friendly environment for our industry • Permitting Canada Blooms to exist so that we can market ourselves to the public …and the list goes on.

The day will come when employers will be fighting for a chance to get the best talent in the industry. Too bad some of you missed the most recent chance at the recent job fairs.

Lucky for me!

George Urvari Oriole Landscaping, Toronto

LO member raises over $12,000 for cancer unit Over the past five years, Pathways to Perennials of Kettleby, a member of LO, and Age of Bronze of Newmarket have together raised over $12,000 for the Southlake Cancer Unit in Newmarket. This June, the two companies again joined forces to host a charity art and jazz garden party, raising $3,500.

The crowd saw a spectacular evening of fantastic food, fabulous entertainment and fun company at the party in Kettleby, among the beautiful gardens at the Pathways to Perennials garden centre. The jazz duo Julian Fauth and Bob Vespaziani kept everyone entertained. The food by Pathways’ own café guru, Janet Hill, was unmatched. The fab food was accompanied with great wine, generously donated by Mario and Julie Testa, owners of Willow Springs Winery in Stouffville. Stuart MacLean, owner of Orleans Restaurant and Jazz Lounge in Newmarket, sponsored the band.

International sculptor Brett Davis of Age

Fall 2008

Professional Development Seminars Garden Centre: Display Challenges, Nov. 4 Grounds Maintenance Estimating and Cost Control for Profit, Nov. 11 Lindsay Mennen from Pathways to Perennials and Robert Stewart representing Southlake.

of Bronze Studio toured guests through the showcase gardens which featured many magnificent interior/exterior fine art sculptures.

The evening was capped off by a silent auction, which featured many items for both interior and exterior décor. Overall, a great evening was had by all.

CNLA supports the construction sector The Canadian Nursery Landscape Association has implemented some new initiatives to benefit Canada’s landscape contractors.

Its recent Landscape Summit, held in Toronto during August, brought contractors together from across the nation to discuss sector challenges and opportunities. Participants identified scarce labour and the industry’s image as its two top priorities. CNLA will focus its ser-

vices for the construction sector on these areas.

In other news, CNLA has invited Liz Klose on staff to serve as landscape sector priorities specialist. Former superintendent of the Niagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture, Klose brings experience, stature and enthusiasm to her assignment.

See CNLA News in the September issue of Landscape Trades for more details.

Marketing for Small Business Success, Nov. 12 Environmental Scorecard, Nov. 13 Perfect Your Portfolio, Nov. 18 Negotiating Skills, Nov. 20 Strategic Planning and Business Assessment, Nov. 21 Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor prep seminar, Nov. 24-25 New: Certified Golf Irrigation Auditor prep seminar, Nov. 26-27 Basics of Irrigation Design, Nov. 28 Certified Irrigation Designer prep seminar, Dec. 1-2 Certified Irrigation Contractor prep seminar, Dec. 3-4 CIT and IA certification exams, Dec. 5 More information on irrigation courses can be found at www.irrigation.org.

Full seminar descriptions and registration online at www.horttrades.com/prodev

Winkelmolen Nursery Ltd.

For Bareroot and Container Grown Trees • Native • Shade • Ornamental 148 Lynden Road, P.O. Box 190 Lynden, Ontario L0R 1T0 Tel: 519-647-3912 • Fax: 519-647-3720 www.winkelmolen.com HORTICULTURE REVIEW - SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 21

Over 30 candidates begin journey towards CHT In July, 32 candidates started the journey towards CHT certification when they took part in an evaluation day at LO’s Milton office.

Perfect weather greeted the participants. Four modules were offered: turf maintenance, ornamental maintenance, hardscape installation and softscape installation, in both classroom and practical settings. The modules replaced a prior test comprised of installation and maintenance modules. “The new test is more relevant to the day-to-day tasks that a CHT certificate holder will perform on the job. As well, specialization is made possible by the new test,” said The test in July was the first time the Sally Harvey of LO. Harvey’s profes- four modules were offered to candidates at the Milton site. sional workforce team, along with the LO CHT committee, coordinated the evalu- Committee members include ations. This was the first time the new CHT Joel Beatson, CNLA; Brian formula had been operated through LO. “The and Michelle Cocks, both day went well, considering the revision of the of Brian Cocks Nursery and tests that took effect June 1st of this year,” said Landscaping; Carl DeBoer, Harvey.

Whispering Pines Nursery; Frank Deenen, With the new test, candidates may climb Hank Deenen Landscaping; Luca Farneti, Terry the ladder towards CHT by taking one test at Nicholson, John O’Leary and Jeff Gilberds, a time. all of Clintar Groundskeeping Services; Sally Harvey noted that, “We were challenged Harvey; Liz Klose, CNLA; Lynn Lane, LO; with constant revisions arriving right up to the Jeff Lowartz, Heritage Green Landscape day of the tests.” She explained that judges took Contractors; Erica Lowartz-Cozzarin, Sheridan time to come in a day early for training and to Nurseries; Bob McCannell, McCannell assist with set-up.

Consulting; Joe Pfeifer, Landmark Landscape “The committee and volunteers did a fan- Contractors; Richard Rogers, R.J. Rogers tastic job to make sure the tests were relevant Landscaping; Johannes and Robyn Runhart, and integrity was maintained,” said Harvey. both of Runhart’s, and Karen Weyermann, ETEL07_DW HortReview.qx

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Karen Weyermann Landscape Design and Development. Harvey notes that new members are always welcome to join the committee to ensure that CHT continues to be a success.

Clintar provided the lunch for all those taking part in the CHT testing.

“Many thanks to the many sponsors, whose help allows us to provide the testing days,” said Harvey.

Those with stations still outstanding may take retests in Niagara on September 25 and 26, or at LO’s home office in Milton on October 9.

The committee wants to clarify the status of CHTs in progress, as there seems to be confusion. “All CHTs in progress are entitled to return to complete their CHT any time.

Some under the old test format may think they have many stations remaining to attain their designation. However, many may have just a few stations to complete to successfully achieve their CHT,” says Harvey. All CHTs in progress may obtain the application form for re-test day at www.horttrades.com/cht.

First Certified Snow Professional Congrats to Paul Taylor of Clintar Groundskeeping in St. Catharines, who recently became a Certified Snow Professional. The new Canadian version of the CSP exam will be offered in Milton on September 17.

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Land planning continues around Guelph Turfgrass Institute Representatives from the Ontario Turfgrass Research Foundation, the Ontario government (Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and Ministry of Energy and Public Infrastructure Renewal), the City of Guelph and the University of Guelph met to discuss the future of the Guelph Turfgrass Institute (GTI) at its current location.

At the meeting, future research directions arising from the GTI Vision 2027 document were presented. There was significant discussion regarding the future land needs of the GTI and possible locations for the facility. All parties involved say they remain committed to the GTI, but that it is clear there will be future development near the facility. At this stage, the City of Guelph is engaged in a land planning

exercise that includes the GTI property. In the current city planning proposal, the GTI property has been given a “residential mixed use” designation, which at first glance would appear to be incompatible with current research and educational uses of the site.

What is not clear is whether the GTI could continue to exist on either its current footprint or perhaps a slightly larger area. The facility would include public use areas (research sport fields and trails), integrated with the protected green space designation that has been given to the Eramosa River valley which runs along the north and east sides of the currently used area.

This would involve approximately 70 acres of the current 280 acre Guelph Research Station site, of which the GTI is only a component. A

second meeting of this same group, along with City of Guelph planning staff, is being organized to explore a concept of the GTI as an urban research facility that would be integrated with the city’s planning and development needs for the area.

Ontario sees record rainfall Those in the landscape industry know first-hand that the summer of 2008 is the wettest on record in Ontario.

Both June and July were the soggiest ever, and it appears this August could also attain first place status. In Toronto, June and July rainfall totals amounted to 272.8 millimetres, or 10.7 inches of rain. In July only, the total rainfall was 193 mm. The previous record was 182.3 mm. This contrast is even more severe when comparing with Toronto’s average July rainfall, 67.5. That’s three times more rain than normal during the month. Although Toronto received the most rainfall, other areas across Ontario

also experienced huge increases over average rainfall numbers.

The rainy summer has hit all sectors of the landscaping industry, from lawn care to irrigation to contractors. Soggy outdoor working conditions are the most obvious, but wet weather has also affected marketing programs and plant health.

The bad news is that forecasters are calling for a continued wet pattern this fall in Ontario.

But then last spring, Environment Canada predicted this summer would be one of the hottest and driest in a series of long, hot Ontario summers.

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Designers tour Niagara landscape gems Stops at two stunning Niagara residential properties highlighted an Aug. 20 tour by the LO Designers Group. A full busload of enthusiastic designers and perfect weather completed the mix, making the day a success.

Tom Laviolette, superintendent of the Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens, led a garden tour at the Niagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture, and then invited participants to a residential property from his portfolio. His design uses native plants sensitively, with special emphasis on texture, to create an enchanted green haven.

A contrasting challenge faced Darren

Tom Laviolette discusses design responses to client requests on the Designers Group tour.

Schmahl of Outdoor Images Landscape Services. He was asked to restore the landscape of a grand, Empire Loyalist home, with an eye toward historic integrity. A select crew of skilled stonemasons, using traditional techniques, supports Schmahl’s work-in-progress. Although the style is vastly different from the Laviolettedesigned property, Schmahl and his client are also committed to using native plants.

Participants also enjoyed a special lunch at Peller Estates Winery. Tour organizers Beth Edney and Alice Klamer deserve special thanks for shouldering responsibility, and leading the tour so competently.

Professional development offered at LO this fall Take advantage of some great industry education opportunities being offered this November.

The seminars listed below will all be held at LO’s Milton office.

• Garden Centre: Display Challenges, Nov. 4 • Grounds Maintenance Estimating and Cost Control for Profit, Nov. 11 • Marketing for Small Business Success, Nov. 12 • Environmental Scorecard, Nov. 13 • Perfect Your Portfolio, Nov. 18

• Negotiating Skills, Nov. 20 • Certified Irrigation Contractor Seminars • Strategic Planning and two-day prep seminar, Dec. 3-4 start Nov. 4.

Business Assessment, Nov. 21 • CIT and IA certification exams, Register • Certified Landscape Irrigation Dec. 5 online. Space Auditor two-day prep seminar, Nov. 24-25 More information on LO’s is limited • New: Certified Golf Irrigation fall irrigation courses can be found Auditor two-day prep seminar, Nov. 26-27 at www.irrigation.org.

• Basics of Irrigation Design, Nov. 28 For complete seminar descriptions • Certified Irrigation Designer two-day or to register online, visit prep seminar, Dec. 1-2 www.horttrades.com/prodev

Series of courses on green roofs This fall a number of training courses by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) will cover everything from basic design to waterproofing.

Scheduled to take place at Toronto Botanical Garden, the first course begins Tues., Sept. 16. This is GRHC’s third course in the Green Roof Accreditation Program. This new course will provide participants with anover-

view of waterproofing, drainage construction and maintenance for green roof assemblies.

It lays out technical vocabulary and materials and presents detailed design solutions and best management practices for waterproofing and drainage in green roofs. On Thur., Sept.

18, Green Roof Design 101, an introductory course, will be offered.

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On Tues., Nov. 18, 2008, an introductory course on green wall design will provide information that can be put to work immediately.

The final course will tale place on Tues., Dec. 2, outlining Green Roof Infrastructure. This course will provide participants with an overview of plants and growing media, design considerations and maintenance for green roof assemblies.

Plastics recycling initiative goes national Plastics recycling was the agenda for a special meeting held at the LO office on August 6. Representatives from the garden centre and grower sectors, as well as LO and CNLA staff, met with Ivan Vander Deen of ITML/Myers Lawn and Garden to discuss a potential partnership and preliminary logistics in a national horticultural plastic recycling initiative.

The group received a status report from Landscape Ontario’s Lorraine Ivanoff on a weeklong used plastic collection pilot project held at LO in June. Almost 4,000 pounds of plastic garden pots, trays, tags and greenhouse poly were collected. The project’s recycling partner did not charge LO for the pick-up, nor did it pay for the collected plastic, valued at approximately $250.

The group felt this indicates any plastic recycling initiative is unlikely to make money, but should help garden centres and growers offset the costs of sending plastics to the landfill, while helping “green” the planet.

The group observed a video produced

by Myers Lawn and Garden that explained the company’s recycling activities. Ivan explained that Myers — through the acquisition of ITML and Dekka Resins — started recycling in 1978,

and has been in the recycling business since mid1980s with the construction of its plant, Dekka Resins. Currently about 68 per cent of the plastic it uses is from recycled material.

Just some of the many plastic items collected during a pilot project at Landscape Ontario.

In 2007, Myers Industries’ recycling efforts prevented 130 million pounds of lawn and garden waste from entering landfills. By recycling pots, Meyers saves 740,000 barrels of oil and 1.5 million cubic yards of landfill space annually.

Ivan explained that Myers recycles only pots and trays carrying the #5 polypropylene, #2 polyethylene and #6 polystyrene symbols.

Currently, Myers Lawn and Garden can’t get enough used plastic to recycle. For now,

the biggest competitor for used plastic is China.

Myers, alone, needs 80,000 pounds of recycled material a week to fulfill its needs.

Landscape Ontario and CNLA are looking to partner with Myers and other recycling companies to help create a nationwide post-consumer plastics recycling program. JVK is partnering with Myers to set up several recycling centres across the country, but to be effective, there must be a series of centres that will help collect and bale the product around the country. The ideal partners are retail garden centres and growers with the ability to collect the pots, trays and tags directly from consumers.

To make shipping efficient, a truck would need to contain compacted bales of plastic weighing 600 pounds each, meaning a truckload can carry 30,000 pounds of used plastic. For a plastic program to work, the group feels everybody has to win — growers, consumers, retailers, distributors and pot manufacturers.

LO is investigating funding for recycling programs. Watch for further information on how you can recycle your used horticultural plastic at Garden Expo, October 21 – 22, and in upcoming issues of Horticulture Review.

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Humber Nurseries has many reasons to celebrate Music, food, a silent auction, laughter, visiting among friends and family and much joy were all part of Sibylla Peters’ 90th birthday celebration on August 2nd. It was also a day to celebrate Humber Nurseries’ 60th anniversary.

Among the 300 people who enjoyed the event were Brampton city councillor John Hutton, who brought his best wishes and passed on those of Brampton mayor Susan Fennell. MP for Bramalea-Gore-Malton Gurbax Mallhi was on hand to present his congratulations. LO president Bob Adams and executive director Tony DiGiovanni were present to offer best wishes from the association. Congratulatory messages were also sent by Premier Dalton McGuinty and Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Although heavy rain fell early, threatening the celebrations, the clouds disappeared and

Clarification on WSIB rates Last month’s Horticulture Review contained a chart on 2009 WSIB rates, and the Rate Group column confused some readers. To clarify, the chart gave rates for horticultural sectors that are subcategories of the Rate Groups cited. For example, Snow Plowing is a subcategory of Rate Group 570, General Trucking. Detailed information on WSIB rates can be found at www.wsib.on.ca/wsib/wsibsite.nsf/ public/premiumrates2009.

Sibylla Peters and husband Frans L. Peters.

sunshine allowed a great party to carry on for the rest of the day. One of the highlights was the cutting of the massive cake that depicted Humber Nurseries, complete with edible photographs displaying the history of the family and business.

Mrs. Peters and her husband Frans L. Peters were busy throughout the day greeting the many friends and family who took the opportunity to wish them the best. In April the couple celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.

Humber Nurseries was established in 1948

by Frans and Sibylla Peters after they emigrated from Holland. As a graduate of the Dutch Agricultural College, Frans Peters’ talents were used in the development of the nursery. Sibylla Peters did everything from planting to selling flowers, working in the store and giving birth

to four children.

They located their nursery in the Mount Dennis-Weston area of Toronto. With the business so close to the Humber Flats and the banks of the Humber River, the name Humber Nurseries was born.

Frans L. and Sibylla Peters worked hard to create what has become Ontario’s largest all-season garden centre. Over the years, despite Hurricane Hazel, a major fire in 1973 and economic downturns, the business has thrived. Its present-day location on 24 acres in Brampton offers 25,000 square feet of products that include giftware, pottery, garden furniture, tools, soils and more. The company has a 100-acre growing farm in Caledon East, and Humber Nurseries has also become known for its butterfly conservatory. In 1998, Humber Nurseries constructed a 4,500 square foot meshenclosed native butterfly house to mark its 50th anniversary.

The couple has four children, Sibylla, Frans G., Astrid and Guy Peters. Today, Frans G. Peters is president of wholesale operations and manager of Boston Mills Tree Farm, while Guy is president of retail operations. Frans G. Peters is a past president of LO, and Guy Peters has served on LO’s garden centre commodity group.

Humber Nurseries is truly a family operation, as the third generation of the Peters family has moved into the business. On August 2, everyone had a chance to celebrate not only the family matriarch’s birthday, but the story of how one family achieved great success in its chosen homeland.

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Slowing the spread of EAB across Ontario Congress says At press time, areas of emerald ash borer (EAB) infestation in Ontario include Oakville, Brampton and Ottawa, as well as southwestern Ontario. Fifteen concerned growers attended a briefing at Landscape Ontario’s home office on July 31, in regards to the new discoveries of EAB. Brian Hamilton, EAB program specialist with the Canadian Food and Inspection Agency (CFIA), presented an overview of the alien pest’s morphology and life cycle, warning that it is difficult to spot because it is such a tiny pest.

To date, there are no effective traps or lures for EAB. Surveys are still based, for the most part, on visual diagnosis. This means signs and symptoms may not be evident until the pest has established itself after four to five years. Because EAB is not native to North America, there are few natural controls.

Despite the gradual movement of EAB across the province, it is felt control measures are still worth putting into place to ensure other areas remain EAB-free. Once EAB has been sighted, the property on which it is found becomes a regulated area. This means no firewood, ash trees, wood or ash bark products may be removed

from the property. CFIA conducts surveys in surrounding areas to determine the level of local infestation, but historically, once the survey has been completed, the entire county is considered a regulated area.

Growers or landscapers may ship ash trees through a regulated area in a closed truck. Large caliper nursery stock needs to be tightly tarped down. Growers in a regulated area cannot ship ash trees out of their area.

Because the pest is so difficult to detect, it can be missed in surveys, so cutting down ash trees is no longer considered as an effective method to slow the spead of EAB. Because CFIA is no longer issuing notices of disposal, compensation is not available to growers or homeowners. Landscape Ontario plans to survey growers to collect statistics on ash tree inventories to give CFIA a history of the tree species in Ontario and an idea of the impact of this pest.

The movement of EAB-infested firewood is thought to be the main vector of this pest. CFIA staff routinely checks campers bringing firewood into parks and will fine those ignoring the prohibition on the movement of firewood.

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HORT PROTECT

Managing employee health: Getting back to work

By W. Michael Thomas, CFP, CLU, CH.F.C., R.F.P.

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t some point in our lives, we may face circumstances that result in our being unable to work. It could be the result of layoffs or cutbacks, or in some instances a physical or mental disability prevents us performing on the job. Whatever the reason, the impact is often the same. Our self-esteem suffers because we want to work, but are not able to contribute at the level to which we are accustomed. In the case of the latter, employers know that the costs associated with short- and long-term disability (STD and LTD) are enormous.

Invest in resources To ensure workers don’t get injured in the workplace, many companies invest in occupational health and safety resources. That’s why they provide employee assistance programs (EAPs) and other benefits that enable employees to address issues in their personal lives, that if left unchecked, could become debilitating.

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The Global Business and Economic Roundtable on Addiction and Mental Health estimated that $30 billion is lost to the Canadian economy annually, due to mental health and addiction problems. The private sector pays two-thirds of these costs in the form of lost productivity, STD and LTD, group insurance premiums and drug benefits. Depression is

“Depression is the fastest growing disability cost category for Canadian employers, at four to 12 per cent of payroll costs.” the fastest growing disability cost category for Canadian employers, at four to 12 per cent of payroll costs.

First and foremost, these numbers back up the belief that companies operating without a quality EAP are effectively flying without a net.

Challenges are unavoidable These numbers also tell us, that even with the best intentions and resources put forth by employers, employees are going to continue to face mental health issues that will result in both short and long disability leaves. This being the case, the employers who are best able to ease the skyrocketing cost of mental illness are those who offer a holistic approach to employee well-being.

This requires inclusion of a prevention-

focused EAPs to help employees maintain good mental health, and an effective return-to-work strategy to ensure their successful reintegration into the workplace following STD or LTD leave. The longer an employee is off the job, the less likely that employee will ever return to a productive working life.

Planning helps all Early intervention is the key, and as noted by the Ontario Medical Association’s Committee on Work and Health, “A return-to-work plan is essential to maintaining patient employability.

Not doing so may have a negative impact on a person’s physical health, as well as social and economic circumstances.”

Companies that recognize this truth and provide resources to help employees navigate these roadblocks put themselves in the best position to control the devastating financial and personal costs of mental illness in the workplace.

If you have any questions, please contact Michael Thomas at the address below.

W. Michael Thomas is a partner with The Investment Guild, endorsed provider of the HortProtect Group Insurance Program and is a director of Ontario Horticultural Trades Foundation.

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The document will serve as the basis of the ministry’s operational policy and will be shared with field staff to ensure consistency in

the interpretation and enforcement of the legislation. The complete exemption information sheet can be found on the Landscape Ontario website at www.horttrades.com.

Some highlights include a brief history of the act, what defines and does not define a landscape gardener, as well as issues of overtime and holidays.

The complete act may be found at www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/ elaws_regs_010285_e.htm.

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OMAFRA NURSERY-LANDSCAPE REPORT

More North American EAB finds with bioinsectide-impregnated tree bands. It was determined that this bioinsecticide does have Hopefully quarantines some suppression for EAB adults and active larand movement his summer the Canadian Food Inspection vae using foliar and trunk sprays.

Agency detected several new infestations Traditional synthetic insecticides are also restrictions will give of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipenbeing used in the battle against EAB. Injectable nature (and science) nis) in Canada and the U.S. The borer was found and trunk/foliar formulations of imidacloprid the time it needs... on ash trees in the Montérégie region of Quebec, are available in the U.S. In Canada, injectable a region that is rich in imidacloprid is not registered for use, although before the ash trees agriculture. In Ontario, longer term/full registrations are being actively have been completely it was also detected in pursued. However, TreeAzin, a formulation of decimated.

Mississauga, Brampton, azadirachtin (or neem, a plant-based insecticide) Oakville and Ottawa. is available for use until the end of August. The These detections are having a much bigger impact Canadian Forest Service is also looking at the efficacy of their CFS-develon wholesale and retail tree sales in the province oped formulation of neem (azadirachtin) as another injectable insecticide than those areas previously found positive for to help serve as a tool in our battle against this invasive borer.

EAB. In the U.S., EAB was detected in Wisconsin Jen Llewellyn and Missouri this year. There’s no question that Pest and disease watch for mid-September this beetle has found a nice niche here in North America. It cannot be to mid-October eradicated, but hopefully quarantines and other movement restrictions can Growing Degree Day Accumulations (1300-1700 GDD Base 10oC) slow its spread. Perhaps this will give nature (and science) the time it Hammamaelis virginiana early to full bloom needs for predators and parasites to catch up to the beetle — before the Solidago canadensis late bloom ash trees have been completely decimated.

Acer saccharum early to full fall colour In the research world, scientists are busy trying to help save the ash trees. A number of researchers in Canada and the U.S. are looking at the Monitor for the following pests: behaviour of EAB. Multiple research groups are looking at the resistance apples, crabapple, Eastern tent caterpillar egg mass of North American and Asian ash species to EAB and are trialing hybrid cherry, hawthorn trees between the two, to help boost natural tolerance to this pest in future ash, cherry, linden fall webworm larvae, pupae plantings.

oystershell scale nymphs Although parasites of EAB are routinely detected in North American beech scale crawlers, nymphs populations of the borer, typically the parasitism rates are quite low. beech spruce spider mite eggs, nymphs Collaborative research teams in Michigan are evaluating Chinese larval cedar, spruce, pine and egg parasites (tiny parasitic wasps) of EAB and have been working on deciduous plants powdery mildew host range studies in order to better predict environmental impacts upon (roses, lilacs honeysuckle) their release into North America. The Michigan team released three spelocust (black) locust borer eggs, larvae cies (EAB egg and larval parasites) last summer at three sites in Michigan. magnolia scale nymphs They are evaluating the effect on EAB and also on non-target impacts on magnolia other related native borers (two-lined chestnut borer, bronze birch borer) maple tar spot and the red headed ash borer. oak, beech etc.

Gypsy moth eggs Michigan scientists have also screened species of pathogenic fungi lecanium scale nymphs found associated with EAB populations in Michigan surveys. Isolates of oak, ash, maple Beauveria bassiana GHA and Metarhizium anisopliae were found to be peach, nectarine peach leaf curl (spray after leaf drop) pathogenic to EAB adults. Incidentally, the bioinsecticide BotoniGard pine Zimmerman pine moth egg, larvae also contains B. bassiana GHA and was subsequently used in some of the Cooley and Eastern spruce gall nymphs efficacy work (it is registered in the U.S.). They were even playing around spruce

By Jen Llewellyn, OMAFRA Nursery Crops Specialist

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Jen Llewellyn can be reached at (519) 824-4120, ext. 52671 or by e-mail at jennifer.llewellyn@ontario.ca

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LEGAL ISSUES

Documentation is important for Consumer Protection Act

By Rob Kennaley McLauchlin & Associates

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ecently, an appeals decision was published concerning a dispute between a contractor and homeowner in the context of the Consumer Protection Act. It’s the same Act that I reviewed in a series of articles some time ago. It is important to note that it took three and one-half years for the litigation to work its way through the courts.

Ultimately, the contractor lost.

The decision offers hard evidence that contractors who work in the residential sector should do what they can to meet the requirements of the act. The decision also illustrates how important it is to clearly document both the scope of work and agreements over changes in the work with Rob Kennaley clients.

The situation began on June 9, 2004, when a homeowner and his wife entered into an agreement with a contractor for the construction of a sunroom addition to their home. What happened next depends on whom you believe. With very few exceptions, the contractor and clients had very different recollections in that regard.

Communication is key Much of the dispute was over the schedule. The homeowners said that

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construction was to start immediately and be completed by the end of the summer. The contractor, however, said the owners changed the plans over the summer, both in size and complexity. In addition, the contractor said the owners knew, or ought to have understood, that construction could not begin until the plans were approved by the city and a building permit was issued.

Ultimately, the contractor submitted the plans to the city on October 8, 2004, and a building permit was issued on October 27, 2004. Come October, the clients say the contractor had promised, and they expected, that the construction would start immediately and be completed quickly.

The contractor, however, said that it was agreed that, given the season and the inclement weather expected, construction would be delayed until the following spring.

The homeowners commenced a court action, asking that the contract be rescinded and that their deposit be returned by the contractor. In this regard, the homeowners relied on the Consumer Protection Act. The court agreed with the homeowners, holding that: “by regulation 17/05(s. 24) of the Act, an enforceable agreement requires the correct address of the premises from which the supplier conducts business and the date or dates on which delivery, commencement of performance, ongoing performance and completion of performance are to occur. These details clearly did not form part of the agreement entered into between the parties on June 9, 2004.”

Clearly outline scope of work Also, the court found the homeowners were entitled to rescind the contract as a result of “unfair practices.” The court essentially decided that the contractor had made “a representation” that the work could be done within a certain time frame, when he knew or ought to have known that he could not.

The court also decided that the homeowner did not derive any real benefit from the drawings for the sunroom, which had been provided, and refused to provide the contractor with a credit in that regard. Finally, the court found the contractor, and his principal, jointly and severally liable to compensate the plaintiff for damages for the unfair practices!

The contractor appealed. The appeals court, however, concluded that the trial judge was correct in his interpretation of the Consumer Protection Act. The agreement, the court said, should have been in compliance with act and the right to rescind, as well as the right to seek damages were remedies available to the homeowner under the act.

Again, the case illustrates how the Consumer Protection Act can be used by residential clients to set aside contracts and seek damages. More importantly, the case illustrates how important it is for contractors to enter into contracts which clearly delineate the scope of work and, further, to ensure that all changes (including changes to schedule) are documented and, if possible, approved by the owner.

Robert Kennaley is a former landscape design build contractor and an honourary member of Landscape Ontario, who now practices construction law in Toronto. He can be reached at (416) 368-2522 or at kennaley@mclauchlin.ca. This material is for information purposes and is not intended to provide legal advice. Readers who have concerns about any particular circumstance are encouraged to seek independent legal advice in that regard.

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By Jacki Hart, CLP Program manager, Prosperity Partners

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’d like to introduce you to three new Prosperity Partners, our new program instructors: Sally Harvey CLP, Tim Kearney CLP and Terry Murphy CLP. These three industry professionals are our Prosperity Partners teaching team, and will be delivering Introductory Seminars across the province this winter. Welcome — and a sincere thank you for your commitment to Jacki Hart helping our members improve their prosperity!

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Last month I had the great pleasure of meeting with some of our industry suppliers, and presented a professional development day to them. They received the Prosperity Partners Introductory Seminar, and in return, they gave me (and you) back so much more! One of the most important points we discussed is that your suppliers recognize the benefits of playing an integral role in improving your business, which in turn will strengthen theirs.

We have the gift of a community focused on mutual improvement in this industry, and in the next year, you are going to see more Prosperity Partners events and activities sponsored by suppliers.

This is SO exciting — it is one of the greatest parts of this program’s vision, and it involves YOUR business improvement plan!

Supplier participation is an integral component to the Partnership concept we have been developing. As one of the suppliers who attended the introductory seminar noted, “Anyone who takes this seminar is going to rush home with fresh ideas and better tools to run their business, that they can use right away.”

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