Landscape Ontario - December 2019

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HortTrades.com • December 2019

Landscape Ontario

ANNUAL

REPORT Looking back at a year of proud renewal Page 29

PROMOTING

n e e r G CAREERS Apprentice profile: Morgan Jackson Page 4

Scholarship profile: David Swaby

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Hands-on experience opened doors for apprentices Morgan Jackson (left) and Rachel Barrie 1

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December, 2019 • Volume 37 - No. 11 HortTrades.com

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

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

SPECIAL SECTION: LO Annual Report PAGE 29

A few final thoughts

Features 4 Apprenticeship Profile 20 Congress 2020

Departments 6 12 13 14 15 23 28

Association News Events New Members Scholarship Profile Professional News Columns Advertisers

Editor Robert Ellidge rellidge@landscapeontario.com, 647-722-5645 Multimedia designer/IT coordinator Mike Wasilewski mikew@landscapeontario.com, 647-723-5343 Contributor Kim Burton kburton@landscapeontario.com, 647-723 5447 Account manager Greg Sumsion gsumsion@landscapeontario.com, 647-722-6977 Communications coordinator Angela Lindsay alindsay@landscapeontario.com, 647-723-5305 Accountant Joe Sabatino jsabatino@landscapeontario.com, 647-724-8585 Publisher Lee Ann Knudsen CLM lak@landscapeontario.com, 416-848-7557 LANDSCAPE ONTARIO STAFF Scott Barber, Darryl Bond, Amy Buchanan, Tony DiGiovanni CHT, Denis Flanagan CLD, Cassandra Garrard, Meghan Greaves, Sally Harvey CLT CLM CAE, Keri MacIvor, Heather MacRae, Kathy McLean, John Russell, Ian Service, Myscha Stafford, Tom Somerville, David Turnbull, Lissa Schoot Uiterkamp, Martha Walsh

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profession, we must constantly evolve, reinvent, evaluate, and implement in order to keep up with the ever-changing times.

Our clear and purposeful strategic plan allows us to now actively work together to propel our collective mission forward. This is very important for two reasons. First, I believe the role of our association is changing. There are a number of platforms out there that now deliver some of the services typically provided by associations in the past. Secondly, with our board, members, chapters, volunteers and staff actively focused, our collective resources and energy invigorates the many stakeholders involved. When volunteers, members, and staff are motivated, great things will happen.

Finally, I would like to thank Robert Ellidge, editor of this magazine, for helping me write the many articles I’ve had to produce over the past two years. You truly are a professional and without you, I would still be working on my first article.

To the members, the board, and the staff, I thank you for the privilege of serving as your president of Landscape Ontario (or whatever the new name may be). It has been the highlight of my career.

ast month, I started the discussion on whether our various names: Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association, Horticultural Trades Association Inc., or Landscape Ontario, properly reflect our purpose and values. I have brought this to the attention of the LO Provincial Board of Directors and the Executive Board.

The idea was very well-received.

As a result, a committee has now been formed to strategically review our name and weigh it against our objectives and stakeholders.

This process should not be taken lightly. It will require serious consideration — not only when exploring possible new names, but also on how changing our name might impact our members, the public, and other stakeholders. A lot of thinking and planning will need to be done on how any name change could and should be implemented.

I promise that if we do change our name, it will not involve a sheet on the side of the building.

I have been honoured to serve as president of this great association for the last two years. Over that time, our association has become more focused on want we need to do to help our members be more successful. Ours is a great profession, but like every other

Warren Patterson LO President warrenpatterson@barriegardencentre.com

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A p p r e n t i c e

P r o f i l e

Morgan Jackson

By Jordan Whitehouse

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t was the spring of 2016, and after four years of intense study at Carleton University in Ottawa, Morgan Jackson finally had her journalism degree in hand. But now she wanted to know one thing: how could she learn more about horticulture?

It’s not as strange of a question as it sounds.

During her time at Carleton, Jackson, now 25, worked at the National Capital Commission (NCC), tending to the grounds at all six of the official residences, including Rideau Hall and 24 Sussex. She fell in love with the work.

“I can be a bit of a high-stress person,” she says, “and journalism can be very high stress a lot of the time, so being outside, the nature of horticulture, it was a great fit. I just loved it and wanted to continue learning and continue my career path with the NCC.” But she wasn’t quite sure how to do that. A college program? More on-the-job training at the NCC? After a conversation with her boss at the NCC, the answer turned out to be a bit of both: an apprenticeship.

Ontario’s horticultural apprentice program is a form of post-secondary education. The big difference is that about 80 per cent of the training happens on the job — where apprentices also get paid — while the other 20 per cent happens in school over two 12-week winter semesters.

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The mentorship she received from her supervisor, Brigitte Morin, during the apprenticeship was another huge plus, says Jackson. “When I started as a student, I was pretty quiet and shy, not overly confident in myself. But my supervisor, she really helped build up my confidence not only in the skills and the training that I was learning at work, but just as a person.”

That confidence must have come in handy on June 5, 2017, when the president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, visited Rideau Hall. Every so often, when dignitaries visit Canada, they plant a commemorative tree outside the governor general’s official residence. The NCC is responsible for these plantings, and so, when it came time to plant Ms. Bachelet’s eastern hemlock, Jackson was there to hand her the ceremonial tree planting shovel. “That was a pretty awesome experience,” says Jackson coolly.

As for the in-class component of the apprenticeship, Jackson did her two 12-week semesters at Algonquin College in Ottawa. There she learned everything from industry regulations to propagation to landscape construction to trade calculations. It was very beneficial, she says, adding that it was good at covering the areas she wasn’t as knowledgeable in or as strong.

And as for the biggest benefit of the apprenticeship as a whole, Jackson says it’s all about her future. “Because we’re not like plumbers or electricians where you have to get this certification, anyone can get jobs without it. But being educated with this apprenticeship in this trade, it really just arms you with so much more knowledge and skills that allow you to move up in your company. I know it does mine.”

After starting as a student worker at the NCC during her Carleton University days, Jackson worked her way up to the junior gardener position, a job she held for three years. This summer she got promoted to the position of gardener.

And next? Hopefully continuing that upward trajectory at the NCC. But at the very least, continuing that education.

“I can never learn enough about horticulture. There’s always more that I want to know and grow in.”

Typically, it takes between four and six years to complete the training and certification requirements, but for Jackson it only took two. This summer, she wrote and passed the Red Seal examination, which isn’t mandatory to complete the apprenticeship, but does look good on a resume. Now she is working as a gardener with the NCC. Looking back, the apprenticeship program was definitely the right choice, says Jackson. “It doesn’t really disrupt your life the same as going back to school to do a diploma, and it incorporates itself into your life as opposed to you trying to work school into your life.”

One of the biggest upsides was financial, she says. Apprentices are eligible for over $4,000 in grants, and the Ontario government covers about 85 per cent of the in-class training costs. Plus, apprentices can earn a paycheque while they work.

There are plenty of financial benefits for employers who sponsor apprentices, too. These include tax credits, grants, and bonuses, such as the Apprentice Job Creation Tax Credit, which is equal to 10 per cent of the eligible salaries and wages payable to apprentices ($2,000 max). And according to the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum, on average, employers receive a benefit of $1.47 for every $1 invested in apprenticeship training.

More than money, though, apprenticeships allow employers to mould apprentices to their organization’s specific needs, retain skilled workers, and better prepare for future workforce needs.

Plus, recent studies show apprentices are more productive and have better health and safety performance.

Research also shows that the experience makes apprentices a lot more loyal to their employers. This was certainly true for Jackson at the NCC. Not only did she get lots of oneon-one training on the intricacies of caring for some of the most prestigious properties in the country, but the NCC sent her on numerous training courses as well. She now has her chainsaw and forklift certifications, for example, and is currently learning French.

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ASSOCIATION NEWS

Landscape Ontario podcasts now online

New shows geared to the landscape and horticulture profession or guest speaker, and can range from 15 minutes to two hours long.

LO’s Executive Director, Tony DiGiovanni also listens to many podcasts. That got Barber and DiGiovanni thinking: should LO offer podcasts as well?

This fall, the idea came to life and a number of podcasts were recorded, edited and produced. The Landscape Ontario Podcast, geared to the landscape horticulture profession is just one of the latest in a growing number of digital offerings from North America’s most vibrant trade association. Hosted

by Scott Barber, the first three shows are now available online.

Landscape Ontario Editor, Scott Barber is not alone in his love for podcasts.

On his daily commute, he may listen to Spittin’ Chicklets, a podcast about hockey; The New York Times Daily; or CBC’s Front Burner, for news. Barber is not alone. As we spend more and more time in our vehicles, podcasts are an entertaining and informative way to pass the time. These easily-accessible digital audio files continue to grow in popularity, sophistication and offerings.

Typically, each podcast is part of a series, with new instalments on a regular basis that listeners can subscribe to.

They often include a host, with each episode featuring a different expert, topic

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Vineland research scientist, Dr. Darby McGrath, joins Scott to talk about what’s new in the recently updated Ontario Landscape Tree Planting Guide. Created for horticulture professionals, the Guide summarizes the latest research and best practices for ensuring tree success across the province.

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London Chapter Plant Symposium set for 2020 Landscape Ontario London Chapter and Ontario Association of Landscape Architects (OALA) have finalized details for next year’s Plant Symposium, scheduled for Feb. 7, 2020.

The fourth edition of the popular, full-day event will return to the Crystal Ballroom of the Lamplighter Inn, located at 591 Wellington Road in London. The event will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Early Bird tickets for the event can be purchased online at HortTrades.com/LCPS-Registration until Jan. 11 for $30 per person. After Jan. 11, the cost per ticket is $35.

Admission to the event includes coffee breaks, buffet lunch, door prizes, a marketplace full of vendors, and access to four featured speakers:

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• Master Gardener, public speaker, writer, and teacher, Sean James, will present, “Rocks, Blocks and Wood.â€? • Proven Winner’s product development and promotion director, John Gaydos will reveal “What’s New for Annuals and Perennials in 2020.â€? • Jen Llewellyn, nursery and landscape specialist from Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, will discuss, “If Only Trees Could Talk.â€? • Dan Cooper, Master Gardener, landscape designer, and co-author of, Gardening From a Hammock – Low Maintenance Gardening, will also speak.

For more information on the event, contact Wendy Harry at wharry@landscapeontario.com.

Lighting conference moves home to Landscape Ontario Landscape Ontario’s Landscape Lighting Sector Group is pleased to announce the next Landscape Lighting Conference is scheduled to take place Feb. 27, 2020, at Landscape Ontario’s newlyrenovated office and training facility, located at 7856 Fifth Line South, in Milton, Ont. Both host and planner of the event, the sector group has worked hard to ensure the content that day will be geared to seasoned contractors, and not just to beginners. Several exhibitors will have product on display, many of which will be new products for the upcoming season.

This all-in-one event for lighting contractors will include important education sessions that cover everything from documenting projects, downlighting, costing/pricing and choosing which elements within the landscape to illuminate. Topics are led by well-known and respected industry professionals. This year’s keynote presentation, “What Are You Selling?� will feature Paul R. Gosselin, author of The Landscape Lighting Guide, and past president of the Association of Outdoor Lighting Professionals.

Tickets are $95 for LO members and $130 for non-members if registered by Feb. 14. Registration and more details are online at LightingConference.ca.

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Participants take time out for a group photo — an annual tradition.

Ottawa Chapter honours Canadian Military for 15th year Despite three days of rain, volunteers showed up Nov. 1 at the National Military Cemetery at Beechwood in Ottawa, Ont., for the 15th annual Ottawa Chapter Day of Tribute.

Created by Sharon Urquhart of Green Unlimited, the event pairs landscape pros with Beechwood horticultural staff and military for a morning of grounds maintenance and clean up prior to

Remembrance Day. The event is just one way to say thanks to Canadian military members and their families.

Event chair, retired Chief Warrant Officer Pete Campbell, welcomed those in attendance and introduced a special guest: Andre Michaud, representative from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Sponsors are a big part of the event.

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This year, title sponsor, Geosynthetic Systems once again provided volunteers with a sweatshirt, in honour of the military, who encourage attendees to wear red on Fridays. Volunteers also received a Legion poppy. Bradley’s insurance provided coffee, muffins and lunch. Landscape supplies came courtesy of General Seed Company, Manderley Turf Products, Plant Products, and Peter Knippel Nursery. Each participant also took home a bag of Liberation75 tulips, courtesy of the Ottawa Tulip Festival.

This year there were two draws for volunteers: a $300 gift card from SIPAN was won by Terence Hills from Manderley Turf Products, and a $100 gift card from Beechwood Cemetery was won by Richard Groen of Green Unlimited.

Ottawa Chapter would like to recognize the following companies who participated in this year’s event: Green Unlimited, Nutri-Lawn Ottawa, Lafleur de la Capitale, Geosynthetic Systems, Beechwood Cemetery horticultural staff, Steve Neumann, Karma Creative Solutions, Ottawa Tulip Festival, Manderley Turf Products, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and Garrison Ottawa.

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GreenTrade Expo expands to two days GreenTrade Expo, Eastern Ontario’s landscape and construction show will run Feb. 12-13, 2020 at the EY Centre in Ottawa, Ont. Produced by Landscape Ontario’s Ottawa Chapter since 1993, the event offers access to over 100 exhibitors, plus a full lineup of business education seminars, live demos and fun activities.

Previously a one-day show, delegates from both Ontario and Quebec will continue to enjoy free parking and free admission for both days of the 2020 show. In addition, each day will include four live seminars on the show floor, plus four seminars in the education area.

Some popular show features return, including axe throwing, the hardscape and plant ID challenges, and booth bingo. Free WiFi is included, and so is a free lunch.

Ticketed events outside of show hours include the Ottawa Chapter Awards of Distinction evening gala at 6 p.m. on Feb. 12, and the ever-popular MTO Contractors Breakfast at 7 a.m. on Feb. 13. The Ottawa Chapter will also hold its annual general meeting at the event.

For full details, tickets and online registration, visit GreenTrade.ca.

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EVENTS Full details and registration information for all events can be found online at HortTrades.com/events or at specific chapter or sector pages.

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Register for the trade show, conferences or warm-up Monday events before prices go up.

Visit LOcongress.com.

Delta Hotels, Toronto Airport Every business needs great leaders. Attending this all-day event will help you to achieve that goal.

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IPM Symposium Toronto Congress Centre Learn about the turf care practices and earn continuing education credits.

Jan. 6

Landscape Designer Conference Delta Hotels, Toronto Airport This full-day event includes lunch, reception and informative talks.

Peer to Peer Workshop: Stepping up your leadership game

Jan. 7-9

Congress 2020 Toronto Congress Centre Canada’s Premier Green Industry Trade Show and Conference for landscape professionals has something for everyone. Don’t miss the LIVE series: Recruit LIVE, Hardscape LIVE, Drive LIVE and Green LIVE, happening each day on the show floor. Full details at LOcongress.com.

Jan. 7

LO Awards of Excellence Ceremony Delta Hotels Toronto Airport Follow the LO Brick Road and see who will take top honours in this year’s program.

Jan. 8

Congress After Dark Delta Hotels Toronto Airport Congress’ biggest networking event will feature an evening of entertainment, fun and conversation with your industry peers.

Feb. 5

Nursery Growers Short Course Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington Get the latest research reports, plus hear from experts on innovative production practices and marketing trends and techniques.

Feb. 7

London Chapter Plant Symposium Bestwestern Lamplighter Inn, London A full-day event for plant lovers featuring expert speakers and a marketplace. Register online.

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London Chapter Meeting Bestwestern Lamplighter Inn, London Michael Lewis will discuss strategies for communicating effectively, assertively and clearly. Sponsored by Permacon.

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Ottawa Chapter Awards of Distinction EY Centre, Ottawa Join the chapter for dinner, entertainment and award presentations. Visit GreenTrade.ca.

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GreenTrade Expo EY Centre, Ottawa Two days of trade show, education sessions, fun activities and more. Register for free online at GreenTrade.ca.

Feb. 20

Grounds Management Lecture Landscape Ontario, Milton Hear from experts on plants, trees, soil and more at this annual networking and learning event.Visit LandscapeLecture.ca.

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Hard work continues to provide new opportunities for David Swaby

“Always give good quality work to people and give your best always, and the money will come.

Your reputation is always better than money.”

— David Swaby

A second-year student in the Environmental Landscape Management program at Seneca College’s campus in King City, Ont., David Swaby, 45, has worked various landscape and horticulture jobs over the years in three different countries. Throughout that time, new opportunities have continued to open up through David’s willingness to work hard and to do quality work.

Born and raised in Jamaica, Swaby recalls his mother would plant lots of vegetables and flowers in her many gardens over the years. His grandfather was a farmer.

“For as long as I can remember, we were always harvesting fruits from the farm and selling seedlings,” David says. Those would then be sold at market for some extra money.

When his grandfather passed away, his mother took over the farm.

Swaby says his love for building things with his hands and working outdoors comes from his father, who worked in construction.

Most of all, Swaby says his father taught him that not all people are willing to work hard and do the job right, and that those who do eventually get rewarded. “Always give good quality work to people and give your best always, and the money will come,” Swaby says. “Your reputation is always better than money.”

After graduating high school in Jamaica, Swaby enrolled in a program that got him a co-op placement working maintenance at a hotel. It was there he first realized the many opportunities available in the landscape and horticulture profession.

Working maintenance soon opened up an opportunity on the lawn care crew, followed by a promotion that led to using his propagation skills in a greenhouse.

Swaby says at the time, hotels were constantly spending money to buy new plants. “I sat down management and told them my vision for the greenhouse area,” Swaby explains, and with the approval to proceed he made some improvements and the hotel then produced most of the plant

material they needed themselves.

With some experience under his belt, David followed an opportunity to work at a hotel in the United States. There, he got his driver’s license to fill a need in the lawn care crew and was promoted to irrigation technician based on his plumbing and electrical skills. With computerized irrigation systems, Swaby got his first interaction with computers and was immediately fascinated by them.

Swaby purchased a computer and printer and returned home to Jamaica and set up a family run printing business. After nearly 20 years away from his horticulture roots, Swaby decided to pursue his longtime goal of receiving a formal education in horticulture.

Post-secondary education has been a goal of David’s for some time. “I’ve never gone to college,” he explains, “and with my kids growing up I wanted to show them that they could do the same.”

So in August of 2018 David and his family moved to Canada and the following month he started classes at Seneca. Now in his second year, he says the program is giving him exposure to many things, including construction, hardscaping, carpentry and all kinds of plants. “I’m more interested in the construction side of things,” he says, “and coming from Jamaica, we sometimes have water issues,” so being able to use water effectively and work with native plants are two areas on which he would like to focus.

That passion for native plants landed Swaby a $1,000 scholarship from the Ontario Horticultural Trades Association (Foundation) in 2019. Swaby was awarded the Horst Dickert Memorial Scholarship — for a student with an interest in native plants.

“I’ve come to realize there are a lot of opportunities here,” Swaby says about being in Canada, “and the field is so wide in what you can do. There are so many directions you can go.”

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Canada Blooms showcases the green profession Canada Blooms co-chair, Lou Savoia is excited about Canada Blooms 2020.

“LO members can still get involved with Canada Blooms,” says Savoia. It is normal to get garden builder pull-outs in December and January, so there may be an opportunity to build a high-profile garden this spring. Savoia added there are always other volunteer opportunities that do not involve garden building, especially in the week leading up to the show, so he urges members to contact the Canada Blooms office to inquire.

Savoia says the show will be anchored this year by a large natural play area, created by LO member, Bienenstock Natural Playgrounds. He says there will be more, smaller gardens this year, which he believes the public prefers. The Unilock Stage will move to Heritage Court, outside the Canada Blooms area, and a village

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Savoia says his company has built Canada Blooms gardens for 23 or 24 years, and participation has always been a great way to promote his company name. While the number of business leads varies from year to year, he says it is always nice to be there to meet the public and clients.

Being on the Canada Blooms board has shown Savoia a different side of the festival. He appreciates seeing first-hand how much is accomplished within the festival’s limited budget. He credits staff with doing a great job watching every penny.

Co-located with the National Home Show, Canada Blooms will take place at the Enercare Centre in downtown Toronto, March 13-22. For full festival details, visit CanadaBlooms.com.

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Ministry of Labour expands name and duties The Ontario government recently announced changes in ministerial responsibilities, resulting in a new name and expanded duties for the Ontario Ministry of Labour. Now called the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development, its mandate is expanding to include training, apprenticeships and Employment Ontario. The ministry will continue to oversee occupational health and safety, employment rights and responsibilities, and labour relations.

Monte McNaughton is the current Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development.

Ontario increasing investments in skilled trades The Ontario Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development recently announced additional spending aimed at tackling the shortage of skilled labour in the province.

The government announced $20.8 million in spending to attract more people to the trades and an increase of $2.5 million in spending on the province’s Pre-Apprenticeship Training program.

This increase is expected to provide an additional 200 people with exposure to good jobs. The program is free for participants and always includes a work placement.

“Ontario’s economy is facing a looming problem: a shortage of workers in the trades,” said Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development. “We need to find additional ways to let young people and their parents know that a career in the trades is exciting, fulfilling and profitable. We have to erase the stigma and let people know that these are well-paying jobs.”

The $20.8 million investment will help to introduce over 1,800 people to the skilled trades so that they can secure vibrant and in-demand jobs.

In the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario will fund 28 projects for over 600 people to get training in a variety of trades, including: automotive service technician, arborist, electrician, hairstylist, carpenter, welder, and a number of others.

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Survey benchmarked workplace cannabis use prior to legalization Survey results are available on cannabis use in the workplace prior to legalization of non-medical cannabis. About one in five cannabis users indicated they used cannabis in the two hours before work, during work, or during work breaks. The survey was conducted by the Institute for Work & Health (IWH).

From 2018 to 2021, the Institute for Work & Health is conducting a yearly survey of Canadian workers about cannabis.

Its aim is to understand how the legalization of non-medical cannabis in October 2018 will affect workers’ cannabis use.

The first survey was conducted in June 2018, before the legalization of non-medical cannabis four months later. A total of 2,014 workers took part in this first survey, including 592 workers who used cannabis in the past year.

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Pesticide Act amendments proposed by Ontario Government The Ontario Government is proposing amendments to province’s Pesticide Act, including the removal of the Ontario Pesticide Advisory Committee (OPAC).

“We are proposing to end Ontario’s duplicative classification of pesticides and align with the federal government’s pesticide categories, as other provinces do,” the Ontario Government stated in a media release. “Health Canada’s PMRA [Pest Management Regulatory Agency] is resourced and equipped to review and register pesticides for all of Canada, something all other provinces have recognized. Ontario would continue to maintain Ontario’s general regulatory requirements, including licensing and permitting realigned to the federal categories.”

The general cosmetic pesticides ban will be retained, including existing exceptions, but a single list of permitted pesticides would replace the current classes.

“Eliminating Ontario’s classification process would also remove administrative cost and time delays associated with the application and classification process, improving the efficiency in accessing pesticides for sale and use in Ontario,” the government stated. “Positive impacts are also estimated for small businesses and farmers by making pesticides immediately available for sale and use upon federal registration, eliminating the time-lag in pesticides available in Ontario compared to those available in other provinces.”

The comment period for the amendments was set to end on Dec. 12, 2019.

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Free posters help keep safety on the minds of workers A series of free, downloadable infographic posters titled “Safety in the Workplace” are available from Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS). The six eye-catching posters feature hazard awareness information on topics such as falls, overexertion, and chemical exposure, and are presented in a bold, light-hearted way.

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The Ontario government is poised to significant reduce the statute of limitations for slip and fall claims from two years to 10 days. Bill 118, Occupiers’ Liability Amendment Act, put forward by Progressive Conservative MPP Norman Miller, is currently being reviewed by the standing committee on regulations and private bills.

“The Bill amends the Occupiers’ Liability Act to provide that no action shall be brought for the recovery of damages for personal injury caused by snow or ice against an occupier, an independent contractor employed by the occupier or, in the case of a tenancy described in subsection 8 (1) of the Act, a landlord, unless, within 10 days after the occurrence of the injury, written notice of the claim and of the injury are served.”

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We succeed because we care

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he end of the year provides a natural time for reflection. Landscape Ontario’s 2019 Annual Report, covering association activities from Sept. 1, 2018 to Aug. 31, 2019, is included as a special section in this issue of Landscape Ontario magazine. The Annual Report truly reflects the huge amount of work and contribution by thousands of awesome members, collectively mobilized in a common effort to advance the landscape profession.

I have often wondered why so many people participate in this common effort.

What is driving and motivating this effort? As far as I can tell, it is primarily because people care.

each other, and generate goodwill that inspires others — now, and in the future. This is the unique aspect of our organization that makes us different from many others.

I find it interesting to note that the act of caring is infectious and inspiring. It communicates at an emotional level. Acts of caring are indelibly imprinted in our memory and last a lifetime. Acts of caring are like a flame that spreads wildly. Acts of caring enhances lives, build each other up and promote growth financially, personally, spiritually, emotionally, socially and most importantly, they leave a legacy because they spread from one person to the other and from one generation to the next.

The business of caring

Caring for each other

Although we say we are in the landscape and horticulture business, we really are in the business of caring. Landscape and horticulture are simply the conduit. We are a club for mutual benefit and mutual improvement. We are prosperity partners.

Within our organization, even as competitors, our role is to wish each other well, mentor

In my role at Landscape Ontario I get to sit in on many sector and committee meetings.

Here, the room is full of competitors, yet they willingly attend and wish each other well and work together to deal with common challenges. Business relationships are formed at these meetings. Friendships are formed as well. Those same competitors will

then help each other out when a need arises in the business world. They’ve got each other’s back. This demonstrates the heart of Landscape Ontario as an organization and a family. As long as we continue to inspire each other with acts of caring and contribution, we will continue to represent the industry we love in a manner that will bless each other, our community and the generations to follow.

Caring for society

There are few occupations in the world that provide as many benefits as ours. Our work provides economic, health, recreational, environmental, tourism, lifestyle, therapeutic and even spiritual benefits. We are in the beautification business. We are in the health business. We stimulate feelings of pride and reflection. We connect emotionally with people at so many levels.

Caring for the future

We are not a profession that likes to boast, but we certainly are a profession that likes to give back. Members in our regional chapters work together to green schoolyards, plant trees, raise money for scholarships, fund research, promote best practices, inspire learning, and so much more. I am proud to be in the horticulture profession. I am also proud to be associated with so many great people whose passion and contribution ethic leaves a legacy of benefit.

I wish you all a wonderful holiday season, surrounded by loved ones and those who inspire you in your daily life. I hope you get time to pause and reflect on the success of another year. I hope to see you in 2020 at LO Congress, January 7-9.

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It’s all about the kids

(L-R) Denis Flanagan, Bianca Paluso, Black Sicard and Debora Barton.

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am writing this column on Nov. 17 — the day of the 115th Toronto Santa Claus parade, the longest-running children’s parade in the world. Just like Landscape Ontario, the parade is a not-forprofit association that relies on members and sponsors to raise funds, that in part support various programs for kids.

Looking back at the various charities and organizations our regional chapters have supported over the years, it’s great how caring and community-minded our members have been — particularly when it comes to helping young people. Our Windsor, Golden Horseshoe, London, Georgian Lakelands and Upper Canada members have all been instrumental in designing and constructing many outdoor classrooms, providing thousands of children with the opportunity to learn, play and grow in a healthy outdoor environment.

For many years, our Ottawa Chapter raised funds for its local children’s hospital and

continues to raise money to help youth.

Recently, our Durham Chapter members have been involved in developing a new training facility for WindReach Farm.

WindReach founder, Sandy Mitchell, was born with cerebral palsy. He recognized early in life the value and impact an accessible farm and natural environment can have on individuals with special needs of all ages. Animals and fresh country air, combined with a barrierfree design, is good for everyone’s overall mental health and well-being. A three-time equestrian Paralympian, Sandy’s vision to inspire, empower and change lives turns the ordinary into extraordinary experiences for all those who visit the farm.

In August, the Toronto Chapter announced the funds raised from its annual golf tournament would be donated to the Toronto Botanical Garden’s children’s educational program. The program encourages kids to unplug, and instead

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chase bugs, plant seeds, harvest veggies and learn about the natural world.

Just last week, I joined Blake Sicard from our Waterloo Chapter, as he presented a cheque for $8,100 to KidsAbility (see photo). Founded in 1957, KidsAbility is a recognized leader for empowering children and youth with a wide range of complex issues. Below is a copy of an e-mail I received from Bianca Peluso, development associate at KidsAbilty Foundation: “Hello Blake and Denis, It was great to meet both of you and learn more about the event you hosted and your connections with KidsAbility. Did you know that Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association has raised $60,500 for KidsAbility since the first gift in 2007! That is absolutely outstanding.

Thank you very much for all your hard work and dedication to fundraising $8,100 for KidsAbility at your most recent golf tournament. Maybe next year we can hit the $75,000 cumulative grand total!

Thank you for making brighter futures happen for children and youth with special needs.

The collective good will from our members have made an enormous difference in the lives of so many children and their families, on their behalf you deserve a special thank you.”

To wrap up my focus on kids this month, I will quote the author most associated with this time of year, Charles Dickens: “Encourage a child’s mind to develop like a young flower.”

Wishing you and your family all the best for the holidays.

Denis Flanagan CLD LO Manager of Membership and Public Relations

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2019 in review

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f you’re like me, you are glad to see 2019 come to an end. It was a tough year!

A year ago, I wrote about the highlights of 2018, so I’m back to do the same this year.

The move, part two

In July of 2019, we said good-bye to our temporary offices in the west end of Milton with the completion of our home office renovation. Over the summer, the LO staff packed-up (again) and moved to our new and improved home. To keep it fun, there were of course a few hiccups along the way, including a visit from the Ontario Ministry of Labour, but working at your desk with a hard hat on is a small price to pay for safety. And the second highlight of 2019…

The LO staff

The LO team deserve a shout-out. From coordinating ‘the big move,’ juggling multiple projects, orchestrating successful events, managing tight deadlines, and many more important tasks, the team took everything in stride and continued to rise to any challenge they were faced with. This year, we had some big staffing changes, with Kathleen Pugliese’s retirement, which provided new learning opportunities and the chance to continue to provide the top notch service to our members.

Awards of Excellence

Once again, we had a record breaking number of entries in the awards program.

We also implemented a new scoring system this year. We continue to explore new ways of refining the judging process and how to

showcase the best landscape projects in Ontario. Join us for the big reveal of our winners at the awards ceremony on Jan. 7.

Membership Committee

Our membership committee is made up of an incredibly passionate group of volunteers who are committed to developing a membership system that welcomes new businesses, sole proprietors, and recognizes the hard work of companies pursuing professional development goals. To learn more about the proposed member category changes, visit HortTrades.com or join us at the AGM on Jan. 8 to cast your vote.

Digital member dues invoicing

This year, we made the shift to a digital invoicing system. As with anything new, it’s hard to say if the move was a successful venture or not, but the LO Membership Department took the plunge this year. This was long overdue and, although it still needs some technical adjustments, it is a step in the right direction for moving toward a more efficient and user-friendly renewal process.

Highway of Heroes Tree Campaign

This project continues to grow (pun intended) through the amazing efforts of member volunteers and staff. The increased government financial support of $2.9 million through Veterans Affairs is a huge step toward reaching the goal of planting two million trees along Highway 401 as a living tribute to the men and women who have fought for our country.

Myscha Stafford LO Membership and Chapter Coordinator myscha@landscapeontario.com

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Box tree moth

Discovery of this new pest certainly had an impact on many who do business in Ontario this year. In late 2018, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed the presence of box tree moth (Cyladima perspectalis) in an urban neighbourhood within Etobicoke — the first confirmed sighting in North America. As a result, 2019 saw the formation of the Box Tree Moth Industry Working Group, who together with CFIA, OMAFRA, and Landscape Ontario, made steps toward educating growers, landscape professionals and homeowners about looking for, and reporting the new pest.

The real MVPs

If it were not for our Most Valuable Players, Landscape Ontario would fail to exist. Our MVPs are our Members, Volunteers and Partners. Thank you to those who sit on the many Chapter and Sector Group boards, serve on various committees and volunteer to help at various events. Thank you to the members who continue to support Landscape Ontario by attending events, participating in professional development opportunities and engaging with our association.

As 2020 approaches, I encourage you all to take a look at upcoming events in your chapter, as well as the many ways LO can assist you, your staff and your business. This information is available on HortTrades.com.

Happy holidays and I hope to see you at Congress!

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SLIP AND FALL

Winning summary judgment

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o win a motion for summary judgment, a winter maintenance contractor must establish there is “no genuine issue requiring a trial.” Judges are reluctant to permit a defendant to schedule a summary judgment motion without clear evidence that there is no genuine issue requiring a trial. Judges are especially reluctant to schedule summary judgment motions in slip and fall cases, where issues of credibility often arise that can only be decided with a full trial, where a judge can hear both sides and decide whom to believe.

But sometimes in a slip and fall case, a summary judgment motion can work. To succeed, one requires solid, persuasive evidence to show:

• Timing of sanding/salting/plowing; • Reasonable system, backed up by a detailed log; • Industry standards; • Compliance with the winter maintenance contract.

Evidence of timing can be very persuasive. Take for example, the decision of Hannam v Medicine Hat School Division 76, [2018] AWLD 1783. In that case, Master Robertson granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment even though the maintenance contract was not followed perfectly. Sanding was supposed to begin at 7 a.m., but the contractor did not start until 8 a.m., and the plaintiff slipped and fell at 8:45 a.m. — while the contractor was still sanding. But in granting summary judgment in favour of the contractor,

Master Robertson noted that the standard set out in the Occupiers’ Liability Act is one of reasonableness, not perfection. The Master ruled the timing of the sanding was reasonable, and the plaintiff’s case was dismissed.

Evidence contained in a detailed log showing what was done — created when it was done — is also crucial to a successful summary judgment motion. In Shweihat v Greti Development Co. Limited, 2015 ONSC 5186, the defendant contractor was hired by the property owner in March to remove ice from a parking lot that had accumulated over the course of an entire winter. The ice was several inches thick in places. The contractor supplied labour and tools, and for several days had been chipping away at the ice. But the ice hadn’t been removed completely when the plaintiff slipped and fell.

In dismissing the defendant contractor’s motion for summary judgment, Justice Nightingale said he placed little weight on the defendant’s log book because the contractor admitted on cross-examination that he created the log notes only after he was notified of the plaintiff’s claim. The logs were not written at the time the actual work was done. This case emphasizes that in order to be useful, logs have to be created contemporaneously.

Evidence regarding industry standards can be important in determining whether a contractor has met the expected standard of care. In Reichert v Home Depot Canada Inc., 2017 ABQB 184, the defendants were successful in having the action against

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them dismissed. The plaintiff slipped and fell on snow and ice while walking into a Home Depot. He sued both Home Depot and Bradbosh Landscaping Services.

Home Depot and Bradbosh had entered into a winter maintenance contract that did not require Bradbosh to plow if there was less than two inches of snow accumulation on the parking lot. The court accepted the defendants’ evidence that this twoinch requirement was based on industry standards. The plaintiff’s undisputed evidence was that he fell on a thin layer of snow, which he admitted was less than an inch thick. Based on the plaintiff’s version of events, and the defendants’ evidence about industry standards, the court found that “there was no failure to take reasonable care but, unfortunately, an injury occurred nevertheless.” The judge ruled in favour of the contractor and dismissed the case.

So, what do we take from these cases?

Well, first, it’s not easy to succeed on a summary judgment motion. Details make all the difference: what was done, when was it done, by whom and how, what was supposed to be done under the contract and what industry standards are. Without all of this, a court will not have what it needs to deal with a case on a summary judgment motion. A genuine issue that requires trial may be left unanswered.

Second, good records are essential.

No one likes paperwork, but detailed, contemporaneous logs preserve key evidence. Someday, those logs may be needed to protect the contractor and may help win a summary judgment motion.

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PROSPERITY PARTNERS

It’s time to get to know your business

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arlier this year, I was invited to record a few Facebook Live sessions.

They were really fun, and as part of the process in preparing for one of the recordings, I created a list to help guide the conversation. As we near the end of 2019, I’d like to share that list with you.

I hope you will find something of value or something to inspire you realize some professional development goals between now and next season.

One of my key goals is to encourage you and your leadership team to keep working ON your business and its systems, and to step back long enough to recognize the signs of where there’s room for improvement.

Work smarter

Start with realizing that your business won’t be profitable all on its own. Working harder isn’t the answer, working smarter is. Technology integration has become a must in order to keep up with the marketplace.

Tools and information at your fingertips are crucial to being effective and efficient.

You’re the leader, which includes being the thought-leader, critical thinker and strategy developer. Make time every week to focus on each of these three roles.

Equip yourself for success

Good tools are needed to support every business. You need equipment, the right software, the right person inputting data, great marketing tools (especially online), the right advisors, the right client to match your product and services, the right people, etc. Always consider what it’s actually costing your business to NOT spend money on qualified people. Consider the benefits that surface when you choose to “hire up” and increase the bench strength of your team to handle tomorrow’s business.

Don’t compete on price

A common mistake is to compare your pricing to your competition and match them. This is a death wish. Without knowing your competitors’ costs of goods, labour, equipment and fixed expenses, you have no idea whether your price should be comparable to theirs, or if you should compete on a different basis than price alone.

Competing on price alone in a young business typically ends up being a race to the bottom of the profitability drain.

Stick to what you’re good at

Make sure you don’t try to be all things to all people. Know when to say no to an offbrand request, or to one that’s out of your service territory or supply chain.

Get help to learn what you don’t do well

Whether it’s understanding how to price what you do in order to pay yourself better, or how to build a team who like coming to work every day, get proven advice to fast track your way to better success. Find a trusted and experienced mentor, an advisor, a peer group (ie: Landscape Ontario’s Peer To Peer Network!), a bank advisor, a good office manager, a talented book keeper, or a good business coach.

Change your thinking

Einstein said: “You can’t solve a problem by using the same thinking that created it.”

If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get the same result. Learn, review results, adapt, try again.

Step back: stop, start and continue

Take time to slow down and take stock of what’s happening. It’s counter-intuitive to step back, but it pays you back in spades when you get clear on what you should stop, start and continue doing.

Get clarity

Why do you do what you do? Why did you start your business? Where is it going? It will be successful only when what exactly is happening? What’s your vision? What’s nonnegotiable? What are your core values?

Search online for Simon Sineks’ popular TedTalk, “Start with Why” and watch it.

Keep right-fit customers, staff and suppliers

Relationships are the key to successful companies. Word-of-mouth referrals from clients, and ones who promote you, suppliers that you treat well, and who will return a favour when you need it most, staff who share your vision and values — these are all critical to your business success.

As we head toward the end of the year, reflect back on what’s gone really well and what needs improvement in order to help you achieve your next level of success.

Take stock, develop a plan, and arm yourself with the professional development resources available to support your goals for improvement.

Jacki Hart CLM Prosperity Partners Program Manager

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RECRUITLIVE Looking for work?

A career change?

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Or, are you an employer looking to find new team members?

MONDAY JANUARY 6, 2020

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GROWING LEADERS FOR YOUR BUSINESS Join this leader-to-leader roundtable, where we will dive into your leadership values, who you need to become, and how to nurture the leaders in your business.

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CONSUMERS’ and TRADE MEMBERS’ LOGO (i.e. Garden Centres, Website Print/Media, etc.)

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

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Realizing our dreams

CONTENTS Treasurer’s Report

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President’s Message

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Membership and Public Relations Report

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Executive Director’s Report

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Chapter Reports

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Sector Reports

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Committee Reports

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To realize a dream, you first need to dream it.

As an association, we are fortunate that we can build consensus toward a dream. Our association has always been ambitious and our vision has always looked at the bigger picture for the future.

With the completion of our building renovation project this year, we are witnessing this culture of big ambitious thinking become a reality. Our dream of becoming the hub of activity and promotion of sustainable careers in the landscape profession is now before us. Our new facility is world-class and it will allow us to deliver the programs needed to achieve our vision.

Like any dream, you never know what might happen next. If you asked LO members 30 years ago if they ever dreamed that LO would be in the position it holds today, my guess is that most did not. We can pause to savour our accomplishments, but as an association, we must never stop pursuing our dreams.

A dream is defined in the dictionary as “a series of thoughts and images.” Each dream must build on one another. We are fortunate to have such talented members in our association that will continue to build on our dream.

As I conclude my presidency, I would like to thank everyone who has worked with me in helping to achieve Landscape Ontario’s dreams. I know there’s more work to be done, and your new president and executive will continue the dream of becoming the hub of sustainable careers in the landscape profession.

We all know that dreaming is the easy part. The execution could not be accomplished without our dedicated association staff and the many dedicated volunteers who serve our association so proudly.

I am thankful for everything you do.

Here’s to a great 2020 — the year everybody sees clearly what a great association we have.

Our association continues to be on a solid financial foundation. All departments and investments exceeded expectations, which put us on track for a profit of $117,218, which we were able to distribute as follows: $87,218 to the Horticultural Centre Improvement Fund, $10,000 to the Technology Fund, and $20,000 to the Promotional Fund.

Our biggest investment is in our membership, who are now the proud owners of an amazing, world-class building that is ours for our future. We are moving forward on solid ground.

Respectfully submitted, Warren Patterson President 2018-2019

Respectfully submitted, Ed Hansen Treasurer 2018-2019

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TREASURER’S REPORT

Moving forward on solid ground

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MEMBERSHIP AND PUBLIC RELATIONS REPORT

Responding to the needs of members and clients

As with all years, the Landscape Ontario membership team kicked off its annual membership awareness campaign at Congress in January. Our booth at the show reflected the many benefits of belonging to the association. A lounge area was also created to showcase the LO Peer to Peer Network mentorship program, which met with positive feedback. Our strongest member cost savings benefit in 2019 continued to be the General Motors vehicle discount. The program not only serves as a great way to attract new members, but the data shows that long-time members continue to use the program on a regular basis.

We continue to work with the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) to review and monitor all of our member savings programs.

This year marked a historic milestone as we converted to an on-line invoicing system for our annual member dues renewals. This proved to be quite challenging and also required a lot of updating to member contact information in our database. Hopefully, most of the wrinkles have been ironed out and the process will run smoother in 2020.

A sub-committee of the LO Provincial Board held several meetings to review our current membership categories. As a result, a proposal has been made to modify existing categories and also add some new ones. This will be reviewed by the board, followed by an announcement to all members and presented at the AGM in January 2020.

We continued our popular member

appreciation days this year, visiting both active and associate members. We concentrated mainly on the eastern area of the province, with visits to the Durham, Upper Canada and Ottawa chapters.

Public relations

In order to stay visible and meaningful to the general public, we created many touch points during 2019 with the main message being advancing horticulture and profiling professional LO members.

This will also serve as a vehicle for attracting young people to consider horticulture as a career choice.

We continued to improve our website, creating a credible source for horticultural information and a conduit for the public to connect with members.

We have seen an increase in the number of members creating their online company profile, which can now include certifications and awards.

Canada Blooms celebrated March Break with a family theme this year, and the LO Green Streets Challenge feature garden was a popular destination for the many families who attended the event.

It, along with the Fusion garden, were featured on CityTV, Global TV and CBC. Garden Inspiration, our annual consumer magazine was once again produced by our Communications Department, and about 50,000 copies were distributed at Canada Blooms.

Another 20,000 were handed out at local home and garden shows.

Throughout 2019, we contributed articles to various consumer magazines.

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We also hosted the garden show on AM740 on several occasions.

Many LO chapters took the LO messaging to local home and garden shows. Member companies were profiled at several shows, including: Windsor, Sarnia, Waterloo and Ottawa. A big thank you to the dozens of members who volunteered at these events.

You continue to be our best form of promotion with your professionalism and community-minded spirit.

Partnerships

Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG): We continued to support events at the newlyrenovated gardens and used the beautiful setting to shoot many videos to promote the Canadian Landscape Standard (CLS).

Toronto Botanical Garden (TBG): We continue to partner with the TBG on several events, including the Monica van Maris Award, which in 2019 was awarded to LO board member, Lindsay Drake Nightingale. Both the provincial board and the Toronto Chapter donated funds to support the children’s programs at TBG. Ontario Horticultural Association (OHA): We attended the OHA annual convention in Windsor and our chapter dedicated a tree at the event.

Master Gardeners: The Ontario organization held their annual conference at our newly-renovated facility in Milton.

Garden Communicators: We continue to issue press releases to the media and host them each year at a special meeting held at Congress.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT

Association-wide renewal the theme of 2019

Marketing and Communication Committee (related to future workforce development)

At the beginning of each year our staff family selects one word that acts like a general filter for our activities. This year, the word was “renewal.” It was the right word for 2019.

We have a new Strategic Plan, a new building, a refreshed Landscape Trades website, a new social media initiative, a new, national e-newsletter, a new equity partner in CNLA, new features at Congress, new committees, a new membership recruitment process, renewed apprenticeship group sponsor program, new youth engagement coordinator, new billing system, and a renewed energy as we continue our collective work in growing a prosperous, professional, ethical, recognized, valued and contribution-oriented profession.

And with all of these developments, our values and principles remain unchanged. We are firmly focused on industry leadership, community building, enhancing professionalism, environmental responsibility, and financial stewardship. Our aim is, and always will be, to bring together like-minded individuals who believe in contribution, integrity, service, responsibility, collaboration and advancement. I have often described the association as a community for mutual improvement that is focused on advancing the profession.

Here are some highlights from 2019.

Mandate: To develop strategies to reach youth aged 15-25 in order to raise awareness for the career opportunities available in the landscape/horticulture professions.

Employment and Training Hub (Hiring Hall/ Apprenticeship Promotion) Committee

Mandate: To explore the development of a profitable hiring hall model. Landscape Ontario will directly recruit, educate and train employees utilizing “bootcamps,” apprenticeship, certifications and professional development programs and then make employees available to members.

Top 100 Employer of Choice Committee

Mandate: To define the characteristics, processes and systems of an Employer of Choice in order in order to create an aspirational model for employers.

Technology Committee

Mandate: To oversee the development of a technology plan aimed at utilizing leading-edge technology in order to execute association operations in an effective, relevant and efficient manner.

STRATEGIC PLAN The new strategic plan is guiding all of our work. Most of the focus is on workforce development. The plan identified five “Pillars of Execution.”

1. Youth Outreach 2. Career Development 3. Education and Professional Development 4. Marketing/Communications 5. Technology

Education Committee

Mandate: This committee will explore strategies to expand Landscape Ontario professional development programs so they are easily accessible to every member. This could include the exploration of different digital and distance delivery systems, and/or partnering with suppliers to deliver education at a local level.

To guide the execution of the plan, five committees have been formed.

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OVERREACHING ISSUES Workforce Development: Employee recruitment, retention and development

Landscape Designers

Many members cannot find employees. Some say they could take on 30 per cent more work if they had more help.

The labour-shortage issue is critical. It is a barrier to the future growth of our profession. Although we have a very well-developed Future Workforce Development Plan, the labour shortage will remain the number one priority for the association. This was confirmed at our most recent Strategic Plan meeting.

This group has a strong focus on professional development.

The annual Landscape Designers Conference continues to attract a strong following. Promotion of the Certified Landscape Designer (CLD) designation continues to be a priority. They are also working to obtain a Name Act in conjunction with the OALA looking to obtain a Practice Act for Landscape Architects. A recent partnership with the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) may eventually see the CLD program become international.

Profitability

Landscape Lighting

The group is focused on professional development. Their very popular Lighting Symposium continues to be its best vehicle for networking and education. They have also been active in promoting low voltage lighting standards.

Many members are working too hard for too little.

Both issues are interrelated. They both receive a great deal of focus in the new strategic plan.

We have been addressing workforce development with numerous short- and long-term strategies, but it seems to be getting worse. We have a full-time person dedicated to promoting apprenticeship. We also hired a new “Youth Engagement Coordinator.” We continue to promote the Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) program and Landscape.jobs website. Our Human Resource Development activity (chaired by Harold Deenen and managed by Sally Harvey) is broad, complex and extensive. Human Resource Development is by far the number one priority of the association.

Snow and Ice Management

Members in this sector are having a serious issue with obtaining insurance.

We have teamed up with a diverse group of stakeholders to promote mandatory Smart about Salt Accreditation (SAS) with liability protection.

We also completed a risk management manual and will be launching education programs to assist members to deal with liability risk. In addition, we are supporting MPP Norm Miller’s Private Member’s Bill 118 calling for a reduction of the Statute of Limitations from two years to 10 days.

The sector group contracted with Marsh Canada to produce a risk management document. It will be used in future professional development seminars to assist members become better at risk management. Please see gfl.me/h4r6 for more information.

SECTOR GROUP ISSUES AND ACTIVITIES Garden Centre

Independents are slowly disappearing. Many sell to developers. Large box stores and online sales continue to have a serious impact on smaller independents. Larger, full-service garden centres are doing well.

Growers

Nursery growers are doing well. An outbreak of box tree moth in Etobicoke, Ont., has caused some concern from growers of boxwood.

Turf Management

The major issue is the absence of effective plant protection products. We continue to advocate for the availability of low risk products. Turf management has an image problem. The life-enhancing benefits of turf are being obscured by a narrow focus on inputs required to keep turf healthy (water, fertilizer, mowing, etc.). We are developing a science-based document that focuses on the many benefits of turf.

Irrigation

The group continues to promote the Water Smart Irrigation Professional (WSIP) program, as well as the many benefits of Fusion Landscaping.

Landscape Contractors

By far the most serious issue is workforce development. It is getting to the point that lack of employees will restrict the optimal growth for members in this sector.

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NEW LO TRAINING FACILITY AND OFFICES For practically the entire fiscal year, LO staff were housed in temporary offices in a medical building on the west side of Milton, while our entire building was gutted and renovated.

In July, we finally moved back home while finishing touches were completed on our brand new facility.

The building renewal has brought with it a positive energy and optimism for the future. LO staff and members are now the proud owners of a world-class facility that is a true reflection of the professionalism of our many initiatives and programs, and the work of our members, volunteers and supporters. We look forward to building the new LO of the future.

CNLA is now a 10 per cent equity partner in the Milton property.

Digital communications

We have revamped our communications vehicles, refreshed and redesigned the LandscapeTrades.com website, introduced a national electronic newsletter and started to record and produce podcasts.

In addition, we will soon be amalgamating the trade and consumer websites into one site using LandscapeOntario.com as the domain.

Peer to Peer Network

Landscape Ontario’s Peer to Peer Network continues to grow.

If you are a member business owner or upper manager, you should not ignore this invaluable resource. The members of the group are a reflection of our “community for mutual benefit” ethic. It is a very beneficial program that is available for free to members.

Ontario Landscape Tree Planting Guide

This new guide developed in partnership with Vineland Research and Innovation Centre will serve as one of the best resources for successfully planting trees anywhere in the province. It is available for free download at landscapeontario. com/ontario-landscape-tree-planting-guide and will be launched at Congress 2020.

Landscape master site plan

A dream team of Landscape Architects, including: Haig Seferian, Paul Brydges, Dave Wright, Kathy Zhu, Scott Wentworth and Ron Koudys have developed a master landscape plan for the site and the LO Building Committee has met a couple of times to divide the project into various phases and is discussing timelines and budgets for each phase. See gfl.me/h6or

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Highway of Heroes Living Tribute

Kathleen Pugliese retirement

The Highway of Heroes Living Tribute continues to gain momentum. This wonderful project chaired by Mark Cullen is focused on planting 117,000 trees along Highway 401 from Trenton to Toronto to honour the sacrifice of our fallen soldiers. An additional 1.8 million trees will be planted adjacent to the highway in thanks for all those who have served in our military during times of war. To complete the job, we require $10 million. So far, $7.5 million has been raised.

This spring, Prime Minister Trudeau was on-hand to plant a ceremonial tree and to award us $2.9 million dollars.

After 25 years, my executive assistant, Kathleen Pugliese, decided to retire. Kathleen was well-known and loved by hundreds (if not thousands) of members. She was the ultimate multi-tasker and always had the members’ best interests in mind. She has served all of us (especially me) well. She will be missed, but we wish her well in the next chapter of her life journey.

The future

One of the most important activities last year was the revisiting of our strategic plan with the guidance of Southbrook Consulting. Dave Wright, Warren Patterson, Mark Humphries, Gregg Salivan, Paul Brydges, Lindsay Drake Nightingale, Kimberly Khoury, Lindsey Ross, Gerald Boot, Michael Garcia, Carmine Filice, Mark Bradley, Jennifer Lemcke, Christine Moffit, Michael Gucciardi and Jamie Perras volunteered to be on the committee. They spent two full days framing the plan for the board and members. Nathan Helder facilitated the development of the plan.

Landscape Ontario has always been planning oriented.

Previous plans have become prophetic documents. We are one of the largest and most relevant horticultural trades organizations in the world because we have made the effort to listen to our membership. The future looks very bright for the profession and organization.

Come Alive Outside Green Streets Challenge and Design Challenge

Respectfully submitted, Tony DiGiovanni Executive Director 2018-2019

We hosted eight Green Streets Challenges in communities across the province this year and one design challenge.

These events dramatically showcase our profession’s value to society.

A timelapse video of the creation of a pop-up park is worth watching. gfl.me/h6ou

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Chapter reports

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

world of cannabis consumption that business owners now had to deal with. We learned employees could be partaking, and we literally could have no clue. Of course, we also learned we would be ones held responsible if an impaired employee injured themselves or someone else while on the job. It opened up a whole new way of thinking how we would deal with these issues, and we got some great advice on how to protect ourselves.

Durham

WINTER 2018-2019 The Salt “Shortage”?

This topic created a lot of discussion, and in the end, I think we are all unsure exactly what happened and what the pricing should have been. We are all now used to the new pricing, but will have to remain vigilant with our consumption,and utilize creative methods and new technology while being conscious of the environment when dealing with this issue.

President: Jon Agg Vice President: Brian Alcock Past President: Norm Mills Secretary/Treasurer: Carol Fulford Provincial Board Rep.: Christopher Muller Directiors: Bruce Cullen, Keith Desjardins, Mark Humphries, Scott Lloyd, Brian Shelfoon, Janice Shingler The Durham Chapter usually holds meetings on the first Tuesday of the month at the Moose Lodge in Oshawa.

It has been a whirlwind of a year – issues with salt, insurance, a wet spring, a hot summer, and before you know it, fall has arrived and leaves are piling up right before our eyes.

There’s never a dull moment in the landscape profession!

Dunington-Grubb Award A huge congratulations to Durham Chapter member, Dutch Touch Landscaping and owner, Pieter Gjaltema for being announced as winner of one of the most prestigious awards given out in the Landscape Ontario Awards of Excellence program. It just goes to show that great things are happening in Durham.

FALL 2018 Kids Safety Village We had the privilege of being recognized for the work we completed in June at a grand re-opening of the Durham Safety Village in Whitby, Ont. Chapter members donated time, material, a rock engraving, and equipment to this project. It was nice to be able to revisit the site a few months later to see how it had all come together.

SPRING 2019 The WindReach initiative This project has been a long time in the making, and we are still not fully there yet, but we do have a decent amount of money and sweat equity to put toward a multi-sensory play area at this site. It is the Chapter’s hope that this project can come to fruition in the spring of 2020. For information on the organization, visit www.windreachfarm.org. At our spring meeting we had a presentation from their executive director to explain where our help was needed.

How soon we forget about Bill 148 I remember at the time that this was going to come in and completely change a lot of the ways that we worked with our employees and how we would structure our day — and then January 1, 2019 came and most of it was repealed — a funny side effect was that it actually did some good with the threat of it coming it — many companies don’t even think of starting people at $14 an hour — and it caused people to think a lot more about calling people in for the day when it was pouring cats and dogs outside.

SUMMER 2019 Bowmanville Green Streets Challenge On July 20, we had the pleasure of working with Landscape Ontario’s Lissa Schoot Uiterkamp and Bowmanville Summerfest organizers to be part of an extremely successful event. The Green Street events held across the province are gaining more and more momentum every year. I believe they will eventually be a normal part of any community streetfest.

There is something special about playing on lush, green turf in the middle of the busiest street in your town. We look forward to being a part of this event again in the future.

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Looking back, it was another great year for the Durham Chapter. Our biggest issue is getting good turnouts to our meetings. We will be spending time over the winter to try and encourage more companies to come out to our events, as they provide a lot of great information and provide great peer to peer networking as well. I would like to extend a big thank you to our executive for all that they do – and challenge them to make 2019-2020 an even more exciting year.

will be used to provide scholarships to high school students in our region.

March means road safety in the Georgian Lakelands Chapter and Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) officer, Hank Dubee was gracious enough to interrupt his vacation to update us on how to stay safe and in compliance on the roads.

Always a favourite and well-attended meeting, this year’s event was held at Tangle Creek in Barrie, Ont. Wasaga Beach was the location for the designers event in April where a coffee morning gave those in attendance a chance to see the latest products for the upcoming season.

From irrigation to plant material to outdoor firepits, the wellattended event had a lot of information.

This year’s barbecue event was postponed until October.

A huge thank you to the members of the Georgian Lakelands Chapter Board who make all our events seem so effortless. Thank you to the many members who attend our events and spread the word around the chapter of the many benefits Landscape Ontario has to offer. Thanks also to our many sponsors. Without you, our events would not be possible. To the volunteers and family members, thank you for the endless hours of time you spend that allow us to spend time on our love of everything Landscape Ontario.

In the coming year, the Georgian Lakelands Chapter looks forward to continuing to grow as a chapter in both numbers and in learning and training our profession.

Respectfully submitted, Jon Agg President 2018-2019

Georgian Lakelands

President: Laurie-Ann Stuart Vice President: Michael Di Nunzio Treasurer: Ken Dutka Secretary: Jen Raedts Provincial Board Rep.: Margot Byers Directors: Jon Cundy, Lexi Dearborn CLD, Rebecca Hurrell, Chris Mason, Teresa Matamoros This past year has been a rebuilding year for our Chapter and some long-time board members rose to the challenge by maintaining many of our wonderful events. Also of note, Warren Patterson of our Chapter continued his second year as Landscape Ontario president.

In September, our popular Cascades Putting Challenge at Blue Mountain in Collingwood, Ont., saw about 50 people participate. The weather was spectacular, so was the dinner at Firehall Pizza. There were lots of awards, including a treasured Congress Pass and delicious maple syrup.

The fourth annual Georgian Lakelands Chapter Awards of Distinction at Casino Rama was held in late November, with over 90 people in attendance. Awards were presented for Hardscape Material Supplier, Plant Material Supplier, Equipment and Accessory Supplier, Best Service Supplier, Salesperson, Boss, Volunteer, Employee, Young Entrepreneur of the Year and Service and Leadership Award.

With the arrival of 2019 it was off to Congress in Toronto for many of us with a board meeting during the week. It proved to be a great place to hold a meeting, to acknowledge the great work of the board and to look ahead to the new year.

Our February meeting was held at Deerhurst resort, where the chapter board were able to have dinner with a few of our Huntsville area members the evening before. The next day was inspirational as LO Peer to Peer Network Manger, Jacki Hart gave us a taste of what it’s like to participate in an engaged and thought-provoking LO Peer to Peer event. It was a terrific introduction to what the program has to offer LO member business owners.

February was also the month for our annual Ski and Spa Day. Over 30 people came out to ski, spa or both and to also enjoy the après ski event at the lodge. Our fantastic sponsors provided great prizes for the event. Money raised from the day

Respectfully submitted, Georgian Lakelands Chapter Board 2017-2018

Golden Horseshoe

President: Fran MacKenzie Vice President: Tim Rivard Past President: Jeff Smith Treasurer: Andrew Barz Provincial Board Rep: Tim Cruickshanks Directors: John Bos, Chris Church, Allard DeVries, Jim Edmonds, Christopher Utter, Fiore Zenone Chapter Coordinator: Mary Thompson What a year it’s been!

Sept. 2018: Our annual Chicken Roast was held in conjunction with the LO Growers Group Industry Auction at NVK Holdings in Dundas, Ont. The fun-filled family event included a lot of fun activities, prizes, food, and of course, roasted chicken.

Feb. 2019: The GHC continued with the February tradition of hosting a family-friendly event on Family Day with a family bowling day at Splitsville Entertainment in Hamilton. The day was a complete success and a great way for members to network and have fun with other members and their families.

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presentations and seminars. We are looking forward to an even bigger event in 2020.

Aug. 2019: Our annual golf tournament also had a record turnout of golfers and very many generous sponsors.

We hosted this year’s tournament again at Willow Valley Golf Course in Hamilton. The golf tournament hosted representatives from the MS Society of Canada. The MS Society said this event was the most successful fundraising golf tournament of the season for them. Hats off to our golfers for being so generous. It was a great day and a great time had by all.

Network, presented a peer to peer style workshop on how to engage Millennials. Jacki brought a wealth of experience and insight to her talk that also proved to have lots of valuable information.

Also, in February, we held our third annual Plant Symposium to a sold-out crowd. The event is open to both industry and the public, and a large contingent of students from the Fanshawe College horticultural and landscape design program also attend on an annual basis as part of their curriculum. The market place had an unusual array of vendors selling exciting products that our attendees loved. All four guest speakers were well-received and plans are underway for the 2020 event.

Our March meeting was once again well-attended since it had a featured guest speaker from the Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO), who updated us on new regulations and provided a gracious reminder of the importance compliance.

Also in March, we sponsored the afternoon guest speaker, Jim Paluch, at the tenth anniversary Landscape Symposium organized by Grand River Natural Stone.

A new initiative this year had us host a member appreciation lunch and meet and greet at the Greenhouse Academy in Thorndale, Ont. The academy was conceived from the need for practical learning opportunities, environmental stewardship and community building and offers hands-on experiences to high school students and more. Their mission is to harness passion and merge the functions of social enterprise, education and business basics, and offer student experiences that empower, inspire and nurture financial literacy and work readiness in young people.

In June, the London Chapter was a sponsor of the Touch a Truck event held at Baseline Nurseries that was initiated by Women In Landscaping, which a few of our board members are a part of. This hands-on event for families had approximately 3,000 people attend. A second annual event is currently being planned.

An active committee has also worked hard to bring the London Chapter Facebook page to life with daily, informative posts. The efforts have produced a lot of growth in the number of followers. This is a great way to build the LO brand and to also promote both consumer and member events. Check it out, there is great information on there!

All of our meetings and initiatives are well-attended, but we always welcome more! There is great value in what we offer and our board works hard to bring current and relevant information to those who can benefit from it. We also welcome any input on what members would like to see as well.

The “old guard” continues to attend regularly, but we also continue to see new, young faces as well. As part of the “old guard,” this gives me great confidence that LO London chapter will remain active and exciting for many more years to come.

Respectfully submitted, Fran MacKenzie President 2018-2019

London

President, Provincial Board Rep.: Peter Vanderley Treasurer: Michelle Peeters Secretary: Heather Jerrard Directors: Carla Bailey, Cindy Buelow, Pam Cook, Bill Degraaf, Ryan Marshall, Greg Schaafsma Chapter Coordinator: Wendy Harry Having served on the board for several years now, I have seen people come and go when it is time for them to move on to other things. Our current board, however, has shown a great deal of enthusiasm for change, which I feel is generated in part by our younger members. This is exciting as the energy is evident in all that we have achieved this past year and in the many new things that are in the works. There is still a good mix of older members and newer members, which is the ideal balance for any board.

Our annual events consist of four chapter meetings, a golf tournament and our Plant Symposium.

As with past years, this year’s 13th annual golf tournament was a sold out event. We extend a special thank you to our generous sponsors who help to make this tournament both successful and fun, and to the many landscape companies who treated employees to a fun day out on the greens.

We started our October meeting with Tony DiGiovanni, LO Executive Director, who was to speak on Bill 141, but the bill was rescinded before the meeting, so he instead gave us a presentation on what is happening with the head office renovation project. We also had Carla Bailey, one of very own board members, present the value of the apprenticeship program and the various avenues and funding one can use to find employees. Many of us were unaware any of these even existed.

In November Sarah Luther, a trained human rights lawyer, spoke about workplace harassment and other related topics that we in the industry need to remain abreast of in order to maintain a safe work place environment. This was a fun interactive workshop that was well received.

In February, Jacki Hart, manger of LO’s Peer to Peer

Respectfully submitted, Pete Vanderley President 2018-2019

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show, which proved to be just at the beginning of what was later deemed as Snowmageddon. However, the show and its many activities continued despite the significant weather event. With 40 cm of snow came the closure of all schools and government offices and although Algonquin College was closed, there were still several dozen students who volunteered at this year’s event. A special thank you to Bruce Morton, who has been involved with GreenTrade Expo since its inception over 26 years ago.

Chapter meetings this year addressed topics such as new legislation regarding cannabis in the workplace, choosing the best staff for your business, the importance of membership, an overview of the new LO strategic plan, and viewing, judging, and celebrating the gardens at Living Landscapes through the eyes of an industry professional.

Meetings were held at the Royal Canadian Legion in Barrhaven, and lunch was provided for all attendees.

We would like to thank our many volunteers who support every chapter event, consistently, throughout the seasons.

From students, to member companies and their staff, we have been able to support our community, and we wouldn’t be able to do it without them.

President: Steve Neumann Vice President: Tyler Owen Past President: Ed Hansen Treasurer: Mary Stewart Provincial Board Rep.: Lindsey Ross Directors: Randi Lee Bell, Ryan Boyd, Marc Carriere, Terence Hills, Stephanie LeBlanc, Cory MacCallum, Steve Montcalm Chapter Coordinator: Martha Walsh The Ottawa Chapter continues to support its members and the community through a number of annual events. These include: the Day of Tribute to the Canadian Military and their families, ongoing maintenance of the Ottawa Cancer Survivor’s Park, Ottawa Chapter Awards of Distinction, GreenTrade Expo, Living Landscapes at the Ottawa Home and Garden Show, fall and spring wellness days, and the annual Ottawa Chapter Charity Golf Tournament.

At the Cancer Survivor’s Park, a core of 11 chapter member companies take time to mentor students of the Algonquin College Horticultural Diploma and Apprenticeship Programs. Maintaining the park provides valuable, hands-on experience to the students via the member companies involved. The passion and commitment in volunteering time and expertise to benefit the local community is passed down from member to student through participation in this amazing project.

The chapter would like to extend congratulations to the Landscape Gardening team from Algonquin College who took first place in the National Skills Competition of Canada, held May 28-29 in Halifax, N.S. The 2019 Ottawa Chapter Charity Golf Tournament raised $10,000 for Youturn Youth Services. Youturn provides intensive services and supports to youth in conflict with the law, and their families. Their goal is to help their clients shift to active participation in society — and make choices that will help them remain in the community, avoid future conflict with the law and succeed in their lives.

Over 100 people were present for the golf event, including volunteers from Youturn, Green Unlimited and members of the chapter golf committee, including: RandiLee Bell, Steve Montcalm, Chris Urquhart, and Jenn Siba.

Golf committee members, Steve Montcalm and Chris Urquhart presented a cheque with the tournament proceeds at the 2019 Youturn AGM in September. We would like to thank our great sponsors and generous golfers for making this possible.

The extreme winter weather in Ottawa this year affected many events. Our AGM, Awards of Distinction and GreenTrade Expo all experienced heavy snow events — with the latter during the largest snowstorm that Ottawa has experienced in over 10 years.

Our Awards of Distinction saw 160 people (a record number) celebrate the industry the night before the trade

Respectfully submitted, Steve Neumann President 2018-2019

Toronto

President: Jonas Spring Vice President: Janet Mott Treasurer, Provincial Board Rep.: Jon Durzi Secretary: Joe Pereira Directors: Keren Abu, Paulo Domingues, Raffy Hanimyan, Wendy Ladd, John Larsen, Skai Leja, Garry Reisky Spring 2018 to spring 2019 was a very busy year for the Toronto Chapter. The highlight of the year was the continuation of the Toronto Chapter Bursary project, currently in its third. We increased the total bursary amount to $15,000 for local greening projects around the GTA and have funded dozens of projects all over the city. The funding increase was largely due to our successful golf tournament, spearheaded by chapter board member, Wendy Ladd.

There were so many great community projects we were able to support this year, including Seeds to Seedlings, a program for collecting and growing local seed; Parkdale Horticultural Society, planting a native plant garden in a park; and Clement Kent, engaging homeowners around High Park to grow more pollinator plants to create corridors of biodiversity.

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material translated into Farsi, Mandarin and Spanish, then asked our local suppliers to display them.

We also participated in the association’s annual governance event and got our first look at Landscape Ontario’s new strategic plan. We were happy to see environmental sustainability included as part of the strategy. Chapter representatives debated how appropriate technology could help members participate in events even if they are located in remote areas across Ontario.

In addition, we attended a public meeting on Toronto’s new dust bylaw. There, we heard concerns from residents and shared new improvements that help to reduce dust when cutting. We were also invited to speak to horticulture students at Humber College about how horticultural trades play a critical role in green infrastructure projects. Finally, board member Garry Reisky participated in the Skills Canada Ontario competition as a judge. The massive event was hosted at the Toronto Congress centre, and showcased the skills of young horticultural trades people.

Other outreach events included participation in the Come Alive Outside Green Streets Challenge, as part of Open Streets Toronto. The event shuts down a section of Bloor Street, including the Yonge and Bloor intersection where our members installed a pop-up park.

We continue to engage our members by hosting casual “shop talk” event throughout the year and around the city.

This is the third year our members have come together to eat, drink and talk shop in a format that has no speakers and no agenda. We also started our first social media account for the Toronto Chapter on Instagram, where @lotorontochapter features projects by members and updates on our activities. We are always looking for new and interesting projects to feature.

In February 2019 we hosted a full-day symposium about using ecological references in planting design. We invited five ecologists to talk about ecosystems that are relevant to Toronto and discussed how knowing where plants come from can help with plant selection in the tough and unforgiving urban environment. It was a great success and we are planning a follow-up event on in 2020.

Over the winter of 2018/2019, we hosted a full-day safety meeting that included a lively discussion about how Canada’s changing marijuana laws impact the horticultural trades. At another chapter meeting, we invited Wendy from METRAC to talk to business owners about violence in the workplace in the wake of the #metoo movement and best practices for how to deal with complaints of harassment and/or violence on the job.

Our winter social in November was hosted at the Crooked Cue pool hall in the west end and was very wellattended. It’s a great time to hangout with colleagues, eat great food and win lots of prizes. It was such a success we have decided to return to the same venue in 2019. This spring we welcomed new board members who have been very enthusiastic and engaged, jumping on board with our existing projects.

In summary, 2018/2019 was packed with projects that engaged the public, our membership and prospective members to consider the Toronto Chapter as a part of the community and a partner in changing Toronto into a more livable city.

Respectfully submitted, Jonas Spring President 2018-2019

Upper Canada

President: Jesse Perrin Vice-President: Mike Stone Past President: Paul Doornbos Treasurer: Pamela McCormick Secretary: Neil Bouma Provincial Board Rep.: Terry Childs Directors: David Gunn, Andre Ypma The Upper Canada Chapter continued to rotate meeting locations this year in an effort to make them more accessible to members across our wide-spread chapter.

The 2018-2019 meetings began in Belleville, Ont., with roundtable discussions.

The November chapter meeting took place in Kingston, Ont., where Gillian Watters of Keyes Job Centre gave a very informative presentation on grants and incentives available to small businesses to help recruit and train staff.

The February meeting was cancelled due to poor weather.

The March meeting in Belleville featured our AGM and annual elections. We also welcomed Mike Schram, landscape photographer. Mike’s knowledge of composition, lighting, large format printing and digital imaging is extensive, giving him the ability to always get the right shot. Mike discussed the dos and don’ts of landscape photography, the value of hiring a professional and how to get a site ready to be photographed.

The April meeting took place in Napanee, Ont. where Phil Kerr shared his presentation, “My Adaptive Life,” which challenged us to be at our best, without allowing anything to get in our way. Phil motivated us to support each other, and most of all, to love life and have fun. At age 13, Phil was diagnosed with cancer and paralyzed from the waist down.

A regular kid who loved sports and anything extreme, Phil’s life was changed forever. With a lot of courage, Phil went from having a negative outlook on his situation to a positive one. He challenged himself to not let anything stop him.

Phil has become a world champion adaptive wakeboarder, an adaptive sports athlete, a motivational speaker, and has started his own business.

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scholarships to students as they pursue various green careers.

On behalf of the Upper Canada Chapter of Landscape Ontario, we would like to thank our volunteers and sponsors for their continued support.

President: Jay Terryberry Vice President: Sal Costante Past President: Donald Tellier Treasurer: Joe Santarosa Jr. Assistant/Secretary: Violet Harris Directors: Jessica Aytoun, Dan Garlatti, Vince Murphy, Jay Rivait

Respectfully submitted, Jesse Perrin President 2018-2019

Our fall chapter meetings started on a legal note, with senior lawyer, Cynthia Ingram (Piccolo Heath LLP) who provided a good explanation of Bill 148 as well as some timely points on marijuana in the workplace. An excellent presentation with many good questions from an interested group was well received at the October meeting.

On Sept. 22 we held our annual Bob Girard Memorial Golf Tournament in Essex.

In December, members, their employees and students and staff from the St. Clair College Landscape Horticulture department took part in the Chapter’s annual bowling night.

This year, we are looking to change the pre-holiday event to something on ice such as curling or skating.

In January, a workshop by Workplace Safety and Prevention Services (WSPS) was also very well attended.

Jeff Pedlow worked with the group to help implement safe operating procedures in the workplace and to ensure employees are receiving adequate safety training.

The February meeting brought members together in a round table format to discuss current issues, such as the (ever popular) employee shortage, student involvement in the trade, and how to pick the right jobs, to name a few. A small, but enthusiastic group talked before, during and after lunch.

Our annual MTO meeting is held each March. This year, Matthew Mitchell shared his years of experience and answered many questions involving the transportation side of the trade. A representative from the OPP was also on hand to discuss highway hazards. This topic always makes for our best attended meeting of the year. This year saw the largest crowd ever in attendance.

Our fall/winter speaker series is taking shape, and we are ready to go for 2019/2020!

Waterloo

President, Chair of Education Committee: Robert Tester Past President, Treasurer: Jeff Thompson Secretary, Chair of Golf Tournament Committee: Blake Sicard Provincial Board Rep.: Jason Dietrich Vice President, Chair of Scholarship Committee: Thomas Blatter Directors: Randy Adams, Justin Baker (Home & Garden Show), Michael Garcia (School Greening Project), Trevor Garner (Family Day), Colin Imrie (Baseball Tournament) As always, September in Waterloo is active around the chapter. September brings a new season of chapter meetings, our annual baseball tournament and our annual golf tournament.

The 2018 baseball tournament was held Sept. 15 in Guelph, and our annual golf tournament was held Sept.

22 in Conestoga. The golf event once again raised money for KidsAbility, chapter scholarships, and school greening projects.

The fall chapter meetings included topics on succession planning, design challenges, winter maintenance contracts.

Our Fall Freeze Up dance and social was well-attended for our 39th year of celebrating the end of summer. Our Christmas social was also well-attended thanks to some homemade food and sweets. We can hardly wait for this year’s offering.

Over 20 member companies had displays in this year’s home show and another 12 members helped out with our chapter booth.

Our April meeting saw one of the biggest turn-outs to hear from our local police force on MTO regulations.

The Waterloo Chapter Family Day event at Bingemans in Kitchener returned on July 21, with over 48 people taking advantage of a great deal on full-day access to the waterpark.

Families and members in attendance also received lunch and many kid-friendly activities, including: face painting, mini golf and a bouncy castle. We would like to thank Grand River Stone’s Kitchener location for donating the kids raffle prize.

Thanks to all our volunteers and sponsors for helping throughout the year to make Waterloo stand out.

Respectfully submitted, Jay Terryberry President 2018-2019

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Sector reports Grounds Management

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

Chair: Brad Paton CLT Members: Kevin Almeida, Sarah Beckon, Craig Cole, Brent Giles, David Jones, Jeff McMann NPD, ISA, CHT, TRAQ, Christine Moffit, Rodger Tschanz The main focus for our group for the 2018 year was to host another successful lecture series that contained a strong lineup of industry experts, who would hold the interest of not just our own maintenance sector, but those in the landscape profession as a whole.

The 2019 lecture event returned to Lionhead Golf and Conference Centre in Brampton, Ont., despite Mother’s Nature’s overly-generous dumping of snow. The day began with Brent Giles, Clintar Commercial Outdoor Services, offering an overview of handheld battery powered equipment. Next, Jennifer Llewellyn, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), provided an engaging presentation on current plant health issues, plus how to diagnose them and how to manage and prevent them for healthier landscapes.

Vince Borgdorff, president of WPE Landscape Equipment, rounded off the morning with an information session on the cost and risk of not performing regular equipment maintenance.

After lunch, Constable Vito Pedano, Peel Regional Police, provided an important session on commercial vehicle safety and crime prevention. Rodger Tschanz, Trial Garden Manager at the University of Guelph, reported on highlights from Ontario’s 2018 trial garden season. The educational programming concluded with John Gaydos, Proven Winners, who shared new plants that will meet client’s expectations and provide beauty and enjoyment with a minimum amount of maintenance.

Thank-you to the event partners, WPE Landscape Equipment, Eloquip Target Specialty Products, Duke Distribution and Bobcat of Toronto.

As a group, we look forward to growing this event to all grounds management professionals and are looking forward to a bigger and better lecture in 2020, and maybe a little less snow on the day of the event.

Garden Centre

Chair: Michael Van Dongen Members: Brian Alcock, Barry Benjamin, Perry Grobe, Diane Hutchinson, Kevin Jack, Kennedy Johnston, Art Vanden Enden A great deal of change has come to our sector this year. A lot of reorganization has occurred for operations within the Ontario sector, and as well within our sector group.

This year, as a sector group, we have focused on Landscape Ontario’s Strategic Plan, and are looking into ways we can impact the industry and the people in and around the garden centre sector. We are looking forward to working with Vineland Research Innovation Centre to understanding more about the customer’s perceived value of plants.

The Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) and Garden Centres Canada (GCC), under the leadership of Robin Godfrey, have had another productive year. This year, we held the first National Garden Centre Summit, which took place in Ontario in July. This was a successful event that brought owners and operators from all over the country together for several days of touring garden centres, networking and retail education.

As always, we welcome garden centre owners and operators to join our group. We now host many meetings online, making it more convenient than ever to contribute to the group.

Respectfully submitted, Michael Van Dongen Chair 2018-2019

Respectfully submitted, Brad Paton CLT Chair 2018-2019

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Hardscape Committee

Chair: Andrew Barbour Vice Chair: Rob Albrecht Treasurer: Mark Verbinnen Members: Rob Beedie, Steve Burgess, Ben Cullen, Jeff Gregg, Serge Leclair, Jennifer Llewellyn B.Sc. M.Sc. Cert. Arborist, Glen Lumis Ph.D., John Moons, Rob Naraj, Mark Ostrowski, Ed Patchell, Bill Putzer, Fred Somerville, Nick Winkelmolen, Rita Weerdenburg, Jeanine West, Richard Worsley

Chair: Shawn Giovanetti Vice Chair: Dave O’Malley Treasurer: Nick Lang Members: Bill Beldham, Frank Bourque CCPI ARPT, Andrew Colautti, Andrew Dancsak, Michael Luelo, Erica Pignatelli, Mark Wilkie, Jarrett Woodard Our popular HardscapeLIVE! returned for the fourth straight year at Congress in 2019. This year’s sessions included the integration of multiple elements in an outdoor space, such as different wall techniques, fire and water features, outdoor sound and lighting, as well as maintaining hardscape installations. We continue to see an increase in attendance for these sessions and our lead instructor, Frank Bourque, continues to bring the latest techniques and trends to our event. We will be back for HardscapeLIVE! year five in 2020.

The committee is proud to be able to continue to bring Interlocking Concrete Paver Institute (ICPI) Certified Concrete Paver Installer courses to professionals across the province, with courses offered in Kitchener and Sudbury this past year.

This two-day, classroom-based course offers training to properly install paver systems. Attendees have the chance to learn from industry expert, Frank Bourque, and learn the tools to improve their own job site quality and efficiency.

This year, the delayed spring did not work in our favour for the planned 2019 golf tournament in August. Unfortunately, our usual golfers could not spare the time and the committee opted to cancel the event for this year. This gives us a chance to revamp our tournament for 2020 and we are looking forward to once again hosting an amazing event.

Thank you to our volunteers, sponsors and attendees who continue to support the Hardscape Committee’s initiatives.

Our year began with the 40th annual Industry Auction, held at NVK Holdings in conjunction with the Golden Horseshoe Chapter’s annual Chicken Roast event. Over 250 skids of plant material and various silent auction items were auctioned off to the highest bidder at the auction. Thank you to the team at NVK for hosting the event.

The Growers’ Fall Dinner meeting returned to Piper’s Heath Golf course in Milton with over 70 people in attendance. Our theme for the year was “What do our retail buyers really want?” and included a panel discussion with Maria Fernandes, Judy Shirriff and Art Vanden Enden. The panel was moderated by Serge Leclair.

The Growers Sector Group was happy to continue the GreenLIVE! feature at Congress 2019 in partnership with the International Society of Arboriculture Ontario Chapter (ISAO). Six interactive learning sessions engaged attendees on the trade show floor taking, them from start to finish of the tree planting process, including selecting nursery stock, transportation, site preparation, planting techniques and aftercare. Thank you to our speakers for facilitating these sessions: Nick Winkelmolen, Paul DeGroot, Rebecca Parker, Christoph Kessel, Darby McGrath Ph.D., Glen Lumis Ph.D., Peter Shields and Patricia Thompson.

Despite some challenges from Mother Nature, the annual Growers Short Course was held at the Royal Botanical Gardens on Feb. 6, 2019. The event included several speakers who provided exciting updates on their nursery research, including tools to improve nursery production.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the many volunteers and staff who work diligently on behalf of the growers of Ontario.

Respectfully submitted, Shawn Giovanetti Chair 2018-2019

Respectfully submitted, Andrew Barbour Chair 2018-2019

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Landscape Contractors

Chair: Chris Le Conte Provincial Board Rep.: Steve Macartney Members: Dean Armstrong, Paul Barker, Tyler Burnell, Justin Comacchio, Andrew Cordeiro, Mark Donohue, Steve Hernandez, Kevin Jensen, John Lamberink, Steve Marysiuk, Don McQueen, Roy Neves, Paul Proulx, Tony Serwatuk, Natnael Taera

Chair: Allan King Provincial Board Rep.: Peter Guinane Members: Thomas Blatter, Jason Gaw, Arvils Lukss, Joseph Morello Our group decided not to hold its annual lecture and dinner in 2019. With a virtually unlimited number of landscape-related images available on the internet, we felt the lecture event no longer had great appeal. Declining attendance over the past two years has also been noticed.

In place of the lecture, Peter Guinane of Oriole Landscaping, organized a shop tour and dinner at their Toronto-area yard.

The event was attended by 25 people and was considered a success as participants got an inside look at Oriole’s operations and its staff was able to answer many questions.

We would like to hold a similar event in 2020. Allan Kling of Urban Garden has offered to host the event.

The Landscape Contractors group will again assist the organizing committee of Canada Blooms, Toronto’s Flower and Garden Festival, in the selection of feature gardens for the 2020 show.

The group will also assist with preparation and the programming for GreenLIVE at Congress 2020. GreenLIVE is a joint effort between ISA Ontario and the LO Growers Group that provides twice-daily, live learning demonstrations to all attendees on the busy Congress show floor. The topics feature well-known experts and covers all aspects related to selecting, handling, planting and maintaining trees.

Peter Guinane prepared an excellent estimating workshop that was presented to the Upper Canada Chapter last year. We have approached the chapters with a view to offer it to them as well. Their schedules fill up quickly and we hope to make arrangements shortly.

New initiatives being explored by the Landscape Contractors group include the development of introductory programmes aimed at attracting recent immigrants, including refugees, to the landscape trades.

The group also explored the creation of a construction warranty system that would give clients some protection against incomplete or improper work. LO’s Provincial Board of Directors reviewed the plan and decided not proceed with it at this point in time.

For the past year, the irrigation sector group has focused on assisting The Region of Peel and The Regional Municipality of York with the promotion of the Water Smart Irrigation Professional (WSIP) program. This program was officially launched in 2014, after years of research and development with the irrigation industry and the irrigation sector group.

Essentially, our professional irrigation members have the opportunity to receive free training for company owners and staff members, plus free tools that are useful in promoting water saving irrigation upgrades and the promotional and financial support our industry said they needed to make this program a success.

It’s now 2019, and yes, the WSIP program is a huge success. In fact, the Irrigation Association (IA) SWAT (Smart Water Application Technologies) committee just awarded The Region of Peel and The Regional Municipality of York with the 2019 Outstanding Industry Partnership Award. This is pretty incredible when you think about it. Canadians winning an award when up against some of the largest water utilities in North America is an outstanding achievement. Congratulations to Peel, York and to Landscape Ontario executive and staff who have helped local contractors bring these essential water conserving solutions to end users.

At our most recent meeting, our industry was informed that due to poor contractor participation, there is a likelihood of WSIP funding being cut. This cannot be allowed to happen.

It would be a real shame to lose this award-winning program due to a lack of action. If you are unsure of the program details, reach out to LO staff for more information. If you are certified, you need to do some assessments and get the financial assistance (rebates) you need to drive water conserving products to end users. Hopefully, we can help the regions to achieve the market transformation they are aiming for.

Respectfully submitted, Chris Le Conte Chair 2018-2019

Respectfully submitted, Allan Kling Chair 2018-2019

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Lighting

Chair: Haig Seferian (current) Vice Chair: Ron Koudys Past Chair: Jen Cuddie Provincial Board Rep.: Kelly Keates Members: Paul Brydges, Margot Byers, Kin Chan, Chris Clayton, Erin Crawford-Ellis, Marina Dimitriadis, Shawn Gallaugher, Brandon Gelderman, Laura Marsh, Nick Morgante, Ron Swentiski, Audriana VanderWerf, Andrea Weddum

Chair: Carl Hastings Provincial Board Rep.: Jamie Riddell Members: Terry Childs, Frank DiMarco, John Higo, Ron Iserhot, Ken Martin, Conrad Monteiro, Rob Redden The LO Lighting sector group had a very busy year and continues its work in the areas of professional development, education, and eventually certification. The group is also working on initiatives that will help to raise the awareness of professional outdoor lighting design and installation.

The10th annual Landscape Lighting Conference was held on Jan. 31, 2019 at Lionhead Golf and Conference Centre in Brampton, Ont. This full-day event featured workshops throughout the day. Guest speakers included: Louis Terpstra from the Infrastructure Health and Safety Association, who discussed fall protection work plans; Dig Safe/ORCGA; Electrical Safety Authority on permits for landscape lighting; James Solecki led a seminar on growing your lighting business and setting yourself apart from the crowd, as well as a costing and pricing panel with Ken Martin, Terry Childs and James Solecki. Special thanks to all of our sponsors who helped support the event to ensure it was a success.

The group also participated in judging the landscape lighting categories in the LO Awards of Excellence program.

Once again, the group offered its services to the feature garden builders at Canada Blooms, and assisted with the planning of the 2019 event. We will continue to work with organizers for the 2020 festival.

One of our main priorities continues to be promoting the value and significant role of the lighting sector.

We are looking forward to being involved in the next phase of the LO office renovation project by developing a lighting design that will highlight the newly-renovated building and the new landscaping that is yet to come.

We are also planning to build in an infrastructure that will allow the lighting group to hold seminars and training sessions on the LO grounds at night.

We started the year off, as always, with our annual Landscape Designers conference at Landscape Ontario Congress. The well-attended event was a huge success. The speakers were well-received and it also included a 90-minute design challenge during the Come Alive Outside session.

Over the past few years the designers have had an agreement of support with the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects (OALA), to help them in petitioning the government to allow the creation of a Practice Act for Landscape Architects. In turn, this would help the process along to obtaining a Name Act for landscape designers.

Unfortunately, the OALA was turned down by the government this time. This has sparked some conversation among designers with regards to where we would like to see our profession go in the future. We look forward to exploring this further.

The U.S.-based, Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) has also expressed interest in sharing and utilizing our Certified Landscape Designers (CLD) exam and certification process. We are in discussions with them to formalize an action plan to move forward.

We have also decided to donate $10,000 to the Vimy Project to help maintain the memorial gardens in tribute to our fallen soldiers.

The design group unfortunately said goodbye this year to our chair, Jen Cuddie, as she stepped away from the position. We held elections and welcomed in a new chair, Haig Seferian, and vice chair, Ron Koudys. Going forward we will be discussing the future of our profession and what the designers group should focus on in the future.

Respectfully submitted, Carl Hastings Chair 2018-2019

Respectfully submitted, Kelly Keates Provincial Board Representative

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Turfgrass Management

Snow and Ice Management

Chair: Gavin Dawson Vice Chair: Kyle Tobin Provincial Board Rep.: Alan White Members: Scott Bowman, Michael Brownbridge Ph.D., Kevin Falls, Paul Gaspar, Rohan Harrison, John Ladds, Chris Lecour, John Mcintosh, Don McQueen, Ken Pavely, Tom Somerville, Tim Tripp M.Sc., Steve Tschanz, Bill Van Ryn, Kerry Whale

Chair: Terry Nicholson Past Chair: Jamie Perras Provincial Board Rep.: Mark Humphries Treasurer: Robert Roszell Members: Jon Agg, David Amadori, Jessica Baun, Paul BeauParlant, Michael Boucher, Gerald Boot CLM, Michael Chudy, Tony Giammichele, Lee Gould, David Lammers, Jim Monk, Luke Pallister, Brian Perras, Jonathan Scott, Shawn Sowten, Robert Tester, Kurt Vanclief, James Walke

The Turfgrass Management group ushered in 2019 with yet another successful IPM Symposium. This annual, full-day symposium occurs the day before the Congress trade show.

This year’s symposium was again graciously hosted by Dr. Michael Brownbridge. The event drew 331 attendees from all corners of the turfgrass industry, including professional lawn care, sports turf, golf, and municipal parks and public works.

This year’s topics included: IPM problem solving skills, spray nozzle technology, invasive species management, an update from the Ministry of Environment, soil health fundamentals and turfgrass in the urban environment. We are excited about next year’s symposium set for Jan. 6, 2020. Scheduled topics include: enhanced efficiency fertilizers, healthy soils to support plant growth, new and emerging products, optimizing root zone fertility, monitoring and management tools for turf pests and diseases, and an update from the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks.

The 2019 edition of Canada Blooms included a Come Alive Outside Garden with turfgrass as the focal point of the garden.

It was a hit with attendees, helped in part by an interactive bean bag toss game that promoted the value of turfgrass. The intent was to provide a practical illustration of the role turf plays in creating an enjoyable outdoor environment in our urban landscape.

After a slow start to spring, the 2019 season gave us better conditions than experienced through most of Ontario in the drought of 2018. That said, the professional lawn care industry continued its struggle to address turfgrass insect infestations from chinch bug, billbug, and sod webworm. Their resulting damage aggravated efforts to manage broadleaf weeds and invariably contributed, yet again, to the annual crop of crabgrass that flourished across Ontario. Professional lawn care operators continue to face these pest challenges, handcuffed by a dearth of control product options, now 10 years after the enactment of the Cosmetic Pesticide Ban. Despite these challenges, the topic of turfgrass value and its benefits to the urban environment is at the forefront of every meeting of this group. As stewards of the environment, it is our mission and obligation to continually find the means and ways to address this poorly understood topic and misrepresented urban resource.

Our Snowposium event continues to be a great success. In 2018, Snowposium was held Sept. 25 at Lionhead Golf and Country Club in Brampton, Ont., while the Landscape Ontario home office underwent a major renovation. The event had 260 attendees, 14 exhibitors and many sponsors. Thank you to organizers, attendees and sponsors for their efforts to make this a thriving event.

A key issue facing snow and ice management contractors this year was the salt shortage. In response, special meetings were held to discuss the options available and on how to best deal with and communicate the severity of the issue to property owners and clients. Challenges for finding product, as well as increased prices impacted contractors this winter. These high prices are likely to be ‘the new normal’ for businesses.

Insurance also continues to be a growing concern for snow removal companies. Rates have skyrocketed and many insurance companies will no longer offer coverage to snow and ice operations.

The group continues to focus efforts on finding solutions to the issues surrounding slip and fall lawsuits. A big step forward this year was the creation of the Snow and Ice Operations Risk Management Guidelines. Released in late 2018, the long term strategy is to use the Smart about Salt Program and the new Guidelines to enhance the professionalism of Landscape Ontario members to reduce the liability associated with snow operations.

The Guidelines were developed by Marsh Consulting in cooperation with LO and CNLA. I would like to thank those committee members who helped provide guidance and input on this important document.

A private members bill has also been introduced by MPP Norm Miller from Muskoka. It is attempting to reduce the statute of limitations on slip and fall claims from two years to 10 days. Landscape Ontario has provided a letter of support to the MPP and members are encouraged to reach out to their local representatives in support of this potential legislation.

Respectfully submitted, Terry Nicholson Chair 2018-2019

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Committee reports

Building Committee

Canada Blooms

About 13 years ago, I was asked to be Chair of the Landscape Ontario Building Committee. At the time, I was very vocal about the “bed sheet” for a sign we had hanging on the side of the building that faced Highway 401. During my first year as Chair, I compiled a list of deficiencies in the office which I hoped to fix for the LO staff. This list included the lack of a lunchroom, lack of proper ventilation, unpredictable heat and cold spells, leaking taps, a poor septic system, undrinkable water, leaking windows, etc. Suffice it to say that the building needed a major overhaul.

Fast forward to October 23, 2019 — the day we held a grand opening celebration for the completion of our entirely new offices.

Selling half of our property a few years ago allowed LO to “do it right” and the entire inside of the building was gutted back to the outside walls. We set a budget of $5 million, and I am pleased to say that considering the fact that construction inflation is rampant these days, we ended up only six per cent over budget.

The new facility is world-class which suits the world-class organization which we call Landscape Ontario. All members should be proud of these offices. If you haven’t seen them, I encourage you to come out for a tour.

The LO Building Committee is now focused on the landscape installation for the site and has already met a couple of times to discuss timing, budget and review designs. We have a great group of designers and landscapers heading up this phase.

Canada Blooms celebrated its 23rd anniversary in 2019. Over that time, we have become one of the world’s best garden events. Canada Blooms was once again named by American Express as one of the Top5 Festivals in the world in March, and one of the top 10 Most Amazing Flower Shows in the world by Escapehere.com.

Total attendance this year was 151,079 visitors (or potential LO member clients). Over our 23 years, we have inspired over 2,381,079 potential gardeners, environmentalists, floral enthusiasts, and maybe even some eventual employees. We remain a significant public-facing messaging force for LO, generating over 300 million positive impressions during the key spring season.

In 2019, Canada Blooms focused on partnering with the association’s messaging to present three LO gardens: Come Alive Outside, Fusion and Apprentice — all aligned nicely with the LO strategic plan.

There were over 35 display gardens (ranging from 50 to 5,000 sq. ft), 100 garden exhibitors and 150 education seminars in 2019. The Tony DiGiovanni Garden of the Year award was won by J. Garfield Thompson and the People’s Choice Garden was awarded to Nancy Green and her 100 sq.ft. backyard garden.

Joining the board for 2019-2020 is Ken Morgan.

Chair: Karl Stensson Directors: Hank Gelderman CLT, Jorg Hermanns, Mark Humphries, Haig Seferian CLD, Marc Thiebaud, Rene Thiebaud, Bob Tubby CLM, David Turnbull, Neil Vanderkruk, Charlie Wilson

Landscape Ontario members present on the Canada Blooms 2018-2019 board: Co-Chair: Lou Savoia Past Co-Chair: Janet Ennamorato Members: Charlie Bancheri, Lindsay Drake Nightingale

Respectfully submitted, Lou Savoia Co-Chair 2018-2019

Respectfully submitted, Karl E. Stensson Chair 2018-2019

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Canadian Nursery Landscape Association

Skills Canada National Competition CNLA’s Human Resources Committee supported the 2019 Skills Canada National Competition (SCNC) which is the 25th year of the competition.

Six teams competed at the Halifax Exhibition Centre, in Halifax N.S., May 28-29. The team from Ontario won the event, with Manitoba placing second and Nova Scotia in third. Skills Canada hosts regional competitions across the country each year, culminating with the national event. Skills Canada 2020 will be held in Vancouver, B.C., at the Vancouver Convention Centre, May 28-29.

Limited availability of skilled labour has been identified by the CNLA Executive Committee as a key priority. By supporting Skills Canada, CNLA hopes to connect with and encourage youth to choose a career in our profession.

Garden Centres Canada Committee (GCC) The inaugural Garden Centre Summit, held July 10-12 in Toronto was a big success. A bus load of participants from six provinces toured five retail destinations across southern Ontario and spent time networking, learning and sharing ideas, challenges and solutions.

The 2020 Summit will be held in Edmonton, July 6-8. GCC is very excited about bringing in inspirational and informative speakers and sharing industry knowledge among one another through local onsite tours and activities. Save the date — it’s an event not to be missed!

GCC has set up a private Facebook group to gather independent garden owners and operators to share knowledge and stories. National cohesiveness and the sharing of ideas is a key to success. GCC now has brought back its bi-monthly Enews to highlight upcoming events and important updates.

Garden Centres Canada Chair, Robin Godfrey, attended the International Garden Centre Association (IGCA) Congress in Windsor, United Kingdom, Sept. 1-6, 2019. Over six days, 216 members from 19 countries visited some of the best garden centres in the world, with expansive home décor sections, cafés and restaurants, children’s play areas and seasonal experiences, farmers markets, butchers and grocery areas.

Registration is now open for IGCA 2020 in South Africa, October 18-23.

Landscape Ontario members present on the CNLA Board of Directors: Provincial Representative: Paul Brydges Climate Change Adaptation Chair: Alan White Member Services and Insurance Chair: Rene Thiebaud Vice President: Gerald Boot CLM Human Resources Chair: Harold Deenen CLM The Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) is a national, not-for-profit federation of nine provincial landscape and horticulture trades associations, which represent over 3,900 member companies in the landscape, retail garden centre, and nursery sectors. Once membership is approved with Landscape Ontario, the company automatically gains access to the national association, CNLA. The CNLA Executive Committee has identified four main tactical priorities to focus on over the two years of Phil Paxton’s presidency. These four areas are: labour, membership, advocacy and research. Each of these priorities are considered with each project and activity undertaken by the association.

Member Services Committee The Member Services Committee works to ensure members have access to discount programs that directly impact their bottom line. The vehicle and equipment programs continue to be the most popular among members, with thousands of dollars’ worth of discounts available. They have also added two new programs in 2019: Travelodge and The Landscape Management Network (LMN). Members can access the extensive list of member savings programs through the CNLA website or by contacting the Member Services Team.

Landscape Canada Committee A Pre-tendering Qualification Template is now available on the CNLA website for members to use as a guide. This is a tool developed to help members to assist in understanding the tendering process as well as to organize their company’s credentials for marketing.

Leslie Cornell, LCC Chair, attended the European Landscape Construction Association’s Presidium and Committee of Firms excursion. Similar to experiences here in Canada many European countries are struggling with finding skilled labour, setting climate change policies/tax incentives and finding methods to educate how nature impacts our health. Some of the interesting takeaways include how we communicate our profession to the public. It was evident that our profession needs to change our message from the Green Industry to “Cultivators of Caregivers of Nature.” We also need to help our members in finding more trained workers, possibly a similar national exchange program like the European one.

Government Relations Committee CNLA staff, along with Government Relations Chair, Michael Murray, are building and maintaining relationships with key individuals in Ottawa and across Canada, to give members a voice at the federal, provincial and municipal levels. Key areas of focus include promoting the Canadian Landscape Standard (CLS) as the single, authoritative resource for landscape construction projects across Canada.

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Professional Development Committee The Professional Development Committee (PDC) is grateful to members who participated in the national Red Seal Harmonization that was successfully completed in 2018.

Efforts are now underway to increase uptake of Apprenticeship Programs.

Transition from Landscape Industry Certification is progressing with the new Canadian certification program set to launch in January 2020. The new program is: • Fully Canadian-owned and controlled.

• Structured to maintain high certification standards.

• Aligned with Red Seal Occupational Standards.

• Streamlined to be more convenient and accessible.

• Retaining current designations and modules

Green Cities Foundation In 2018, CNLA provided the seed funding and Board support to establish a charity with the purpose of connecting plants and people for a greener, healthier, urban climate. That charity is the Green Cities Foundation. Its goal is to restore, protect, and enhance the amount of healthy green space that exists within urban communities, while improving the quality of life for the 83 per cent of Canadians who call these cities home.

The Foundation also aims to engage the Canadian public in the many benefits these living green spaces provide throughout Canada.

With the launch in 2019, Green Cities Foundation have laid the groundwork for an inaugural project in Hamilton, Ont., the first of many to come. We want to thank you, the members who are the very heart of CNLA through your provincial associations, for supporting this ambitious program, and for your continued belief that great cities are living cities, and the collective connection to this living landscape does have the ability to change people’s lives.

Licensing agreements are in place for delivering the new program using Valid-8, a world-class, web-based assessment software that makes certification more readily accessible.

The new program was implemented at the Fanshawe College integrated certification test this fall. Feedback from participants at this test as well as those from members pilot testing the new program has been positive.

Through a competitive selection process, a marketing company was chosen to brand and develop a promotional strategy for the new certification program. In collaboration with members from across the country, the new program name and title designations are being explored. Logo and promotional material development are ongoing.

Previously certified individuals who choose to be grandfathered into the new program will adopt the new title designations.

The current training manuals remain the recommended study reference under the new program and are available for purchase through the Professional Development Department at CNLA.

Landscape Ontario partnership CNLA is now a 10 per cent equity partner in the LO property.

The agreement means CNLA will share 10 per cent of all operating expenses and will assume 10 per cent of any future capital costs. CNLA will also share in 10 per cent of any revenue generated by the building operations, excluding LO activities.

In July of this year, CNLA staff moved into a brand new, 3,200 sq. ft. office space within the newly-renovated LO facility after spending a year off-site in temporary offices.

The CNLA space includes private offices, a meeting room, kitchen, washroom, storage area and large board room style table. For over a decade, CNLA has asked for a self-contained space of this size within the LO building, and that dream has finally become a reality. The space is modern, accessible and professional, just like the staff and the programs and initiatives they produce.

Agri-Marketing CNLA was able to secure Agri-Marketing funding for the next three years, commencing August 3, 2018 to March 31, 2021.

The project is Growing the Domestic and International Markets for the Nursery Sector.

Funding is available for the Provincial Associations for their trade show activities. Additionally, funding is also available for members (growers, nursery owners, etc.) who attend American Trade shows (MANTS, FarWest to name a few), or IGCA Congress in United Kingdom (2019), South Africa (2020) and Japan (2021). To find out more, contact Lauryn Mullan at lauryn@cnla-acpp.ca.

Conclusion In conclusion, CNLA’s mission is to undertake initiatives and form alliances in order to achieve sustainable prosperity for members and stakeholders. CNLA staff and volunteers work hard to ensure members get the most out of the association.

Respectfully submitted, Paul Brydges CNLA Representative 2019

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Communications Committee

Show Committee

Chair: Hank Gelderman CLT Members: Gerald Boot CLM, Laura Catalano, Jeremy Feenstra, Mark Fisher, Marty Lamers, Bob Tubby CLM, Nick Winkelmolen, Dave Wright CLM

Chair: Nathan Helder Past Chair: Michael LaPorte CHT Members: Terry Childs, Brian Cocks, Douglas Coote, Paul DeGroot, Barry Dickson, Lindsay Drake Nightingale, Beth Edney CLD, Reg Langen, Christopher Muller, Rebecca Parker, Klaas Sikkema, Peter Vanderley, Jason Vettese

Over my years serving on Landscape Ontario’s Publishing, and now, Communications, Committee, I have enjoyed being a part of our professional communications service. The team believes in stewardship, and consistently delivers good value to members.

Landscape Ontario magazine is important for making members feel part of our association and promoting participation in our events. Its role has grown to serve our members even better with a top-notch website, and our wellread, weekly Enews broadcasts.

Our December 2018 reader survey of Landscape Trades’ national audience revealed high appreciation and engagement.

“I find your magazine very useful and reinforcing of what we do. Thank you,” was a typical comment. During 2019, we increased the magazine’s national distribution to 12,500, and improved its circulation profile to qualify the title for a federal postal subsidy. We revised the production schedule to publish an issue in February, which proved a successful move. We have also implemented a monthly Landscape Trades digital e-letter and refreshed the design and added functionality to the landscapetrades.com website.

In the financial section, you may notice our revenues are down for the first time in many years. There is a lot of turmoil in the advertising industry, and we are taking steps in many areas to counter that trend.

Your team continues to support consumer outreach.

About 20,000 members of the public visit landscapeontario. com each month to find gardening information and connect with members. We distributed 60,000 free copies of Garden Inspiration magazine at Canada Blooms and other venues. We are also experimenting with social media to build the profiles of LO and its members.

I want to thank the Communications team publicly for keeping up their good work this year, while moving twice and spending a year in cramped temporary space. Thanks also to my fellow Committee members for taking time from busy schedules to contribute experienced guidance.

Canada’s premier green industry trade show and conference ran Jan. 8-10, 2019 at the Toronto Congress Centre.

Canada’s top green industry event generated a lot of energy among its exhibitors and industry professionals.

Among the main highlights was the increase in exhibit sales.

Revenue trended nearly $65,000 above the event’s budgeted $2.2 million sales budget, representing over 550 companies.

Attendance also increased with just over 15,000 delegates.

Partners, the Canadian Fence Industry Association (CFIA), and sponsors were on-hand to celebrate and contribute to the success of the event.

The 2,000 square foot New Product Showcase was bursting with innovative products this year and included a digital version online at LOcongress.com, allowing us to display more products than ever.

Students continue to benefit from the theoretical knowledge acquired at schools offering horticulture programs via the hands-on experience of the Congress student garden builds.

The 2019 participants included: Humber, Fanshawe, Niagara and Durham.

Our LIVE series, which includes Hardscape LIVE, Drive LIVE and Green LIVE, was once again a major floor feature. Every year we continue to see theses audience grow. Hands-on demos and excellent speakers ensure this series is relevant to our delegates.

The conference was re-formatted to give delegates a program that featured the industry’s most popular speakers under the banner. This brought together power-house industry experts and top-notch panels to show delegates how to balance work and play while growing their business. The program was designed to improve professional development and reduce business expenses. Delegates responded with positive feedback, specifically on the quality of the topics and programming. Newly-introduced was the educational partnerships. This provided an opportunity for supporting companies to showcase products and services.

It is my pleasure to thank the volunteers and committee members for all their guidance, insights and help. Our success stems from the personal touch that our volunteers add to our events.

Respectfully submitted, Hank Gelderman Chair 2018-2019

Respectfully submitted, Nathan Helder Chair 2018-2019

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Human Resource Development

community, developing a skilled workforce, Apprenticeship and LO’s Group Sponsor Program, Health and Safety, Reducing the Red Tape, the WSIB Rate Framework, and secondary and post-secondary education programs, to name a few. We continue to develop partnerships and build mutually beneficial programs. We participated in a Queens Park Day thanks to the OGCA, and had the opportunity to meet with Ontario’s 42nd Parliament to emphasize the numerous solutions that the Landscape Horticulture profession can provide to Ontario.

This government has acknowledged the economic impact of the trades and related professions and has allocated additional funding in support of workforce development. LO actively pursues strategic funding to develop programs and partnerships aligned with our goals.

Increasing the New Worker Pipeline entering the profession and upskilling current workers remains our top priority. Our target audience includes: • Youth OYAP, SHSM • Secondary school • Post-secondary • Women in Trades • Adult learners • Newcomers • English/French speaking • Indigenous and First Nations • Career changers • Reformed offenders

Chair: Harold Deenen CLM Members: Paul Doornbos CLM CLT, Harry Gelderman CLT, Peter Guinane, Michael Pascoe CLT, Richard Rogers CLT, Alan White This year was jam packed with change and gifts! The launch of the 2018 strategic plan, temporary re-location of our home office and professional development and training space, along with the settling in of a new government created a rather exciting year. This year of change has created a buzz of new energy and exploration of new opportunities! The 2018 strategic plan will enable us to advance the industry with renewed focus, and the new LO offices and Professional Development and Training Centre is truly an amazing gift to us all and will support the association and profession incredibly well in the future. It is true, that change comes bearing gifts…

Strategic Plan 2018 The Human Resource Committee focused on developing and implementing action plans and programs to advance the industry and that support achieving the goals identified in the 2018 LO Strategic Plan. LO will be the hub for creating sustainable careers by the end of 2021, ultimately developing, maintaining and connecting a pipeline of ‘workers of choice’ to ‘Employers of Choice’. Although LO has and continues to work on many education and workforce development activities, the 2018 plan prioritizes specific goals and provides direction to expand efforts and the potential for additional investment in areas that include: • Exploring the feasibility of a profitable Non-Union Hiring Hub model; • Building upon LO’s marketing strategy to develop information and material aimed at attracting newcomers and youth to sustainable careers in the landscape horticulture profession; • Bringing training to members and expanding partnerships to enhance accessibility to training; and • Increasing Apprenticeship program awareness and participation.

We continue to work to engage that pipeline of new workers and funnel them through the multiple pathways identified below to support them in achieving a life-long career in our profession.

• Direct to work • Apprenticeship • College • University The Horticulture Educators Association (HEA) supported

by LO has focused on increased communications, enhancing the GreenCareersCanada.ca website, and developing partnerships and programs that support educators and students in related programs. The website continues to be a growing tool that provides valuable information and resources aimed at our incumbent and the future workforce, parents, educators, policy makers and employers within the profession. LO continues to support over 100 green industry feeder programs and 24 Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) in horticulture and landscape programs across the province.

Workforce Development strategic partnerships and programs focused on promoting and developing our future workforce. Highlights of the past year’s activities include: • Congress 2019 where we supported student and educator pathways in the conference, special events and on the trade show floor.

• Career Presentations and interactive events to engage secondary students, job-seekers, and adult learners in

In April, LO contracted a consultant to support the development of a targeted Workforce Development plan and a feasibility report to provide direction for testing a hiring hub pilot model. Extensive research and outreach to the LO community was undertaken to inform the plan and we thank all members and partners who participated in the extensive surveys, interviews, focus group and strategic planning sessions. Final reports are expected in late fall of 2019.

This committee oversees the activities of LO’s Education and Workforce Development department. We are pleased to present this brief summary of the highlights of the past year.

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exploring a career of choice in our sector.

• P artnership events with ICPI, Stihl, 10,000 Trees and many schools at the secondary and post-secondary levels to pilot various training programs that provided educators with professional development certificates, and students with experiential learning and curriculum required certificates.

• Canada Blooms 2019 where professionals, educational partners and students worked together to design and build three extraordinary feature gardens to highlight our profession and the benefits we provide to the consumer. Programs highlighted included the Come Alive Outside Green Streets program, the Fusion Landscape Professional (FLP) program and the Horticulture Technician Apprenticeship Program (HTAP).

• Partnered with the Career Foundation, YMCA, and Skills for Change offering three pre-apprenticeship programs aimed at women, newcomers and vulnerable youth in Ottawa, Hamilton and Toronto.

• The Skills Ontario partnership enables LO to feature our profession to over 30,000 visitors at each annual event. This year the Elementary Workshops enabled over 250 grades seven and eight students to experience a planting activity so they could take home a planter full of plants and features that raised awareness about plant care, the sectors and career opportunities. The Skills Ontario Competition was another success with the Horticulture and Landscape, and Landscape Design competitions hosting a record number of competitors (over 50 secondary and post-secondary students).

Ontario Horticultural Trades Foundation (Foundation) generously donated over $7,000 in prize money to gold, silver and bronze winning post-secondary teams, and to secondary school winners to put toward horticulture programs. In addition, the top winner was given additional funds to cover expenses to compete at the national level.

A big congratulations goes out to the team of Blaise Mombourquette and Thomas Hawley from Algonquin College, who represented Ontario at the national competition and earned the gold medal spot on the podium for the Landscape Gardening Competition.

• Ontario Council for Technology Education invited LO to participate in its conference. LO was highlighted under their Exemplary Practices Panel at the showcase and facilitated a green industries roundtable.

• After receiving approval from Immigration Refugee Citizenship Canada in August, LO is pleased to be launching an innovative grant project in Ottawa in partnership with the Ottawa Community Immigration Services Organization (OCISO) and Hire Immigrants Ottawa. The project will launch fall of 2019 and conclude in late spring 2021, and will provide specialized services and programs aimed at newcomers and employers, including mentorship programs and building capacity of employers to support and integrate newcomers into the Canadian workforce. The objective of the project is

to recruit, train and prepare visible minority newcomer women with the interest and aptitude to work in and build careers in the landscape and horticulture profession, as well as to build the cultural capacity of industry employers to support, integrate and retain newcomer women in the industry. This includes providing mentorship services for the program participants following their employment and post-employment retention supports for women and employers.

Come Alive Outside partnered for the second year with Landscape Ontario to successfully coordinate 12 Green Streets Challenges and two Design Challenges in Ontario. This program has created positive awareness and recognition of the contributions and benefits provided by the landscape and horticulture profession to over 15,000 youth and families in our communities across Ontario.

The CAO Design Challenge engages post-secondary landscape design students to design a natural play space based on the ideas gained from a collaborative workshop with the school teachers, parent council members and students.

The designs are created with mentorship from LO member companies, who work with the school to make the winning design a reality!

The CAO Design Challenge winning team was Algonquin College who provided a new playground and landscape for First Adventure Child Development Centre and Georges Vanier Catholic School in Belleville, Ont., with installation of phase 1 started in summer of 2019.

Horticulture Technician/Landscape Horticulturist Red Seal Apprenticeship Program increased awareness and registrations in the third year of the Group Sponsorship program, filling classes at our five supporting colleges. 135 Level 1 Apprentices were registered and eligible to attend Level 1 this year. Between 2016-2018, LO registered 283 apprentices and 73 employers in eastern and southwestern Ontario. With the registrations growing in the two regions, in early 2019, the Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities (MTCU) acknowledged LO’s efforts and approved that LO expand our Group Sponsor region and we assumed the role of registering all apprentices across the province to the Horticulture Technician 441C Apprenticeship Program.

LO continues to support our five colleges offering the in-class training portion of the program: Algonquin College (Ottawa), Fanshawe College (London), Humber College (Toronto), Loyalist College (Belleville) and Mohawk College (Stoney Creek).

It is important to note that the Group Sponsor program has enabled and advanced LO’s government relations work and has provided access to partnerships and programs that support our workforce development objectives. LO appreciates the work undertaken by the MTCU and Ontario College of Trades (OCOT) to enable our profession’s Horticulture Technician Apprenticeship Program and workforce development initiatives.

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The Professional Development Seminar Program season was affected by the LO office renovation and winter weather challenges. However, with incredible effort by staff and with the support, patience and understanding of our partners, instructors, and participants, we still managed to provide 90 relevant professional development opportunities to over 1,000 professional employers and their workforce.

LO continues to work on distance learning connections and partnership in tandem with the Distance Education Committee who is working on strategy forward.

The Water Smart Irrigation Professional (WSIP) training and certification program sponsored by our municipal partners, the Region of Peel, York Region and the City of Hamilton, continues to provide specialized training, audit software and certification to the sector. The program is growing and currently promotes 41 certified companies who employ 88 individuals as Water Smart Irrigation Professionals that provide “water smart” irrigation system efficiency and maintenance services to clients to support environmental protection and sustainable water use. As we conclude the end of our five-year program agreement, LO wished to recognize and thanks the Region of Peel and York Region for their leadership contributions and sponsorship to develop and deliver the WSIP program. It would not have been possible without them. We also want to thank the Region of Peel and York Region for granting LO permission to continue to offer the program to irrigation contractors across the province in future.

The Fusion Landscape Professional (FLP) training and certification program celebrates three years of training and certification program delivery. Thanks to our municipal partners, the Region of Peel and York Region who recognize the critical role that the landscape profession has in addressing and managing the adverse effects of climate change, conserving water resources and addressing lotlevel stormwater management. The Fusion Landscape Professionals (FLP) program, was developed to expand the current knowledge base for experienced professionals who provide design/installation and/or maintenance products and services to their clients. The FLP program strives to inspire Fusion Landscapes as an industry standard and encourages collaboration between Landscape professionals so that Fusion principles and elements are considered and incorporated into every landscape.

The program is growing and currently promotes 34 certified companies employing 42 individual professionals as Fusion Landscape Professionals.

The Landscape Industry Certification Program is undergoing change in Canada. This past year was focused on working with the CNLA to offer in-progress and new candidates the opportunity to complete the following Technician exams for Hardscape and Softscape Installation, and Ornamental and Turf Maintenance and earn their designations. In Ontario, we hosted two exam days at LO’s home office in Milton and one at Fanshawe College aimed at the Horticulture Diploma second year students who aspire to complete their program with both a Diploma and Landscape Industry Certification.

The CNLA is working with all provinces and a consultant to develop and launch a new program in 2020.

Current Certification designation holders will not be affected by these changes.

The Certified Landscape Designer (CLD), the Certified Landscape Manager (CLM) and the Landscape Company Accreditation programs continued to be offered to industry professionals and recognize firms and individuals who strive to be best in class.

Health and Safety continues to be a priority and LO is active on several committees and represents the profession to communicate our issues. Members benefit from our trusted partnership with Workplace Prevention Services (WSPS), to deliver health and safety communications, programs and resources to support our members toward providing healthy and safe workplaces.

This past year we continued focus on providing feedback on some system legislative changes and future programs to be offered including: • Prevention System • WSIB Rate Framework • Small Business tools • Workplace Mental Health • Contractor Safety • Employer Accreditation • Etc. Over the past year, strategic planning and action plan development kept us busy in addition to the abundant offering of programs and services. Conversations with partners and the new provincial government continued to emphasize the need for workforce development solutions. Our profession continued to experience a severe shortage of low, medium and high skilled workers due to the impact of the retiring workforce, and the growing demand for landscape and horticulture professionals who design, build and maintain healthy green infrastructure and support some of the solutions to negative impacts caused by climate change. We are recognized as a profession with ‘in-demand’ careers and our efforts will continue to focus on developing strategic solutions that reduce the pressures caused by a workforce shortage, and provide relevant workforce development and professional development opportunities that support our objectives to create a climate where our Employers of Choice have access to a Workforce of Choice and can professionally meet consumer demand.

I attended a roundtable conference in Ottawa hosted by CAHRC on June 25 of this year. CAHRC is the leading authority on Labour Market Information (LMI) for agriculture in Canada.

At this conference they presented their research findings and projections for the next ten years. For me, the most jarring projection was a slide stating that the only available labour by the year 2025 would be new immigrants. What is disturbing is that the unemployment rate in Ontario is at historical lows and yet youth unemployment is at record highs! We continue to try and find ways to engage our youth in our trade but this has proved difficult.

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Today, I sat down with four very astute individuals, Tony and Sally from Landscape Ontario and Victor and Leslie from Canadian Nursery Landscape Association. We are embarking on a new, joint, initiative to facilitate new sources of labour, train those individuals and place them with qualified employers.

It is a grand plan that will take a lot of resources and willpower, but if the staff at LO and CNLA can’t do it then nobody can.

Respectfully submitted, Harold Deenen CLM Chair 2018-2019

Every year Landscape Ontario benefits from amazing contributions through the volunteer efforts of members, who serve their association throughout the year in a wide variety of duties.

Sitting on various committees, LO members help to decide the future of the profession and the association, or helping to plan, organize and run many special events. Landscape Ontario’s world-class events, education and programs are the direct result of the thousands of volunteer hours that help to keep the association strong and valuable. Members who have freely offered their time, energy and expertise are listed below:

Pesticide Industry Council Chair: Gavin Dawson Secretary: Tony DiGiovanni Manager PIC: Tom Somerville

In 2000, the Ontario Ministry of Environment (MOE) implemented new requirements under the Pesticide Act (originally, Ontario Regulation 914). Under these new requirements, anyone who applied pesticides had to be either MOE licensed or have Technician Status. The new regulation required that all unlicensed assistants, working with licensed exterminators, must complete a basic pesticide safety course to acquire the Technician Status in order to legally apply pesticides. The Pesticide Technician Program (PTP) has been amended to reflect the changes brought about by the 2009 Cosmetic Ban on pesticides (Regulation 63-09).

The PTP was established as the “basic pesticide safety course” to acquire Technician Status and meet the new requirements. The PTP is a two-part basic pesticide safety program that incorporates both a practical component and an academic exam in the training requirements.

The Pesticide Industry Council (PIC) was formed on behalf of the pesticide industry and has worked with MOE since 2000 to meet the requirements and administer the Pesticide Technician Program.

PIC is a council that has representation from Hydro One, Ontario Golf Superintendents Association, Professional Lawn Care Association of Ontario, Urban Pest Management Council, Crop Protection Institute, International Society of Arboriculture, Ontario Parks Association, Ontario Vegetation Management Association, Structural Pest Management Association, University of Guelph and Landscape Ontario.

This is the 19th year the PIC has administered the Pesticide Technician Program and the tenth year working within the Cosmetic Ban on pesticides (Regulation 63-09).

In the 2018-2019 season, approx 1100 technicians cards were generated through the Pesticide Technician Program (PTP) program. This is a significant increase from years past.

Jamie Aalbers Northern Mini Roses Keren Abu M.E. Contracting Randy Adams RM Adams Trucking Ltd Robert Adams Adams Landscaping and Property Maintenance Jon Agg Pristine Property Maintenance Ltd Rob Albrecht John’s Nursery Brian Alcock Alcock Nurseries Ltd Bob Allen RW Allen Horticultural Services Inc Kevin Almeida Almeida & Almeida Landscaping Ltd David Amadori Adam Angeloni Downsview Park Dean Armstrong Vanden Bussche Irrigation Jessica Aytoun Siamak Bay Greenbay Northern Ltd Carla Bailey TLC Professional Landscaping Justin Baker Wright Landscape Services Andrew Barbour Connon Nurseries/CBV Holdings Inc Paul Barker Automatic Rain Andrew Barz Meadowbrook Landscape Contracting Inc

Respectfully submitted, Tom Somerville Manager, 2018-2019

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Jim Bauer Bauer Landscape & Garden Maintenance Jessica Baun Innovative Surface Solutions Paul BeauParlant Innovative Surface Solutions Sarah Beckon Allweather Landscape Co Ltd Rob Beedie Environs Wholesale Nursery Bill Beldham Barry Benjamin Barry Benjamin & Associates Lee Benson SimpLee Gardens Thomas Blatter CLP Dreamestate Landscaping Inc Michael Boffo Boffo Landscaping Inc Gerald Boot CLM Boot’s Landscaping & Maintenance Ltd Dan Booth B.P. Landscaping & Snow Removal John Bos Bos Landscaping Michael Boucher LP Landscape Plus Inc Neil Bouma Picture Perfect Landscaping Quinte Ltd Frank Bourque CCPI, ARPT Greenmark Gerwin Bouman Stam Nurseries Inc Scott Bowman Speare Seeds

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Volunteers Ryan Boyd Peter Smit & Sons Inc Mark Bradley LMN/TBG Environmental Inc Adam Braun, CLT Partridge Fine Landscapes Ltd Dave Braun Braun Nursery Limited Peter Bride Landesign Inc Ken Brooks Loyalist College Michael Brownbridge PhD Vineland Research and Innovation Centre Robert Brubacher Infinite Possibilities Group Inc Paul Brydges BLA, CLD, LA, APALA, ASLA, CNLA, CSLA, OALA, FLP

Brydges Landscape Architecture Inc Cindy Buelow Baseline Nurseries & Garden Centre Irene Bultena Eloquip Ltd Steve Burgess Braun Nursery Limited Tyler Burnell Burtro Lawn Sprinklers Ltd Margot Byers Ladybird Garden Design Connie Cadotte Garden Retreats Inc Megan Campbell Marsh Canada Limited Thomas Carre Innovative Surface Solutions Marc Carriere Permacon Ottawa Laura Catalano Nisco National Leasing Kin Chan DA Gracey & Associates Harry Chang Humber College Phil Charal Allweather Landscape Co Ltd Terry Childs Nature’s Way Landscaping Michael Chudy Gardenzilla Lawn & Garden Chris Church B.R. Dickson Equipment Inc

Aldo Cianfrini Ministry of Education Chris Clayton Christopher Clayton Landscape Architect Dan Clost Connon Nurseries Brian Cocks CHT Brian Cocks Nursery & Landscaping Andrew Colautti Cohen and Cohen Natural Stone Craig Cole Cedar Springs Landscape Group Justin Comacchio Region of Peel David Comfort CLT Pam Cook Fanshawe College Main Campus Douglas Coote DG Coote Enterprises Barb Coote DG Coote Enterprises Pamela Cooze Hortprotect Andrew Cordeiro Done-Right Lawn Sprinkler & Landscape Lighting Inc Sal Costante Cedar Springs Decks and Fences Erin Crawford-Ellis Hill’N Dale Landscaping Tim Cruickshanks Cruickshanks Property Services Inc Jen Cuddie Cuddie Landscape Planning Ben Cullen Mark’s Choice Ltd Bruce Cullen Toronto Zoo Mark Cullen Mark’s Choice Ltd Jon Cundy S. Charlebois Haulage and Excavating Ltd Andrew Dancsak CLT Permacon Gavin Dawson TRUGREEN Ltd Judy deBoer-Bell Treefrog Design Paul DeGroot NVK Holdings Inc

Everett DeJong Redbud Supply Inc Allard DeVries DeVries Landscaping & Maintenance Inc Lexi Dearborn Dearborn Designs & Associates Harold Deenen CLP Hank Deenen Landscaping Ltd

Bill Degraaf Permacon Rhonda Derue Derue Designs Keith Desjardins Desjardins Landscaping Inc Michael Di Nunzio Vanden Bussche Irrigation Frank DiMarco DiMarco Landscape Lighting Phil Dickie Barry Dickson B.R. Dickson Equipment Inc Jason Dietrich Ace Lawn Care Inc Marina Dimitriadis Dimitriadis Design Build Daniel Domingues Aquaman Irrigation Paulo Domingues Aquaman Irrigation Mark Donohue Rain Bird International Paul Doornbos CLP, CLT Thornbusch Landscaping Company Inc Lindsay Drake Nightingale Yorkshire Garden Services Inc Matthew Dressing CLT Sheridan Nurseries Limited Penelope Dunlop Jon Durzi Miller Waste Systems Inc (Miller Compost) Ken Dutka Hill’N Dale Landscaping Jim Edmonds The Gardener Landscaping Beth Edney CLD CIFD Designs By The Yard Janet Ennamorato Creative Garden Designs Inc Kevin Falls Speare Seeds

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Jeremy Feenstra Floristerra Greenhouses and Landscape Centre Carmine Filice CLP Greentario Landscaping (2006) Inc Mark Fisher The Escarpment Company Carol Fulford Pristine Property Maintenance Ltd Shawn Gallaugher Shawn Gallaugher Design Michael Garcia Soares Landscaping Inc Dan Garlatti Garlatti Landscaping Inc Trevor Garner LP Landscape Plus Inc Paul Gaspar Weed Man Jason Gaw Sycamore Landscape Brandon Gelderman Gelderlands Inc Hank Gelderman Gelderman Landscape Services Deborah Gendreau Gelderman Landscape Services Tony Giammichele Big Green Property Services Ltd Brent Giles Clintar Shawn Giovanetti Techo-Bloc Inc James Godbold Hill’N Dale Landscaping Lee Gould Smart About Salt Council Matt Gove The Local Gardener Tyler Graham District School Board of Niagara Marc Green The Backyard Urban Farm Company Jeff Gregg V Kraus Nurseries Limited Perry Grobe Grobe Nursery & Garden Centre Michael Gucciardi International Landscaping Inc Peter Guinane Oriole Landscaping Ltd

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David Gunn Gunn-Duncan Landscaping Ltd Raffy Hanimyan Elite Concrete Ed Hansen Hansen Lawn & Gardens Ltd Nancy Harasym Gallery Home and Garden Jeremy Harris BA Region of Peel Violet Harris Grant Harrison CLT Nextra Consulting Rohan Harrison Premier Turf Inc Wendy Harry London Chapter Coordinator Carl Hastings Moonstruck Lighting Ltd Nathan Helder BSc (Agr) Gelderman Landscape Services Jorg Hermanns Hermanns Contracting Ltd Steve Hernandez Turf Care Products Canada Ltd John Higo Illumicare Group Limited Terence Hills Manderley Turf Products Inc Peter Hrgetic Best Way Stone Ltd Mark Humphries Humphries Landscape Services Rebecca Hurrell Bobcat of Toronto and Bobcat of Barrie Diane Hutchinson Walter’s Greenhouse Kim Iceton Somerville Nurseries Inc Colin Imrie Bobcat of Tri Cities Ltd Neil Innes Craig Kielburger Secondary School Tom Intven Canadale Nurseries Ltd Ron Iserhot Vanden Bussche Irrigation Kevin Jack Scotts Canada (Fafard) Sean James NPD Sean James Consulting & Design Kevin Jensen The Toro Company Heather Jerrard TLC Professional Landscaping Joan Johnston Peter Knippel Nursery Inc Kennedy Johnston Peter Knippel Nursery Inc

Jennifer Llewellyn BSc, MSc Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Scott Lloyd Lloyd’s Landscape Contracting Rebecca Lord International Society of Arboriculture, Ontario Chapter Richard Lubbers CLT Lawrence Park Complete Garden Care Ltd Brenda Luckhardt Sheridan Nurseries Limited Michael Luelo Oaks Landscape Products Arvils Lukss Landscapes By Lucin Glen Lumis PhD University of Guelph Mike Lunau CLT, CLM Eckhard Lutz Waterloo Region District School Board Cory MacCallum Greenscape Watering Systems Ltd Fran MacKenzie Bay King Chrysler Steve Macartney Raintree Irrigation & Outdoor Systems John Mantel AVK Nursery Holdings Inc Laura Marsh Earth Art Landscapes Inc Kevin Marshall CLT Turf Pro Landscaping Ryan Marshall Turf Pro Landscaping Ken Martin Ken Martin Landscape Lighting and Design Steve Marysiuk Rain Bird International Chris Mason Sheridan Nurseries Limited Mark Mastantuono Clintar Landscape Management Teresa Matamoros Garden Holistics Inc Pamela McCormick Simply Landscaping & Garden Designs Jim McCracken Hugh McCracken Limited Jeff McMann NPD, ISA, CHT, TRAQ Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries Burke McNeill Don McQueen Nutri-Lawn - Burlington Irrigation John Mcintosh Enviromasters Lawn Care Norm Mills The Gardenin’ Guy

David Jones The Gardener Inc Matt Kaufman Greensleeve Maintenance Ltd Tim Kearney CLP Garden Creations of Ottawa Ltd Kelly Keates Ginkgo Design Robert Kennaley Kennaley Construction Law Michelle Kent Energized Surroundings Christoph Kessel Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Kimberly Khoury Clintar Allan Kling CLP Urban Garden Ben Kobes Kobes Nurseries Inc Luke Koudys Ron Koudys Landscape Architects Inc Ron Koudys BLA, MED, OALA, CSLA, ASLA, RLA, MICHIGAN, CLD

Ron Koudys Landscape Architects Inc Michael LaPorte CHT Clearview Nursery Ltd Wendy Ladd Jim Pattison Lease John Ladds Turf Management Systems Inc John Lamberink Aquality Irrigation and Illumination Marty Lamers Oaks Landscape Products David Lammers Garden Grove Landscaping Nick Lang Brown’s Concrete Products Limited John Larsen Garden City Groundskeeping Services Chris Le Conte Smart Watering Systems Serge Leclair Kam’s Growers Supply Inc Chris Lecour Target Specialty Products Randi Lee Bell Exel Contracting Inc Stephanie LeBlanc Ashton Insurance Inc Skai Leja Skai Leja Landscape Design Chris Lemcke Weed Man USA - Turf Holdings Inc Jennifer Lemcke Weed Man USA - Turf Holdings Inc

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David Milne Quercus Gardens Christine Moffit Christine’s Touch Gardening Ltd Jim Monk Markham Property Services Steve Montcalm Gifford Associates Insurance Brokers Conrad Monteiro Moonstruck Lighting Ltd John Moons Joseph Morello Premier Landscaping & Design Ltd Nick Morgante Unilock Limited Chip Morningstar Janet Mott Christine’s Touch Gardening Ltd Etti Mountain Barrie’s Garden Centre Christopher Muller O.J. Muller Landscape Contractor Ltd Terry Murphy Mohawk College Vince Murphy Caesars Windsor Jay Murray TLC Professional Landscaping Allan Nason Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School Rob Naraj CHT Sheridan Nurseries Limited Steve Neumann Algonquin College Roy Neves DJ Rain & Co Ltd Terry Nicholson Clintar Jeff Olsen Brookdale Treeland Nurseries Ltd Tanya Olsen Humber College Dave O’Malley CSP Brooklin Concrete Products Corp Mark Ostrowski Laurel Forest Farms Tyler Owen Thunderbolt Contracting Inc Luke Pallister Marsh Canada Limited Rebecca Parker NVK Holdings Inc Audrey Partridge Partridge Fine Landscapes Ltd Michael Pascoe NPD, ODH, CLT, MSc Fanshawe College

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Ed Patchell Ferguson Forest Centre Brad Paton CLT Shades of Summer Landscaping & Maintenance Warren Patterson Barrie’s Garden Centre Ken Pavely Lawn Life Natural Turf Products Devantae Pearce Parkdale Green Thumb Enterprises Michelle Peeters Baseline Nurseries & Garden Centre John Peets John Peets Landscaping Joe Pereira Landscapes By Lucin Brian Perras B.P. Landscaping & Snow Removal Jamie Perras B.P. Landscaping & Snow Removal John Perriman Mountview Services Inc Jesse Perrin Green Things Landscaping 2010 Frans Peters Humber Nurseries Ltd Jon Peter NPD, OAC Royal Botanical Gardens Chloe Phillip Adele Pierre Adele Pierre Landscape Architect Erica Pignatelli Best Way Stone Ltd Carolyne Planck Unilock Limited Julie Poirier Oriole Landscaping Ltd Irina Polstvin Paul Proulx Hunter Industries Inc Bill Putzer Putzer (M) Hornby Nursery Ltd Jen Raedts LA Gardens Sarah Rafols Rob Redden In-Lite Design Corporation Greg Redshaw Redleaf Landscape Inc Garry Reisky Terraform Contracting Jamie Riddell SiteOne Landscape Supply Mike Riehm Envirobond Products Jay Rivait Lakeshore Landscaping

Tim Rivard Bobcat of Hamilton Ltd Richard Rogers R J Rogers Landscaping Ltd Lindsey Ross Living Green Landscaping Inc Robert Roszell Road Equipment Links Gregg Salivan Salivan Landscape Ltd Joe Santarosa, Jr Santerra Stonecraft Greg Schaafsma Grand River Natural Stone Ltd Steve Schell The Plant Lady Inc Jonathan Scott Gelderman Landscape Services Haig Seferian OALA, CSLA, FASLA,

Mike Stone Willowlee Sod Farms Ltd Laurie-Ann Stuart LA Gardens Ron Swentiski CLD Trillium Associates Ralph Szymankiewicz Greenscape Natnael Taera Landscape Irrigation Systems Inc Colleen Tataryn CLT Donald Tellier ODH, CLIA, CIC, CID, CLT Deerbrook Landscaping And Nursery Jay Terryberry St Clair College Robert Tester TNT Property Maintenance Gerrit Tervrugt Marc Thiebaud OGS Grounds Maintenance Specialists Rene Thiebaud OGS Landscape Services Michael Thomas The Investment Guild Jeff Thompson BES, RHAP Native Plant Source Heidi Timm Timm Enterprises Ltd Kyle Tobin LawnSavers Plant Health Care Tim Tripp MSc Neudorff North America Rodger Tschanz University of Guelph Steve Tschanz Turf Management Systems Inc Blake Tubby Arbordale Landscaping Bob Tubby CLP Arbordale Landscaping David Turnbull David Turnbull & Associates Chris Urquhart CLP Green Unlimited Christopher Utter Broadleaf Landscaping & Snow Removal Inc Kurt Vanclief Willowlee Sod Farms Ltd Michael Van Dongen Van Dongen’s Landscaping & Nurseries Ltd Bill Van Ryn Jr Jan van’t Riet Vantreat Ltd Peter Vanderley Vanderley Landscaping

CLD, LO

Seferian Design Group Tony Serwatuk HydroSense Irrigation Design & Consulting Inc Cameron Shaw Guelph Turfgrass Institute Brian Shelfoon Techniseal Janice Shingler Sheridan Nurseries Limited Gord Shuttleworth Delaware Nursery Ltd Blake Sicard UPI Energy FS Klaas Sikkema Ron Sikkema B.P. Landscaping & Snow Removal Jeff Smith Lynden Lawn Care James Solecki Integra Bespoke Lighting Systems Nick Solty Solty and Sons Ltd Fred Somerville Somerville Nurseries Inc Tom Somerville Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association Shawn Sowten IPS Melissa Spearing Grounds Unlimited Jonas Spring Ecoman Karl Stensson Sheridan Nurseries Limited Mary Stewart Living Green Landscaping Inc

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Art Vanden Enden CHT Sheridan Nurseries Limited Mandy Vandenberg Town of Richmond Hill Audriana VanderWerf Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury Brent Vanderkruk NVK Holdings Inc Mark Vanderkruk NVK Holdings Inc Neil Vanderkruk NVK Holdings Inc Mark Verbinnen Verbinnen’s Nursery Ltd Jason Vettese Best Way Stone Ltd James Walke Total Gardening Services Ltd Bruce Warren Eilleen Warren Mike Watson Kelly’s Tree Care Ltd Andrea Weddum Royal Botanical Gardens Andrew Wentworth Wentworth Landscapes Scott Wentworth Wentworth Landscapes Jeanine West PhytoServ Kerry Whale Allturf Ltd Alan White Turf Systems Inc Mark Wilkie Blythedale Sand & Gravel Charlie Wilson Bruce Wilson Landscaping Ltd Nick Winkelmolen Winkelmolen Nursery Ltd Jarrett Woodard Grand River Brick & Stone Richard Worsley Uxbridge Nurseries Limited Jake Woudstra Pro Lawn Landscaping Ltd Dave Wright Wright Landscape Services Andre Ypma Modern Earthscapes Land Design Alex Zalewski Infinite Possibilities Group Inc Fiore Zenone Tumbleweed Landscape Contracting Youbin Zheng University of Guelph Monica van Maris Van Maris Holdings

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Landscape Ontario Audited Financial Statements YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, 2019 Balance Sheet Assets Cash Investments Accrued Interest Accounts Receivable Loan Receivable Prepaid Expenses Land/Building-Vineland Land/Building-Head Office CNLA-Equity Position Total Assets Liabilities and Surplus Accounts Payable Accounts Payable-Sector Groups Accounts Payable-Chapters Accounts Payable-Special Projects Deferred Revenue Horticultural Centre Improvement Fund Horticultural Profession Development Fund Technology Fund Promotion Fund Legacy Fund Net Income Total Liabilities and Surplus

2018 Audited Statements

2019 Audited Statements

185,626 12,485,703 71,846 2,673,612 0 691,088 57,645 825,285 0 16,990,804

(298,848) 8,324,983 101,679 3,113,825 720,000 643,192 57,645 5,601,175 (560,117) 17,703,533

784,516 42,254 591,979 346,496 3,516,390 4,423,455 1,058,275 24,050 11,066 6,043,276 149,048 16,990,804

687,204 50,227 601,591 739,326 3,551,877 5,015,649 809,556 16,243 2,916 6,111,725 117,218 17,703,533

Fund Allocations

2018 Audited Statements

2019 Audited Statements

1,386,907 (447,172) 118,540 0 129,048 1,187,323

1,187,323 (504,283) 126,515 0 0 809,556

4,181,486 (306,258) 295,322 252,905 0 4,423,455

4,423,455 (4,901,956) 1,278,378 4,215,772 87,218 5,102,867

Technology Fund Opening Balance Expenditures Transfer from Net Income Closing Balance

30,507 (6,457) 10,000 34,050

34,050 (17,806) 10,000 26,243

Promotion Fund Opening Balance Expenditures Transfer from Net Income Closing Balance

21,066 (10,000) 10,000 21,066

21,066 (18,150) 20,000 22,916

5,657,348 0 385,928 0 0 6,043,276

6,043,276 0 68,448 0 0 6,111,725

Horticultural Profession Development Fund Opening Balance Expenditures Revenues-Funding/Miscellaneous Transfer from (to) other funds Transfer from Net Income Closing Balance Horticultural Centre Improvement Fund Opening Balance Expenditures Revenues-Funding/Miscellaneous Capitalized Renovation Expenses Transfer from Net Income Closing Balance

Legacy Fund Opening Balance Expenditures Revenues-Funding/Miscellaneous Transfer from (to) other funds Transfer from Net Income Closing Balance

Income Statement - Departmental Summary Pre-Allocations

Revenue General Membership Publications Congress Education Total Revenue Expenses General Membership Publications Congress Education Total Expenses Net Income (Loss)

2018 Audited Statements

2019 Audited Statements

2019 Revised Budgets

2020 Revised Budgets

2021 Proposed Budgets

230,284 1,482,786 935,893 2,344,001 211,210 5,204,174

196,851 1,536,917 856,088 2,439,309 163,025 5,192,188

172,164 1,492,000 1,004,000 2,306,900 224,800 5,199,864

218,100 1,582,000 819,900 2,365,275 231,000 5,216,275

218,100 1,582,000 819,900 2,365,275 231,000 5,216,275

2,654,872 752,833 244,495 1,271,307 131,620 5,055,126

2,678,627 760,250 249,233 1,266,836 120,024 5,074,970

2,681,500 806,664 238,000 1,278,110 151,125 5,155,399

2,689,000 782,296 293,200 1,298,636 149,000 5,212,132

2,689,000 782,296 293,200 1,298,636 149,000 5,212,132

149,048

117,218

44,465

4,143

4,143

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Landscape Ontario Audited Financial Statements YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, 2019 Income Statement - General Revenue Rent Administration Fees Earned Interest Gains/Losses-Investments Information Technology/Web Fees Miscellaneous Total Revenue Administrative Expenses Property Taxes Telephone Hydro Heat Water Maintenance-Yard Maintenance-Building Office Supplies Office Equipment Computer Equipment/Software Information Technology/Web Expenses Postage Courier Audit Legal Fees Advertising Insurance Expense Meeting Expenses Travel Dues and Subscriptions Donations Training (Staff) Miscellaneous Expenses Bank Charges and Interest (Gain) Loss on Foreign Exchange Total Expenses Compensation Wages Benefits Source Deductions Total Compensation Total Expenses Net Income (Loss) Wage Allocations Overhead Allocations Net Income (Loss) Net of Allocations

Income Statement - Education Revenue Special Projects Trade Courses Certification Total Revenue Expenses Special Projects Trade Courses Certification Promotion Foundation Scholarships Funding Total Expenses Net Income (Loss) Wage Allocations Overhead Allocations Net Income (Loss) Net of Allocations

2018 Audited Statements

2019 Audited Statements

2019 Revised Budgets

2020 Revised Budgets

2021 Proposed Budgets

94,155 87,622 35,127 5,350 7,650 380 230,284

48,585 85,474 48,907 8,668 4,450 767 196,851

40,000 85,000 30,000 10,000 6,664 500 172,164

84,600 65,000 50,000 10,000 8,000 500 218,100

84,600 65,000 50,000 10,000 8,000 500 218,100

66,576 21,679 34,623 15,768 4,994 55,301 56,364 30,511 10,805 9,896 22,374 14,291 554 21,000 2,999 350 25,004 19,885 79,106 8,250 508 3,803 16,433 80,873 (22,493) 579,453

77,133 22,368 17,102 24,317 4,457 51,122 37,370 28,476 24,975 15,468 23,079 7,990 429 20,750 0 500 7,364 22,029 81,914 9,057 250 3,373 24,890 79,572 (15,058) 568,929

100,000 23,000 50,000 18,000 6,000 40,000 50,000 30,000 10,000 8,000 23,000 13,000 500 22,000 2,000 500 22,000 20,000 65,000 10,000 1,000 2,500 15,000 80,000 (10,000) 601,500

67,000 22,000 44,500 25,000 10,000 50,000 30,000 25,000 25,000 10,000 24,000 9,000 500 22,000 1,000 500 25,000 22,000 80,000 9,000 500 3,000 15,000 80,000 (15,000) 585,000

67,000 22,000 44,500 25,000 10,000 50,000 30,000 25,000 25,000 10,000 24,000 9,000 500 22,000 1,000 500 25,000 22,000 80,000 9,000 500 3,000 15,000 80,000 (15,000) 585,000

1,804,593 163,937 106,889 2,075,420

1,838,128 155,683 115,888 2,109,698

1,810,000 160,000 110,000 2,080,000

1,830,000 160,000 114,000 2,104,000

1,830,000 160,000 114,000 2,104,000

2,654,872 (2,424,588) 1,547,784 680,223 (196,581)

2,678,627 (2,481,776) 1,477,941 672,399 (331,436)

2,681,500 (2,509,336)

2,689,000 (2,470,900)

2,689,000 (2,470,900)

2018 Audited Statements

2019 Audited Statements

2019 Revised Budgets

2020 Revised Budgets

2021 Proposed Budgets

20,960 183,577 6,673 211,210

730 154,012 8,283 163,025

20,000 203,500 1,300 224,800

5,000 220,000 6,000 231,000

5,000 220,000 6,000 231,000

25,056 81,664 2,549 10,350 12,000 131,620

2,317 92,592 6,406 6,710 12,000 120,024

25,600 100,150 1,700 11,675 12,000 151,125

5,000 110,000 6,000 8,000 20,000 149,000

5,000 110,000 6,000 8,000 20,000 149,000

79,591 (177,085) (85,028) (182,523)

43,001 (212,689) (84,050) (253,738)

73,675

82,000

82,000

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Landscape Ontario Audited Financial Statements YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, 2019 Income Statement - Publishing, Landscape Trades Magazine

Revenue Advertising Web Display Ads Polybag Classified Ads Direct E-Blasts E-Letter Subscriptions Member Subscriptions Total Revenue

2018 Audited Statements

2019 Audited Statements

2019 Revised Budgets

2020 Revised Budgets

2021 Proposed Budgets

687,042 930 35,328 785 0 0 1,381 44,000 769,466

602,818 610 29,718 165 0 0 923 44,000 678,234

735,000 1,000 35,000 500 0 0 1,500 44,000 817,000

540,000 1,000 32,000 500 24,000 5,700 1,000 44,000 648,200

540,000 1,000 32,000 500 24,000 5,700 1,000 44,000 648,200

Discounts Member Discounts Agency Discounts Total Discounts

87,809 13,707 101,516

76,584 11,591 88,176

75,000 15,000 90,000

79,000 12,000 91,000

79,000 12,000 91,000

Gross Revenue

667,950

590,058

727,000

557,200

557,200

Expenses Printing Freelance Editorial Editorial Travel Sales Travel Mail Preparation Poly Bag Costs Postage (2nd Class) Postage (Foreign) Courier Charges Subscription Campaign Promotion/Media Kits Circulation Audit Miscellaneous Bad Debts Total Expenses

60,281 9,684 251 15,393 3,464 8,096 55,330 3,410 1,472 0 5,082 4,348 1,906 0 168,718

56,104 14,197 1,204 16,065 3,602 10,038 58,511 4,164 513 3,320 3,553 4,098 0 0 175,370

62,000 10,000 1,000 13,000 2,800 10,000 59,000 2,800 800 0 2,000 5,500 250 1,000 170,150

74,000 15,000 1,000 13,000 3,500 12,000 75,000 3,200 500 12,000 2,000 4,500 250 1,000 216,950

74,000 15,000 1,000 13,000 3,500 12,000 75,000 3,200 500 12,000 2,000 4,500 250 1,000 216,950

Net Income (Loss)

499,231

414,688

556,850

340,250

340,250

Income Statement - Publishing, Landscape Ontario Magazine

Revenue Advertising Polybag Classified Ads Web Classified Ads Enews Ads Subscriptions Member Subscriptions Total Revenue

2018 Audited Statements

2019 Audited Statements

2019 Revised Budgets

2020 Revised Budgets

2021 Proposed Budgets

168,719 15,494 495 0 24,650 77 44,000 253,435

152,856 14,801 45 0 28,725 77 44,000 240,504

190,000 15,000 500 0 17,000 0 44,000 266,500

135,000 15,000 200 0 37,000 0 44,000 231,200

135,000 15,000 200 0 37,000 0 44,000 231,200

25,484 1,651 27,135

23,174 1,601 24,775

26,000 1,500 27,500

23,000 1,500 24,500

23,000 1,500 24,500

226,300

215,729

239,000

206,700

206,700

Expenses Printing Freelance Editorial Editorial Travel Mail Preparations Polybag Costs Postage Miscellaneous Bad Debts Total Expenses

28,333 0 3,137 3,025 6,050 18,482 1,376 0 60,404

24,609 0 403 3,534 5,409 20,177 2,613 0 56,744

25,000 0 2,000 2,600 5,000 17,500 250 500 52,850

28,000 2,000 1,000 3,000 4,500 19,000 250 500 58,250

28,000 2,000 1,000 3,000 4,500 19,000 250 500 58,250

Net Income (Loss)

165,896

158,985

186,150

148,450

148,450

Discounts Member Discounts Agency Discounts Total Discounts Gross Revenue

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Landscape Ontario Audited Financial Statements YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, 2019 Income Statement - Publishing, Special Projects

Revenue Expenses Net Income (Loss)

2018 Audited Statements 41,644 15,372 26,272

2019 Audited Statements 50,301 17,120 33,181

2018 Audited Statements 691,399 (466,730) (127,542) 97,127

2019 Audited Statements 606,854 (390,534) (126,075) 90,246

2019 Revised Budgets 38,000 15,000 23,000

2020 Revised Budgets 56,000 18,000 38,000

2021 Proposed Budgets 56,000 18,000 38,000

2019 Revised Budgets

2020 Revised Budgets

2021 Proposed Budgets

Summary - Publishing

Net Income (Loss) - Publishing Department Wage Allocations Overhead Allocations Net Income (Loss) Net of Allocations

Income Statement - Membership Services

Revenue Membership Dues Awards of Excellence Merchandise Referral Fees Total Revenue General Expenses CNLA Membership Dues Member Subscriptions Awards of Excellence Membership Plaques Annual Report Merchandise Membership Booth Promotion-Members Promotion-Canada Blooms Promotion-GFL/Branding Total Expenses Chapters and Sector Groups Durham Georgian Lakelands Golden Horseshoe London Ottawa Toronto Upper Canada Waterloo Windsor Designers Garden Centre Grounds Maintenance Growers Interiorscape Irrigation Landscape Contractors Landscape Lighting Snow and Ice Turf Management Total Chapter and Sector Group Expenses Total Expenses Net Income (Loss) Wage Allocations Overhead Allocations Net Income (Loss) Net of Allocations

2018 Audited Statements

2019 Audited Statements

1,303,287 80,275 2,200 97,024 1,482,786

1,349,472 77,728 1,670 108,047 1,536,917

1,350,000 80,000 2,000 60,000 1,492,000

1,400,000 80,000 2,000 100,000 1,582,000

1,400,000 80,000 2,000 100,000 1,582,000

383,968 88,000 100,877 165 3,161 0 14,147 32,471 45,370 0 668,159

394,966 88,000 113,046 124 2,474 820 11,221 17,867 48,001 0 676,519

410,000 88,000 100,000 0 3,000 2,500 15,000 40,000 40,000 0 698,500

410,000 88,000 113,000 0 3,000 2,000 12,000 25,000 20,000 0 673,000

410,000 88,000 113,000 0 3,000 2,000 12,000 25,000 20,000 0 673,000

9,232 9,588 9,786 8,464 9,406 11,044 5,120 9,484 5,200 995 94 2,809 2,876 0 891 (562) 543 (1,302) 1,006 84,674

9,232 9,700 9,802 8,752 9,404 11,054 5,040 9,500 5,680 1,290 0 539 1,273 0 1,670 137 81 577 0 83,731

9,232 9,700 9,802 8,752 9,404 11,054 5,040 9,500 5,680 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 108,164

9,256 9,808 9,842 8,896 9,416 11,028 5,520 9,530 6,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 109,296

9,256 9,808 9,842 8,896 9,416 11,028 5,520 9,530 6,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 109,296

752,833 729,953 (473,192) (170,056) 86,705

760,250 776,667 (468,028) (168,100) 140,539

806,664 685,336

782,296 799,704

782,296 799,704

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Revenue Exhibit Space Exhibit Space-Partners Registration Sponsorship Miscellaneous Total Revenue

2019 Audited Statements

2019 Revised Budgets

2020 Revised Budgets

2021 Proposed Budgets

2,312,173 49,275 125,783 69,188 5,675 2,562,093

2,393,608 41,750 139,089 71,060 6,440 2,651,946

2,296,900 50,000 120,000 60,000 0 2,526,900

2,350,000 40,000 127,000 62,000 5,675 2,584,675

2,350,000 40,000 127,000 62,000 5,675 2,584,675

214,093 4,000 218,093

208,838 3,800 212,638

215,000 5,000 220,000

215,000 4,400 219,400

215,000 4,400 219,400

Gross Revenue

2,344,001

2,439,309

2,306,900

2,365,275

2,365,275

Expenses Exhibit Hall Security Show Services Feature Area Garden Subsidy Speakers Conferences-Food and Beverage Registration Services Audio Visual Equipment Receptions Printing Promotion Advertising Photography Flowers Move In/Move Out Travel Parking Police Postage Janitorial Software Labour Commissions-Partners Miscellaneous Total Expenses

453,988 27,702 110,082 6,800 22,918 48,018 40,277 44,094 27,578 62,015 18,418 27,908 32,444 2,675 781 114,476 73,395 15,675 2,121 16,586 92,330 11,083 1,500 9,990 8,454 1,271,307

470,967 28,817 124,265 4,750 19,170 35,710 35,075 46,051 25,615 47,831 19,270 37,357 29,866 2,680 0 113,168 75,869 16,145 2,184 12,184 92,330 10,912 1,500 9,375 5,747 1,266,836

467,000 28,000 118,560 4,000 24,000 35,000 29,450 46,300 28,400 55,000 22,300 26,000 36,900 3,000 1,200 117,000 65,000 15,900 2,300 19,500 98,000 12,000 5,000 12,300 6,000 1,278,110

484,876 29,300 118,560 5,000 24,000 35,000 30,000 46,900 28,400 55,000 21,700 26,000 36,300 5,000 1,200 117,000 65,000 16,300 2,300 18,400 98,000 12,000 5,000 11,400 6,000 1,298,636

484,876 29,300 118,560 5,000 24,000 35,000 30,000 46,900 28,400 55,000 21,700 26,000 36,300 5,000 1,200 117,000 65,000 16,300 2,300 18,400 98,000 12,000 5,000 11,400 6,000 1,298,636

Net Income (Loss) Wage Allocations Overhead Allocations Net Income (Loss) Net of Allocations

1,072,694 (430,777) (297,598) 344,319

1,172,472 (406,690) (294,175) 471,607

1,028,790

1,066,639

1,066,639

Discounts Member Discounts Member Discounts-Partners Total Discounts

Investments Year End Aug. 31/18

Year End Aug. 31/19

145,072 400,697 0 450,000 60,000 399,999 125 1,455,893

0 400,697 500,454 450,000 60,000 399,999 412 1,811,562

Mutual Funds/Equities Recorded at Market Value Nexus/RBC Portfolio TD Wealth Portfolio RBC Dominion Securities Totals Mutual Funds/Equities

5,225,201 5,420,507 384,102 11,029,811

3,051,509 2,905,833 556,080 6,513,422

Total Investments

12,485,703

8,324,983

Bonds/GIC’s Recorded at Cost Res Transalta Utilities Res Fairfax Financial TD Bank Province of Quebec Royal Bank GIC (Waterloo Chapter) Bank of Montreal Cash Position Totals-Bonds/GIC’s

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