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CONTENTS Excellence In Landscape Awards Project
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FOCUS: iLandscape Show Guide The Mission to Foster Cultural Understanding Debbie Bartsch narrates a personal journey
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The Pros at Home Bob and Robbi Hursthouse exude personal style
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Form + Function = Elegance Travertine stone demonstrates a new role
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Milton Olive Lee Park 40 A landscape legacy Working with Dan Kiley Joe Karr reflects on his career with Dan Kiley
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Outstanding Perennials 50 Richard Hawke shares his favorites iLandscape 2022 SHOW GUIDE
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Respite and Reflection 92 The Peace Garden at the Illinois Holocaust Museum Trend Spotting Recognizing non-paving trends in hardscapes
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5 Communication Habits of an Intelligent Leader Maintaining your edge as an employer
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Irrigation Update Supply chain woes hit contractors hard
The Micromanger’s Recovery Guide The road to recovery
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La misión de una persona promover la comprensión cultural 130 The Mission to Foster Cultural Understanding Hidden Landscape Gems 142 The Grosse Point Lighthouse Wildflower Garden On the cover... C. B. Conlin won a Gold Award in 2021 for this project titled Garden in a City. The Landscape Contractor February 2022
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DEPARTMENTS ILCA Calendar From Where I Stand President’s Message Classified Ads Advertisers Index
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ILCA Awards Committee Debbie Bartsch Bob Hursthouse Pat Buescher Richard Hawke Site Design
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Readers of this magazine should not think we are trying to avoid dicussion of the COVID-19 pandemic. That information has been extraordinarily presented with the COVID-19 daily email from Scott Grams and the dedicated COVID-19 ILCA Facebook page. The Landscape Contractor magazine will continue to focus on its normal landscape design/construction/maintenance/ and general business content. We hope this approach provides a brief respite from the stresses of the day.
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The official publication of the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association (ILCA), The Landscape Contractor is dedicated to educating, advising and informing members of this industry and furthering the goals of the Association. The Landscape Contractor carries news and features relating to landscape contracting, maintenance, design and allied interests. Publisher is not responsible for unsolicited material and reserves the right to edit any article or advertisement submitted for publication. Publication reserves right to refuse advertising not in keeping with goals of Association. WWW.ilca.net Volume 63, Number 2. The Landscape Contractor (ISSN # 0194-7257, USPS # 476-490) is published monthly for $75.00 per year by the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association, 2625 Butterfield Road, Ste. 104S, Oak Brook, IL 60523. Periodicals postage paid at Oak Brook, IL and additional mailing offices. Printed in USA. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Landscape Contractor, 2625 Butterfield Road, Ste 104S, Oak Brook, IL 60523. DISPLAY ADVERTISING SALES: Association Publishing Partners, Inc., Ph. (630) 637-8632 Fax (630) 637-8629 email: rmgi@comcast.net CLASSIFIED ADS, CIRCULATION AND SUBSCRIPTION: ILCA (630) 472-2851 Fax (630) 472-3150 PUBLISHER/EDITORIAL OFFICE: Rick Reuland, rmgi@comcast.net, Naperville, IL 60540 Ph. (630) 637-8632 PRODUCT DISCLAIMER: The Illinois Landscape Contractors Association, its Board of Directors, the Magazine Committee, ILCA Staff, The Landscape Contractor and its staff, neither endorse any products nor attest to the validity of any statements made about products
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From Where I Stand — Welcome to the 9th annual iLandscape show!
iLandscape is open for business February 2-4, 2022. From the start, we remained committed to an in-person experience that focused on education, networking, and new product awareness. ILCA has held a number of live events over the past 18 months. We are confident in our ability to provide tremendous value while mitigating risk. The Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center is extremely excited to welcome us back. You can expect an even higher level of cleanliness and professionalism than normal. We also want to have one heck of a party! When we were considering what the industry needed after the last two years, everyone agreed — a party. The more we planned, the more we came back to the idea of an old world Mexican street festival. The plaza, fountains, colors, flowers, food, music, and drinks. The more we talked the more we could smell the carnitas, elotes, and cheladas. This theme wasn’t just about a party. The reason we used both English and Spanish was a reflection of the cultures that make our industry great. Never before, have our cultures had to rely on each other for our success and safety. The English and Spanish phrases eventually merge together as One Fiesta. The best parties are the ones where everyone is invited, so let’s get to it. We encourage attendees to let loose at iLandscape 2022. Months have gone into the planning of this party. Obstacles and opportunities were thrown our way. As usual, we leaned on our committees and volunteers to develop a world class program so desperately needed after two years apart. In November, I stood in a room of 350 landscape professionals at our Annual Party. Too much time had passed and I forgot how important networking and connections are to this industry. After a few remarks, we stepped back and just let the landscape industry reconnect, grow, learn, and feel whole again. We have that opportunity again at iLandscape — just 15x bigger. The show has an expanded floor plan with two SOLD OUT exhibit halls: Discovery Hall and Innovation Hall! The show will feature over 275 exhibitors, the hottest products, amazing educational speakers, jawdropping show gardens, ILCA’s Excellence in Landscape Awards Night, Career Fair, a raucous Wednesday night party, a quirky and unforgettable Thursday night networking event, entertainment, prizes, and much more. Attendees can visit over 500 booths to see the latest trends in plants, green industry products, hardscapes, equipment, and more. The world famous Modern Day Romeos headline our Wednesday evening party. iLandscape gathers the best minds in the green industry as part of its educational program. The event features over 50 unique education sessions. Our bookstore will have many of the speakers’ newest offerings and many of the authors will be on hand for book signings. Spanish-language education sessions are available at no additional cost and students can attend the show for free and receive discounted rates on education! Irrigation professionals, arborists, and landscape architects can max out on continuing education units. Our Career Fair featuring 45 top employers caps off the week. If you can’t join us, we understand. If you do, you will join thousands of landscape professionals for three days and two nights of industry fun and excitement. The next landscape season will be here in the blink of an eye. Until then, think about the essential people and cultures that pushed us through the darkest parts of 2020 and 2021. You are all invited to our One Fiesta and your experience begins on page 54.
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President’s Message — As we begin the 9th annual iLandscape Show, I can’t help but revel in how close
and unified our industry really is, and it is no question why this year’s theme, “One Fiesta: Todos Unidos All United,” strikes overwhelmingly true. There is no denying how very competitive the landscape of the Illinois green industry is, especially with so many companies operating within close geographical range to one another. We are comprised of people from all over the horticultural spectrum: Landscapers - design, build, maintenance; growers, nurseries, greenhouses, Landscape Architects and designers, irrigation contractors, lighting specialists, turf growers and installers, garden retailers; and not to mention all the manufacturers and suppliers who support everyone and keep it all running. And in this competitive landscape, we are all trying to leverage our value propositions, customer experience, and unique distinctions to provide for our respective success. So, what is it about these three days in February, that we call the iLandscape Show, that allows us all to ‘play nice’ in the same horticultural sandbox? We may be competitors (sometimes even ruthless), but surely, there must be some secret sauce that brings this unity. After pondering this for quite some time, the answer is simple - Education. Whether attending seminars, walking the tradeshow floor, or networking with other industry colleagues, we are all striving to expand our knowledge and improve; and what better place than with 6,000+ individuals with the same passion for what we do and how we do it? From the newly formed company trying to establish a more professional operation to the well-established, multi-decade old companies - iLandscape is second-to-none in delivering its educational opportunities. When I reflect on iLandscape, it represents much more than just a tradeshow or educational seminar. It stands a beacon of unity, bringing our entire industry together with the common goal of improving our expertise, professionalism, and opportunity as individuals and an industry-atlarge. The tireless efforts of the ILCA staff and the various committees that put in countless hours to deliver such an incredible experience often goes unnoticed and I think we all owe a debt of gratitude to each of these individuals for providing us the opportunity to grow and unite. Until next time … Todos Unidos! Scott McAdam, Jr. President, Illinois Landscape Contractors Association Al iniciar la 9.a Feria de Paisajismo anual iLandscape, no puedo sino regocijarme de cuán unida y solidaria es realmente nuestra industria y no debe sorprendernos que el tema de este año, “One Fiesta: Todos Unidos All United),” nos parezca abrumadoramente apropiado. No se puede negar la competitividad del paisaje de la industria verde de Illinois, especialmente con tantas compañías funcionando en un ámbito geográfico relativamente pequeño. Nos componemos de personas de todo el espectro hortícola: paisajistas – diseño, construcción, mantenimiento; cultivadores, viveros, invernaderos, arquitectos paisajistas y diseñadores, contratistas de riego, especialistas en iluminación, cultivadores e instaladores de céspedes, minoristas de jardinería; además de los fabricantes y proveedores que apoyan a todos y mantienen las cosas funcionando. Y en este entorno competitivo, todos estamos tratando de apalancar nuestras propuestas de valor, experiencias con los clientes y las características que nos distinguen para lograr el éxito. Por consiguiente, ¿qué tienen estos tres días de febrero que llamamos la Feria iLandscape, que nos permite ‘ser amables’ en el mismo cajón de arena hortícola? Podemos ser competidores (algunas veces, incluso implacables), pero con seguridad hay un componente secreto que produce esta unidad. Después de reflexionar sobre esto por algún tiempo, encontré que la respuesta es sencilla - Educación. Ya sea asistiendo a semanarios, recorriendo las exposiciones de la feria o interactuando con otros colegas de la industria, todos nos esforzamos por ampliar nuestros conocimientos y mejorar; y ¿qué mejor lugar para esto que junto con 6,000+ personas que tienen la misma pasión por lo que hacemos y cómo lo hacemos? Desde la compañía recién formada que trata de establecer una operación más profesional hasta las compañías bien establecidas desde hace décadas – iLandscape es insuperable por su capacidad de ofrecer oportunidades educativas. Cuando reflexiono sobre iLandscape, me doy cuenta de que representa mucho más que solo una feria o un seminario educativo. Es un faro de unidad que reúne a toda nuestra industria con el objetivo común de mejorar nuestra experiencia, profesionalismo y las oportunidades que se nos presentan como individuos y como industria en general. Los incansables esfuerzos del personal de ILCA y los diferentes comités que invierten horas incontables de trabajo para hacer realidad tan increíble experiencia, con frecuencia pasan inadvertidos y pienso que todos tenemos una deuda de gratitud con cada una de estas personas por darnos la oportunidad de crecer y unirnos. Hasta la próxima vez … ¡Todos Unidos!
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President
Scott McAdam, Jr. McAdam Landscaping, Inc. (708) 771-2299 Scottjr@mcadamlandscape.com
Vice-President
Jeff Kramer Kramer Tree Specialists, Inc, (630) 293-5444 jwkramer@kramertree.com
Secretary-Treasurer
Ashley Marrin Bret-Mar Landscape Management Group, Inc. (708) 301-8160 ashley@bretmarlandscape.com
Immediate Past President Donna Vignocchi Zych ILT Vignocchi, Inc. (847) 487-5200 dvignocchi@iltvignocchi.com
Directors
Eric Adams Russo Power Equipment (847) 233-7811 eadams@russopower.com Jim Cirrincione Hinsdale Nurseries, Inc. (630) 323-1411 jcirrincione@hinsdalenurseries .com Kim Hartmann Hartmann Consulting 847-404-7669 hartmannkim@comcast.net Jennifer Fick Wilson Nurseries and Landscape Supply (847) 683-3700 jennf@wilsonnurseries.com Tom Klitzkie Nature’s Perspective Landscaping (847) 475-7917 tklitzkie@naturesperspective.com Dean MacMorris Night Light, Inc. (630) 627-1111 dean@nightlightinc.net Kevin Manning K & D Enterprise Landscape Management, Inc. (815) 725-0758 kmanning@kdlandscapeinc.com Mark Utendorf Emerald Lawn Care, Inc. (847) 392-7097 marku@emeraldlawncare.com
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Focus — A Story of Note
One Person’s Mission to Foster Cultural Understanding by Debbie Bartsch
Mine is a life-long story
of navigating cuture by embracing it. Highlights of my journey will bring to light my passion for Latinos, the Latin culture, and why the landscape industry has become my home. It all started with a box of puppies. Being a young girl growing up in southern small town Wisconsin, we very rarely encountered people who were a color other than white. Kids can be sneaky. My parents would watch the news, not realizing that I was watching it too. News came from the big cities: Milwaukee and Madison. Things were different there. I could see people of color on the news and sometimes the interaction of people that were of different skin colors was very negative and for Debbie Bartsch no logical reason that I could determine at 5 years old in 1970. The 4-H Fair was a popular event. This is where I encountered the box of puppies. They were all different colors; some of them multi-colored. Color was not important to the puppies. They played, ate, and slept together and gave no thought to the appearance of each other. I got a puppy. She was brown and I named her Cinnamon. Midway through fourth grade, my father took a manufacturing job in Harvey, Illinois. Grade school there was a very different environment compared to small town Wisconsin. I was the only white student in my class. That was okay as all I needed to do was demonstrate that I was just another puppy in the same box as them.
Respect Starts in School
The Girl Scouts helped me a lot. One girl invited me and my parents to her house for dinner. Although the families were from different cultures and ethnicity, the parents all had something in common: they wanted their children to grow up learning to appreciate other cultures and colors. Later that evening my father told me that I had changed his life forever. 12
Dad got a better job so we lived in southern Kentucky from 1977 to 1980. School there was very different. There were paddles displayed on the classroom walls. Racial tension was high, especially between African Americans and white descendants of plantation owners. As a white child, I thought it best to not be mistaken as such. A small African American girl was in my math class. She was having a very difficult time, sometimes crying, so I helped her. A few weeks later she helped me when a group of black girls were about to attack me in the school bathroom. She happened to walk in and stopped them, saying I was the one who had helped her. Then I told them my box of puppies story and it all worked out.
The Chinese Connection
Fast forward to the late 1990’s. While working in the semiconductor manufactur- ing industry, I became a member of the global project management team. Our goals were to implement a global computer system and improve cultural relations. I traveled the Pacific Rim where I was exposed to various Asian cultures, which fascinated me. I embraced and celebrated the differences as much as the people there made me feel welcome and appreciated.
Lost in Translation
My first trip was to Tianjin Economic Technological Development Area in China, a few hours outside of Beijing to teach a class about the new computer system. The students all spoke English, which was considered the international language of business and fluency was required for high-school graduation. That trip is where I first experienced a cultural disconnect. By the third day, I had to ask why McDonald’s hamburgers, pork patties, and fries were magically arriving in the classroom for our lunch. A company driver had been dispatched to go to Beijing and pickup McDonald’s as they thought Westerners
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Focus — A Story of Note (continued from page 12) would not like the food in the employee cafeteria. I thanked them graciously and asked that we move lunches going forward to the employee cafeteria. This was a fantastic cultural bonding experience. In Chinese semiconductor manufacturing plants, employees worked in deplorable conditions where they were exposed to toxins. China did not have the equivalent of the Environmental Protection Agency or OSHA and the manufacturing sites often posed hazardous working conditions However, workers made good pay and would send funds home to their families. These factory workers knew the risks and it was extremely difficult for me to sit in the employee cafeteria, engaging in cheerful conversation, knowing that in a few years most of these individuals would be ill or possibly dead. I am forever haunted by this.
Enter the Landscape Industry
After the 9-11 attacks, the semiconductor industry changed dramatically and many of us lost our jobs due to shutdowns. I came to realize my thirst for cultural experiences and teaching others, especially of other cultures, went increasingly unfulfilled. In 2014, a landscaper mentioned the company was having difficulty finding a skilled candidate to handle business operations and cultural relations. That’s how I got into the landscaping industry. Being with an ILCA member company, I was intrigued as to how the association might assist us with Latino cultural relations. The Annual Party and Member Meeting was my first ILCA outing. ILCA was looking for more committee members and one of the committees happened to be the Latino Relations Committee. I approached ILCA’s Executive Director Scott Grams,
who quickly ascertained that I did not appear to be Latina nor did I speak Spanish, but I was given the opportunity to participate. To hear the incredible stories of perseverance, hope, and sacrifice that my Latino colleagues and their families endured to come to the United States in hope of a better life is moving and inspirational. It reminds me of my grandparents who came to this country with the same goals. It reminds of the Chinese factory workers who put themselves at risk in hope of a better life for their families. I couldn’t help the Chinese factory workers, but there is a lot I can do to help Latinos. They need to succeed for our industry to succeed.
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I cherish my fellow Latino Relations Committee members, and my Latino coworkers and colleagues. I am proud of what our committee has done to improve cultural relations and educational opportunities for Latinos in the industry, but we can do more. In November 2020, Bernie Carranza gave a very moving and heartfelt webinar presentation, “Lost in Translation: The Five Things Businesses Should Understand About Latinx Culture.” A successful immigrant, Bernie shed light on common differences and misunderstandings between cultures, but he said it does not have to be this way. This was the catalyst for what became the Latino & Americano Subcommittee. Our goal: Improve the richness and prosperity of the landscape industry through better cultural understanding. We debut at iLandscape 2022.
About five years ago I joined the National Hispanic Landscape Alliance (NHLA). In 2020, NHLA was absorbed by the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP). The NHLA Board became the NALP Latino Landscape Network Advisory Board. In December 2020, I was honored to become a board member. Now I am working to bridge the cultural gap at the state and national levels. I am the only non-Latino person on the ILCA Latino Relations Committee. The NALP Latino Landscape Network Advisory Board is a mixture of brown, black and white. The more recently formed ILCA Latino & Americano Subcommittee is a cultural mix. During the December 2021 ILCA Board & Committee Chair Summit, discussion focused on Latino involvement on other committees. We need Latinos to help shape the direction of all ILCA committees. NALP started something new a couple months ago by dispatching an entourage to visit member companies of different states and the state associations. Good will come from this in the form of joint ventures. Sharing and streamlining resources would be a win-win—to be better able to assist member companies in striving for operational excellence and increasing profitability. With welcoming arms, I hope that NALP will come to Illinois soon and connect with member companies and ILCA. I have made the landscape industry my home and my passion for helping Latinos continues to grow. All of these things inspire and motivate me to do more. I hope they will inspire you, too.
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Focus — The Pros at Home
For Bob and Robbi Hursthouse Home is a Rural Oasis Nina A. Koziol
When I first met Bob and RobbiHursthousein their Naperville garden 15 years ago, I was struck by the landscape behind their split-level house. I felt like I was in the Northwoods. Evergreens, a pond, a small outdoor kitchen, the tree house their son Scott used when he was little…it was the most peaceful, simple garden I’d ever stood in and it didn’t feel like the suburbs at all. I told Bob I had expected to see great big beds of perennials and that’s when he laughed and said, “The last thing I want to do when I get home from work is deadhead daylilies.” I’d taken design classes with Bob at The Morton Arboretum and then it clicked. Bob designed his garden the same way he does for his clients — based on how his family intended to use the space. Being avid outdoor lovers (Bob and Robbi have travelled to the
Apostle Islands for decades, camping and kayaking) that garden was their staycation — one where they could relax and enjoy their privacy. But when they were moving eight years ago to Newark, Illinois, their neighbors asked, “What will you do out there?” When not working long hours, there’s no shortage of things to do on the 1.2acre property, which is near the Fox River and the Kendall County Forest Preserve. “We didn’t do a typical downsize — we went the other way,” says Bob, past president of ILCA and a landscape architect who co-founded the landscape firm Hursthouse with Robbi in 1990. His office is in Bolingbrook and he has clients throughout the greater Chicago metropolitan area. (continued on page 20)
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Focus — The Pros at Home (continued from page 20) balcony with teak steamer chairs. It’s up away from mosquitoes and looks onto a canopy of a big hackberry tree and oaks. It’s a wonderful spot every day of the year.”
Marrying the House and Garden
The sugar kettle fountain speaks to Robbi’s birth place, Baton Rouge, LA, and the couple’s many trips to New Orleans.
“Architecture is really important,” Bob says. “The landscape should be respectful of the home’s architecture.” His award-winning firm has built distinctive gardens for more than 30 years. Many of his projects are formal, exquisite and very sophisticated, but his personal style is more laid back. “Robbi and I like things that are soft, natural and free flowing.” “The first thing we did here was organize the space,” Bob says. They (continued on page 24)
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Focus — The Pros at Home (continued from page 22) clad the porch in bluestone and opened up the walkway to make it more spacious. “We put paths in the woods for destinations and a fire ring to watch the stars.”
Ditch the Lawn, Plant a Prairie “With the right planning, we can make a site work to an advantage,” Bob says. A drainage ditch by their mailbox is an example of turning lemons into lemonade. From the high point on the front lawn, there’s a nine-foot drop to the ditch and then a four-foot rise up to the street. “The first time I mowed, it was fun,” Bob says. “The second time was exercise, and the third time was just plain work.” Erosion, standing water, and different types of soil layers throughout made for an interesting project. The ditch was transformed into a butterfly buffet with a colorful array of native plants and grasses that return each year with minimal maintenance. Coneflowers, blazing stars, black-eyed Susans, butterfly weed, swamp milkweed, penstemon, compass plant, tall sunflowers, mountain mint and many others were chosen for their ability to withstand the formidable conditions. The drifts of flowers attract many pollinators. “I really like the wildlife in that garden now—we have monarch butterflies galore,” Robbi says. “Robbi and I have been concerned about the dramatic decline in monarch butterfly populations for some time,” Bob said. “That’s why we created our prairie garden—to provide them with the plants they need to survive. These beautiful creatures visit our garden from late May through autumn when they begin their incredible migration. Our prairie garden is certified as a Monarch Waystation--a garden that provides specific plants, such as milkweed. Monarchs rely solely on milkweed to reproduce. A Monarch Waystation sign faces our road so people can read about the habitat we’ve created.” Some of Robbi’s favorite plants are butterfly weed with its bright orange (continued on page 26) 24
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Focus — The Pros at Home (continued from page 24) flowers and the black-eyed Susans. Both plants attract scores of butterflies such as swallowtails, monarchs, skippers and others. Leadplant, prairie coreopsis, bee balm and purple prairie clover add drifts of color with their purple, violet, pink and yellow flowers. Plants are left standing until spring when they are mowed. The dried seed heads and stalks are eye-catching in winter and feed many birds. “We put lawn chairs by the driveway in summer just to watch the butterflies floating over our heads back and forth,” Robbi says. “It’s better than watching t.v.” See some of Hursthouse’s elegant design projects at www. hursthouse.com
Here are a few of Bob’s Design Philosophies
Earth. Fire. Wind. Water. Our ancestors were fascinated by those elements and they continue to captivate us in gardens today. Water is often an overlooked feature for residential gardens, but the sound of trickling or cascading water can be very
relaxing. It can also mask some of the street noise in urban areas. “It can be a challenge to do a pond that looks like it really belongs on your property. A well-designed pond should look like it was always there, not like it was an afterthought.”
Marry It
“For every decision the client or designer makes about hardscape, there’s a pro and con,” Bob says. One thing that is often overlooked is the home’s architectural style. “I think about building material for the front and I always want to use the nicest material that the client chooses to afford. When you look at all the ILCA gold award winners, they’ve all figured that out.”
Light It Up
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Focus — The Pros at Home (continued from page 26) throughout the year. “Some of the most dramatic lighting comes from these vertical elements. We’ll place light at the ground so it grazes the face of the element whether it’s a wall, a fence or tree. You’ve got darks and lights and texture of the feature itself at night. It makes for a fascinating landscape.”
Complement the Architecture
For most projects, the Hursthouse design team creates custom features with specific details to complement the architecture. The design team may create a wall as the vertical element. Hursthouse designers will look at the house to determine the material palette. If stone is used on the house, the construction team may build a stone wall. The same goes for brick. In some instances, they may choose a metal fence that allows a view between the posts rather than a solid wall.
It’s All About the View
“When we design a landscape, we consider all the scenery that can be highlighted so the homeowner can enjoy it while in the garden as well as from inside the home. It could be a view to a fountain, an ornamental tree or flowering shrubs.” All work and no play? Not here. When Bob and Robbi started the business, they chose a five-day work week for their team. “We try to make sure everyone has time to recharge, and we look for ways to help each other grow. When you focus on people’s unique abilities, you really see them flourish.”
“When designing landscapes, our goal is to include plants with a wonderful seasonal flow — those trees, shrubs and perennials that look good not only in spring and summer but into fall as well,” says Bob Hursthouse. The Landscape Contractor 28 February 2022
Hardscape — Practical Applications
Form + Function = Elegance by Nina A. Koziol
The demand for natural stone for
projects like patios, paths and walls continues to grow. While there are many types of stone, travertine has become incredibly popular. This natural and extremely durable stone can be precision-cut into dimensional pavers that can be used in many applications. Highly desirable for pool decks, it has a honed finish and is slip-resistant. And, unlike concrete and concrete brick pavers, it remains cool underfoot and has an exquisite look. Travertine can be used for small or large patios, outdoor kitchens, courtyards and walkways, step treads, seat walls and pool copings. Pat Buescher, owner of Premium Travertine in Chebanse Illinois, first saw travertine in 2011 at a trade show. “The materials were durable since they were of premium quality,” Buescher said. “Once I started working with it, I loved it immediately.” Since then, his insistence on acquiring only the highest quality materials and building long-lasting relationships with suppliers have been the key to great results. “The consistency in purchasing travertine derived of very hard dense blocks from specific mines and only reliable factories in Turkey has resulted in materials that have proven themselves many times over in the past 15 years. We believe our materials, selected also for beauty and color, are unmatched in the marketplace— truly the elite of travertine sources.”
“I really love it and I wish people could see the beauty of it,” says Jose Marungo, owner of Brick Magic Paving in Aurora. “The pricing is not that much more than mid-range pavers. The one I get from Pat is a premium travertine and good quality.” One of his challenges is introducing clients to the product. “When I go to visit for an estimate most of the time the homeowners already know what they want.” That is changing as more consumers become familiar with projects they see online. Jeff Werner, of Werner Hardscape & Excavating in Osgood, Indiana, has used travertine for 13 years. “It is mined just like marble and granite and there are different grades of blocks. The key is you have to be careful where you buy it and get the grade suitable for the Midwest.” High quality travertine is used as far north as Canada and into Colorado where multiple freeze-thaw cycles occur throughout the winter. “I came in contact with travertine two years ago when a contractor introduced me to Pat and I’ve been using it ever since,” said Luke Cipich of Green Ribbon Pools in Hobart, Indiana. “I don’t use anything else around my pools. Before, we used concrete pavers, but once I found travertine, that’s all I use. The look is just so elegant it brings a whole new level of luxury to our pool projects. The glimmer it has when wet or the smoothness when it’s dry—the different colors all work together. There’s no other concrete paver or stone that (continued on page 32)
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Hardscape — Practical Applications (continued from page 30) brings the same effect—it’s extremely elegant.” Cipich has had no issues with travertine over the winter in spite of the recent polar vortex. “Our travertine looks the same as it does the day we installed it.”
Origins
Jeff Werner used limestone for the risers and travertine on the steps.
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Travertine is a sedimentary limestone found near hot mineral springs (similar to the bubbling mud springs in Yellowstone National Park). Springs in Tivoli, Italy had an abundance of the stone—a product of Mount Etna’s volcanic activity. The stone became the prime building material for the Romans. Perhaps the most famous structure built with travertine is the Coliseum in Rome, Italy. Today, travertine is mined in Italy, Iran, Mexico, Turkey and Peru. Some distributors import travertine for use in warm climates, like Florida, where the freeze-thaw cycle is virtually non-existent. Buescher, on the other hand, found a supplier who mines only the highest quality travertine in Turkey. “My supplier not only identified specific mines, he kept pushing the owners for nicer material. We began getting some really beautiful materials, one being the color of walnut.” Buescher, who has been in the industry since 1994, installed travertine projects until 2019 when he became a full-time distributor. (continued on page 34)
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Hardscape — Practical Applications (continued from page 32) “People like the looks of it but they don’t know about the danger of bringing materials from Florida to the Midwest,” Buescher said. “They don’t have a freeze-thaw cycle there so they can use any materials.”
Functionality
“I was working on a project that needed something more than just concrete,” Werner said. “The normal pavers weren’t good enough and I did research, came across travertine and I found a local source. I’m using it for patios, pools and decks and I overlay a lot of pools—new installations and new copings.” Werner renovates many older pools by doing an elegant overlay with travertine, giving them a new, updated look. Werner’s contemporary travertine patio plays off the “new” farmhouse and surrounding stone retaining wall.
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Hardscape — Practical Applications (continued from page 34) “Before I was introduced to Pat, I saw a project that used lower-quality travertine and I was honestly super skeptical,” Werner said. “But once I met Pat, saw his yard, saw the individual pieces and he explained the differences in quality—I gave it a shot and I can’t turn back. It’s been gorgeous. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve built travertine patios—in the hundreds. Some are as small as 120 square feet to over 5,000 square feet.”
can put their feet in the water. You don’t have to worry about burning your legs. And, cost-wise it’s pretty comparable to traditional industry standard concrete pavers.” Travertine absorbs water making it slip-resistant in summer and in winter. And, because it’s natural stone, no two pieces are the same and the blend of natural colors and textures can be breathtaking. “It has a distinctive look like no other paver,” Buescher said.
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“It’s really easy to install once you start using it,” Marungo said. “You get to know it and the pattern is mostly a French pattern. It’s not too heavy for the guys to handle and I think it’s a beautiful product. Because it is natural stone, it won’t fade and the slabs are the same thickness with straight edges, making installation easy. “The pavers fit together
Cipich likes travertine because it resists heat. “After the sun has been beating down on concrete or concrete pavers on a hot July summer day, it can almost burn your feet and travertine does not do that,” Cipich said. “It’s really nice because with our pools, most have a tanning or seating ledge so homeowners
Installation
precisely, and the use of sand is very reduced,” Buescher explained. The most common design is the large French pattern, which consists of a 16” x 24” slab, an 8” x 16” slab, two 16” x 16” slabs, and two 8” x 8” slabs; the total square footage of one “set” is eight square feet. “Most people are pretty familiar with the French pattern and at least three-fourths of our pavers delivered are French pattern,” Buescher said. His pavers are 1 1/4-inch-thick for patios and walkways and there are 2-inch treads and copings of various sizes. “We also have 36” x 48” slabs for countertops and large 24” x 72” slabs for custom work,” he said. The travertine pieces fit together like a puzzle. “Concrete pavers have spanjoint gaps and travertine does not,” (continued on page 38)
Jose Marungo, owner of Brick Magic Paving in Aurora, likes travertine for its sophisticated beauty and endurance.
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Hardscape — Practical Applications (continued from page 36) Werner said. “It’s cut so there’s no gap. It’s modular so if you had to replace a stone that’s damaged in any way, it takes a few seconds to replace. Because travertine is a very porous material, water runs freely through it, Cipich explained. “Concrete pavers are more dense and water sits on them. We’re conscious of our pitch and drainage—you need to use a permeable base so the water freely drains away.”
Maintenance
Cipich has found that maintenance is minimal. “It’s natural stone and the color is true through and through. Decorative concrete wears away over the years and while that can be prevented with sealing, you don’t have to do that with travertine. ” While travertine doesn’t require a sealer, a water- or solvent-based sealer can be used to enhance the color. The only time Werner noted that there might be maintenance is when
travertine is used in a shady area. “Depending on where you’re at—for example, the north side of the house where it’s shaded—you may have to power wash it but you don’t use chemicals on it.” “The nice thing about power washing this material is that the joints are so minimal so you’re not blowing out sand from the joints, Buescher explained. “And, power-washing brings it back to its original look.” With online sources like Houzz, Pinterest and others, homeowners are seeking ideas to update their landscapes. It’s not surprising that Buescher has seen an explosion in demand for travertine. “We’ve doubled our sales in the past two years. Clients are doing their homework on the internet and they’re looking for something different and they’re demanding travertine.” He has received countless inquiries not only from the Chicago area but from all over the country and most recently from a contractor in Winnipeg, Canada. “The trend is toward the use of natural stone and travertine is more than a trend in the making,” he said. Buescher notes that while sales are booming, “It’s a learning curve in the Chicago market particularly. Concrete pavers ads are so strong that people don’t know what else is out there, but homeowners are searching online for ideas. They’ve found us and now they want something different.” Rock on! See more at premiumtravertinepavers.com
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We have a rich legacy of horticulture that
runs as a green ribbon throughout Chicago. From the far-seeing legacy of Daniel Burnham’s lakefront of parks and green space to the large civic parks scattered throughout, many famous names of landscape architecture have left their mark. As we walk the paths set out by Jensen and Olmsted, we also have mid-century modernist spaces to explore. One of those that tends to sail along under the radar is Milton Lee Olive Park adjacent to Navy Pier. A Dan Kiley landscape, the 10-acre park was completed in 1965 as part of the Central District Filtration Plant, now known as the Jardine Water Purification Plant. Constructed on fill and jutting into Lake Michigan, the site is separated into two portions. The east section is the massive filtration plant that includes an underground reservoir, labs, pump-rooms, and administration offices, and occupies the majority of the sixty-one-acre site. The west section, Milton Lee Olive Park, serves as a gateway to the plant and is a public park. Kiley and his team worked with architectural firm C.F. Murphy Associates to develop the site. We talked with Joe Karr, landscape architect, who at just 26, was the lead on the project at the same time as he oversaw the construction of the South Garden of the Art Institute of Chicago. “I went to work for Dan Kiley in early 1963,” recalled Karr. “At that time, the filtration plant was already underway. The architect was C. F. Murphy and Associates which later became Murphy Jahn,
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with Helmut Jahn, and finally JAHN. Dan Kiley was very active in Chicago and across the country from San Francisco to New York. He had a great connection to Chicago through the C. F. Murphy office and the Harry Weese office.” The central filtration plant is just one of three that serves the city of Chicago. “There were three filtration plants – one on the North Side, one central, and one on the South Side,” commented Karr. “The big plant next to Navy Pier, it consists of two filter buildings, each one 10 acres in size, with an administrative section in between the two. The project scope was doing landscaping around the whole thing. The only part that’s accessible to the public is Milton Olive. The rest of the landscape can be viewed from the high rises.” Next to the glitz and carnival of Navy Pier, it’s easy to miss the tall wrought iron gates of the park tucked next to the Ohio Street Beach. A broad pebbledash drive forms a straight avenue through a grove of honeylocust trees gently tilted from prevailing winds. Once through the copse, your vista opens to the broad sweep of the lakefront and the spectacular skyline. The avenue leads you to a cantilevered landing at the central point jutting out over the water and dotted with granite benches. The whole panorama of Chicago is laid out, but it’s easy to be drawn into the far vistas of water and sky as you continue to the end of the drive. Honeylocust is planted in blocks to line this broad avenue, breaking up the clean lines. (continued on page 42)
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Special Feature (continued from page 40) Short flights of concrete stairs draw you up to the gently rolling lawns and direct you to the five huge circular fountains. Against the filtration buildings, two flagpoles frame a monument to Milton Lee Olive, the first African American recipient of the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War, for which the park is named. The gentle roll of the landscape echoes the swell of the waters surrounding it and the uncluttered views of the cityscape are not to be matched. Creating this distinctive vision wasn’t easy. “This whole site was landfill and it took 15 years of being filled to build it,” said Karr. “The first Mayor Daley was coming under great pressure to get that job finished. During the winter of 1964 they were building it and needed to finish it. It was a terrible winter – snow, ice, all of what a Chicago winter can be. They had to pour all this concrete, including all the five great fountains in the park. All of it had to get done that winter.” In the spring of 1965, plantings were
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due to be installed, but before that, the contours of the grounds had to be created. Karr worked with Ron Damgaard, who had won the contract for the landscape construction. “The reason that Ron got the job was his brilliant idea,” remembered Karr. “Ron decided to bring all the materials by barge from Morris, IL. All the sand and gravel and soil. And they’d bring the barge up to the site and unload it all. It made it very efficient rather than hauling it all by truck, which would have taken forever. It also was cheaper, so he won the bid.” As a large civic project on the lakefront, the filtration plant was a prominent development and Karr and Damgaard were under tremendous pressure by city officials to get the job done. “I was only 26 years old then, and Ron was about 30,” recalled Karr. “So, we were very young and under all this pressure. Every week Ron and I would have to come to Chicago for a meeting with the head engineer of Chicago, the director of public works, and the head of the Army Corps of Engineers. ‘What
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are you going to have done this week?’ they’d ask us. I looked across at Ron and he was very calm, as he always was, and he would describe very clearly the work that would be completed the next week.” The design Dan Kiley envisioned was to create five fountains that lay in the center of flat circular pools scattered about the site as if stones in a Japanese garden and symbolizing the five Great Lakes. Yet, Kiley himself said, “My first thought when I visited the site was of moon craters – huge, shallow pockmarks in the ground that would seem to fill up with water from below, as if the reservoir was seeping up to the surface.” He took great care to design for the surrounding high-rise buildings as that was the vantage from which most people would be viewing the park. “So, not only did we have extensive plantings, because this was not only viewed from the ground level, but also from all the tall buildings along Lake Shore Drive there, looking down on the filtration plant,” commented Karr. “It was like a (continued on page 44)
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Special Feature (continued from page 42) big moonscape in a way with these five fountains.” Although today they are infrequently turned on, the fountains were designed to be a dramatic focal point on the lake. They were originally engineered to throw water straight up, exclamation points in wide still pools. “The fountains were very tall to respond to the huge pools, the largest in diameter being 100 feet,” commented Karr. “They shot up 40 to 50 feet, but they finally had to tone the water down because of the wind and it being so windy there. They steam heated the water so they could run the fountains all through the winter. They even had a colored light program.” Because of everything had to be viewed from the tall buildings, the plantings also had to respond to the immense scale. Plus, “Dan Kiley often liked to design in a formal pattern,” said Karr. The plant choices had to be hardy enough to withstand the tremendous winds off the lake and the challenging seasons of the Midwest. The good
choices were, “Honeylocust in blocks – they’re still there – along the whole edge. They were chosen primarily because they’re open. They’re hardy, but they’re open and light in their habit. They were a good choice and they’re still doing very well. Hawthorns – a line of Washington hawthorns, which separates Milton Olive park from the rest of the complex. Cockspur hawthorns were planted at the far east end which is only seen from Navy Pier or from up above. Rugosa rose was planted in blocks along the water’s edge because they are adapted to flooding conditions. We had a row of ginkgoes along the entry road going up to the administration building. They’re still there and doing very well.”
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Of course, there were also plant choices that didn’t succeed. “We had Russian olive with the beautiful, unique silver-grey leaves. But
they weren’t hardy enough and didn’t last,” remembered Karr. “Dan wanted a big mass of barberry along the backs of all of the fountains – a total of 66,000 barberry. He wanted it for the red color in the fall, the green leaves in the summer, and the simplicity of one big mass. One thing he didn’t think about was the thorniness of the plants. Anything that drifts into them sticks. So, all the paper and debris that blows off Michigan Avenue ended up in the mass planting. Eventually that had to come out.” One of Karr’s biggest challenges, though, was sourcing 66,000 barberry. “In those days, Otto Damgaard was still very active in the firm with Ron. He was the one who would go out and find the plants. I remember going to his office. He was always a gentleman. ‘Mr. Karr’ he says, patting a stack of paper about a foot high, ‘This is where the barberry is. I have it all located. There are (continued on page 46)
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Special Feature (continued from page 44) 1000 here, 500 there, 2000 here, 600 here.’ Can you imagine finding 66,000 plants? Somehow, he got them. It had to be the whole country’s supply of barberry.” The barberry is long gone now and only sweeps of lawn lie between the great fountains, becoming a favorite spot for picnics, outings, and dog owners who can let their pets run. The honeylocusts still sway in the winds off the lake and the hawthorns are filled with bright red berries each fall. Karr is still grateful for the experience of the project and the lifelong connections he developed. “The landscape contractors and nurseryman are very important. That’s been my relationship. I’ve always had a very strong relationship with them and made many friends as well. It’s not just the landscape architect giving someone a design to implement. We work together, and that’s the way it should be. We help each other.”
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Working with Dan Kiley
by Heather Prince
Joe Karr has always felt lucky in his career and reminisced on the unique working environment of Dan Kiley’s practice. “When I started with Dan Kiley, some of my best friends and classmates were already working there. I’d just gotten out of the Army and went back to the National Park Service in Philadelphia where I’d been working before. I was working there for a couple of months and one of my former classmates, actually my roommate, Peter Ker Walker, who later became Dan Kiley’s partner, was in Vermont. He said ‘Hey, come up for a visit.’ So, I did in the early spring of 1963. I asked if Dan was looking for anybody else for the firm. Peter said yes, that Dan would like to hire a couple of people. I interviewed and I got the job! In May of 1963 I got in my little Volkswagen. It was 90 degrees in Philadelphia where I was and by the time I got to Vermont, it was only 35 degrees. I had been adding on shirts and jackets as I drove up there.” Kiley and his wife and children had originally settled in a rambling house in Vermont in 1951 and he initially ran the office out of the boathouse. Before long, the practice had taken off and the house was converted to offices. “It was an absolutely idyllic environment. The office was called Wing’s Point on a point sticking out into Lake Champlain near the little town of Charlotte. It was like Shangri-La,” commented Karr. “You had long open views of the lake, it’s about three miles wide right there, and beyond that are the Adirondack Mountains in New York. One might go down to the lake at the end of the day and each time it would have a different mood. One day it would be very still, 48
quiet and waves gently lapping. The next day stormy and dark. In winter, it would freeze over sometimes. If it was very calm, it would freeze at night and it would be a smooth sheet of ice we could push the snow off of and ice skate on. It was wonderful. Sometimes in the summer we’d get a fog combined with the golden sunlight behind the mountains. It was unbelievable.” It provided a touchstone of inspiration for Kiley and his team of young landscape architects. “Dan’s office was an old white clapboard house, and that was where we all were. We were just a group of young guys unattached to anything and anyone, so we lived a very special life in this idyllic environment. We worked very hard, into the night, sometimes four o’clock in the morning, meeting deadlines constantly. But then we’d go out and ski the next day. We swam every day at lunchtime. We played volleyball on an old tennis court. We did all kinds of sports. We were all young. We’d work hard and play hard.” Karr and the team were often on their own as Kiley’s projects took him across the country “Dan wasn’t there most of the time. He’d go on trips by train because he was afraid of flying. He would be gone for two, three weeks at a time. So, he’d call in from Chicago or New York and ask how things were going. Otherwise, we were on our own,” remembered Karr. “It was an office consisting of young fellows doing all this work. We’d do the design work, then he’d come back and make a change here or there. It was an unusual situation. We all relied on one another. There were six of us from the University of Pennsylvania and we all knew each other and
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actually ran the office. You couldn’t have asked for a better situation – working with all your best friends in an idyllic environment and on some of the best projects in the world? It was wonderful. It was absolutely fantastic. So, we had a good time, but we worked hard.” Even though Joe Karr grew up on a farm near Rochelle, Illinois, he hadn’t planned on working in Illinois. “I had never thought about working in Chicago and didn’t know anything about Chicago,” said Karr. “I went to school at the University of Illinois and then on to the University of Pennsylvania for my Masters, which was a real eye opener for me because my classmates were almost all from Europe. There were only a few of us from the U.S. My classmates were from Scotland, England, Sweden, Canada, Italy, even Columbia. They were all architects, and I was a landscape architect. At that time Penn was a premiere school for landscape architecture and
going there was an awakening for me. I learned more how to draw and was able teach the architects in my class about grading and planting. So we sort of helped one another. That’s why when we went to Vermont, we already had this relationship and we helped each other.
We traveled a lot, just like Dan did. We’d be gone for three, four days at a time, often several times during a month. We were gone to the sites or the architectural offices we were working with. We’d always have two people handling
the work. While I was away someone like Peter would watch my projects and take phone calls and respond to correspondence.” Coming from a foundation of collaboration, Karr has found that relationshipbuilding has been essential to his success. “These kinds of relationships become so important. I thought the same thing when I came to Chicago, especially with the nurserymen and the contractors. In the end you’re all working together towards one thing. If someone has a problem, you help them solve it. If you help each other -- that’s what made projects work. And that was especially true with Ron Damgaard. I met Ron in 1964. We became friends for life after that. We were always friends. We always worked things out together. And that relationship has continued with the rest of the Damgaard family. We still keep in touch. Those are the things I have thought extremely important.”
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Garden Speak — Practical Plant Evaluations
Outstanding Perennials—
Plant Guru Richard Hawke of the Chicago Botanic Garden Shares his Favorite Performers
Nina A. Koziol If you’ve ever seen a new plant introduction and all the marketing hype that comes with it, you may have wondered if it’s too good to be true. No one wants to put untested or unfamiliar plants into a client’s landscape only to find out that they weren’t hardy or didn’t perform up to expectations. That’s where the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Plant Evaluation Program comes to the rescue. It’s one of the largest and most diverse plant trials in the nation. The program evaluates herbaceous and woody plants in comparative trials, ultimately recommending the top performers. About 900 taxa are currently evaluated in the Bernice E. Lavin Plant Evaluation Garden, the Green Roof Gardens, and
various ancillary sites. For more than 35 years, Richard Hawke has evaluated plants at the Garden. As plant evaluation manager and associate scientist, he has seen his share of great plants (and some that were downright dogs). Hawke’s work has benefited the landscape industry more than most contractors realize. He has conducted comparative evaluations of ornamental plants, predominantly herbaceous perennials, to determine the best garden plants for the Upper Midwest. “So many plants have a premium price, and if they don’t perform as expected, people get disenchanted,” Hawke said. “You’ll find what’s hot and new in catalogs
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and magazines, but I’m all about the tried-and-true. We’re here to tell the average gardener and the green industry how plants performed in our evaluations.” The goal of the program is to determine, through scientific evaluation, which plants are superior. Plants are rated on ornamental qualities, cultural adaptability, winter hardiness, and disease and pest resistance. The evaluations take four years for perennials, six years for shrubs and vines, and seven to 10 years for trees. “We observe and review them over a long period so we can say with fair certainty how the plant performs for us,” Hawke said. Although he’s observed countless plants over the years, we asked him to share his current favorites.
Baptisia ‘Lemon Meringue’ – false indigo (Zones 4-8) Full Sun Bright yellow flowers, 16 in. long, late May to mid-June; 32 in. tall × 62 in. wide “I love the bright yellow flowers contrasting with the dusky buds and stems—cheerful and moody at the same time. The hybrid baptisias bulk up so much more than species baptisia, so you don’t have to wait a generation to get lots of flowers.”
Clematis ‘Mme. Julia Correvon’ – clematis (Zones 4-9) Full Sun Claret red flowers, 4 in., mid-June to late July; 9-10 ft. tall; free-flowering viticella type; pruning group 3. “I wouldn’t be without Mme. Julia Correvon in my own garden—she is a reliable bloomer that flowers earlier than most viticella types. It pairs beautifully with New Dawn rose in my garden—their respective reblooms coincide for a later show, too.”
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Special Feature Echinacea tennesseensis – Tennessee coneflower (Zones 5-9) Full Sun Pink flowers, 2-3 in. wide, in June to August and into October; 18-24 in. tall and wide; upward-facing ray florets
Orange Meadowbrite was the first orange coneflower ever. Adobe Orange features plentiful deep orange flowers on sturdy robust plants. It never disappoints because even the fading flowers are colorful.”
“Bigroot geranium is a foolproof perennial with handsome aromatic foliage that remains healthy all summer long. There is no need to deadhead bigroot geranium or cut it back after flowering to rejuvenate the health or habit.” And that means less maintenance. Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’ – Hakone grass (Zones 5-9) Partial Shade Bright yellow leaves with irregular green stripes; cascading mounds, clump-forming to slowly rhizomatous; yellow-green flowers; 18 in. tall × 24+ in. wide; morning sun enhances color
“I love the unique quality of Tennessee coneflower’s up-turned “petals” and its longevity in the garden. It lived in my garden for over 20 years—at least 10 times longer than a typical purple coneflower! And what a great backstory story—it was an endangered plant that was successfully reintroduced into its native range in Tennessee.” Echinacea ‘Balsomador’ – SOMBRERO® ADOBE ORANGE coneflower (Zones 4-8) Full Sun Bright deep orange, 4 in. wide, mid-June to October; holds color for a long time; 24 in. tall × 22 in. wide; moist, welldrained soils
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Eupatorium perfoliatum ‘Polished Brass’ – American boneset (Zones 3-8) Full Sun to Partial Shade White flowers, late August to late September; purple-bronze terminal leaves and stems before flowering; glossy leaves; robust bushy habit, 68 in. tall × 96 in. wide; prefers moist soils; pollinator plant “It’s refreshing to me when big plants are just allowed to be big, and Polished Brass is a big one! It is also one of the best pollinator plants I’ve ever seen when covered from top to bottom in pure white flowers.” Geranium macrorrhizum – bigroot geranium (Zones 3-8) Full Sun to Full Shade Magenta to pink flowers, 1 in. wide, in May and June, 12-18 in. tall × 24 in. wide; handsome foliage; orange red fall color
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“The leaf color and texture of Hakone grass makes it the perfect companion or complement to just about any other perennial or woody plant. I love growing it with something pink-flowered such as bleeding hearts or mountain hydrangea (Hydrangea serrata). It’s one of those plants that there can never be too much of for me.” Heuchera ‘Silver Gumdrop’ – coral bells (Zones 4-9) Sun to Shade Deep pink flowers, late June to late August; silver and burgundy leaves; strong habit and flower production; 27 in. tall (10 in. to leaves) × 20 in. wide “I’ve grown and killed a lot of coral bells since the mid-80s, so when one not only persists but thrives, it is a real winner. Silver Gumdrop combines bountiful and beautiful pink flowers with exquisite silver and burgundy leaves, which look good all the time even in full sun.” (photo on page 50)
Hibiscus ‘Dark Mystery’ – rose mallow (Zones 4-9) Full Sun to Partial Shade White flowers with cherry eye; 8½ in. wide, early August to early September; 46 in. tall and wide; beautiful burgundy heart-shaped leaves; average to moist soils
Muhlenbergii reverchonii ‘PUMD01S’ UNDAUNTED® – ruby muhly (Zones 5-9) Full Sun Pink plumes in late summer, soft-texture; clumping grass, 40 in. tall × 60 in. wide; xeric plant, tolerant of drought and poor soils; best with consistent moisture, well-drained soils
“I love rose mallows in all sizes and colors—I’ve grown dozens of varieties over the years. The burgundy leaves of Dark Mystery are beautiful on their own, but the large cherry-eyed white flowers are a nice late summer event.”
“There is nothing quite like Undaunted muhly grass in local landscapes. I love how light plays against the pink plumes and thready texture, especially backlit by the sun.”
Lamprocapnos spectabilis ‘Gold Heart’ – bleeding heart (Zones 2-8) Shade Pink and white flowers, late April to late May; golden-yellow leaves, fade to chartreuse; 30-36 in. tall and wide; may go dormant in high summer heat; long-lived perennial; formerly Dicentra spectabilis
Pycnanthemum muticum – blunt mountain mint (Zones 4-8) Full to Partial Sun Tiny pinkish white flowers, late June to mid-October; excellent pollinator plant; aromatic bright green leaves with silver terminals; 44 in. tall × 57 in. wide; rhizomatous; does not like wet soils
“Gold Heart is one of those plants that I buy (or want to buy) every time I find it in a garden center, whether I need it or have room for it. Much like variegated Hakone grass, its golden-yellow leaves combine so well with a myriad of perennials and really brightens a shady spot.”
“I fell in love with blunt mountain mint the first time I saw it because of the velvety silver leaves that top the stems. Honestly, I didn’t think flowering could make it better only to discover that it is one of the most popular plants for a vast variety of pollinators.”
Rodgersia aesculifolia – fingerleaf rodgersia (Zones 5-7) Light to Full Shade Palmate leaves resembling horse chestnut with 5-9 leaflets; creamy white flowers in large clusters (to 24 in. long) in late spring to midsummer; 36-72 in. tall × 48-72 in. wide, rhizomatous habit
“If you’re looking for a tropical look from a temperate plant, then look no further than rodgersia. The large umbrella-like leaves add an exotic quality to the garden.” Spigelia marilandica – Indian pink (Zones 5-9) Full Sun to Light Shade Red and yellow flowers, 2 in. long, onesided inflorescences, mid-June to late August including repeat bloom; dark green oval leaves; 24 in. tall × 22 in. wide; prefers moist soils
“Indian pink is an uncommon perennial that is worth searching out. Every one of its striking red and yellow flowers is a reason to grow it.”
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Todos Unidos — ALL UNITED! Don’t miss the 9th annual iLandscape Show. The Illinois Landscape Contractors Association (ILCA) and Wisconsin Nursery & Landscape Association (WNLA) are proud to present iLandscape 2022. The show will be hosted at The Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center and Hotel, located in Schaumburg, IL. The show will feature over 275 exhibitors (35 new exhibitors!), the hottest products, amazing educational speakers, ILCA’s Excellence in Landscape Awards Night, Wednesday Night Party featuring Modern Day Romeos, Thursday Beer and Game Night, daytime entertainment, over $20,000 in cash prizes & more, a Career Fair, and much more. The 2022 iLandscape education program provides a global perspective that you can apply locally. With speakers presenting from around the world, you will be immersed in a combined 400 years of horticulture. The program also includes a series of how to bridge the cultural divide in your landscaping business. And includes topics such as hardscape, plants, landscape architecture and design, soils, pests, diseases and business topics for the HR professional up to the owner! Join thousands of landscape professionals for three days and two nights of industry fun and excitement.
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT PARTY— MODERN DAY ROMEOS 4:00pm–6:00pm
ILCA EXCELLENCE IN LANDSCAPE AWARDS NIGHT 5:00pm–9:00pm
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Irrigation Workshop Irrigation Contractor Essentials: 4-hour Refresher Course Wednesday, February 2, 2022 8:00am-12:00pm Instructed by: Alex Mayfield JM Irrigation ILCA Irrigation Committee Chairperson This course is approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health for 4 hours of continuing education that is legally required for all registered irrigation contractors in the State of Illinois. This four part class covers the essentials for professional irrigation contractors. It will review proper maintenance, positioning, fittings, and connections. Next, it will cover electrical trouble shooting before moving onto drip irrigation design and components. Finally, it will conclude with controller programming and troubleshooting.
Uniting Latino and American Culture in the Workplace Presented by the ILCA Latino & Americano Committee These sessions will focus on understanding and appreciating the differences in the Latino and American culture. Better understanding will reduce conflict and lead to greater opportunities for the Latino and domestic workforce. This will result in more opportunities for advancement and better retention. This landmark series of presentations was put together by a task force of Latino and American landscape professionals. They will draw on research, professional experience, and personal stories to convey this information. The end result will attempt to bridge the gap between the two cultures that make the landscape industry great. This program will be presented entirely in Spanish. Bilingual attendees are encouraged to attend.
Send your: Field Staff, Latino Managers, ESL Employees and Bilingual Employees.
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8:00 AM – 9:15 AM Room: Euphoria Why Plant Growth Regulators are the Sound Business Approach to Addressing the Labor Shortage Cory McCurry, Rainbow Ecoscience Plant growth regulators can improve the way you manage landscapes. The newest generation of plant growth regulators can be used to control the growth of trees, shrubs, ground covers, hedges, and vines. Cory will discuss how using plant growth regulators reduces pruning cycles, increases profits and safety, manages labor shortages, and maintains better-looking plants.
Room: Nirvana A The Human Resources Imperative: How to Design, Prioritize, and Implement a Human Resources Department Steven Cesare, The Harvest Group This presentation lends clarity to the increasingly complex area of Human Resources that most business owners are confronted with on a daily basis. Steven will share how to categorize the domain of human resources into an easy-to-apply framework that will help simplify the business owner’s mindset about what should be done and when it should be done. The Human Resources Imperative identifies three specialty areas into which all human resources functions are allocated, organized, and understood. The simplicity of this model makes it easy for business owners to focus on a systematic plan to build their human resources program in a manner that is legally complaint, results-oriented, and sustainable over time. Room: Nirvana BC Cultivating Cultivars – The How and Why of New Tree Introduction Nancy Buley, J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co It’s a long and complex journey from seed to city tree. Today’s weather extremes call for the development of a new generation of urban trees that are climate resilient, and comprised of a diverse blend of species and cultivars – native and introduced. In this session, attendees will understand the timeline and processes of tree production. And how and why of cultivar development will help you plan ahead for choosing , growing and planting the best trees for the future urban forest.
Room: Utopia AB Everything You Should Know to Make Your Building Permit Process Flow Jon Hirsch, Krugel Cobbles, Inc.; Moira Dillon, Krugel Cobbles, Inc. The thought of applying for building permits is enough to make any landscape contractor scratch their head. Every municipality has different regulations which add complexity and time to the process. Krugel Cobbles has successfully submitted hundreds of permits. They have learned when you need a permit and why, understanding what municipalities need, and how to get the initial submission right. Jon and Moira will also review areas that have to approve the submitted permit, and what do they evaluate. You’ll leave with easy steps to keep track of the permit process and key mistakes to avoid.
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Landscape Architects – The entire program has been approved by LA CES for CEU’s. Certified Arborists – Check onsite signage and the app for approved sessions for CEU’s.
Room: Utopia CD Art of Gardening at Chanticleer Bill Thomas, Chanticleer Join Chanticleer’s Executive Director and Head Gardener Bill Thomas for a visual tour and behind-the-scenes look at what The Washington Post calls “one of the most interesting and edgy public gardens in America.” Chanticleer, once the home of the Rosengarten family, is known for residential-scale plant combinations featuring foliage textures and colors, a wide variety of containers, and imaginative handmade furniture. This is a garden where the staff are the designers, competing with each other and with the horticultural world to make the garden fun, visually exciting, and environmentally responsible. Bill will offer insights on what inspires this special place.
9:45 AM – 11:00 AM Room: Euphoria Fungi with Benefits Chelsi Abbott, Davey Tree Expert Company Plants are part of a complex ecosystem involving many organisms including bacteria, fungi, insects, and animals. Unfortunately, when one thinks of fungi, one thinks of the many pathogenic fungi that cause disease and decay that are a nuisance or a danger to humans. However even though these seem to make many of the headlines, pathogenic fungi encompass a small percentage of the fungi present in this ecosystem. This talk will aim to review some of the benefits that certain types of fungi can have while focusing on the associations fungi form with plants that can increase nutrient absorption and reduce drought response. STREAMING LIVE FROM INDIA! Room: Nirvana A Designing Meditative Gardens Vallari Talapatra, Eco Scapes, Inc. There are a myriad of ways to focus and relax. Most require some sort of connection to electronics, when the easiest way to accomplish this is to step outside into nature. Meditative gardens instill tranquility, balance and a sense of calm for most of us. In every garden Vallari designs, she includes a space for contemplation. Vallari will discuss the elements of a meditative garden and how to put these elements together. Attendees will learn how to make a meditative garden integrate with the rest of the garden setting, and leave focused and relaxed.
Room: Nirvana BC Urban Sketching 101 Aaron Elswick, WGI Take a crash course in urban sketching! This session will touch on the integral role that drawing plays with a professional setting and present urban sketching as a platform for continual professional practice and growth. We will kick off with an introductory presentation where Aaron will share the benefits of urban sketching, his tools, and tips & tricks for success. A demonstration will follow, and the group will be able to follow along as the instructor shares his approach to breaking down complex scenes, drawing in perspective, and simplifying common urban elements into replicable features and textures.
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WEDNESDAY EDUCATION 9:45 AM – 11:00 AM
Room: Utopia AB Gardens that Rock! Jeff Epping, Olbrich Botanical Gardens If you want a garden that truly rocks, look no further than a gravel garden. Earthfriendly gravel gardens require less of just about everything – water, mulch, energy, chemicals and most importantly labor – but give back so much more. Jeff Epping, Director of Horticulture at Olbrich Botanical Gardens, created a number of gravel gardens at Olbrich and in his own home garden that you can easily incorporate into your home landscape, as well. Don’t confuse these gardens with traditional rock or alpine gardens that can look more rocky than green and require a great deal of time to maintain. These sustainable gravel gardens are as colorful as any perennial planting around, provide food and habit for pollinators and other insects and require up to 80% less maintenance than a traditional perennial planting. Jeff will show you how to replace conventional lawns, expensive annual plantings, and labor-intensive perennial beds with these easyto-maintain gravel gardens, just as he’s done at Olbrich and elsewhere.
Room: Utopia CD Lost in Translation: The 5 Things Businesses Must Understand About the Latinx Culture Bernie Carranza, Consultant Back by popular demand! Join Bernie Carranza as he expands on key points discussed in his 2020 webinar. Spanish-speakers and Latinx employees comprise over 50% of the Illinois landscape industry. Bridging the gap is bigger than language. It is a cultural understanding that can reap tremendous dividends. This is a can’t miss session for anyone else looking to bridge the cultural divide and establish a more productive and harmonious workplace. Bernie will address some of the biggest misconceptions of working alongside Latino employees, leaving you with a renewed understanding and appreciation of our compadres.reduce
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Room: Euphoria Oak Decline: A Fight Against the Inevitable Chelsi Abbott, Davey Tree Expert Company Oaks are incredibly desirable trees in urban landscapes, however, in recent years many oak trees have been in decline. Oak decline is a complex of insects, fungi, and environmental factors that interact to bring about severe damage and eventual death of the tree. Since oak decline can be caused by any combination of biotic and abiotic factors, proper diagnosis before management is key. This talk will aim to cover the diagnostics of key oak problems, such as two-line chestnut borer, wood decay fungi, foliar pathogens, and cultural conditions to understand how these problems interact and attribute to oak decline. Furthermore, management practices discussed will be focused o n a holistic approach using traditional and experimental methods.
Room: Nirvana BC How to Make 20% More on Residential Maintenance Tom Lupfer, Lupfer Landscaping
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Seasoned landscape professional Tom Lupfer will take you through his operations, step-by-step, and show contractors how to make more on residential maintenance. It all starts with the bidding process and takes attendees all the way through to billing. Along the way, the presentation will cover contracts, production standards, management tools, and customer service necessary for satisfied residential maintenance customers. The focus will be on knowing your numbers by knowing what to measure, keeping track of it, and then managing and bidding based on those numbers. Landscaping is a story problem, but it doesn’t have to be a hard one.
Room: Utopia AB Leadership for Crew Leaders and Managers Todd Kramer, Kramer Tree Specialists Green Industry staff are often promoted to leadership roles based on their ability to complete a task but may lack the qualities and skills required to be an effective leader. Some employees find it difficult to be in charge, and have trouble leading their fellow employees. It is a process to train effective leaders. Learn how to develop leadership skills that will positively contribute to developing safe, productive, and quality-oriented crews.
Room: Utopia CD A Bountiful Year: Six Seasons of Beauty from Brandywine Cottage David Culp, Author & Creator of Brandywine Cottage Based on his most recent book of the same name, this talk digs deeper into David Culp’s celebrated garden Brandywine Cottage, featuring a focus for each month, including recipes, a garden to-do list, flower arrangements and practical information. Favorite mail order sources, gardening for biodiversity and wildlife habitat, the creation of the meadow at Brandywine Cottage, recommended plants for dry places, and even favorite weeds will also be discussed. This lecture and book are about lifestyle, and blurring the lines of indoor and outdoor living.
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STREAMING LIVE FROM AUSTRALIA! Room: Nirvana A
Georgina Reid, The Plant Hunter The garden is much more than a place of solace, respite and decoration. It can also be a place of action, activism and world-making. This presentation centers garden-making as an act of care for our world. Featuring the stories of fascinating gardeners and their gardens, as well as sharing Georgina Reid’s own creative journey, the presentation will be inspiring, thought provoking, and gorgeous. You may never look at your garden the same way again.
FREE iLANDSCAPE SHOW PARTY Wednesday, February 2, 2022 • 4:00pm – 6:00pm Gather with your friends, colleagues or customers for hors d’oeuvres, drinks, and great music.
Top-shelf musicians and trademark good humor, make Modern Day Romeos one-of-a-kind!.
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THURSDAY EDUCATION 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Room: Euphoria Estimating Hardscape Projects with Confidence Donny Duke, Arborgold Do you know your cost of doing business or performing the work that you sell or are you just guessing? The price that other trades and services charge for their work continually goes up, but have your rates and prices done the same? You can no longer hope you will become more profitable by guesswork and luck. This session will demonstrate the importance of an estimating strategy and show how to develop and implement the strategy to become profitable and stable and to ensure your company’s survival.
LIVE STREAMING FROM NEW YORK! Room: Nirvana A Brooklyn Bridge Park: Lessons (so far!) in Constructed Ecology Rebecca McMackin, Brooklyn Bridge Park Brooklyn Bridge Park, an 85 acre, organic park in the middle of New York City, was created with ecology in mind. The park’s award winning piers include top notch recreation, from opera to outdoor films, all of it beautifully designed. But the piers also contain native woodlands, freshwater wetlands, salt marshes, and numerous meadows. These areas closely mimic native ecosystems and are managed with an emphasis on wildlife habitat. This talk will detail many of the strategies employed to design an ecological park, as well as the management techniques used to cultivate biodiverse parkland. If we can do it, so can you.
Room: Nirvana BC If Some Is Good, More Is Better (The Argument for Diversity in the Landscape) Scott Beuerlein, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Diversity of plant material not only enriches our gardens, it also creates great habitat for wildlife. And it actually makes gardening easier and more beautiful. This indisputable case will be made. Settled. All will be in agreement. And an inspirational palette of plant material will also be presented. Room: Utopia AB The Secret to Reducing Plant Replacement Cost and Increasing Client Satisfaction Gary Eichen, SavATree No matter how healthy the stock, all of us have experienced plant loss – along with associated costs and potential impact on customer satisfaction. In fact, sometimes it seems as though plants just don’t thrive in certain areas. We are quick to blame too much or too little water or exposure to light. But what if the problem stems with the soil? This session will provide a fundamental understanding of soil, focusing on the composition of healthy soil. It covers the basics of soil testing, so that participants will know how to read soil test results and zero in on what’s most important. It will also include a discussion of soil additives and organic soil enhancers.
Room: Utopia CD The Tree of Good Fortune Jack Jostes, Ramblin Jackson
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Weed out bad fit customers before they call you while attracting qualified leads on autopilot using the proven, current, landscaper’s digital marketing & sales process. Featuring REAL ILLINOIS LANDSCAPER VIDEO CASE STUDIES. Yes, this works in Illinois! Walk away with immediate improvements in your sales process AND work sheets, templates, and actionable takeaways from the Landscaper’s Guide to Modern Sales & Marketing Podcast host and Illinois native, Jack Jostes, who got his start in the green industry working at a prominent Chicagoland nursery and who has been known to feed audiences beef jerky.
9:45 AM – 11:00 AM LIVE STREAMING FROM WASHINGTON D.C.! Room: Nirvana A Behind the Scenes of Smithsonian Gardens Sarah Dickert, Horticulturist | Smithsonian Gardens-NASM Smithsonian Gardens is a public garden and museum located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. In this highly visited area, they are able to share the joy and importance of gardens to millions of people every year. But gardening in an urban setting presents its own unique set of opportunities and challenges. Join horticulturist Sarah Dickert as she takes you on a virtual trip to Smithsonian Gardens, sharing all they have to offer and what it takes to maintain their gardens.
Room: Euphoria Decked Out Eric Hoffman, Woodridge Deck & Gazebo Company Changes in permeability requirements are driving the use of decks, pergolas, gazebos and outdoor pavilions. Join Eric as he explains the various products available. He’ll highlight the characteristics of these products with samples and then describe the low maintenance options available.
Room: Nirvana BC Small Landscapes with BIG Attitudes Kerry Ann Mendez, Perennially Yours Do you have a small area to garden but want BIG results? Maybe it’s the main entrance to your home or an entertainment area that needs jazzing up? This eyeopening presentation provides clever design and accessorizing tips for maximizing and extending color in smaller spaces. The session features remarkable, no-fuss perennials, flowering shrubs, evergreens and annuals that provide three seasons (or more) of beauty plus neat habits. Pollinator-friendly plants and sustainable practices are emphasized.
Room: Utopia AB Garden Legends! 400 Years of Ornamental Horticulture in America Kirk Ryan Brown, John Bartram Lives Travel across America to discover what gardeners should recognize about the art and practice of high design and low dirty work. With a travelogue including 75 gardens in 45 minutes, Kirk’s topic surveys how agriculture became urbanculture… what national parks return to ‘We the People’…why cemeteries commemorate more than famous people…when public gardens disappear…and who gardens best. Expand your bucket list of must-see public gardens! This will be an enthusiastic gardener’s world-view of unblinking honesty about the importance of sowing, growing, and owning green in our lives.
Room: Utopia CD The Morton Arboretum Plant Clinic’s Annual Summary Julie Janoski, The Morton Arboretum Plant Clinic is a free service provided by The Morton Arboretum for homeowners and green professionals which communicates with over 8,000 people and answers over 17,000 questions a year about plant health care. Plant Clinic is also part of the Plant Health Care Program at the Arboretum. Learn about some of the most common questions asked and get an update on pest and disease issues we are seeing and their management options. In addition, the presentation will provide an update on possible new disease problems we should be looking for and what to do if you see something unusual.
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THURSDAY EDUCATION 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM Room: Nirvana BC Bullet-Proof Shade Plants for Breathtaking Gardens Kerry Ann Mendez, Perennially Yours Shade gardening is my passion. The combination of captivating foliage and radiant flowers is mesmerizing, plus much less maintenance than full sun gardens. This session includes design tips as well as plants for dry shade and deer-prone gardens.
Room: Utopia AB Celebrating 100 Years of Horticulture! Gardening for Victory Kirk Ryan Brown, John Bartram Lives Out of the social cauldron of the Dustbowl Depression and FDR’s Works Progress Administration, came a national drive to Go Green. Through WWII and into the construction of Levittowns and Interstate Highways across the nation, America’s family unit was reformed. Leisure activities and vacation traveling became the norm. New style, or Lifestyle, landscapes were created. Into our 2021 Post-Covid lives, comes a new demand to re-learn everything our grandparents knew about growing plants: as a food source, as an escape from the virtual world, for more color in our lives, and as a health-giving natural tonic. Compare and contrast how life now mirrors life then! Kirk shares his many views on gardens he’s loved, plants he’s coveted, gardeners he’s known and life that’s surrounded him. Be enthusiastic. Be committed, Be passionate! Gardening’s here to stay.
Room: Utopia CD It’s ALL about PEOPLE: How to Find, Attract, On Board, Keep and Grow the Right People for Your Company Ed Laflamme and Bill Arman, The Harvest Group By far and away the most difficult challenge in 2022 for landscape companies is finding, hiring and keeping good people. Potential candidates agree on a time to meet but nine out of 10 times don’t even show up. Workers are leaving for $3.00, $2.00 or even $1.00 per hour more. The question is why? We will do a deep dive into these issues and talk about the reasons why these things are happening. Recruiting is not just putting an ad on a job site because that’s not working anymore, is it? In our seminar we’re going to teach you a recruiting plan with FRESH ideas that will help you to be more successful. One method alone will not work. What is needed is an integrated approach with multiple methods to cast your net wide and deep. But wait, once they’re hired why are they leaving? We’re going to address this head on and give you reasons why many leave, and how to change that once and for all.
Room: Nirvana A
Approaches to Urban Garden Design at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Andrew Bunting, Pennsylvania Horticulture Society In this session, Andrew Bunting, Vice President of Public Gardens and Landscapes will explore the many public gardens and landscapes managed by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Many of these projects are in very urban settings and require a specialized approach to design considerations; plant selection and how the green spaces will be used by the public.
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Room: Euphoria Oudolf Garden Detroit Meredith Simpson, Oudolf Garden Detroit Oudolf Garden Detroit is a four-season, free public garden set in the international waterways of the Detroit River, on beautiful Belle Isle—a challenging setting as unique as Detroit! Learn about how an all-volunteer ‘grounds crew’ has worked together with Piet Oudolf to fund, plan, design, build and now care for this wonderful public asset. We will explore Oudolf’s master plan, planting designs, and extensive plant lists for Detroit.
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
Room: Euphoria Security Gates and Other Physical Security for Property John Dini, Electronic Entry Systems Automatically controlled driveway gate access systems are becoming more and more popular. These systems are most often part of a greater landscape and hardscape implementation plan. The knowledge provided will help anyone involved in landscape development better prepare for what features these systems offer, and what goals they can achieve. Whether the landscape architect has a direct involvement in the automatic driveway gate access system, or is not involved but is simply interested in how these systems will impact the overall landscape plan, this presentation is for you. Everything from what types of systems are best for different situations, to how the different types of gates can be incorporated into the masonry and drive surface will be covered. At the end of this presentation, attendees will be well educated on what makes up these security driveway gate access systems and how best to offer them to their clients.
ILCA EXCELLENCE IN LANDSCAPE AWARDS PROGRAM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2022 • Reception begins at 5:00 pm • Dinner begins at 6:00 pm • Program starts at 7:00 pm
Don’t miss the ILCA’s annual showcase featuring the best landscapes in Illinois. Awards Night will be the crown jewel of iLandscape networking opportunities, as well as a great venue to see the industry’s best projects. Come join the celebration of these coveted awards. please note:
Join friends for an evening of mingling, honoring & celebrating: • Excellence in Landscape Award Winners
Awards will have a limited amount of tickets available. It is vital you register early if you plan to attend Awards Night. iLandscape cannot guarantee a ticket without pre-registration.
• Person of the Year
Awards Night includes snacks, dinner and the program; cash bar.
• Student Design Competition Winners
• Distinguished Service Award Winner • 2021-22 Scholarship Winners
In addition, the winners of two prestigious industry awards will be announced that night: • JUDGES’ AWARD — The best project among all entries as chosen by the judges. • PROFESSIONALS’ CHOICE — The best project among all entries as chosen by other contractors and green industry professionals.
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THURSDAY EDUCATION 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Room: Nirvana A What to Expect When Expecting H-2Bs Kara Youngblood, Youngblood & Associates You have decided your company should turn to the H-2B program to alleviate your workforce deficiencies. Like any first time parent, you are sitting there thinking “Now what?” Kara will provide a brief summary of the program and then walk you through how to get started. Expanding your family is expensive - and that includes your work family. Kara will outline the costs you should expect to incur and what your first week as an H-2B Employer will look like. You can bet there will be a lack of sleep involved. Then after that first week, what are your additional responsibilities after your H-2B workers arrive?
Room: Nirvana BC Native Plants And The New Ecology: Impacts for the Commercial Landscaper Daniel Gerdes, Christy Webber Landscapes This session will outline the problems that common horticultural practices have created in ecological systems during the past 60 years in a non-confrontational, good humored and engaging way. It will describe the new native plant initiatives that are now disrupting the design and commercial landscaping industries, and this will be followed by a detailed presentation of the goals of this New Ecology and the impacts it will have on our industry over the coming decades.
Room: Utopia AB Why Should I Work For You? Finding, Engaging & Retaining Top Talent In A Post-Pandemic World Joe Abraham, Entrepreneurial DNA If your HR department is responsible for hiring and developing people, you’ve already put yourself 5 years behind the 8-ball. This 75-minute session is lifted from the 2-day WIN IT Owners Conference held in Fall 2021. You’ll discover how valuesbased accountability, messaging, and coaching play into winning the talent game – especially with millennials and generation Z.
Room: Utopia CD Maximizing Landscape Design-Build Efficiency with Technology Joe Hanauer, Landscape Architecture, LLC During the Great Recession, landscape architect and owner of a mid-size design-build company, Joe Hanauer decided to “tech up”. His goal then was to be a one-person designbuild office. Now, with labor markets tight, using technology to create efficiencies for installation crews is increasingly important. With hardware including a tablet, computer, GPS Surveyor, Zip-Level and camera, combined with software for note taking, estimating and designing, this session will reveal how they are all essential to creating an efficient workflow from first call to last shovel. This session will also show how this “almost-paperfree” technology workflow can be used to run a one-person office and scaled to work with larger firms, too.
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FRIDAY EDUCATION 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Room: Nirvana A Grower Degree Days, A Better Way to Monitor Plants, Weeds, Insects, and Fungi John Terhesh, Goodmark Nurseries Yesterday it was 70° and tomorrow it’s snowing. What does this mean for spring? Climate change is leading to changes in weather patterns that will only be amplified in the future years. The development of plants, insects, weeds, and diseases require heat, and the old calendar based schedules are getting less reliable. A more modern approach to predicting crabgrass emergence or insect hatching is to use “grower degree days” (GDD). Using grower degree days to use as your new IPM schedule will lead to much better results which will reduce expenses and increase crop health.
Room: Nirvana BC By the Light of the Moon: Evening Gardens Heather Prince, Fearless Gardening
Evening or moon gardens have become popular as folks rediscover the potential of their garden spaces after dark. With a long and rich history, evening gardens enchant us and provide quiet moments of respite. We’ll take a look at the elements of an evening garden, explore garden styles, and profile plants that go beyond white flowers to add layers of texture and fragrance.
Room: Utopia AB Operations, Production, & Scheduling Plant Health Care Services – What’s the Key to a Successful Approach Lee Fredericks, Rainbow Ecoscience What are the most challenging aspects of running an efficient and effective plant health care program? Identifying and training the right people? Scheduling procedures at the correct time of the year? Inventory management and product lifespan? Application tips and strategies? How do many successful companies perform this operational orchestra? In this session, we will explore the important aspects of the plant health care industry operational planning and implementation will be presented. Attendees will also be able to ask any production-related questions regarding the operations, production, equipment, scheduling, and the proper timing of plant health care services.
Room: Utopia CD Effective Weed Control in Landscapes Aaron Hathaway, Nufarm
Controlling weeds in landscapes full of desirable plants requires a sound understanding of weed ecology and herbicide characteristics. Common weeds found in landscape beds have varying traits and there are many chemistries available to managers that can aid in more effective control, better safety amongst desirable plants, and increasing longevity of control. We will touch on weed identification and cover the many categories of available herbicides and their best use within these landscapes.
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FRIDAY EDUCATION 9:45 AM – 11:00 AM Room: Euphoria Customers Count – Simple Proven Ways to Build Customer Loyalty and Profitable Relationships Judson Griggs, The Harvest Group It has been proven that, “It’s hard to make money on a customer you don’t have.” That may seem like an over-simplification, but many people forget about this aspect of sales — Retaining your great clients! The longer you keep the right customer the more you will make! Judson will explore ways to establish long term relationships and to move the relationship from Vendor to Trusted Advisor to Partner to Raving Fans. Together, we will review ways to achieve: retention, recovery, renewals, referrals and extra revenue.
STREAMING LIVE FROM WALES! Room: Nirvana A Plants First Sarah Price, Sarah Price Landscapes Sarah believes in plant-driven design. She is developing a visual vocabulary using plants; their shapes, textures, colors and patterns to compose her designs. She will discuss her own sources of design inspiration; providing insights into how we can look more closely at plants and the environments in which they grow. Through giving real examples, she will lift the lid on her working processes, discussing her gold medal winning designs for her Chelsea Flower Show Gardens, her 2012 Olympic plantings for the Queen Elizabeth Park, London, as well as garden designs within healthcare environments and experiments within her own garden in Abergavenny, Wales.
Room: Nirvana BC Exciting Annuals for 2022 Mark Dwyer, Landscape Prescriptions by MD With so many amazing annuals coming out every year, it’s always nice to see not only some new selections but focus on some of the best of the best that continue to perform and be popular. This presentation will focus on annuals for all lighting conditions with some focus on fragrance, wildlife value and value in the container and basket. I’ll be visiting many trial gardens in 2021 to examine some of the most exciting plants coming to market.
Room: Utopia AB Landscapes with Impact: Building Spaces that Respond to Client and Community Needs Benjamin Himschoot, Clare Johnson, Lauren Mathias; Himsben Design Studio LLC Antonio Rangel, Jose Rangel; JR Landscaping Landscapes provide people with the opportunity to connect, socialize and enjoy nature at multiple scales – from intimate backyards to public gardens. Join the team from Himsben Design Studio (HDS) for a presentation on the power of client and communityfocused design at two scales. Learn about their design and build process for diverse communities and how to create spaces that are unique and feasible.
Room: Utopia CD Benchmarking for Profit Improvement Jeffrey Scott, Jeffrey Scott Consulting
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Earning a high ‘return on investment’ requires a smart approach to business. What’s the difference between low profit and high (20%) profit companies? It’s the benchmarks and key indicators they track, and the strategies they set and decisions they make daily. You will learn which financial and leadership benchmarks to follow, and how to engage your team in order to maximize their performance. Learn the secrets that highly successful landscape companies use to set up and run financially successful businesses.
11:30 AM – 12:45 PM Room: Euphoria The Space in Between – Shoreline Buffers Keith Gray, ILM; Monica Komorowski, ILM When working with clients with water features on their property, special attention needs to be given to the plants along the edge of the pond or lake. Called shoreline buffers, these areas of the landscape can look breathtaking while also providing important ecosystem services like soil stabilization and water filtration. While plant selection for shoreline buffers is important, soil preparation is equally as important in order to ensure project success. In this session, you will learn about attractive native plants used for shoreline buffers and practical preparation tips. Case studies from a variety of sites big and small will be shared.
Room: Nirvana A Set Up Your Company to Run Itself Jeffrey Scott, Jeffrey Scott Consulting You have founded (or bought) a great company, but you find that your job has taken over your life. You need help figuring out how to build up your company and your leadership team, so they can handle the day to day sales and operations without you. It’s not impossible, but it takes a shift in mindset and strategy, and an intentional approach to building your team, setting up the correct systems and culture, and empowering your team to make decisions and be accountable for their areas. This presentation will show you a step by step approach with case studies to prove that its possible to set up your company to run itself.
Room: Nirvana BC Hidden Treasures : Underused Plants for Today’s Landscapes Nikki Melin, Midwest Groundcovers; Kevin McGowen, Kaknes Landscapes Supply; Mike Mennonah; Mariani Plants How do you know which plants are truly the best field performers? What plants get the most promotional hype and are often overused in our landscapes? High demand, limited supply for the tried and true —these are the challenges we currently face. Join our expert panel and discover their recommendations for underused trees, shrubs, perennials, groundcovers and good substitutes for your projects.
Room: Utopia AB Designing a Healing Garden Mark Dwyer, Landscape Prescriptions by MD This presentation will talk about many of the design features that can be successfully included in a design for a healing or enabling garden. We’ll talk about some of the plant materials appropriate for the setting but how the actual layout and features can encourage engagement and relaxation for a wide audience of users but also have the potential to be utilized for active programmatic use (physical therapy, horticulture therapy, etc.). We’ll also discuss specific enabling features that will accommodate specific users, encourage engagement and provide a welcoming garden space for all visitors and users.
Room: Utopia CD Illinois’ Most Unwanted Tree Pests and Pathogens Tricia Bethke, The Morton Arboretum It’s a tough life for a tree! Knowing what’s ‘bugging’ them and what’s a car ride away can help protect trees in urban and rural landscapes. Join Tricia Bethke, Forest Pest Outreach Coordinator, for a lively discussion on how to identify, manage and eradicate new and potential tree pests. Early detection is the best defense, learn how to report and monitor pests and diseases before they become a real problem.
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guide to locations
D I S C O V E R Y H A L L
PLEASE NOTE — the iLandscape Trade Show is in two halls Discovery and Innovation INNOVATION HALL
REGISTRATION
• The iLandscape Trade Show is located on the first floor in both Discovery and Innovation Halls • The ILCA and WNLA booths are located in Discovery Hall Booth 1138 • Educational classes are located on the SECOND FLOOR • Excellence in Landscape Awards Night will be held in the Utopia Ballroom upstairs
SECOND FLOOR • Educational classes are conducted in: — Euphoria — Nirvana A, BC — Utopia AB, CD
Awards Night is in the UTOPIA BALLROOM
• Spanish language education are held in Utopia CD • Irrigation Workshop is held in Innovation Nirvana Threshold
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• The book store and signings are in the Nirvana Threshold — Check on site signage and APP
Premier Sponsor
Wednesday Night Party
Convention Center Doors
Education
Lanyards
Promotional Bags
Aisle Decals
Beer Tasting
Food Vouchers Business Card Holders
Hotel Key Cards
Exhibitor Keg Parties and Beer Tastings
Sponsors as of January 11, 2022.
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thursday
wednesday Registration Hours
7:00am – 4:30pm
Registration Hours
7:00am – 4:30pm
Exhibit Hall Hours
9:00am – 4:30pm
Exhibit Hall Hours
9:00am – 4:30pm
Educational Sessions Upper Level
8:00am – 9:15am 9:45am – 11:00am 1:30pm – 2:45pm
Educational Sessions
8:00am – 9:15am 9:45am – 11:00am 1:00pm – 2:15pm 2:45pm – 3:45pm
(See complete session listings on pages 4-7)
Irrigation Workshop Innovation 8:00am-12:00pm Spanish Language Education Utopia CD EN 11:00am-11:45am 12:45pm-1:30pm ESPAÑOL Young Professionals Walkabout 3:00pm Meet at the ILCA|WNLA booth #1138 Raffles & Giveaways 4:15pm Discovery Hall
Party Time! 4: 4:00pm-6:00pm Modern Day Romeos Discovery Hall
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(See complete session listings on pages 8-12)
Spanish Language Education Utopia CD EN 11:00am-11:45am 12:15pm-1:00pm ESPAÑOL Raffles & Giveaways 4:15pm Discovery Hall Beer and Game Night 4:30pm-6:30pm Discovery Hall ILCA Excellence in Landscape Awards Night 5:00pm-9:00pm Utopia Ballroom
friday
Raffles & Giveaways
Registration Hours
7:00am – 2:00pm
Exhibit Hall Hours
9:00am – 2:00pm
Educational Sessions
8:00am – 9:15am 9:45am – 11:00am 11:30am – 12:45pm
(See complete session listings on pages 13-15)
Student Roundtables 8:00am-9:45am Euphoria
Career Fair 9:00am-1:00pm Nirvana/Utopia Threshold
Raffles & Giveaways 1:45pm Discovery Hall
You can WIN! All attendees at iLandscape can enter to win prizes on the day they attend. Over $20,000 in prizes Wednesday, February 2nd
$200 cash prize $300 cash prize $500 cash prize $1,000 cash prize $2,500 cash prize $200 Cooper’s Hawk Gift Card $200 Amazon Gift Card $200 Schaumburg Public House Gift Card Wood Carving 4-pack tickets to Chicago Botanic Garden 4-pack tickets to Morton Arboretum 4-pack tickets to Mitchell Park Domes 4-pack tickets to Boerner Botanical Garden 4-pack tickets to Anderson Japanese Garden 4-pack tickets to Rotary Botanical Garden
Thursday, February 3rd
$200 cash prize $300 cash prize $500 cash prize $1,000 cash prize $2,500 cash prize $200 Cooper’s Hawk Gift Card $200 Amazon Gift Card $200 Schaumburg Public House Gift Card Wood Carving 4-pack tickets to Chicago Botanic Garden 4-pack tickets to Morton Arboretum 4-pack tickets to Mitchell Park Domes 4-pack tickets to Boerner Botanical Garden 4-pack tickets to Anderson Japanese Garden 4-pack tickets to Rotary Botanical Garden
Friday, February 4th
$200 cash prize $300 cash prize $500 cash prize $1,000 cash prize $2,500 cash prize $200 Cooper’s Hawk Gift Card $200 Amazon Gift Card Wood Carving 4-pack tickets to Chicago Botanic Garden 4-pack tickets to Morton Arboretum 4-pack tickets to Mitchell Park Domes 4-pack tickets to Boerner Botanical Garden 4-pack tickets to Anderson Japanese Garden 4-pack tickets to Rotary Botanical Garden
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Discovery Hall Floorplan as of 1/6/22
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Exhibit Hours - Wednesday 9:00am-4:30pm - Thursday 9:00am-4:30pm - Friday 9:00am-2pm
V/FEC
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Decker's Nursery
Evergreen Nursery 301 Co. 303
Aspen Fuels USA
208
Occidental Chemical Corporation
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Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries
Power Planter,Inc307
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Fairview Arborwear Evergreen LLC Nurseries
The Outdoor-Plus
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Light to 407 Form
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Assured/ Brehob Michigan West-Shore Partners, Nursery Nursery Inc.
Superior Triple-H Omega-II Wholesale Mulch& Fence Landscape Firewood Systems Supply 507 505 LLC 503
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Illinois Chicago Green Region Industry Tree Association Initiative 317 315
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High PSI Ltd.
Cub Cadet Professional
Attentive 417
Aisle 400 416
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Weed Aspire Bristol-Equip Man Software &-Rentals Christiansen Arborgold Intimidator Software Farms 517 515 Group Aisle 500
McCann Industries 611
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BCS-America Max-Distributing SCHAUMBURG FOYER WEST
Wednesday 9:00am-4:30pm Thursday 9:00am-4:30pm Friday 9:00am-2:00pm
Fiesta Cocina &-Stage EXIT
• Green Box indicates Magazine Advertiser EXIT
DATA
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Smart Outdoor Living
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WeCare Denali, LLC
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Irrigation-& Landscape Supply
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REDMAX
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Warming Trends
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Turf-Tech
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LeafGuard
King Nursery
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Bad-Boy-Mowers Northwest Lawn-&-Power
Greenleaf Nursery Company
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Gempler's
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Windy City Cleaning Equipment
SERVICE CORRIDOR
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DigaTalk+
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Walker Mid-America
SCHAUMBURG FOYER NORTH
Polycor,Inc.
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Landscape Management 219 Network
F.E.C.
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Vetter Stone Company
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Crete Quote
Crum-Halsted Meadowood Wholesale Insurance Enterprises Growers
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FHV/FEC
Voigt-Smith Innovation
NYP Corp 215
MEMORIAL GARDEN
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2017 EXHIBITORS
Air-Pot USA
EXHIBITORS EXHIBITORS
Alpha Professional Tools 205
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AV
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Midwest W.&.E. Salt, LLC Radtke
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Docuprint Forms &-Signs
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Innovation Hall
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1st Choice Equipment Jeff Patterson 1555 Atlantic Drive West Chicago, IL 60185 Phone: 630.510.6050 Email: jpatterson@1stchoiceequipment.com www.1stchoiceequipment.com
Booth# 1112
Alta Equipment Company Melanie Evans 18405 115th Avenue Orland Park, IL 60467 Phone: 312.244.9467 Email: melanie.evans@altg.com www.altaequipment.com
Booth# 1618
AA Stone Impex Neeraj Bhadouria B-36 Bank Colony, Gola Ka Mandir Gwalior, M.P 474006 Phone: 336.609.1113 Email: raj@globalstoneimpex.com www.aastoneimpex.com
Booth# 941
Alta Equipment Company Melanie Evans 18405 115th Avenue Orland Park, IL 60467 Phone: 312.244.9467 Email: melanie.evans@altg.com www.altaequipment.com
Booth# 1615
A. Block Marketing, Inc. Ron Jesselson 855 East Golf Road Arlington Hts, IL 60005 Phone: 847.437.7088 Email: ron.jesselson@sbcglobal.net
Booth# 1305
Booth# 1411
Acorn Farms John DeHaven 7679 Worthington Road Galena, OH 43021 Phone: 614.891.9348 Email: johnd@acornfarms.com www.acornfarms.com
Booth# 906
Alta Falls & Pond Supplies Ben Geffre 2165 Daniels Street, Suite 1 Long Lake, MN 55356 Phone: 952.476.2582 Email: ben@altafalls.com www.altafalls.com
Altorfer Cat Taylor Hanneman 2600 SW 6th Street Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 Phone: 309.259.0012 Email: taylor.hanneman@altorfer.com www.altorfer.com
Booth# 1246
Arborgold Software Caleb Schaftlein 9783 E. 116th Street PMB 6611 Fishers, IN 46037 Phone: 800.933.1955 Email: caleb@arborgold.com www.arborgold.com
Booth# 517
Arborwear LLC Nate Debick 8269 East Washington Street Chagrin Falls, OH 44023 Phone: 440.543.3300 Email: ndebick@arborwear.com www.arborwear.com
Booth# 306
Advanced Turf Booth# 1311 Jessica Mills 282 Messner Drive Wheeling, IL 60090 Phone: 847.258.5904 Email: jmills@advancedturf.com www.advancedturf.com Aesthetic Metals Mike Reinhardt 600 18th Avenue Rockford, IL 61104 Phone: 815.316.4000 Email: mike@aestheticmetals.com www.aestheticmetals.com
Booth# 1939
Air-Pot USA Chris Irving 3695 Clausen Acres Lane NE Salem, OR 97303 Phone: 503.931.2898 Email: chris@air-pot.com www.air-pot.com
Booth# 116
Alert Distributing Jim Schroeder 16873 Fish Point Road SE Prior Lake, MN 55372 Phone: 952.224.4070 Email: jschroeder@alertdistributing.com www.alertdistributing.com
Booth# 1304
Alliance Designer Products Robert Cadieux 225 Bellerose Blvd. West LaVal, QUE Phone: 866.212.1611 Email: robert@alliancegator.com www.alliancegator.com
Booth# 1710
Alpha Professional Tools Mindy Wessel 16 Park Drive, Suite 9 Franklin, NJ 7416 Phone: 800.648.7229 Email: mwessel@alpha-tools.com www.alpha-tools.com
Booth# 205
30 YEARS OF MULE ™
Ariens & Gravely Booth# 1736 Carol Dilger 655 W. Ryan Street Brillion, WI 54110 Phone:From 812.357.5561 the roll out of the first MULE™ 1000 to the new 2018 MULE PRO-FXR™ and MULE 4000 Trans™, Kawasaki continues to build its legacy of hardworking machines. Email: cdilger@ariensco.com Explore the history of MULE on Kawasaki.com www.gravely.com
The Original 1988 MULE™ 1000
(model not for sale)
MULE 4000 Trans™
MULE PRO-FXR™
™
Kawasaki.com/MULEhistory
Arlington Power Equipment Carlos Nava 20175 N. Rand Road Palatine, IL 60074 Phone: 847.241.1530 Email: carlosn@arlingtonpower.com Chicagoland's www.arlingtonpower.com
Booth# 930
ARLINGTON POWER EQUIPMENT Newest
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Arrowhead Ornamentals Gail Coleman 31251 Meridian Road Hubbard, OR 97032 Phone: 503.651.2040 Email: gail@arrowheadornamentals.com www.arrowheadornamentals.com
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Aspen Fuels USA James Armstrong 410 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 720 Chicago, IL 60611 Phone: 312.283.7347 Email: info@aspenfuels.com www.aspenfuels.com
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Bartlett Tree Experts Jill Bondi 1901 N. Roselle Road, Suite 800 Schaumburg, IL 60195 Phone: 847.592.7088 Email: jbondi@bartlett.com www.bartlett.com
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Aspire Software Eric Mann 390 S. Woods Mill Road, Suite 200 Chesterfield, MO 63017 Phone: 866.727.7473 Email: eric.mann@youraspire.com www.youraspire.com
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BCA Products Rob Beres 24399 225th Avenue Sleepy Eye, MN 56085 Phone: 262.313.7691 Email: rob.beres@centralregioncoop.com www.centralregioncoop.com
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AssuredPartners, Inc. Booth# 408 Steve Sturtecky 4350 Weaver Parkway Warrenville, IL 60555 Phone: 847.745.1780 Email: steve.sturtecky@AssuredPartners.com www.AssuredPartners.com
BCS America/Max Distributing Bob Adams 14151 Fir Street Oregon City, OR 97045 Phone: 800.543.1040 Email: bob.adams@bcsamerica.com www.bcsamerica.com
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Atlas Bobcat Matt Sobacki 1160 McCabe Avenue Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 Phone: 847.678.3633 Email: msobacki@atlasbobcat.com www.atlasbobcat.com
Belden Brick Company, The Jim Piteo 700 W. Tuscarawas Street Canton, OH 44701 Phone: 330.456.0031 Email: jim.piteo@beldenbrick.com www.beldenbrick.com
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Attentive Booth# 417 Kristen Kinsella Phone: 218-215-4442 Email: kristen@attentive.ai Azpects USA Geoff Whitcher 14902 Preston Road, Suite 404-748 Dallas, TX 75254 Phone: 214.629.2757 Email: geoff@azpects.com www.azpects.com
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B Bad Boy Mowers/Northwest Lawn & Power Don Cook 102 Industrial Drive Batesville, AR 72501 Phone: 870.698.0090 Email: don.cook@badboymowers.com www.badboymowers.com
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Bailey Nurseries, Inc. Lisa Allen 1325 Bailey Road St. Paul, MN 55119 Phone: 651.768.3394 Email: lisa.allen@baileynursery.com www.baileynurseries.com
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Ball Seed Booth# 1015 Therese LaTelle 622 Town Road West Chicago, IL 60185 Phone: 630.231.3600 Email: tlatelle@ballhort.com www.ballseed.com
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Banner Sales & Consulting Steve Martinko 24404 Catherine Ind. Dr. Suite 308 Novi, MI 48375 Phone: 248.366.7799 Email: steve@bannersales360.com www.bannersales360.com
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Belgard Booth# 1322 Rodney Craven One Hunt Court Mundelein, IL 60060 Phone: 224.229.7347 Email: rodney.craven@oldcastle.com www.Belgard.com Better Bilt Products, Inc. Betsy Mostowski 900 S. Kay Avenue Addison, IL 60101 Phone: 630.543.6767 Email: betsy@bbponline.com www.bbponline.com
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Blu Petroleum Cindy Hart 21402 W. IL Route 60 Mundelein, IL 60060 Phone: 847.566.5536 Email: support@blupetroleum.com www.blupetroleum.com
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Blue Grass Farms of Indiana Kevin McCart 1915 W. 53rd Street Anderson, IN 46013 Phone: 765.649.1012 Email: kmccart@bluegrassfarms.net www.bluegrassfarms.net
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Bobbex, Inc. Brian McCall 102 Great Hill Road Naugatuck, CT 6770 Phone: 800.792.4449 Email: brian@bobbex.com www.bobbex.com
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Breezy Hill Nursery Stan Smiley 7530 288th Avenue Salem, WI 53168 Phone: 262. 620.0355 Email: stansmiley1@gmail.com
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Brehob Nursery Erick Brehob 4316 Bluff Road Indianapolis, IN 46217 Phone: 317.339.1058 Email: erick@brehobnursery.com www.brehobnursery.com
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Bristol Equipment and Rentals Curtis Tuminaro 1950 N. Mannheim Road Melrose Park, IL 60160 Phone: 708.243.0852 Email: curtis@bearinc.net www.bearinc.net
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Central Turf & Irrigation Supply Andrew Harris 960 North Ridge Avenue Lombard, IL 60148 Phone: 630.495.5500 Email: aharris@centraltis.com www.centralirrigationsupply.com
Buechel Stone Corp Gina Waitkus W3639 County Highway H Chilton, WI 53014 Phone: 800.236.4473 Email: gwaitkus@buechelstone.com www.buechelstone.com
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Cherokee Manufaturing Matt Gunderman 150 Bridge Point Drive, Suite 200 South St. Paul, MN 55075 Phone: 651.373.9949 Email: mattgunderman@cherokeemfg.com
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Central Sod Farms Harrison Warpinski 25605 W. 111th Street Plainfield, IL 60585 Phone: 630.904.1017 Email: harrisonw@centralsod.com www.centralsodil.com
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Capital Stoneworks Jim Larsen 180 Shepard Avenue Wheeling, IL 60090 Phone: 847.873.0298 Email: jim@capitalstoneworks.com www.capitalstoneworks.com
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Cherry Springs Nursery Michael Lorance P.O. Box 8155 McMinnville, TN 37110 Phone: 931.939.5062 Email: info@cherryspringstrees.com www.cherryspringsnursery.com
Cardno Native Plant Nursery Jason Fritz 128 Sunset Drive Walkerton, IN 46574 Phone: 574.586.2412 Email: jason.fritz@cardno.com www.cardnonativeplantnursery.com
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Chi Turf Booth# 1639 Rhett 4042 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60653 Phone: 630.805.3800 Email: info@chiturf.com www.chiturf.com Booth# 1936
Carlin/ProGreen Plus Nick Noskowiak 8170 N. Granville Woods Road Milwaukee, WI 53223 Phone: 800.657.0745 Email: nnoskowiak@carlinsales.com www.carlinsales.com
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Chicago Gas Lines Zac Selleck 1118 W. Marion Road Arlington Hts, IL 60004 Phone: 847.414.7876 Email: zac@chicagogaslines.com www.chicagogaslines.com
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Casey Equipment Co., Inc. James Austin 1603 E. Algonquin Road Arlington Hts, IL 60005 Phone: 847.437.8686 Email: James.austin@caseyequipment.com www.caseyequipment.com
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Chicago Region Trees Initiative Melissa Custic 4100 Illinois Route 53 Lisle, IL 60532 Phone: 630.719.5646 Email: mcustic@mortonarb.org www.chicagorti.org
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Cassidy Tire and Service Bryan Ahern 200 S. Church Street Addison, IL 60101 Phone: 630.620.2300 Email: bahern@cassidytire.com www.cassidytire.com
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Chicagoland Grows Inc. James Ault Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, IL 60022 Phone: 847.835.8244 Email: jault@chicagobotanic.org www.chicagolandgrows.org
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CAST Lighting LLC Greg Schramer 1120-A Goffle Road Hawthorne, NJ 7506 Phone: 973.423.2303 Email: gregs@cast-lighting.com www.cast-lighting.com
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Christiansen farms Saul Gallardo 12151 W. Wilmington Road Peotone, IL 60468 Phone: 708.259.7355 Email: saul@christiansenfarms.org www.christiansenfarms.org
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Cedar Path Nurseries Tom Kadolph 15235 W. Bruce Road Lockport, IL 60491 Phone: 815.838.4900 Email: tkadolph@cedarpath.net www.cedarpath.net
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Classic Groundcovers, Inc. Wally Pressey 405 Belmont Road Athens, GA 30605 Phone: 706.543.0145 Email: wally@classic-groundcovers.com www.classic-groundcovers.com
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Clean Cut Tree Care, Inc. Jackie Powers 31064 N. Illinois Route 83 Grayslake, IL 60030 Phone: 847.265.0000 Email: jackie@cctreeservice.com www.cctreeservice.com
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Clesen Wholesale Booth# 1341 Tim Clesen 316 Florence Avenue Evanston, IL 60202 Phone: 847.869.2257 Email: tc@clesen.com www.clesen.com Clesens Booth# 842 Matt Kinnard 635 Margate Drive Lincolnshire, IL 60069 Phone: 262.720.0251 Email: mkinnard@clesens.com www.clesens.com
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Curv-Rite Aluminum Edging Systems Rob Herrema 3603 North Main Street Wayland, MI 49348 Phone: 800.366.2878 Email: rob@curv-rite.com www.curv-rite.com
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D Dayton Bag & Burlap John Hendle 6604 S. Union, P.O. Box 436 Union, IL 60180 Phone: 815.923.1234 Email: jhendle@daybag.com www.daybag.com
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COLORBLENDS Wholesale Flowerbulbs Hanneke Hollander 747 Barnum Avenue Bridgeport, CT 6608 Phone: 888.847.8637 Email: hollander@colorblends.com www.colorblends.com
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Decker’s Nursery Adam Brown 6239 Rager Road Groveport, OH 43125 Phone: 614.836.2130 Email: abrown@deckersnursery.com www.deckersnursery.com
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Compeer Financial Mark Ringhouse 1350 Prairie Drive Sycamore, IL 60178 Phone: 815.354.2775 Email: mark.ringhouse@compeer.com www.compeer.com
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DeVroomen Garden Products Roland Van Den Bergh 3850 Clearview Court Gurnee, IL 60031 Phone: 847.395.9911 Email: rvdb@devroomen.com www.devroomen.com
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Conserv FS Cary Featherstone 1510 McConnell Road Woodstock, IL 60098 Phone: 815.334.5924 Email: cfeatherstone@conservfs.com www.conservfs.com
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DeWitt Company Janet Miller 905 S. Kings Highway Sikeston, MO 63801 Phone: 573.258.9486 Email: salesadmin@dewittcompany.com www.dewittcompany.com
Contree Sprayer & Equipment David VonBehren W9898 Jackson Road Beaver Dam, WI 53916 Phone: 920.356.0121 Email: davev@contree.com www.contree.com
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Diga-Talk+ Booth# 304 Marty Savino 710 W. Jefferson Street Joliet, IL 60435 Phone: 815.740.1780 Email: marty@abeep.com www.digatalkplus.com Booth# 1216
Crete Quote Aaron Kinas 5440 Willow Road, Suite 114 Waunakee, WI 53597 Phone: 608.609.2335 Email: aaron@cretequote.com www.cretequote.com
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Ditch Witch Midwest Jeff Patterson 1555 Atlantic Drive West Chicago, IL 60185 Phone: 630.665.5600 Email: jpatterson@ditchwitchmidwest.com www.ditchwitchmidwest.com
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Crum-Halsted Insurance Jim Bilinski 2350 Bethany Road Sycamore, IL 60178 Phone: 630.485.4556 Email: jbilinski@crumhalsted.com www.crumhalsted.com
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Docuprint Forms and Signs George Breust 63 Douglas, #301 Elgin, IL 60120 Phone: 847.622.1313 Email: gbreust@docuprintforms.com www.docuprintforms.com
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Cub Cadet Professional J. R. Warner 5965 Grafton Road Valley City, OH 44280 Phone: 630.277.7927 Email: jwarner@mtdproducts.com www.cubcadet.com
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Doty Nurseries LLC Ryan Doty 45w121 Beith Road Maple Park, IL 60151 Phone: 630.365.9063 Email: ryan@dotynurseries.com www.dotynurseries.com DPM/Dutchmen Industries Aaron Oltman 306 E. 12th Street Davenport, NE 68335 Phone: 402.364.2186 Email: sales@nurseryjaws.com www.nurseryjaws.com
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Dutchman Tree Farms, LLC Andrew Powell 9689 W. Walker Road Manton, MI 49663 Phone: 231.468.6029 Email: andrew@dutchmantreefarms.com www.dutchmantreefarms.com
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F Fabriscape, Inc. Jim Manola 6410 W. 74th Street, Unit D Bedford Park, IL 60638 Phone: 800.992.0550 Email: jmanola@fabriscape.com www.fabriscape.com
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EasyPro Pond Products Jake Bradley 4385 East 110th Street Grant, MI 49327 Phone: 800.448.3873 Email: jake@easypro.com www.easypro.com
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Fairview Evergreen Nurseries, Inc. Hagan Hetz 7463 West Ridge Road Fairview, PA 16415 Phone: 800.458.2234 Email: info@fairviewevergreen.com www.fairviewevergreen.com
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ECHO Incorporated Tino Muratore 400 Oakwood Road Lake Zurich, IL 60047 Phone: 847.540.8400 Email: tmuratore@goldeneagledist.com www.echo-usa.com
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Feece Oil Company Craig Olsby 517 Twin Rail Drive Minooka, IL 60447 Phone: 815.557.7337 Email: craig@feeceoil.com www.feeceoil.com
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Ecoturf Midwest Tom Miller 950 N. Oaklawn Avenue Elmhurst, IL 60126 Phone: 630.350.9500 Email: tom@ecoturfmidwest.com www.ecoturfmidwest.com
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Fiore Nursery & Landscape Supply Sarah Bottner 16606 West Highway 22 Prairie View, IL 60069 Phone: 847.913.1414 Email: sarah@cjfiore.com www.cjfiore.com
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Eden Valders Stone Angelina Triscari-Piwoni W4520 Lime Road Eden, WI 53019 Phone: 920.477.2521 Email: angelina@evstone.net www.evstone.net
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First Place Oils Jody Gordon 1933 Cherry Hill Road Joliet, IL 60433 Phone: 815.715.0738 Email: firstplaceoils@aol.com www.firstplaceoils.com
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Emergent Safety Supply Ben Voitl 1055 Kingsland Drive Batavia, IL 60510 Phone: 630.406.9666 Email: bvoitl@emergentsafety.com www.emergentsafety.com
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Fond du Lac Natural Stone, Inc. Brett King N4224 Highway 175; P.O. Box 349 Fond du Lac, WI 54936 Phone: 920.923.2800 Email: brettk@nsvi.com www.fdlstone.com
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Encore Landscape Lighting Booth# 1614 Ken Rutkowski 2277 Elliott Drive Troy, MI 48083 Phone: 248.299.1919 Email: encorelandscapelighting@hotmail.com www.encorelandscapelighting.com
Forrest Keeling Nursery Karissa Rhoades 88 Forrest Keeling Lane Elsberry, MO 63343 Phone: 800.356.2401 Email: krhoades@fknursery.com www.fknursery.com
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Four Star Greenhouse Debbie Pearson 1015 Indian Trail Road Carleton, MI 48117 Phone: 734.654.6480 Email: dpearson@pwfourstar.com www.pwfourstar.com
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Fox Ridge Nursery Kevin Backus 23513 Streit Road Harvard, IL 60033 Phone: 815.943.1111 Email: kevin@foxridgenursery.com www.foxridgenursery.com
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Evergreen Nursery Co., Inc. Vickey Vanderhoof 5027 County Road TT Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Phone: 920.743.4464 Email: vickey@evergreennurseryco.com www.evergreennurseryco.com
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Ewing Irrigation & Landscape Supply Lynn Carter 318 Arrowhead Drive Gilberts, IL 60136 Phone: 847.551.0023 Email: lcarter@ewingirrigation.com www.ewingirrigation.com
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EZ Kut Products Scott Bast 744 Telser Road Lake Zurich, IL 60048 Phone: 847-550-8150 Email: scott@ezkutproducts.com www.exkutproducts.com
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G Gemplers Boothe# 218 Keith King 100 S. 1st Street Mount Horeb, WI 53572 Phone: 920-297-0101 Email: keith@gemplers.com www.gemplers.com Goodmark Nurseries Paul Ayers 8920 Howe Road Wonder Lake, IL 60097 Phone: 815.653.9293 Email: paul.ayers@goodmarknurseries.com www.goodmarknurseries.com
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Grasshopper Company Lee Hall P.O. Box 637 Moundridge, KS 67107 Phone: 620.345.8621 Email: show@grasshoppermower.com www.grasshoppermower.com
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Great Lakes Landscape Supply Booth# 817 Jon Bull 15200 Cedar Springs Avenue Cedar Springs, MI 49319 Phone: 616.696.5665 Email: jonbull@greatlakeslandscapesupply.com www.greatlakeslandscapesupply.com Green Glen Nursery Amanda Ooykaas 24900 S. Cherry Hill Road Elwood, IL 60421 Phone: 815.723.1140 Email: ooykaas@yahoo.com www.greenglennurseryinc.com
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Green Soils Management, LLC Booth# 810 Kila Harwick 1100 Brandt Drive Hoffman Estates, IL 60192 Phone: 847.636.7508 Email: kharwick@greensoilsmanagement.com www.greensoilsmanagement.com Greenleaf Nursery Casey Rufener 28406 Highway 82 Park Hill, OK 74457 Phone: 918.457.5172 Email: casey_rufener@greenleafnursery.com www.greenleafnursery.com
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Halloran Mowerworks Jill Halloran 2159 Rand Road Palatine, IL 60074 Phone: 847.705.1984 Email: mowers2@msn.com www.halloranpower.com
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Halquist Stone Jeff Brown N51 W23563 Lisbon Road Sussex, WI 53089 Phone: 262.246.9000 Email: jeffb@halquiststone.com www.halquiststone.com
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Harrell’s Booth# 1016 Michael D. Hall 711 Sherwood Drive Madison, OH 44057 Phone: 740.644.9020 Email: mhall@harrells.com www.harrells.com
Herman Losely & Son, Inc. Jay Daley 3410 Shepard Road Perry, OH 44081 Phone: 440.259.2725 Email: jay@losely.com www.losely.com
Booth# 917
High Format Christian Kirkby 5481 US 31 South Charlevoix, MI 49720 Phone: 877.777.6558 Email: christian@highformat.com www.highformat.com
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High PSI Booth# 316 Terry Quandt 75 N. Brandon Drive Glendale Heights, IL 60139 Phone: 630.893.0777 Email: terry@highpsi.com www.highpsi.com Hillside Lifts Becky Hoefs 46735 Wintergreen Road Perham, MN 56573 Phone: 855.445.7433 Email: becky@hillsidelifts.com www.hillsidelifts.com
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Hinsdale Nurseries, Inc. JR Tecza 7200 S. Madison Street Willowbrook, IL 60527 Phone: 630.323.1411 Email: ttecza@hinsdalenurseries.com www.hinsdalenuseries.com
Booth# 1416
Home Nursery, Inc. Hilliary Metzger 5800 Nursery Road Albers, IL 62215 Phone: 618.248.2194 Email: hilliarym@homenursery.com www.homenursery.com
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Homer Industries LLC Josh Doherty 13920 South Archer Avenue Lockport, IL 60441 Phone: 815.838.0863 Email: joshdoherty@homertree.com www,homertree.com
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Hometowne Insurance Services, Inc. Tim Leverich 155 Chicago Road Oswego, IL 60543 Phone: 630.554.4040 Email: tim@hometowneinsurance.com www.hometowneinsurance.com
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Hortech Booth# 1504 Caleb Smith 14109 Cleveland Street Nunica, MI 49448 Phone: 800.875.1392 Email: caleb@liveroof.com www.hortech.com Hortica, a brand of the Sentry Insurance Group Booth# 1011 Cathy James 1 Horticultural Lane, P.O. Box 428 Edwardsville, IL 62025 Phone: 800.851.7740 Email: cathy.james@hortica.com www.hortica.com
Hunter/FX Booth# 1812 Kevin Battistoni 1940 Diamond Street San Marcos, CA 92078 Phone: 760.744.5240 Email: kevin.battistoni@hunterindustries.com www.hunterindustries.com
John Deere Jacob Van Horn 10789 S. Ridgeview Road Olathe, KS 66061 Phone: 515.553.9518 Email: Vanhornjacoba@johndeere.com www.deere.com
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Husqvarna Booth# 1544 Brian Spencer 9335 Harris Corners Parkway, Suite 500 Charlotte, NC 28269 Phone: 704.517.0295 Email: brian.spencer@husqvarnagroup.com www.husqvarna.com
John Holmlund Nursery Shawn Lorenzen 2928 SE Highway 212 Boring, OR 97009 Phone: 503.663.6650 Email: shawnl@jhnsy.com www.jhnsy.com
Booth# 1542
Johnson’s Nursery, Inc. Rob Dummert W180 N6275 Marcy Road Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 Phone: 262.252.4988 Email: rdummert@jniplants.com www.jniplants.com
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JULIE, Inc. Barb Owen 3275 Executive Drive Joliet, IL 60431 Phone: 815.741.5000 Email: owen@julie1call.com www.JULIEbeforeyoudig.com
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ILCA-WNLA Booth# 1138 2626 Butterfield Road Ste 104 S Oak Brook, IL 60523 Phone: 630-472-2851 Email: information@ilca.net www.ilca.net Illinois Arborist Association April Toney P.O. Box 860 Antioch, IL 60002 Phone: 877.617.8887 Email: april@illinoisarborist.org www.illinoisarborist.org
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Illinois Brick Company Mike Hoffman 8995 W. 95th Street Palos Hills, IL 60465 Phone: 708.237.5600 Email: mhoffman@illinoisbrick.com www.illinoisbrick.com
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Illinois Green Industry Association Kellie Schmidt 901 S. 2nd Street, Suite 101 Springfield, IL 62704 Phone: 217.546.4733 Email: kellie@illinoisgreen.net www.illinoisgreen.net
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InOut Labs Tim Thoelecke 6449 Dempster Street Morton Grove, IL 60053 Phone: 847.657.7900 Email: tim@inoutlabs.com www.inoutlabs.com
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Intrinsic Perennial Gardens, Inc. Booth# 1911 Brent Horvath 10702 Seaman Road Hebron, IL 60034 Phone: 815.648.2788 Email: brenth@intrinsicperennialgardens.com www.intrinsicperennialgardens.com Ivanhoe Nursery Russ Stokes 22149 West IL Route 60 Mundelein, IL 60060 Phone: 847.566.8001 Email: rs@ivanhoenursery.com www.ivanhoenursery.com J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. Jeff Lafrenz P.O. Box 189 Boring, OR 97009 Phone: 503.663.4128 Email: jeffl@jfschmidt.com www.jfschmidt.com
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K Kaknes Landscape Supply Kevin McGowen 31w545 Diehl Road Naperville, IL 60563 Phone: 630.416.9999 Email: kevin@kaknes.com www.kaknes.com
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Kaneville Tree Farms Paul Guzzetta P.O. Box 167 Kaneville, IL 60144 Phone: 630.557.2793 Email: paul@ktfinc.com www.kanevilletreefarms.com
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Kankakee Nursery Company Pete Worth 4481 S 3250 E Road (PO Box 288) Aroma Park, IL 60910 Phone: 800.344.7697 Email: petew@kankakeenursery.com www.kankakeenursery.com
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Kasota Stone Fabricators Brandon Archer 820 Willow Street Mankato, MN 56001 Phone: 507.508.0684 Email: barcher@kasotasf.com www.kasotasf.com
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Keystone Hatcheries Mike Robinson 11409 Keystone Road Richmond, IL 60071 Phone: 815.678.2537 Email: mrobinson@keystonehatcheries.com www.keystonehatcheries.com
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King Nursery Claudia McReynolds 6128 East Sandwich Road Big Rock, IL 60511 Phone: 630.554.1171 Email: claudia820@ameritech.net
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Klyn Nuseries, Inc. Micheal Scott 3322 South Ridge Perry, OH 44081 Phone: 800.860.8104 Email: mscott@klynnurseries.com www.klynnurseries.com
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Lemke Stone, Inc. Mary Schmidt 21575 W. Good Hope Road Lannon, WI 53046 Phone: 262.502.1579 Email: service@lemkestone.com www.lemkestone.com
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Knapheide Manufacturing Company Darla Heberlein 1848 Westphalia Strasse Quincy, IL 62305 Phone: 217.222.7131 Email: dheberlein@knapheide.com www.knapheide.com
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Light to Form Kim Carpenter 11966 Oak Creek Parkway, Unit H Huntley, IL 60142 Phone: 847.498.5832 Email: kim.c@LTFtechnology.com www.LTFtechnology.com
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KO Supply Company, Inc. Tim Kehoe 1500 Foundry Street, Unit 1 Saint Charles, IL 60174 Phone: 630.768.7227 “Brand X” Email: timkehoegroup@gmail.com bare root www.kosupplycompany.com
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Kramer Tree Specialists Alan Seal 300 Charles Court West Chicago, IL 60185 Phone: 630.293.5444 Email: aseal@kramertree.com www.kramertree.com
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Kuenzi Turf & Nursery Rick Metzger 6475 State Street Which root Salem, OR 97317 Phone: 503.585.8337 Email: rick@kuenziturfnursery.com www.kuenziturfnursery.com
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LandscapeHub Booth# 1809 Lindsay Raleigh 2045 W. Grand Avenue, Suite B, PMB 97272 Chicago, IL 60612 Phone: 630.995.6935 Email: lindsay@landscapehub.com www.landscapehub.com Booth# 905
LeafGuard Booth# 602 Adam Santor 161 Tower Drive, Suite H Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 855.889.5435 Email: asantor@leafguard.com www.leafguard.com
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LMN Booth# 219 Marshall Taylor 180 Enterprise 2nd floor, Unit 204 your spade Boulevard, dug ball? Markham, ONT Phone: 888.347.9864 Email: mtaylor@golmn.com www.golmn.com
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Landscape Material & Firewood Sales, Inc. Ryan Cooper 27w250 Saint Charles Road West Chicago, IL 60185 Phone: 630.231.7911 Email: ryan@lmfsinc.com www.lmfsinc.com
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Lafarge Fox River Stone Jim Slattery 1300 State Route 31 South Elgin, IL 60177 Phone: 224.213.4287 Email: jim.slattery@lafargeholcim.com www.foxriverstone.com
Leaves Inspired Tree Nursery Jared Stroobants N3489 Minhar Road Chilton, WI 53014 Phone: 920.522.2765 Email: jared@leavesinspired.com www.leavesinspired.com
Lite the Nite Kristie Fijal 650 East Algonquin Road, Ste 206 Schaumburg, IL 60173 Phone: 847.496.5276 Email: kfijal@litethenite.com 10" In-Ground www.litethenite.com
Booth# 1447
Loma Vista Nursery Kurt Everett 1107 E. 23rd Street Ottawa, KS 66067 Phone: 785.229.7200 Email: kurt@lomavistanursery.com www.lomavistanursery.com
Booth# 818
Longshadow Booth# 811 Kailee Burgin 83 Longshadow Lane Pomona, IL 62975 Phone: 618.893.4831 Email: kailee@longshadow.com www.longshadow com Lurvey Landscape Supply Jason Castaneda 2550 E. Dempster Street Des Plaines, IL 60016 Phone: 847.391.0980 Email: jcastaneda@lurveys.com www.lurveys.com
Booth# 1105
Lurvey Landscape Supply Jason Castaneda 2550 E. Dempster Street Des Plaines, IL 60016 Phone: 847.391.0980 Email: jcastaneda@lurveys.com www.lurveys.com
Booth# 1206
M Mariani Plants Mike Mennenoh 13715 Horton Road Kenosha, WI 53142 Phone: 847.774.6829 Email: mmennenoh@marianiplants.com www.marianiplants.com
Booth# 1314
McCann Booth# 516 Eric Schoenfeld 543 S. Rohlwing Road Addison, IL 60101 Phone: 630.627.0000 Email: eschoenfeld@mccannonline.com www.mccannonline.com McGinty Bros, Inc. Sarah Van Nevel 3744 E. Cuba Road Long Grove, IL 60047 Phone: 847.438.5161 Email: sarah@mcgintybros.com www.mcgintybros.com
Booth# 1109
McKay Nursery Company Dave Warning 750 S. Monroe Street Waterloo, WI 53594 Phone: 920.478.2121 Email: dwarning@mckaynursery.com www.mckaynursery.com
Booth# 1306
Meadowood Enterprises Tom Roth P.O. Box 602 Madison, OH 44057 Phone: 440.321.8710 Email: shrubs.trees@gmail.com www.meadowoodenterprises.com
Booth# 120
Metal Pless Jason Whittemore 1683 Blvd des Sucreries Plessisville, QUE Phone: 819.362.2221 Email: sales@metalpless.com www.metalpless.com
Booth# 841
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Theresa Johnston 6001 W. Pershing Road Cicero, IL 60804 Phone: 708.588.4006 Email: johnstont@mwrd.org www.mwrd.org
Booth# 1143
Michigan West Shore Nursery LLC Richard Van Dorp III 201 West Washington Avenue, Ste 270 Zeeland, MI 49464 Phone: 800.253.2552 Email: rick@michiganwestshore.com www.michiganwestshore.com
Booth# 406
Midwest Arborist Supplies Brian Barnard PO Box 151455 Grand Rapids, MI 49515 Phone: 616.456.8040 Email: brian@grandarborgroup.com www.midwestarboristsupplies.com
Booth# 821
Midwest Compost LLC Pat Murphy 1320 Spaulding Road Elgin, IL 60120 Phone: 847.931.2900 Email: pat@midwestcompostllc.com www.midwestcompost.com
Booth# 1705
Midwest Groundcovers Booth# 1520 Maggie Balistreri PO box 748 St. Charles, IL 60174 Phone: 847.742.1790 Email: mbalistreri@midwestgroundcovers.com www.midwestgrounds.com Midwest Salt, LLC Glenn Adams 1300 W. Washington Street West Chicago, IL 60185 Phone: 630.513.7575 Email: glenn.adams@midwestsalt.net www.midwestsalt.com
Booth# 106
Midwest Stihl Tim Callahan 301 Commerce Parkway Cottage Grove, WI 53527 Phone: 608.839.2212 Email: tim.callahan@stihl.us www.stihlUSA.com
Booth# 825
Midwest Trading Booth# 1420 Maggie Balistreri PO Box 398 Maple Park, IL 60151 Phone: 630.365.1990 Email: MT-marketing@midwest-trading.com www.midwest-trading.com Modeco Systems LLC Loren Olson 1468 American Eagle Drive Slinger, WI 53086 Phone: 262.677.8184 Email: lynn.olson@modecosystems.com www.gettimescape.com
Booth# 839
Monroe Truck Equipment Rosie Katzenberger 1051 W. 7th Street Monroe, WI 53566 Phone: 608.329.8107 Email: rkatzenberger@monroetruck.com www.monroetruck.com
Booth# 1440
Morris Trailer Sales Ruth Bunzel 1805 Ashley Road, Building B Morris, IL 60450 Phone: 815.941.2800 Email: rbmorristrailer@gmail.com
Booth# 838
MTI Booth# 1446 James Stange 4830 Azelia Avenue North Suite 100 Brooklyn Center, MN 55429 Phone: 763.592.5640 Email: james.stange@mtidistributing.com www.mtidistributing.com
N Natural Repellents, LLC Debbie DiGiovanna P.O. Box 251 Denville, NJ 7834 Phone: 973.277.3904 Email: ddigiovanna1128@gmail.com www.tickkillz.com
Booth# 1609
New Growth Designs Douglas Orians 225 Martin Street Greenville, NC 27834 Phone: 252.752.6195 Email: douglas@newgrowthdesigns.com www.newgrowthdesigns.com
Booth# 1843
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Northland Farms Alan Garter 11161 120th Avenue West Olive, MI 49460 Phone: 616.846.1477 Email: agarter@northlandfarmsllc.com www.northlandfarmsllc.com
Booth# 812
Pace Booth# 1046 Katie Gorham 739 S. Mill Street Plymouth, MI 48170 Phone: 800.686.3128 Email: katieg@pacelink.com www.pacelink.com
Nursery Supplies Jeff Pissocra 5584 Queens Park Drive Dublin, OH 43016 Phone: 614.286.5391 Email: jpissocra@nurserysupplies.com www.nurserysupplies.com
Booth# 1310
Pace Booth# 946 Katie Gorham 739 S. Mill Street Plymouth, MI 48170 Phone: 800.686.3128 Email: katieg@pacelink.com www.pacelink.com
NYP-Corp Booth# 215 Michael Zagorski 805 East Grand Street Elizabeth, NJ 7201 Phone: 908.351.6550 Email: mzagorski@NYP-CORP.com www.NYP-CORP.com
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Northern Family Farms Danny Stetzer W10757 Jeffery Road Merrillan, WI 54754 Phone: 800.826.7094 Email: dstetzer@northernfamilyfarms.com www.northernfamilyfarms.com
Paradise Robotics Kathy Moseler 2 Regan Boulevard Barrington, IL 60010 Phone: 847.960.8520 Email: kathy@paradiserobotics.com www.paradiserobotics.com
Booth# 1641
PBI-Gordon Booth# 1708 Jim Canning 223 Burr Oak Circle Elgin, IL 60124 Phone: 312.446.5924 Email: jcanning@pbigordon.com www.pbigordonturf.com
Occidental Chemical Corporation Heather Stadler 1600 S. Madison Street Ludington, MI 49431 Phone: 231.510.8544 Email: heather_stadler@oxy.com www.oxycalciumchloride.com
Booth# 208
Peerless Fence Adrienne Ray 33w401 Roosevelt Road West Chicago, IL 60185 Phone: 630.584.7710 Email: adrienne@n2media.com www.peerlessfence.com
Booth# 1244
Oly-Ola Edgings, Inc. Aymie Clayton 124 E. Saint Charles Road Villa Park, IL 60181 Phone: 630.833.3033 Email: edgings@olyola.com www.olyola.com
Booth# 1605
Perfect Turf LLC Janet Trujillo 5540 Meadowbrook Court Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 Phone: 888.796.8873 Email: janett@perfectturf.com www.perfectturf.com
Booth# 1739
Omega II Fence Systems Chris Hill 11 W. College Drive, Suite B Arlington Hts., IL 60004 Phone: 847.452.2687 Email: chris.hill@projectonesales.com www.omegafence.com
Booth# 705
Permaloc Corporation Jackie Arendsen 13505 Barry Street Holland, MI 49424 Phone: 616.399.9600 Email: jackie@permaloc.com www.permaloc.com
Booth# 1007
Onarga Nursery Company, Inc. Lindsey Ishmiel 608 N. Oak Street Onarga, IL 60955 Phone: 815.268.7244 Email: onarganursery@gmail.com www.onarganurseryco.com
Booth# 806
Phoenix Irrigation Supply Tom Kazmer 1261 Howard Street Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 Phone: 847.290.0698 Email: tomk@phoenixirrigationsupply.com www.phoenixirrigationsupply.com
Booth# 1443
Oregon Pride Nurseries Jackie Wisenburger 5380 SE. Booth Bend Road McMinnville, OR 97128 Phone: 503.472.9147 Email: jackie@oregonpridenurseries.com www.oregonpridenurseries.com
Booth# 919
Pine Hall Brick Company Ed Brewer 2701 Shorefair Drive Winston-Salem, NC 27105 Phone: 800.952.7425 Email: ebrewer@pinehallbrick.com www.pinehallbrick.com
Booth# 1840
Pizzo Native Plant Nursery Jack Pizzo Jr. 10729 Pine Road Leland, IL 60531 Phone: 815.826.0425 Email: jack.pizzo@pizzogroup.com www.pizzonursery.com
Booth# 1144
PlantRight Booth# 822 Kimberly Dengler 30050 W. 135th Street Olathe, KS 66061 Phone: 913.553.3637 Email: kdengler@plantrightsolutions.com www.PlantRightSolutions.com
Reinders Booth# 1839 Sam Adams W227 N6225 Sussex Road Sussex, WI 53089 Phone: 800.785.3301 Email: sadams@reinders.com www.reinders.com
Polycor, Inc. Frederique Parenteau 76 Rue St. Paul Québec, QC Phone: 438.351.2990 Email: f.parenteau@polycor.com www.hardscapes@polycor.com
Booth# 302
RentalMax Booth# 1012 Peggy Rose 124 N. Schmale Road Carol Stream, IL 60188 Phone: 630.221.1133 Email: prose@rentalmax.com www.rentalmax.com
Power Planter, Inc. Greg Niewold 931 N 1600 E Road Loda, IL 60948 Phone: 217.379.2614 Email: greg@powerplanter.com www.powerplanter.com
Booth# 303
Richey Nursery Company Mark Richey 6184 Quarterline Road Spring Lake, MI 49456 Phone: 231.798.4079 Email: mark@richeynursery.com www.ShrubLiners.com
Booth# 1707
Ridge Manor & Willowbend Nurseries Brett Ritter 7925 North Ridge Road Madison, OH 44057 Phone: 440.361.7925 Email: britter@ridgemanor.com www.ridgemannor.com
Booth# 1612
Riverfarm Nursery Tammy Carey 2901 N. Buckeye Lane Goshen, KY 40026 Phone: 502.228.5408 Email: tcarey@riverfarm.com www.riverfarm.com
Booth# 1041
Riverside Plastics Zack Schwartz P.O. Box 421 Flemingsburg, KY 41041 Phone: 800.493.4945 Email: inquiry@riverside-plastics.com www.riverside-plastic.com
Booth# 1745
Rochester Concrete Products Jessica Spading 7200 Broadway Avenue N Rochester, MN 55906 Phone: 507.288.8850 Email: jspading@rockwoodwalls.com www.rochestercp.com
Booth# 1238
Russo Power Equipment Jay Glaviano 9525 W. Irving Park Road Schiller Park, IL 60176 Email: events@russopower.com www.russopower.com
Booth# 1430
R R.A. Adams Enterprises, Inc. MaryBeth Adams 2600 W. IL Route 120 McHenry, IL 60051 Phone: 815.385.2600 Email: mbadams@raadams.com www.raadams.com
Booth# 1914
Rademann Stone & Landscape Reid Johnston W5551 County Road B Fond du Lac, WI 54937 Phone: 920.948.0103 Email: reid@rademann.com www.rademann.com
Booth# 1905
Rainbow Treecare Scientific Advancements Lee Fredericks 11571 K-Tel Drive Minnetonka, MN 55343 Phone: 877.272.6747 Email: lfredericks@treecarescience.com www.treecarescience.com
Booth# 1648
Reading Rock, Inc. Carolyn Nutter 4600 Devitt Drive Cincinnati, OH 45246 Phone: 513.874.2345 Email: nutterc@readingrock.com www.readingrock.com
Booth# 1844
Red Flint Rock & Stone Tom Ayres 1 American Blvd. Eau Claire, WI 54701 Phone: 715.855.7600 Email: tom.ayres@redflint.com www.redflintrockandstone.com
Booth# 910
RedMax Booth# 701 Zach Moyer 7415 Empire Central Drive Houston, TX 77040 Phone: 713-937-4000 Email: bkovar@wipower.com www.redmax.com
Russo Salt Supply Booth# 319 Juliana Bassmaji 9525 W. Irving Park Road Schiller Park, IL 60176 Email:jbassmaji@russopower.com www.russopower.com RWC Insurance Mark Duncan 7239 West Laraway Road Frankfort, IL 60423 Phone: 815.469.6585 Email: mark@rwc4ins.com www.rwc4ins.com
Booth# 1613
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S Sable Marco Christopher Carbonneau 26 Chemin de la Peche Pont Rouge, ONT Phone: 418.563.0268 Email: ccarbonneau@sablemarco.com www.sablemarco.com
Booth# 1847
SavATree Booth# 1439 Jen Mulhern 3520 Commercial Avenue Northbrook, IL 60062 Phone: 847.729.1963 Email: jmulhern@savatree.com www.savatree.com SCP Distributors Robert Jones 6418 W. Howard Street Niles, IL 60714 Phone: 630.528.8109 Email: J530@scppool.com www.nptpool.com
Booth# 1941
SEK-Surebond Booth# 940 Lynn Walsh 3925 Stern Avenue St. Charles, IL 60174 Phone: 800.932.3343 Email: lwalsh@sek.us.com www.sek.us.com
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Spring Grove Nursery, Inc. Becky Thomas 106 E. Spring Road Mazon, IL 60444 Phone: 815.448.2097 Email: bthomas@springgrovenursery.com www.springgrovenursery.com
Booth# 1513
Spring Meadow Nursery Sandy Harmon 12601 120th Avenue Grand Haven, MI 49416 Phone: 616.846.4729 Email: sandy@springmeadownursery.com www.springmeadownursery.com
Booth# 913
St. Aubin Nursery Jeanie Wucki 35445 Irene Road Kirkland, IL 60146 Phone: 815.522.3535 Email: info@staubin.com www.staubin.com
Booth# 904
Superior Wholesale Landscape Supply 4197 Carpenter Road Ypsilanti, MI 48197 Phone: 517.914.5797 Email: mathew@superiorwholesaleLLC.com www.superiorwholesalellc.com
Booth# 503
Surefoot Hardscape Products Ed Berg Email: ed@surefootedging.com
Booth# 1737
Sester Farms Bethany Ruga 33205 SE Oxbow Drive Gresham, OR 97080 Phone: 503.663.4844 Email: bethany@sesterfarms.com www.sesterfarms.com
Booth# 1212
Shade Solutions Byron Yonce 1102 CR 800, Tolono, IL 61880 217.239.0718 byron@shade-solutions.net www.shade-solutions.net
Booth# 708
Sheridan Nurseries Christina Buck 12302 Tenth Line Georgetown, ONT Phone: 416.798.7970 Email: cbuck@sheridannurseries.com www.sheridannurseries.com
Booth# 916
Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries Corrie Daniels 17921 Smith Road Brodhead, WI 53520 Phone: 608.897.8641 Email: cdaniels@res.us www.taylorcreeknurseries.com
SiteOne Landscape Supply Drew Tedford 300 Colonial Center Parkway, Suite 600 Roswell, GA 30076 Email: dtedford@siteone.com www.siteone.com
Booth# 1318
Techniseal Booth# 1419 Josh Baker 300 ave Liberte Candiac, QC Phone: 514.523.8324 Email: jbaker@techniseal.com www.techniseal.com
Smart Outdoor Living Jason Brown 205 E. Butterfield Road, Suite 167 Elmhurst, IL 60126 Phone: 630.478.9572 Email: jason@smartoutdoorliving.com www.smartoutdoorliving.com
Booth# 619
Techo-Bloc Booth# 1846 Mael Lebrun 5255 Rue Albert Millichamp Saint-Hubert, QC Phone: 514.869.6115 Email: mael.lebrun@techo-bloc.com
Spartan Mowers/Intimidator UTV Richard Kuse 1525 White Drive Batesville, AR 72501 Phone: 870.569.1926 Email: rich.kuse@spartanmowers.com www.spartanmowers.com
Booth# 420
The Davey Tree Expert Company Mandy McCauley 1375 E. Woodfield Drive, Suite 204 Schaumburg, IL 60173 Phone: 630.422.1870 Email: mandy.mccauley@davey.com www.davey.com
Sure-Loc Aluminum Edging Corp/ Booth# 944 Wolverine Tools Andy Luster-Bartz 310 E. 64th Street Holland, MI 49423 Phone: 616.392.3209 Email: andylb@surelocedging.com www.surelocedging.com
The Mulch Center Erika Walters 21457 Milwaukee Avenue Deerfield, IL 60015 Phone: 847.459.7200 Email: erika@mulchcenter.com www.mulchcenter.com
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The Outdoor Plus Brett Rotelli 701 S. DuPont Avenue Ontario, CA 91761 Phone: 909.460.5579 Email: brett@midamericasales.net www.theoutdoorplus.com
Booth# 403
The Tree Connection Jim Matusik 4168 Oak Tree Circle Rochester, MI 48306 Phone: 248.656.2260 Email: jim@thetreeconnection.com www.thetreeconnection.com
Booth# 1004
Tillmann Wholesale Growers Jeff Tillmann 4010 Champeau Road New Franken, WI 54229 Phone: 920.468.9222 Email: jtillmann@tillmannwg.com
Booth# 122
Timothy J. Hawley, Inc. Timothy J. Hawley 612 Harrison Avenue Rockford, IL 61104 Phone: 815.505.5093 Email: tjh@timothyjhawley.com
Booth# 1915
Trench’N edge Trencher Patrick Dean 8028 Hill Trail N Lake Elmo, MN 55042 Phone: 651.777.7923 Email: PED@trenchnedge.com www.trenchnedge.com
Booth# 1348
Triple Crown Products Laurie Quernemoen 102 W. Boxhorn Drive Mukwonago, WI 53149 Phone: 262.534.7878 Email: Laurie@triplecrownproducts.com www.triplecrownproducts.com
Booth# 1115
Tri-State Cut Stone & Brick Booth# 1344 Joel Vande Camp 10333 Vans Drive Frankfort, IL 60423 Phone: 815-469-7550 Email: info@stone-brick.com www.stone-brick.com Triple H Mulch and Firewood Troy Buerster 3368 Renard Lane St. Charles, IL 60175 Phone: 630.666.2748 Email: triplehmaf@gmail.com www.triplehmulch.com
Booth# 505
TurfMaker Corporation Judy Allen 4931 Grisham Drive Rowlett, TX 75088 Phone: 972.463.2575 Email: jallen@turfmaker.com www.turfmaker.com
Booth# 1607
Turf Teach Booth# 604 Tom Argubright 510 N. Main Avenue Ladd, IL 61264 Phone: 847-651-0592 Email: tom@turftech.com Turtle Creek Nursery LLC Rachelle Lurvey Eifert N5480 Johnson Road Delavan, WI 53115 Phone: 262.214.2058 Email: rachelle@turtlecreekwholesale.com www.turtlecreekwholesale.com
Booth# 1005
Twixwood Nursery Robbie Shannahan 2759 E. Shawnee Road Berrien Springs, MI 49103 Phone: 269.471.7408 Email: rshannahan@twixwood.com www.twixwood.com
Booth# 1038
U U.S. Arbor Products, Inc. Dan Kallas 389 Miles Parkway Bartlett, IL 60103 Phone: 630.870.1002 Email: dan@usarbor.net www.usarbor.net
Booth# 1247
Unilock Midwest Kyle Trippeer 301 E. Sullivan Road Aurora, IL 60505 Phone: 630.892.9191 Email: kyle.trippeer@unilock.com www.unilock.com
Booth# 1630
United Greenhouse Systems, Inc. Justin Bilhorn P.O. Box 249 Edgerton, WI 53534 Phone: 800.433.6834 Email: justin@unitedgreenhouse.com www.unitedgreenhouse.com
Booth# 1415
United Label & SATO Neil Kurz 12900 Berea Road Cleveland, OH 44111 Phone: 800.726.5153 Email: nkurz@unitedlabel.com www.unitedlabel.com
Booth# 1414
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Vectorworks, Inc. Tyler French 7150 Riverwood Drive Columbia, MD 21046 Phone: 410.290.5114 Email: tfrench@vectorworks.net www.vectorworks.net
Booth# 820
Vermeer Midwest Kelsey Kool 2801 Beverly Drive Aurora, IL 60502 Phone: 630.820.3030 Email: kelsey.kool@vermeermidwest.com www.vermeermidwest.com
Booth# 1714
Vetter Stone Company Dan Wollenberg 23894 Third Avenue Mankato, MN 56001 Phone: 630.461.4649 Email: danw@vetterstone.com www.vetterstone.com
Booth# 217
Voigt Smith Innovation Adam Hansen 150 East Sharon Street Le Center, MN 56057 Phone: 507.252.3033 Email: adam@vsinnovation.com www.vsinnovation.com
Booth# 108
W. & E. Radtke, Inc. Liesl Thomas W168 N12276 Century Lane Germantown, WI 53022 Phone: 262.253.1412 Email: liesl@weradtke.com www.weradtke.com
Booth# 104
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Walker Mid America Doug Hartzler 22501 E. 299th Street Harrisonville, MO 64701 Phone: 816.884.5530 Email: doug@walkermidamerica.com www.walker.com
Booth# 402
Walters Gardens Barb Balgoyen P.O. Box 137 / 1992 96th Avenue Zeeland, MI 49464 Phone: 800.925.8377x1202 Email: blb@waltersgardens.com www.waltersgardens.com
Booth# 816
Wilson Nurseries & Landscape Supply Jennifer Fick 1555 N. US Highway 12 Volo, IL 60041 Phone: 847.683.3700 Email: jennf@wilsonnurseries.com www.wilsonnurseries.com
Booth# 1404
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Windy City Cleaning Equipment Booth# 216 G R Frank Rostine O 29w151 North Avenue W West Chicago, IL 60185 E Phone: 630.456.4541 R Email: frank.r@windycitycleaningequipment.com www.windycitycleaningequipment.com
Warming Trends Booth# 318 Nick Motyl 1050 W. Hampden Avenue, Suite 200 Englewood, CO 80110 Phone: 303.346.2224 Email: nmotyl@warming-trends.com www.warming-trends.com
Woody Warehouse Nursery, Inc. Tiffany Washam 3339 W 850 N Lizton, IN 46149 Phone: 317.994.5487 Email: tiffany@woodywarehouse.com www.woodywarehouse.com
Booth# 1346
Weather Command John Boyle 600 N. First Bank Drive, Suite C Palatine, IL 60067 Phone: 847.987.3536 Email: john.boyle@weathercommand.com www.weathercommand.com
Booth# 1808
World of Stones USA Chris Brewbaker P.O. Box 87299 Montgomery Village, MD 20886 Phone: 855.967.1872 Email: chris@worldofstonesusa.com www.worldofstonesusa.com
Booth# 1907
WeCare Denali, LLC Miguel Nava 2000 East 122nd Street Chicago, IL 60633 Phone: 312.288.9842 Email: miguel.nava@denaliwater.com www.weccarecompost.com
Booth# 522
Weed Man Booth# 416 Shane Griffith 574 Wheeling Road Wheeling, IL 60090 Phone: 847.459.9333 Email: shanegriffith@weedmandri.com www.wwedman.com Willoway Nurseries, Inc. Danny Gouge 4534 Center Road Avon, OH 44011 Phone: 866.934.4435 x2229 Email: dgouge@wwninc.com www.willowaynurseries.com
X Xylem Ltd./Rocks, Etc. Barb Dornfeld 18715 Route 84 N Cordova, IL 61242 Phone: 309.654.2261 Email: barb@xylemltd.com www.xylemltd.com
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Special Feature — The Changing Face of Public Gardens
Respite and Reflection: The Peace Garden at the Illinois Holocaust Museum by Heather Prince
At the eastern edge of
Harms Woods Forest Preserve in Skokie, Illinois, lies the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, the second largest Holocaust museum in the United States. As you approach the building, you are enfolded by their new Peace Garden, a space designed to be reflective and offer respite. Once you park the car and follow the paver walkway through a small slice of prairie plants, you arrive at the crosswalk bisecting busy Woods Drive and the austere structure. The stark modernist building was built in 2009 by renowned
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Chicago architect Stanley Tigerman and offers an industrial façade. It was awarded LEED Gold Certification in 2013, which also informed plant, materials, and maintenance choices. For example, drip irrigation runs through the planting beds to deliver water straight to the roots. Native plants and native cultivars were chosen to attract birds and pollinators while requiring less maintenance. The hardscape, bench, and sign materials were all chosen with sustainability in mind. The paver walkway through the garden is heated, eliminating the need for winter salt application.
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At the corner you are greeted by a curved allée of trees to your right embracing the Ferro Fountain of the Righteous ahead. The Peace Garden begins to your left with ribbons of green, upright trees, and blooming flowers. The Unilock Artline pavers in Midnight Sky signal that you are entering a new space. As you step onto the winding path, the lush plantings soften the somber lines of the building and invite you to pause at one of the curved benches that echo the shape of the walkway. Native plants and cultivars fill the planting beds beneath (continued on page 94)
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Special Feature — The Changing Face of Public Gardens (continued from page 92) a selection of sturdy shade trees. “The idea was to give our visitors a beautiful space, a place to pause, a place to take a breath before or after their visit,” commented Eve Samson, Assistant Director of Development. “The walkway was made wide enough to allow for a wheelchair to also join a small group.” Installed in 2018 and officially opened in 2019, the Peace Garden was designed to be a respite experience. “When you look at the building, it has a rather austere and bold architecture. There was almost nothing here originally other than one or two trees. It was a little bit intimidating as you approached,” observed Samson. “The Peace Garden was also designed to provide some wayfinding, to encourage visitors to cross the crosswalk and move towards the entrance.” The museum entrance faces the east toward Jerusalem and visitors walk through the fountain to reach it. As the idea of a garden began to take shape, a taskforce led by the
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museum staff, board, and committee members worked diligently to address the needs of both visitors and staff. The landscape architecture firm of CYLA Design Associates, Inc. was chosen, in part due to their extensive work at the gardens surrounding the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette. ILCA member Rosborough Partners, Inc. maintains the gardens and keeps plantings thriving to enhance visitor experiences. The Peace Garden is a garden that embraces the senses. Plant choices were made for fragrance in all the growing seasons including fragrant viburnum and dwarf Korean lilac for weeks of spring flowers. “The lilac in the spring is amazing. There’s a lot of sensory aspects to this garden with fragrance, colors, and four-season interest,” said Samson. Masses of geranium and calamintha give a spicy perfume when you run your hands through the foliage in the summer. Sweeps of prairie dropseed grass brings a warm, buttery scent when it blooms in the fall. Perennial choices (continued on page 96)
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(continued from page 96) afterwards. One of the challenges for the installation was fabricating the quote holders to replicate the two columns at the museum entrance. The columns are titled “Jachin” and “Boaz” and are designed to the exact dimensions of the columns of Solomon’s Temple as described in I Kings: 5-9. It was important to bring this architectural element into the gardens to further tie them to the building and the museum experience. “It was challenging to get a fabrication that would withstand weather and be solid enough. We had to create a number of prototypes with our fabricator before we finalized the design,” observed Samson. Another challenge for the garden space is the public. Because the walkway is a public sidewalk, it is heavily used
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Ltd. in Chicago. She’s used weathering steel in different projects. “It’s a pretty material and it’s typically used in a very industrial application—it evokes rough steel.” It’s been used for planters, decorative privacy panels, sculpture, edging and backdrops for fire pits, seating and borders. In the past, rusted metal was considered avoidable and undesirable (think=tetanus shot). But now, landscapers and designers are more appreciative of the material, especially for use in contemporary gardens. Ishikawa, however, laments that when some people think of weathering steel, the first thing that comes to mind are bridges. But the material offers an aesthetic beyond its typical industrial use. “It’s beautiful,” she says. “Anything that patinas is so interesting and I do hope to see more uses of it. This idea that it’s only meant for bridges or industrial use has to go.” (continued on page 106)
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Ishikawa worked on the Mary Bartelme Park project on Chicago’s West Side. “We used a lot of metals there including weathering steel. It reflects what once was a very industrial neighborhood. We also have stainless steel sculptures and water fountains, steel and aluminum fencing, and powder-coated steel furnishings.”
While you can make Cor-Ten steel rust more quickly, it can’t be painted or galvanized. “That patina is actually important—it makes it stronger. It doesn’t need to be repainted or finished and it makes a lot of sense in a very industrial application. I don’t know if there’s a trend per se, but it’s one of the most durable materials on public grounds, even on private grounds,” Ishikawa said. “It holds up to weather and doesn’t decay. It can withstand a lot of abuse in public grounds.” Although it’s not suitable for outdoor furnishings, a low Cor-Ten steel wall at Bartelme Park allows children to draw on it with chalk. Why used weathered metal there? “We are constantly looking to other disciplines and new collaborators for unique ideas, new materials, and leading-edge technologies to improve the way we work and play.” (continued on page 108) 106
Special Feature — Hardscape Design Trends (continued from page 106) What type of client might gravitate to the rusty industrial look? “It’s like exposed concrete that’s used in some interiors—the look depends on the demographics [of the client].” And that may mean younger or urban clients who may enjoy a chic, contemporary look more than older ones who seek something more traditional. “For residential applications—as long as the client is interested in material that patinas and changes over time, and is aware that’s the aesthetic they’re going for it definitely fits. I’ve seen fencing in weathering steel that blends with the background a bit more, too.” For now, Ishikawa says, it’s a toss up between the demand for stainless steel and weathering steel. “We can use laser cut or saw cut weathering steel and you can use it just like any other steel. We’ve done stainless steel edging that blends with the earth—raised beds or flush to hold in sod or gravel.” The biggest factor with weathering steel is the cost. “It’s more expensive than regular steel or aluminum. I still think within the design community it’s a really respected material—the large weathering steel artworks or mid-century architecture. You have to be within the design community to appreciate it.” (continued on page 110)
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Self-awareness. Most leaders are not intentionally creating negative workplace cultures. They just aren’t aware of how their reactions can impact other people and create a sense of uneasiness. The emotionally intelligent leader is not only aware of the impact of their words they are also aware of what message they are communicating through their facial expressions and body language. They understand that the perceptions others have of them, real or imagined, impact how their message is received. They strive to develop a heightened level of selfawareness through feedback, self-reflections, and assessments that can help them understand their natural personality style. Positivity. The emotionally intelligent leader pays close attention to their thoughts and takes swift action to shift to a positive outlook when they catch themselves getting sucked into negativity. You can train yourself to have more positivity simply by paying more attention. What do you think of first thing in the morning? Do you think about your day ahead and say things to yourself like, “This is going to be a hard day”? If so, guess what kind of day you’re going to get? A hard day. It’s simple, just changing your thought to “Today is going to be a great day” can make all the difference. Mission-minded. The emotionally intelligent leader looks ahead to where they’re going. They know that their reactions can either help them or hurt them as they work to achieve their professional and personal goals. They talk about the mission of the company with their team. They know that having a shared sense of purpose will motivate and energize a team in ways that an angry outburst never can. They share the success stories that show the mission in action and help their team see they “why” behind the “what” in everything they do. (continued on page 118)
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problems with getting PVC pipe in early 2020 and, he says, “It spiraled from there. I just heard that PVC is going to be an issue again this year.” Copper and brass prices have gone up every two weeks or so. “It’s tough keeping up.” The well-known backup at some of the largest and busiest shipping ports also affected the industry, as did, says Koss, the lack of truck drivers and shipping containers. All of this and more influenced prices. “We seem to be getting price increases weekly or monthly,” says Koss. These, of course, are passed along to customers – whether by suppliers to their contractor clients or contractors to their clientele. “I had to raise prices across the board,” says Alex Mayfield, principal at JM Irrigation. From January 2021 to January 2022 Mayfield raised prices five times by approximately 30 percent. The cost of PVC pipe alone he estimates went up 200 percent in the last 18 months. “It hit us hard, but I don’t think it was quite as hard as some of the smaller contractors,” says Martin. Muellermist typically works with three suppliers, which, he says, has allowed them to keep up with demand. If he needs 10 of one part, he might have to go to all three, getting a few from one suppler, a few more from the second and more from the third until he gets his 10. Customers who postponed work and now want to get the project done are the ones most surprised by the price increases, says Laury Feldman, President of Sales for American National Sprinkler & Lighting. He points to some prospective clients with whom he talked with in early 2020, who have put off the work and now have decided, based on the 2020 prices, to get on with it. “There’s been significant price increases since
and Price Increases s in Illinois then,” he says. Like many irrigation contractors, American National Sprinkler & Lighting limits prices on any proposal to 30 days, “because the prices keep going up,” says Feldman. “Before 2020 we usually honored our quotes for three months or so,” says Martin. Now, however, with the price increases and material shortages, Mueller Mist limits that to 30 days. Still, once a customer agrees to an estimate, he orders the materials to lock in the price. His suppliers then put it aside for him. Mayfield goes even further, writing estimates that are good for only five days. “I’ve even started putting in escalation clauses,” he says. While it may take a few weeks to get supplies that once were available within days, some materials take much longer. For instance, Mayfield went to six or seven manufacturers in search of pumps used to push pressure. “I still don’t have the one I ordered in May,” he says. “My customer is not happy.” Specialty items used to be available in seven to 10 days, says Martin. Now, however, he can expect to wait eight to 10 weeks for such items as colored tags for sprinkler heads to indicate they are for reclaimed water. Recently, an order took 20 weeks. Many suppliers and contractors are ordering substantial amounts of materials to stockpile, to not only beat price increases, but also to ensure that they have plenty of what have become scarce resources. “My barn never has been more full than it is now,” says Mayfield. “We have a pretty sizeable warehouse,” says Feldman. American National Sprinkler & Lighting uses the space to order materials they use frequently. For the first time in his memory, Gold notes that the company is ordering
parts to hold through the winter, instead of right before the season starts. With a 10,000 square foot warehouse, there is plenty of room to do this. Prior to this stockpiling wasn’t necessary. “A lot of our customer base hasn’t had to plan, because we, as distributors, have done a good job of providing product,” says Koss. Now, however, he’d like to counsel his customers to “communicate with your suppliers. Place orders as early as you can so we can help you have the product.” In this tight labor market, employers have found themselves paying higher salaries, contributing to the price increases from the manufacturing, transportation, distribution and contractors’ sides. “Since May 2021, we’ve also seen labor increases,” says Feldman. Koss ticks off a list: “freight constraints, lack of drivers, labor issues, lack of containers to get from point A to point B,” he says. It affects everything from raw materials that need to be transported from their point of origin to manufacturing facilities to ships, trucks and trains needed to move the finished product to distributors, then on to the contractors. “Until now, I hadn’t thought about the availability of or price of a (shipping) container,” says Koss. Now, however, he knows that one could be had fairly easily two years ago for about $2,000 to $3,000. “Now, if you can get one, it can cost $20,000 to $30,000.” Difficulty in obtaining shipping containers contributes to the difficulty in obtaining parts and materials. Customers are hit all ways. Manufacturers pass the higher labor and transportation costs down to the distributors, who pass them along to the contractors, who pass them to their customers. The scream you just heard was the result of sticker shock. 123 The Landscape Contractor February 2022
Business Minute — No. 2
The Micromanager’s Recovery Guide
By Kate Zabriskie
He gives me an assignment and tells me to do it my way. I only wish he meant it. My way doesn’t seem to hit the mark. He changes the smallest details. I dread getting new work. I’ve had this job for six years. At this point, I think I understand how it works. It’s so frustrating to be treated like someone who just walked in the door. Yesterday, I found her checking my spreadsheets when she thought I was at lunch. It feels terrible not to be trusted. I need to look for a new job.
Regardless of their intentions, people who micromanage often create an environment of fear, mistrust, and disengagement. The constant oversight, checking in, and nitpicking wears down even the strongest employee. Turnover goes up, engagement goes down, and all the while, the managers who micromanage may not even know they’re the source of the problem. The good news? With a little selfawareness and some hard work, micromanagers can learn to let go.
Step One:
Recognize the Behavior Pattern If your employees don’t take initiative and wait for you to micro-delegate. You may have created a culture where they don’t feel comfortable taking the next step without your say so. More signs? If you find yourself redoing work, checking and rechecking assignments, insisting you be copied on everything, chances are you have some micromanaging tendencies.
Step Two:
Think About the Consequences Micromanagers Eventually Face Micromanagers exact control. In the short term, they have command of the future. Long term, however, many micromanagers find themselves stuck in roles, unable to take vacation without calling in, and essentially tied to their jobs. Recovering micromanagers have a better change of self-rehabilitation when
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they know how they will benefit from changing their behavior. Ask yourself: Where do you want to be in a year? How about three? Do you have a replacement identified? Is that person ready to take over for you? If not, there is work to do if you plan to move on or at some point have a life outside the job.
Step Three:
When Delegating, Ask Yourself If How Is Important Once the recovering micromanager recognizes the problem and knows why change is important, it’s time to get practical and start focusing on what instead of how. In other words, if how something is done doesn’t matter, treat people like the adults they are, and let them complete work in a way that works for them. In cases where how something is accomplished matters, explain why that is. For example, if you work in a lab, explain the importance of the work instruction and why the person performing the work must do so in a specific way. (continued on page 126)
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Step Four:
Show People What A-Grade Work Looks Like Recovering micromanagers will reduce their propensity to backslide if their employees deliver great work. What exactly does great work mean? Good question! If the micromanager has not explained what makes an A an A, how can that person possibly expect employees to produce a stellar work product with any regularity? Take the time to be complete, and you may be surprised at your team’s ability to rise to the occasion.
Step Five:
Work on Accepting Different Approaches Old habits die hard, and change takes time without some help. A little narration can go a long way toward steering the brain in the right direction. “James is not me, and I am not James. It’s okay that we don’t work the same way.” A mantra such as that can serve as a gentle
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reminder and help the micromanager recalibrate. Eventually, these new mental tapes will start to replace old thinking patterns. With hope, the updated mental map will positively influence the manager’s choices and behaviors.
Step Six:
Perform the Goldilocks Test Recovering micromanagers aren’t mind readers, so it’s important that they get comfortable with feedback. A multiplechoice approach is often the best way to encourage candor. For instance, “I’d like to get some feedback from you about how you like to work. Am I too hands on, too hands off, or just right? I’m asking because everyone operates differently, and it’s important to me that we work well together.” A word of caution: even with the Goldilocks approach, if you’ve micromanaged your team for a long time, it may take a while for them to give you frank feedback. Check in often and get (continued on page 128)
Business Minute — No. 2 (continued from page 126) specific. “Chuck, let’s talk about this last assignment. Do you feel we got the delegation balance right or do we need to make some adjustments?”
Step Seven:
Don’t Argue with the Feedback When someone gives you feedback you don’t like or don’t agree with, don’t argue. Your employee’s perception is the reality you must work with. So instead of fighting or withdrawing, ask questions. For example, “What I’m hearing is you would like me to focus less on how you run the lab tests and more on the number you complete each day. Do I understand correctly? If I explained why in this case the process matters, do you think you might feel differently?”
Step Eight:
Look for Ways to Let Go and Take on New Tasks Leaving the micromanaging lifestyle behind is a process and not an event. Self-development requires regular assessment and planning. In addition to asking for feedback, pay attention to where you spend your time that you shouldn’t and where you could that you don’t. Are you working on strategic initiatives or navigating deep in the weeds? Are you developing people or hoarding work? Are you controlling or empowering? The questions are numerous and important to ask. To sum it up, any activity that requires change can be hard work and at times even a little scarry. For micromanagers, this can be especially true. Nevertheless, as most rehabilitated micromanagers will profess, it’s a lot more productive and rewarding to work in a place where people have the freedom to do their best work. If you’re a micromanager or think you might be, now is the time to do something about it.
About the Author:
Kate Zabriskie is the president of Business Training Works, Inc., a Maryland-based talent development firm. She and her team help businesses establish customer service strategies and train their people to live up to what’s promised. For more information, visit www.businesstrainingworks.com.
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La misión de una persona de promover la comprensión cultural por Debbie Bartsch
La historia de mi vida es un largo navegar
El respeto comienza en la escuela
por diferentes culturas, adoptándolas. Efemérides de mi viaje sacarán a luz mi pasión por los latinos, la cultura latina y por qué la industria del paisajismo se ha convertido en mi hogar. Todo empezó con una caja de cachorros. Siendo una niña en una pequeña ciudad en la región sur de Wisconsin, muy raras veces encontrábamos personas que no fueran blancas. Los niños pueden ser sigilosos. Mis padres veían las noticias por televisión sin advertir que yo las veía también. Las noticias provenían de las grandes ciudades: Milwaukee y Debbie Bartsch Madison. Las cosas eran diferentes ahí. Podía ver gente de color en las noticias y algunas veces la interacción entre personas de diferentes colores de piel resultaba negativa, por ninguna razón lógica que yo pudiera determinar a los 5 años en 1970. La Feria 4-H era un evento popular. Ahí encontré la caja de cachorros. Todos tenían colores diferentes; algunos eran multicolores. El color no tenía importancia para los cachorros. Jugaban, comían y dormían juntos sin estar conscientes de la apariencia de cada uno. Adquirí una cachorrita. Era color castaño y la llamé Canela. Cuando cursaba el cuarto grado, mi padre consiguió trabajo en el sector manufacturero en Harvey, Illinois. La escuela elemental ahí tenía un ambiente muy diferente al de una pequeña ciudad de Wisconsin. Yo era la única estudiante blanca en mi clase. Eso estaba bien pues lo único que tenía que hacer era demostrar que yo era un cachorro más en la misma caja con ellos
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Las Girsl Scouts me ayudaron mucho. Una niña me invitó a cenar en su casa con mis padres. Si bien las familias provenían de diferentes culturas y grupos étnicos, los padres tenían algo en común: Querían que sus hijos crecieran y aprendieran a apreciar otras culturas y colores. Más tarde esa noche mi padre me dijo que yo había cambiado su vida para siempre. Mi papá obtuvo un mejor trabajo por lo que nos trasladamos a la región sur de Kentucky de 1977 a 1980. La escuela ahí era muy diferente. Había paletas visibles en las paredes del aula. Las tensiones raciales eran muy fuertes, especialmente entre afroestadounidenses y blancos descendientes de los dueños de plantaciones. Como niña blanca, pensé que era mejor no ser confundida con éstos. Una niña afroestadounidense estaba en mi clase de matemáticas. Ella estaba pasando momentos muy difíciles y algunas veces lloraba, por lo que decidí ayudarla. Unas semanas después esta niña me ayudó cuando un grupo de niñas de color estaban a punto de atacarme en el baño de la escuela. Entró de pronto y las detuvo, diciéndoles que yo la había apoyado siempre. A continuación, les conté la historia de la caja de cachorros y todo resultó bien.
La conexión china
Avancemos rápidamente hasta finales de la década de 1990. Trabajando en la industria de la manufactura de semiconductores, me incorporé al equipo de gestión global de proyectos. Nuestros objetivos eran implementar un sistema informático global y mejorar las relaciones culturales. Durante mis viajes por la cuenca del
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Pacífico fui expuesta a varias culturas del Asia, que me fascinaron. Adopté y celebré las diferencias tanto como la bienvenida y el aprecio que me proporcionó la gente de ahí.
Perdido en la traducción
Mi primer viaje fue a la Zona de desarrollo económico y tecnológico de Tianjin en China, a unas horas de Beijing para impartir una clase sobre el nuevo sistema informático. Todos los estudiantes hablaban inglés, el cual era considerado el idioma internacional de los negocios y hablarlo con fluidez era un requisito para graduarse de la escuela secundaria. Fue durante ese viaje que por primera vez experimenté una desconexión cultural. Al tercer día, tuve que preguntar por qué las hamburguesas, las tortitas de cerdo y las papas fritas de McDonald’s llegaban mágicamente a las aulas para nuestro almuerzo. Un conductor de la compañía había sido enviado a Beijing a recoger los productos McDonald’s porque pensaron que a los occidentales no les gustaría la comida servida en la cafetería de los empleados. Les di las gracias amablemente y les pedí que pasáramos los almuerzos a la cafetería de los empleados. Esta fue una fantástica experiencia de vinculación cultural. En las plantas de manufactura de semiconductores, los empleados trabajaban en condiciones deplorables, expuestos a
toxinas. China no tenía un equivalente a la Agencia de Protección Ambiental u OSHA (por sus siglas en inglés) y con frecuencia las condiciones laborales en las plantas de manufactura eran peligrosas. No obstante, los trabajadores ganaban bien y enviaban dinero a casa, a sus familias. Estos operarios fabriles conocían los riesgos y fue extremadamente difícil para mí sentarme en la cafetería de los empleados y conversar animadamente con ellos, sabiendo que en unos años la mayoría de ellos estarían enfermos o posiblemente muertos. Nunca he podido olvidar esa sensación de fatalidad.
Entra la industria del paisajismo
Después de los ataques del 9-11, la industria de los semiconductores cambió drásticamente y muchos de nosotros perdimos nuestros trabajos debido a los cierres. Me di cuenta de que mi sed de tener experiencias culturales y
enseñar a otras personas, especialmente de otras culturas, resultaba cada vez más insatisfecha. En 2014, un paisajista habló de que la compañía estaba teniendo dificultades para encontrar un candidato calificado para manejar operaciones comerciales y relaciones culturales. Así entré en la industria del paisajismo. Al trabajar en una compañía afiliada a ILCA, me interesaba saber cómo la asociación nos podía ayudar con las relaciones culturales con latinos. Mi primera salida relacionada con ILCA fue la Fiesta Anual y Reunión de Miembros. ILCA buscaba más miembros de comités y uno de los comités era precisamente el Comité de Relaciones Latinas. Me dirigí al Director Ejecutivo de ILCA, Scott Grams, quien rápidamente reconoció que yo no parecía latina ni hablaba español, pero se me dio la oportunidad de participar. Escuchar las experiencias increíbles de perseverancia, esperanza y sacrificio que mis colegas latinos y sus familias tuvieron que pasar para venir a Estados Unidos con
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la esperanza de encontrar una vida mejor, es conmovedor y edificante. Me recordó a mis abuelos que vinieron a este país con los mismos objetivos. Me recordó a los operarios fabriles chinos que corrían riesgos con la esperanza de lograr una vida mejor para sus familias. No podía ayudar a los operarios chinos, pero podía hacer mucho para ayudar a los latinos. Deben tener éxito para que nuestra industria tenga éxito. A medida que latinos más jóvenes entran en nuestra industria, tratan de permanecer en Estados Unidos entre temporadas. Algunos crecieron en hogares donde se hablaba más inglés que español. Tal vez no es tanto una crisis laboral como una crisis cultural, educacional e industrial. En lugar de tener cesantías de temporada, ¿qué podemos hacer para involucrar a las personas para que hagan el negocio más rentable?
Voluntariado=Nuevas amistades
Aprecio mucho a mis compañeros miembros del Comité de Relaciones Latinas y a mis compañeros de trabajo y colegas latinos. Me enorgullece lo que nuestro comité ha hecho por mejorar las relaciones culturales y las oportunidades educacionales para los latinos en la industria, pero podemos hacer más. En noviembre de 2020, Bernie Carranza impartió un conmovedor y franco webinario titulado, “Perdido en la traducción: Las 5 cosas que los negocios deben comprender sobre la cultura latina”. Bernie, un inmigrante de éxito, arrojó luz sobre diferencias y malentendidos comunes entre culturas, pero dijo que las cosas no tienen que ser así. Este fue el catalizador de lo que vino a ser el Subcomité de Latinos y Estadounidenses. Nuestro objetivo: Mejorar la riqueza y prosperidad de la industria del paisajismo a través de una mejor comprensión cultural. Debutaremos en iLandscape 2022.
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Hace unos cinco años me incorporé a la Alianza Nacional Hispana de Jardinería y Paisajismo (NHLA, por sus siglas en inglés). En 2020, la NHLA fue absorbida por la Asociación Nacional de Profesionales del Paisaje (NALP, por sus siglas en inglés). La Junta de la NHLA se convirtió en la Junta Asesora de la Red Latina del Paisaje de la NALP. En diciembre de 2020, tuve el honor de convertirme en miembro de la junta. Ahora estoy trabajando para reducir la brecha cultural a nivel estatal y nacional. Soy la única persona no latina en el Comité de Relaciones Latinas de ILCA. La Junta Asesora de la Red Latina del Paisaje de la NALP es una mezcla de colores canela, marrón y blanco. El Subcomité Latino y Estadounidense de ILCA, formado más recientemente, es una mezcla cultural. Durante la Cumbre del Presidente y la Junta de ILCA en diciembre de 2021, la discusión se concentró en la participación de los latinos en otros comités. Necesitamos que los latinos ayuden a configurar la dirección de todos los comités de ILCA. Hace unos meses, la NALP comenzó algo nuevo enviando una comitiva a visitar empresas afiliadas de diferentes estados y las asociaciones estatales. Los beneficios de esto vendrán en forma de empresas conjuntas. Compartir y racionalizar recursos sería una victoria — estar en mejor capacidad de asistir a las empresas afiliadas a esforzarse por lograr la excelencia operativa y aumentar las ganancias. Con los brazos abiertos, espero que la NALP venga pronto a Illinois y se conecte con empresas afiliadas e ILCA. He hecho de la industria del paisaje mi hogar y mi pasión por ayudar a los latinos continúa creciendo. Todas estas cosas me inspiran y me motivan a hacer más. Espero que los inspiren a ustedes también.
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Estimator/Assistant Project Manager Project Estimating -Quantity take-offs -Review and/or preparations of specifications -Preparation of preliminary schedules & project process outline -Obtain prices for materials & equipment rentals -Assist owner with preparation of proposals Project Management -Assist owner with preparation of contracts
Email jlohmann@lohmann.com to apply.
WE’RE HIRING OPEN POSITIONS: Residential Maintenance Account Manager Commercial Maintenance Account Manager
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-Management & coordination of shop operations -Responsible for selection & ordering of equipment, vehicle parts & shop supplies -Maintain all reports & books on all equipment & vehicles -Oversee, maintain & repair equipment, tools, etc., in shop & in the field -Assist with ground maintenance of the shop & office, i.e. snow removal, etc -Class CDL preferred, but not required, must have a valid drivers license We offer a competitive pay based on experience, ability, work ethic & congeniality. We offer benefits that include, medical, dental, 401k, paid holidays, vacation & sick days. Email jlohmann@lohmann.com to apply. Unique Opportunity for Experienced Chief Landscape Foreman Wheaton Garden Works Company is excited to announce a unique opportunity for an experienced and knowledgeable CHIEF LANDSCAPE FOREMAN to join our work family. WGW is a woman owned and operated business that values our employees and offers generous compensation. The ideal candidate will have previous landscape and hardscape experience, a strong work ethic, basic horticultural knowledge and most importantly, a desire to produce a one-of-a-kind installation to be proud of. This is a leadership role that offers an opportunity to be creative, be heard, be recognized and be awesome. Qualifications: -minimum of five years experience in landscape installations -ability to supervise, motivate and manage landscape construction crew -ability to execute landscape installation from landscape designs -value and exhibit quality craftsmanship 138
Tree & Shrub Sales Specialist City Escape is a unique and dynamic landscape service company located in Chicago. We are currently looking to add a Tree & Shrub Sales Specialist to join our team. Primary Duties & Responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Meets annual sales goal as jointly established by City Escape and you. • Maintains annual Shrink Percentage of 2% or less. Documents loss on Shrink Tracking Form. • Ensures proper watering, fertilizing and pruning merchandise • Communicates and works with management any product concerns as they arise, identifies cause: grower quality or care quality opportunities. • Demonstrates knowledge of merchandise being sold with every customer interaction to have a positive impact on sales performance. • Knows on hand inventory: Stock overages & shortages. Notes customer requests for future buys. • Stays in tune with industry trends & standards. Actively seeks potential new vendors. • Forges positive relationship with tree & shrub vendors to ensure receiving of best selections • Timely resolves merchandise receiving errors and damages for proper credit. • Merchandises yard for ease of shop ability. Keeps like items grouped together • Actively sells delivery & installation of Trees & Shrubs Experience/Skills Required: • Strong communication skills. • High level of integrity, trust, maturity, and professionalism. • Passion for plants and gardening. • Degree/Certificate in Horticulture preferred. Job Type: Full-time Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Life
HELP WANTED Insurance, PTO, Holidays. Please forward your resume to jobs@ cityescape.biz for consideration. Estimator/Office Assistant Preparing Landscape Plans for client meetings; Generating detailed estimates and contracts for landscape projects. Ordering and locating plant material Apply for building permits. General office duties. Estimating experience necessary. Ability to read and interpret landscape plans. Strong PC skills. Experience in Green Industry or passion for Landscaping. we offer competitive pay based on experience. Benefits include retirement plan, vacation pay, paid holiday. Email resume to linda@earthdevelopments.com
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Inspiration Alley Editor’s Note: Over time, we run across a mountain of fun, innovative, and generally creative ideas. They don’t always fit with the magazine content, but we do collect them for some future use. This brings us to Inspiration Alley, a place where we display pure creativity. It’s up to you to judge the merit of each offering. So use it, lose it or be inspired to try something different.
Taming the volcano... By Nina A. Koziol
Mulch helps protect tree roots and reduces weeds. But a mulch volcano placed over non-porous landscape fabric? That’s tantamount to tree torture. A mound of mulch is home to insects
and bark-chewing rodents. But worse, it holds moisture against the wood, which can soften and rot. The tree might look ok for now, but it’s going to fail sooner rather than later.
Landscape fabric topped with an excess of dyed mulch. If this method was ever taught in Landscaping 101, it would be a “don’t do this” example. Just don’t.
And just to be clear... Hiding the fabric is not really the problem with the install.
Low groundcovers protect this old white pine from mower injury and the neat, sweeping border draws the eye to the house. Bold-leaved hostas, colorful coral bells and fine-textured perennial geraniums serve as a living mulch and weed deterrent. Besides the wood-chip path and thin layer of mulch, Pulmonaria, Hakonechloa and Brunnera create an inviting carpet under an ancient Austrian pine. The Landscape Contractor February 2022
Low groundcovers protect this old white pine from mower injury and the neat, sweeping border draws the eye to the house. 141
Hidden Gems Worth Visiting
The Grosse Point Lighthouse Wildflower Trail Garden
by Heather Prince
Tucked at the foot of the hitoric
plants grouped in masses for a showy effect. The first planting included eight varieties of native violets, a fern collection, and hundreds of wild plants, many of them rescued from highway or residential development or donated from the gardens of garden club members. A fountain was installed west of the picnic shelter on the south side and eventually a garden seat was added. Over the years, the Evanston Garden Club has faithfully maintained the gardens through occasional necessary renovations. Today, you can stroll the crushed stone paths and soak in the splendid sweeps of Virginia bluebells in the spring interspersed with mayapple, shooting star, trillium, toothwort, twin leaf, bloodroot, hepatica, dogtooth violet and more. Over 40 species of woodland wildflowers and 9 species of native ferns are featured including rare showy lady slippers. Myriad birds call in the branches of the oaks and maples. Bees hum as they gather nectar, and you may see the occasional shimmering dart of a hummingbird. Pink sprays of redbud complement the spring show while the fluffy pink flowers of Joe Pye weed signal the end of summer. An excellent example of naturalistic plantings that seamlessly blend into the historic grounds, the Grosse Point Lighthouse Wildflower Trail Garden reflects Jensen’s deep commitment to native plantings. It’s a small garden and easy to miss, but worth seeking out, especially in spring. Stop by this quiet spot for inspiration or rejuvenation.
Grosse Point Lighthouse in Evanston, a lush wildflower garden spreads a dazzling carpet of native spring flowers in a thoughtfully designed naturalistic landscape. This lovely site has deep historical roots. The Grosse Point promontory was named by French fur traders in the 17th century as they navigated the shores of Lake Michigan trading with the Potawatomi tribes. It was charted by Marquette and Joliet in 1673 and legend holds that Marquette camped at the site the following year. As shipping on Lake Michigan increased in the 1800s, several wrecks occurred on the treacherous shoals offshore from the point. In 1873, a lighthouse was constructed along with a duplex home in the Italianate style for the lighthouse keepers. The lighthouse featured a second-order Fresnel lens kept running by the keepers until it was automated in 1934. Briefly extinguished during WWII, the light remains operational under the supervision of the Lighthouse Park District. In 1937, the Garden Club of Evanston was granted permission by the park board to plant a wildflower trail. The club hired Jens Jensen to draw up the plans. He called for native herbs to be planted under the shade of the existing black oaks, honey locusts, basswood, sugar and silver maples, black cherries, and American elms. Jensen’s plan called for more oaks, weeping birches, wild crabapples and cherries, and witch hazels. The design mimics the appearance of a natural woodland, only with 142
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Laying a Foundation for Inspiration “A beautiful outdoor space should stand the test of time, every time.” 50 years ago, our founder had a dream. When Ed Bryant introduced the UNI-Stone® paver to the North American market, he essentially established the hardscaping industry here. Since then, we have continued to innovate and grow. As a result, we are proud to have played a part in creating countless beautiful spaces, from backyard patios to landmark destinations across the continent. And we’re just getting started. We know Ed would be proud.
Ed Bryant | Unilock Founder November 30, 1935 - January 28, 2021
