October 2009

Previous Issues
Executive Desk

Greening Ontario's highways

By Tony DiGiovanni CHT
About a year ago, Nick Close, landscape architect for the Ministry of Transportation, came by my office with a PowerPoint presentation that depicted many years of plant failures on Ontario highways. As a landscape architect responsible for the plant material, he was frustrated.
Professional And Workforce Development

October is time to register for professional development

By Sally Harvey CLT, CLP
With the Fall season upon us, LO brings our members many opportunities to expand their horizons.
Public Relations

Weather forecasters are friends of LO

By Denis Flanagan CLD
Whenever LO members come together, it’s guaranteed that the weather will be a topic in any conversation.
LO Member Profile

Nutri-Lawn - Burlington: After 17 years, former oil industry executive still enjoys successful lawn care business

By Allan Dennis
Seventeen years ago Don McQueen left a successful career in the oil business to turn an avocation into a vocation.
Association News

Growers raise over $18,000 at auction

By Kristen McIntyre CHT
More than 200 members and industry professionals enjoyed great weather and even better plant material at the LO Growers’ Group Auction on Sept. 10.

Certification will undergo changes in 2010

Beginning in January of 2010, big changes are coming to the certification program under a new brand name, Landscape Industry Certified.

LO members are top tree climbers

Gage Park was home to some of Ontario’s top tree climbers at the 21st Annual Ontario Tree Climbing Championship, hosted this year by the City of Hamilton on Sat., Sept. 12th.

Open air trial helps growers plan for next year

Sobkowich Greenhouses in Grimsby opened its outdoor trial area and gardens for industry viewing and evaluations at the end of July. Over 300 individual Proven Winners’ plants and combinations were on display, including all the new plant introductions for the 2010 season.

Snow symposium numbers are best-ever

LO’s Snow & Ice Symposium continued its amazing growth with the 2009 version.

Welcome Keziah Kristina Helder

Nathan and Michelle Helder of Waterdown have welcomed into their lives a healthy 7 lb., 5 oz. baby girl named Keziah Kristina.

In memoriam - Bob Allen

The LO family expresses sympathy to long-time member Bob Allen of RW Allen Horticultural Services in St. Thomas, whose mother Nell Allen passed away on Aug. 28.

Complaints: Are customers always right?

By Kristen McIntyre CHT
As an association, LO takes great pride in our members and the work that they do.

Ottawa member featured in U.S. magazine

Greenlife Garden Care + Landscaping of Ottawa was featured in a magazine article in the U.S.-based Walker Talk, a bi-annual publication by Walker Mowers.

LO members win SIMA awards

Four member companies of Landscape Ontario were recipients of awards by Snow and Ice Management Association (SIMA).

Green for Life is written in stone

Actually it’s written in stone in a number of locations, thanks to the generosity of Randy Adams of Adams Landscape Supply in Kitchener.

IPM symposium schedule announced

The schedule is ready for the 45th annual IPM Symposium in 2010.
Letter To The Editor

Pesticides

April 22nd, Earth Day – the largest, most celebrated environmental event worldwide.

Defining hogweed

I noted the item on giant hogweed in the August issue of Horticulture Review. It is described as “known in some areas as cow parsnip.”
Chapter News

Georgian Lakelands chapter continues to help Gilda’s Club of Barrie

Members of the Georgian Lakelands Chapter are once again busily preparing to volunteer their expertise and energy to help Gilda’s Club in Barrie.

Ottawa CHT certification is all-round success

All reports from the CHT certification program in Ottawa, on Aug. 13 and 14, reveal that it was a great success. The event took place at Kemptville College.

Chicken Roast is a great success

Those who took the opportunity to enjoy the annual Golden Horseshoe Chicken Roast, left echoing that it was a tremendous success again this year. The event also had a record number of attendees.
Industry News

As of Oct. 26, hand-held devices banned in Ontario

The Ontario government’s Bill 118 will become law on Oct.26. When it does become official, it will be illegal to use a hand-held device while operating a motor vehicle.

Know your pests and diseases: Leafhopper

By Francesco Pacelli
Leafhopper is a common name applied to any species from the family Cicadellidae. Leafhoppers belong to one of the largest families of plant-feeding insects.

Research to develop a better petunia

A co-operative effort by Vineland Research and Innovation Centre and the University of Guelph will study methods to create a new and improved petunia.

Open house at Vineland introduces exciting project to green Ontario’s highways

A project to make Ontario highways more environmentally-friendly could have broad and far-reaching positive effects on the economy of the horticulture industry.
Hort Protect

Protect your equipment from thieves

By Darren Rodrigues
Theft of construction equipment is an ongoing problem.
OMAFRA Nursery And Landscape Bulletin

Pear trellis rust found in several Ontario locations

By Jennifer Llewellyn and Michael Celetti
Over the last few years, pear trellis rust has been found in the landscape at several locations in southern Ontario.
Legal Issues

Winter maintenance contracts: Managing slip and fall claims

By Robert Kennaley
The best contract in the world may not, of course, protect the contractor from being sued for a slip and fall.
Prosperity Partners

Change happens and old habits die hard

By Jacki Hart CLP
Whether we like it or not, things change.
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