December 2020

Previous Issues
Green Pencil

Peers: There for you

By Alan White
Looking back on the past year, I’m reminded of what it was like when I first started my business.
Feature

Second-Generation Success

By Jordan Whitehouse
It’s no secret family businesses have a huge impact on the Canadian economy.

Compliance Checks

By Scott Oldfield
Prevention is the most powerful tool in our arsenal, but it’s too often overlooked.

Congress Connect

Canada’s new green community launches Jan. 12-14, 2021

The Right Thing: How nurseries met the Covid threat head-on

By Jordan Whitehouse
A good news story: How nurseries met the Covid threat head-on.

Owners: Stay Healthy

By Grant Harrison
During a pandemic, wellbeing is even more critical to prosperity
British Colombia Update

How B.C. is coping with COVID

Landscape Trades regularly provides space for provincial association updates. This issue features the British Columbia Landscape Nursery Association.
Road To Success

The price is right — sometimes

By Rod McDonald
Like many of us, I started out as a one-man band working from my kitchen table, answering the home telephone and storing what little equipment I had in the garage.
Management Solutions

Measuring — and improving — your labour situation

By Mark Bradley
2020 was one of the most bizarre years on record, a year where nothing went as expected.
Legal Matters

Liquidated damages, deposits and forfeiture clauses

By Rob Kennaley
Historically at common law in Canada, a liquidated damages clause will be treated as a penalty, and not enforced for public policy reasons, unless the amount is a “genuine pre-estimate” of damages that will actually be suffered.
CNLA News

CNLA News December 2020 - January 2021

News from the federation of Canada's provincial trade associations.
Newsscape

Canada Blooms cancels 2021 event

Due to the ongoing concerns surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, the Canada Blooms Horticultural Society made the decision to cancel the 2021 edition of Canada Blooms.

Relief for Ontario snow operators

A private members’ bill sponsored by Ontario MPP Norm Miller is now ordered for third reading in the Ontario Legislature.

Green Cities Foundation breaks ground

The Green Cities Foundation broke ground on its first outdoor rehabilitation project at St. Matthew’s House in Hamilton, Ont., November 6-7.

COHA Connections provides research updates

The Canadian Ornamental Horticulture Alliance (COHA) released the quarterly COHA Connections research update on its website.

Quigg retires from Stihl Limited

Stihl Limited announced president Greg Quigg’s retirement, after 35 years with the company.

NGB announces 2021 “Year of the” program

Free promotional marketing materials are now available for the National Garden Bureau’s 2021 “Year of the” program. “

Avant Techno partners with Leguan Lifts

Avant Tecno USA and Leguan Lifts have formally announced their partnership and distribution plans for the North American market.

Canada Blooms names Aurora Borealis rose plant of the year

The latest release in Vineland’s 49th Parallel Collection of bred-in-Canada garden and landscape roses promises to steal the spotlight in Canadian gardens when it is released next spring.

William Dam Seeds wins AAS Award

All-America Selections announced the winners of its 2020 Landscape Design Challenge, including a third place honour for William Dams Seeds.
New Products

New Products December 2020 - January 2021

A selection of new products on the market for landscape professionals.
Mentor Moment

The training train

Sandy Roberton, retired from operating Earthcraft Landscape in Bedford, N.S., has spent his career pushing for educational and certification opportunities in the profession he loves, landscape horticulture.
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