Landscape Trades Magazine - Landscape Ontario

October 2024

Previous Issues

Green Pencil

Rest, reflect and reset for the next season

By Karina Sinclair

At this time of year some flower beds and containers still boast a few colourful end-of-season blooms, and we’re starting to see spots of colour in the trees.

LT Picks

LT Picks: Dealing with drought conditions and stubborn weeds

If you're busy maintaining client lawns and landscapes, we have a few suggestions for dealing with drought conditions and stubborn weeds.

Professional Confessional

Professional confessional: turf management

Landscape Trades asked turf management professionals to describe their biggest challenges to help dispel the myths surrounding their specialty as they strive to maintain lawns, sports fields, golf courses, parks, boulevards and other turf-covered properties in our communities.

Newsscape

Congress 2025 promises to be bigger than ever

Registration for Congress 2025 is now open online. The premier event, known as Canada’s largest annual and longest running trade show and conference for landscape professionals, will take place Jan. 7-9, 2025, at the Toronto Congress Centre.

Alberta trade show seeking exhibitors

Organizers of the Green Industry Show and Conference (GISC) are seeking exhibitors for the largest horticultural trade show in Western Canada, happening Nov. 20-21 in Red Deer, Alta.

2024 plants of the year announced

Each year, the National Garden Bureau (NGB) hand picks a selection of plants to spotlight as the cream of the crop, including one houseplant, one annual, one perennial, one bulb, one shrub and one edible.

Proven Winners announces sustainable packaging options

Spring Meadow Nursery and Proven Winners ColorChoice Shrubs announced a new initiative to offer a sustainable package option to its grower partners.

Governments expand mental health supports for nursery growers

The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing up to $538,000 through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) to expand the Farmer Wellness Initiative to Ontario farm workers.

Landscape Istanbul Fair 2024 receives international approval

The International Association of Horticultural Producers gave its International Horticultural Trade Exhibition approval to Landscape Istanbul Fair 2024 to be held Nov. 13-15, 2024 at the Istanbul Fair Centre Türkiye.

Brad Smith promoted to partner at Seferian Design Group

Seferian Design Group is proud to announce senior landscape architect, Brad Smith, has been promoted to partner within the organization.

Feature

New plants for 2025

Are you ready for a sneak peek at the beautiful blossoms coming to market next spring? With help from Rodger Tschanz, University of Guelph trial gardens manager, we’ve rounded up some exciting new options to energize your landscapes in 2025.

Restricted waters

By Julia Harmsworth

Strict water restrictions are not unique to western Canada; landscape and horticulture professionals across the country are also wrestling with similar watering bans. Landscape Trades reached out to several industry members to learn how watering restrictions have affected their businesses, what proper water management means to them and how they’re keeping plants happy during droughts.

Proving herself a winner

By Karina Sinclair

Imposter syndrome is sneaky. So even after attracting high profile clients through her social media feed, winning several consecutive local awards, and becoming the first ever Canadian designated as a Proven Winners Certified Landscape Professional, landscape designer Samantha Ulasy still hears that voice.

Zoonotic diseases in Canada

By J Lynn Fraser

In urban Canada we tend to forget that ordinary animals, birds and the landscape itself can be harmful if certain conditions occur. One such harm is found in zoonotic diseases.

Internet Of Nature

Sponge city concept helps manage stormwater runoff

By Nadina Galle

In recent years, city planners, landscape architects and green professionals have started to focus on designing urban spaces that work with nature instead of fighting against it.

Art Of Gardening

Focus on service for retail success

By Art Vanden Enden

Retail is a tough business to be in. It can be an even tougher business to thrive in. To thrive, it is important to know what your most valuable customers like about your business. It is equally important to know the type of customers that are attracted to your business.

Focus on service for retail success

By Art Venden Enden

Retail is a tough business to be in. It can be an even tougher business to thrive in. To thrive, it is important to know what your most valuable customers like about your business. It is equally important to know the type of customers that are attracted to your business.

Legal Matters

Four common legal mistakes landscape companies can't afford to make

By Lai-King Hum

To avoid legal disputes and ensure a compliant workplace, landscaping employers should steer clear of common errors such as failing to maintain proper contracts, ignoring ESA requirements, neglecting risks of heat stress and mishandling termination and layoffs.

Designers Corner

Great garden design starts from the ground up

By Iain Wilson

One of the key philosophies driving a great landscape design is to curate a space that balances both function and aesthetic with place and purpose. A thorough site evaluation and analysis can help to identify these considerations and dictate how we are going to move forward with the design.

CNLA News

International friendships blossom at IGCA 2024 in Quebec

By Anne Kadwell

Smiles, laughter and teamwork filled the air as garden retail business owners from 19 countries came together for an unforgettable week of connection and growth at the International Garden Centre Congress (IGCA), which took place Aug. 25-31.

Green charities plant trees in Halifax park

The Green Cities Foundation (GCF) teamed up with Hope Blooms on Aug. 8 for a special Community Planting Day at Uniacke Square at Murray Warrington Park in Halifax, N.S.

New Products

New Products: November 2024

It's more than mowers — explore some of the latest tools, technologies and innovations now available to elevate your grounds management game.

Mentor Moment

On the hunt for superior seeds

A founder of Linnaea Nurseries — a wholesale plant nursery in Langley, B.C. — Folkerts is also a passionate seed collector, always on the lookout for particularly hardy specimens of native plants thriving in unusual places.