Horticulture Review - May 2009

Horticulture ReviewThe Voice of Landscape Ontario May 15, 2009

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April 24-May 10Arbor WeekWhat sets Arbor Day apart from other holidays is that while other special days commemorate the past, Arbor Day celebrates the future. Due to the climatic and geographic diversity of Ontario, Arbor Day has been stretched into Arbor Week so all areas of the province can benefit. There are a number of ways to participate in Arbor Week, for more information go to www.arborweek.com.

June 24Golden Horseshoe Golf TournamentWillow Valley Golf Course in Mount HopeShotgun start at 1 p.m. For more information, or to register, contact Stephanie Smith at [email protected] or 800-265-5656, ext. 354.

July 17Upper Canada Golf TournamentBriar Fox Golf and Country ClubTee off time is 10 a.m. For more information, or to register, contact Stephanie Smith at [email protected] or 800-265-5656, ext. 354.

July 23Toronto Chapter Golf Tournament Glen Eagle Golf Course, CaledonTee off time is 8:30 a.m., followed by a steak lunch. The chapter’s first poker tournament will be held afterward, with all proceeds going to Sick Kids hospital. Poker tournament tickets are avail-able at www.locc.ca. For more information, or to register for the golf tournament, contact Stephanie Smith at [email protected] or 800-265-5656, ext. 354.

August 13-14Landscape Designer sector group summer tourOttawa areaLO’s Landscape Designer group is holding its summer tour in the Ottawa region. Confirmed to date are visits to Rideau Hall and the Mackenzie King Estate historic garden in Gatineau Park. More details will follow as they become avail-able.

August 20Georgian Lakelands Chapter Golf TournamentInnisbrook Golf Club, BarrieShotgun start begins at 12:20 p.m. For more information, or to register, contact Stephanie Smith at [email protected] or 800-265-5656, ext. 354.

August 26Waterloo Chapter Golf Tournament Grand Valley Golf Course, CambridgeShotgun start begins at 1 p.m. For more informa-tion, or to register, contact Stephanie Smith at [email protected] or 800-265-5656, ext. 354.

August 27Ottawa Chapter Golf TournmentLoch March Golf and Country Club, KanataShotgun start at 1 p.m. Lunch and dinner are included in the registration price. For more infor-mation, or to register, contact Stephanie Smith at [email protected] or 800-265-5656, ext. 354.


NEW MEMBERS

Durham ChapterPerspective Landscapes Inc.Taylor Spratt3100 Garden St.PO Box 80053. RPO Rossland GardenWhitby, ON L1R 0H1Tel: 905 391 2319Membership Type: Interim

GeorGian LakeLanDs ChapterSacred Space Landscape & DesignMelanie Rekola31 allsop Cres.Barrie, ON L4N 8T7Tel: 705 722 7863Membership Type: active

Sharp Image GroupDavid Sharp58 Highlands Cres.Collingwood, ON L9y 5H3Tel: 705 445 7899Membership Type: active

GoLDen horseshoe ChapterParamount LandscapingDoug Dolson4022 Kingston Crt.Burlington, ON L7L 4y5Tel: 905 332 2030 Membership Type: active

Scenic Grove NurseryNicolas Verhey1650 Powerline Rd. W. RR 2Lynden, ON L0R 1T0Tel: 905 648 1787Membership Type: active

Snips Landscape & NurseryKristi Montovani410 Sumbler Rd. RR 5Welland, ON L3B 5N8 Tel: 905 892 9690Membership Type: active

Strongarm LandscapingJohn Turnera - 689 Enfield Rd.Burlington, ON L7T 2X9Tel: 905 638 1493Membership Type: active

Van Varik’s PruningGerry Van Varik2288 Troy Rd.Troy, ON L0R 2B0Tel: 519 647 2035Membership Type: active

LonDon ChapterLine-X Coatings LondonDave Wasser5 - 28 Micro Crt.London, ON N6E 2T5Tel: 519 681 7255Membership Type: Chapter associate

P.B. Welding ServiceRene Burggraaf773721 Oxford Rd. # 14Burgessville, ON N0J 1C0Tel: 519 536 6965Membership Type: active

ottawa ChapterHunt Club Landscape Services Inc.andrew Fuller1079 Plante Dr.Ottawa, ON K1V 9E5Tel: 613 733 1919Membership Type: active

toronto ChapterA Step AboveJesse Turner37 Newcastle Cres.Brampton, ON L6S 3Z1Tel: 416 508 8395Membership Type: active

Cultivate DesignMark Moniz1511 - 100 Leeward GlenwayToronto, ON M3C 2Z1Tel: 416 894 5203Membership Type: Interim

David McEldon Landscape & Design Inc.David McEldon435 Concession 3 Rd.Pickering, ON L1X 2R4Tel: 416 824 5263Membership Type: active

Dynamatrix - Gagro CorporationGary Fitzpatrick37 Creditstone Rd, Suite 6Concord, ON L4K 1N3Tel: 905 761 3309Membership Type: associate

Green Again Irrigation Inc.Mansour Ghaderi117 May ave.Richmond Hill , ON L4C 3S7Tel: 905 770 3366Membership Type: Interim

Ground FXSteve Hicks3431 Old School Rd.Caledon, ON L9C 0X8Tel: 905 838 2779Membership Type: active

Hofstetter LandscapingRick Hofstetter6 Benroyal Cres.Toronto, ON M1H 1L5Tel: 416 438 9824Membership Type: active

Ladybird Garden DesignMargot Byers274 Gatestone ave.Oakville, ON L6J 5R9Tel: 905 844 6026Membership Type: Interim

Outside DesignJason Brown484 Gladstone ave.Toronto, ON M6H 3H9Tel: 416 803 0676Membership Type: Interim

Pro Cut Property MaintenanceCraig Hickingbottom602 Main St.Glen Williams, ON L7G 3T6Tel: 905 450 0698Membership Type: active

Plan-It Earth SolutionsMichael Veenstra12 - 604 Edward ave.Richmond Hill, ON L4C 9y7Tel: 416 220 2921Membership Type: active

Ponds in the CityDavid G antcliffe33 St.Hilda’s ave.Toronto, ON M4N 2P5Tel: 416 489 8166Membership Type: active

Red Line Groundskeeping Corp.Valeria Dell’elce3 - 116 Viceroy Rd.Concord, ON L4K 2M3Tel: 905 760 7577Membership Type: active

Stephanie PinarelloMembership Type: Horticultural

waterLoo ChapterClearview Water & Garden Scapes Inc.Jason Faist15 Dudhope ave.Cambridge, ON N1R 4T2Tel: 519 622 0806Membership Type: Interim

Line-X Coatings CambridgeDave Wasser2411 Eagle St.Cambridge, ON N3H 3H3Tel: 519 653 2800Membership Type: Chapter associate

Murray Enterprisesalphonse Murray2998 Sawmill Rd. PO Box 594St.Jacob’s, ON N0B 2N0Tel: 519 664 0518Membership Type: active

Premier Landscapes by Moore IncJeremy Moore77 Bridge St. WWaterloo, ON N2K1K8Tel: 519 581 3400Membership Type: active

Devonshire Designs inc.Todd Robarts6 Ditner ave.Baden, ON N3a 4L2Tel: 519 634 9274Membership Type: active

winDsor ChapterStonescape ExteriorsMichael Connell2710 Todd LaneLaSalle, ON N9H 1L1Tel: 519 967 0222Membership Type: active

Robert HutchisonMembership Type: Horticultural


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Landscape Ontario staff


By Denis Flanagan and Lee Ann Knudsen

These are exciting times at Landscape Ontario! We are seeing members across the province embrace the Green for Life

promotional initiative, with gusto.LO’s membership and chapter coordina-

tor Stephanie Smith says, “Everybody loves

Drive traffic to your business: make sure your company’s vehicles promote Green for Life.

Green for Life: Success stories

it! I am getting phone messages about the new marketing materials all the time. The new, big-ger stickers look great on trucks.”

Members from all sectors are co-branding with Green for Life. Some of those recently on board include Phil Dickie of Fast Forest in Kitchener; April Cotroneo, Reeves Florist and Nursery, Woodbridge; Tom Henderson, ProScape Land Design and Construction, Oakville and Perry Grobe, Grobe Nursery and Garden Centre in Breslau.

But Green for Life is much more than a logo. Members are also giving rave reviews to the revamped consumer website, www.landscapeontario.com.

Judith Humphries of A Garden for All Seasons, a landscape design company in Mississauga, depends on the “Find a profes-sional” section of the site for all of her new business. She says, “That is where I get peo-

ple! They tell me they found my name through LO.” Humphries is candid in explaining that she spends nothing on outside marketing — a big reason she values her LO membership is because it means, “I don’t have to spend money anywhere else.”

Humphries gives the Green for Life pro-gram high marks. “It’s great! LO had a somewhat un-green image before. I like the promotion. It fits with the times.”

Another member endorsing the pro-gram follows a very different business model. Harold Deenen of Hank Deenen Landscaping in Scarborough leads one of LO’s larger mem-ber companies. While the target audience for the GFL marketing initiative is younger, female homeowners, Deenen works exclu-sively with commercial maintenance and construction clients.

“The new website is beautiful,” says Deenen. “We got a call from a commercial prospect that had seen our profile on the site, and was impressed with the certifications and awards listed. It has turned into quite a nice rela-tionship.”

Deenen worries his trucks could easily become too cluttered with stickers, including important certifications, but his company is making room for the Green for Life message — it recently ordered 60 decals.

Everyone is busy, but NOW is the time to take advantage of this powerful promo-tion, designed specifically for the horticulture industry. Momentum is building to spread the benefits of Green for Life across Canada! Get on board today — see specifics you can use at www.horttrades.com/gfl.

LO’s Garden Centre sector group recently allocated resources to be sure its members use Green for Life to full advantage.

It has hired contract staff to phone each member garden centre and assist with its web profile page. The temps will do everything from answer upload questions to help write each garden centre’s promo-tional copy.

Every LO member, regardless of sector, may add a profile to his listing in the “Find a professional” section of the stunning new www.landscapeontario.com. The profile is essentially your per-sonal web page on the site. In addition to your contact information, profiles include

the areas you serve, your specialties, your logo, a link to your own site, photos of your work and any other promotional copy you care to upload. Instructions are posted at www.horttrades.com/gfl.

The Garden Centre group feels this opportunity is so important it has allocated this funding to help its members partici-pate. In addition, member garden centres will receive a promo package, includ-ing marketing materials, information for customers on the Home Renovation Tax Credit, and a poster promoting native trees; a joint project between LO and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.

Garden centres go proactive


have been completed if not for Pat. We owe him a great deal of thanks for his contribution.

One of my favourite quotes is “Leadership is a choice not a position.” All positive change requires optimistic people who reflect, prepare and take action within a framework of ethical conduct.

Leadership in trainingThe LO garden was not the only reflection of our association. The Skills Canada garden also communicated societal benefit and symbolized the future of our industry. Although there were many people involved with that effort, I want to focus on one person who is always going above and beyond in the service of our industry and association.

Beth Edney is a tireless leader who is always front and centre when it comes to contributing time, effort, passion, creativity and support. She is the recipient of the Glen Beatty Award from Skills Canada – Ontario. See the story elsewhere in this issue of Horticulture Review.

Financial leadership Mark Bradley of the Beach Gardener called to reflect on some of the pervasive fear and negativ-ity about the economy. He lauded the education and promotion efforts of the association, espe-cially the Prosperity Partners concept. However, he urged us to focus on some immediate, simple and practical solutions. He suggested that in times of insecurity and fear it is imperative that companies use budgeting as a management tool. You can not manage what you don’t measure. Budgets provide clarity. They tell you when to cut costs, or ramp up expenses. They are funda-mental to reduce stress and promote action.

He then offered to lead a free budgeting workshop. What impressed and inspired me the most was not related to budgeting at all.

It is an attitude that I see every day work-ing at LO. It is the contribution ethic, the caring nature, the willingness to share and mentor that is so prevalent in our association.

We can make some very powerful changes to our industry and society by cultivating an army of leaders who model professional, ethical and trustworthy behaviour.

The best way to teach leadership is to model it. We are fortunate to have so many wonderful models.

Tony DiGiovanni may be reached at [email protected].

Tony DiGiovanni CHTLO executive director

LO trade show coordinator Linda Nodello gave me a book entitled The Mark of a Leader by Doug Keeley. The book is

well described by its sub-title Inspiring Stories of Ordinary People Who Have Done Extraordinary Things.

The book made me think about all the great leaders who participate in Landscape Ontario. I am always amazed and inspired by the immense contributions made by our members to their

industry association, but most of all to each other.

A few of their stories What motivates someone like Tim Kearney from Garden Creations of Ottawa to volunteer to build the LO garden in Toronto? When asked, he said he wanted to stimulate an esprit de corps amongst all sectors and geographical groups within the membership. He wanted to raise morale, build camaraderie, co-operation and fellowship. He certainly succeeded; not only with the chapters and sector groups but between his staff, other members, apprenticeship students and our staff. The spirit of goodwill also infected all those who visited the garden at Canada Blooms.

The garden told the story of industry mem-bers coming together to contribute their time and resources, using the skills and passion of their occupation. Community projects from every chapter were featured. Collectively, the LO community contributed over $500,000 worth of labour, products and goodwill to help make our communities better, and to showcase our profes-sion and principles. Our message of leadership, legacy, professionalism, caring, societal benefit and trust was very clearly communicated in a powerful way.

Stephanie Scott created the wonderful design. Jeff Scott, Ryan Kearney, Tim O’Brien, Jason Robinson, Tim Scullion, Lynda Blackburn, Nathan Armstrong, Lindsay Ross, Todd Pugh, Chris Kuhn, Cynthia Burns, Ryan Kelly and Will Loudon came from Ottawa to ensure that the installation was expertly executed. After work-ing over 18 hours a day, four straight days, in dust and diesel fumes, you would think that the

Leaders inspire by their immense contributions EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE

Tony DiGiovanni

fun would have waned. At the end of the build, beaming with pride Tim’s staff told me they would welcome building next year’s garden at Canada Blooms. Talk about esprit de corps!

Thanks are also owed to the many mem-bers, students and staff who all helped out.

The garden also was graced with the participation of the following contributors. Bosman Homefront, Camilla House Imports, Connon Nurseries/NVK Holdings, Fossil Landscapes, Humber College Apprentice Program, Kemptville College Apprenticeship Program, Moonstruck Landscape Lighting, PAO Associates, Permacon Group, RJ Rogers Landscaping and the University of Guelph Trial Gardens.

Thanks are also due to the entire LO staff and branding committee. Denis Flanagan and Kristen McIntyre coordinated the staff effort. Sally Harvey and Rachel Burt coordinated the apprenticeship students.

I hope I did not miss anyone. Please let me know if I have and I will make sure to recognize you in future issues of Horticulture Review.

Landscape Ontario’s 4,000 sq. ft. Green for Life garden was an incredible showcase for our industry, but it was much more than that. It was a reflection of the leadership and legacy prin-ciples that guide our community and that truly make a positive difference in the world.

Member saves the dayI received a call from David Turnbull (LO past president and operations manager of Canada Blooms) on the Saturday night before Canada Blooms. David said, “I am not exaggerating when I say we have a disaster on our hands because of the nature of the sand.” The sand was not coarse enough and was saturated with water. Paving stones could not be levelled and in one case, expanding sand knocked over a retaining wall.

Where does one get 300 tonnes of sand on a Saturday night? I called Bob Wilton from Clintar and Mark Humphries from Humphries Landscape Services, because both are heav-ily into the snow business. I also called Steve Moyer, sales manager for LO, because of his contacts with industry suppliers. All three gen-tlemen cheerfully took time on Saturday night to see if they could help.

In the end, Pat Lamanna from Earthco Soil Mixtures came to the rescue. He opened one of his supply depots that night especially for Canada Blooms. The Canada Blooms gardens would not


By Denis Flanagan CLDDirector of public relations

Following the launch of the Green for Life promotion at Canada Blooms, it’s been a continual road trip in and out of various

communities. My itinerary follows:March 27/28: The speaker series at the

Quinte Home Show in Belleville was spon-sored, and an impressive line-up of presenters, including Mark Cullen, Charlie Dobbin and Dan Clost educated the public. It took place on a on a stage decorated by Connon Nurseries, which included a large Green for Life banner.

March 29/30: Canadale Nurseries in St. Thomas once again hosted its wonderful spring celebration. Paula Intven and her talented staff coordinated a well-thought-out event. A large crowd was captivated, not only by creative vignettes built by local LO companies, but with beautiful plant displays tied-in with a flyer promotion and a little something for everyone, from free facials to snake charmers.

April 1: The Waterloo chapter held a well-

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Green for Life takes flight

attended meeting hosted by Compact Sod at its new location. The presentation area was staged between large storage areas of top soil and grass seed. It was a perfect segue into top dressing and overseeding lawns, which was one portion of our Green for Life consumer presentation during the evening.

April 3/4: Next, our spring tour took us to Thunder Bay, where several of our members are involved in The Home and Garden Show at the Canadian Lakehead Exhibition. The area received 18 in. of snow on the eve of the show, but that did not seem to dampen the spirit of zone 3 gardeners, who came out in droves to hear seminars sponsored by LO and to witness a wedding in one of our award-winning mem-ber’s (PM Landscaping) gardens.

April 13: Back to downtown Toronto, where we did a live gardening demo on CBC News, for broadcast that evening.

April 17: Out to Mississauga to join the celebrations and fund-raiser for The Riverwood Conservancy.

April 22: Many of our chapters are involved in Earth Day events. What a perfect day to promote our Green for Life campaign.

April 24/25: We are partnering with Sheridan Nurseries at The Green Living Show in Toronto, helping promote the Home Renovation Tax Credit program. At the same event, we are helping The Ministry of Natural Resourses launch its Tree Atlas project, promot-ing the planting of native trees. Our new logo will be on the publication.

April 28/30: Travelling first west then east, we will be presenting healthy lawns and gardens seminars in Brampton on April 28th and in Pickering on April 30th.

The April road show concludes with a media launch in Vaughan to promote our involvement in the Communities in Bloom awards.

By May 1st, it will be time to refuel, do a 360-degree vehicle check and plan the next round of promotion events.

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Sally Harvey CHT, CLPEducation and Labour Development Department

Apprenticeship training provides access to well-paying jobs that demand a high level of skill, judgment and creativ-

ity. Those people registered in the program are paid while gaining work experience, with their wages increasing with their level of skill.

Apprenticeship is an agreement between a valued employee (an apprentice) who wants to learn a skill and an employer who needs a skilled worker, “earn-

ing while learning.” Apprenticeship is a proven industry-based learning system that combines on-the-job experience with technical training to produce a certified journeyperson.

For more information, Go to: http://www.landscapeontario.com/attach/1233930208.HTAP_Brochure_web.pdf

After registration and the successful com-pletion of the above, the candidate is granted a Certificate of Apprenticeship. The apprentice is then able to write the government exam. This is a multiple-choice questionnaire of 125 ques-tions. The passing mark is 70 per cent and the

Apprenticeship: A true gift!PROFESSIONAL AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

successful candidate obtains his Certificate of Qualification (C of Q). You then receive your journeyperson status.

Landscape Ontario had the true privilege of being a satellite delivery agent for Humber College’s Second Level Landscape Horticulture Apprenticeship students, from January 5 to March 27.

As mentioned by Sean James, an instruc-tor of the program, “I’ve become more and more impressed with the calibre of the students attending the program and the program itself. Horticulture in general will benefit from the expertise these people will bring into the world. They display an enthusiasm for the trade and an intense interest in protecting the environment. Each one has a different focus on how they can improve the world and contribute to their trade. Our trade group, Landscape Ontario, has done an amazing thing putting this together. I’m lucky to be teaching such an engaged group and look forward to watching them move through and impact the world.”

Although I appreciate Sean’s apprecia-tion of Landscape Ontario putting this together, it really is the fine work of the Ministry of Training Colleges and University working in partnership with the industry and the TDAs, including Fanshawe College, Humber College, Kemptville College, Lambton College and Sir Sandford Fleming College that all made this possible. We owe them a huge thank you!

We bid the all of the classes of 2009 a fond farewell, and best wishes as the students con-tinue their respective journeys in the world of landscape horticulture. We urge you all to chal-lenge the C of Q exam as soon as you qualify to do so.

We are so very proud of these enterprising individuals who I know will some day be leaders of our industry. I encourage you all to become active in the many industry sector committees and chapters of LO. By doing so, you will only expand your horizons. Contact me for more information on how to become more involved.

Employers, I must congratulate you for the leadership shown in supporting your employees through the apprenticeship program. I applaud your commitment to education.

For those who are not aware of it, the Landscape Horticulture Apprenticeship Designation was approved as a Red Seal trade last fall. This is fantastic news, as we know that the new Red Seal program will elevate the rec-ognition of the landscape trade as a professional vocation whose members perform all work to meet or exceed industry standards, while simul-taneously promoting public and worker safety.

Next month, more about Red Seal and apprenticeships.

Sally Harvey may be reached by e-mail at [email protected].

Sally Harvey

Apprenticeship students, standing from left; James Groenwold, Jeremy Lahie, Greg Sullivan, David Van Andel, David Juhasz, Rob Veevers, Adrian Foekens, Colin Johnston, Cesar Silva, Sherri Hornsey, Sabryna Curran, Adam Bonin, Jordan Hulzebosch. Seated from left, Adam Henderson, Simon Barnes, Lisa Cassidy, Ryan Judd, Nadia Cantelmo


provide you with a snapshot of your compa-ny’s environmental practices. After taking the survey, your comments are welcomed, and will be used to improve future versions of the green industry environmental scorecard.

To access LO’s new environmen-tal stewardship survey/scorecard, visit www.horttrades.com. The survey is under the Resources tab on the home page. Comments are welcomed to environment@ landscapeontario.com.

Green industry members can now take part in a short self-assessment survey to see how their environmental practices measure up. Created by LO’s Environmental Stewardship commit-tee, the online survey was launched to green industry associations across Canada on Earth Day, April 22.

An online scorecard was created to help green industry members become better envi-ronmental stewards. Using it as a tool, a com-pany can measure its impact on air quality,

New online tool helps evaluate environmental practiceswaste management, water stewardship, green-ing their offices and use of horticultural best practices within their own areas of practice (landscape design, maintenance, retail, snow and ice management, irrigation, etc.). Nursery growers are covered under their Environmental Farm Plans, so best practices for the nursery sector have not been included in the score-card.

The scorecard is quick to use; it will take approximately 10 minutes to fill out, and will

Many questions surround the Home Renovation Tax Credit and how it pertains to the landscape industry.

It is a fact that this legislation has not passed, as it was tabled until Parliament opens this fall. The reality is that the government made a promise to pass this legislation, as the credit is necessary in these uncertain economic times to help stimulate the economy.

Through a joint effort with the CNLA, we have worked diligently for you, the member, to get clarification on whether or not this is going to pass in the fall. If we wait until the fall, the landscaping season will be wrapping up and both consumers and the industry will lose. That is why we are advising, based on the definition provided by the government, that the tax credit will apply to “enduring projects.”

The Canada Revenue Agency (Revenue Canada) contacted LO to let us know that they have seen the purple consumer brochure that

HRTC tax credit and YOU!we created. An agency spokesperson said it was an excellent piece. She told LO that it clearly defined the credit, how to apply and what was included. We were told it was one of the best communicated pieces.

Landscape Ontario printed 100,000 copies of this consumer brochure, and we are proud to say that we cannot keep up with the demand! The response from the membership has been over-whelming. You have let us known how much you love it and are continually asking for more of the brochures! Members may copy the brochure by downloading the high resolution pdf image from www.horttrades.com.

The piece has also helped educate con-sumers, who have been calling and using the landscapeontario.com website to verify if the companies they are looking to hire are members.

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A three-day province-wide collection program of obsolete pesticides is planned for this fall. The dates will be Oct. 20 through to 22 at des-ignated retailers across Ontario. The provincial ban on pesticides came into effect on April 22.

The program is being carried out by CropLife Canada. Russel Hurst, director, stew-ardship development with CropLife Canada, said, “This program is for commercial pesticide users (farmers, professional turf industry and golf courses) to drop off obsolete product free of charge.”

The location of the collection sites has not been confirmed. Questions may be directed to Hurst at 416-622-9771, or e-mail [email protected].

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Gerwin and Gerrit Bouman have announced that they have taken over the business operation of Stam Nurseries.

Stam Nurseries, located near Woodstock, has been selling quality caliper trees since 1978 under the ownership of Peter Stam. The Boumans worked for Stam on-and-off since 1989, the year they immigrated to Canada from Holland. Gerrit has been full-time since 2001 and Gerwin worked for Peter two years full-time, prior to starting for him again in 2002. The Boumans have been part of the operation

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Health and safety inspection blitz in JuneFor the second year in a row, the Ontario Ministry of Labour (MOL) is conducting a health and safety inspection blitz of workplaces where young workers (age 15-24) and newly assigned workers of any age are employed.

Landscaping job sites and golf courses are two target areas where inspectors will focus. Wayne De L’Orme, provincial coordi-nator of the ministry’s industrial health and safety program, explains that the blitz will take place during June. Last year, inspectors visited job sites and work places during a two-week period, and hope to more than double the number of site visits in this year’s month-long blitz.

The inspections will focus on the main risk areas for young and newly assigned work-ers – training and supervision. Inspectors will be looking for evidence of job-specific train-ing and whether a worker’s supervision is appropriate to the job-at-hand.

Inspectors will show up at the job site or work place unannounced, and ask young or new workers about the job they are doing, and to explain how they were trained to perform it safely. They may also ask about any equipment being used, and expect the worker to point out

safety features and understand how they know it is working properly, as well as what to do if it is not. Inspectors may also ask supervisors the same questions.

De L’Orme says the MOL was pleased with the level of training and supervision it wit-nessed last year. It wrote very few orders, and hopes for the same outcome this year. He adds though, that over the year, industrial inspectors have become more proficient in writing tickets, so they will be quick to issue non-compliance orders should one be necessary.

There are two types of non-compli-ance orders: time-based orders, in which the employer has a certain amount of time to show compliance with MOL legislation, and stop orders, which are more difficult for the employer, as use of the non-compliant equip-ment or work process can’t continue until it has been proven to be in compliance with leg-islation.

De L’Orme cites the real-life example of a newly employed senior citizen being trained inadequately by a teenaged supervisor, and reminds employers that workers who have been on the job less than six months are also a focus of this health and safety blitz.

for around 20 years, both part-time and full-time.

The father and son team say they have no real plans for expansion or other drastic changes in mind, however, “Our intention is to listen to our customers closely and cater to their needs as much as possible.” Gerwin says, this should be everybody’s goal. They are not afraid to try new techniques or equipment to achieve success in their new venture.

“We are thankful to Peter for providing us with this opportunity,” says Gerwin.

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and the University of Guelph with the project. “Together we hope to capitalize on all of the opportunities for education, research and exten-sion that the trial program offers,” says Roger Tschanz, University of Guelph plant technician, who manages the trial garden.

The footprint for the 2009 trial, at 12,000 square feet, will be more than twice the size of last season’s garden. This year will also include perennials and a shade trial area.

Plans are also afoot to create educational opportunities for high school students and gar-den centre employees during the planting of this year’s garden.

The OPA hopes that municipalities will participate in its ‘Mixed Basket Competition’ at the trial site. In this competition, municipali-ties would plant up a 12 to14 in. wire/cocofibre basket, using their choice of plant materials and soil mixes. The baskets will be delivered to the trial site the first week of June, where they will be grown until the end of the summer. All baskets will be treated the same way in terms of fertility and watering. As a new component of the open house, this year the public will be invited to tour the LO trial gardens between 2:00 and 7:00 p.m. on Aug. 20.

Confirmed suppliers at press time include Blooms of Bressingham, Darwin Plants, Proven Winners, Ball Horticulture, PanAmerican Seed, Goldsmith Seeds, Sakata Seeds and George Sant Greenhouses.

This year’s open house agenda has been expanded as well. The program for the horticul-tural industry is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. on Aug. 20, and will include a short speaker pro-gram, where trial garden suppliers will talk about their products and sub-committee members will reflect about the highlights of the 2009 trials. Small groups of visitors will be given the oppor-tunity to accompany a tour guide through the trial site. Voting on favourite trial garden plants will take place again this year.

By Radger Tschanz

The trial gardens at LO will double in size this year, but that’s not the only change that will occur in the project.

This is the third season of plant evaluations at the Landscape Ontario trial garden in Milton. In 2007 and 2008, the Grounds Maintenance sector group of LO and the Department of Plant Agriculture at the University of Guelph worked together to start the landscape trial program,

doubling in size last year. This year, interest from other sectors will

see the trial program expand not just in size, but in use by other aspects of the industry. At a recent meeting, the Grounds Maintenance group decided to strike a sub-committee that will bring additional focus to the trial garden through rep-resentation from the Ontario Parks Association, the irrigation and garden centre sectors, and LO’s education, marketing and communica-tion departments to help grounds maintenance

LO Trial Garden size, scope and participation grows


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Confusion is evident as industry members negotiate their way through Bill 64, Cosmetic Pesticide Ban Act.

The Act bans any use of chemical pesti-cides for cosmetic purposes on lawns, gardens, patios, driveways of residential and non-residen-tial properties, parks and school yards. In addi-tion, holders of a landscape class license are no longer allowed to apply chemicals to structures, in and around a dwelling. Exemptions have been made for golf courses, tree care, specified sports fields and public health and safety. Other exemp-tions include agriculture, forestry, research and scientific purposes, and uses of pesticides for structural exterminations (e.g., in and around

homes to control insects) and uses of pesticides required by other legislation. See the online version of this article for a list of all the Health Canada registered products that the Ontario gov-ernment has banned (Class 7 pesticides).

Landscape license holders are only allowed to apply products to lawns, patios, parks and school yards with active ingredi-ents from the list of Class 11 Pesticides. These include biopesticides and reduced risk products such as corn gluten meal, Bt, horticultural vin-egar, diatomaceous earth and soap. See link on www.horttrades.com for the full list.

Professional lawn care operators must post a green notice sign to advise the public.

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Green Notice SignsONTARIO’S NEW PESTICIDE SIGN

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To comply with the new Ontario Cosmetic Pesticide Ban, Class 11 pesticides, and “biopesticides”,require the new green notice signs to be posted for the purpose of providing public notice when

products containing these ingredients are used (e.g. corn gluten meal to suppress weeds).

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Please note that there is no longer an exemption from licensing and posting requirements for the use of products that only contain these single ingredients: soap, mineral oil or slicon diox-ide (diatomaceous earth). Land uses of com-mercial products that contain these ingredients require a landscape exterminator’s license and a green sign posted to give public notice of legal pesticide use.

Red notification signs are still required if applying pesticides for any of the exempted uses.

Maintaining the health of treesAnother change to the Act is that a written opin-ion from a professional tree care specialist must be obtained by a landscape license holder before a commercial pesticide can be applied to a tree. The opinion must show that pesticide use is nec-essary to maintain the health of the tree as part of an IPM strategy.

Posting notification protocol has changed for arboriculture as well. The licensed exter-minator using the pesticide must provide writ-ten notice to the occupants of all properties in the application area (all properties that abut the tree or trees). Written notice must be pro-vided one to seven days in advance of the application.

The provincial ban supersedes local munic-ipal pesticides bylaws to create one clear, trans-parent and understandable set of rules across the province.

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Open garden

It was always a priority for Mac Cuddy that the gardens be open to the public at various times during the year. Fanshawe is proudly continuing this tradition.

On June 7 and 8, the 12th annual Cuddy Open Garden Tour will take place, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sat. and from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sun.

The day will include gardening demonstrations by provincial experts and a sale of rare perennial plants.

For more information, please call the horticulture program at Fanshawe College at 519-452-4430 ext 4323 or the garden at 519-245-4108, or e-mail [email protected]. All are invited to support the Cuddy Gardens Fund.

Chapter NewsIn October 2007, Fanshawe College received an incredible gift, a living legacy in memory of A.M. “Mac” Cuddy. Now, the gardens that he loved are thriving under the constant atten-tion of the horticulture students and specialists at the college.

Patricia VanOmen Cuddy, the widow of the late A.M. Mac Cuddy, donated the prop-erty, known for decades as Cuddy Gardens, to Fanshawe College. The property is comprised of a lush and unique garden stretching over more than five acres and includes the century-old residence where Mac Cuddy and his family lived for more than 56 years. He died on Oct. 18, 2006.

Nationally known as an astute entrepre-neur in bringing the Cuddy Farms organization to international prominence, Mac Cuddy was not only a pioneer in the turkey industry, but he also had a true passion for farming and gar-dening. Over the years, he developed an exten-sive and beautiful garden property that grew into a must-see destination for horticulturists and landscape designers from across Canada and around the world. The garden, designed and built by Michael Pascoe, has become part of the educational program that he heads at Fanshawe.

As Pat Cuddy fondly said at the time she made the gift, “Mac loved this garden. When he passed away, I wanted to be sure the gar-dens would live on. By donating the property to Fanshawe College, I am assured that his legacy will continue for all to enjoy.”

In acknowledging the gift, college presi-

Cuddy Gardens helping studentsdent Dr. Howard Rundle pointed out the perfect match Pat Cuddy made. “Here at Fanshawe, we are nationally known for our horticulture and landscape design programs. Here is a place we can offer expanded opportunities for teaching in horticulture and landscape design, and at the same time, give students an overall apprecia-tion of the natural environment around them.”

With more than 2,000 different plants, this is indeed an incredible facility for students to gain hands-on experience. During the past season, students were exposed not only to this masterfully-designed English-style garden, but they also gained tremendous experience through its world-class plant collection.

The student work continued through the fall on a rotational basis and like all good gardeners, the team now looks forward to the coming spring where it will tackle new and exciting projects at this magnificent garden estate.

Reflecting on a busy year at the gardens In its first year under Fanshawe College’s care, Cuddy Gardens underwent a number of reno-vation projects, from replacing a cedar hedge that had seen better days, to the addition of many new and interesting plants. Cataloguing, dividing and replanting the extensive German iris collection was a major project.

Since plans call for the house on the prop-erty to also be used in the future as an educa-tional facility, work is underway to install new services. This includes water and hydro to the

house, and a new well for the gardens’ irriga-tion system.

Future plans for the gardens include planting a new border of evergreens along the highway side of the property and creating a second perennial border backed by a stone wall. As it develops into a true botanical gar-den, the school is working hard to map and label all current plantings, as well as properly acquiring and labeling all new additions.

Cuddy Gardens was featured in the October 2008 issue of Canadian Gardening.


Keeping your chapter connected

Members of the Georgian Lakelands Chapter helped the Barrie area food bank, while creat-ing a positive image of LO.

On Sat., Apr. 11th, members of the chap-ter took part in the Elizabeth Fry Society’s annual Easter food drive. There were four drop-off locations in the Barrie area. On Sat., Warren Paterson of Botanix Garden Centre provided his parking lot for the public to drop-off food and cash. To catch the eye of pass-ers-by, members from the chapter brought in pieces of landscape equipment. “Even though we had a limited time to organize this great community event, thanks to the enthusiasm of our board members we were able to organize the phone calls, e-mails, drop locations, news-paper announcements, television coverage and participation of local City council members,” said chapter president Michael Laporte.

“The event was a total success, not only did we help with the local food drive, but

Georgian Lakelands assists food bank and LO’s imagewe were able to get some great publicity for Landscape Ontario. Our association was fea-tured in the Barrie Examiner newspaper with quotes from our president Michael Laporte and me, stating the importance of community involvement and why we chose this event. The coverage by the TV news team gave Landscape Ontario some primetime viewing that we couldn’t have paid for. We were fea-tured on the 6 p.m. news on Good Friday and Saturday and again at 11 p.m. on Saturday, with Michael Laporte being interviewed in front of the new Green for Life banner,” said Lexi Dearborn, one of the organizers of the Barrie chapter event.

Many thanks go to Michael Laporte, Lexi Dearborn, Warren Paterson, Sheila and Ross Allin, Ken Adair, Terry Kowalski, Jeff Lee, Bob Adams and Dave Emms for their outstanding efforts. This project was truly a pay-it-forward moment for the chapter.

From left; LO president Bob Adams, Sheila Allin, MP Patrick Brown, Food Drive Supporter Natasha Weber, Dave Emms, Elizabeth Fry GAP co-coordinator Amanda Arena.

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Vines - 1, 2, 3 gal. Akebia quinata ‘Silver Bells’ 8.00 Ampelopsis glandulosa ‘Elegans’ 8.00 Aristolochia durior 6.00 11.00Campsis ‘Balboa Sunset’ 11.00Hydrangea anomala petiolaris 6.00 Lonicera japonica ‘Halliana’ 8.00 Lonicera X ‘Mandarin’’ 8.00 Lonicera per. ‘Belgica Select’ 8.00 Lonicera per. ‘Serotina’ 8.00 Polygonum aubertii 6.00 Parthenocissus quinq ‘Engelmannii 6.00 Parthenocissus tri ‘Veitchii’ 6.00 Evergreens - 1, 2, 3 gal. Azalea ‘Golden Hi Lights’ 13.50Azalea ‘Orchid Hi Lights’ 13.50Buxus microphylla 5.00 11.00Buxus semp. ‘Green Mound’ 5.00 11.00Buxus semp. ‘Green Gem’ 5.20 11.20Buxus ‘Green Mountain’ 5.00 11.00Buxus ‘Green Velvet’ 5.20 11.20Buxus micr.’Faulkner’ 5.00 Chamaecyparis pis ‘Filifera Aurea 5.00 11.00Chamaecyparis pis ‘Aurea Sungold’ 11.00Cotoneaster adpressus ‘Compactus’ 5.00 9.00Cotoneaster ‘Coral Beauty’ 5.00 7.00 Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Major’ 7.00 Cotoneaster microphyllus 5.00 9.00Cotoneaster salicifolius ‘Repens’ 7.00 Euonymus fortunei ‘Canadale Gold’ 7.00 Euonymus fort.’Emerald Gaiety’ 5.00 7.00 Euonymus fortunei ‘E.T.’ 7.00 Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald n Gold 5.00 7.00 Euonymus fortunei ‘Goldtip’ 7.00 Euonymus fortunei ‘Sunrise’ 5.00 7.00 Euonymus fortunei ‘Sarcoxie’ 7.00 Euonymus fortunei ‘Surespot’ 7.00 Euonymus fortunei ‘Vegetus’ 7.00 Ilex meserveae ‘Blue Prince’ 5.00 11.00Ilex meserveae ‘Blue Princess’ 5.00 11.00Juniperus media ‘Mint Julep’ 5.00 11.00Juniperus media ‘Pfitz.Compacta’ 5.00 11.00Juniperus procumbens nana 5.00 11.00Juniperus communis ‘Repanda’ 5.00 11.00Juniperus conferta’Blue Pacific’ 5.00 11.00Juniperus hor ‘Blue Horizon’ 11.00Juniperus hor ‘Blue Prince’ 5.00 Juniperus hor ‘Icee Blue’ 6.00 13.00Juniperus hor ‘Andorra Compact’ 5.00 11.00Juniperus hor ‘Torquoise Spreader 5.00 11.00Juniperus hor ‘Wiltonii’ 5.00 11.00Juniperus hor ‘Yukon Belle’ 5.00 11.00Juniperus hor ‘Youngstown’ 11.00Juniperus sabina 5.00 Juniperus squamata ‘Blue Carpet’ 5.00 11.00

Juniperus squamata ‘Blue Star’ 5.00 11.00Juniperus virginiana ‘Grey Owl’ 5.00 11.00Larix laricina 7.00 Microbiota decussata 5.00 11.00Metasequoia glyptostroboides 7.00 11.00Myrica pensylvanica 7.00 Picea abies 7.00 Picea abies ‘Nidiformis’ 5.00 11.00Picea glauca 7.00 Picea glauca ‘Conica’ 11.00Picea pungens ‘Baby Blue’ 13.00Picea glauca ‘Densata’ 7.00 Picea omorika 7.00 Picea pungens kiabob 5.00 7.00 Pieris jap ‘Mountain Fire’ 11.00Pinus mugo mughes 11.00Rhododendron ‘Northern Starburst’ 11.00Rhododendron Aglo(PJM) 11.00Thuja occidentalis 5.00 11.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Brandon’ 5.00 11.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Danica’ 5.00 11.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Hetz Midget’ 5.00 11.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Little Giant’ 5.00 11.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Nigra’ 5.00 11.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Smaragd’ 5.00 11.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Wintergreen’ 5.00 11.00Thuja plicata ‘Spring Grove’ 5.00 Tsuga canadensis 5.00 7.00 11.00Tsuga canadensis ‘Jeddeloh’ 13.50Tsuga canadensis ‘Pendula’ 13.50Taxus cuspidata ‘Aurescens’ 5.00 11.00Taxus cuspidata nana 5.00 Taxus media ‘Densiformis’ 5.00 11.00Taxus media ‘Hicksii’ 5.00 11.00Taxus media ‘Hillii’ 5.00 11.00Taxus media ‘Wardii’ 5.00 Yucca filamentosa 5.00 11.00Yucca flaccida ‘Golden Sword’ 5.00 11.00 Deciduous Shrubs - 1, 2, 3 gal

Acanthopanax sieboldianus 7.00 Acer campestre 7.00 Acer ginnala 7.00 8.00Alnus rugosa 7.00 Amelanchier laevis 7.00 Aronia melanocarpa 7.00 Aronia melanocarpa ‘Autumn Magic” 7.00 Aronia melanocarpa ‘Viking’ 7.00 Buddleja davidii ‘Black Knight’ 7.00 Buddleja ‘Ellen’s Blue’ 7.00 Buddleja davidii ‘Ile de France’ 7.00 Buddleja davidii ‘Nanho Purple’ 7.00 Buddleja davidii ‘Pink Delight’ 7.00 Buddleja davidii ‘Petite Plum’ 7.00 Buddleja davidii ‘Purple Prince’ 7.00

Buddleja davidii ‘Royal Red’ 7.00 Buddleja davidii ‘White Profusion 7.00 Berberis thunbergi’Rose Glow’ 6.00 9.50 Betula papyrifera 7.00 Caryopteris cland. ‘Dark Knight’ 7.00 Cephalanthus occidentalis 7.00 Cercis canadensis 7.00 Cercidiphyllum japonicum 7.00 Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Nivalis’ 7.00 Chaenomeles superba’Texas Scarlet 7.00 Clethra alnifolia ‘Paniculatum’ 7.00 Clethra alnifolia ‘Pink Spire’ 7.00 Cornus alternifolia 7.00 8.00Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’ 7.00 Cornus alba ‘Ivory Halo’ 7.45 Cornus alba ‘Sibirica’ 7.00 8.00Cornus amomum 7.00 Cornus kousa chinensis 7.00 Cornus racemosa 7.00 Cornus stolonifera (sericea) 7.00 Cornus stolonifera ‘Bud’s Yellow’ 7.00 Cornus stolonifera ‘Kelseyi’ 7.00 Corylus avelana 7.00 Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’ 16.00 Corylus avellana ‘Red Majestic’ 17.00 Cotinus coggygria’Royal Purple’ 7.00 8.00Cotoneaster acutifolius 7.00 Cotoneaster horizontalis 7.00 Diervilla lonicera 7.00 Deutzia crenata ‘Nikko’ 5.00 7.00 Deutzia gracilis 7.00 Deutzia x ‘Strawberry Field’ 7.00 Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’ 5.00 8.00 9.00Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea’ 7.00 Forsythia X int. ‘Goldtide’ 7.00 Forsythia int.’Lynwood’ 7.00 Forsythia ‘Northern Gold’ 7.00 Forsythia ‘Kumson’ 7.00 Forsythia ovata ‘Ottawa’ 7.00 Hibiscus syr.’White Chiffon’ 5.60 Hydrangea arbor. ‘Annabelle’ 7.00 Hydrangea macroph.’Forever Pink 7.00 Hydrangea macroph.’Nikko Blue’ 7.00 Hydrangea’Endless Summer Blushing 14.00Hydrangea mac.’Endless Summer’ 14.00Hydrangea macroph.’Glowing Embers 7.00 Hydrangea macroph.’Merritt’s Beau 7.00 Hydrangea macr’Princess Beatrix’ 7.00 Hydrangea macroph.’Penny Mac’ 7.30 Hydrangea pan. ‘Grandiflora’ 7.00 Hydrangea pan. ‘Kyushu’ 7.00 Hydrangea pan. ‘Little Lamb’ 7.60 Hydrangea pan.’Limelight’ 7.60 Hydrangea pan.’Pinky Winky’ 7.60 Hydrangea pan. ‘Tardiva’ 7.00 Hydrangea serrata ‘Bluebird’ 7.00 Hydrangea serrata ‘Little Geisha’ 7.60 Hamamelis virginiana 7.00 8.00

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Ilex verticilata 7.00 Ilex vert.’Afterglow’F 7.00 Ilex vert.’Winterred’F 7.00 Ilex vert.’Southern Gentleman’M 7.00 Kolkwitzia amab ‘Pink Cloud’ 7.00 Kerria japonica ‘Pleniflora’ 7.00 Lonicera tatarica ‘Arnold Red’ 7.00 Lonicera xylost.’Clavey’s Dwarf’ 7.00 Lonicera xylost.’Emerald Mound’ 7.00 Magnolia loebneri ‘Leonard Messel 11.00Magnolia stellata ‘Royal Star’ 11.00Philadelphus coronarius ‘Aureus’ 7.00 Philadelphus ‘Innocence’ 7.00 Philadelphus ‘Natchez’ 7.00 Philadelphus schrenkii ‘Snowbelle 7.00 Philadelphus ‘Minn.Snowflake Dwar 7.00 Physocarpus opulifolius 7.00 Physocarpus opulifolius’Coppertin 7.85 Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Diabolo’ 7.60 8.60Physocarpus opulifolius’Dart’sGol 7.00 Physocarpos opulifolius ‘Luteus’ 7.00 Physocarpus opulifolius’Summer Wi 7.85 Populus tremuloides 7.00 Prunus cistena 5.00 7.00 8.00Prunus virginiana 7.00 Potentilla frut ‘Abbotswood’ 7.00 Potentilla frut ‘Cor.Triumph’ 7.00 Potentilla frut ‘Dakota Sunrise’ 7.00 Potentilla ferrari ‘Gold Drop’ 7.00 Potentilla frut ‘Goldstar’ 7.00 Potentilla frut ‘Pink Beauty’ 7.00 Potentilla frut ‘Tangerine’ 7.00 Quercus bicolor 7.00 Quercus robus ‘Fastigiata’ 7.00 Quercus rubra 7.00 Ribes alpinum 7.00 Ribes aureum 7.00 Rosa Bonica 7.50 Rosa Carolina 7.00 Rosa Henry Kelsey 7.00 Rosa X ‘J P Connell’(ex) 7.00 Rosa ‘Pavement Scarlet’ 7.00 Rosa rugosa 7.00 Rosa rugosa ‘Hansa’ 7.00 Rosa x ‘Champlain’ 7.00 Rosa X ‘The Fairy’ 7.00 Rubus odoratus 7.00 Rhus aromatica 7.00 Rhus aromatica ‘Low Grow’ 7.00 Rhus typhina 5.00 7.00 Salix bebbiana 7.00 Salix discolor 7.00 Salix eriocephala 7.00 Salix exigua 7.00 Salix gracilis ‘Purpurea Nana’ 7.00 Salix integra ‘Flamingo’ 7.00 Salix integra ‘Hakuro-nashiki’ 7.00 Salix matsudana ‘Tortuosa’ 7.00

Salix nigra 7.00 Sambucus canadensis 7.00 Sambucus canadensis ‘Aurea’ 7.00 Symphoricarpos chenaultii ‘Hancoc 7.00 Spiraea alba 7.00 Spiraea arguta 7.00 Spiraea bumalda ‘Anthony Waterer’ 7.00 8.00Spiraea bumalda ‘Crispa’ 7.00 Spiraea bumalda ‘Froebelii’ 7.00 Spiraea bumalda ‘Goldflame’ 7.00 Spiraea betulifolia ‘Tor’ 7.00 Spiraea fritschiana 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Alpina’ 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Dakota Goldchar 7.00 8.00Spiraea japonica ‘Dart’s Red’ 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Goldmound’ 7.00 8.00Spiraea japonica ‘Golden Princess 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Little Princess 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Magic Carpet’ 7.25 Spiraea japonica ‘Manon’ 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Neon Flash’ 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘Shirobana’ 5.00 7.00 Spiraea japonica ‘White Gold’ 7.00 Spirea tomentosa 7.00 Spiraea vanhouttei 7.00 Sorbaria aitchisonii 7.00 Sorbaria sorbifolia 7.00 Sorbaria sorbifolia ‘Sem’ 7.00 8.00Syringa hyac. ‘Pocahontas’ 7.00 Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’ 7.00 Syringa patula ‘Miss Kim’ 7.00 Syringa vulgaris 7.00 Syringa vulgaris ‘Beauty of Mosco 7.00 8.00Syringa vulgaris ‘Monge’ 7.00 8.00Syringa vulgaris ‘Sensation’ 7.00 8.00Tilia cordata 7.00 Tamarix pentandra 7.00 Viburnum dent.’Chicago Lustre’ 7.00 Viburnum ‘Emerald Triumph’ 7.00 Viburnum lantana 7.00 Viburnum lentago 7.00 Viburnum opulus ‘Nanum’ 7.00 Viburnum recognitum/dentatum 7.00 Viburnum trilobum ‘Bailey Compact 7.00 Viburnum trilobum ‘Compactum’ 7.00 Weigela florida ‘Alexandra’ 7.60 Weigela ‘Elvira’ 7.60 Weigela florida ‘French Lace’ 7.60 Weigela florida ‘Minuet’ 7.00 Weigela florida ‘Purpurea Nana’ 7.00 Weigela florida ‘Rumba’ 5.00 7.00 Weigela florida ‘Victoria’ 7.00 Weigela florida ‘Nana Variegata’ 7.00 Weigela ‘Red Prince’ 7.00 Weigela ‘Polka’ 7.00

Botanical Name 5 gal priceEvergreens - 5 gal. Chamaecyparis nootk ‘Green Arrow’ 36.00Chamaecyparis nootkatensis’Pendula’ 36.00Juniperus chinensis ‘Spartan’ 19.00Juniperus scop. ‘Blue Haven’ 16.00Larix laricina 17.00Metasequoia glyptostroboides 25.00Metasequoia glyp. ‘Goldrush’ 40.00Picea abies ‘Acrocona’ 35.00Picea glauca ‘Conica’ 28.00Pinus mugo mugo 19.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Brandon’ 19.00Thuja plicata ‘Green Giant’ 19.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Holmstrup’ 19.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Little Giant’ 19.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Nigra’ 19.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Smaragd’ 19.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Wintergreen’ 19.00Tsuga canadensis 33.00 Deciduous Shrubs - 5 gal.Acer palmatum’Bloodgood’ 51.00Acer palmatum ‘Dissectum 51.00Acer palmatum ‘Garnet’ 51.00Acer rubrum 25.00Cercis canadensis 19.00Cotinus coggygria’Royal Purple’ 18.00Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea’ 35.00Hydrangea mac.’Endless Summer’ 21.70Hydrangea pan. ‘Compacta’ 17.00Hydrangea pan. ‘Grandiflora’ 17.00Hydrangea pan. ‘Kyushu’ 17.00Hydrangea pan.’Limelight’ 17.00Magnolia loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’ 25.00Magnolia ‘Susan’ 25.00Magnolia stellata ‘Royal Star’ 25.00Populus tremuloides 16.00Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’ 25.00Spiraea bumalda ‘Flaming Mound’ 13.00Spiraea bumalda ‘Goldflame’ 13.00Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’ 16.00Syringa prestoniae ‘Donald Wyman’ 16.00Syringa pres’James Macfarlane 16.00Tilia cordata 17.00Viburnum ‘Emerald Triumph’ 18.00Viburnum trilobum ‘Compactum’ 16.00 Botanical Name 15 gal priceEvergreens - 15 gal.Chamaecyparis nootkatensis’Pendula’ 49.00Metasequoia glyptostroboides 41.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Brandon’ 41.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Nigra’ 41.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Wintergreen’ 41.00Thuja plicata ‘Spring Grove’ 41.00


The London Chapter has announced plans to conduct its first annual Gardens of Distinction Tour on July 11. This garden tour will feature 12-plus gardens that LO members in London have created, installed and/or maintained for their clients. The tour will operate from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The chapter is offering a chance to adver-tise your business, professionalism and exper-tise to your target audience through the garden

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Windsor’s Winter Blooms attracts over 1,000 visitorsOver 1,000 visitors enjoyed the fourth annual Winter Blooms in Windsor. The one-day landscape and garden expo is presented by Landscape Ontario Windsor Chapter and St. Clair College, with proceeds to Hospice of Windsor and Essex County and St. Clair College Foundation.

The Mar. 28th event saw a good increase in association and industry participation. The event had an environmental theme, including green roofs, living walls and water harvesting. Featured speakers included Paul Zammit, Roger Beaulieu, Perry Molema, Kees Govers and St. Clair's own Don Tellier and Jay Terryberry, who were guest hosts of AM800 CKLW's Saturday morning landscape and gardening segment on the radio show, Live and Local.

Special thanks to all members of Landscape Ontario Windsor Chapter for their participation and especially Karl Klinck, Don Tellier and Chris Power for their dedication and insight in piecing together this successful show. Additional thanks must also go to Jay Terryberry, John Lein, Jason Milling, Shannon Arnold and the many horticulture technician students for all their efforts and support.

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Chapter News


Beth Edney, a member of LO’s board of direc-tors and chair of the Landscape Design sec-tor group, is the recipient of the Glen Beatty Award. Skills Canada – Ontario presents the Glenn Beatty Award annually to a volunteer, or volunteers, who embody the dedication and passion for Skills Canada – Ontario that was once demonstrated by Glenn Beatty.

Barry Harrison, competition manager for Skills Canada – Ontario, made the announce-ment on Apr. 7. The award presentation took place on May 6 at RIM Park in Waterloo. "I am honoured to be recognized as an outstanding volunteer. Working with the Ontario Skills Competition has been a rewarding learning experience. I encourage all my colleagues to vol-unteer; you truly get what you give," said Edney upon hearing she had received the award.

Following Glenn Beatty’s outstanding performance at the skills competition, at both the provincial and national level, Glenn was hired by ATS Automation Tooling Systems in Cambridge. Grateful for the opportunity given to him and the impact that it had on his life, Beatty returned to Skills Canada – Ontario in 1998 as a volunteer. In January of 1999, he was tragically killed in a car accident, representing a tremen-dous loss to the organization, the community and to all those who knew him. The award is a tribute to the memory of his contributions.

Beth Edney honouredwith Skills Canada Award

Landscape Ontario lost an industry pioneer on Mon., Apr. 13, 2009. Harry Bakker, founder of Maple Leaf Nurseries, passed away at the age of 76.

The funeral service took place at Reformed Church in St. Catharines on Sat., Apr. 18, with interment at Pleasantview Memorial Gardens, in Fonthill.

Harry Bakker died peacefully surrounded by his family at McNally House in Grimsby. He leaves his wife of 48 years Nell and four chil-dren, 16 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, Audrey Sikkema (Ted) and their children Michelle (Aaron), Doug (Vanessa), Dave, Rebecca (James), Mike, Matt, Dave Bakker (Kim) and their children Jeff, Kelsey, Brittany, Ryan, Jessica; Conny Drost (Don) and their chil-dren Dan, Justin, Mitch and Mack; Benita VanZalen (Mike) and their child Devon. Harry’s great-grandchildren, Benjamin, Levi and will have fond memories of their Great Opa.

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Landscape Ontario’s Waterloo Chapter cel-ebrated Earth Day, Apr. 22, by supporting a school yard greening project at Kitchener’s J. W. Gerth Public School in Doon South.

For the past three years, LO’s Waterloo Chapter has chosen a school that is in need of plantings in the playground. Dave Wright, presi-dent of LO’s Waterloo Chapter, says, “Typically a school is selected that has nothing or very few existing plantings and J. W. Gerth, a public school that opened in September 2008, is ideal.” LO’s

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support of the school ground greening project had assistance from local chapter members Ace Lawn Care, Adams Landscape Supply, Allgreen Tree Service, Coleman Equipment, Dream Estate Landscaping, Elmira Farm Service, Fast Forest, Frieburger Landscape, Helmutz Landscaping, Kitchener Tractor, Native Plant Source, Sheridan Nurseries, Snider Turf and Landscape Management, TNT Property Maintenance and Wright Landscape Services. These businesses generously provided their expertise, time and

landscaping materials to ensure local schools are great places for children to play, learn and grow.

Susan Schaffner, principal at J. W. Gerth, says, “This is such a wonderful gift from Landscape Ontario and the many donors involved with them. We appreciate their help to make our school yard greening project a reality. Our vision is to turn our brand new and very bare school yard into a setting which provides shade, wind protection and other activities that address the needs of all of the children in our school. We have designed the yard to provide the community at large with a beautiful park-like setting to bring their families when the school is not in session.”

The school yard, creatively named Wolves’ Wonderland by the J.W. Gerth students, will be an exciting place for students and families to enjoy year round. Dave Wright believes that, “Greening projects like these are important to the community as a whole, and are also made possible when there is a dedicated group of par-ents, teachers and students that will take care of the trees after they are planted. This is an ideal way to give back to the community while pro-moting the horticultural industry to the public. Parents and teachers are all possible clients and the students are future employees or horticul-tural business owners. Any time we can obtain a captive audience to show what we can do as an industry, we jump at the opportunity.”

A ‘greened’ yard is more than just plant material. A few simple items like rocks, trees, paths, berms and mulch in the right place and in the right arrangement makes the world of differ-ence for students, teachers and the community on an otherwise sterile school ground. Dennis Wendland, school ground greening consultant with Evergreen’s Learning Grounds Program, worked closely with Gerth’s staff, parents from the school’s greening committee and Landscape Ontario to help transform the school yard from a tarmac with sparse plantings into a lush green space and into a “great place for a wolf to play.”

In addition to providing seed-funding, Evergreen works as a partner and liaison between the Waterloo Region Board of Education, schools and partners like Landscape Ontario to guide them through a process whereby school yards are revitalized. The results of this partner-ship are significant. Evergreen research shows that greened school yards have the ability to re-connect youth with nature, reduce bullying and knock and bump injuries, protect students from harmful UVR exposure and provide teachers and students with comfortable classroom spaces outdoors.

Waterloo members help the cause. From left; Thomas Blatter of Dream Estate Landscaping, and Eric Ferreira and Jay Dietrich from Ace Lawn Care.


While the present economic situation may scare many business people, it has inspired Doug Mooder to move his operation in a new direc-tion. Through hard work, passion, talent and traditional methods, Doug Mooder has created a successful business over the past 20 years. He currently operates two businesses, Mooder Horticulture and The Gardens, both located in Elmira, Ont.

Mooder Horticulture provides custom landscape design, construction and maintenance services for both residential and commercial properties throughout southwestern Ontario. The Gardens is a unique living showcase of landscape ideas. Consumers may walk upon a large variety of highly creative combinations of hardscape designs while looking at the many beautiful plantings and water features.

Mooder began his new phase, saying, “I began to examine my own business as a con-sumer.” This perspective reinforced his knowl-edge that along with value, good service is the other great motivator that brings customers back to a business. “I hire only people who have good

Established landscaper moves business into new erasocial skills, and are able to relate well with people,” says Mooder. On the issue of pricing, Mooder says he now has the ability to provide sale prices during the peak season. “With the recession, I had to create a system that will attract people to shop here. In the peak season, I offer great low fall sale prices on plants that I have chosen with a designer’s eye.” They are the same plants visitors see growing in his dis-play gardens.

The other major change for Mooder is the landscape design packages. Having just launched his new website (www.mooder.ca), he has cre-ated a series of design packages for the con-sumer. Now his clients can go online, choose the level of design they can afford and that fits their home. Four categories are provided: economy from $2,000 to $5,000, enhanced up to $9,999, luxury up to $12,000 and custom, “larger scale projects based on the needs of your project.”

Once the level is determined online, Mooder then speaks with the clients to under-stand the amount of work he or she may want to put directly into the property. “If the customer is willing to roll up his sleeves, he can save from 10 to 20 per cent on the overall cost,” says Mooder. Once a project has been confirmed, he visits the property with spray paint cans and drawings. “I also provide mentoring for those who want to complete their own work.”

The Gardens show the beauty of great designClients can see first-hand the end result of the great designs that have come to life inside The Gardens. Within the one hectare of gorgeous creations at Mooder’s Elmira offices, visitors will see one of the first garden-style landscape design displays. They have become a great mar-keting tool. “People can see for themselves what a finished project will look like and know that we have a high level of competence in what we

produce, ensuring them that they will receive quality work.”

While people may walk on and admire the hardscaping, they can purchase the plants they see on the premises. Mooder created The Gardens as a unique living showcase to make landscape ideas come to life. His passion, pride and love of his life’s work are all evident when Doug Mooder says, “The inspiration for The Gardens is that it is a space that connects my respect for nature’s benefits to daily life.” He is a man who has truly made a career out of what he loves.

For clients, The Gardens alleviate the anxiety they sometimes feel about landscaping by seeing options for plants, trees, hardscaping, water features and building materials first-hand, all on one site. Mooder has used some of the industry’s leading companies, Connon Nurseries, Stone Landscapes and Creative Landscapes, to supply him with material.

A member of LO since 1995, Doug Mooder has won over 14 Awards of Excellence, along with two feature garden awards from Canada Blooms. He is excited about the possibilities the next phase of this life’s work will bring.

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Mike Wasilewskigraphic designer

Mike Wasilewski has been a part of the Landscape Ontario family since September 2008. Mike is involved in production of Horticulture Review, LO This Week and ad production.

He has an extensive background in both graphic design and landscaping. After becom-ing a certified artist from Sheridan College, Mike continued his studies at York University in graphic design, later graduating with an honours BA from the University of Toronto.

While attending school, Mike worked for several years as a landscaper for LO member Contour Landscape and Design of Rockwood and for the City of Mississauga. After gradu-ating, Mike worked as a freelance designer, while completing internships at The Graphic Attic and Printer Gateway.

In his free time Mike can be found at the gym and skating up and down his wing at area hockey rinks. Mike can be reached at 905-875-1805, ext. 343, or [email protected].

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Melissa Steepart director

In October 2008, Melissa Steep joined the Landscape Ontario team as art direc-tor. Melissa’s main responsibility is the art direction and layout of Landscape Trades magazine. She is also involved with print communication pieces produced throughout the year.

Melissa studied at Mohawk College in Hamilton. In 2007, she graduated with an honours diploma in advertising and commu-nications media, with a focus in art direction.

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duties in promotion, publications, events and advertising. She accepted a contract posi-tion with Standardbred Canada as a graphic designer and marketing assistant, where she helped produce campaigns for events and designed the Trot for Kids section in the monthly publication, Trot Magazine.

In her spare time Melissa enjoys photog-raphy and reading. Melissa can be reached at 647-723-5447, or [email protected].

CFIA proposes to extend tree removal compensationThe Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is proposing an amendment to extend compen-sation to Dec. 31, 2014 for persons who have had trees removed because of the emerald ash borer, Asian long-horned beetle and brown spruce longhorn beetle.

This amendment would extend the dead-line for Canadians who had to have trees removed as a result of the management of these three invasive forest pests. The CFIA says cur-rent regulations allow those landowners who received a Notice to Dispose before Mar. 31, 2008 to apply for compensation.

Extending the compensation regulations will allow individuals to apply for compensa-tion in cases where their trees have been, or will be, removed. At the present, removing infested host trees is no longer considered an effective tool to manage the emerald ash borer or brown spruce longhorn beetle. The CFIA removes trees for research purposes only and, if required, for the Asian long-horned beetle eradication program.

The proposed amendment was published in Canada Gazette on Apr. 11, 2009 for a 30-day comment period.


OMAFRA NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE BULLETIN

By Jen LlewellynOMaFRa nursery crops specialist

Don’t be too surprised if we find some hot spots for white grub popu-lations in 2009. The cool, rainy conditions we had during early grub development last summer should have helped improve the success-

ful development of a good percentage of the grubs in the soil. We’ve had a few notable years for Japanese beetle now, especially in 2006 and 2007. Japanese beetle adult traps are very good at attracting the beetles, almost a little too good. In June, make sure you are placing Japanese beetle traps as far away as possible from your (and your neighbour’s) rosaceous plants (Rosa, Prunus, etc.). You should also be emptying traps one to two times a week to keep them open and ready to trap more adults.

Scale insects continue to plague established ornamentals in the land-scape. Applications of the dormant rate of horticultural oil should be finish-ing up and the next opportunity to manage scale populations will be once the crawlers hatch. Horticultural oil can be an effective tool, but it takes some determination to get acceptable efficacy. Agitation, application to the undersides of twigs and foliage and repeated applications (7-10 days apart) should result in good suppression of insects and mites. The repeated applica-tions are needed since scale insects emerge over a one to three week period and the oil must be applied to the emerged crawlers in order to smother them.

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PLANT PESTBetula birch leafminerlarvae

bronze birch boreradults

Buxus boxwood psyllidnymphs

Cornus, Fraxinus, oystershell scalecrawlers

Syringa Deciduous trees gypsy mothlarvae

fall cankerwormlarvae

Euonymus euonymus webwormFraxinus emerald ash borerlarvae, pupae, adults

ash plant bugMalus, Prunus, eastern tent caterpillarlarvae

Picea, Thuja spruce spider mite eggs, nymphs

Juniperus etc. Pinus European pine sawflylarvae, pine needle scalecrawlers

pine shoot beetlelarvae

Rhododendron, Taxus, black vine weevillarvae, pupae, adults

Euonymus and variousSorbus mountain ash sawflylarvae

Syringa lilac borereggs, larvae

Taxus Taxus mealybugnymphs

Fletcher scalenymphs

Thuja cedar leafminerpupae, adults

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species, often causing significant dieback and mortality in just two to three years of defoliation. Last spring, we conducted a small efficacy trial to test some of the softer insecticidal products that will be exempt from pesticide regulations. We found that repeated applications of the summer rate of horti-cultural oil gave some good suppression of newly hatched larvae. However, the oil can be phytotoxic to newly emerged foliage when temperatures soar, so be careful.

Gymnosporangium is the genus of fungus that is responsible for pear trellis rust, hawthorn rust and cedar-apple rust. Where pear trellis rust was a problem last year, monitor juniper hosts for Gymnosporangium rust sporulation (bright orange gelatinous masses, bright orange powdery masses) in May and early June. Gymnosporangium tends to sporulate on juniper hosts when the weather is warm and rainy. These spores will land on the alternate hosts: pear, apple, crabapple, hawthorn, etc., and cause unsightly orange lesions, followed by projectile fungal structures in late summer. You can prune out Gymnosporangium rust galls on Junipers to help minimize spore production this month. Nova fungicide is registered to help manage foliar diseases like Gymnosporangium rusts in nursery production.

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b) In areas where the following phenology plants (150-250 GDD Base 10oC): Aesculus hippocastanum (horse chestnut) are in full to late bloom. Spiraea x vanhouttei (bridalwreath spirea) are in late to finished bloom. Syringa vulgaris (common lilac) are in late to finished bloom. Robinia.pseudoacacia (black locust) are blooming

PLANT INSECTBetula birch leaf minerlarvae

bronze birch borereggs,larvae

birch case bearerlarvae

Deciduous trees gypsy mothlarvae

Euonymus, deciduous euonymus webwormlarvae

Fraxinus emerald ash boreradults, eggs, larvae

Gleditsia honeylocust plantbugnymphs

honeylocust leafhoppernymphs

honeylocust podgall midgelarvae

Picea, Juniperus, spruce spider mitenymphs, adults Thuja, AbiesPinus European pine sawflylarvae pine needle scalenymphs

Syringa lilac boreradults, eggs

Syringa, Fraxinus, oystershell scalecrawlers

CornusTaxus Fletcher scaleadults, eggs Taxus mealybugnymphs Taxus, Rhododendron, black vine weevilpupae, adults EuonymusThuja cedar leaf minerpupae, adults

Ulmus elm leaf beetlelarvae

Viburnum viburnum leaf beetlelarvae, pupae

PLANT DISEASE2-needled pines Diplodia tip blightMalus, Crataegus, Gymnosporangium sp.Amelanchier, PyrusMalus apple scabMalus, Pyrus, fire blightPyracantha, Cotoneaster Euonymus anthracnoseFraxinus, Tilia, Acer, anthracnose, Verticillium wiltQuercus, PlatanusPrunus, Ribes powdery mildew Rosa, Amelanchier

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PLANT DISEASECorylus filbert blightMalus, Pyrus apple scabMalus, Crataegus Gymnosporangium rust Amelanchier, Pyrus (cedar-apple, cedar- hawthorn,

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The net impact is that it costs the employer almost $30 more to imple-ment a raise in pay, as opposed to group benefits. However, the real differ-ence is found when comparing the benefits to the employee.

As you can see, there is a distinct advantage to both employer and employee to implement group benefits, as opposed to a salary increase. Benefits offer comfort and security to employees, as well as added value to an organization to help attract and maintain valuable employees.

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Employee compensation continues to be at the top of the list for many employers, especially as the economy continues to tighten. The two most common types of compensation for employees are salary

increases and employee benefits. Many companies are being forced to cut back annual pay raises ranging from one to three per cent, or even less. Therefore, it is more important than ever to make sure employees see value in their total compensation package.

The following is a sample comparison of costs of a salary increase vs. employee benefits:

Salary increases vs. group benefits

A comparison of costs for the employer

Annual raise Group benefitsEnhancement $1,050.00 $1,050.00EI $30.87 N/ACPP $51.98 N/AWSIB* $22.99 N/ASales Tax** N/A $84.00Payroll Tax $10.29 N/ATOTAL COST $1,166.13 $1,134.00 *Using industry average of 2.19 per cent (circa 2003)**8 per cent Ontario Retail Sales Tax

A comparison of benefits for the employee

Annual raise Group benefitsEnhancement $1,050 $1,050EI ($22.05) N/ACPP ($51.98) N/AWSIB N/A N/AIncome Tax Deducted (362.40) N/ATOTAL BENEFIT $613.57 $1,050

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By Rob KennaleyMcLauchlin & associates

In construction projects, the consultant under-takes an important, albeit sometimes con-fusing, role. The role of the consultant, in

any construction project, varies depending on the terms of the contract and the parties to the contract. It is possible that a consultant may be retained by an owner, or contractor, or both. Where the contractor is a design-build contrac-tor, there will rarely be a consultant retained by the owner. In this article, we will discuss the role of the consultant who is retained by the owner to provide design services and to administer the contract between the contractor and the owner.

Although general statements can be made about the usual role of the consultant on a proj-ect, it is important to understand that the role might vary in any particular circumstance. On large commercial projects, the consultant will generally be an architect, engineer, or other entity licensed to practice in the province or territory where the work is being performed. The consul-tant will also generally be named as the person authorized as a representative, usually a repre-sentative of the owner, to interpret the contract documents and to provide technical guidance to the owner and design instructions to the contrac-tor. The consultant is responsible for certifying payments, issuing and evaluating changes.

Ordinarily, the consultant enters into a contract with the owner and acts as the owner’s representative on-site. In this respect, there are generally two contracts for the construction project: a contract between the consultant and the owner, outlining the duties, responsibilities and liabilities of the consultant, and another contract between the owner and the contractor for the construction project itself. The contract between the owner and contractor is then over-seen and interpreted by the consultant. It is gen-erally imperative that all parties understand their responsibilities and roles in the project. More importantly, these responsibilities and roles should be outlined in the contract documents to signify the agreement, and understanding, of all parties. If the role of the consultant is unclear, confusion and disputes can arise.

Contract outlines responsibilitiesGenerally the contract between the owner and the consultant will define the extent to which the consultant is responsible for design, the manner and frequency of the consultant’s attendances

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The role of the consultantand inspections on site, the extent to which the consultant will review and certify the contrac-tor’s progress and the role of the consultant in determining how and when payments to the con-tractor are to be made. Where the consultant is made the initial interpreter of the contract docu-ments, he or she will have a continuing responsi-bility for the project design, and for determining the suitability or inappropriateness of changes to the design.

Often, the consultant will be required to attend on site to review the progress of the work and to ascertain if the work is being performed in conformance with the contract documents. Again, the consultant will be the initial inter-preter of this question. The consultant will also often be responsible for issuing certificates for payment and deciding on the quality of work and whether the work has been completed to the specified standard. If the consultant does not believe the work has been completed to standard, he or she has the authority to reject the work and require its rectification.

As project designer, the consultant often carries a continuing design responsibility and will be required to furnish supplemental instruc-tions, preparing change orders and change direc-tions and directions requiring the correction of defective work. The consultant will also take into consideration any timing and delay issues that might result from the need for a change to the project schedule.

Consultant must be impartialIt should be understood that, even where the con-sultant works for the owner, the consultant will still generally owe a duty to the contractor, to be impartial and to administer the contract in a fair and concise manner. Thus, in theory anyway, the consultant should not be biased in favour of the

owner in making these determinations. It is some-times difficult to understand the impartiality of the consultant as the consultant appears, at first hand, to have extremely conflicting duties: the contract is generally the consultant’s own design and the consultant generally has commitments to the owner with respect to the design, the cost of the work and the schedule for completion.

This tension can lead to problems for con-tractors. Simply put, a consultant may be reluc-tant to approve a change in the work, or to issue a site instruction, if it appears that a problem is attributable to design, for which the consultant himself would be responsible. When the circum-stances arise, it is imperative that the contractor understand and follow the contractual provisions to ensure that he deals with the problem in accor-dance with contract. Further, where a change in design is required, contractors are generally well advised not to proceed with a change in the design without the written direction of the con-sultant, or the owner.

The consultant is nonetheless expected to maintain an unbiased and impartial role in all aspects of the contract, particularly with respect to dispute resolution. In the event of a dispute, the consultant usually becomes the adjudicator. Generally, the contracts will allow the contractor to engage a dispute settlement mechanism where the contractor disagrees with the findings of the consultant. Ultimately, the consultant can be lia-ble for negligence to the contractor if he fails to meet this standard.

Robert Kennaley is a former landscape design/ build contractor and an honourary member of Landscape Ontario. He can be reached at 416-368-2555, or at [email protected]. This material is for information purposes and is not intended to provide legal advice.


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Q. What are the core values that are ‘non negotiable’ in your every day business dealings?

A. Integrity, professionalism and prosperity.Q. What are the things that keep you awake

at night most often? A. Certainly the administrative part of the

business gives me the most stress, but HR is a headache that I would avoid if given the chance. Administration is only stressful, because it can be so overwhelming and complicated, but breaking it down into smaller manageable pieces gets me through it. The headache with HR is the sometimes dysfunctional interaction between employees that has to be ironed out so that everything else can run smoothly.

Q. What stuck with you the most from the Prosperity Partners introductory seminar?

A. The idea of concentrating on what you are good at instead of spending too much time on the things you’re not good at. Find people with talents you don’t have to do the jobs you’re not good at.

Q. How have you been able to apply the things you learned to improve your business?

A. It is a slow process, but focusing on what is best for the growth of the company and consciously thinking about work/life balance has begun to improve my business.

Q. What are your ‘next steps’ to improve your business, and did the program help you to clarify what they are?

A. Constant re-evaluation of gaps in the business, and reviewing, identifying and implementing best practices will move my company forward. The next step in the Prosperity Partnership best practices seminar is the next step for me. I will make that seminar a part of my winter schedule.

Join me next month to learn about the plan for NEW Prosperity partners programs for you next winter: Building prosperous businesses – one at a time.

Remember…. Keep your rubber on the road, and ask for help if you need it to guide you through this season – prosperity@ landscapeontario.com.

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Jacki Hart

David Wright of Wright Landscape Services

By Jacki Hart CLPProsperity Partners program manager

We are all riding an unprecedented wave of rapid change, which influ-ences every part of our personal and

professional world. Humour me, and think back for a moment to 1994. Seriously, just pause here for a moment: Fifteen years ago, what was a day in your life like? How did you spend your time? Where did you live? What technology did you use in your work/school and home life?

I remember that you could tell who did and didn’t have a cell phone in his car, because there was an external antennae stuck to the window if there was a phone. There were no wireless phones and no pocket cell phones. There were no blackberries, no iPhones, no texting, blogs, forums nor FaceBook. Google was a weird fad-thing for techies. There were very few homes with Internet, and the few who had it, thought dial-up was lightning fast. Since 1994, we’ve also had countless technological advances in our

Faster than a speeding bulletworkplaces. Software now exists that enables us to manage just about every aspect of our busi-nesses with less paperwork, fewer labour hours, more efficiency and computer driven systems that provide customized results.

With technology in mind, the Prosperity Partners program is forging ahead into its next development phase. Before the snow flies this fall (we hope WAY earlier if resources permit), we are going to develop a Prosperity Forum. This Forum will create an online community of mentors, specialists and business owners who network to share solutions to real-time business challenges. This is an exciting idea – and the Prosperity Committee (chair, Bob Tubby CLP, Gerald Boot CLP, Hank Gelderman CHT, Sally Harvey CLP, Michael Van Dongen, Kevin Ford) are so excited to be bringing our business owners together with a timely method of finding answers relevant to their businesses. I’ll keep you posted.

In this month’s Prosperity feature is Wright Landscape Services and Wright Lawn Care. They share how the Prosperity Partners program has helped make better sense of managing busi-ness priorities. Owner David Wright LA, has gone through the challenging process of transi-tion from one generation to the next, and has suc-ceeded his father, John, in the business.

John started Wright Lawn Spray in 1967. It evolved over the years into Wright Landscape Services and Wright Lawn Care, offering a range of services across several divi-sions, including design/build, grounds maintenance, snow and ice management, tree care and lawn care. The service area covers the Waterloo region with some work in Guelph, Elora and Fergus. Staff size hovers around 20 year-round.Q. What is your company vision (what are you ultimately creating)?A. My vision of the company to is have the ability and capacity through internal staff and a network of subcontractors to provide any outdoor services required on residential and commercial properties. Our specialty would be high-end


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