| Upper Canada Chapter This Week To see upcoming Upper Canada Chapter news and events, click here | ||
| Merry Christmas to you and your families On behalf of your Upper Canada Board of Directors, we wish you a blessed and safe Christmas. Your board of directors include: Neil Bouma, Diana Cassidy-Bush, Terry Childs, Paul Doornbos, Cory Hendrick, Eugene Lazier, Russel Loney, Pamela McCormick, Lisa Purves, Stuart Sprout, Kurt and Darilyn Vanclief. | ||
| Rockin’ around the Christmas tree — Dec. 18 Chapter members are invited to join the ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ event at the Ambassador Conference Resort in Kingston. Get a few companies together and/or bring your staff for some Christmas fun on Dec. 18th. For details, visit the Upper Canada Chapter page. | ||
| Last chance for discount tickets Looking for a great gift for clients, staff or the garden lover in your life? LO members will receive a discount on their tickets to the public lecture ‘Home Outside: Creating the Landscape You Love’ with Julie Moir Messervy, award winning landscape designer. This event will be held Wed., Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. at Centrepointe Theatre. Tickets can be purchased online at www.centrepointetheatre.com. More details are available at www.ottawagarden.ca. | ||
| GreenTrade open to exhibitors If you supply products or services to the green industry, consider exhibiting at GreenTrade Expo in Ottawa. Eastern Ontario’s Premiere Green Industry Buying Show takes place on Wed., Feb. 18, 2009, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Lansdowne Park. Over 1,000 attendees will attend. For exhibit space or sponsorship inquiries, contact Lynn Lane, 613-796-5156 or llane@landscapeontario.com. | ||
| Prosperity Partnership Introduction — Jan. 14 This introductory seminar will get you started on to the road to success. This program is intended to help green industry members clarify what they excel at and what components of their business need attention and improvement. Click here for more details or to register. | ||
| Best Practices Seminar — Jan. 15 The Prosperity Partnership Best Practices Seminar will take place at the Strathcona Paper Centre, 16 McPherson Dr., Napanee. For those who have completed the Introductory Prosperity Partners seminar, this is the next step on your journey. Best Practices will be looked at in five areas: financial health, professional operations, sales success, leadership and developing customers for life. Click here for more details or to register. | ||
| LO This Week | ||
| Be heard on the proposed pesticide ban — Dec. 21 There is still time for LO members to voice their concerns on the proposed Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008. All industry members need to register their opinions on the Act by Dec. 21. For regulations and details on how to submit your opinion, visit www.ebr.gov.on.ca. The Registry number to enter is 010-5080. After December 21, it’s too late! | ||
| Congress Early Bird Special — Dec. 19 There is still time to REGISTER NOW to take advantage of the Early Bird registration for Congress 2009. | ||
| Great opportunity at Canada Blooms Ensure your company stands out amongst the crowd by showcasing your skills and services at Canada Blooms, Mar. 18 – 22, 2009. There are a limited number of small, walled gardens available to LO members to demonstrate their talents to over 80,000 people. Participants have access to mulch, sand, equipment, volunteer material handling, tickets to Canada Blooms and $9.00 per square foot of garden. Contact Charlie Dobbin at charliedobbin@canadablooms.com, or phone 905-508-3806, fax 905-508-7489, or cell 647-283-1841. | ||
| Lighting group now has newsletter Landscape Ontario’s Outdoor Lighting Commodity Group launched the first edition of its newsletter. Click here to read the Winter 2008 edition. | ||
| Legacy Room at Congress 2009 Ontario’s horticulture industry will honour its pioneers at Congress with the Legacy Room, hosted by the Ontario Horticultural Trades Foundation. Leading industry members are invited to participate through sponsorship of the room. The Pachter Room at the Toronto Congress Centre will be open Tues., Jan. 6, from 11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. For sponsorship details contact Steve Moyer at 1-800-265-5656, ext. 316, or e-mail stevemoyer@landscapeontario.com. | ||
| Safety Groups Program The Safety Groups Program is designed to promote health and safety in the workplace. This is accomplished through mentoring, pooling of resources and sharing of best practices between member firms, their sponsor and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). Member firms can receive, along with improved safety records, financial benefits, in the form of rebates from the WSIB. Click here for more details on the Safety Groups program. | ||
| Annual General Meeting — Jan. 7 LO’s Annual General Meeting is set for Wed., Jan. 7, at the Doubletree International Plaza Hotel. Breakfast is served at 7:30 a.m. Meeting starts at 8:00 a.m. All members are invited to attend, however, only Active and Interim members are allowed to vote. RSVP to Kathleen Pugliese at 1-800-265-5656, ext. 309, or email kpugliese@landscapeontario.com. | ||
| Allan Dennis Editor, Landscape Ontario 905-875-1805, ext 320 adennis@landscapeontario.com www.horttrades.com To unsubscribe to this email, please click here | ||
