Toronto this week

Read all about upcoming Toronto Chapter news and events at HortTrades.com

Toronto Chapter Golf Tournament, July 22
There is room for only 216 players in this year’s Toronto Chapter golf tournament, so register early to secure your space. Shotgun start is 8:45 a.m. at Glen Eagle Golf Course in Bolton. Cost is $199 per golfer, or special price for a foursome at $899, which includes golf, lunch and hole sponsorship. Non-golfers are welcome at the post-game gathering at the Peters’ residence, but registration is required. Download the Toronto Chapter Golf Tournament brochure, and fax or mail in the registration form.
 

Learn to work on your business, July 19
The introductory Prosperity Partnership seminars will get you started on to the road of success. This program, on July 19, at Garden Creations of Ottawa, 5100 Bank St., is intended to help green industry members clarify what they excel at and what components of their business needs attention and improvement. A seminar workbook will be provided. Cost of workshop includes lunch. Register for the seminar online.  Don’t forget to take the free online survey to measure your strengths and weaknesses in the five prosperity pillars.
 

Toronto Chapter Baseball Tournament, Aug. 15
Join the Toronto Chapter for an event that is unique to the Toronto region. This slow-pitch tournament will take place at the Richmond Greens Sports Centre and Park, 1300 Elgin Mills Road East, Richmond Hill. The tournament will run from 7:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with trophies and a barbecue lunch included in the fee of $550 per team. Each team is guaranteed two games. Ideal mixed teams should include five women/10 men. For more information, contact Helen Hassard or 647-723-5448

LO this week

Growers Research
Auction, July 15 at Landscape Ontario in Milton
Come and take part in
the auction, Growers Awards of Excellence and Membership Appreciation
Day. There is still time to donate plant material or other
products to the July 15 Grower’s Auction, which raises funds for
horticultural research. Celebrate Member Appreciation Day starting at
9:30 a.m., with presentations from industry experts on edge restraints
and new ideas for decorative containers, tour the Trial Gardens, visit
with your endorsed suppliers and learn about great money-saving
opportunities. Contractors, designers, grounds management, garden
centres; enjoy lunch on us, then bid on outstanding nursery stock and
landscape products.
View
the complete agenda online. To inquire about donations, contact Kathy McLean,
or Kathleen
Pugliese.

July Horticulture Review online

Read about the new project that will green Ontario’s highways, the
upcoming Snow and Ice Symposium, as well as succession planning hints, a
member profile and our regular columns. Access
the July issue of Horticulture Review.

LO day October 15:
Argos vs. Ticats

Put on your black and gold, or double blue, and celebrate Landscape
Ontario Day at the Rogers Centre, where the Toronto Argonauts will be
playing their rivals, the Hamilton Tiger-cats. LO has set aside a block
of tickets for our members to enjoy a fun day out and a great networking
opportunity. Open to all LO members across the province, Windsor to
Upper Canada. Buses will be available to bring in members from
surrounding areas, based on demand. Contact Helen
Hassard, 905-875-1805 ext. 354, for sponsorship info. Stayed tuned
for more information.

Landscape Industry
Certified 2010 exam date options


Looking
to get Certified? Register today for one of our two remaining
practical tests: Ottawa Sept.16-17 or Milton, Sept. 30-Oct.1. Register
for the new test, or register
for the re-test.
Already certified? Volunteer
as a judge.

Advertising
opportunity in LO Member Handbook
Take advantage of a year-round advertising investment from North
America’s most vibrant horticultural trades association. The Landscape Ontario Member Handbook:
is a hefty spiral-bound reference that mails to all LO members. It’s a
reference tool that contains complete member listings with contact
information, both Actives and Associates. It also features high-interest
association information, including board and staff contact info,
endorsed suppliers, LO event and initiative highlights and more. Visit our
site for information on ad rates for the member handbook.
 

Ontario apprenticeship
employer bonus
Employers are eligible a $1,000 taxable grant for every apprentice in
their employ who completes an apprenticeship program and earns
certification. The initiative is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2010. Employers
will be sent a letter from the province with information about the
application process when their apprentice has completed either the
Certification of Qualification or a Certification of Apprenticeship
where a certification examination is not available. Once on file, the
employer will be issued a grant cheque when the records indicate that an
apprentice in their employ completes their apprenticeship.
 

Learn to take great
photos, Aug. 12

Gain a greater understanding of how to make a powerful photograph.
Client presentations, marketing materials and the LO Awards of
Excellence program all require quality photos. This course covers
composition, natural and artificial lighting and everything you need to
know about filters, formats and controls. Participants should bring
their cameras, existing images and marketing material for review. The
course takes place at the LO Home Office in Milton, from 9 a.m. to 3:30.
Learn more
about the photography course.
 

Better Business
Workshop
Add some horsepower to your business engine! Landscape Management
Network, in partnership with Landscape Ontario and the Prosperity
Partnership offers a two-day workshop on July 12 and 13 that will change
the way you run your business. Leave the workshop having built a
budget specific your company, calculated profitable rates for your
crews, equipment, and materials, and how to implement operations systems
that turn consistent, profitable results. For more information, see the
seminar
schedule and look for course LBM018 Seize Control of Your Operating
Budget.
 

Labour needs survey on
small-scale farms
The Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council is researching labour
needs on farms with less than $100,000 in gross receipts. Visit cahrc-ccrha.ca, or call CAHRC at
1-866-430-7457, ext. 228, to complete the survey by phone. CAHRC works
with industry leaders, governments, and education stakeholders to
research, develop and communicate solutions to the challenges in
agriculture employment and skills development.
 

Trial garden open
house, Aug. 20

Visit
the University of Guelph annual trials at the LO office in the morning,
and see for yourself how next year’s crop of new plants performs in the
landscape. Trial garden manager, Rodger Tschanz will present his
findings. In the afternoon, follow him to the University of Guelph trial
gardens at the Guelph Turfgrass Institute to learn how the new plants
fared in another zone. The public is invited to tour the gardens at LO
on Aug. 21. To find out more about the sponsorship opportunities
available with the Trial Garden, contact Rodger Tschanz, or Kathleen
Pugliese.
 

Tree valuation survey

The International Society of Arboriculture, Ontario Chapter, is
conducting tree valuation research. Go to the Plant
Appraisal Guide to take part in the installation cost survey. The
Society asks LO members who plant trees to fill out the survey form.
 

Government
seminars on HST
 

Express
yourself in LO’s online forums
 

Allan
Dennis, editor 905-875-1805, ext. 320
 

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