Toronto this week: October 20, 2010

Toronto Chapter this week
Add the Toronto Chapter page and the LO events calendar to your bookmarks

Toronto Chapter meeting, Nov. 4
Join
the Toronto Chapter on Nov. 4, at 6:30 p.m., at Northern District Library, 40 Orchard View Blvd., Toronto, when Stuart Knight presents The Art of
Powerful Conversation. Being able to create and strengthen a
relationship through powerful conversation can be the difference
between getting the job, and getting along with the others on your team. Knight will show how to create a human connection
with customers during the time given to estimate, while teaching how
to keep that conversation going. Contact Helen Hassard for free registration to this meeting, helen@landscapeontario.com, 1-800-265-5656, ext. 354.

LO this week

Irrigation seminars begin the week of Oct. 25
The schedule of fall seminars begins with the 2010

ABCs of Irrigation on Mon., Oct. 25, Fundamentals of Irrigation Design
on Tues., Oct. 26, Installation Steps and Practices on
Wed., Oct. 27, Controllers, Sensors and Scheduling on Thurs., Oct. 28,
and Irrigation Component Troubleshooting on Fri., Oct. 29.
For more details and to register
click here.

Second in webinar series, Oct. 27
SB Partners and Landscape Ontario are offering a series of free webinars on planning for succession. The second webinar in the series, entitled Exploring Your Options, demonstrates departure scenarios. Each webinar runs from 4 to 5 p.m. Both the brochure and registration form were included in the September issue of Horticulture Review. To view them online click on Registration Form, or to see the brochure, click on Succession.

Salt application research study, register by Nov. 1
The Snow and Ice Management Sector Group of Landscape Ontario has commissioned a research study aimed at developing an optimum and defensible standard for salt application rates for parking lots. The research team wants to extend the data collection outside the Waterloo area. Contact Tony DiGiovanni to register for the program at 1-800-265-5656, ext. 2304, or tonydigiovanni@landscapeontario.com. The deadline for registration is Nov. 1. For more information, go to Research Study.

Save money with Safety Groups

The 2011 Safety Groups Program is set to begin a new season. Designed to promote health and safety in
the workplace, this program provides 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.
The Safety Groups Program is administered by the WSIB. It has received high approval ratings from
participating members.
For more information, and to download a 2011 Safety Group application
form,
click here.

New web HQ for provincial health and safety
Ontario’s online health and safety information is now united under Health & Safety Ontario, www.healthandsafetyontario.ca. Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS), a new group made up of the former Farm Safety Association and two other initiatives, is one of the site’s featured portals.

Road work at LO home office
From
now to mid-November, there will be NO ACCESS to the LO site from
Steeles Ave. The LO home office is only accessible from Derry Road, on
the south. Please see the detour map. Signs are also placed along the detour routes.

Ontario Urban Forest Council’s conference, Nov. 4 – 5

Registration is open for the Ontario Urban Forest Council’s annual
conference, entitled Healthy Communities are Rooted in Urban Forests.
The conference will explore how urban forests contribute to the social,
psychological and physical health for individuals and communities. For
information about the conference, go to Urban Forests, email info@oufc.org, or call
416-936-6735.

Seminars offered in early Nov.

Quit Hoping for Profit, Plan for It, Nov. 1
Protecting your Workers from Violence and Harassment, Nov. 2
Dry Stone Walling 101 , Nov. 3.
Estimating to Win Nov. 11.
CLD Equipped to Design Nov. 11.
To register or get more information, click seminars.

Building Your Prosperity, Nov. 18
The introductory Prosperity Partnership seminars will get you started on to the
road of success. This program on Nov. 18 at Landscape Ontario home office, 7856 Fifth Line South, Milton, 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. To register click here.
Take this free online survey, posted at www.horttrades.com