Landscape Designer Conference – Jan. 9

Join your peers at the industry’s most informative
full day event for Designers!

Lunch and reception included with registration.

Don’t miss the early booking deadline special that ends Dec. 16. Register now!


The annual Landscape Designer Conference is held every year at DOUBLETREE BY HILTON TORONTO AIRPORT,
in the INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM
This full day event is an initiative of the Landscape Ontario Designer Sector Group, held one day prior to Congress 2012.

8:00 a.m.
Registration, International Ballroom foyer

8:45 – 9:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks, Tony Lombardi BA, CLD,CLP

9:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Evolve or Die – The Future of Online Communications



Presented by Kyle Lacy, Mindframe, Indianapolis, Indiana


Kyle will discuss the changing world of communication and customer interaction because of websites like Facebook and technology like Mobile. You will be able to walk out of the room and implement strategies to more effectively reach customers using online marketing and content.

10:30 a.m. – 12-noon
Strategies That Win Clients and Increase Profits
Ron Koudys, BLA, MEd, OALA , CSLA, ASLA, RLI (MI), CLD

With 30 years of experience, Ron Koudys will share some insights for building a successful design firm, and how to attract high quality clients with high profit potential. You will learn that not every client is the one that you want, how to establish the potential for profit and how to shape your firm to suit your personality.
12-noon – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch (included with registration)

1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
‘Details, Details, DETAILS!’


Moderated by Haig Seferian, OALA, CSLA, FASLA, CLD, HHHBA
Seferian Design Group, Burlington

Panellists:

Ron Koudys, Ron Koudys Landscape Architects, London, Ontario

Tony Lombardi, BA, CLD, CLP, Dr. Landscape Inc., Toronto, Ontario

Christine Gracey, OALA, CSLA, DA Gracey and Associates, Vaughan, Ontario

If you like details, you must be a landscape designer! This panel will take your questions on construction details, permits and regulations,red tape, seasonality, and even client quirks that require different approaches.
Our panellists represent diverse geographical areas, and design both small and large residential and commercial projects. Their insight and experience could prove valuable to your operations.
Discover what these seasoned industry leaders have learned over the years, and gain a better understanding to navigate your business as a landscape designer.
2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
BREAK

2:45 – 3:30 p.m.
Designing with Trees in Mind


Presented by Phillip Van Wassenaer,
Urban Forest Innovations, Mississauga


With space at a premium in urban areas, trees are still all-too-often an afterthought in the landscape design process, whether in new builds or site redevelopment. Detail cross-sections and landscape renderings are full of large-canopied shade trees, but rare is the design that shows adequate room for root development or specifies a high-quality, suitable growing environment for trees. Phillip Van Wassenaer presents the constraints associated with designing with trees in mind. Throughout the lecture, there will be ample opportunity to exchange of ideas, discussion of positive and negative experiences, and development of effective strategies.
3:45 – 4:45 p.m.
Seductive Tropical and Winter-hardy Succulents
for the Garden and Containers


Presented by Paul Zammit, Toronto Botanical Garden


The presentation will explore the expanding world of succulents, both tender and winter-hardy. Choice selections in each group will be described in detail, with examples of how to best grow and utilize them in the landscape. Expand your knowledge base of this vast group of plants and stimulate your desire to design with them.
4:45 p.m.
Closing remarks and conference reception

Thank you to our sponsors




Ticket prices up to December 16 are $135 for members and $185 for non-members.
After December 16, prices are $185 and $265 respectively.

Register now!. More information is available at www.locongress.com. Individually priced. See registration form for fees. As an added bonus, all registrants for this program are automatically registered for the Congress trade show. The Congress Conference is a separate fee.


Questions?

Want to volunteer?
Have a story to tell?


Contact your Landscape Design Sector Group Board

Jennifer Hayman, gardens@jenniferhaymandesign.ca


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