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In this newsletter you will find information about the following virtual events, resources, and professional development opportunities for you and your students:

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  • Skilled Trades Expo
  • HEA Webinar- Vertical Gardens with Durham College
  • Spring Break Workshop
  • Latornell Conservation Symposium- Student Poster Competition
  • Landscape Ontario Magazine
  • Ontario Agriculture College Virtual Horticulture Focused Events
  • Hope is Growing Gardens 
  • Skills Ontario Landscape Design Competition
  • ICPI Concrete Paver Installer Course
  • STIHL iCADEMY 
  • Landscape Ontario Virtual Professional Development Courses
  • HEA Shared Google Drive


View the Green Careers Canada Calendar to stay up to date and learn about additional upcoming events!

Virtual Opportunities For You and Your Students
 
 
SKILLED TRADES EXPO
Career Exploration  |  March 25th @ 1pm  | Free
Recommended for: Educators & Students
Attend speaker sessions and network with employers at the 6th annual Skilled Trades Expo held by Skills For Change. Landscape Ontario will have a virtual booth at this event that will highlight education pathways, apprenticeship, and employment opportunities in the Landscape Horticulture Profession. Click Here to Learn More & Register
   
VERTICAL GARDENS WITH DURHAM COLLEGE
Professional Development Webinar  |  March 26th  | Free
Recommended for: Educators
Join this short 15 min professional development webinar hosted by horticulture educators, for horticulture educators! In this webinar, Shane Jones from Durham College will teach us about the ‘leafy green machine’. This vertical garden is used by both the Horticulture Technician and Horticulture–Food and Farming programs! Click Here to Register
   
   
SPRING BREAK WORKSHOP 
Workshop  |  April 16th @ 10am  | Free
Recommended for: Grade 7, 8 & 9 Students, share with parents
Participants will learn how to identify their plant, create a landscape design, and use that design to construct their very own miniature landscape with Landscape Ontario! Materials supplied by Landscape Ontario in Partnership with Skills Ontario. Click Here to Learn More & Register
   
STUDENT POSTER COMPETITION- LATORNELL CONSERVATION SYMPOSIUM 
Showcase Student Work  |  Abstract Submission Deadline April 12th   
Recommended for: Students
The poster competition is an excellent opportunity for students to present completed research and also encourages students who are part way through their research to showcase their work to interested professionals working within a diverse number of environmental and conservation fields. Click Here to Learn More
   
LANDSCAPE ONTARIO MAGAZINE  
Online  |  Monthly   |  Free
Recommended for: Educators & Students
Want to stay up to date with the Landscape Horticulture Profession? Landscape Ontario magazine is the voice of Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association – a people magazine that contains industry news, association news, industry issue features, profiles, event announcements, extension bulletins and more. Check out the most recent magazine that features a study on pollinator plants, Awards of Excellence winners, a student scholarship profile and more!

View Magazine Online and Click Here to Subscribe  

   
OAC HORTICULTURE FOCUS EVENTS
Virtual Events  |   Various Dates Feb-May   |  Free
Recommended for: Educators & Students
Learn about topics such as soil health, Ontario beef, dairy, and honey bee research and tour the Guelph Arboretum virtually!
Visit: https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/events/506
   
HOPE IS GROWING
National Campaign  |  Spring 2021
Recommended for: Educators & Students
Across Canada and beyond, our goal is to see the land awash with gardens featuring yellow, the international colour of hope. The Hope is Growing Campaign is a rallying point that is simple, inclusive, easy and fun with a positive outcome for whoever participates!
Click Here to Register Your School Garden and Learn More 
   
SKILLS ONTARIO LANDSCAPE DESIGN COMPETITION 
Virtual Competition  |  May 5th   |  Register by April 1st
Recommended for: Secondary & Post-secondary Students
If you have students passionate about landscape design consider the Skills Ontario Landscape Design Competition. Students can showcase their skills and have the opportunity to be recognized for their skills!
Click to Learn more and Register
   
CONCRETE PAVER INSTALLER COURSE 
Online Certification  |  At Your Own Pace  |  Free for Educators
Recommended for: Educators to become certified
Enroll in this course to strengthen your professional knowledge of concrete pavers and gain resources and certification to teach concrete paver installation in your class.  Learn More & Register
   
STHIL iCADEMY 
Online Information Modules  |  At Your Own Pace  |  Free
Recommended for: Educators to register their class
This valuable e-learning resource to introduces students to equipment use and safety! Videos, reading modules and quizzes cover a diverse landscape horticulture equipment!  
Click to Create an Account for your classt 
   
Landscape Ontario Congress Connect 
Tradeshow & Conference | 1-year access | Free and paid options
Recommended for: Educators & Students
You can still access Landscape Ontario Congress Connect virtual platform that provides you and your class with access to on-demand speaker sessions, new product showcase information and more!  
Learn More & Register
   
LO VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES

Virtual Courses  |  Various Dates  |  $25 base cost
Recommended for: Educators

Landscape Ontario offers a series of professional development courses each year including business horticulture design and construction topics. This year courses are being offered online!

Click to Learn more and Register
   
Horticulture Educators Association Shared Google Drive 
Shared Resources | Free 
Recommended for: Educators
The Horticulture Educators Association has created a Google drive for members to share teaching resources. New to teaching Green Industries, want to introduce students to the profession, looking for new ideas? Request access, collaborate and share ideas!  
Request Access

Horticulture Educators Association Professional Development
 
 
The HEA team would like to create a short webinar series to connect educators and students to innovative ideas and resources in the profession!  
Teams from Guelph University, Niagara College and Seneca College worked with elementary and high school students at Nicholson Catholic College and St. Michael Catholic School to design a natural schoolyard and play space for their school. Teams were supported by landscape horticulture professionals including Wentworth Landscapes, Unilock and Brydges Landscape Architecture who will help build the winning project in the spring. All teams submitted outstanding design proposals that demonstrated creativity, integrated student input, created habitat for wildlife, utilized rainwater, and designed outdoor spaces that met the needs of the students and staff at Nicholson Catholic College and St. Michael Catholic School!
A bit CONGRATULATIONS to all the students!

To view all submissions and learn more about Come Alive Outside Challenges and Activities
Visit: ComeAliveOutside.com/Design-2020/

If you have any questions or comments about content in this newsletter please email: heainfo@landscapeontario.com. 

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Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association.

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