Golden Horseshoe this week: June 15, 2011

Golden Horseshoe Chapter this week

Add the Golden Horseshoe Chapter page and the LO events calendar to your bookmarks

Chapter golf tournament, Aug. 17
Enjoy a social outing with fellow industry members at the Golden
Horseshoe Chapter’s Golf Tournament. The event will take place at
Willow Valley Golf Course, 8475 English Church, Mount Hope, on Wed.,
Aug. 17. Click here to view the Golden Horseshoe Golf Tournament flyer Contact Helen Hassard at
1-800-265-5656,
ext. 354, or helen@landscapeontario.com for more information.

LO this week

Horticulture Review online

Read the latest news of interest to Landscape Ontario members in the
June edition of Horticulture Review. This month features articles
outlining the pros and cons of the new online group buying programs, a
cover story on Hermanns Contracting and its founder Jorg Hermann, changes coming to Ontario’s health and safety system, LO members talk
about the terrible weather that began the 2011 season, and all the
regular monthly columns. Click here to read the June issue of Horticulture
Review. Anyone may sign up to receive a free subscription to the
electronic version of HR.

Garden centres collecting plastics, June 25 to July 4

Twenty-six participating garden centres across Ontario are working with
gardeners and landscape contractors to collect and recycle plastic plant
pots, cell packs and trays during the 2011 National Plastic Recycling
Event, June 25 to July 4. Contractors may consult the list at
www.horttrades.com/plastic-recyclers to find out which garden centres
will accept their used plastics pots/trays.



LO Member Handbook: Advertising now available

Use the LO Member Handbook to promote your product to a prime buying
audience, Landscape Ontario members. This handy spiral-bound reference
prints on 60 lb. matte paper with heavy covers, and mails to all members
in August. Info and rates here, or call Steve Moyer today,
1-800-265-5656, ext. 316, or 905-299-5366, stevemoyer@landscapeontario.com.

Support Foundation and win cash
Try your
luck in the Ontario Horticultural Trades Foundation raffle, and
help support your industry. Tickets are $20 each; first prize is $5,000,
second is $1,000 and third is $500. Only 1,000 tickets have been
printed. The draw will take place at the 2011 Industry Auction at Blue Sky Nursery in Niagara wine country on July
14. You may donate in increments of $20 to get raffle tickets. All proceeds to go to scholarships and research projects. Contact Kathleen Pugliese to purchase tickets.

Advanced Green Roof Maintenance seminar, July 26
Created
to assist designers, contractors, facility managers with an important, but
often overlooked aspect of green roofs: maintenance. The seminar examines
design phase considerations; best practices for planning, budgeting, and
implementing maintenance procedures; and approaches for rehabilitating green
roofs that have been subject to maintenance neglect. The seminar will take
place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at LO home office in Milton. Participants will
receive a 100-page manual with detailed case studies. Lunch is not included. Price
for LO members is $249, and for non-members it is $299. To find out more about
the seminar go to green roofs.

Are you Landscape Industry Certified?
Prove your competence by challenging the Landscape
Industry Certification written test on Thurs., July 21, and practical test on July 22 at the Landscape Ontario
home office. We are currently accepting registrations for both new test and
re-test applicants. Space is limited, so register early. Early bird pricing ends June 24. For further
information or to register, check out our Landscape Industry Certified page, or contact Rachel Cerelli at rachelc@landscapeontario.com.

Labour Market Partnership survey
Landscape Ontario, in partnership with Humber College and the Ontario
Parks Association have initiated a project that will result in the
development of an employer HR toolkit that will benefit each
organization and employer. In order to create this toolkit we need your
help. We call on Employers, Employees, Students and Teachers/Counsellors to
please fill out the survey under that category that fits your description.

Pizza, beer and plants

An informative and unique boys’ night out is set for June 22, starting
at 7 p.m. at Toronto Botanical Garden. For just $50, join two of
Canada’s best-known garden experts Mark Cullen and LO’s own Denis
Flanagan for an informal evening of gardening advice, lawn care tips,
tool talk and more. And, even better, there will be lots of pizza and
Steam Whistle beer. Each dad will also receive a copy of Mark Cullen’s
new book, The Canadian Garden Primer. To register go to pizza and beer, or call
416-397-1341.

Revised heat stress bulletin released by
MOL
The Ministry of Labour has a revised heat stress guideline to assist employers,
workers and others in understanding the dangers, and to develop and implement
policies to prevent heat stress-related illness in the workplace. When hot,
humid conditions and physical activity overcome the body’s natural cooling
system, you may suffer cramps and fainting, or even serious heat exhaustion and
heat stroke. The bulletin is for all employees to initiate the issue as a topic
of discussion for the next safety tailgate. A chart is available on the heat stress
web page.

Industry Auction, July 14

The always-popular Growers Group fundraising event will take
place in Wine Country this year. All industry members are welcome to
the Industry Auction to bid on top quality plant material at below
wholesale prices, while helping raise funds for industry research and
scholarships. The event will take place at Blue Sky Nursery in
Beamsville. For more information go to Industry
Auction.

Seminar explains urns and marketing, July 27
A comprehensive program for retail garden centres, designers and interior landscapers
that will demonstrate how to decipher the customer’s needs, track trends and
design magnificent urns that will keep you busy for the season. Instructors
will explore planting combinations, maintenance, decor and the strategy of
sequential sales to develop a recipe for success. Participants will learn
proper pruning practices, develop marketing programs and learn to up sell with
every design. The seminar will take place at the LO home office in Milton, from
9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $115 for members, and $192 for non-members. For
more information, or to register, go to LO seminars.