London
this week
To see
upcoming London Chapter news and events, click here
Gardens
of Distinction Tour, July 10
The very-popular
of Distinction Tour is set for July 10. Featured are 10-plus gardens,
created,
produced, installed and/or maintained by members of the London Chapter.
Passports can be purchased at ten London area garden centres. For more
information, contact Wendy Harry at wharry@landscapeontario.com.
Click
here to
see the poster for the garden tour.
Learn to work on your business, July 27
The
introductory Prosperity Partnership seminars will get you started on to
the
road of success. This program on July 27, at Fanshawe College, London
Campus, M3009,
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 a free online survey, posted at www.horttrades.com/prosperity,
to measure your strengths and weaknesses in the five prosperity pillars.
London
Chapter
Golf Tournament,
Sept. 10
Join London Chapter members for the 5th annual golf
tournament at Pine
Knot Golf Course, 5421 Hamilton Rd., Dorchester. The new tee-off time is
11
a.m. Cost is $125 per golfer, which includes golf, cart, lunch, dinner
and
prizes. Join the fun, support the chapter and win great prizes! For more
information, contact Wendy Harry at 519-488-0818, or 1-888-211-5606,
ext. 2356,
or wharry@landscapeontario.com.
or see the
golf
tournament brochure.
London
Chapter meeting, Sept. 14
Join the chapter and Mathis Natvik at Lamplighter Inn, Royal Palm Room,
591
Wellington Rd. S., London, starting at 7 p.m. for an informative
presentation
on LEEDS certification. Natvik will also talk about a new system for
evaluating
landscape sustainability known as Sustainable Sites Initiative SSI (http://www.sustainablesites.org/pilot/).
Social
hour is from 6 to 7p.m. There is no charge for this meeting. For more
information, contact Wendy Harry at 519-488-0818, or 1-888-211-5606,
ext. 2356,
or wharry@landscapeontario.com.
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.
To see the complete agenda, visit
www.horttrades.com. 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. Click here to 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
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. For more
information, For
more information on ad rates for the member handbook, click here.
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. To
learn more about the photography course, click here.
Business
management training, July 12 and 13
Landscape
Management Network, in partnership with Landscape
Partnership, is
hosting a two-day workshop on July 12 and 13 to help you plan a
profitable
season. The workshop covers creating an operating budget for your
company,
setting sales goals, expense targets, realistic expectations for profit
and
understanding how to price your labour and equipment. Learn about
operations
systems that turn your plans into success. 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 www.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
of
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
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
contact Rodger Tschanz at rtschanz@uoguelph.ca,
or Kathleen Pugliese at kathleenp@landscapeontario.com.
Tree valuation survey
The International
Society of Arboriculture, Ontario Chapter,
is conducting tree valuation research. Go to www.isaontario.com to
the Plant Appraisal
Guide link http://www.isaontario.com/pages/plant_appraisal.php, 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 Click
here
Express
yourself in LO’s online forums https://secure.landscapeontario.com/locc/forum/index.php
Allan
Dennis, editor 905-875-1805, ext. 320 adennis@landscapeontario.com
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