Horticulture Review - April 2009

Horticulture ReviewThe Voice of Landscape Ontario April 15, 2009

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Board members in LO’s Green for Life garden at Canada Blooms Page 18

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Coming eventsFor more coming event listings, visit www.horttrades.com.

April 24-May 10Arbor WeekWhat sets Arbor Day apart from other holidays is that while other special days commemorate the past, Arbor Day celebrates the future. Due to the climatic and geographic diversity of Ontario, Arbor Day has been stretched into Arbor Week so all areas of the province can benefit. There are a number of ways to participate in Arbor Week, for more information go to www.arborweek.com.

June 24Golden Horseshoe Golf TournamentWillow Valley Golf Course in Mount HopeShotgun start at 1 p.m. For more information, or to register, contact Stephanie Smith at [email protected] or 800-265-5656, ext. 354.

July 17Upper Canada Golf TournamentBriar Fox Golf and Country ClubTee off time is 10 a.m. For more information, or to register, contact Stephanie Smith at [email protected] or 800-265-5656, ext. 354.

July 23Toronto Chapter Golf Tournament Glen Eagle Golf Course, CaledonTee off time is 8:30 a.m., followed by a steak lunch. The chapter’s first poker tournament will be held afterward, with all proceeds going to Sick Kids hospital. Poker tournament tickets are available at www.locc.ca. For more information, or to register for the golf tournament, contact Stephanie Smith at [email protected] or 800-265-5656, ext. 354.

August 13-14Landscape Designer sector group summer tourOttawa areaLO’s Landscape Designer group is holding its summer tour in the Ottawa region. Confirmed to date are visits to Rideau Hall and the Mackenzie King Estate historic garden in Gatineau Park. More details will follow as they become available.

August 20Georgian Lakelands Chapter Golf TournamentInnisbrook Golf Club, BarrieShotgun start begins at 12:20 p.m. For more information, or to register, contact Stephanie Smith at [email protected] or 800-265-5656, ext. 354.

August 26Waterloo Chapter Golf Tournament Grand Valley Golf Course, CambridgeShotgun start begins at 1 p.m. For more information, or to register, contact Stephanie Smith at [email protected] or 800-265-5656, ext. 354.

August 27Ottawa Chapter Golf TournmentLoch March Golf and Country Club, KanataShotgun start at 1 p.m. Lunch and dinner are included in the registration price. For more information, or to register, contact Stephanie Smith at [email protected] or 800-265-5656, ext. 354.


NEW MEMBERSDurham ChapterB.J. Flint and SonsJustin Flint2195 Hwy #2Bowmanville, ON L1C 3K7Tel:-905 439 9067Membership Type: Active

GeorGian LakeLanDs ChapterFGL Forest Green Landscaping LtdJeff Wilson6415 17th Sideroad-King. RR 3Schomberg, ON L0G 1T0Tel:-888 345 4968Membership Type: Active

Maddisons’ Pond and Garden CentreGreg Sutcliffe330 pine Street. pO Box 370Waubaushene, ON L0K 2C0Tel:-705 538 0001Membership Type: Active

Oasis North Landscapes Ltd Mike Chapman117 Orchard Dr. Box 1037Thornbury, ON N0H 2p0Tel:-519 599 2102Membership Type: Interim

LonDon ChapterFirefield Landscape SupplyWes Vander wal7847 Scotchmere DriveStrathroy, ON N7G 3H4Tel:-519 245 2211Membership Type: Active

Carolyn parr Stratford, ONMembership Type: Horticultural

ottawa ChapterMartha WalshOttawa, ON Membership Type: Horticultural

toronto ChapterDr. Landscape Inc.Anthony Lombardi CLD202 Oakridge Dr.Scarborough, ON M1M 2B3Tel:-416 267 3564Membership Type: Active

Forest Hills Design GroupDaimon Ferguson44 Daniela CourtGeorgetown, ON L7G 5C1Tel:-416 889 6872Membership Type: Active

Garden GnomesTristan Iafolla549 Glen park Ave.Toronto, ON M6B 2G4Tel:-416 899 7636Membership Type: Active

Kingdom Landscaping & General Contracting LTD.Lovneet Chawla3 Ortona DriveBrampton, ON L6Y 3C9Tel:-905 459 9122Membership Type: Active

Landscape Creations Supply CentreBryan Robinson46 Armstrong Ave.Georgetown, ON L7G 4R9Tel:-905 702 8342Membership Type: Active

Lawn PatrolRuben RossiCountryside RpO. pO Box 30035Brampton, ON L6R 0S9Tel:-416 989 5296Membership Type: Active

Rob ForbesMississauga,ONMembership Type: Horticultural

Grayson KempMississauga, ON Membership Type: Horticultural

Gino piscelliToronto, Ontario Membership Type: Horticultural

waterLoo ChapterOntario Snowplow & Lawn Equipment Sales Etc.Kevin Epp2 - 40 Taggart. pO Box 695 Stn MainGuelph, ON N1H 6L3Tel:-519 836 5400Membership Type: Associate


Executive board PresidentRobert Adams, robertadams@ Past presidentBob Tubby CLP, bobtubby@ First vice-presidentTom Intven, tintven@

Second vice-presidentTim Kearney CLP, tkearney@

Secretary/treasurerPhil Charal, pcharal@

ChaptersDurham Chapter President: Brian Marsh, bmarsh@ Board rep: Mark Humphries, mhumphries@

Georgian Lakelands Chapter President: Michael Laporte Board rep: Mark Goodman

Golden horseshoe Chapter President: Tim Cruickshanks, tcruickshanks@Board rep: Walter Hasselman

London Chapter President: Tim Cradduck, tcradduck@ Board rep: Peter Vanderley

ottawa Chapter President: Sarah Johnston Board rep: Bruce Morton CLP, CIT

toronto Chapter President: Fiona Penn Zieba Board rep: George Urvari, gurvari@

upper Canada Chapter President and board rep: Paul Doornbos CHT, CLP, pdoornbos@

waterloo Chapter President: David Wright Board rep: Mike Hayes

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Controller Joe Sabatino, ext. 310, jsabatino@

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Membership and chapter coordinator. membership services team Stephanie Smith, ext. 354, ssmith@

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Manager, Pesticide Industry Council Tom Somerville, tsomerville@

Nursery Technical Analyst Francesco Pacelli, ext. 377, fpacelli@

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Sales and business development manager Gilles Bouchard, ext. 323, gbouchard@

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Web editor Robert Ellidge, ext. 312, rob@

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Sales manager, publications Steve Moyer, ext. 316, stevemoyer@

Communications assistant Susan Therrien, ext. 305, stherrien@

windsor Chapter President: Karl Klinck, kklinck@ Board rep: Garry Moore

SectorsDesigners Chair and board rep: Beth Edney CLD, bedney@

Garden centre Chair and board rep: Bob McCannell, bmccannell@

Grounds management Chair: Mike DeBoer, CHT Board rep: Brian Marsh

Growers Co-chairs and board reps: Bart Brusse, Dave Braun

interiorscape Chair and Board rep: Stephen Schell CHT

irrigation Chair: Chris LeConte Board rep: Steve Macartney CIT, smacartney@

Landscape contractors Chair: Peter Guinane Board rep: Bruce Warren

Lawn care Chair: Gavin Dawson Board rep: Alan White, awhite@

Lighting Chair: John Higo Board rep: John Scanlon

snow and ice management Chair: Ed Hewis Board rep: Gerald Boot CLP, geraldboot@

members at LargeJacki Hart CLPGregg Salivan

CnLa Board repGerald Boot CLP, geraldboot@

Landscape Ontario staff


By Denis Flanagan and Lee Ann Knudsen

Please visit LO’s new face to the public, www.landscapeontario.com.

Vision, commitment, long hours and resources have come together for LO’s ambitious branding initiative, and we made our Canada Blooms deadline! The new site should make you even more proud of LO than ever. The key to LO’s effectiveness is volun-teer spirit, and hard work by the volunteers on LO’s Branding Committee brought Green for Life alive.

The strategy and the critical path for GFL were devised over a year ago. Some agricul-tural commodities, such as beef, pork and milk, have used successful promotion campaigns to drive demand for their products. Our industry has a great story to tell, about the unique fam-ily and environmental benefits our products provide. Why not tell our story to the public?

The promotional plan proposed was quite brilliant, and it recognized that building suc-cess for our industry means treating consum-ers with respect, and providing true value. We cannot afford to buy TV time or billboards to broadcast our message, but we can build a public-targeted website about the beauty and benefits of horticulture, full of our members’

Green for Life: The launch and the challenge

detailed knowledge. Consumers are hungry for information, especially information relevant to our locality, and the richness of the content we can provide reinforces the professional stature of our members.

Content of this high quality deserves a top-level visual presentation, and the com-mittee worked through icon ideas and web proposals to arrive at a beautiful visual iden-tity package. Members are embracing it with enthusiasm.

Through this process our association name, Landscape Ontario, was transformed into a verb — a call to action — urging all to join in and Landscape Ontario!

So we have a plan, a brand and a site. We have built it, but will they come? The commit-tee has done all it can to drive success of this project, but ultimate responsibility for spread-ing the Green for Life message rests with you. Use Green for Life branding every opportunity you can! Put it on your trucks, your website, your print ads, your jobsites, your invoices, your store signs … and let us know about other exposure ideas you come up with. We have over 2,000 members across the province, and our power to build the brand is the envy of big corporations.

Green for Life: let’s landscape Ontario.

Green for Life: The specifics

To get on board, visit www.horttrades.com/GFL. There, you may download print-quality logos for all your uses. Instructions are posted for uploading your company’s member profile to the new site — enhanced functionality allows you to post photos and your logo, actually giving you your own page on the LO site! You may also order marketing materials. We have gone through over 5,000 GFL stickers, and have 12,000 more coming in a range of sizes and styles.

LO’s Branding Committee

LO members owe thanks to our passionate Branding Committee members:

Robert Adams, Diana Cassidy-Bush, Phil Dickie, Paul Doornbos, co-chair, David Emmons, Tom Intven, Tim Kearney, Shannon Lindensmith, Steve Macartney, Bob McCannell, co-chair, Jim McCracken, Mark Ostrowski, Nick Solty, Melissa Spearing and Alan White. Landscape Ontario’s brand comes to life at Canada Blooms

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Positive opportunitiesBy Robert AdamsLO president

By now most of you know about the excellent financial opportunity that has been placed before us. It’s a federal tax

credit that has finally included our industry. This has never happened in Canadian history.

Although legislation is not yet officially in place, the federal budget has included a ways and means bill granting authority to pro-ceed. If we wait until it becomes official, it will be too late for our industry. We must pro-ceed now. It is not up to us to analyse how the government conducts its business. The govern-ment of the day has announced the tax credit, therefore at this point there is a tax credit. How they proceed from here is up to the people on Parliament Hill.

Our association and the CNLA have worked to create easy-to-understand pieces of information on the Home Renovation Tax Credit. LO’s great looking brochure came out just in time for Canada Blooms. It received

lots of positive reaction from the public.The tax credit is a much needed boost for

the landscape industry. I, for one, do not want to look a gift horse in the mouth. It is expected most of our members will market this opportu-nity. With spring on our doorstep and everyone anxious to get busy, the timing is right now. So let’s dust off those shovels, do some stretching and prepare to get busy.

Numerous studies have shown that an attractive landscape increases the value of

Quote of the Month

“If you want to be a loser, there’s always a way to dwell on the negative. If you want to win, there’s always a way

to think positively.” — Tony La Russa, former baseball manager

a home by an average of 7.5 per cent. Those same studies have also revealed that landscape investments are recovered fully, and some-times doubled, by the increased home value. When marketing our services this year, we can show that this is the time to take advantage of the 15 per cent tax credit, while at the same time adding more value to our homes during a down market.

It may seem kind of silly to be saying this, but this is a time of great business oppor-tunities. It’s a time to build on maintaining and increasing our markets. Between the tax credit, society looking at ‘staycations’ and improv-ing our environment, our industry has many opportunities to improve business.

With positive attitudes, positive mental pictures and positive thinking, you will only create positive outcomes.

If you have a suggestion or concern, contact me at [email protected]. I encourage you to become involved in LO. It is your association.

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Tony DiGiovanni CHTLO executive director

I expect most of your customers purchase products and services for aesthetic and prideful reasons. They are proud of their

home surroundings and want the landscaping to look good. Yet, we provide more than a nice appearance. I can-not think of many other industries that provide as many diverse benefits to society.

L a n d s c a p i n g , gardening and green-space preservation and enhancement provides

many benefits to society be it from an eco-nomic, environmental, community pride, life-style, health, tourism, aesthetic, recreation, therapeutic or spiritual perspective.

The horticultural industry also offers many solutions to a number of relevant challenges of the 21st century, including pollution, rising heating and cooling costs, climate change, the urban heat island effect, sun exposure, nature deficit in our children, health, etc.

It is time to tell our story of societal ben-efit to the public.

Little-known facts • Economic contribution is valued at $14.48

billion • Approximately $7 billion in Ontario-based

on multipliers generated from Statistics Canada Input-Output (“I/O”) tables - $6.98 billion in output and $7.5 billion in value added impacts

• Employs 110,750 full-time equivalent positions

• Total direct and indirect full-time equivalent employment is 132,776 jobs. With the number of seasonal jobs the actual number is higher

• The sector induces a significant number of additional jobs through household spending by employees. It is estimated that for every two jobs, another job is generated in the economy

• Employs 66,388 full-time people in Ontario, with 33,000 of those jobs related to the growth and care of turfgrass

• Generates $3.8 billion in employment income and another $850 million in

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE

Tony DiGiovanni

One of Canada’s best kept secrets and success storiesend-user taxes through PST and GST. Landscape crops are the only sector of agriculture that pays GST

• The Canadian public spent $8.1 billion on landscape and garden products and services in 2007

• The farm gate value of landscape crops (trees, shrubs, sod, perennials, annuals, potted plants, cut-flowers, etc.) was $2.3 billion. In Ontario it was $1 billion. As an agricultural segment, this is larger than corn, wheat, soybeans, fruits and vegetables.

• There are approximately 20,000 companies operating in the sector, providing significant employment due to entrepreneurial skills

• The industry has experienced double digit growth for many years.

• The sod and nursery sub-sectors report the highest annual growth rates at 7.9 and 4.6 per cent, respectively

• A total of 90 per cent of farm gate receipts are distributed among three Canadian provinces: Ontario (50 per cent), British Columbia (24 per cent) and Québec (14 per cent)

• The 2006 census of agriculture reveals that the urban market holds the most potential for our sector, with 24.4 per cent of all gross farm receipts generated by farms that are located in metropolitan areas, compared to 7.5 per cent on a national level

• The production, horticultural services, horticultural equipment manufacturing, and trade and distribution sectors are a stimulus to the entire Canadian economy

Benefits to societyMost of the industry is aware of the wide range of benefits that our sector provides beyond the economic measurement. Here is a short list of benefits from a literature review of documented research compiled by the George Morris Centre at the University of Guelph.

Landscape for environmental enhancement • Reduces energy costs through the shade,

cooling and windbreak effect. Evergreen trees reduce the impact of cooling wind in winter and deciduous trees provide shade in the summer

• Stabilize soil and reduce runoff in open spaces

• Provide natural habitats and protect

biodiversity• Moderates climate extremes, helping to

mitigate urban heat islands• Produces oxygen• Sequesters carbon• Ameliorates pollution• Improves air quality (indoor and outdoor)• Removes contaminants from soil

(phytoremediation)• Improves water quality • Improves water management (flood control)

and erosion control• Reduces impacts of weather through

windbreaks and shelterbelts• Reduces noise pollution• Controls urban glare and reflection• Attracts birds and other wildlife

Landscape for economic benefits • Increased property values (residential and

business)• Enhances beauty of buildings and

communities• Increases public safety and reduces crime

and accidents• Attracts tourism • Assists municipalities in reducing

maintenance costs and deriving new economic benefits, including spin-offs from parks, sporting facilities and increased tourism

Landscape for health • Aesthetic contribution• Improved privacy and security • Increases community health and vitality

through civic involvement. Beautification projects represent a sense of pride and value by residents and businesses

• Reduces stress and improves productivity (workplace, schools)

• Introduces calming effects and reduced discomforts

• Promotes quicker recovery (hospitals)• The practice of horticultural therapy

improves mind, body and spirit• Increase human health (e.g., use in

medicine) • Improve life satisfaction and well-be-

ing• Increase positive emotions• Improve general quality of life in urban

settings• Create pride in community through com-


LO instructor should be: knowledgeable with the ability to pass on that knowledge and aware of the needs of the students. His years of prac-tical experience allowed him to answer all the questions of his peers, and he was cognizant of the retail environment. In fact, he received top marks across the board in the post-course survey.

From host, to sponsor, to teacher, to stu-dents, this is what an LO training event should strive for every time.

Dan Clost is a member of the Upper Canada Chapter board

munity gardens and allotment gardens • Promotes attention and concentration

improvements for children • Reduces aggression and violence• Provide space for recreation• Enhances sport field safety • Encourages healthy active and passive

lifestyle pursuits

Key trends impacting the sectorThe sector is positioned for continued healthy growth in the future, because of the following trends: • Aging baby boomer cohort, estimated

to spend between $7.8 billion and $14.4 billion annually on garden and garden-related activities during retirement

• A return to cocooning or ‘staycation’ due to continued interest in renovations and a poor economic outlook

• Rising concern for the environment, encompassing regulatory change and Gen-Y influences and attitudinal changes towards the importance of green

• Continued public and government awareness involving the huge and varied societal benefits of the sector from an economic, environmental, community pride, lifestyle, health, tourism, aesthetic, recreation, therapeutic and spiritual perspective

• Landscape, gardening and greening activities present the public with solutions to a number of relevant challenges of the 21st century (i.e. pollution, the urban heat

island effect, rising heating and cooling costs, etc.)

• Investments in ornamentals have demonstrated financial benefits to homeowners appreciating resale values

Sources: Deloitte - The Impact of Ornamental Horticulture on Canada’s Economy, January 2009; Economic Profile of the Turf Industry – Ontario Turfgrass Foundation – 2009

Years ago I was listening to a presentation from one of our members. His description of our industry has stuck with me: “We are in the business of enhancing lives.” What a wonderful way of looking at what we do for a living. It is time we spread our life-enhancing message. This is what the “Green for Life” program is all about.

By Dan Clost

In the raw early days of March, Landscape Ontario’s winter education series travelled to Trenton, located in the hinterlands of the Upper Canada Chapter country. The event was a two-day, hands-on seminar entitled ‘Masonry In the Landscape.’ The write-up for the course stated: “During this two-day seminar, an expert will discuss the dos and dont’s of good masonry design and application, including forming, strength, composition, reinforcing, repairing, general construction tips on how to lay and pour better masonry, as well as choosing stone

Masonry seminar sets great exampleand use of chisels.”

The event was hosted by Connon Nurseries/CBV. An example of a dedicated LO member was, when it was noticed that there was no masonry sand, and Sprout’s Premium Products was contacted to see if they could help out. They had to unload an excavator from their float, turn over the entire bin of sand in order to obtain thawed material. Once this took place, the company then offered to deliver it. Twenty minutes later, the sand arrived. No charge.

Larry Moore of The Beach Gardener was the hands-on instructor, and was everything an

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Sally Harvey CHT, CLPEducation and Labour Development Department

It’s a no-brainer that hiring and retaining the right employees is critical to the success of any business. Why then is it we still seem

to lose the keepers? Those are the employees who breathe and live your company vision,

while working towards making it a reality.

We tend to over-look the benefits that seasoned and skilled employees provide our businesses. We know that they increase effectiveness and effi-ciencies and therefore add to the bottom line.

So why do many of us forget about retention strategies?

In fact, we often tend to put more time and effort into equipment purchases, or inter-viewing potential employees, than we do in maintaining and energizing our existing peo-ple investment. Business owners and managers must increase efforts in this regard, particu-larly in these economic times. Staff members, if treated properly and professionally by their employer, will remain and provide consistent increased productivity. This in turn makes for a sweeter bottom line for years to come. Landscaping does provide an amazing career opportunity. Let’s make sure we communicate that to our staff and potential staff by provid-ing the right healthy environment.

I recommend that you do not ignore existing staff. Training plays a large part in employee retention. Consult your present staff to identify their training plans to help them continue to develop. It’s a win-win for every-one involved. One of the most important train-ing programs to embark upon is safety training, which is required by law. Since we introduced the safety program to our company many years ago, we have had several employees tell us that they continue to work for us because we care about their safety. Although this was not the original reason that we embarked upon cre-ating a safety culture in our company, it soon became a huge unexpected retention strategy.

At Congress this year, I had the opportu-

PROFESSIONAL AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Sally Harvey

It’s time to understand employee retention and risk management strategies

nity to visit the Landscape Safety.com booth. I was impressed. Here is a technical savvy and convenient online training tool developed by industry members to help any landscape com-pany train staff to a consistent standard. It defi-nitely augments established training programs and provides a management tool at the same time. When an employee completes a section, the manager receives notice of the status.

As you embark on maintaining a safe workplace in 2009, you may want to consider this new tool offered by Landscape Safety.com. I urge the industry to take advantage of all the tools available to us today and take action. The season is upon us; it is never too late. If you want more information please con-tact Landscape Ontario for direction.

With Bill C-45, penalties include hefty fines and/or prison terms. In Ontario alone, over 100,000 people work in the green or related industries, and that number continues to grow. The Ontario Ministry of Labour has added 200 safety officials to conduct random inspections, looking for proof of training and other due diligence factors. In light of many recent young worker deaths, any industry that employs young people will be targeted. The Occupational Safety legislation in Ontario is clear, and holds employers and supervisors accountable for every accident. Therefore, it is up to employers and supervisors to take every reasonable precaution by training employees of all ages to prevent injuries and accidents. We do not want to consider the alternative.

MTO regulationsThe MTO has made a couple of minor changes to the ‘In Excess Hours’ regulation. Further, there are changes coming in regards to load

securing as well.All commercial vehicle drivers operating

in Ontario are subject to the new hours of ser-vice regulations. Over the past several years, the Canadian provinces and territories have been working through the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) to modernize the commercial vehicle drivers’ hours of service rules by reflecting the advances in scientific research into human sleep pat-terns and fatigue management practices. The new rules were developed and supported by all Canadian jurisdictions and a broad spectrum of stakeholders. These rules reflect advances into research on fatigue and establish the maximum hours a driver may operate a commercial truck or bus on a highway. The hours of service rules will help commercial drivers receive the necessary rest required to safely operate their vehicles, while keeping Ontario’s roads safe.

Driving time5(1.) After a driver has accumulated 13 hours

of driving time in a day, the driver shall not drive again on the same day

5(2.) After a driver has accumulated 14 hours of on-duty time in a day, the driver shall not drive again on the same day.

6(1.) A driver shall take at least 10 hrs off-duty time in a day.

Note: All these refer back to driving a commercial motor vehicle as defined in the Highway Traffic Act Section 16.1. If a vehicle does not meet this definition it’s exempt from the above. Reg 555 does get very complicated though, and there is much more to calculating hours over a period of days and weeks.

The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is providing an educational enforcement period to assist drivers and carriers to adjust to the new rules. New provincial rules can be found at http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/trucks/regulations/hours.shtml

As our busy season begins, please main-tain safety as a priority in all that we do. By actively managing risk in our work envi-ronment, we will simultaneously promote employee retention. I wish each and every member in our industry, a safe and prosperous 2009 season.

Sally Harvey may be reached by e-mail at [email protected].

“We often tend to put more time and effort

into equipmentpurchases, or

interviewing potential employees, than we do

in maintaining and energizing our existing

people investment.”


By Denis Flanagan CLDDirector of public relations

It’s Sat., Mar. 21st. at 10 p.m., room 1500, in the newly renovated Hyatt Hotel, King St., in Toronto.

After working a 12-hour shift standing on a concrete floor at Canada Blooms, my aching feet needed a soaking in warm water. Unfortunately, this trendy hotel only has a shower but no bath-tub. This has forced me to be resourceful!

As I sit on the edge of my bed with one foot in a garbage can that is half-filled with warm water, the pain has eased and I begin to reflect on the day’s challenges and the reasons I have thoroughly enjoyed the Blooms experience over the last 13 years.

I had been reminded of that statistic ear-lier in the day when Adam Gracey re-introduced me to his 16 year old, six foot, plus, son Luke, who was working on their feature garden. Adam recalled that during the very first Blooms, I had to tell him and his wife Christine to remove their kids from the show floor during construction. It’s a good thing Luke does not hold grudges.

Another strong memory I have of that first show in 1996 is one of Casey van Maris direct-ing the creative placement of a boulder, using a walking stick as his pointer. In this year’s show, the family’s creativity continued through his daughter Anna with her booth in Marketplace.

And, our impressive Landscape Ontario Green for Life garden was built this year by Tim Kearney with his sons and all the hard working crew from Ottawa.

On Industry Night it was great to see Gerald Boot showing off his new grandchild. No doubt, a potential garden builder of the future.

Yes, Canada Blooms is always a spectacu-lar event with glorious gardens and stunning flower arrangements, but to me it has become a record of our personal lives. Once a year we gather to celebrate our successes in life, includ-ing marriages, births and sometimes to celebrate someone’s memory. I hope as an industry we will continue to pull together as a family and always support this fabulous Canadian tradition.

Footnote: Warm water in a pail turns very cold during the time it takes to write a 300 word article.

Denis Flanagan may be reached at [email protected].

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Listed as not eligible: annuals, lawn and garden maintenance, tree maintenance, snow removal, hanging baskets, containers and plant-ers.

Eligible home renovation projects for work performed, or goods acquired, are those between Jan. 27, 2009 and Feb. 1, 2010. A 15 per cent credit may be claimed on the portion of eligible expenditures exceeding $1,000, but not more than $10,000, meaning that the maximum tax credit is $1,350.

Properties eligible for the HRTC include houses, cottages and condominium units that are owned for personal use. Expenses such as pro-fessional labour, building permits, equipment rentals, professional services and incidentals are also eligible. Do-it-yourself labour is not eligible for the tax credit. Receipts will be needed, but consumers are not required to submit the receipts with their income tax filed with Revenue Canada. The receipts will be needed if Revenue Canada requires confirmation of those projects.

To download the brochure created by Landscape Ontario go to: www.horttrades.com and look under resources which contains the brochure. You may copy the pdf to create your own brochure to hand out to customers. To find out more from the federal government go to www.actionplan.gc.ca.

Ontario’s cosmetic pesticides ban takes effect April 22, 2009.

The McGuinty government made the announcement on Mar. 4, stating, “The ban protects Ontario families and children from the unnecessary risks of cosmetic pesticides by only allowing the use of certain lower-risk pesticides for controlling weeds and pests in lawns and gardens.”

LO executive director Tony DiGiovanni reacted by saying, “Although Landscape Ontario agrees with the intent of the of the legislation, the government actions are cal-lous, insensitive, extreme and disrespectful to a growth industry that employs over 66,388 full-time people ( 22,000 in the turfgrass sec-tor alone). Many safe and effective products have been taken away from the industry and public. It is unrealistic to expect such drastic changes by April.”

The provincial announcement stated that the ban will prohibit the sale and use of pesti-cides for cosmetic purposes on lawns, gardens, parks and school yards, and includes many herbicides, fungicides and insecticides. Over 250 products will be banned for sale and more

Ontario pesticide ban becomes law on April 22 than 80 pesticide ingredients will be banned for cosmetic uses.

DiGiovanni said, “Many jobs will be put at risk at a time when government should be helping growth industries to expand and cre-ate more employment. I am not aware of any other sector in history that has been treated with absolutely no empathy. We could have helped the government achieve its goals over time through public and industry education. This legislation should have been phased-in in partnership with the industry. Instead they have chosen to take a chance with people’s livelihood.”

Ontario’s minister of the environment John Gerretsen stated in the announcement that his government had fulfilled its com-mitment to ban the sale and use of cosmetic pesticides in Ontario. “I’m proud to say that, when the ban takes effect on Earth Day, we will have eliminated this unnecessary risk to

our environment, our families, and especially our children.”

There are exceptions for public health or safety reasons such as fighting West Nile Virus, killing stinging insects like wasps, or controlling poison ivy and other plants poi-sonous to the touch. Other exceptions include agriculture, arboriculture and forestry.

The ban takes the place of existing municipal pesticide bylaws in different areas of the province. “It also establishes one clear set of rules, which makes it easier for Ontario businesses to follow,” says the provincial gov-ernment’s press release.

“I am hoping that they see the error of such an extreme approach. We will be there to help when they do,” concluded DiGiovanni.

For additional information, visit www.ene.gov.on.ca/en/land/pesticides/index.php.

Landscape Ontario has created a pamphlet to help members communicate details of the Home Renovation Tax Credit (HRTC) in order that homeowners may maximize the tax credit. Just in time for Canada Blooms, thousands of the brochures were handed out to consumers during the show. The response was tremendous as the public grabbed up the information, many saying they had no idea landscaping qualified for the tax credit.

A copy of the brochure is included in this issue of Horticulture Review. As well, a pdf of the flyer is available online in order that mem-bers may print their own copies. See the end of this article on how to locate the brochure.

To determine the items that qualify for the HRTC, use the statement issued by the federal government: “Any improvement or renovation of an enduring nature to dwelling or the land on which the dwelling sits.” The key word is endur-ing. Landscape Ontario interprets this to mean that the following are considered eligible: • new sod • trees • shrubs • perennials • interlocking driveways • decks • retaining walls • pathways• irrigation and lighting systems • ponds and waterfalls

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Royal Botanical Gardens and Landscape Ontario, ended on a high note with the formation of a steering committee, the National Coalition of the Canadian Garden Experience.

Like the European conference, after which the Canadian Gardens and Tourism Conference was modeled, Gauthier plans for this to also be a biannual event. For regular updates leading to the 2011 conference, visit www.gardensandtourismconference.com.

Carol Cowan sits on the steering committee of the Canadian Gardens and Tourism Conference and is president of Zebra Promotions, a com-pany specializing in horticultural communica-tions, programs and events.

By Carol Cowan

A number of studies have shown that public gar-dens are important tourism products, whether that tourist or visitor comes from around the corner, or from across the world.

To explore this aspect, the Canadian garden and tourism industries came together to discuss what each could do to grow their respective busi-nesses through the inaugural Canadian Gardens and Tourism Conference held in Toronto, coin-ciding with Canada Blooms.

The event was organized by Landscape Ontario, with involvement by VIA Rail, Royal Botanical Gardens, Communities in Bloom, Canada Blooms, Toronto Botanical Garden, the Quebec Gardens Association and the Ontario Ministry of Tourism.

Speakers at the conference represented some of the luminaries of Canada’s garden and tourism industries, as well as three international speakers: Pascal Garbe, director of the European Gardens and Tourism Conference, held biannu-ally in Metz, France, Mary Pat Matheston, direc-tor of the Atlanta Botanical Garden, and Paul Gray, head of commercial events at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew in the U.K.

“I think we could easily double garden tourism numbers in five years,” said conference founder Michel Gauthier, who manages the VIA Rail Garden Route program.

According to Canadian gardening guru and conference co-host Marjorie Harris, “In Canada we have wonderful gardens that rival any in the world, but no one seems to know about them.”

Rogier Gruys from the Canadian Tourism

Work continues to improve garden tourismCommission (CTC) agreed. “You must make gardens front and centre,” he said, “especially as the most recent Travel Activities and Motivation Study states that among affluent mature and senior couples, visits to gardens rank among the top ten things that they want to do while on a pleasure trip.”

The other conference co-host, Alexander Reford, who sits on the board of the CTC and the Quebec Association of Gardens, as well as the director of Les Jardins de Métis, added, “We have a legitimate cultural product and we should aim to become a leading tourism product for the next decade.”

The conference, which couldn’t have happened without the support of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, VIA Rail Canada, the

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The 2009 Niagara Pack Trial and Marketing Innovation Symposium has been canceled. The announcement was made by the Canadian Ornamental Plant Foundation (COPF) and Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, cit-ing the current difficult economic climate.

The pack trial and symposium was held last June through the efforts of both Vineland Research and Innovation Centres and the COPF.

“With the majority of companies in the industry looking to cut costs, we felt this wasn’t the right time to ask exhibitors or attendees to take part in a new event,” says Darlene Brown, director of public relations

Niagara pack trial cancelledand communications, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre. “This is the time to support the industry by offering new marketing ideas, however, it was felt there may be better means to accomplish this and we along with COPF, will be looking for new and creative ways with which to do so.”

“We aimed the Niagara Pack Trials towards attracting U.S. greenhouse industry participants from N.Y., Ohio, Penn., Mich., in addition to Canadian growers and buyers. We intended to make it easy for U.S. participants by locating it not far from Niagara Falls,” said Peggy Walsh Craig, COPF managing director.


Chapter NewsBy Stephanie Smith

It is always nice to see as many members as possible come out to chapter meetings. With the meeting season wrapping up, it was won-derful to see so many participants at these season-ending chapter meetings.

Durham chapter had its Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) meeting on Mar. 3, at the Holiday Inn. There were many members in attendance for this one. In fact, we should have booked a bigger room.

On a side note, we would also like to thank the outgoing president Brian Marsh for

Transportation theme popular at chapter meetings

Once again the tournament season is upon us and we are planning another great selection in your area.

Landscape Ontario chapters raised thou-sands of dollars for some great charities last year, and we are hoping with everyone’s sup-port this year we can do it again. It’s a great way to have fun, network and give to a great cause.

We will kick off the season with the Golden Horseshoe golf tournament on June 24, at the Willow Valley Golf Course. Lunch and dinner are included and there is a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Last year, we sold out, so book early to avoid disappointment!

Our next tournament will be July 17 in the Upper Canada chapter. The course is Briar Fox and tee off is at 10 a.m. Dinner is included in this tournament.

The Toronto chapter tournament is on July

It’s time to start thinking about summer tournaments

all of his hard work and dedication to the chap-ter.

I then travelled to Napanee to visit the Upper Canada chapter during its annual MTO meeting. Once again, we had a great turnout of members and it was nice to see all the new faces. The Upper Canada chapter continues to grow and it is an exciting time to be a part of the group.

The final meeting for the week was the Golden Horseshoe chapter’s meeting con-cerning the MTO. Held at Connons NVK in Dundas, the chapter welcomed ministry offi-cials who provided an onsite inspection.

Special thanks go to Connons NVK for providing the chapter with meeting space, plus a special thanks to all of the staff for their hos-pitality and shuttle service.

We would like to also thank all of the new board members who have become involved with their chapters.

Stephanie Smith is Landscape Ontario’s membership and chapters coordinator. She may be reached at 1-800-265-5656, ext. 354, or [email protected].

23, at a new venue this year, Glen Eagle Golf Course. Tee time is set for 8:30 a.m., followed by steak lunch. Last year we sold out, so this year we are offering a bigger course to accom-modate more golfers! If you missed out last year, get your registration in now.

New this year is a poker tournament for golfers and non-golfers, in conjunction with the Toronto tournament. The Big Boys Toys Garage will hold its first poker tournament and every-one is welcome. So if golf is not your thing, come and try your luck at poker. The fee to enter is $25 and all of the proceeds will go to Sick Kids. The poker tournament will start at 4:30 p.m. and tickets for poker only are avail-able at locc.ca.

Georgian Lakelands chapter will host its golf tournament on Aug. 20 at Innisbrook Golf Club in Barrie. There will be a 12:20 p.m. shot-

gun start. Last year this tournament also sold out, so again book early to avoid disappoint-ment.

Waterloo chapter will host its tournament on Aug. 26th at Grand Valley Golf Course in Cambridge, with shotgun start at 1 p.m.

This tournament is always a sell out, so to avoid disappointment get your registration booked early.

Ottawa chapter will host a golf tourna-ment on Aug. 27 at a new course this year. It will take place at Loch March with a shot-gun start at 1 p.m. Both lunch and dinner are included.

London chapter’s fourth annual tourna-ment will take place on Sept. 11 at the Pine Knot Golf Course. For more information, contact Wendy Harry at 519-488-0818, or [email protected].

The Windsor chapter will host its tourna-ment on Sept. 12 at Fox Glen Golf Club. For more information, contact Wendy Harry as noted above.

There is one more tournament that sells out every year, and that is the Toronto Chapter Baseball Tournament, held on Aug. 16, at Richmond Green Ball Diamond. Enter your team now to avoid disappointment.

To register for any of these coming events, please contact Stephanie Smith at 1-800-265-5656, ext. 354 or e-mail [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you this year!


Keeping your chapter connected

By Welwyn Wong principal designer,Welwyn Wong Landscape Design

As with the Ottawa chapter’s previous high-calibre public presentations, audiences were not disappointed with our choice of guest speaker Julie Moir Messervy. The lecture took place on Feb. 25 at Centrepointe Theatre in Ottawa.

Both her seminar and half-day work-shop were made possible by the generous combined efforts of LO’s Ottawa chapter, the Ottawa Botanical Garden Society and spon-sors. Moir Messervy captured her audience’s attention with pictures of her experiences both growing up and studying in Japan. The audience oohed and aahed over some of the wonderful spaces she has created within her clients’ landscapes, as well as her explana-tion of the J.S. Bach-inspired Toronto Music

Julie Moir Messervy inspires Ottawa Garden.

Attendees Barbara and her friend Linda noted that the pictures of Moir Messervy’s work were the highlights of their evening. She effortlessly simplified garden design into ‘pleasure principles’ intuitively used by designers, explaining how and why using these principles works within a landscape. Those in attendance learned about emotion-al-spatial relationships, dividing them into seven different categories: sea, cave, harbour, promontory, island, mountain and sky. She said that the garden reflects our own life’s journey: as we mature along from infancy to wizened old age, we progress through each of these special experiences as comforting places to experience.

Moir Messervy’s workshop the next day expanded on these archetypes and much more. Design professionals, landscape trades peo-ple, and regular homeowners attended. They

completed a multiple-choice quiz, based on the Meyers-Briggs personality test, in order to discover each person’s ‘inward garden’ style and ‘aesthetic preferences.’ The fun-filled group activity, arranging objects on the circular tables, was a useful tool to abstract the garden components into shapes, colours, and topographical relationships, using any found objects in the room and on our person. Many of the exercises are explained in her new book, Home Outside, which is available online now and will soon also be available in local bookstores.

We thank her for coming to speak at both events, and for making the elusive world of landscape design make sense to the general public. As Tony DiGiovanni expressed at the close of the evening event, “We are all inspired by your lessons.” We designers may “hear the stream with open eyes,” but now the rest of the world gets it.

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Juniperus squamata ‘Blue Star’ 5.00 11.00Juniperus virginiana ‘Grey Owl’ 5.00 11.00Larix laricina 7.00 Microbiota decussata 5.00 11.00Metasequoia glyptostroboides 7.00 11.00Myrica pensylvanica 7.00 Picea abies 7.00 Picea abies ‘Nidiformis’ 5.00 11.00Picea glauca 7.00 Picea glauca ‘Conica’ 11.00Picea pungens ‘Baby Blue’ 13.00Picea glauca ‘Densata’ 7.00 Picea omorika 7.00 Picea pungens kiabob 5.00 7.00 Pieris jap ‘Mountain Fire’ 11.00Pinus mugo mughes 11.00Rhododendron ‘Northern Starburst’ 11.00Rhododendron Aglo(PJM) 11.00Thuja occidentalis 5.00 11.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Brandon’ 5.00 11.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Danica’ 5.00 11.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Hetz Midget’ 5.00 11.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Little Giant’ 5.00 11.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Nigra’ 5.00 11.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Smaragd’ 5.00 11.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Wintergreen’ 5.00 11.00Thuja plicata ‘Spring Grove’ 5.00 Tsuga canadensis 5.00 7.00 11.00Tsuga canadensis ‘Jeddeloh’ 13.50Tsuga canadensis ‘Pendula’ 13.50Taxus cuspidata ‘Aurescens’ 5.00 11.00Taxus cuspidata nana 5.00 Taxus media ‘Densiformis’ 5.00 11.00Taxus media ‘Hicksii’ 5.00 11.00Taxus media ‘Hillii’ 5.00 11.00Taxus media ‘Wardii’ 5.00 Yucca filamentosa 5.00 11.00Yucca flaccida ‘Golden Sword’ 5.00 11.00 Deciduous Shrubs - 1, 2, 3 gal

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Buddleja davidii ‘Royal Red’ 7.00 Buddleja davidii ‘White Profusion 7.00 Berberis thunbergi’Rose Glow’ 6.00 9.50 Betula papyrifera 7.00 Caryopteris cland. ‘Dark Knight’ 7.00 Cephalanthus occidentalis 7.00 Cercis canadensis 7.00 Cercidiphyllum japonicum 7.00 Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Nivalis’ 7.00 Chaenomeles superba’Texas Scarlet 7.00 Clethra alnifolia ‘Paniculatum’ 7.00 Clethra alnifolia ‘Pink Spire’ 7.00 Cornus alternifolia 7.00 8.00Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’ 7.00 Cornus alba ‘Ivory Halo’ 7.45 Cornus alba ‘Sibirica’ 7.00 8.00Cornus amomum 7.00 Cornus kousa chinensis 7.00 Cornus racemosa 7.00 Cornus stolonifera (sericea) 7.00 Cornus stolonifera ‘Bud’s Yellow’ 7.00 Cornus stolonifera ‘Kelseyi’ 7.00 Corylus avelana 7.00 Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’ 16.00 Corylus avellana ‘Red Majestic’ 17.00 Cotinus coggygria’Royal Purple’ 7.00 8.00Cotoneaster acutifolius 7.00 Cotoneaster horizontalis 7.00 Diervilla lonicera 7.00 Deutzia crenata ‘Nikko’ 5.00 7.00 Deutzia gracilis 7.00 Deutzia x ‘Strawberry Field’ 7.00 Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’ 5.00 8.00 9.00Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea’ 7.00 Forsythia X int. ‘Goldtide’ 7.00 Forsythia int.’Lynwood’ 7.00 Forsythia ‘Northern Gold’ 7.00 Forsythia ‘Kumson’ 7.00 Forsythia ovata ‘Ottawa’ 7.00 Hibiscus syr.’White Chiffon’ 5.60 Hydrangea arbor. ‘Annabelle’ 7.00 Hydrangea macroph.’Forever Pink 7.00 Hydrangea macroph.’Nikko Blue’ 7.00 Hydrangea’Endless Summer Blushing 14.00Hydrangea mac.’Endless Summer’ 14.00Hydrangea macroph.’Glowing Embers 7.00 Hydrangea macroph.’Merritt’s Beau 7.00 Hydrangea macr’Princess Beatrix’ 7.00 Hydrangea macroph.’Penny Mac’ 7.30 Hydrangea pan. ‘Grandiflora’ 7.00 Hydrangea pan. ‘Kyushu’ 7.00 Hydrangea pan. ‘Little Lamb’ 7.60 Hydrangea pan.’Limelight’ 7.60 Hydrangea pan.’Pinky Winky’ 7.60 Hydrangea pan. ‘Tardiva’ 7.00 Hydrangea serrata ‘Bluebird’ 7.00 Hydrangea serrata ‘Little Geisha’ 7.60 Hamamelis virginiana 7.00 8.00

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Botanical Name 5 gal priceEvergreens - 5 gal. Chamaecyparis nootk ‘Green Arrow’ 36.00Chamaecyparis nootkatensis’Pendula’ 36.00Juniperus chinensis ‘Spartan’ 19.00Juniperus scop. ‘Blue Haven’ 16.00Larix laricina 17.00Metasequoia glyptostroboides 25.00Metasequoia glyp. ‘Goldrush’ 40.00Picea abies ‘Acrocona’ 35.00Picea glauca ‘Conica’ 28.00Pinus mugo mugo 19.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Brandon’ 19.00Thuja plicata ‘Green Giant’ 19.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Holmstrup’ 19.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Little Giant’ 19.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Nigra’ 19.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Smaragd’ 19.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Wintergreen’ 19.00Tsuga canadensis 33.00 Deciduous Shrubs - 5 gal.Acer palmatum’Bloodgood’ 51.00Acer palmatum ‘Dissectum 51.00Acer palmatum ‘Garnet’ 51.00Acer rubrum 25.00Cercis canadensis 19.00Cotinus coggygria’Royal Purple’ 18.00Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea’ 35.00Hydrangea mac.’Endless Summer’ 21.70Hydrangea pan. ‘Compacta’ 17.00Hydrangea pan. ‘Grandiflora’ 17.00Hydrangea pan. ‘Kyushu’ 17.00Hydrangea pan.’Limelight’ 17.00Magnolia loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’ 25.00Magnolia ‘Susan’ 25.00Magnolia stellata ‘Royal Star’ 25.00Populus tremuloides 16.00Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’ 25.00Spiraea bumalda ‘Flaming Mound’ 13.00Spiraea bumalda ‘Goldflame’ 13.00Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’ 16.00Syringa prestoniae ‘Donald Wyman’ 16.00Syringa pres’James Macfarlane 16.00Tilia cordata 17.00Viburnum ‘Emerald Triumph’ 18.00Viburnum trilobum ‘Compactum’ 16.00 Botanical Name 15 gal priceEvergreens - 15 gal.Chamaecyparis nootkatensis’Pendula’ 49.00Metasequoia glyptostroboides 41.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Brandon’ 41.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Nigra’ 41.00Thuja occidentalis ‘Wintergreen’ 41.00Thuja plicata ‘Spring Grove’ 41.00


As one entered the 13th annual Canada Blooms at the Toronto Convention Centre, the vision presented left no doubt as to the influence of Landscape Ontario on Canada’s largest flower and garden festival.

Held from Mar. 18 to 22, the festival also marked the launch of Landscape Ontario’s new branding initiative Green for Life and the new consumer website (www.landscapeontario.com). Throughout the show, banners, posters, brochures and LO staff sported the new, and quickly becoming well-known, logo.

The new logo was also found on display in the New Product Showcase, Skills Canada competition area, Communities in Bloom exhibit, Sod Growers Association display and LO members exhibiting in Marketplace. All LO member feature gardens also showed the Green for Life plaques, and the logo was dis-played on the celebrity stage every day during seminars. The logo was also in front of every-one through numerous signs, videos, postcards,

Landscape Ontario’s brand evident throughout Canada Blooms

chapter signage. As well, this year LO produced the show

guide included with Garden Inspiration maga-zine. For the first time visitors to the show received the show guide free of charge.

A great deal of media such as TV, radio and print journalists were out in force. Front and centre was the main focus for LO, its fea-ture garden that was created by Tim Kearney CLP and his company Garden Creations of Ottawa. To say the amazing garden received rave reviews would be an understatement. From the fantastic design and flower content, to the giant 40-foot oak tree, the garden defi-nitely had a wow factor. The garden’s theme covered the many community projects that LO chapters are involved in. Each of LO’s nine chapters had a poster displaying its community service projects.

“The crowning glory was to watch the crowds and lineups circle our booth for a chance to be in our special place. It was a place dedi-

cated to all the volunteers in our wonderful association,” says Kearney. See Time Kearney’s perspective on page 20.

The oak tree was the first item of business on the floor, when the crew from PAO Horticultural brought in the giant for placement. It became the centrepiece of the garden. The tree was donated in the name of popular weatherman Dave Devall after he was honoured with an award on Mar. 20. During move-in a serious problem occurred with the quality of sand to construct the gardens. The builders could not use the material that was supplied. On a Saturday night Pat LaManna from Earthco opened his yards and supplied 300 tons of good sand to the show.

Six acres of garden More than 80,000 visitors enjoyed six acres of feature gardens in full bloom, including over 100,000 square feet of green-thumb shopping, 200-plus hours of seminars, workshops and demonstrations, a special children’s garden and

Landscape Ontario promotes chapters to the public at Canada Blooms


highlights such as the Canadian Cancer Society’s Connected Garden and the Grey Power Celebrity Stage,” adds Ginsberg. “Thanks to the tremen-dous support of our sponsors, dedicated staff and volunteers, we continue to be Canada’s largest garden and flower festival and look forward to an even bigger event next year.”

An added attraction at Canada Blooms this year was the new product showcase under the direction of Lorraine Pigeon-Ivanoff, Landscape Ontario’s assistant show manager. A number of companies and products were featured. Overall consumer response to the display gave positive hope to continuing a new product showcase next year.

Pigeon-Ivanoff gave special thanks to Donna Armstrong, coordinator and profes-sor, Lindsay Darjes, technician, Helen Krispis, instructor, and the first year students of the Visual Merchandising Arts Program at Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. Contributions were also received from Manchester Products, CMC Wholesale and Charlie’s Garden Centre, with help from Norm Mills, The Gardenin’ Guy.

City TV’s Breakfast Television featured some of the new products on Wed., Mar. 18 dur-ing the Frankie Flowers segment. Featured were AWS sensor, Indoors and Out’s director chair and Gardena trimmers.

Canada Blooms has grown to become this nation’s premier garden show. The hard work by those involved in the great spring event ensures that status will hold true.

much more.“Each year visitors from Canada and

beyond enjoy the gardens, marketplace and edu-cational features of Canada Blooms,” said Gerry Ginsberg, Canada Blooms general manager. “Again this year, all of the plant and building materials used to create the spectacular gardens of Canada Blooms were reused and recycled following the festival.” The plants and flowers were once again donated to the City of Toronto.

The City of Toronto received approxi-mately 1,000 flowers and plants that went to a number of its long-term care homes so that seniors could also receive a fresh, colour-ful bloom to brighten their day and living environment.

Flowering bulbs, trees and shrubs recov-ered from Canada Blooms will also be added to the outdoor garden at Cummer Lodge and Lakeshore Lodge, providing a safe, accessible, colourful outdoor space for residents, clients, their families and guests to enjoy. In addition, approximately 75 perennial shrubs and trees from Canada Blooms will be maintained at Downsview Park until the weather warms up, and then planted in locations city-wide.

“This year’s proceeds from Canada Blooms will benefit the Toronto Botanical Garden’s children’s programs. These programs fill an essential role in educating and inspiring urban children about the value and beauty of our natural world,” says Ginsberg.

New partnerships“This year we built new partnerships and added

A time and venue change proved successful for LO’s Contractors Group and its annual lec-ture series, held this year in conjunction with Industry Night at Canada Blooms. Landscape architect Real Eguchi spoke on his career, proj-ects, and perspectives on how design works within nature’s larger scheme. Contractor Joe Murgel of Stonetech Corperation connected with his audience by describing how he loves his industry, despite problems with holdbacks, general contractors and downturns.

The Contractors Group extends thanks to sponsors Unilock, Beaver Valley Stone, Eloquip and Dufferin Aggregates.

Great network eventNow in its second year, Industry Night has be come a Canada Blooms tradition. Its purpose:

Industry Night is now a Canada Blooms tradition

to recognize and celebrate the essential role our green industry plays in the festival.

A wine and cheese reception, sponsored by Sinclair Cockburn and Ariens, kicked the night off. LO executive director Tony DiGiovanni spoke on the association’s Green for Life initiative and Canada Blooms general manager Gerry Ginsberg graciously thanked the many volunteers and staffers who make Canada Blooms possible. A highlight of his presentation was the announcement of a spe-cial award for former LO president David Turnbull, who has contributed to the smooth operation of Blooms for years, and is now retiring his post. Ginsberg closed the evening by presenting feature garden awards to the many dedicated and deserving builders.


It is truly difficult to put into words the energy that develops when people bring their abilities together to create something special. This unique feeling began to develop as soon as the idea of building LO’s booth entered my mind.

We all know that Canada Blooms is our industry’s best exposure to the consumer. Over the last dozen or so years, many volunteers, companies and individuals believed in the brand that has become Canada Blooms. It may not be well publicized, but many of us outside the GTA region also believe in the brand. In fact, we want

Tim Kearney reflects on creating LO’s garden for Canada Blooms

it to grow and prosper right across our province and our country.

Time to step upThis is why I thought it was time that those who criticize the lack of Landscape Ontario presence should step forward and help. Many clichés come to mind, including “put your money where your mouth is,” and, “Ask not what Canada Blooms will do for you, but what you can do for Canada Blooms!”

I was one of the most outspoken. It was mainly due to a passion for the industry and what I saw as missed opportunities to promote every-thing that we stand for. I especially felt that the volunteer work many of our chapter members willingly donate to their communities received little fanfare. Of course, our industry always acknowledges its own, but does the general pub-lic understand it? I sense not. This was my goal to change that.

After discussing this with my staff, their eyes lit up and within minutes the answer was to go for it. Our own Stephanie Scott unleashed her passionate design ideas and visionary skills. Within a day or two, I was receiving drafts of what the garden could look like.

From there, my job was to sit back and enjoy the process of members working together to achieve a unified vision. This coupled with a most opportune unveiling of our wonderful branding initiative, all the ingredients were there to ensure success.

It is embarrassing for me to receive the

praise for what we as a group achieved. Because, without so many dance partners this would not have been possible.

You needed to have Canada Blooms and Landscape Ontario willing to have this contrac-tor from Ottawa do his thing in prime real estate at the entrance to the show.

I needed my staff to know the high level that was expected and the amount of planning and re-planning necessary to ensure this could be done in a short time.

Fabulous helpI needed and received fabulous help and advice from our own head office staff, including Kristen McIntyre, Denis Flanagan, and of course the entire branding team of Lee Ann Knudsen, Robert Ellidge, Darren Bosch and Ian Service.

You need companies like PAO Horticultural to step up and provide the most dramatic of impact pieces, our history, our roots and our strength…our wonderful oak.

You need the Permacons, Fossil Landscapes, Moonstruck Landscape Lighting and Peter Bosman to provide thousands of dollars of prod-uct and time to help us do this within a budget.

You need staff members to work ‘til mid-night to make sure all is ready and on schedule.

You need volunteers from as far away as Ottawa and Windsor, to local apprenticeship stu-dents from Humber and Kemptville who quickly took ownership of “their profession” and will-ingly and professionally helped.

There were many sleepless nights, heated

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arguments and frustrating hiccups that raised the stress level of everyone. The funny thing is the only common denominator not in jeopardy throughout the process was the desire to create a special showpiece.

There was the lousy air, of which we all complained. There were the head colds that everyone got (some worse than others), but no one complained about. How could you complain when testament to our being was proudly dis-played as testimonials to the many community events in which we participate?

And then of course, the crowning glory was to watch the crowds and lineups circle our booth for a chance to be in our special place. It was a place which is dedicated to all the volunteers in our wonderful association.

A place where a nice person like Vanessa Howarth could still be with us, despite being taken away from us …volunteering!

A place where Beth Edney can invite you into her “kitchen” for a bite to eat, while work-ing countless hours on her booth and still help everyone else.

The moral of the story is there is phenom-enal esprit de corps within our ranks when peo-ple believe in what you do. I believe now that many more people “get it” and that momentum has been created and that we should all be proud of this.

I also believe we don’t talk enough and

communicate enough. Instead, it is easier to criticize from the sidelines, instead of trying to make a difference. Believe me, it is a hell of a lot more fun to help than to throw mud.

Remuneration comes in different ways. No amount of money can pay for the smiles of elderly enjoying the flowers, or couples pen-sively reading the various community work dis-plays or watching video in our booth.

You can’t pay me enough compared to when a student thanks me for the opportunity and says they thought it was “really cool,” and

they were going to come back when the show was open and bring their parents.

So instead of thanking me, look around and thank all the volunteers who year in and year out give of their time and make things better…for all of us.

Respectfully,Tim Kearney CLPGarden Creations of Ottawa

A big thank you goes to all the dedicated and hard working individuals who helped to make the Landscape Ontario’s feature gar-den at Canada Blooms, Green for Life, such a great success.

From the builders who worked long and dirty hours, to the people staffing the busy garden display during the event, to the tireless workers helping take it all apart again and put it away.

Volunteers: Garden Creations of Ottawa, Tim Kearney and his staff: Jeff Scott, Stephanie Scott, Ryan Kearney, Tim O’Brien, Jason Robinson, Tim Scullion, Lynda Blackburn, Nathan Armstrong, Lindsay Ross, Todd Pugh, Chris Kuhn, Cynthia Burns, Ryan Kelly, Will Loudon.

Sponsors: Sonja Hirsig, Norm Mills, Diana Cassidy-Bush, Rob Windle, Adam Hellyer, Marianne Schmitz, Rohan Harrison, Walter Hasselman, Neil Bouma, Elaine Bouma, Paul DeGroot, Michael LaPorte, Cory Hendricks, Pam McCormick, Natalie Hunt, Dennis DelVecchio, Nick

Many help create LO’s gardenSolty, Terry Kowalski, Fiona Penn Zieba, Mark Poloniato, George Urvari, Natallie Hunt, Kim Hendriks.

Donors: Bosman Homefront, Camilla House Import, Connon Nurseries, NVK Holdings, Fossil Landscapes, Humber College Apprentice Program, Kemptville College Apprenticeship Program, Moonstruck Landscape Lighting, PAO Associates, Permacon Group, RJ Rogers Landscaping, University of Guelph Trial Gardens.

Apprenticeship Students: Simon Barnes, Adam Bonin, Nadia Cantelmo, Lisa Cassidy, Sabryna Curran, Adrian Foekens, James Groenwold, Adam Henderson, Sherri Hornsey, Jordan Hulzebosch, Colin Johnston, Ryan Judd, David Juhasz, Jeremy Lahie, Cesar Silva, Greg Sullivan, Andel Van, Robert Veevers.

Also, a big thank you goes to everyone who contributed to all of the other various Landscape Ontario displays, as well as LO and Canada Blooms staff.

Well-known weatherman Dave Devall received a special presentation at Canada Blooms from Landscape Ontario. He is shown on left with Mark Cullen.

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The S.G. Ulbright Award for Outstanding Garden, Medium SizeRonald Holbrook & Associates Landscape Architects Inc.& Royalty Landscaping Garden Sponsor: Canadian Cancer Society

The Gordon A. MacEachern Award for Outstanding Garden, Large SizeHumber College Landscape Technician Program Garden Sponsor: Heart & Stroke Foundation

Outstanding Interpretation of the Show Theme “A Celebration of Canadian Talent”City of Toronto

Outstanding Use of Artistic Elements in a GardenLandscapes by Lucin

Outstanding Representation of Sponsor RequirementsAllweather Landscape Co. Ltd.Sponsor: The Home Depot

Most Imaginative Garden DesignGardens for Living Inc.

The Environmental Awardb sq. landscape design studio

Outstanding Use of TreesD.A.Gracey & Associates Ltd.

Outstanding Use of Annuals and/or PerennialsHumber College Landscape Technician Program Sponsor: Heart & Stroke Foundation

Winning gardens at Canada BloomsThe Laguna Water Garden Award for Outstanding Use of WaterSimple Solutions Landscaping

Outstanding Use of Natural StoneNear NorthOutstanding Use of Pre-Cast Pavers Jodi M. Liptrot Landscape Design & Stone-Link

Outstanding Use of StructureElite Environments Inc.

Outstanding Use of WalkwaysBeth Edney, CLD & Creative Impressions Landscaping Ltd.

Outstanding Outdoor Living SpaceBe-Leaf! Landscape Design & MCP Landscape Contractors

Outstanding Outdoor Entertainment AreaGarden Creations of Ottawa Ltd. Garden Sponsor: Landscape Ontario

Universal Access AwardGardens for Living Inc.

The Garden Club of Toronto Award for Best Overall Use of ColourCity of Toronto

The W.E. Bridgeman Award for Best Overall Use of Hard Landscape ElementsRonald Holbrook & Associates Landscape Architects Inc.& Royalty Landscaping Garden Sponsor: Canadian Cancer Society

The Humber Nurseries Award for Best Overall Use of Plant MaterialGarden Creations of Ottawa Garden Sponsor: Landscape Ontario

The 2009 Canada Blooms Awards Judges:

Haig Seferian, principal, Seferian Design GroupJeff McMann, Landscape Ontario Awards of Excellence/CNLA/CIB JudgeReal Eguchi, principal architect, Eguchi & AssociatesTom Sparling, professor meritus, Ryerson UniversityAlistair Johnston associate with Strybos Barron King Ltd. Liz Klose – CNLA Ron Koudys – Landscape Ontario Designers Group Arnis Budrevics president, OALA Maryam Siddiqi, The National Post

The Leslie L. Solty Memorial Award for Best Overall Creativity in Garden DesignGardens for Living Inc.

The Landscape Ontario Award for Best Overall Quality of WorkmanshipDr. Landscape Inc.

The Canada Blooms Judges’ Choice Award for Best Overall GardenHONOURABLE MENTIOND.A.Gracey & Associates Ltd.

The Canada Blooms Judges’ Choice Award for Best Overall GardenRonald Holbrook & Associates Landscape Architects Inc.& Royalty LandscapingGarden Sponsor: Canadian Cancer Society

Ontario Association of Landscape Architects (OALA) Award of Distinction Ronald Holbrook & Associates Landscape Architects Inc.

The Certified Landscape Designer Awards for Outstanding Garden DesignBeth Edney, CLD and Dr. Landscape Inc.

The People’s Choice Award for Favourite Garden 2009Humber College Landscape Technician ProgramGarden Sponsor: Heart & Stroke Foundation

Plant suppliers: Braun Nursery, Brookdale Treeland Nurseries, Canadale Nurseries, Centennial Park Conservatory, Connon Nurseries AVK Nursery Holdings, Connon Nurseries Neil Vanderkruk Holdings, Flowers Canada, Foxwood Greenhouses, JM Peeters Nurseries, K and K Greenhouses, Kobes Nurseries, Maple Leaf Nurseries, Nursery Sod Growers Association of Ontario, Orchard Park Growers, Palace Perennials by Sipkens Nurseries, Pioneer Flower Farms, Seaway Farms, Sheridan Nurseries, Turtle’s Nursery, Yoder Canada

Canada Blooms thanks the following suppliers for donations of material for the gardens, and the equipment to build them.

Equipment and material suppliers: Albion Rental, Battlefield Equipment Rentals, Beaver Valley Stone, Champion/Volvo Construction Equipment, ClubLink Corp., Dufferin Aggregates, Ford New Holland, GreenTractors.ca, Gro-Bark (Ontario), Hewitt Material Handling, Indoors and Out, Ironco Equipment Sales and Rentals, JCB Utility Construction Equipment, Komatsu Canada, Kubota/B.E. Larkin Equipment, Matthews Equipment, M.K. Rittenhouse and Sons, Moonstruck Landscape Lighting, Nortrax, Ryder Lift Trucks, Swanston Equipment, Toromont Cat, Unilock, United Rentals of Canada, Walker Equipment


A pioneer of the landscaping industry was hon-oured posthumously by the Hamilton-Halton Construction Association, naming Joseph DeLuca as the recipient of the 2009 Construction Hall of Fame Award.

Bill DeLuca accepted the honour at the association’s AGM in February on behalf of the family. Joseph DeLuca passed away on July 7, 2007.

Joe DeLuca began his landscaping career

Memory of Joseph DeLuca honoured with hall of fame induction

in 1952. It was noted at the induction ceremony that he nurtured his admiration for the land into one of the largest landscaping contractors in North America, Aldershot Landscaping. Many of DeLuca’s innovations changed the face of land-scaping. Over the years he won many awards and accolades for his innovative designs and atten-tion to detail.

In the mid-1950s, landscaping was predom-inantly sod and a walkway, with a patio for good measure. “Joe DeLuca’s early designs helped change all that. He would use moss covered rocks and the best materials in his early work on some of Burlington’s finest homes,” stated the short history presented at the ceremony.

Aldershot Landscaping was also a pioneer in engaging landscape architects and designers for its projects. Under Joe’s leadership, the firm grew from a maintenance company to large scale design and construction management business, throughout Ontario and Quebec.

When Joe DeLuca was well past the age of retirement, it was common to see him traveling to project sites to ensure the job was up to his

standard. He would not allow a project to be con-sidered complete, until he saw each imperfection corrected.

“For 55 years he operated a company whose success is built on quality and performance. From hard working parents, he learned the value of effort, along with the benefit of a kind word. He came to love the land and echo that love in his work. We welcome Joseph DeLuca into the Construction Hall of Fame as an example of the spirit of our construction industry,” were the words that officially inducted Joseph DeLuca into the hall of fame.

The company and family have been involved with Landscape Ontario for many years. In 1994, Joe DeLuca was one of only four people to receive the Landscape Heritage Award for creating a legacy of excellence that positively influenced the profession.

The Hamilton-Halton Construction Association initiated the Construction Hall of Fame to recognize excellence of service to build-ing, to the construction community, to its asso-ciations, and to the community.

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For the 44th consecutive year, the IPM Symposia provided members of the green industry with up-to-date information on the latest research, prod-ucts, ideas and strategies, including reports from OMAFRA and the MOE.

Issues in 2009 are quite a bit different than those found back in 1965. Today’s industry must cope with the province-wide pesticide ban that takes effect on Apr. 22 this year. Attendance at the IPM symposia in Ottawa, London, Barrie and Toronto were all up over 20 per cent from

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Landscape Ontario is pleased to welcome its newest staff member, Francesco Pacelli, who has filled the position of nursery technical analyst.

Pacelli has an Honours Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences Studies and Technology degree from the University of Naples (Italy), which is recognized by the University of Toronto as a Bachelor of Science, with a Specialization in Agriculture. He successfully completed the Arboriculture Course, which included arbori-culture, greenhouse management, soils and plant growth, at the University of Guelph.

In Italy, Pacelli worked as a research tech-nician for the University of Naples. He has also worked as a nursery consultant on plant disease, insect control and fertilizer recommendations.

Pacelli moved to Canada four years ago and worked for Kraus Nurseries, where he was responsible for the pesticide management pro-gram. His duties there required him to be in constant contact with CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) regarding policies and pro-cedures for pest control and plant movement.

In his new role as nursery technical analyst, Pacelli will help nurseries to become certified under the Domestic Phytosanitary Certification Program (DPCP) by providing assistance in manual writing or review and implementa-tion processes as required. An important part of Pacelli’s duties will be the development of programs and communications to assist growers interpret, understand and respond to government policies along with interact-ing with Rita Weerdenburg, grower manager at CNLA. To reach Pacelli, contact Landscape Ontario at 1-888-211-5606, ext. 2377, or e-mail [email protected].

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last year. “The focus of the symposia this year was

not what we can’t do, but what we can do when it comes to the dealing with the pesticide ban,” said LO’s conference coordinator Ken Tomihiro.

IPM has always been about good plant management through nutrition and plant health, and preventing problems from occurring. That continued this year with an impressive list of guest speakers at all four symposia.

There was a total of 760 registrants at the

four symposia. Speakers included Violet Van Wassenaer, Ministry of the Environment, Evan Elford, University of Guelph, Pam Charbonneau, turfgrass specialist with OMAFRA, Jennifer Llewellyn, nursery crop specialist with OMAFRA, Ann-Marie Cooper of Plant Products, Jeff Gabric of Becker Underwood, Stacey Hickman of Natural Insect Control, Cathy Wall of Quality Seeds, Ken Pavely of Dol Turf, John Wright of Wright Lawncare Service, Joe Uyenaka of Cargill, Tim Cradduck of Turf Revolution, Jeff Watson of Sarritor and Doug Hubble of Agrium Advanced Technologies. The program’s sponsor was Turf Revolution.


HORT PROTECT

By Darren Rodrigues National programs manager

If you’re like most people in Ontario, you are probably not familiar with the accident benefit entitlements under your auto insur-

ance policy. You likely haven’t read your insur-ance policy recently, and maybe not at all.

When people think of auto insurance, it usually brings to mind physical damage to their car, or liability insurance in case they are sued. What many don’t immediately con-sider are the benefits

available if they are injured in an accident. Every auto insurance policy in Ontario

has mandatory accident benefits coverage set out in the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (also known as SABS). Coverage pays medical and even funeral expenses for you, members of your family and passengers in the event of an auto accident, regardless of who caused the accident. Mandatory first party accident ben-efits provide injured parties with a basic level of treatment and care, also regardless of fault. The operative word here is basic.

It is important to note that you may also purchase optional benefits to fit your specific situation and income needs. Many people buy additional protection beyond the mandatory coverage, including extra income replacement, protection against additional medical and reha-bilitation costs, larger death benefits and infla-tion coverage among others.

Here is what is included in a standard policy, with optional benefits noted in italics: • Medical/rehabilitation and attendant

care benefits provide up to $100,000 over a period of 10 years for medical/rehabilitation expenses. If your injury is serious enough to be termed catastrophic, under the SABS, this benefit increases to $1 million over a lifetime. The standard maximum for attendant care is $72,000. You may buy optional benefits, which will cover up to $1,172,000 in additional medical, rehabilitation and attendant care expenses, and up to $3 million for catastrophic injuries.

• Income replacement benefits are available after a seven-day waiting period. You

Darren Rodrigues

Do you know your automobile insurance benefits?

can receive up to 80 per cent of your net weekly income. This benefit is normally capped at $400 per week, but there is an option to increase this amount in your policy up to $1,000 per week.

• Funeral and death benefits are paid if an insured dies as a result of an accident. The insurer may be required to pay funeral expenses to a maximum of $6,000 and a sum of $25,000 to a spouse or dependants. If the insured was a dependant, there is a $10,000 benefit for the person the insured was dependant upon. If you buy optional benefits, you can increase these amounts to $50,000 to your eligible spouse, $20,000 for each dependant and $8,000 for funeral expenses.

• Caregiver benefits are paid if you need to hire someone to care for your dependants. The standard maximum amount for caregiver benefits is $250 per week for one dependant, plus $50 per week for each additional dependant. If you buy optional benefits, the coverage increases to $325 per week for one dependant, plus $75 per week for each additional dependant.

For many, the standard benefits available are not enough if they are injured in an acci-dent. Take income replacement, for example: If you operate your own business and/or are

the sole provider for a family, the $400 per week is clearly insufficient to meet expense needs. The income replacement benefit is often increased for self-employed professionals and trade contractors.

Similarly, for medical/rehab benefits the maximum amounts of $100,000 for less seri-ous injuries or $1 million for catastrophic impairments sound like a lot of money. But you would be surprised how quickly health care costs can eat away at these sums. For no-fault benefits, very specific criteria are set out to help determine whether a person is cata-strophically impaired. This typically means that individual impairments must add up to 55 per cent of ‘whole person impairment’ as interpreted through the American Medical Association’s Guide to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment.

The bottom line is that you could have a serious injury that is not deemed a catastrophic impairment, but still requires extensive medi-cal care. That means accident benefits are capped at $100,000. Given the expenses asso-ciated with modern health care and rehabilita-tion, some consumers choose to increase this benefit.

You have many choices when buying auto insurance. All of these options, and your deductibles, will have an effect on the cost of your policy. Don’t let a lack of information keep you from ensuring that you have the coverage you need. If you have questions, give us a call at Sinclair Cockburn Financial Group. We can discuss your options and give you the informa-tion you need to make the right choice.

Darren Rodrigues of Sinclair Cockburn can be reached by phone at 416-494-9883, or by e-mail at [email protected].

“What many don’t immediately consider

are the benefits available if they are

injured in an accident.”


ideal for the hatching and development of leatherjackets. We have not been completely successful in determining the appropriate nematode species for leatherjacket control. It would appear that the best timing is in the fall when the leatherjackets are young and small. The complication is that at that stage, they don’t live or feed in the thatch or soil, but at the very top of the thatch in amongst the leaf blades. This makes it difficult to target them with nematodes that usually reside in the soil and are susceptible to ultraviolet light, if not watered in. We will do some trials in the fall with various nematodes species, rates and tim-ing as well as looking at surfactants to allow the nematodes to hold on the plant for a long enough period of time to infect the small leath-erjacket larvae.

On the subject of leatherjackets, in spring 2007 it was confirmed that there was a new species of crane fly in Ontario. It is the com-mon crane fly, Tipula oleracea. It is thought to have two generations per year in this area. Adults fly in May and again in September, unlike the European crane fly where adults fly only in September. We are interested in find-ing out more about this new species of crane fly. We are asking for the assistance of golf courses, lawncare companies and sod farmers in Ontario. If you see adult crane flies flying during the month of May, I would appreciate if you would contact me by phone at 519-824-4120, ext. 52597, or by e-mail at [email protected]. I would like to collect samples and identify them to see exactly where in Ontario this new species currently exists.

Here is wishing you good luck in the upcoming season with the new legislation.

By Pam CharbonneauOMAFRA turf specialist

It is a watershed moment in Ontario’s turf industry with the Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act taking effect on April 22, 2009. It is

no longer business as usual in the turf indus-try. It also influences what I can recommend in this column. OMAFRA remains committed to helping identify solutions to your pest manage-ment problems that will fit into the biopesti-cide category that has been designated for use on home lawns and gardens in Ontario. Use of good cultural practices, fertilization, irriga-tion, mowing, aeration, overseeding and top-dressing will be more critical than ever to help customers maintain healthy lawns. Managing expectations in the event of insect and weed infestations is going to be a necessary, yet tricky business.

Snow mould damage is widespreadThe snow melt in early March gave a clear indication of the extent of the turf damage that occurred under the snow. There is a lot of pink snow mould to deal with and a touch of grey snow mould. Many winters only result in snow mould in the areas where snow is mounded, as a result of plowing streets and shoveling drive-ways. This spring the snow mould damage is much more widespread than in the past, due to the very prolonged period of snow cover.

The recommendation to deal with the snow mould scars has not changed over time. Also, as usual, the damage is most often super-ficial, or on the leaves, only with usually no crown (or permanent) damage to the grass.

OMAFRA TURF REPORT

A watershed moment in turf industryRake the damaged areas to encourage them to dry out and apply a light application of fertilizer to encourage the grass plants to grow quickly

and replace the dead leaves with new ones.The extremely wet season last summer

and fall meant that there was not a lot of evi-dence of European chafer damage in the late summer and early fall. This could change rap-idly this spring when the mammals and birds that prey on grubs start to become active. The axiom for spring control of grubs with insecti-cides holds true for spring control of grubs with nematodes: don’t bother. Do make a note of customers who do have grub damage and order your nematodes in advance. The ideal timing for applying entomopathogenic nematodes for grub control is in mid- to late-August and early September at the latest. Water before applica-tion and water after application and preferably apply the nematodes on a cloudy day or in the evening or early morning. The Heterohrabditis bacteriaphora (Hb) species or a combination of Hb and Steinernema carpocapse seem to work best.

Leatherjackets had ideal conditionsBack in the fall, conditions were absolutely

“Managing expectations in the event of insect

and weed infestations is going to be a necessary,

yet tricky, business.”


By Rob KennaleyMcLauchlin & Associates

Last month, we discussed how contractors, subcontractors and suppliers can bet-ter protect themselves in poor economic

times by being more diligent and aware of risk in negotiating con-tracts and dealing with changes in the work. This month, we will discuss how contractors, subcontractors and sup-pliers can better manage the risk of non-payment when problems begin to arise on a project.

First, suppliers of services or materials to construction projects should take care to properly document site activi-ties and communications. If a project faces cost overruns, or if someone above you in the con-struction pyramid can’t pay, it is not for those who owe to grab hold of any argument they can to justify non-payment. Properly documenting your file and responding to issues as they arise, in writing, will assist you to some extent, by remov-ing some of the arguments that might be made against you and by making it more difficult for the other side to prove allegations.

Secondly, participants on a construction project should keep their ears close to the ground and be on the lookout for signs that problems may be developing, either above them or below them in the construction pyramid. Problems which arise above you in the contractual chain are, of course, problematic because these problems might result an interruption in the flow of funds. Problems that arise below you in the pyramid, however, can be equally troublesome. They can result in trades beneath you stopping work for non-payment, associated delays (for which you may be held responsible) and the registration or delivery of claims for lien which will themselves stop the flow of funds from the owner on down.

Pay attention to job sitePaying closer attention to what happens on job sites might involve the principals of your com-pany attending on-site more often. It might also involve asking questions of other trades to deter-mine if they are getting paid, or if their schedules are being met. Paying attention to schedul-

our claims for lien before the homes in question are turned over to the ultimate purchaser. Again, these issues have been covered in more detail in previous articles.

We must also be careful to meet our own obligations in relation to the construction hold-back and the construction trust. In these economic times, if the flow of funds down the pyramid sud-denly stops, we can face significant problems if those beneath us in the pyramid remain unpaid. This is particularly so if we have not retained holdback when we should have, or if we have uti-lized funds previously received in relation to the project without paying those beneath us who are owed money for their services or materials.

Robert Kennaley is a former landscape design build contractor and an honourary member of Landscape Ontario. He can be reached at 416-368-2555, or at [email protected]. This material is for information purposes and is not intended to provide legal advice.

LEGAL ISSUES

Rob Kennaley

Risk management during an economic downturn: Part Two

ing issues, in particular, can be important. If a project is significantly delayed, problems will often arise.

One way to obtain comfort that those beneath you in the construction pyramid are get-ting paid, is to obtain statutory declarations from those you pay for ongoing services and materi-als. These standard statutory declarations, which are commonly used on most non-residential projects, require payees to swear that the funds they received on the last progress draw were distributed to those below, such that everyone below is paid up-to-date. This provides some comfort (though no guarantee) that a problem with unpaid trades is not festering further down the contract chain.

In good times, when the person we contract with tells us that our money is coming from higher up the food chain, we often agree to co-operate and keep working. In uncertain economic times, however, this becomes increasingly risky. One option is to ask the person who owes us to give a direction as to the person who owes him. We can then approach that person and confirm both the money that is owed and that the direction will be honoured. In this way, particularly where the higher up appears solvent and credible, we can have better comfort that we will be paid.

Timing is importantWe can also utilize options to put pressure on those who owe us funds. These options include the use of the written notice of a claim for lien, the preservation of lien, letters in relation to con-struction trust obligations and notices in relation to labour and material payment bonds. These issues have been discussed in previous articles, and we will not repeat them here. Suffice to say, that in difficult economic times the earlier you exert these types of pressures the more impact they might have.

It is also, of course, important that we not let limitation periods expire in relation to remedies. We must know what our contractual obligations are in relation to the claims we wish to make and we must know how our 45-day time period for lien preservation is to be calculated and when that period will expire. As well, we must know if a certificate of substantial performance has been, or is to be, published and we should be aware if a labour material payment bond exists. If we are working on condominium, townhouse or subdi-vision projects, we must be careful to preserve


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By Jacki Hart CLPprosperity partners program manager

Well folks, it’s that time of year again. The snow has disappeared (unless you are in Muskoka, or points north!),

the trucks are warmed up and ready, staff is hired and in training (right?) and you probably have sweaty palms regard-less of the temperature outside.

For me April has always been bittersweet. It’s traditionally a tug-of-war between the frustrations and stress of running my business,

and my passion for plant health care, design and creating beauty for my clients to enjoy.

Winter is over. The birds are back, and the grass is greening up. And, there’s that darn phone ringing off the hook. Endless questions are fired at me from all directions. There are rarely enough hours in the day to get it all done, yet the plants are waking, the earth smells wonderful and spring bulbs smile back at every glance.

It’s the time of year when many of us qui-etly mutter, “Why didn’t I work on fixing this or that last winter? I should have…., I meant to……, Oh no, here we go again…..”

If you have sweaty palms, anxious nights, stressful days and are living the same tug between

lower priority than other duties. The Prosperity Partners seminar taught me to see where I have blind spots in this area, and how to better fill the gaps. Compliance at 100 per cent is very difficult for a small operation. We are very good, but the paper trails can be enormous.

Q. What stuck with you the most from the PP introductory seminar?

A. It helped me identify my strengths and weaknesses. This seminar, thankfully, is not a one-size-fits-all approach. It is designed so that everyone in the room can apply the tools to their respective business in a relevant way. Sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees. This seminar helps you identify your blind spots and make sense of what’s going well and not so well with excellent clarity. Once you are clearer on where you need improvement, you may better focus on those areas.

Q. How have you been able to apply the things you learned in the Prosperity Partners seminar to improve your business?

A. Knowing that I am weak in the management area, I used some of the suggestions in the seminar, and started to track independent parts of our operation. One example is that we started tracking onsite time versus travel and non-productive time. It sounds simple, but what an eye-opener. Without this revelation from the seminar, I wouldn’t have seen where I can tighten up operations and procedures in order to minimize wage costs and down time.

Q. What are your next steps in the business, and did the program help clarify them for you?

A. Yes, the program definitely clarified what is needed in the near future in order for me to gain better balance and sensible growth. The next steps for me include improving, streamlining and simplifying some of our processes in the day-to-day operations. We are no longer a two- to three-person operation. Now I can see the value in adapting differently to our growth and changing resources.

To arrange a Prosperity Partners seminar in your local Landscape Ontario chapter, please contact me at [email protected].

PROSPERITY PARTNERS

Jacki Hart

April can be a time of anxiety passion about your business, and exhaustion from what it takes, there is a solution.

This month, I’m sharing another experience from someone who took the Prosperity Partners introductory seminar. Mike Hayes, a certified arborist, has been in business for 19 years, per-forming tree care, removals and consulting. His company, AllGreen Tree Service, covers an area which includes Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph and the Cambridge area, including Elmira, Elora and Fergus. He employs nine to 10 people in peak season, including his office staff.

Mike and I chatted at length about the chal-lenges of running a growing business, and the challenges which are common to so many across the green industry. He shares with you here, the clarity he defined about his business through the Prosperity Partners seminar process, and the con-fidence he has gained by moving forward effec-tively through the next few years:Q. What are the Core Values and Vision of

your business?A. Our core values are summed up by saying:

“Quality Work with a safe and enjoyable work environment. The vision of AllGreen Tree Service is to be considered THE tree service in the area by our clients and our staff.”

Q. What are the things that keep you up at night?

A. Finances and compliance. Finances are extremely important, but are far from my favourite part of the job. I usually give it a

AllGreen Tree Service is putting lessons learned in Prosperity Partners to work.


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