Landscape Trades Magazine - Landscape Ontario

May 2024

Previous Issues

Green Pencil

Designing and building a better world

By Kali Pearson

For our annual design/build issue, we’re celebrating this magic, as well as sharing ideas on how landscape professionals in any sector of the industry can help their businesses thrive.

LT Picks

LT Picks: Design inspiration

We're sharing some of our favourite sources of design inspiration for our design/build issue.

Newsscape

Soil scientist wins 2023 Steacie Prize

Dr. Asim Biswas, a professor in the School of Environmental Sciences within the Ontario Agricultural College at the University of Guelph, has been awarded the 2023 Steacie Prize, one of Canada’s most prestigious awards for researchers 40 years old or younger.

Landscaping for wildfire resilience

Landscapers are reminded that spring is a great time to brush up on wildfire resistant landscaping.

A BOLD approach

The distributor formerly known for selling in-lite products has taken manufacturing in house to create a new company called BOLD.

Niagara student first Canadian ever invited to international garden show

Elissa Astorino, a third-year student at Niagara Parks School of Horticulture in Niagara Falls, Ont., recently attended the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. Astorino is the first-ever Canadian garden designer to be invited to participate.

Caterpillar event supports women in construction

Caterpillar’s first Women in Construction Celebration took place this spring in Clayton, N.C. It was a chance for women in the industry to learn and put their skills to the test.

Bobcat recognized for innovation

Bobcat has been recognized as one of Fast Company’s 2024 Most Innovative Companies.

Report looks at urban greenness

Statistics Canada has released a new report, delving into how “green” Canadian cities are.

Feature

How Canadians are bringing a Dutch idea to life

By Karina Sinclair

Woonerf is a Dutch word that roughly translates to “living street.” Historically, streets have served as bustling social hubs, but the boom of motorized traffic pushed people to the edges of these avenues. To restore community interaction and safety — creating spaces where people can meet, pedestrians and cyclists can move around freely and children can play safely — the woonerf concept emerged in the Netherlands in the late 1960s and gained traction worldwide.

Woonerf

Building a woonerf requires a landscaper or landscape architect to collaborate with many stakeholders.

Accessibility in the landscape

By Bayley Quinn, MSCPT

Five tips for everyone to feel welcome

Shake it up

Four fresh ideas to bring in new business for landscape designers and nurseries

Picture Perfect

By Karina Sinclair

Building your portfolio with professional photography and DIY techniques

Preventing crime through environmental design

By Karina Sinclair

Imagine a world where the landscape design of our neighbourhoods and public spaces serve as a shield against crime. This is the essence of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, a movement that underscores the pivotal role landscape professionals, together with law enforcement, have in shaping secure and resilient environments.

Art Of Gardening

Influencing invasives

By Art Vanden Enden

The horticultural industry has long prided itself as being a ‘green’ industry. We can use the word ‘green’ to describe much of what we do. We provide plants and related products to home gardeners, grow plants, design, install and maintain landscapes, as well as promote green living in our communities. This is particularly important when considering the issue of invasive species.

Growing Your Business

An open book

By Ryan Markewich

Empower business growth and your workforcewith this management system.

Internet Of Nature

Every landscape has a soundscape

By Dr. Nadina Galle

Imagine walking into your neighborhood park. What do you see? What do you smell? What can you touch? And what do you hear? Birds chirping, leaves rustling in the wind and the distant hum of city life. This rich tapestry of sensory experiences, or “soundscape,” forms the backdrop against which Dr. Mike Edwards, co-founder of Sound Matters together with Harry Coade, invites us to reconsider our relationship with sound.

CNLA

Plant hardiness zone maps are not created equal

By Jamie Aalbers

Plant hardiness zone maps are an important tool when determining what plants can be included in a landscape. But plant hardiness maps in Canada and the U.S. are not created using the same criteria and as such cannot be used interchangeably.

International Garden Centre Association visits South Africa

Twenty-three delegates from 11 countries visited Cape Town, South Africa, from Feb. 18-21 for annual administrators meetings for the International Garden Centre Association.

CNLA and COHA present to the Canadian Senate

On Feb. 13, Alan White from the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association and Phil Paxton from the Canadian Ornamental Horticulture Alliance presented to the Canadian Senate Standing Committee for Agriculture and Forestry.

Marketing grant opportunity for CNLA members

The Plants Love You campaign is a sustainable, environmental approach to marketing products for health and environmental benefits.

New Products

New products: May 2024

Using top-quality tools and materials can help elevate your projects from average to award-winning. Some of these new products might be just what you need to get through the dog days of summer.

Mentor Moment

AI: Just one more tool in the tool box

With Artificial Intelligence emerging in all sectors, Sara Bendrick shares her perspectives on working with technology, where it might be helpful and what it can’t replace.