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Durham Board

  • Jon Agg
    Pristine Property Maintenance Ltd
    President
  • Carol Fulford
    Gerrits Property Services Inc
    Secretary and Treasurer
  • Rob Havery
    R Havery Landscape Cust Hort Contracting
    Provincial Board Representative
  • Cassandra Cotter
    Durham Artificial Grass
    Director
  • Catrina Chiodo
    ARNTS - The Landscape Supplier Inc.
    Director
  • Jaleesa Rhoden
    Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association
    Landscape Ontario Staff

Durham

Apr 16, 2017

Parkwood Estates and Durham College receive green equipment donation

Two robotic Husqvarna lawn mowers included in the new equipment.
Mark Cullen, (centre) Board Chair of the Living Tribute, joined by cousin Bruce Cullen (left), recently retired as head groundskeeper of the Metro Toronto Zoo, and Norm Mills (right), President of Landscape Ontario’s Durham Chapter.
Nov 3, 2016

Durham members plant trees for HOH

Organizers give special thanks to LO members.
Josef Verbancic
Jul 28, 2016

In Memoriam - Josef Verbancic

Verbancic Tree Supply and Landscaping founder passed away at the age of 79.
A giant colouring board and wood carvings attracted a great deal of attention to the Landscape Ontario Durham Chapter display at the Brooklin/Whitby Harvest Festival.
Oct 15, 2015

Giving thanks

As we celebrate the season of Thanksgiving, it seems fitting to recognize the amazing efforts that our members contribute to the wellbeing of our industry.
Nurseries and garden centres taking part in the Grow Me Instead program will display posters such as this one.
Mar 15, 2015

LO members help combat invasive plants

Ed Horlings, owner of Horlings Garden Centre in Peterborough and member of Landscape Ontario, is always looking for new products, information and services for his customers.
Mar 15, 2015

Next Peer to Peer event in Oshawa

Following the launch of the new Landscape Ontario Peer to Peer Network at Congress, Tim Kearney and Jacki Hart are ready for the next event.
From left, following the minister’s announcement, are Abhimanyu Verma, volunteer chair for Microskills, Dr. K. Kellie Leitch, Tony DiGiovanni and Jane Wilson, project coordinator at Microskills.
Mar 15, 2015

Minister announces funding to help women succeed in green industry

Community MicroSkills Development Centre is receiving $250,000 to support the economic success of women in the landscape and horticulture industries through new mentorship opportunities.
Robert Roszell
Nov 15, 2014

Robert Roszell receives much in return as a volunteer

When Robert Roszell of Tuff Tech Bags in Pickering joined Landscape Ontario in 2007, he immediately became involved as a volunteer.
LO president Dave Braun and Jim Flahery’s widow Christine Elliot, MPP for Whitby-Oshawa, help plant a tree in a memorial to the former Canadian Finance Minister, while Durham Chapter director Mark Humphries and Nancy Shaw, president of Parkwood Historic Site, look on.
Nov 15, 2014

LO plants a tree in memory of Jim Flaherty

Landscape Ontario, Parkwood National Historic Site and Trees for Life combined to honour the memory of ‘a great Canadian role model,’ Jim Flaherty.
Oct 15, 2014

Durham College crowdfunding campaign

On Aug. 19, Durham College launched Field to Fork: Sowing the Seeds of our Community, its first-ever crowdfunding campaign.
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