Durham
![Josef Verbancic](https://assets.landscapeontario.com/assets/1477235009.Josef_Verbancic.jpg)
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.](https://assets.landscapeontario.com/assets/1581203191.durham_chapter_whitby_festival-web.jpg)
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.](https://assets.landscapeontario.com/assets/1582260565.Grow_Me_Instead_items-web.jpg)
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.](https://assets.landscapeontario.com/assets/1582260392.Minister_Leitch_announcment_of_Women_in_Hort-web.jpg)
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](https://assets.landscapeontario.com/assets/1583637962.Robert_Roszell-web.jpg)
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.](https://assets.landscapeontario.com/assets/1583637677.Parkwood_Tree_Planting-web.jpg)
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.
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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.