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Garden Centres Board

  • Art Vanden Enden
    Sheridan Nurseries Georgetown - Head Office
    Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association
    Chair
  • Barry Benjamin
    Member at large
  • Diane Hutchinson
    Walter's Greenhouse
    Member at large
  • Kennedy Johnston
    Peter Knippel Nursery Inc
    Member at large
  • Michael Van Dongen
    Van Dongen's Landscaping & Nurseries Ltd
    Past Chair
  • Perry Grobe
    Member at large
  • Rebecca Doutre CAE
    Canadian Nursery Landscape Association
    Landscape Newfoundland and Labrador
    CNLA Rep
  • Victor Santacruz
    Canadian Nursery Landscape Association
    HortProtect - People Corporation
    CNLA Rep
  • Anne Kadwell
    Canadian Nursery Landscape Association
    CNLA Rep
  • Jaleesa Rhoden
    Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association
    LO Staff
  • Karri Bylsma
    Sector Coordinator

Garden Centres

Michael van Dongen
Feb 15, 2013

One conversation leads Van Dongen to volunteer position

It didn’t take Michael Van Dongen CHT of Van Dongen Landscaping and Nurseries in Hornby long to become fully involved in Landscape Ontario.
Documenting 100 years of success.
Dec 15, 2012

Sheridan marks centennial with book

The 288-page volume by Edward Butts and Karl Stensson features the stories behind Sheridan’s history.
Son and father, Perry and Peter Grobe, are proud of their business’s growth over the past 50 years.
Sep 15, 2012

Grobe family success based on 50 years of passion and insisting on quality

This year Grobe’s Nursery and Garden Centre in Breslau not only looks back with pride on 50 years of success, but ahead to a promising future built on passion and good business sense.
Sep 15, 2012

Record entries in retail Awards of Excellence

A record number of entries were received for the 2012 retail Awards of Excellence.
Peter and Doreen Olsen thank the many people who attended Royal City Nursery’s 50th anniversary.
Jun 15, 2012

Royal City Nursery marks 50 years

Guests, dignitaries and customers helped members of the Olsen family celebrate 50 years of business for Guelph’s Royal City Nursery on May 5.
Michael Della Valle, left, and John Langendoen show the special pink and yellow pots, along with the posters available to garden centres.
May 15, 2012

Special fund-raising program has deep meaning for Willowbrook

One of the most respected nursery operations in Ontario, Willowbrook Nurseries has taken on a project with deep personal and emotional meaning.
May 15, 2012

Garden centre recycling program RETURNS

The 2012 National Plastics Recycling Event will run from June 22 to July 1.
Jan 1, 2012

Destination garden centres

Learn creative strategies to attract retail customers to your garden centre.
Garden Centre Sector Group chairman Michael Van Dongen presents awards to Pauline Intven-Casier of Canadale Nurseries and Karl Stensson of Sheridan Nurseries.
Nov 15, 2011

Garden centre and grower winners announced at Expo 2011

Awards of Excellence winners in the Garden Centre and Grower categories announced at Expo 2011.
John and Hendrika van Wissen
Nov 15, 2011

The van Wissens mark 50th anniversary

Hendrika and John van Wissen celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Oct. 7.
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