Mentor
![Sandy Roberton](https://assets.landscapeontario.com/assets/1608149898.Sandy_Roberton.jpg)
Dec 1, 2020
The training train
Sandy Roberton, retired from operating Earthcraft Landscape in Bedford, N.S., has spent his career pushing for educational and certification opportunities in the profession he loves, landscape horticulture.
![Peggy Walsh Craig](https://assets.landscapeontario.com/assets/1601587524.Peggy_Walsh_Craig.jpg)
Oct 3, 2020
Passion for plants
Peggy Walsh Craig is well known in the industry — especially within the nursery sector for her many contributions to the ornamental sector as the Managing Director of the Canadian Ornamental Plant Foundation (COPF), a position she held for 21 years from 1990 to her retirement in 2011.
![Reta Horan](https://assets.landscapeontario.com/assets/1598537499.Reta_Horan.jpg)
Sep 1, 2020
Okay to get dirty
Rita Horan, Woodstock, Ont.’s, parks and forestry supervisor, directs boundless energy toward getting kids and families active outdoors.
![Steve Snider](https://assets.landscapeontario.com/assets/1594476745.Steve_Snider-sq-web.jpg)
Feb 5, 2020
Blessed with fun
Steve Snider is the proud recipient of this year's Don Salivan Grounds Management Award.
![Jeff Foley](https://assets.landscapeontario.com/assets/1594310616.Jeff_Foley-sq-web.jpg)
Dec 3, 2019
Talent magnet
Jeff Foley, of Para Space Landscaping is being noticed for his success with recruitment and retention.
![Alan White](https://assets.landscapeontario.com/assets/1599575007.Alan_White_2.jpg)
Nov 1, 2019
Give me a shovel
I see plants as the solution to heat and air problems, and they tie in with my economic responsibility to make the world better.
![John Schroder](https://assets.landscapeontario.com/assets/1599745283.John_Schroeder-web.jpg)
Oct 1, 2019
The value of being different
John Schroeder was also known as an innovator and someone who embraced cutting edge technology.
![Tony Lombardi](https://assets.landscapeontario.com/assets/1600442609.Tony_Lombardi-web.jpg)
Sep 3, 2019
Ignorant, negative comments are real, but I don't let them change me!
Remember, if you don't believe in yourself, how can you expect other people to believe in you?