Mentor

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 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.

Rita Horan, Woodstock, Ont.’s, parks and forestry supervisor, directs boundless energy toward getting kids and families active outdoors.

Steve Snider is the proud recipient of this year's Don Salivan Grounds Management Award.

Jeff Foley, of Para Space Landscaping is being noticed for his success with recruitment and retention.

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 Schroeder was also known as an innovator and someone who embraced cutting edge technology.

Remember, if you don't believe in yourself, how can you expect other people to believe in you?

Drew regards each property as his own and ensures that everything is in good order.

I love horticulture because my job changes every day.