Members In The News

Flynn Canada of Mississauga is featured in a Sept. 1 article in The Financial Post.

A feature article in Brampton Business Times highlights BP Landscaping of Caledon and owner Brian Perras.

Dean Schofield, owner of Landmark Landscaping of Oakville is featured on The Weather Network website article under the heading, ‘Preparing your garden for colder months.’

The 75th anniversary of the Niagara School of Horticulture has received much press.

The Envirobond team of Mississauga made news in the hometown paper over its unique manner of marketing its product.

Fred Prescod presented a cheque to the disaster management program in the Caribbean country, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

A new program, called Come Alive Outside is dedicated to encouraging outdoor activity.

Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak visited Boots Landscaping and Maintenance as part of the election campaign.

Geosynthetic Systems of Ottawa is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.

A contest by an Ottawa landscaping company has attracted a great deal of media attention in the city.

A number of Landscape Ontario members were interviewed in an article on creating great outdoor spaces.

The Toronto Metro newspaper published an article on the success of Mike Riehm, owner of Envirobond Products.

CEO Global Network profiled Bill Kooy, owner of Kooy Brothers Equipment.

Quiet Nature of Ayr was the subject of a feature article highlighting the use of battery-powered lawn mowers as well as hand tools.

Environmental Factor owner Lorelei Hepburn of Oshawa was the focus of a feature story on the Apr. 30.

Nedlaw Living Walls has been awarded the contract for development and installation of one of its patented living wall systems at Cape Breton University in Sydney, N.S.

Sheridan Nurseries launched its new website, www.sheridannurseries.com, saying, it will provide answers to horticulture questions and to help make gardening aspirations become a reality.

Claus and Anne Zander of Zander Sod take time from running their business to enjoy their love for equestrian riding.

Volunteers working at Congress were saddened by news of the death of show volunteer Vanessa Howarth-Palmer in a Jan. 7 traffic accident.

Robert S. (Bob) Lohnes, an honourary lifetime member of Landscape Ontario, unexpectedly passed away at the age of 75, on Dec. 26, 2008, at his home in St. Jacobs.

On March 1, Paul Zammit will become director of horticulture at the Toronto Botanical Garden.

If all goes according to plan, member Brian Cocks sees a day when the Ontario Horticultural Trades Foundation has over $10-million as a legacy to help students pursue careers in horticulture.

Congratulations to Mike Johnson and Connie Rusu of Georgina Garden Centre in Keswick for receiving the 2008 Georgina Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Award for a large business.

A charter member of Landscape Ontario, Steve Chanady, who began Avalon Landscaping, passed away on Monday, December 8.

After a brief, but courageous battle with a very aggressive return of cancer (mestasticized melanoma), Juanita Baxter died on July 15th, 2008 at her family log cabin by Pony Lake, in the bush 45 minutes northwest of Fort Frances.

Lois Stensson, mother of Karen and Karl and mother–in-law of Valerie, passed away on July 17.

LO member Chris LeConte of Smart Watering Systems is profiled in the July issue of Lawn & Landscape.

Congratulations to Sharon and Mark Humphries of Direct Landscape Supply.

Heather Ferguson of Water’s Edge Landscaping donated a landscape design and plant list towards a special project in her community, Gravenhurst.

Parents Kyle and Jenny Tobin of LawnSavers Plant Healthcare, Toronto, and sister and brother Reese and Tennyson are proud to announce the arrival of a new member to the family.

Sarah Lamont, owner of the Planted Earth in Goodwood, passed away on Dec. 21, 2007.

After seven years of organizing countless conference sessions, speakers and symposiums, Pat Hillmer retired from her position as LO’s conference coordinator on January 31.

Congratulations to Vermeer’s Garden Centre and Flower Shop in Welland, for being named the best retailer of its kind in Canada.