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For the fifth consecutive year LO members and associates gathered together in a voluntary effort to honour fallen soldiers and the families of veterans and military personnel.

David Gaze had a lot to celebrate on Sept. 24, when the official opening ceremonies took place at The Garden of Hope at Salvation Army Lighthouse Shelter for the Homeless in Oakville.

The event, on Sept. 26, was the first-ever Burlington Amazing Bed Race.

Ryan Heath has registered an LO team for Movember, an awareness campaign which also acts as a fund-raiser for Prostate Cancer Canada.

As part of my role representing LO, I am the current chair of Communities in Bloom Ontario, an organization that has added enormous value to towns and cities across Canada.

Members of Landscape Ontario and the community of Stouffville joined forces with Make-A-Wish Canada to fulfill a young boy’s dream of having an outdoor space to relax and spend quality time with his family.

Thanks to Earle Graham of Lakelands Irrigation of Elmvale and Rain Bird, Gilda’s Club in Barrie has a state of the art irrigation system.

Durham Chapter completed an irrigation project on the west lawns, gardens and the formal rose garden at Parkwood in Oshawa, the historical home of auto baron R. Samuel McLaughlin, founder of General Motors of Canada.

The Waterloo Chapter of Landscape Ontario completed another successful school yard greening project, demonstrating first-hand how LO is truly Green for Life.

The Global Garden at Banting House National Historic Site of Canada in London is now complete.