Mentor

Brad Paton is president of Shades of Summer Landscaping, based in Waterdown, Ont.

Nichole Ashton is a trainer and the contractor representative for the Smart About Salt Council (SASC).

Landscape Trades publisher Lee Ann Knudsen retired in January, after more than 20 years with the magazine.

Jan Pedersen is an icon of the horticultural industry and he has earned that reputation, with 50 years of service in our trade.

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.