Trial Garden

A few members took advantage of the opportunity to see plants first-hand that will be on the market next year.
Sep 15, 2011

Trial garden open house shows off latest plants

Anyone wanting to see the latest plants that will hit the marketplace next year, needed to be at this year’s Landscape Ontario and University of Guelph trial garden open house.
Over 200 visitors took advantage of the trial gardens open house.
Sep 15, 2011

Public wowed at trial gardens open house

The partnership between Landscape Ontario and University of Guelph to develop the trial gardens on your Milton site has developed into a real success story.
Rodger Tschanz says this year’s trial garden features some exciting new plants.
Jul 15, 2011

More than new flowers at this year’s trial gardens

At press time, the sun is finally shining, after a long dismal and wet spring, and I’ve finally got the gardens planted.
Jan 15, 2011

Year-end trial garden report reveals results for 2010

At the end of 2010, it is time for me to gather together the successful — and not so successful — stories from the Guelph Trial Garden.
The annual trial gardens open house drew both industry and consumers to view what will be on the shelves next year.
Sep 15, 2010

Trial gardens show off best of the new plants

Thousands of people driving the 401 west, near Milton, have seen from afar the beauty of the trial gardens on the grounds of Landscape Ontario.
Suntory’s executive general manager Yasuyuki Murakami Ph.D., of Japan, was pleased with what he saw at the LO trial gardens. In photo, garden manager Rodger Tschanz shows Suntory’s executive some of his plants that are part of the trials.
Aug 15, 2010

Trial gardens open for two days this month

The buzz at this year’s California Spring Trials was Ball FloraPlant’s black petunia, Black Velvet. Is it truly black?
Phantom petunia.
Jun 15, 2010

Over 500 plants evaluated at this year’s trial gardens

This year over 500 different plants will be evaluated at the Guelph and Landscape Ontario trial garden sites.
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