July 25, 2024
Landscape Ontario Trial Garden Open House
Thursday, August 15, 2024 | 9:00 AM - Trade Professionals
Landscape Ontario, 7856 Fifth Line South, Milton
Highlights
- Echinacea trial: 40+ entries
- Garden to vase cutflower trial
- Main perennial trial: with 250+ entries
- Annuals trial: landscape and container grown evaluation of annuals with 250+ entries
- Overwintering, container grown wildflower study
Event schedule
9:00 a.m. - Doors open/check-in9:20 a.m. - Welcome and start of speaker program
11:15 a.m. - Trial Garden Tours
12:00 p.m. - Lunch
Speakers
Pollinator Gardens and Meadows in Guelph’s Urban Landscape
Jay Cranstone | Natural Areas Stewardship Technologist Forestry and Sustainable Landscapes, Parks City of Guelph
Jay’s presentation will introduce you to Guelph’s naturalization programs and work the Natural Areas Stewardship does, then focus on the city’s Native Herbaceous program, which grows over 5,000 native wildflowers and grasses each year in the greenhouses at Riverside Park from seed collected within the city. Jay will highlight the challenges opportunities planning, implementing, and managing pollinator gardens and meadows in the city landscape.
Jay Cranstone | Natural Areas Stewardship Technologist Forestry and Sustainable Landscapes, Parks City of Guelph
Jay’s presentation will introduce you to Guelph’s naturalization programs and work the Natural Areas Stewardship does, then focus on the city’s Native Herbaceous program, which grows over 5,000 native wildflowers and grasses each year in the greenhouses at Riverside Park from seed collected within the city. Jay will highlight the challenges opportunities planning, implementing, and managing pollinator gardens and meadows in the city landscape.
Unearthing Possibilities
Martin Quinn | Retired parks supervisor
Martin Quinn | Retired parks supervisor
Exceptional Annuals and Perennials for the Ontario Landscape from Syngenta Flowers
Terry Talsma | Canada Business Manager, Syngenta Flowers
Terry Talsma | Canada Business Manager, Syngenta Flowers