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December 2020
Previous Issues
Green Pencil
Peers: There for you
By Alan White
Looking back on the past year, I’m reminded of what it was like when I first started my business.
Feature
Second-Generation Success
By Jordan Whitehouse
It’s no secret family businesses have a huge impact on the Canadian economy.
Compliance Checks
By Scott Oldfield
Prevention is the most powerful tool in our arsenal, but it’s too often overlooked.
Congress Connect
Canada’s new green community launches Jan. 12-14, 2021
The Right Thing: How nurseries met the Covid threat head-on
By Jordan Whitehouse
A good news story: How nurseries met the Covid threat head-on.
Owners: Stay Healthy
By Grant Harrison
During a pandemic, wellbeing is even more critical to prosperity
British Colombia Update
How B.C. is coping with COVID
Landscape Trades regularly provides space for provincial association updates. This issue features the British Columbia Landscape Nursery Association.
Road To Success
The price is right — sometimes
By Rod McDonald
Like many of us, I started out as a one-man band working from my kitchen table, answering the home telephone and storing what little equipment I had in the garage.
Management Solutions
Measuring — and improving — your labour situation
By Mark Bradley
2020 was one of the most bizarre years on record, a year where nothing went as expected.
Legal Matters
Liquidated damages, deposits and forfeiture clauses
By Rob Kennaley
Historically at common law in Canada, a liquidated damages clause will be treated as a penalty, and not enforced for public policy reasons, unless the amount is a “genuine pre-estimate” of damages that will actually be suffered.
CNLA News
CNLA News December 2020 - January 2021
News from the federation of Canada's provincial trade associations.
Newsscape
Canada Blooms cancels 2021 event
Due to the ongoing concerns surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, the Canada Blooms Horticultural Society made the decision to cancel the 2021 edition of Canada Blooms.
Relief for Ontario snow operators
A private members’ bill sponsored by Ontario MPP Norm Miller is now ordered for third reading in the Ontario Legislature.
Green Cities Foundation breaks ground
The Green Cities Foundation broke ground on its first outdoor rehabilitation project at St. Matthew’s House in Hamilton, Ont., November 6-7.
COHA Connections provides research updates
The Canadian Ornamental Horticulture Alliance (COHA) released the quarterly COHA Connections research update on its website.
Quigg retires from Stihl Limited
Stihl Limited announced president Greg Quigg’s retirement, after 35 years with the company.
NGB announces 2021 “Year of the” program
Free promotional marketing materials are now available for the National Garden Bureau’s 2021 “Year of the” program. “
Avant Techno partners with Leguan Lifts
Avant Tecno USA and Leguan Lifts have formally announced their partnership and distribution plans for the North American market.
Canada Blooms names Aurora Borealis rose plant of the year
The latest release in Vineland’s 49th Parallel Collection of bred-in-Canada garden and landscape roses promises to steal the spotlight in Canadian gardens when it is released next spring.
William Dam Seeds wins AAS Award
All-America Selections announced the winners of its 2020 Landscape Design Challenge, including a third place honour for William Dams Seeds.
New Products
New Products December 2020 - January 2021
A selection of new products on the market for landscape professionals.
Mentor Moment
The training train
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.
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