Landscape Trades Magazine - Landscape Ontario

November 2016

Previous Issues

Green Pencil

Power tool

By Phil Paxton

The newly-launched Canadian Landscape Standard

Feature

Mastering cash flow

By Lee Ann Knudsen

Nathan Helder shares tips and strategies to ease tight times, and promote smooth landscape company operation

Management Solutions

Ten KPIs to ponder at year's end

By Mark Bradley

Mark Bradley outlines 10 key performance indicators to use when analyzing your landscape business.

Road To Success

Keep it simple

By Rod McDonald

Rod MacDonald explains why in sales, like so many aspects of life, "keeping it simple" is a useful mantra.

Legal Matters

Consequential loss goes to Ottawa Part II

By Robert Kennaley

Robert Kennaley examines a significant Supreme Court of Canada case regarding the "own work exclusion" and the extent to which a contractors liability insurance policy should cover what is known as consequential loss.

Industry News

Networking and education at Congress 2017

Join over 12,000 of your friends and colleagues at Landscape Ontario’s Congress trade show and conference, held January 10-12, 2017, at the Toronto Congress Centre.

Green professionals gather for Hort East

Hort East trade show and conference 2016 runs Nov. 21-23 in Halifax, N.S.

Winnipeg rejects “Uber” snow clearing system

Winnipeg city council voted down a motion Sept. 23 that would have seen the public works department utilize an “Uber-style app” for micro bids from private contractors on residential snow clearing contracts.

CN expands tree planting program

Communities in Bloom, Tree Canada and CN EcoConnxions recently announced 50 communities across Canada will be awarded grants of $25,000 to fund local tree planting projects in honour of the nation’s 150th anniversary.

Bayer to acquire Monsanto

German-based pharmaceutical and crop chemicals company Bayer has reached an agreement to purchase American seed giant Monsanto for $66 billion.

Canada Blooms celebrates Canada’s 150th

There will be a whole lot of red and white at Canada Blooms 2017, as the country’s largest flower and garden festival celebrates the nation’s 150th birthday.

Chem China nears purchase of Syngenta

An American national security panel has signed off on the $43 billion dollar purchase agreement of the Swiss-based farm chemicals and seeds company Syngenta, clearing the way for its acquisition by ChemChina.

New Products

New Products November 2016

A selection of new products on the market for landscape professionals.

CNLA News

CNLA News November 2016

News from the federation of Canada's provincial trade associations.

Manitoba Update

Manitoba Update November 2016

Landscape Trades devotes space in each issue to provincial association news. This issue features an update from Manitoba Nursery Landscape Association.

Mentor Moment

November 2016

Power tool

The newly-launched Canadian Landscape Standard

Mastering cash flow

Nathan Helder shares tips and strategies to ease tight times, and promote smooth landscape company operation

Ten KPIs to ponder at year's end

Mark Bradley outlines 10 key performance indicators to use when analyzing your landscape business.

Keep it simple

Rod MacDonald explains why in sales, like so many aspects of life, "keeping it simple" is a useful mantra.

Consequential loss goes to Ottawa Part II

Robert Kennaley examines a significant Supreme Court of Canada case regarding the "own work exclusion" and the extent to which a contractors liability insurance policy should cover what is known as consequential loss.

Networking and education at Congress 2017

Join over 12,000 of your friends and colleagues at Landscape Ontario’s Congress trade show and conference, held January 10-12, 2017, at the Toronto Congress Centre.

Green professionals gather for Hort East

Hort East trade show and conference 2016 runs Nov. 21-23 in Halifax, N.S.

Winnipeg rejects “Uber” snow clearing system

Winnipeg city council voted down a motion Sept. 23 that would have seen the public works department utilize an “Uber-style app” for micro bids from private contractors on residential snow clearing contracts.

CN expands tree planting program

Communities in Bloom, Tree Canada and CN EcoConnxions recently announced 50 communities across Canada will be awarded grants of $25,000 to fund local tree planting projects in honour of the nation’s 150th anniversary.

Bayer to acquire Monsanto

German-based pharmaceutical and crop chemicals company Bayer has reached an agreement to purchase American seed giant Monsanto for $66 billion.

Canada Blooms celebrates Canada’s 150th

There will be a whole lot of red and white at Canada Blooms 2017, as the country’s largest flower and garden festival celebrates the nation’s 150th birthday.

Chem China nears purchase of Syngenta

An American national security panel has signed off on the $43 billion dollar purchase agreement of the Swiss-based farm chemicals and seeds company Syngenta, clearing the way for its acquisition by ChemChina.

New Products November 2016

A selection of new products on the market for landscape professionals.

CNLA News November 2016

News from the federation of Canada's provincial trade associations.

Manitoba Update November 2016

Landscape Trades devotes space in each issue to provincial association news. This issue features an update from Manitoba Nursery Landscape Association.

Community commitment

Bob Allen shares advice from over 40 years of experience working in the green profession.