Online Learning Seminars
OL087: Bugs and Diseases are Always a Challenge
There is no magic cure for Japanese Beetles.
But learning to identify the seemingly infinite range of bugs and diseases that want to use our landscapes as a dining room is the first step in controlling them. Learning the life cycle of each will show us the best time and stage of development to attack them. That will often allow us a pre-emptive strike against them before they become a visual problem.
This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date.
LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
Location: Online Learning -This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date
Instructor: Ken Brown, Dallying In the Dirt
Date: Wednesday March 12, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
There is no magic cure for Japanese Beetles.
But learning to identify the seemingly infinite range of bugs and diseases that want to use our landscapes as a dining room is the first step in controlling them. Learning the life cycle of each will show us the best time and stage of development to attack them. That will often allow us a pre-emptive strike against them before they become a visual problem.
This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date.
LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
Location: Online Learning -This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date
Instructor: Ken Brown, Dallying In the Dirt
Date: Wednesday March 12, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL150: NEW - Greening the Future: A New Era of Horticulture
In a world facing unprecedented environmental challenges, landscapes have the potential to become powerful allies in our efforts to create a more sustainable future.
For the eco-conscious landscaper, this presents growing opportunities to become a leader, advocate, and innovator in the field.
This talk will explore how landscapes, big and small, can support wildlife, improve air quality, and conserve water while maintaining aesthetic appeal. By selecting plants that form integrated communities and adopting eco-friendly maintenance practices, landscapers can capitalize on the increasing demand for gardens that support healthy ecosystems.
Learn how to position yourself at the forefront of this movement, driving both environmental and business success.
This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date.
LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
Location: Online Learning -This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date
Instructor: Cathy Kavassalis, Horticulturalist
Date: Wednesday March 12, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
In a world facing unprecedented environmental challenges, landscapes have the potential to become powerful allies in our efforts to create a more sustainable future.
For the eco-conscious landscaper, this presents growing opportunities to become a leader, advocate, and innovator in the field.
This talk will explore how landscapes, big and small, can support wildlife, improve air quality, and conserve water while maintaining aesthetic appeal. By selecting plants that form integrated communities and adopting eco-friendly maintenance practices, landscapers can capitalize on the increasing demand for gardens that support healthy ecosystems.
Learn how to position yourself at the forefront of this movement, driving both environmental and business success.
This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date.
LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
Location: Online Learning -This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date
Instructor: Cathy Kavassalis, Horticulturalist
Date: Wednesday March 12, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL151: NEW -Underrated and Underutilized Plants for the Residential Landscape
Get ready to discover some of the hidden gems of the landscape.
This interactive session will introduce you to a diverse range of under-the-radar plants that can add flair, texture, and colour to your landscape projects while standing out from the usual suspects. From quirky ground covers to stunning but lesser-known flowering plants, you’ll learn how to incorporate these unique species into your landscape design for a fresh and dynamic outdoor space.
With visual and practical tips, you'll feel inspired to break free from the ordinary and confident to suggest to your client a both beautiful and truly one-of-a-kind landscape. Along with a digital plant list attendees will get introduced to some plants that are easy to source, maintain AND are proven performers in the landscape.
This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date.
LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
Location: Online Learning -This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date
Instructor: Heather Jerrard, My Landscape Artist
Date: Thursday March 13, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Get ready to discover some of the hidden gems of the landscape.
This interactive session will introduce you to a diverse range of under-the-radar plants that can add flair, texture, and colour to your landscape projects while standing out from the usual suspects. From quirky ground covers to stunning but lesser-known flowering plants, you’ll learn how to incorporate these unique species into your landscape design for a fresh and dynamic outdoor space.
With visual and practical tips, you'll feel inspired to break free from the ordinary and confident to suggest to your client a both beautiful and truly one-of-a-kind landscape. Along with a digital plant list attendees will get introduced to some plants that are easy to source, maintain AND are proven performers in the landscape.
This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date.
LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
Location: Online Learning -This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date
Instructor: Heather Jerrard, My Landscape Artist
Date: Thursday March 13, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL154: NEW - Meet the Mosses
In the plant world, mosses are “strong, sensitive” types. They cover enormous areas and are tough enough to survive long droughts and winters without soil or roots. They’re also individually tiny, and delicate enough to signal early warnings of environmental change. In the urban and natural spaces we know and love, mosses make themselves at home on soil, wood, rock and a huge array of human-made stand-ins. They do this whether or not we notice them or invite them. During this two-part session get to know a bit about the ecology and biology of these amazing plants
We’ll discuss
- How to tell if something is a moss, a lichen or something else
- How mosses differ from other plants, and how that can affect where and how they grow
- The main growth forms and features that help to distinguish the >800 bryophyte species in Ontario / Quebec, and a few of the common mosses we’re all likely to encounter
- Some of the main reasons why mosses deserve our attention: What good do they do? Are they ever a problem?
- Survey basics: diversity, rare species and expertise
This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date.
LO member price: $130.00
Non-member price: $160.00
Location: Online Learning -This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date
Instructor: Jennifer Doubt,Canadian Museum of Nature
Dates: Monday March 3, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Friday March 14, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
In the plant world, mosses are “strong, sensitive” types. They cover enormous areas and are tough enough to survive long droughts and winters without soil or roots. They’re also individually tiny, and delicate enough to signal early warnings of environmental change. In the urban and natural spaces we know and love, mosses make themselves at home on soil, wood, rock and a huge array of human-made stand-ins. They do this whether or not we notice them or invite them. During this two-part session get to know a bit about the ecology and biology of these amazing plants
We’ll discuss
- How to tell if something is a moss, a lichen or something else
- How mosses differ from other plants, and how that can affect where and how they grow
- The main growth forms and features that help to distinguish the >800 bryophyte species in Ontario / Quebec, and a few of the common mosses we’re all likely to encounter
- Some of the main reasons why mosses deserve our attention: What good do they do? Are they ever a problem?
- Survey basics: diversity, rare species and expertise
This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date.
LO member price: $130.00
Non-member price: $160.00
Location: Online Learning -This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date
Instructor: Jennifer Doubt,Canadian Museum of Nature
Dates: Monday March 3, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Friday March 14, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL038: Landscape Design Practice- Charging for Designs
Designers in all industries are challenged to be compensated well for their design efforts. Landscape Design is no exception.
Landscape Design Practice explores the best practices implemented in a Landscape Design business. Learn work processes including how to integrate client meetings, what drawings to include and the stages they are implemented. Billing, and contracts are always key components to being paid for landscape design work. Learn different approaches to charging for design services.
This session is for all designers of all levels and Design/Build Firms who would like to charge with confidence and to actually get paid for all your work.
Topics covered in the course:
• Design Log
• Design Contracts
• Client Meetings & Presentations
• The Psychology of Selling your Designs
• Different Ways to Get paid
• Plans and fee schedules
Recommended References Include: Residential Landscape Architecture: by: Norman Booth/James Hiss
This is an online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date.
LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
Location: Online Learning -This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date
Instructor: Beth Edney, Designs By The Yard
Date: Monday March 17, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Designers in all industries are challenged to be compensated well for their design efforts. Landscape Design is no exception.
Landscape Design Practice explores the best practices implemented in a Landscape Design business. Learn work processes including how to integrate client meetings, what drawings to include and the stages they are implemented. Billing, and contracts are always key components to being paid for landscape design work. Learn different approaches to charging for design services.
This session is for all designers of all levels and Design/Build Firms who would like to charge with confidence and to actually get paid for all your work.
Topics covered in the course:
• Design Log
• Design Contracts
• Client Meetings & Presentations
• The Psychology of Selling your Designs
• Different Ways to Get paid
• Plans and fee schedules
Recommended References Include: Residential Landscape Architecture: by: Norman Booth/James Hiss
This is an online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date.
LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
Location: Online Learning -This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date
Instructor: Beth Edney, Designs By The Yard
Date: Monday March 17, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL152: Earthworms – the Silent Invasion
Worms are highly varied and can be found in almost every environment on Earth.
Having published numerous articles John has studied earthworms for over 57 years. His presentation will cover the invasion of European and more recently Asian earthworms in Ontario (e.g. the invasive jumping worms).
Discussing habitat requirements, barriers to migration, and time of first occurrence.
This is an online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date.
LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
Location: Online Learning -This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date
Instructor: John Reynolds, Oligochaetology Laboratory
Date: Monday March 17, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Worms are highly varied and can be found in almost every environment on Earth.
Having published numerous articles John has studied earthworms for over 57 years. His presentation will cover the invasion of European and more recently Asian earthworms in Ontario (e.g. the invasive jumping worms).
Discussing habitat requirements, barriers to migration, and time of first occurrence.
This is an online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date.
LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
Location: Online Learning -This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date
Instructor: John Reynolds, Oligochaetology Laboratory
Date: Monday March 17, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL019: NEW - Designing Vegetables Into Your Perennial Garden
Making the most of our small urban spaces means we need to incorporate both beauty and bounty in the same space. Here we will look at both the basic elements of landscape design and the principles of growing vegetables – and learn how to integrate them.
This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date.
LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
Location: Online Learning -This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date
Instructor: Jodi Healy, Horticulturalist
Date: Tuesday March 18, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Making the most of our small urban spaces means we need to incorporate both beauty and bounty in the same space. Here we will look at both the basic elements of landscape design and the principles of growing vegetables – and learn how to integrate them.
This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date.
LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
Location: Online Learning -This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date
Instructor: Jodi Healy, Horticulturalist
Date: Tuesday March 18, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL153: NEW - Profit Killers for Contractors
Profit is ultimately the output of a healthy business. And there are a ton of ways to lose it, causing a lot of stress and frustrations. That said, you can simplify the profit suckers down to 2 main categories, which helps clarify your vision for planning for profitability and ensure you don't fall into the common pitfalls that suck your business dry of profits.
We're going to deep dive into each of those two profit killers, and share a game plan for how to overcome them. And, ultimately, ACHIEVE the profits of a healthy business.
Three things people learn:
What is sucking cash out of your business.
How to stop it.
How to build a system that puts this prevention on autopilot
This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date.
LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
Location: Online Learning -This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date
Instructor: Weston Zimmerman, Synkedup
Date: Tuesday March 18, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Seminars main menuProfit is ultimately the output of a healthy business. And there are a ton of ways to lose it, causing a lot of stress and frustrations. That said, you can simplify the profit suckers down to 2 main categories, which helps clarify your vision for planning for profitability and ensure you don't fall into the common pitfalls that suck your business dry of profits.
We're going to deep dive into each of those two profit killers, and share a game plan for how to overcome them. And, ultimately, ACHIEVE the profits of a healthy business.
Three things people learn:
What is sucking cash out of your business.
How to stop it.
How to build a system that puts this prevention on autopilot
This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date.
LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
Location: Online Learning -This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date
Instructor: Weston Zimmerman, Synkedup
Date: Tuesday March 18, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm