Online Learning Seminars
OL135: New - Small Business Marketing Ideas
Learn creative ideas to implement a marketing plan that identifies your target market and build brand awareness.
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Instructor: Jackie Morra
Date: Tuesday December 3, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Learn creative ideas to implement a marketing plan that identifies your target market and build brand awareness.
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LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Jackie Morra
Date: Tuesday December 3, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL136: New - Business to Business Marketing
Learn how to create partnership synergies with non-competing businesses and industry suppliers to generate new customers and provide a more diverse customer solution approach.
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Instructor: Jackie Morra
Date: Tuesday December 10, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Learn how to create partnership synergies with non-competing businesses and industry suppliers to generate new customers and provide a more diverse customer solution approach.
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LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Jackie Morra
Date: Tuesday December 10, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL137: NEW - Converting Marketing & Promotion into Customers
Learn ways to become a local expert by partnering with various media and finding opportunities to give back to the community which will promote your brand, give your business credibility and save marketing dollars while gaining new customers.
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Instructor: Jackie Morra
Date: Tuesday January 28, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Learn ways to become a local expert by partnering with various media and finding opportunities to give back to the community which will promote your brand, give your business credibility and save marketing dollars while gaining new customers.
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LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Jackie Morra
Date: Tuesday January 28, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL015: Common Native Plants and their ID by plant family
What are the common characteristics that make certain plants part of the same family? Here we will explore native plants and learn how to recognize them by family.
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Instructor: Jodi Healy, Horticulturalist
Date: Tuesday February 4, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
What are the common characteristics that make certain plants part of the same family? Here we will explore native plants and learn how to recognize them by family.
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LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Jodi Healy, Horticulturalist
Date: Tuesday February 4, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL035: Landscape Drainage: Guidelines and Terminology
Any profession is better understood and practiced when we all speak the same language. When working through a drainage project, there are many terms, guidelines, bylaws, and “rules of thumb” that require your understanding and attention. This session will outline and discuss some of the simple things which can make a project go well, from the start.
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Instructor: Tony Lombardi, Dr. Landscape Inc.
Date: Tuesday February 4, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Any profession is better understood and practiced when we all speak the same language. When working through a drainage project, there are many terms, guidelines, bylaws, and “rules of thumb” that require your understanding and attention. This session will outline and discuss some of the simple things which can make a project go well, from the start.
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LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Tony Lombardi, Dr. Landscape Inc.
Date: Tuesday February 4, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL078: The How-Tos of Tree Selection, Planting and Spacing
The most important decision in many landscape projects is what trees to choose and how to plant them correctly. This talk will provide a checklist of questions to ask when selecting a tree to ensure participants plant the right tree in the right place. Participants will also learn proper planting techniques and the benefits of correct tree spacing.
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Instructor: Todd Irvine, MFC, MA, ISA Certified Arborist
Date: Wednesday February 5, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
The most important decision in many landscape projects is what trees to choose and how to plant them correctly. This talk will provide a checklist of questions to ask when selecting a tree to ensure participants plant the right tree in the right place. Participants will also learn proper planting techniques and the benefits of correct tree spacing.
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Instructor: Todd Irvine, MFC, MA, ISA Certified Arborist
Date: Wednesday February 5, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL036: Aggregates,Soil Conditions and Drainage Efficiency
Use the right tools for the right job.
The same applies to when building a garden. To ensure that your project is built correctly, you need to understand the environment, soil conditions, and what materials to use to do the right job. This session will cover aggregates, their drainage properties, and how your site conditions will affect your choices for your build.
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Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Tony Lombardi, Dr. Landscape Inc.
Date: Wednesday February 5, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Use the right tools for the right job.
The same applies to when building a garden. To ensure that your project is built correctly, you need to understand the environment, soil conditions, and what materials to use to do the right job. This session will cover aggregates, their drainage properties, and how your site conditions will affect your choices for your build.
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: Tony Lombardi, Dr. Landscape Inc.
Date: Wednesday February 5, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL128: Perennial Landscaping with Succulents
Join Molly Shannon, a seasoned succulent grower and designer, as she delves into the world of perennial succulents. In this engaging talk, Molly will explore the art of designing with hardy species, explain the essential conditions for nurturing these resilient plants in Ontario's outdoor settings, provide expert guidance on the successful propagation of these plants, and unveil her top beginner-friendly varieties for gardening. Throughout the presentation, Molly will showcase her outdoor and indoor greenhouse succulent designs, offering visual inspiration to compliment her insights.
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Instructor: Molly Shannon, Canadian Succulents
Date: Thursday February 6, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Join Molly Shannon, a seasoned succulent grower and designer, as she delves into the world of perennial succulents. In this engaging talk, Molly will explore the art of designing with hardy species, explain the essential conditions for nurturing these resilient plants in Ontario's outdoor settings, provide expert guidance on the successful propagation of these plants, and unveil her top beginner-friendly varieties for gardening. Throughout the presentation, Molly will showcase her outdoor and indoor greenhouse succulent designs, offering visual inspiration to compliment her insights.
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LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Molly Shannon, Canadian Succulents
Date: Thursday February 6, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL125: Xeriscaping:Water Wise Landscaping
Learn the facts about Xeriscaping and how the principals can be applied to any landscape design.
Discussions will include plant selection, use of native plants and ways to treat soil to hold more water. Although this is a technique practiced in hot, arid climates, xeriscaping has evolved to become useful in any climate. With today's changing weather the principals should be applied to every new landscape design.
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Instructor: Robert Pavlis, Aspen Grove Gardens
Date: Thursday February 6, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Learn the facts about Xeriscaping and how the principals can be applied to any landscape design.
Discussions will include plant selection, use of native plants and ways to treat soil to hold more water. Although this is a technique practiced in hot, arid climates, xeriscaping has evolved to become useful in any climate. With today's changing weather the principals should be applied to every new landscape design.
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LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Robert Pavlis, Aspen Grove Gardens
Date: Thursday February 6, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL021: Lighting 101: Light and Photometrics
Understanding, qualifying, and quantifying light.
Participants will learn how light is measured, both in terms of the amount of light, and quality of light, and how that is applied in the landscape. What is a lumen? How many do I need? Good lighting design begins with a good understanding of the medium we are working with. This knowledge will help you to avoid common mistakes and enhance your designs by choosing the right light sources for your project.
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Instructor: John Higo, Turf Care Products Canada
Date: Friday February 7, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Understanding, qualifying, and quantifying light.
Participants will learn how light is measured, both in terms of the amount of light, and quality of light, and how that is applied in the landscape. What is a lumen? How many do I need? Good lighting design begins with a good understanding of the medium we are working with. This knowledge will help you to avoid common mistakes and enhance your designs by choosing the right light sources for your project.
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
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Instructor: John Higo, Turf Care Products Canada
Date: Friday February 7, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL037: Soak Away Pits and Subgrade Drainage Systems
Inevitably, at some point in your landscape career, you will need to address surface water runoff, with a below-grade drainage system.
This session will help you determine the location, design, and calculate what you need for a subgrade drainage system that will be effective and redundant. Along with helping you make your choices for an effective system and the best options for surface and subgrade water management.
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Instructor: Tony Lombardi, Dr. Landscape Inc.
Date: Friday February 7, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Inevitably, at some point in your landscape career, you will need to address surface water runoff, with a below-grade drainage system.
This session will help you determine the location, design, and calculate what you need for a subgrade drainage system that will be effective and redundant. Along with helping you make your choices for an effective system and the best options for surface and subgrade water management.
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
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Instructor: Tony Lombardi, Dr. Landscape Inc.
Date: Friday February 7, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL022: Lighting 101: Basic Design Techniques
Understanding the basics of lighting design. Different techniques, and how and when to apply them. There are many tools in the lighting designers' toolbox to create stunning designs and enhance the look of hardscape, softscape, and architecture. This session will give you the beginnings of creating your own palette of techniques to bring out the best in your designs.
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Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: John Higo, Turf Care Products Canada
Date: Monday February 10, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Understanding the basics of lighting design. Different techniques, and how and when to apply them. There are many tools in the lighting designers' toolbox to create stunning designs and enhance the look of hardscape, softscape, and architecture. This session will give you the beginnings of creating your own palette of techniques to bring out the best in your designs.
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
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Instructor: John Higo, Turf Care Products Canada
Date: Monday February 10, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL121: Stormwater Management
This session will explore a number of strategies for managing stormwater on site through the creation of design features such as rain gardens, dry stream beds and infiltration chambers. Simple to build, cost effective and providing opportunities for native plantings, these design techniques can add significant value to your projects.
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Instructor: Adele Pierre, Adele Pierre Landscape Architect
Date: Monday February 10, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
This session will explore a number of strategies for managing stormwater on site through the creation of design features such as rain gardens, dry stream beds and infiltration chambers. Simple to build, cost effective and providing opportunities for native plantings, these design techniques can add significant value to your projects.
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Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Adele Pierre, Adele Pierre Landscape Architect
Date: Monday February 10, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL024: Science of Phenology
What is Phenology?
We will answer this question and look at the basic science of Phenology. How does it influence me in the job I do? You will have the ability to explore a few Apps and guides to make your IPM/PHC services more effective and professional.
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Instructor: Jeff McMann
Date: Tuesday February 11, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
What is Phenology?
We will answer this question and look at the basic science of Phenology. How does it influence me in the job I do? You will have the ability to explore a few Apps and guides to make your IPM/PHC services more effective and professional.
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
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Instructor: Jeff McMann
Date: Tuesday February 11, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL138: NEW - Layering and Foliage
Foliage - A representation of leaves, flowers, and branches for architectural ornamentation.
Learn how to layer your clients landscapes with foliage for interest in every season
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Instructor: Jackie Morra
Date: Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Foliage - A representation of leaves, flowers, and branches for architectural ornamentation.
Learn how to layer your clients landscapes with foliage for interest in every season
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LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Jackie Morra
Date: Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL017: Common Trees and their ID by Plant Family
What are the common characteristics that make certain plants part of the same family? Here we will explore trees and learn how to recognize them by family.
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Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Jodi Healy, Horticulturalist
Date: Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
What are the common characteristics that make certain plants part of the same family? Here we will explore trees and learn how to recognize them by family.
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
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Instructor: Jodi Healy, Horticulturalist
Date: Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL023: Lighting 101: Installation
From making rock-solid connections to mounting in a tree. The basics of installing landscape lighting safely and properly. A great design is only as good as the ability to install it properly. Creative designs often require creative installation solutions. Hiding wire and connectors, and ensuring a safe and trouble-free system is crucial to client satisfaction.
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Instructor: John Higo, Turf Care Products Canada
Date: Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
From making rock-solid connections to mounting in a tree. The basics of installing landscape lighting safely and properly. A great design is only as good as the ability to install it properly. Creative designs often require creative installation solutions. Hiding wire and connectors, and ensuring a safe and trouble-free system is crucial to client satisfaction.
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
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Instructor: John Higo, Turf Care Products Canada
Date: Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL139: NEW - Know Your Roots: Protecting Trees During Landscape Design and Construction
Roots are vitally important to a tree’s health and structural integrity. This talk will explore how to protect tree roots from damage and the dos and don’ts of working around them when designing or installing a new landscape project. Tree protection bylaws will be reviewed and techniques for ensuring trees survive construction will be provided.
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Instructor: Todd Irvine, MFC, MA, ISA Certified Arborist
Date: Thursday February 13, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Roots are vitally important to a tree’s health and structural integrity. This talk will explore how to protect tree roots from damage and the dos and don’ts of working around them when designing or installing a new landscape project. Tree protection bylaws will be reviewed and techniques for ensuring trees survive construction will be provided.
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LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Todd Irvine, MFC, MA, ISA Certified Arborist
Date: Thursday February 13, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL068: Understanding Soils (Picking the Right Soil)
This talk introduces you to some basic concepts about soil and then reviews the function of various components including sand, clay, air, and organic matter.
The presenter will also look at various soil amendments to understand why you might add them to the soil. Then it’s time to select the right soil for various landscape situations
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LO member price: $65.00
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Instructor: Robert Pavlis, Aspen Grove Gardens
Date: Thursday February 13, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
This talk introduces you to some basic concepts about soil and then reviews the function of various components including sand, clay, air, and organic matter.
The presenter will also look at various soil amendments to understand why you might add them to the soil. Then it’s time to select the right soil for various landscape situations
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
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Instructor: Robert Pavlis, Aspen Grove Gardens
Date: Thursday February 13, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL140: NEW - Shady Business
Powerful Plants, Tantalizing Textures, and Cohesive Combinations. Find out why landscaping in shade, lower light plants, how to improve dark corners in your landscape project can become a challenge you enjoy; make the most out of a shady situation.
Hello, darkness, my old friend…
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Instructor: Paul Gellatly, The Tattooed Gardener
Date: Friday February 14, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Powerful Plants, Tantalizing Textures, and Cohesive Combinations. Find out why landscaping in shade, lower light plants, how to improve dark corners in your landscape project can become a challenge you enjoy; make the most out of a shady situation.
Hello, darkness, my old friend…
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Instructor: Paul Gellatly, The Tattooed Gardener
Date: Friday February 14, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL123: Roses, Starting from A to Z
Roses can be quite finicky.
They require a little effort but taking care of them is easier than you think once you learn a few tricks. Looking at site selection, types of roses in the landscape, planting, pruning and watering. A few pests that may come along as well.
We will look at caring for your roses starting from A to Z.
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Instructor: Jeff McMann
Date: Tuesday February 18, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Roses can be quite finicky.
They require a little effort but taking care of them is easier than you think once you learn a few tricks. Looking at site selection, types of roses in the landscape, planting, pruning and watering. A few pests that may come along as well.
We will look at caring for your roses starting from A to Z.
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LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Jeff McMann
Date: Tuesday February 18, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL141: NEW - Water features as Focal Points
Get ideas on how to incorporate various water features into your landscape projects and the importance of plants to create stunning focal points.
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Instructor: Jackie Morra
Date: Tuesday February 18, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Get ideas on how to incorporate various water features into your landscape projects and the importance of plants to create stunning focal points.
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LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Jackie Morra
Date: Tuesday February 18, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL116: Employment Law 101 - What Every Employer Should Know...and Do
Navigating employment law can be daunting. To employers (and even employment lawyers) the law appears to shift daily, whether at the hands of governments or courts and tribunals. Human rights, health and safety, employment standards, accessibility, and so much more.
This presentation, led by Jeremy Ambraska of Sherrard Kuzz LLP, Employment & Labour Lawyers, highlights key employment law basics every employer should know to minimize risk and maximize opportunity.
LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Jeremy Ambraska of Sherrard Kuzz LLP, Employment & Labour Lawyers
Date: Wednesday February 19, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Navigating employment law can be daunting. To employers (and even employment lawyers) the law appears to shift daily, whether at the hands of governments or courts and tribunals. Human rights, health and safety, employment standards, accessibility, and so much more.
This presentation, led by Jeremy Ambraska of Sherrard Kuzz LLP, Employment & Labour Lawyers, highlights key employment law basics every employer should know to minimize risk and maximize opportunity.
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: Jeremy Ambraska of Sherrard Kuzz LLP, Employment & Labour Lawyers
Date: Wednesday February 19, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL103: NEW-Shrub in the Landscape
Shrubs, their huge diversity provides the backbone for many landscapes.
Evergreen or Deciduous or even Broadleaf Evergreens, there is a shrub to fill every need in a landscape. Colour, texture, space fillers or low growing accents, there are shrubs to choose from to satisfy any of those requirements. This talk will give a wide ranging overview of the types of shrubs available and what individual characteristics they can bring to your landscape.
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Instructor: Ken Brown, Dallying In the Dirt
Date: Wednesday February 19, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Shrubs, their huge diversity provides the backbone for many landscapes.
Evergreen or Deciduous or even Broadleaf Evergreens, there is a shrub to fill every need in a landscape. Colour, texture, space fillers or low growing accents, there are shrubs to choose from to satisfy any of those requirements. This talk will give a wide ranging overview of the types of shrubs available and what individual characteristics they can bring to your landscape.
This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date.
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 February 19, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL142: NEW - Building a Materials Management Dashboard
Do you have trouble tracking your purchases? Your materials? Do your projects lose value because things aren't where they should be when you need them?
In this step-by-step two part series, you will learn to create a purchasing and materials management dashboard using Microsoft Excel and Power BI.
Beginner-friendly all you need is a computer with Excel and Power BI installed to participate.
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: Ryan Higgins, Excel Contracting
Dates: Thursday February 20, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Friday February 21, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Do you have trouble tracking your purchases? Your materials? Do your projects lose value because things aren't where they should be when you need them?
In this step-by-step two part series, you will learn to create a purchasing and materials management dashboard using Microsoft Excel and Power BI.
Beginner-friendly all you need is a computer with Excel and Power BI installed to participate.
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: Ryan Higgins, Excel Contracting
Dates: Thursday February 20, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Friday February 21, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL143: NEW - Designing Low Carbon Landscapes
Reducing the carbon footprint of projects is becoming more important in the landscape industry. As a green industry, it is vital that we incorporate practices that reduce environmental impacts: recycling and reusing materials on site, managing soils, reducing cut and fill and planting to increase carbon sequestration.
In this session, specific strategies will be discussed that will enable you to design landscapes compliant with the latest environmental standards.
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: Adele Pierre, Adele Pierre Landscape Architect
Date: Thursday February 20, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Reducing the carbon footprint of projects is becoming more important in the landscape industry. As a green industry, it is vital that we incorporate practices that reduce environmental impacts: recycling and reusing materials on site, managing soils, reducing cut and fill and planting to increase carbon sequestration.
In this session, specific strategies will be discussed that will enable you to design landscapes compliant with the latest environmental standards.
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: Adele Pierre, Adele Pierre Landscape Architect
Date: Thursday February 20, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL040: Landscape Construction Drawings
Learn the technical side of preparing Landscape Plans. What goes into developing a set of working drawings? This includes the following types of drawings: Grading Plans, Layout and Dimensional Plans, and Construction Details and well-executed Planting Plans.
This two-part session is ideal for the entry-level designer as well as the seasoned designer that would like to improve their technical knowledge of working drawings.
Recommended References Include:
Time-Savers Standards for Landscape Architecture by Charles Harris & Nicholas Dines
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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: Beth Edney, Designs By The Yard
Dates: Monday February 24, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Monday March 10, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Learn the technical side of preparing Landscape Plans. What goes into developing a set of working drawings? This includes the following types of drawings: Grading Plans, Layout and Dimensional Plans, and Construction Details and well-executed Planting Plans.
This two-part session is ideal for the entry-level designer as well as the seasoned designer that would like to improve their technical knowledge of working drawings.
Recommended References Include:
Time-Savers Standards for Landscape Architecture by Charles Harris & Nicholas Dines
This is an 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: Beth Edney, Designs By The Yard
Dates: Monday February 24, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Monday March 10, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL028: NEW - Changing Landscape of Maintenance
Things are always changing in life, which includes the way we maintain our landscapes. What changes have you seen over the years? Let us look at some of the major (and minor) ways in which landscape maintenance has evolved over the years.
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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: Jeff McMann
Date: Tuesday February 25, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Things are always changing in life, which includes the way we maintain our landscapes. What changes have you seen over the years? Let us look at some of the major (and minor) ways in which landscape maintenance has evolved over the years.
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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: Jeff McMann
Date: Tuesday February 25, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL143: NEW - Small Spaces, Big Impact
Your customer has a small property with lots of big landscaping ideas.
Learn ways to to make that happen for them with creative and efficient space planning ideas and features.
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LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Jackie Morra
Date: Tuesday February 25, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Your customer has a small property with lots of big landscaping ideas.
Learn ways to to make that happen for them with creative and efficient space planning ideas and features.
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: Jackie Morra
Date: Tuesday February 25, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL014: Common Perennials and their ID by plant family.
What are the common characteristics that make certain plants part of the same family? Here we will explore perennials and learn how to recognize them by family.
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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: Wednesday February 26, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
What are the common characteristics that make certain plants part of the same family? Here we will explore perennials and learn how to recognize them by family.
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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: Wednesday February 26, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL134: Tropicals in the Landscape
Interesting foliage and bright colours of tropical plants are becoming popular additions in our summer landscape projects. A wider variety of these delights are becoming available in containers each year, allowing us to expand the scope of our annual plantings. There’s nothing like a large Palm tree in an Ontario landscape to make an eye catching focal point. This session will look at what’s available, how to use it and how to care for it.
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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 February 26, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Interesting foliage and bright colours of tropical plants are becoming popular additions in our summer landscape projects. A wider variety of these delights are becoming available in containers each year, allowing us to expand the scope of our annual plantings. There’s nothing like a large Palm tree in an Ontario landscape to make an eye catching focal point. This session will look at what’s available, how to use it and how to care for it.
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: Ken Brown, Dallying In the Dirt
Date: Wednesday February 26, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL144: Tree Stress and How to Avoid It
The death of newly planted or established trees is the dread of any landscape professional. This talk will explore the concept of tree stress, teach participants the skills to identify when trees are under stress and how to correct the situation before trees die and require costly replacement.
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LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Todd Irvine, MFC, MA, ISA Certified Arborist
Date: Thursday February 27, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
The death of newly planted or established trees is the dread of any landscape professional. This talk will explore the concept of tree stress, teach participants the skills to identify when trees are under stress and how to correct the situation before trees die and require costly replacement.
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: Todd Irvine, MFC, MA, ISA Certified Arborist
Date: Thursday February 27, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL145: NEW - Picking Plants for Problem Areas
Problem areas in your landscape project.. we all run into them. Covering some of the plants available when tackling them this session will look at plant characteristics and their maintenance, along with a few low and no-maintenance plants for normal and problem areas (e.g. Problem areas - heavy shade, steep slopes, wet areas etc.).
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LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Robert Pavlis, Aspen Grove Gardens
Date: Thursday February 27, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Problem areas in your landscape project.. we all run into them. Covering some of the plants available when tackling them this session will look at plant characteristics and their maintenance, along with a few low and no-maintenance plants for normal and problem areas (e.g. Problem areas - heavy shade, steep slopes, wet areas etc.).
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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: Robert Pavlis, Aspen Grove Gardens
Date: Thursday February 27, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL146: NEW - Landscape Design CRASH COURSE
Buckle up as this high-energy, two part one-hour talk packs a punch with essential design principles and practical tips. Fast-paced it is designed for those who want to quickly grasp the fundamentals of landscape design, from creating functional layouts to selecting the right plants for your space. With dynamic visuals and rapid-fire insights, you'll gain a solid understanding of key concepts and strategies to transform any outdoor area into a stunning and well-organized landscape.
Intended for contractors who don't have a full-time designer on staff and would like to have more confidence in preparing and presenting designs. A high-overview of the process from first meeting a client to preparing the estimate.
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: Heather Jerrard, My Landscape Artist
Dates: Monday March 3, 2025 10:00 am - Sunday March 3, 0205 11:00 am
Wednesday March 5, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Buckle up as this high-energy, two part one-hour talk packs a punch with essential design principles and practical tips. Fast-paced it is designed for those who want to quickly grasp the fundamentals of landscape design, from creating functional layouts to selecting the right plants for your space. With dynamic visuals and rapid-fire insights, you'll gain a solid understanding of key concepts and strategies to transform any outdoor area into a stunning and well-organized landscape.
Intended for contractors who don't have a full-time designer on staff and would like to have more confidence in preparing and presenting designs. A high-overview of the process from first meeting a client to preparing the estimate.
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: Heather Jerrard, My Landscape Artist
Dates: Monday March 3, 2025 10:00 am - Sunday March 3, 0205 11:00 am
Wednesday March 5, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL027: NEW - The Good, the Bad the Ugly - Tree Care
Tree care has been performed for centuries. What are good practices, the not so good and the better ones? Curious???? Tune in to find out!
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LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Jeff McMann
Date: Tuesday March 4, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Tree care has been performed for centuries. What are good practices, the not so good and the better ones? Curious???? Tune in to find out!
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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: Jeff McMann
Date: Tuesday March 4, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL147: NEW - Immersive/Sensory Gardens
Learn about ways to engage your customers in their gardens by incorporating the unique use of colours, textures, sounds, scents and taste to elevate outdoor spaces.
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LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Jackie Morra, Horticulturalist
Date: Tuesday March 4, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Learn about ways to engage your customers in their gardens by incorporating the unique use of colours, textures, sounds, scents and taste to elevate outdoor spaces.
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: Jackie Morra, Horticulturalist
Date: Tuesday March 4, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL148: NEW - Introduction to Invasive Species
This session we will identify some of the most common invasive species found in Ontario. What are characteristics that make a particular species invasive? Their means of dispersal and how they affect the surrounding plants/wildlife and alter the soil.
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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: Jeff Dickie, Conservation Halton
Date: Wednesday March 5, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
This session we will identify some of the most common invasive species found in Ontario. What are characteristics that make a particular species invasive? Their means of dispersal and how they affect the surrounding plants/wildlife and alter the soil.
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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: Jeff Dickie, Conservation Halton
Date: Wednesday March 5, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
OL016: Unwanted Weeds and their ID by plant family
What are the common characteristics that make certain plants part of the same family? Here we will explore weeds and learn how to recognize them by family.
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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: Thursday March 6, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
What are the common characteristics that make certain plants part of the same family? Here we will explore weeds and learn how to recognize them by family.
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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: Thursday March 6, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL131: Building a Budget to Price Jobs Profitably
Ever get to the end of the year and your books show you made a profit, but you have no cash in your bank account?
The number one reason hardscape contractors have the "show profit- but-no-cash-in-the-bank" symptom is overhead expenses. Overhead, if not properly accounted for..will crush you.
The presenter will teach you how to solve this dilemma by showing you how to build a company budget that ensures you are pricing your jobs for profit, charging the correct rate per man-hour, and making sure your overhead and all costs are factored in. You’ll leave with tools you can use to build your budget and start earning the profit your looking for.
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LO member price: $195.00
Non-member price: $240.00
Location: Online Learning -This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date
Instructor: Weston Zimmerman, Synkedup
Dates: Thursday March 6, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Friday March 7, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Ever get to the end of the year and your books show you made a profit, but you have no cash in your bank account?
The number one reason hardscape contractors have the "show profit- but-no-cash-in-the-bank" symptom is overhead expenses. Overhead, if not properly accounted for..will crush you.
The presenter will teach you how to solve this dilemma by showing you how to build a company budget that ensures you are pricing your jobs for profit, charging the correct rate per man-hour, and making sure your overhead and all costs are factored in. You’ll leave with tools you can use to build your budget and start earning the profit your looking for.
This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date.
LO member price: $195.00
Non-member price: $240.00
Location: Online Learning -This is a online learning presentation. Digital platform details will be emailed closer to the presentation date
Instructor: Weston Zimmerman, Synkedup
Dates: Thursday March 6, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Friday March 7, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
OL122: Perfect Plant Pairings; An Artistic Eye
Taking your landscape project to the next level, requires a sharp eye for detail, utilizing plants with multiple seasons of interest, careful plant selection, thoughtful design, and artistic pairings / combinations. Plants can be paired for several reasons, texture, colour, form, and functionality to name a few.
In this talk you will walk through perfect plant pairings to help unlock your 'Artistic Eye' when choosing your potential pairings for your next landscape project.
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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: Paul Gellatly, The Tattooed Gardener
Date: Friday March 7, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Taking your landscape project to the next level, requires a sharp eye for detail, utilizing plants with multiple seasons of interest, careful plant selection, thoughtful design, and artistic pairings / combinations. Plants can be paired for several reasons, texture, colour, form, and functionality to name a few.
In this talk you will walk through perfect plant pairings to help unlock your 'Artistic Eye' when choosing your potential pairings for your next landscape project.
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: Paul Gellatly, The Tattooed Gardener
Date: Friday March 7, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL096: Hosta Varieties and Amazing Combinations
Presentation will cover everything you wanted to know about one of the easiest part shade plants to grow including knowing how to identify and prevent HVX (Hosta Virus X).
Dawn will also look at some of the newer varieties and ideas for amazing plant combinations in part shade.
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LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Dawn Golloher, Gardens Plus
Date: Monday March 10, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Presentation will cover everything you wanted to know about one of the easiest part shade plants to grow including knowing how to identify and prevent HVX (Hosta Virus X).
Dawn will also look at some of the newer varieties and ideas for amazing plant combinations in part shade.
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: Dawn Golloher, Gardens Plus
Date: Monday March 10, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL029: Turfgrass Care
What are the basics of turfgrass care? What are some of the practices that enhance the client’s lawns? We will explore a few of the common maintenance practices and field some questions as we look at the basics of turf care.
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LO member price: $65.00
Non-member price: $80.00
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Instructor: Jeff McMann
Date: Tuesday March 11, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
What are the basics of turfgrass care? What are some of the practices that enhance the client’s lawns? We will explore a few of the common maintenance practices and field some questions as we look at the basics of turf care.
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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: Jeff McMann
Date: Tuesday March 11, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am
OL149: NEW - New 2025 Plants and Trends
Don't react to your clients wants and needs after it's to late and the trend has passed.
See what’s new from growers and what trends are key for consumers in outdoor living for the upcoming year.
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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: Jackie Morra, Horticulturalist
Date: Tuesday March 11, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Don't react to your clients wants and needs after it's to late and the trend has passed.
See what’s new from growers and what trends are key for consumers in outdoor living for the upcoming year.
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: Jackie Morra, Horticulturalist
Date: Tuesday March 11, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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.
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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
Seminars main menuIn 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