Sustainable Development Seminars
LP062: Planting Choices - Expand Your Knowledge of Native Plants
Landscape surroundings are changing and customers are asking for more sustainable ways of caring for their properties.
This seminar will provide environmentally sound solutions for landscape designers and contractors, reviewing the wide variety of native herbaceous and woody plant species available.
Learn what native wildflowers, grasses and shrubs in Ontario are suitable for small or large landscaping projects, and how they can be effectively combined with non-native species to create ornamental gardens pollinator gardens and rain gardens.
There are hundreds of native species available to the landscape professional, but only a fraction is used. Participants will learn what plants work well together, and where native plants can be sourced.
LO member price: $138.00
Non-member price: $242.00
Maximum participants: 12
Location: Landscape Ontario, 7856 5th Line S., Milton
Instructor: Adele Pierre, Adele Pierre Landscape Architect
Date: Wednesday February 5, 2025 9:00 am - 2:30 pm
Landscape surroundings are changing and customers are asking for more sustainable ways of caring for their properties.
This seminar will provide environmentally sound solutions for landscape designers and contractors, reviewing the wide variety of native herbaceous and woody plant species available.
Learn what native wildflowers, grasses and shrubs in Ontario are suitable for small or large landscaping projects, and how they can be effectively combined with non-native species to create ornamental gardens pollinator gardens and rain gardens.
There are hundreds of native species available to the landscape professional, but only a fraction is used. Participants will learn what plants work well together, and where native plants can be sourced.
LO member price: $138.00
Non-member price: $242.00
Maximum participants: 12
Location: Landscape Ontario, 7856 5th Line S., Milton
Instructor: Adele Pierre, Adele Pierre Landscape Architect
Date: Wednesday February 5, 2025 9:00 am - 2:30 pm
LG050: NEW - Plant Sociology and Building Plant Communities
An introduction to plant sociology with a discussion on the different ways plants interact with each other in their native plant communities. Building on that information, we will explore how that knowledge can enhance planting designs in an ornamental setting while also maintaining the principles of planting design, rainwater management, and sustainability.
Recommended for Designers and owners of Maintenance Companies.
LO member price: $80.00
Non-member price: $143.00
Maximum participants: 10
Location: Landscape Ontario, 7856 5th Line S., Milton
Instructor: Rose Walters
Date: Friday February 21, 2025 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
An introduction to plant sociology with a discussion on the different ways plants interact with each other in their native plant communities. Building on that information, we will explore how that knowledge can enhance planting designs in an ornamental setting while also maintaining the principles of planting design, rainwater management, and sustainability.
Recommended for Designers and owners of Maintenance Companies.
LO member price: $80.00
Non-member price: $143.00
Maximum participants: 10
Location: Landscape Ontario, 7856 5th Line S., Milton
Instructor: Rose Walters
Date: Friday February 21, 2025 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
LG048: NEW - Invasive Species Management Options
This seminar will discuss the difference between woody and herbaceous species, management options using mechanical methods or herbicides, personal protective equipment for removing invasive species and selecting the right methods/tools to prevent further spread into the landscape.
LO member price: $160.00
Non-member price: $285.00
Maximum participants: 10
Location: Landscape Ontario, 7856 5th Line S., Milton
Instructor: Jeff Dickie, Conservation Halton
Date: Thursday February 27, 2025 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Seminars main menuThis seminar will discuss the difference between woody and herbaceous species, management options using mechanical methods or herbicides, personal protective equipment for removing invasive species and selecting the right methods/tools to prevent further spread into the landscape.
LO member price: $160.00
Non-member price: $285.00
Maximum participants: 10
Location: Landscape Ontario, 7856 5th Line S., Milton
Instructor: Jeff Dickie, Conservation Halton
Date: Thursday February 27, 2025 9:00 am - 3:30 pm