Landscape Ontario Trial Garden Open House
Thursday, August 21, 2025 | 9:00 AM - Trade Professionals
Landscape Ontario, 7856 Fifth Line South, Milton

Highlights

• Echinacea trial: 40+ entries
• Garden to vase cutflower trial
• Main perennial trial: with 250+ entries
• Annuals trial: landscape and container grown evaluation of annuals with 250+ entries
• Overwintering, container grown wildflower study

Event schedule

Thank you to our Lunch sponsor:

Presenters

Tim Anderson
Director of Grower Accounts | Proven Winners

Tim is the Director of Grower Accounts at Proven Winners, where he fosters brand loyalty among growers and brokers. With a focus on education and innovation, Tim plays a key role in introducing new plant varieties across all company programs. He brings over 20 years of industry experience to his work, combining deep knowledge with a passion for helping growers succeed.

 

Astri Buchanan
Territory Sales Manager, Eastern Canada | ICL Growing Solutions

Astri's interest in agriculture began while working as a tree planter during summers off from her undergraduate degree. She has built a diverse career in the horticulture industry, starting with a focus on plant health and integrated pest management focused in greenhouse vegetable production. She later transitioned into technical sales roles, providing support and solutions in crop nutrition, biological control and sustainable growing practices. Now serving Eastern Canada for ICL Growing Solutions, Astri works closely with growers to deliver customized programs that enhance plant quality and production efficiency. Her hands-on experience, combined with a strong foundation in applied research and grower relations, makes her a trusted resource in the industry.

 

Leigh-Ann Clarke
Director of Sales, Canada | Growscape 

Relatively new to the horticultural industry, I do bring a strong background in sales and customer service developed over many years. I work with a team of Sales professionals who are passionate about understanding our customers' unique needs and finding the right container solutions to match—ensuring a positive and productive experience every time. We’re also excited to share that HC Companies has officially rebranded to Growscape. This new name reflects the merging of our decorative and grower pot expertise, delivering a true 360-degree solution to our customers and partners. Growscape represents a renewed commitment to innovation, sustainability, and comprehensive service across the horticultural industry.

While our name has changed, our dedication to quality, partnership, and growth remains stronger than ever.

 

Joy Keeler
Territory Sales Manager | Danzinger

With 40 years working in the horticulture industry, Joy has experience in all aspects of greenhouse production, from seeding, planting, and growing crops, to selling, marketing, advertising, and purchasing, Formerly employed by two different large growing operations: Jolly Farmer Products in New Brunswick and Colonial Florists in St. Catharines, she is now the product rep and key accounts manager for Danziger in Canada. Danziger Flower Farm is a breeder and young plant supplier of annuals, perennials and foliage plants with locations all around the world.

 

Emily Posteraro
Program Development Coordinator | Invasive Species Centre

Emily is a Program Development Coordinator at the Invasive Species Centre, where she focuses on spotted lanternfly education and outreach, facilitating collaboration on invasive species management between municipalities, and coordinating efforts to address the cumulative impacts of invasive species and climate change. She holds an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Toronto, St. George and a Master of Environmental Science degree from the University of Toronto, Scarborough.

 

Cindy Roberts
Seeds Area Manager to the East Coast/Mid-Atlantic US and Eastern Canada | Benary

Cindy is the Benary Seeds Area Manager to the East Coast/Mid-Atlantic region of the USA and Eastern Canada. Over the years, Benary has developed many world-renowned brands such as Nonstop® Begonias, BIG® Begonias, Graffiti® Pentas, Joey® Ptilotus – just to name a few. These products and many others are offered to growers worldwide through our extensive network of brokers, distributors and sales representatives.

Before joining Benary in January 2024, Cindy was the Coordinator of Greenhouse Operations at Dan Schantz Farm and Greenhouse. Cindy has decades of experience in planning, growing, and managing greenhouse crops and staff. She served on retailer grower councils, and built relationships with growers in the area. Cindy gained experience and knowledge of the many genetics on the market while managing the commercial operation, and shares this experience with her Benary accounts.

Cindy can be reached at croberts@benary.com.

 

 

Terry Talsma
Canada Business Manager | Syngenta Flowers

Terry is proud to be a part of the floriculture industry more than 25 years, the last 13 at Syngenta Flowers, where he is the Canada Business Manager.

 

 

Brandon Yep
Grower Specialist | Sun Gro Horticulture

Brandon is the Grower Specialist at Sun Gro Horticulture covering Canada. In this role he provides technical support for growers on all things substrate related and helps develop new mixes for emerging markets. Having received both his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and master’s degree in Horticulture Sciences from the University of Guelph, Brandon is proud to partner Sun Gro with the university to support trials and innovation in the floriculture industry.

More speaker details coming soon.

Events Questions

Connect with Lisa Pascoe
Landscape Ontario Membership Events Specialist, Chapter & Sectors
lpascoe@landscapeontario.com