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Clippings
May 18, 2017
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Canada 150 Garden at the Alberta Legislature
Landscape Alberta members are coming together to build a garden in time for Canada Day to celebrate the 150th birthday of our great nation. Last week, Landscape Alberta received ministerial approval from Hon. Brian Mason to build a garden on the Legislature grounds. The garden will feature 150 of the new Canadian Shield shrub rose. The garden features a central maple leaf shape bed outlined in natural stone that will feature 13 rose plants, one for each province or territory. The final concept plan can be viewed here. John van Roessel of JVR Landscapes in Calgary has generously donated the design work.
This garden will be a feature of the legislative grounds for generations to come. This is your chance to be part of this celebration of our profession. This year they are expecting more than 100,000 people to visit the site for Canada Day celebrations. The build is scheduled for June 9 and 10 to ensure the best possible showing for our garden. A small group of volunteers will work on the 9th to excavate and otherwise prepare the site for the main group of volunteers on Saturday, June 10th.
We need your help! In one of two ways. First, we already have several members donating equipment and material. If you are willing to donate product to the project please email
joel@landscape-alberta.com for more information. If you would like to donate time to building the garden please visit
https://doodle.com/poll/apzpfrntyw2a562c and enter your name/company (1 for each volunteer) in to the poll. There are limited spots for Friday, but we need as many hands as possible for Saturday.
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Skills Canada Alberta Provincial Competition
The annual Skills Canada Alberta event was held at the Edmonton Expo Center at Northlands, May 10 & 11, 2017. Over 10,000 youth ranging from grades 5 to 11 attended the two days to learn about careers in 43 different trades, including Landscape Gardening.
Landscape Alberta once again participated in the Provincial Skills Competition Try-A-TradeĀ® event engaging nearly one thousand students, parents and teachers from across Alberta to try their hand at the Landscape Horticulturist Try-A-TradeĀ® booth. It was one of many featured at this annual event, which strives to increase interest and awareness of career opportunities in the skilled and technical trades sectors.
Two teams from Olds College competed - congratulations to Ray and Adrian of Calibre Landscaping on their gold medal win. They move on to the Skills Canada National Competition in Winnipeg, May 31 - June 3, 2017. Also a shout out to the silver medal team of Tyler from the City of Edmonton and Liam from 5 Star Trees showed incredibly well and deserve equal congratulations for their excellent effort and to both teams for being outstanding ambassadors for our trade.
Thank you to the following sponsors:
Exporcrete, an Oldcastle Company, Land-Tec Landscape Contractors, Kiwi Nurseries, and Treetime.ca.
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Alberta Greenhouse Rebate Program (AGRP) Info Session - How to get 80% of Eligible Heating Costs Back
The Alberta Greenhouse Growers Association along with Landscape Alberta and Alberta Agriculture & Forestry will be hosting a webinar for information on the AGRP as we approach the first application opening on July 1st. More info on AGRP can be found at
here.
Drew Hiltz and Arvind Cheniveerappan from Alberta Agriculture and Forestry will be leading participants through the program guidelines and the application process answering any questions or concerns about how to apply and what qualifies under the AGRP.
Arvind is the Greenhouse Rebate Program Specialist for Alberta Agriculture and Forestry and the Government of Alberta. Arvind has worked progressively as a horticulturist in India, Ethiopia, USA and now in Alberta, Canada. With an MBA and 17 years of experience and knowledge, he is well versed with the project and business management of the greenhouse production industry. Drew is the Manager of the Rural Initiatives Unit for Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. Drew is passionate about rural development working in the field under various capacities throughout his career in private, public and not-for-profit environments.
For AGGA and Landscape Alberta members the webinar will be recorded and made available for re-watch at any time.
The Webinar is June 7 2017, at 11:00 am MT.
Or iPhone one-tap:
+1(587)3164436, 6488263480# Calgary, AB
+1(780)6669719, 6488263480# Edmonton, AB
Or Telephone:
+1 (587) 316 4436 Calgary, AB
+1 (780) 666 9719 Edmonton, AB
Meeting ID: 648 826 3480
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Join the Celebration and be Part of a National Garden Promotion
Garden Days is a ten-day celebration that takes place June 9 - 18, 2017. The program's objective is to draw attention to our garden culture, history and innovations and to underscore the importance and value of public and private gardens and gardening.
To celebrate Garden Days, we invite you to organize special activities and/or promotions at your garden, garden centre and in your community. The intent is simply to profile your celebration of gardens and gardening and your contribution to Canada's garden experiences.
Whatever you decide to do, we invite you to register your activity or promotion, at no cost, on
www.gardendays.ca.
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Landscape Industry Certified Technician Exam
The next test date in Alberta is August 18-19, 2017 at Olds College campus. A summer test means candidates can use the season's field experience to build skills toward their success on test day. It also means we can offer the Turf Maintenance Technician test without mowing snow! Get the ball rolling - register today by contacting Jason Young, Certification Co-ordinator at CNLA:
jason@cnla-acpp.ca, or call toll-free 1-888-446-3499 ext. 8620.
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Having an Event?
Are you planning an industry event? Let us know and we will add to our
events calendar on the
Landscape Alberta website. If you would you like a representative from Landscape Alberta to attend your event, let us know and we will do our best to make it out. Send your event listings to:
kyla@landscape-alberta.com. Be sure to include date, time, location and a web link (if applicable).
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Benefits for Members across the Country
casaGuru: Receive a free business listing on casaGURU.com and its partner sites, including HGTV.ca
Mark's: 10% off the majority of Mark's workwear clothing, footwear and safety accessories.
Take advantage of these discounts and save thousands - see all the deals at the CNLA website
https://cnla.ca/become-a-member.
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If you have any questions or concerns, or if you would like more information on upcoming events, please contact us at 1-800-378-3198 or email
admin@landscape-alberta.com
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