Clippings for April 18, 2024

On April 4, we celebrated the winners of the 2023 Landscape Alberta Landscape Awards in Calgary. Each year, we see beautiful, well-designed landscapes that truly showcase the best this industry has to offer. This year we had 32 entries with 12 winners in the Merit category and 6 winners in the Excellence category.

We congratulate 2023 winners: Alpha Better Landscaping Inc., Delta Valley Landscaping Services Ltd., Jenron Creative Landscapes, JVR Landscape (2006) Inc., MaisonScapes, OnGrowing Works Ltd., Blue Isle Contracting, Planta Landscape Inc., Your Space by Design Inc., Salisbury Landscaping, Seven M Construction Ltd., and Bradbosh Landscaping.

We would like to thank this year’s volunteer judges for taking their assignment seriously and giving so generously of their time and expertise: Jeff Wilson, Mark Janzen, Jeff Campbell, Steve Kletke, John van Roessel, Raymond Vincent, Steve Birch, Tyler Grant and Maria Galdon.

We would also like to congratulate those who have been nominated for the 2024 National Awards of Landscape Excellence through the CNLA: Planta Landscape Inc., Your Space by Design Inc., Seven M Construction Ltd and Ongrowing Works Ltd. Best of luck to this year’s nominees!

Follow us on Instagram for photos of the award-winning projects over the coming weeks.

The 2024 Awards Package is now available for download. Once again, all active members of Landscape Alberta get their first entry for free! If you have any questions on the awards program, contact Kyla at kyla.hardon@landscape-alberta.com. 

ATTENTION ALL ACTIVE MEMBERS!

Ensuring we have accurate data for Alberta is crucial to our advocacy work as an association and as a business practice for our members (benchmarking, recruitment, retention). Please take a moment and complete before spring is here fully. 

Responses will be combined and made confidential to protect your privacy and ensure the accuracy and security of the data.

Participating in this survey guarantees you a FREE summary of the results/trends (valued at $140). Industry members who do not participate will be required to pay for full access to the final report. Your input is crucial to shaping industry standards. Let's make a difference together!

Are you concerned about the spectre of drought on the horizon? Landscape Alberta is creating resources for members and preparing communications to public and government on behalf of the industry. If you would like to volunteer for the working committee, please email info@landscape-alberta.com.

Development Services | UPE

Development Landscape Inspections

Please join us for this in-person event!

WHEN: Thursday, May 9, 2024, 8:30 am – 12:00 pm

WHERE: Boardrooms NE 03-310 & NE 03-320

Edmonton Tower Meeting Centre, 3rd Floor

10111 - 104 Avenue NW | Edmonton, AB | T5J 0J4

Please register below and a calendar hold will be forwarded at a later time.

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Asian Longhorned Beetle Training is Now Live

The Invasive Species Centre's Training Program is now offering Asian Longhorned Beetle Training, a self-guided online course covering the invasive insect's biology, pathways of spread, impacts, and more. This course will also dive into the history and management of Asian longhorned beetle in Canada and the United States. Each lesson is accompanied by short quizzes to check your learning, and you will receive a certificate of completion for achieving a minimum of 80% on the final exam. Eligible participants can also receive continuing education units from the International Society of Arboriculture upon completion of the course. Register: https://invasivespeciestraining.ca/

We're thrilled to share that GM & Stellantis (RAM) have offered greater discounts to members on light-duty and heavy-duty trucks! This comes as great news as supplies have become more readily available.



Let's get you into the truck that supports your business – with savings that make a difference!

To get started, contact our CNLA Member Services Team:

1 (888)-446-3499

memberservices@cnla-acpp.ca

CNLA will be hosting the International Garden Centre Congress in Québec from August 25th-31st, 2024. Québec features many inspiring and innovative garden centres in Canada, including some of the newest and largest garden centres in the country. The tour will include stays in both Québec City and Montréal. From dinner at a Sugar Shack to a visit to the inspiring Montréal Botanical Garden, delegates will visit 10 unique garden centres and network with over 200 delegates from 20 countries around the world - this is your invitation to inspiration, you won't want to miss this event. Visit www.igca24.ca for more information and to register.

Promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXU7E8ME_F8&t=2s

Esso & Mobil: Largest retail fuel network in Canada, cents per litre discount, vehicle & driver reporting, purchase control & limits through the Esso Mobil Business Fleet Cards.

Krown Rust Control: Receive access to special fleet pricing program and discounts on specified products.

Greenius: Members receive a FREE 2-month license of Greenius Training Software, Unlimited users for 2 months and Unlimited training courses + FREE custom implementation.

HortProtect Insurance: Designed to meet the specialized needs of professionals and operators within the Canadian Horticulture Industry. Start a quote at www.hortprotect.com.

Are you a member of the Landscape Alberta? Are you taking advantage of your Member Benefits?

We offer discounted pricing on vehicles & equipment, industry training,

financial services & much more!

To access the Member Benefits portal, click here. If you don’t have a log-in please reach

out to memberservices@cnla-acpp.ca to request one.