Clippings for February 15, 2024

Landscape Alberta’s Spring Workshops will be held in Edmonton on April 2, 2024 and in Calgary, AB on April 4, 2024. Attendees will have two locations to choose from!

How you start is the best predicter of how you finish. This is why Landscape Alberta is working with Grant Harrison from Nextra Consulting to deliver the Supercharge your Spring workshop. Geared to frontline supervisors the two (2) 1-day sessions (Edmonton & Calgary) will provide your team with the important skills and considerations for operating a high performance team, even in tight labour markets.  Get this season started on the right foot!

Save the Date for an evening celebrating excellence in landscaping at the 2023 Landscape Awards Dinner! Join us on April 4, 2024, at the rustic and vibrant Tool Shed Brewery in Calgary, AB, as we honor outstanding achievements in the world of landscaping. Get ready to immerse yourself in a night of inspiration, innovation, and camaraderie, surrounded by the fun atmosphere of Tool Shed Brewery. Mark your calendars for an unforgettable experience, where industry leaders, enthusiasts, and visionaries come together to applaud the best in landscape design, construction and maintenance. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, network, and toast to the brilliance that shapes our outdoor spaces!

The annual Alberta Municipal Tree Symposium is scheduled for March 6th, 2024, in Red Deer.

"If a tree dies in a city, who is to blame?" is the theme this year. A little tongue in cheek, it is a harsh reality of municipal tree planting and care. We hope this day encourage increased collaboration on tree survivability.

Hosted by the Landscape Alberta Nursery Producers Group, this meeting sets to bring together those that produce the tree with the largest group of end-users of trees in the province. This forum is a place to discuss shared challenges and vision for the future of trees in our province. This annual event will help the champions of tree development to gather to share, learn and support each other in a shared vision for greener cities to live, work and play in.

When:  March 6th, 2024, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Where: Red Deer Golf & Country Club - 4500 Fountain Dr, Red Deer, AB T4N 6W8

Cost: None (Sponsored by the Landscape Alberta Nursery Producers Group) – Limit of 4 people per company.

CNLA has proudly partnered with the Canadian Agriculture Human Resource Council (CAHRC) to offer members three webinars providing information on HR related topics.

Webinar #3 : HR Policies and Procedure-using the AgriHR Toolkit 

March 13, 2024 12:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST 

Register here: https://bit.ly/CNLAWebinar3

These sessions were very popular last year and run free of charge. Please register in advance to have access to the links.

At the recent Community and Public Services committee meeting a motion to restore funding for horticulture maintenance to pre-pandemic levels. This is a positive step toward valuing urban green infrastructure by ensuring it is properly maintained. Landscape Alberta has continued to bring this message forward to many municipalities, including Edmonton and it was a central message in our public outreach campaign in Summer of 2022 when the City of Edmonton was considering a pest-control ban.

More information can be found - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-turf-horticulture-service-budget-1.7109996

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

Petro-Canada: Per litre discount on retail fuel and 20% OFF car washes!

LHCP: Members receive discounted rates on training manuals and exam registration for landscape industry certified designations. Visit www.cnlagetcertified.ca for more information. Get Certified. Get Hired.

Lenovo: Save up to 45% off on select Lenovo technologies, accessories, software, and much more.

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.