August 14, 2017
David Lammers (left) with the Excellence in Business Award, joined by his brother Paul Lammers, with the Safety Award.
David Lammers (left) with the Excellence in Business Award, joined by his brother Paul Lammers, with the Safety Award.
Landscape Ontario member, Garden Grove Landscape Management of Waterdown, Ont., received two major awards at the recent Snow and Ice Management Association’s (SIMA) annual symposium in Montreal.

Garden Grove received the Excellence in Business Award and the SIMA Safety Award on June 23.

The Excellence in Business honour is awarded to a SIMA member business judged on business practices, professional relationships and personal experiences.

“This year’s winner of the Excellence in Business Award strives to provide superior snow and ice management with a focus on safety, quality and value, while also driving snow industry innovation and creating an unparalleled client experience,” said SIMA president Justin Gamester. “For more than 25 years, the company has achieved steady growth and become widely recognized as an industry leader with the philosophy of consistency, accessibility, reliability and expertise.”

Garden Grove president David Lammers said, “Our goal is to continually raise the bar in every aspect of providing the best possible services to our clients.”

During the presentation of the Safety Award, Gamester said, “Winners of this award must undergo a rigorous reporting process that takes into consideration training, established safety plans, incident reports, accident claims and more.”

“Garden Grove is vitally interested in providing a safe and healthy environment and will take every reasonable precaution to protect our employees, customers and visitors from harm,” Lammers said at the award presentation. “We are committed to providing a strong safety program that protects our staff, our customer’s property and the public from accidents, injuries or illness.”

The company’s service region extends throughout the Golden Horseshoe, the Greater Toronto Area, and now Guelph, Cambridge and Kitchener-Waterloo.