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September 2017
Previous Issues
Green Pencil
Plenty of promise for the garden centre industry
By John Zaplatynsky
The best-managed garden centres will continue to find a corner of the fiercely competitive retail landscape, and will, through leadership and innovation, succeed into the next generation.
Feature
Plant stars on display
By Scott Barber
Touring the California Spring Trials
Miles of smiles
By Carol Matthews
The faces of garden centre retailing across Canada
Road To Success
Why we shop where we shop
By Rod McDonald
Service sells product and good product creates service
Management Solutions
Benchmarking field labour
By Mark Bradley
The goal of benchmarks is to provide a general framework for success
Legal Matters
Thoughts on liability and property insurance
By Rob Kennaley and Josh Winter
When purchasing insurance, it is important to work with your broker to understand what is, and what is not, included in the insurance policy
CNLA News
CNLA News September 2017
News from the federation of Canada's provincial trade associations.
Landscape Alberta News
Landscape Alberta News
Landscape Trades devotes space to Canada’s provincial horticultural trades associations. This month features news from Landscape Alberta Nursery Trade Association (LANTA).
Industry News
CNLA hosts IGCA World Congress
The International Garden Centre Association’s 2017 Congress will be hosted by the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association in Niagara Falls, Ont., Sept. 17-22.
Plantation Products buys Superthrive
Plantation Products has acquired the Superthrive vitamin solution brand. Founded by Dr. John Thomson in 1938, Superthrive was designed to produce healthier plants.
Plantation Products buys Superthrive
Plantation Products has acquired the Superthrive vitamin solution brand. Founded by Dr. John Thomson in 1938, Superthrive was designed to produce healthier plants.
Canadian Greenhouse Conference heads to Niagara Falls
Canada’s leading garden retailers and flower, vegetable, cannabis and nursery growers will converge at the Scotia Bank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls, Ont., Oct. 4-5, for the Canadian Greenhouse Conference.
Montreal launches eco-grazing pilot
Montreal has enlisted 10 sheep to patrol a pair of parks in the Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie borough.
Montreal welcomes World Design Expo
The 2017 IFLA, CSLA and AAPQ Congress of the World Design Summit will be held at the Palais des congres in Montréal, Que., Oct. 16-19.
Stanley Black and Decker supports Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity teams up with Stanley Black and Decker for a cross-country, home building spree.
Landscaper killed in workplace accident
An Elmsdale, Ont. man, Mark Lalonde, 38, sustained a fatal injury on Aug. 1 while cutting stone on a landscape jobsite in North Huntsville.
HortEast to energize Atlantic Canada in November
The HortEast Conference and Trade Show is set to take place Nov. 28-29 in Moncton, N.B
Costa sells majority share to holding company
Markel has reached an agreement to acquire a majority interest in Costa Farms and its related operating companies.
New Products
New Products September 2017
A selection of new products on the market for landscape professionals.
Mentor Moment
Business plan: More and better
By Rod McDonald
High volume at reasonable prices was Wade's motto, and his savings were often passed on to his customers
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