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2013: Year of the L.A. Aqueduct - L.A. City Council Declaration
Canada Blooms and Landscape Ontario Events Calendar '13 - '14
LANDSCAPE ONTARIO’S EVENT CALENDAR
Toronto, Ont. – January 22, 2013 - Landscape Ontario events calendar.
Canada Blooms
March 15 - 24, 2013 Direct Energy Centre
100 Princes’ Blvd, Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6K 3C3
Canada Blooms is a not-for-profit organization that gives back to the community throughout the year by funding community garden projects around Ontario.
Canada Blooms is also dedicated to providing the community with horticulture expertise, education and resources on an ongoing basis.
Canada Blooms was founded in 1996 by Landscape Ontario and The Garden Club of Toronto. Each year it is supported by a committed group of partners, sponsors and volunteers.
Canada Blooms has been named One of Ontario’s Top 100 Events by Festivals and Events Ontario and One of North America’s Top 100 Events by the American Bus Association. Canada Blooms is also the recipient of the 2011 Garden Tourism Award for “Garden Tourism Festival of the Year”.
Garden enthusiasts delight in stunning floral creations at the standard judged flower show featured at Canada Blooms. Interested non-professional exhibitors as well as members of Horticultural Societies and Garden Clubs are welcome to enter these classes. For information go to www.canadablooms.com
Landscape Ontario’s Expo, Garden and Floral Expo
October 23 – 24, 2013
Show Dates and Hours:
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Future Dates:
Landscape Ontario’s Expo, Garden and Floral Expo 2014
October 22 – 23, 2014
North Building, Toronto Congress Centre
EXPO 2013 is Canada's fall trade show for the garden and floral industry. The spotlights are on flora, fauna and exquisitely merchandised displays that capture imaginations and provide retail inspiration that can be executed on store floors in the spring of 2014.
Early morning educational and networking events, running 8 – 10 a.m. offer industry professionals the opportunity to improve their retail knowledge.
Current news on the trade show, education programs and social events can be found at www.loexpo.ca
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Landscape Ontario's Snow and Ice Conference and Expo 2013
Thursday, September 19, 2013
www.snowandiceexpo.ca
Show Dates and Hours:
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Conference 8 a.m. to 12 noon
Trade Show 12 noon to 4:00 p.m.
Landscape Ontario’s Snow and Ice Conference is a one day industry specific event that features morning sessions followed by displays of exciting new products as well as popular snow removal equipment and technology. The purpose of the event is to create a timely and convenient opportunity to help snow contractors and municipal workers responsible for snow management make their operations more efficient and cost effective. In addition to the must attend workshop, the event is host to outdoor displays of some of the latest equipment and technologies for the snow and ice control industry. The tools that will help improve your snow contracting business include everything from trucks and plows to electronics and software.
Landscape Ontario’s Congress Conference and Trade Show
January 7 - 9, 2014
Show Dates and Hours:
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Landscape Ontario’s Congress, one of North America’s largest horticultural, lawn and garden trade show and conference, enters its 41st year of serving the green industry on January 7 – 9, 2014. Over 13,000 industry professionals congregate in 8 acres of 600 multinational vendor displays – everything a business owner requires for the construction and maintenance of commercial, public and residential landscapes.
Landscape Ontario partners with the Canadian Fence Industry Association to co-locate with their fence focused trade show, Fencecraft.
The four day event offers a broad range of products, dynamic educational programs and networking events that advance professional development and business prosperity of those working in the green industry.
Detailed information about the trade show and conference is available at locongress.com. Landscape Ontario is dedicated to technological improvement, cost reduction, improved relations, and advancing the horticultural industry.
Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association, one of the most vibrant associations of its kind, is comprised of over 2,000 member companies, ten sector groups and nine local chapters. Its trade mission is to promote the horticulture industry in Ontario, and its public mission, Green for Life, promotes the joys and benefits of plants and green spaces. Visit www.landscapeontario.com for more information.
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Tofino Has New, Green Mayor | COMMUNIQUÉ: Une nouvelle mairesse verte à Tofino
Tofino Has New, Green Mayor
“As a small village that is the gateway to a globally significant UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, I believe we have an opportunity and an obligation in Tofino to think 'outside the box' on social, environmental and economic issues, from transportation and housing to business diversity and entrepreneurship,” said Ms. Osborne. “I'm excited about working with all members of my community in this new role as Mayor, regardless of party affiliations.”
SIDNEY, BC – Green Party Leader and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, Elizabeth May, welcomes the news that Josie Osborne was sworn in today as mayor of Tofino, British Columbia.
Ms. Osborne has worked as a fisheries biologist for First Nations communities and as a leader in social enterprise at the Tofino Botanical Gardens Foundation. She has recently been more engaged as a community and business representative, chairing the local destination marketing organization, Tourism Tofino. Josie Osborne is also an active member of the Green Party of Canada.
“I am so pleased that the new Mayor of Tofino, Josie Osborne, is a Green Party member. I know she will, as I have tried to do federally, put constituents first and party last. While party affiliations are not raised in most municipalities, the Green Party is nevertheless pleased and proud that one of our own has become mayor. This is a first in Canada,” said May.
“As a small village that is the gateway to a globally significant UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, I believe we have an opportunity and an obligation in Tofino to think 'outside the box' on social, environmental and economic issues, from transportation and housing to business diversity and entrepreneurship,” said Ms. Osborne. “I'm excited about working with all members of my community in this new role as Mayor, regardless of party affiliations.”
Tofino has a long record for innovations in things green. It is located in the heart of what was one of Canada's most intense wilderness struggles, the fight to protect the old growth forests of Clayoquot Sound. It is a beacon for tourism, for everything from whale watching to year-round surfing, as well as aquaculture and First Nations business enterprises.
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«Ce petit village est la porte d’entrée d’une réserve de la biosphère de l’UNESCO. Je suis convaincue qu’à Tofino, nous avons la possibilité, et même le devoir, de sortir des sentiers battus sur les questions sociales, environnementales et économiques, que ce soit en matière de transport, de logement, de diversification économique et d’entrepreneuriat», a dit Mme Osborne. «Je suis impatiente de travailler avec tous les membres de notre collectivité dans mes nouvelles fonctions de mairesse et ce, sans égard aux allégeances politiques.»
Une nouvelle mairesse verte à Tofino
SIDNEY (C.-B.) – La chef du Parti vert du Canada et députée de Saanich—Gulf Islands Elizabeth May se réjouit de l’assermentation de Josie Osborne comme mairesse de la Ville de Tofino, Colombie-Britannique.
Mme Osborne fut biologiste des pêches pour les Premières Nations ainsi que responsable du programme d’entrepreneuriat social de la fondation des jardins botaniques de Tofino. Plus récemment, elle joua un rôle clé dans la collectivité et le milieu local des affaires, en dirigeant Tourism Tofino. Josie Osborne est également active au sein du Parti vert du Canada.
«Je suis très heureuse que la nouvelle mairesse de Tofino soit membre du Parti vert. Je sais qu’elle défendra les intérêts de ses commettants avant ceux du Parti, comme je m’efforce de le faire au niveau fédéral. Bien que l’allégeance politique n’ait généralement pas la même importance en politique municipale, le Parti vert n’en demeure pas moins fier et ravi que la nouvelle mairesse porte ses couleurs. C’est une première pour le Canada», a dit Mme May.
«Ce petit village est la porte d’entrée d’une réserve de la biosphère de l’UNESCO. Je suis convaincue qu’à Tofino, nous avons la possibilité, et même le devoir, de sortir des sentiers battus sur les questions sociales, environnementales et économiques, que ce soit en matière de transport, de logement, de diversification économique et d’entrepreneuriat», a dit Mme Osborne. «Je suis impatiente de travailler avec tous les membres de notre collectivité dans mes nouvelles fonctions de mairesse et ce, sans égard aux allégeances politiques.»
Tofino affiche un excellent bilan en matière d’innovation verte. Située au cœur d’une région témoin de l’un des combats environnementaux les plus féroces au pays, soit la campagne pour la protection des forêts anciennes de Clayoquot Sound, la Ville est une plaque tournante pour le tourisme et propose une multitude d'activités, de l’observation des baleines à la pratique du surf en toute saison, en passant par l’aquaculture et les entreprises autochtones.
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