A Landscape Alberta Nursery Trades Association member publication May/June 2016 Vol. 4, No. 3

2015 Landscape AwardsLandscape Onsites: Common Sense Safety

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Industry and Association News... Canadian Landscape Standards Now AvailableThe Canadian Nursery Landscape Association and theCanadian Society of Landscape Architects are pleased toannounce the release of the Canadian Landscape Standard(CLS) First Edition. The CLS is a single, authoritative resourcefor landscape construction projects across Canada. For thefirst time, there is a national guideline to set the standard oflandscape work in every province across the country.

Volunteers in every province reviewedthe CLS to ensure that it is user-friendlyand represents conditions of landscapework in all climatic and geographicregions, making the CLS relevant andapplicable to all regions of Canada andavailable in both official languages.The national CLS Steering Committeewill remain in place to develop newsections and continually revise andupdate the document to ensure itsaccuracy and relevance. The CLSwas designed for use by anyonewho specifies scopes or bidson landscape work, includinglandscape architects, landscapedesigners, landscape contractors,

grounds maintenance contractors andgovernment procurement parks departments at all levels.

As a benchmark standard for the landscape horticultureindustry, the CLS will be an indispensable tool to the successof any landscape project that is designed, built and main-tained to this nationally-recognized standard.

“This remarkable collaboration between the BCLNA, BCSLA,CNLA and the CSLA has successfully produced a nationallyunifying set of landscape standards,” said Christene StenhouseLeVatte, past President of the CNLA and Chair of the CLSSteering Committee, “with the goal to effecting better designed,built and maintained green spaces for our Canadian neighbour-hoods, communities, towns and cities…. from coast to coast.”

To obtain a copy of the Canadian Landscape Standard (CLS),please visit www.csla-aapc.ca/standard.

Landscape Awards Presentation Our annual Landscape Awards Presentation and Dinner washeld March 1 at Yellowhead Brewery in Edmonton. This yearthere were two recipients of the Executive Choice Award. Thefirst went to Arnold van de Ligt from Manderley Turf ProductsInc. for his outstanding service to Landscape Alberta in hisrole as Treasurer, and to the industry through his tirelessvolunteerism with many broad based agricultural groupsacross the province. The second award went to BrendanCasement for his “career” as volunteer treasurer of theNursery Growers Group that spanned almost 25 years. TheExecutive Choice Award recognizes members who have

demonstrated dedication to helping the association grow andachieve its long-term goals.

The Landscape Awards program received 51 entries this year,with 39 awards handed out. Congratulations to Alpha BetterLandscaping Inc., Anew View Landscape Construction Ltd.,CRS Brown Landscape Services Ltd., Earthworm LandscapeDesign Co. Ltd., Foothills Landscaping (2000) Ltd.,Homescapes Complete Residential Landscaping, JansenLandscaping Ltd., Julia's Alpine Garden, JVR Landscape(2006) Inc., Landform Inc., OnGrowing Works Ltd., ParkLandscaping Ltd., Salisbury Landscaping, Surface ProServices, ULS Maintenance & Landscaping Inc. and Year-Round Landscaping Inc.

View photos from our Spring Workshop and LandscapeAwards presentation at https://flic.kr/s/aHskvKEorM or flip topages 9 - 13 to see the photos of the award winning projects.

We would also like to congratulate those companies whoseaward-winning entries have been nominated for the 2017National Awards of Landscape Excellence:

ULS Maintenance and Landscaping Inc. – SAIT,•La Rocque ResidencePark Landscaping Ltd. – Hector Road•Alpha Better Landscaping Inc. – Mountain View•Storm Pond, Barb Scott Park Surface Pro Services – Eighth Ave Place Hines•

New Board of DirectorsThe Association’s Annual General Meeting was held at theCoast Plaza Hotel on March 1, 2016. Representatives fromover 60 members were present to hear details on the previousyear’s accomplishments and to elect the new board. Yourboard for 2016/2017 is:

Cody Brown, Tree to Tree Nurseries Ltd.•Steve Wheatcroft, ULS Maintenance & Landscaping Inc.•Jeff Oudyk, Land Tec Landscape Contractors Ltd.•Jordan Voogd, Sunstar Nurseries Ltd. •Chris Brown, CRS Brown Landscape Services Ltd. •Brian Gibson, Green Drop Lawns Ltd.•John van Roessel, JVR Landscape (2006) Ltd.•Keith Plowman, K Plowman Contracting Ltd.•

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Residential Landscape Construction34. Park Landscaping Ltd.Hector Road

35. Homescapes Complete Residential LandscapingMacKay Residence

36. ULS Maintenance & Landscaping Inc.La Rocque Residence

Commercial Maintenance37. ULS Maintenance & Landscaping Inc.SAIT Polytechnic

38. ULS Maintenance & Landscaping Inc.Egerts Park

39. Surface Pro Services Inc.Eighth Ave Place Hines

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2015 Landscape AwardsThe Landscape Awards program received a record breakingnumber of entries in 2015 with 51 projects being entered. Aftertwo days of judging, 33 Awards of Merit and 6 Awards ofExcellence were given. The 2015 Landscape Awards werepresented at the annual Landscape Awards Dinner held atYellowhead Brewery in Edmonton on March 1, 2016.

We would like to thank this year’s volunteer judges for taking theirassignment seriously and giving so generously of their time andexpertise.

Nigel Bowles, Living Legend (retired)Lise Prosser, Elite Lawn & Snow Inc.Jason Stubbs, Salisbury LandscapingBlair McMurdo, Fantascapes Landscaping

We would also like to give a special thank you to ExpocreteConcrete Products, Manderley Turf Products Inc., CochraneLandscape Supply, Rocky Mountain Equipment and FinningCanada for being prize sponsors for the 2015 Landscape Awards.Top honours went to ULS Maintenance & Landscaping Inc. (2),Homescapes Complete Residential Landscaping, ParkLandscaping Ltd. and Surface Pro Services. Congratulations to allof this year’s winners!

The Landscape Awards ProgramThe Landscape Awards reflect the association's commitment tocreating and preserving the beauty of the urban landscape.The program is also designed to reward independent landscapecontracting professionals who execute top quality landscapeprojects.

The Landscape Awards program has four main objectives:Encourage landscape contractors to be the best in their field•Provide a marketing opportunity to those companies that•receive an awardEncourage a company’s employees to aspire to excellence •Provide an opportunity to compete in the National Awards of•Landscape Excellence

Members can enter projects into nine different categoriescovering construction, maintenance and design. Each entry isevaluated using a set of criteria; the submissions are not judgedagainst each other. There are two award levels: a Merit Awardgoes to an entry that earns 70-84 points, and an Excellence Awardgoes to an entry earning 85 or more points. Entries that achieveExcellence status are eligible to be selected for the NationalAwards of Landscape Excellence, a Canada-wide programdeveloped by the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association.

High Score Award Winners

From left to right: Joel Beatson (LandscapeAlberta) presenting an award to RileyPaxton of Homescapes Complete Residen-tial Landscaping; Laura Watson of Finningpresenting an award to Ray Garet from ULSMaintenance & Landscaping Inc.; MelanieKruhlak from Manderley Turf ProductsInc. presenting to Jesse Simera from ULSMaintenance & Landscaping Inc.; Jerry Fallsof Expocrete Concrete Products presentingan award to Eli Dehghani from ParkLandscaping Ltd.; and, Mike Lovin fromRocky Mountain Equipment presenting anaward to Roger Leader of Surface ProServices.

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