Landscape Ontario

Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association was founded in 1973 by combining three separate horticultural associations into one. The original organizations were: Ontario Garden Maintenance and Landscape Association, Ontario Landscape Contractors Association and Ontario Nurseryman's Association.

Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association
TypeAssociation
IndustryHorticulture
FoundedToronto, Ontario (1973)
HeadquartersHalton Hills, Ontario
Websitelandscapeontario.com

Landscape Ontario serves 10 related sectors of horticulture and has more than 2,000 member companies.[1]

Organization

The association is governed by an elected Provincial Board of Directors. The current president of the board is David Wright, owner of Wright landscape services in Bloomingdale Ontario.

Chapters

Landscape Ontario's membership is organized by a chapter system.

  • Durham
  • Georgian Lakelands
  • Golden Horseshoe
  • London
  • Ottawa
  • Toronto
  • Upper Canada
  • Waterloo
  • Windsor

Trade Shows

Landscape Ontario started its January trade show Congress in 1973. The show is now in the top five horticultural shows in North America with over 8 acres (32,000 m2) of exhibits plus 12,500 trade visitors.

In 2003 a secondary fall buying show was created called Garden Expo. Over the years this show has merged with other like minded shows like the National Hardware Show and continually partners up with Flowers Canada which changed the shows name to Garden and Floral Expo. To alleviate confusion, the show is now known as Landscape Ontario's Expo.

Consumer Shows

Landscape Ontario and the Garden Club of Toronto founded Canada Blooms in 1996.[2]

References
  1. What is LO?
  2. History of Canada Blooms Archived 2010-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
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