Date: 8:30am, Wednesday September 26, 2018

End Date: 10:00am, Wednesday September 26, 2018

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Growing Leaders

Speaker: Jacki Hart, Consulting By Hart | ON

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Jacki Hart, Consulting By Hart | ON

Jacki Hart is one of Canada’s premier industry business coaches and conference speakers. She has an impressive track record for shifting entrepreneurs into next-level thinking by deepening their critical business skills. She is a highly sought-after Business Growth and Improvement Coach. She speaks annually at Conferences from coast to coast.

Jacki brings her experience as a successful 25 year contractor and founder of Award-Winning Water’s Edge Landscaping, which she successfully sold with excellent ROI. She has been an active industry advocate and educator with many years serving as Director and Executive on several Provincial and Trade Association Boards.

She developed and manages the Peer2Peer Network and business training programs for Landscape Ontario and continues into her 12th year writing monthly business columns for our industry.
Jacki is a highly skilled mentor, coach and strategic thinker.

Date: 8:30am, Wednesday September 26, 2018

End Date: 10:00am, Wednesday September 26, 2018

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Fusion Gardening

Speaker: Sean James, Sean James Consulting & Design | ON

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Sean James, Sean James Consulting & Design | ON

Sean graduated from the Niagara Parks School of Horticulture. He began gardening professionally when he was 16, over 25 years ago. Sean ran Fern Ridge Landscaping & Eco-consulting for over 20 years, recently handing it over to his leadership team. He now owns ‘Sean James Consulting & Design’, focusing on teaching, speaking, writing, designing and consulting. He is a 2x past president of the Milton & District Horticultural Society. He designed the award-winning sustainable Anderson Par¬kette in Oakville and several other landmark gardens. He has written several regular eco-gardening columns and articles for Garden Making Magazine, Ontario Gardener, Trellis, (the magazine for the Toronto Botanical Garden) and has written pieces in the global digital newsletter for the Perennial Plant Association. He’s also a member of Master Gardeners of Ontario.

Sean was privileged to help put together the national curriculum for Horticultural Ap¬prentices. He has been featured on CBC and on two HGTV shows including ‘Green Force’. He has co-hosted ‘the Garden Show’ with Charlie Dobbin and been on the radio with Niki Jabbour in Halifax and Ottawa. Along with his presence in the media, Sean chairs Landscape Ontario’s Environmental Stewardship Committee and sits on the Ontario Invasive Plant Council’s Horticultural Outreach Collaborative as well as the Perennial Plant Association’s Environmental Committee. Sean grew up surrounded by nature near Crawford Lake in Campbellville and it was destined that he would choose a career like landscaping.

Date: 8:30am, Wednesday September 26, 2018

End Date: 10:00am, Wednesday September 26, 2018

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People, Plants and Buying Habits

Speaker: Bill Calkins, Ball Horticultural Company

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Bill Calkins, Ball Horticultural Company

Bill Calkins capitalizes on his retail garden center background to spot the latest trends and creative strategies to position products and developing programs for retail garden centers and the growers that supply them. Bill has been editor of Today’s Garden Center and Green Profit and currently works with Ball Horticultural Company, where he manages Ball Seed Company’s marketing. He’s also the host of the podcast STEM: Insider Tips for Greenhouse Pros.

Date: 8:30am, Wednesday September 26, 2018

End Date: 10:00am, Wednesday September 26, 2018

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Using Fertilizer to Increase Profit and Reduce Environmental Footprint

Speaker: Dr. Youben Zhang, University of Guelph | ON

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Dr. Youben Zhang, University of Guelph | ON

Dr. Zheng is an environmental horticulture professor at the University of Guelph. His research focuses on producing high-value plants (e.g., medicinal, nutraceutical, edible and ornamental plants) under controlled environments for more than 20 years. His expertise includes plant nutrition, fertilization, irrigation, water treatment, soil, growing substrate, plant-environment interaction, lighting, CO2 enrichment, and other greenhouse/nursery production-related sciences and technologies. He started interacting with cannabis growers about 10 years ago and has been conducting research on indoor medical cannabis production over the past few years. His group recently published North America’s first three scientific papers on how to produce cannabis in a controlled environment. Dr. Zheng has been frequently invited to speak to the industries and academics nationally and internationally.

Date: 11:00am, Wednesday September 26, 2018

End Date: 12:30pm, Wednesday September 26, 2018

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Speaker: Sean Hogan, Cistus Nursery | OR

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Sean Hogan, Cistus Nursery | OR

Sean’s objective is to popularize - through education, outreach, example, and enthusiasm - the unlimited joys of the plant world. Currently, his focus is on introducing new plants to Western North America and popularizing underused plants for summer-dry climates.

Sean owns Cistus Design Nursery, a small firm specializing in public and private garden design, planning, public space planting design, nursery consultation, and the collection and introduction of new and appropriate plants. The nursery and research operations are comprised of eighteen greenhouses as well as growing and display areas on Sauvie Island outside Portland. With over ten thousand taxa on site, Cistus continues a nearly two-decade-long commitment to testing plant performance in the Portland area and providing interesting, climate-appropriate plants for the Pacific Northwest, the West, and far beyond. Through extensive speaking and plant-collecting around the world, Sean continues to exchange his knowledge with diverse communities.

Date: 11:00am, Wednesday September 26, 2018

End Date: 12:30pm, Wednesday September 26, 2018

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Speaker: Karen Chapman, Le Jardinet | WA

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Karen Chapman, Le Jardinet | WA

Born in England, Karen Chapman grew up with a trowel in her hand. After moving to the Pacific Northwest in 1996, she joined one of the leading garden nurseries as a Garden Plant Specialist. Ten years later she established Le Jardinet, specializing in creating artistic plant combinations with a four-season foliage framework, functional outdoor living spaces, and deer resistant, summer-dry designs.

Karen teaches both container and landscape design in workshops and she offers a range of learning opportunities online. When she’s not teaching, Karen is usually writing about garden design. Her articles and designs have been featured in many national gardening publications, including Fine Gardening, Country Gardens, Sunset, and Garden Design magazines. She has co-authored two books with Christina Salwitz: the award winning Fine Foliage (St. Lynn’s Press, 2013), and the highly acclaimed Gardening with Foliage First (Timber Press, 2017). Her next book on Deer Resistant Drama (working title) is due out in spring 2019 (Timber Press).

Date: 11:00am, Wednesday September 26, 2018

End Date: 12:30pm, Wednesday September 26, 2018

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Weed 101

Speaker: Tom Ulanowski, Canna Farms

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Tom Ulanowski, Canna Farms

Tom Ulanowski is the Quality Assurance Person (QAP) and Manager at Canna Farms Ltd., a family-owned and operated ACMPR Licensed Producer of high-quality medical cannabis based in Hope, British Columbia. Tom is a Chartered Chemist, and holds an HBSc Degree in Analytical Chemistry & Environmental Monitoring from the University of Toronto, and a MSc Degree in Biogeochemistry and Hydrogeology from the University of Western Ontario.

At Canna Farms, Tom ensures all dried cannabis and cannabis oil is produced under Good Production/Manufacturing Practices (GPP/GMP), and all products meet and exceed strict acceptance criteria as required under Health Canada's ACMPR. In addition to his QA/QC responsibilities, Tom is intimately involved in day-to day production/manufacturing activities, as well as, in method and product development, regulatory liaison, licensing, education/outreach, and marketing.

Tom is an advocate of a science-based approach to cannabis cultivation and encourages the use of critical thinking and healthy skepticism in all aspects of the human experience. He’s been involved in the Canadian legal cannabis industry for nearly 2 years, and has gained an intimate knowledge of all aspects of cannabis production/manufacturing and associated regulations from seed-to-sale, including cultivation, extraction, and testing of cannabis.

Prior to his work with the cannabis plant, Tom managed an environmental research laboratory at the Biotron Institute for Experimental Climate Change Research at the University of Western Ontario. Tom has also conducted extensive interdisciplinary environmental research in the Hudson Bay Lowlands of northern Ontario, Canada.

Tom currently resides in Abbotsford with his fiancee Tara and in his spare time enjoys photography, music, climbing, diving, snowboarding, and exploring his (relatively) new home on the West Coast of Canada.

Date: 11:00am, Wednesday September 26, 2018

End Date: 12:30pm, Wednesday September 26, 2018

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Pest Management Update

Speaker: Susan Wainwright

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Susan Wainwright

Suzanne Wainwright-Evans, a graduate of the University of Florida has been working in the horticulture industry for more than 25 years. Her focus has been on biological control and using pesticides properly. She has worked throughout the United States and internationally as a consultant to greenhouses, nurseries, and gardens. She is the owner of Buglady Consulting, now in business for 17 years.

Date: 1:30pm, Wednesday September 26, 2018

End Date: 3:00pm, Wednesday September 26, 2018

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Speaker: Jacki Hart, CLM, President, Consulting By Hart

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Jacki Hart, CLM, President, Consulting By Hart

Jacki Hart is one of Canada’s premier industry business coaches and conference speakers. She has an impressive track record for shifting entrepreneurs into next-level thinking by deepening their critical business skills. She is a highly sought-after Business Growth and Improvement Coach. She speaks annually at Conferences from coast to coast.

Jacki brings her experience as a successful 25 year contractor and founder of Award-Winning Water’s Edge Landscaping, which she successfully sold with excellent ROI. She has been an active industry advocate and educator with many years serving as Director and Executive on several Provincial and Trade Association Boards.

She developed and manages the Peer2Peer Network and business training programs for Landscape Ontario and continues into her 12th year writing monthly business columns for our industry.
Jacki is a highly skilled mentor, coach and strategic thinker.

Date: 1:30pm, Wednesday September 26, 2018

End Date: 3:00pm, Wednesday September 26, 2018

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Speaker: Sean James, Sean James Consulting & Design | ON

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Sean James, Sean James Consulting & Design | ON

Sean graduated from the Niagara Parks School of Horticulture. He began gardening professionally when he was 16, over 25 years ago. Sean ran Fern Ridge Landscaping & Eco-consulting for over 20 years, recently handing it over to his leadership team. He now owns ‘Sean James Consulting & Design’, focusing on teaching, speaking, writing, designing and consulting. He is a 2x past president of the Milton & District Horticultural Society. He designed the award-winning sustainable Anderson Par¬kette in Oakville and several other landmark gardens. He has written several regular eco-gardening columns and articles for Garden Making Magazine, Ontario Gardener, Trellis, (the magazine for the Toronto Botanical Garden) and has written pieces in the global digital newsletter for the Perennial Plant Association. He’s also a member of Master Gardeners of Ontario.

Sean was privileged to help put together the national curriculum for Horticultural Ap¬prentices. He has been featured on CBC and on two HGTV shows including ‘Green Force’. He has co-hosted ‘the Garden Show’ with Charlie Dobbin and been on the radio with Niki Jabbour in Halifax and Ottawa. Along with his presence in the media, Sean chairs Landscape Ontario’s Environmental Stewardship Committee and sits on the Ontario Invasive Plant Council’s Horticultural Outreach Collaborative as well as the Perennial Plant Association’s Environmental Committee. Sean grew up surrounded by nature near Crawford Lake in Campbellville and it was destined that he would choose a career like landscaping.