- Connecting Educators Group Discussion – Group Discussion Board for Educators
- Course Content & Resources – manuals and documents (private page for registered educator group)
- Opportunity Finder
- Certification
- Apprenticeship Search – post a job – find an apprentice
- Adopt-a-School Program – connecting industry with High School students – bringing our industry into the classroom
- Ask the Experts – Industry experts can address questions from registered users/students
- Scholarships –
- Plants Give Back
- PlantingScience learning community, where scientists provide online mentorship to student teams
- Co-operative Education Tax Credit
- COJG
- all provinces
Communications
- FREE communications from Landscape Ontario! – Members and their students are invited to receive two free electronic publications from Landscape Ontario, about Ontario’s green industry.
- LO’s weekly e-news features important information on horticulture education,
as well as green industry events and news. - Landscape Ontario is a membership magazine published monthly for Ontario’s horticulture industry.
Receive a link every month to its online replica edition, featuring news, profiles, research, classifieds and more.
- Email Angela Lindsay to subscribe to e-news, Landscape Ontario magazine, or both. Include your city when you write, and you will receive the e-news broadcast specifically prepared for your area’s LO chapter.
- LO’s weekly e-news features important information on horticulture education,
Industry Resources
- Work Smart Ontario
The Ontario Ministry of Education brings workplace health and safety education into the classroom with resource material and outreach campaigns. The ministry also has programs in place to educate children in schools. Work Smart Ontario - Online plant identification resource
Bookmark Canada Plants for a great resource on our province’s plants. The site is maintained by leading horticultural educator Michael Pascoe of Fanshawe College. - Young Workers – Resources for young workers to learn more about your rights and responsibilities on the job
- Evergreen – To help create greener, more sustainable cities, we focus on four key areas: Greenspace, Children, Food and CityWorks
- Industry Research and Reports –
Professional Development
- Commercial pesticide certification
- Online Garden Centre Employee Training – Training employees to offer better customer service, know the products you offer, and understand customer needs and sales.
- Working in the industry
Labour Resources
- Defining Landscape Gardener
- Employment Standards Act — Tools and Calculators
- Hours of Work and Overtime Tool
- Human Resource Regulations
- Charge-out rates
- National Occupational Classification
- HR Toolkit
- Safety
Other Resources
- Young Worker Tip Sheet
- Nature Festival Seed Fund, Nature in the Neighbourhood, secondary school integrated programs
- Frameworks for teaching environmental learning and biodiversity education
- Natural Curiosity
- Posters
- Pollinator Poster – Printable high-resolution posters of annuals and perennials that attract pollinators.
- Promote the Benefits of the Green Industry – CNLA’s Public Relations Committee has created a series of colourful posters to help members promote the environmental benefits of landscaping and landscape products.
- (Note – combine with LO career cloudposters)
