Brad Smith and Sarah Lynn Saari of SDG selected as Judges for Unilock Awards of Excellence

The planning is underway for the 2016 Unilock Awards of Excellence. Over the last 19 years this has become “the event of the year” within the landscape industry. This event is to give recognition to Contractors for the outstanding workmanship that they have accomplished throughout the year. Brad and Sarah were honoured to be selected …

Wilmot Trails Schmidt Woods Trail Now Open

Completed in the fall of 2016, this trail consists of approximately 2.0 km of compacted stone dust multi-purpose trail (designed to meet accessibility standards), and approximately 1 km of natural ground hiking within the municipal forest surrounding the Wilmot Recreation Complex. The trail extends from the northwest corner of the WRC at the Nafziger Road entrance …

Wilmot Trails Bridge Gets Installed

This morning the weathered steel pedestrian bridge was installed as part of the Wilmot Recreation Complex/ Schmidt Woods Trail Design project in Baden. In a little over one hour crews had the bridge secured in place. The trail is expected to open Monday, October 3rd with an official grand opening scheduled for late October 2016.

Newly unveiled Forest of Hope in Markham commemorates Armenian genocide

Newly planted trees now stand as a symbol of peace in Markham. On Saturday, the city hosted a park dedication ceremony to mark 100 years since the Armenian genocide. Federal, provincial and municipal government officials and members of the Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee for Canada waited in anticipation as the Forest of Hope was unveiled. …

Hamilton’s Gage Park to Receive the Inaugural CSLA Legacy Project Award

Ottawa – May 30th, 2016 – Today, the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) announced that Hamilton’s Gage Park was selected as the recipient of the inaugural CSLA Legacy Project Award (2016). According to Fred Eisenberger, Mayor of the City of Hamilton: “To be the inaugural recipient of the CSLA Legacy Project Award is a …

WRC/Schmidt Woods Trail is Coming

In 2016, the Township of Wilmot will be undertaking a multi-purpose trail construction project within the woodlot surrounding the Wilmot Recreation Complex. These lands are being called Schmidt Woods named after Harold and Enid Schmidt whose estate donated a significant portion of the woodlot to the Township in 2015. Approximately 2.0km of compacted stone dust …

Mayor Goldring announces his Millennial Advisory Committee

Media release from the Office of the Mayor Burlington, Ont., April 7, 2016 – The members of Mayor Rick Goldring’s Millennial Advisory Committee have been selected. The committee will develop initiatives focused on how to keep and attract residents aged 18 to 35 in Burlington. It will also concentrate on creating opportunities to engage millennials with …

Belgard University Welcomes Haig Seferian

STAYING AHEAD OF THE LEARNING CURVE, is essential to growing your business, so Belgard University is offering you an opportunity with Haig Seferian to expand your hardscape knowledge. HAIG SEFERIAN OALA, CSLA, FASLA, LO, CLD, has been extremely active in the landscape industry’s many associations and is the founding member of the Certified Landscape Designer …

Introduction to the Outdoor Industry with Haig Seferian

Haig was the Keynote speaker at this year’s Outdoor Living Conference in associate with SOFA Sometimes in life we are lucky enough to come across exceptional individualswho truly inspire us. This inspiration could take on many forms (business, relationships. Moral teachings, etc.), but what is true about all these figures is one very basic, but …