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Departments

• April 22, 2009: a date which will live in infamy.
• Dying the environmentally-friendly way.
• FAQ Part 2 .
• Just breathe and ride out the recession.
• One way to hang out with the jocks.
• The 9/11 era of the green space industry.
• The 9/11 era of the green space industry (continued).

Editorial

• B.C. testing the waters of a cosmetic pesticide ban.
• Get ready for our new and improved website.
• Ontario is now officially a pesticide-free province.

Features

• 'Reel Cup' returns to Canada.
• 'Walter Travis' opens new $1-million renovation project at Cherry Hill Club.
• A look at corn gluten meal as a herbicide.
• A look at the 'green tool box' .
• A look at the 2009 Depression.
• A pesticide-free way to keep weeds under control .
• Agrium Advanced Technologies announces Canadian distribution of Sarritor.
• Agrium opens new fertilizer plant in Courtright, Ont. .
• Allturf celebrates first 30 years with gathering in Niagara Falls .
• Are we beating to death this whole issue of pesticides?.
• Basic drainage principles applied to sports field design.
• Beneficial nematodes and their impact on grubs in turf.
• Breaking the ice.
• Canada's largest golf complex.
• Canadians urged to participate in Rutgers survey.
• Cancer Society must base its arguments on real science.
• CGSA conference comes to Halifax, March 7-11.
• Commercial-duty push spreader ideal for small applications.
• Congress hailed another success.
• Coping with Obamamania.
• Cup preparations were demanding, Royal Montreal superintendent says.
• Dollar spot, greens moss, drainage are issues brought to forefront at ‘turf academy’ series.
• Drainage principles must be understood prior to constructing new athletic fields.
• Everyone's talking right now about all things pesticide .
• Frequently asked questions about Ontario's pesticide ban.
• Gardening society leaves legacy for Kwantlen horticulture students.
• Golf course conditioning can co-exist with environmental stewardship: superintendent.
• How anthracnose may be affected by cultural management practices .
• Jacobsen honours Canadian dealers.
• Know which way to approach a major bunker project: speaker.
• LO launches new consumer program to help promote outdoor living spaces.
• Local politicians, activists making claims based on fraudulent information: investigator.
• Make sure you plant the right tree in the right location on a golf course.
• Manitoba 'green' roof slated for controlled burn.
• Mother Nature unleashes her fury with severe flood, ice damage to golf course.
• Much progress made during past 15 years.
• New booklet addresses myths and facts of turf types.
• New Brunswick residents favour ban on pesticides.
• New sales rep joins Agrium team.
• Newly-implemented pesticide ban unsettling for Ontario lawn care operators.
• Nutri-Lawn-led Canadian volunteer group spearheads soccer field project in Dominican.
• OTRF the biggest winner at annual tourney.
• Pesticide ban puts jobs at risk: LO's DiGiovanni.
• Planning the pond.
• Pond Design & Construction.
• Practices used to minimize the use of pesticides.
• Rutgers speaker highlights spring seminar.
• Sod growers welcome new executive secretary.
• Superintendents report success interseeding bentgrass into poa annua.
• The age of body art.
• The beach body.
• The benefits of rainwater harvesting.
• The looming shipwreck of the golf industry.
• The value of entomophathogenic nematodes in lawn pest control.
• The way to effectively manage pesticide-free athletic fields.
• There is much to keep in mind when choosing a fertilizer type.
• Time is now for Ontario golf courses to become IPM accredited: Yamada.
• Time to take synthetic turf industry seriously.
• Turf academy brings classroom to the golf course.
• Turfgrass recovery for northern climates.
• Two sizes of topdressers introduced.
• Unleashing 'green' strategies to achieve a healthy lawn.
• Volunteering for Habitat For Humanity.
• Where's the green? How can auditing an irrigation system give you insight.
• Xeriscaping: creating an attractive yard with little or no reliance on water .

Blog

Main Blog

• State of the Lawn.

Current Issue

Departments

• A picture's worth 1,000 words.
• Equality of another kind.
• Gardening, Alberta style.
• Our Olympic highs and lows.
• The high school reunion.
• Toys aren't like they used to be.

Editorial

• A time for change as we begin the 2010s.
• Busy, rewarding year for Canadian sod industry.
• Creative thinking helps supers cope with recession.
• The world to soon see quality of Moncton's turf.
• Using the Internet to safely train employees.
• When pro-environmentalism isn't quite enough.

Features

• 7 best lawn care tips.
• Alberta super wins environmental award.
• Americans reclaim Fall Classic Cup.
• Award shows irrigation industry today 'makes every drop count'.
• B.C. pesticide issue presents challenge for new WCTA exec.
• Basics of the snow and ice bid.
• BMO Field switching to natural turf, players, fans anticipate superior playing conditions.
• Building and maximizing your network.
• Canada-wide event still growing after 15 years.
• Carefully plan your irrigation startup before the situation becomes critical.
• CGSA, OGSA offer joint conference.
• Depressed economy doesn't deter GIE goers.
• Environmental programs that make economic sense.
• Equipment selection: Things to keep in mind when making that important decision.
• GLAGS bests KEGS in charity match play event.
• GLAGS winter seminar Feb. 23.
• Golf club's new maintenance building a state-of-the-art addition to turf operations.
• Golf Superintendents Secrets Best of.
• How to choose the Right Lawn Care Equipnent.
• How to Keep your Sports field in top shape.
• Hudson's Supreme Court victory in defence of its pesticide ban is focus of critically-acclaimed film.
• I have a lawn - now what.
• IAAF demands stringent conditions for newly-constructed field in Moncton.
• IEPMA pushes for 'proper use' initiative vs. outright ban of pesticide products in B.C..
• Inaugural 'Green For Life' winners named.
• Incorporating naturalized landscapes and natural areas into your program.
• Inspection and maintenance of sports field infrastructure.
• Irrigation water management: it's come a long way in recent years.
• It's the varied bunkers that make this golf course.
• Kwantlen educator honoured by BCLNA.
• Kwantlen hort students install green roof for Salvation Army.
• Landscape Congress goes Jan. 12-14 in Toronto.
• Leveraging your customer base by adding new brands and services.
• Like it or not, it's time to think ahead to the heat of summer.
• Lucas who? The real story at 2009 U.S. Open was green staff's work.
• Nanaimo venue a hit for WCTA.
• National municipal competition in its 16th year, emerges into leading networking organization.
• New water management system expected to revitalize Islington GC.
• Nutri-Lawn franchisees continue humanitarian work in Dominican.
• Online safety training program lets employees be job-ready on day one.
• Pesticide arguments take centre stage at WCTA.
• Pesticide ban leads to filing of federal charges.
• Pro-environmental measures go for naught in golf course's quest to expand to a full 18-hole facility.
• Reduce your irrigation nightmares by being proactive in your approach.
• Rogers Centre replacing its artificial turf.
• Speakers to address Ontario pesticide ban at OTS.
• St. George's partners with neighbouring schools to help promote environmental awareness.
• STA annual field day Sept. 23.
• Staying green and sane at the same time.
• The fine art of spray application.
• There's no such thing as maintenance-free synthetic turf.
• Turfgrass mechanic program opens doors for Western Canadian college graduate.
• Unique approach taken to resurface putting greens at Devil's Paintbrush.
• Water efficient landscapes...do they result in a positive environmental impact?.
• WCTA realized significant growth during Wick's tenure.
• WCTA, CGSA urge PMRA to re-register quintozene for turf use.
• Why the Precautionary Principle dictates that pesticides not be prohibited.

Newsletter

• A Chemical Reaction comes to Saskatoon.
• Carbon capturing costs will be huge: study.
• Cosmetic pesticide ban enters second season in Ontario.
• Economic downturn doesn't deter organic fertilizer producer.
• Gardening makes its mark in urban society.
• Golf courses: can they be designated heritage properties?.
• Municipal summer operational forum in Cambridge.
• New curved shaft trimmer added to Echo line.
• STA revises scholarship criteria.
• Summer Operational Forum in Cambridge.
• Walker launches "get out front" giveaway.
• Water less, mow less with a synthetic lawn.

FAQ

FAQ

• A look at the 'green tool box' .
• ‘No-clog’ performance delivered by snowthrower .

New Products

New Products

• 2010 Equipment Showcase.
• A dynamic duo.
• A new tool to combat turf diseases.
• AerWay introduces all new Shattertine for turf applications.
• Agrium to distribute approved insecticide.
• All-new Bobcat utility vehicles offer improved performance and productivity.
• ‘No-clog’ performance delivered by snowthrower .
• Dakota Ag partners with Redexim, promotes Dakota Shine product.
• Design, performance enhance new Bobcat M-Series loaders.
• Extensive, online resource offers insight for improving nitrogen efficiency.
• Introducing Kubota's Grand L40-3 Series.
• Kubota Adds Versatility, Power and Productivity to Popular B-Series Compact Tractors.
• Kubota enters track loader market.
• Morton Ice Melter Blend.
• Morton's ice melting solutions.
• New irrigation system eliminates need for decoders, satellite controllers.
• New Kubota L45TLB (Tractor Loader Backhoe).
• New model joins tractor/loader/backhoe lineup.
• Reist covers overseeding and aeration applications.
• Remote controlled mower tackles tricky slopes safely.
• Selectable two-speed travel joystick controls now available for Bobcat loaders.
• Soil preparation made easier with new implements.
• Start and end your season with Quali-Pro Iprodione 240 SE.
• Victory T500 Tow Type sweeper vac.
• ZeroTol® arrives in Canada.

News

News

• $3.4 million artificial turf field slated for city.
• A Chemical Reaction debuts in Saskatoon.
• Abbotsford, B.C. bans lawn sprinkling.
• Aquatrols launches new, easy-to-use website.
• Ariens acquires Parker Company.
• Artificial lawn solves allergy problem.
• Ban will result in more weeds.
• Better ways to deal with fallen leaves.
• BMO Field looking to install natural turf.
• Burnaby, B.C. is now officially pesticide-free.
• Canada, U.S. to update Great Lakes water accord.
• Canadian construction companies feeling pinch.
• Canadian garden centres prefer eco-friendly fertilizers.
• CanWest Hort Show coming Sept. 23-24.
• Celebrating 'June is Recreation and Parks Month'.
• Charges sought against anti-pesticide activists.
• Cutting grass by remote control.
• Dangerous weed spreading across Nova Scotia.
• Deere extends closure date in Welland.
• Deere opens new dealership in New Brunswick.
• Deere recalls workers in Iowa.
• Deere to lay off 40 in Welland, Ont..
• Dry weather affecting water levels in B.C. region.
• Echo donates to Fanshawe program.
• ECHO Power Equipment (Canada) wins Excellance Award.
• Exmark lays off 80 employees.
• Fairview College cancels turfgrass equipment technician course.
• Free seminar looks at pesticide-free gardening.
• Gardening makes its mark in urban society.
• GIE + EXPO to answer tough questions.
• GIE+EXPO introduces "new products arena".
• Going green with golf greens.
• Green roof adopted for Toronto YMCA.
• Green will mean working harder in Ontario.
• Greener gardening.
• GTI suffers fire damage.
• GTI wants public to "keep off the grass".
• Hort school information session at Kwantlen.
• Hubble joins Complete Turf Equipment team.
• Irrigation, overseeding under study on soccer fields.
• Is storing carbon dioxide underground viable?.
• John Deere to end 100 years in Welland, Ont..
• Kelowna golf course unearths new pathogen.
• Kubota makes annual Kids Help Phone donation.
• Kubota vehicle wins national award.
• Laid off workers help out in community.
• Lawn care expert weighs in on ban.
• Lawn care operator had decade-early jump on staying in business without pesticides.
• Manitoba seed used on FIFA World Cup pitches.
• Men love their lawns.
• Montreal College puts down artificial turf.
• New artificial sports fields coming to Kitchener.
• New Ontario distributor for John Deere Golf & Turf.
• New turf division GM named by Plant Products.
• No pesticides equals bigger budgets.
• NTEP increases accuracy of turfgrass data collection.
• Ontario Turfgrass Symposium 2010 walk–In registrations welcome.
• Our new web site.
• Pest control products still being purchased in spite of pending ban.
• Pesticide ban not a concern in Pembroke.
• Pesticide ban: regulations move ahead.
• PMRA decision dates for quintozene.
• Resident wins battle over controversial 'lawn'.
• Richard Schiedel, Greenhorizons founder, dies.
• Saskatchewan students construct "green" roof.
• Snow & ice conference June 24-27 in Louisville.
• Snow & Ice Management Association announces salt supply webinar.
• Something stinks at Niagara composting facility.
• Sports fields to feel pinch from ban.
• STA becomes STMA affiliate.
• STA revises scholarship criteria.
• Superintendent holds a golf course's most important job: survey.
• Synthetic lawns gaining in popularity.
• Toro buys line of Ty-Crop equipment.
• Turf short course slated for Jan. 31 to Feb. 25..
• Turn those fallen leaves into mulch.
• Vancouver no longer tracking European chafer's progress.
• Veteran superintendent Trentini dies at 48.
• Walker announces company layoffs.
• Walker playing important community role in spite of economic woes.
• WCTA's Travelling Annual Road Show.
• Winnipeg superintendent has worked all four of golf's majors.
• Winnipeg tops Canadian cities in pesticide use.

Newsletter

July2009

• Communities in Bloom celebrates 15 years.
• Kwantlen honours landscape design alumnus.
• New sales rep joins Agrium team.
• Only 2 N.B. lawn care companies ready for ban.

October2009

• Ariens acquires Parker Company.
• Kwantlen opens new biocontrol incubator.
• Toro buys line of Ty-Crop equipment.
• Turn those fallen leaves into mulch.
• Webinar to focus on dealing with golf course management staff.

September2009

• BMO Field looking to install natural turf.
• ECHO Power Equipment (Canada) earns award.
• ECHO Power Equipment (Canada) earns award.
• Green roof adopted for Toronto YMCA.
• Kelowna golf course unearths new pathogen.
• Soil preparation made easier with new implements.
• Something stinks at Niagara composting facility.

Web Exclusives

April2009

• WinterLights winners announced.