Industry Opportunities for Learning
Our industry offers a vast amount of professional development opportunities. This is one of the things that sets us apart from other industries.
As we continue our focus on lifelong learning, we wanted to make you aware, if you aren’t already, of some of the great learning opportunities available to you that are specific to our industry.
LANDSCAPE ONTARIO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Landscape Ontario's Professional Development has extensive resources to help provide you with tools for personal and business growth. They offer a wide range of topics, allowing you to update your skills or learn something new. They offer in-person and online seminars. Click HERE to see the list of 2023 seminars.
LMN (Landscape Management Network)
LMN offers a number of ebooks, videos and on-demand webinars covering topics related to running and growing a business: budgeting, business planning and growth, estimating, hiring, improving efficiency, and marketing and sales. For a list of the resources, click HERE.
Did you know Site One isn’t just about landscape supply? They also provide seminars and training to green industry professionals, helping to raise standards, spread best practices and deliver exceptional landscapes. SiteOne University features seminars on: Turf & Ornamental Maintenance, Pest Control, Landscape Lighting, Irrigation and Business Management.
With SiteOne University, contractors can keep current with changes in the industry, and drive profits by gaining new information and tools. Plus, you’ll learn about new products and services to offer customers, as well as the most current tools available from the best manufacturers in the industry.
To learn more, click HERE.
VANDEN BUSSCHE IRRIGATION ONLINE TRAINING PORTAL
Vanden Bussche Irrigation is focused solely on irrigation. They are the national leaders in a full range of irrigation applications across agriculture, residential, commercial, and golf markets. They have an online training portal that is designed specifically for those markets.
For more information, click HERE.
In addition to these resources that are available at any time, there are seminars and training sessions offered at Landscape Ontario Congress and other trade shows.
We keep an updated list of industry events on our website, so click HERE to see a list of upcoming events that will link directly to the event’s website.
Let’s keep our brains active!
