Every growing season offers a new set of challenges for those of us working to keep gardens healthy and vibrant.

The project was initiated by Landscape Ontario as a three year study through the University of Waterloo.

Vineland Research and Innovation Centre has received $50,000 to assist the Canadian Ornamental Horticulture Alliance in developing an innovation strategy for its members in the flowers, nursery and landscape sectors.

Research is focusing on ways of reliably and cost-effectively using these biological control agents and other natural products to control chinch bugs in the urban environment.

The Friday open house was open to members of the trade, who also had the opportunity to attend talks by educational speakers.

The final report on the Greening the Highways project states that data gathered over the two-year period is extremely useful, but further study is required.

Determining the cause of blight in boxwood plants.

Horticultural professionals need to mark the date of Aug. 17, for the annual open house at the LO trial gardens.

The Government of Canada announced $2.5 million will be coming to Vineland Research and Innovation Centre to support the development of innovative horticultural technologies.

A study of salt treatments on parking lots and sidewalks, scheduled for completion in 2014, will be the first in the world to develop an application standard.