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Organic pesticides can be worse than synthetic: study
June 28, 2010 - Organic doesn’t always mean more environmentally sustainable, according to a University of Guelph study. Researchers found the environmental impact of organic pesticides can be worse compared to synthetic pesticides, because organic pesticides often require larger doses.


Garden centres launch plastic recycling week
June 24, 2010, Surrey, B.C. – A group of British Columbia’s garden centres have come together to participate in the inaugural National Plastic Recycling Week, from June 28 to July 5.


Flower power makes tropics cooler, wetter
June 24, 2010 - The world is a cooler, wetter place because of flowering plants, according to new climate simulation results published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.


Ontario’s pesticide ban lacks teeth
June 14, 2010 - Thirteen months after Queen’s Park brushed aside London, Ont.'s pesticide ban and replaced it with its own ban, not a single person or business has been charged. The London Free Press reports. | READ MORE



Leamington greenhouses 'decimated' by tornado
June 9, 2010 - It could cost about $24 million to replace toppled greenhouses in Leamington, Ont. and the toll of Sunday's storm for one fruit tree nursery near Harrow is around 37,000 seedlings. The Windsor Star reports. | READ MORE



New Hole's complex not for green thumbs only
June 4, 2010 - During bedding-plant season, Hole's Greenhouses and Gardens in St. Albert attracts crowds like few other garden centres. But the popular St. Albert retailer is shutting the doors on its current location in November, and opening what a U.S. horticultural writer calls "the world's coolest garden centre." The Edmonton Journal reports. | READ MORE



Landscape Ontario announces Expo 2010
May 14, 2010 - It is time to mark your calendar for Canada’s fall show for the floral and garden industry, Expo 2010 - Window to the World.


Flower pot causes house fire
May 7, 2010 - A spontaneously combusting flower pot caused the massive fire that ripped apart a large home in Bowmanville, Ont. DurhamRegion.com reports. | READ MORE



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Organic pesticides can be worse than synthetic: study
by Cigdem Iltan, The Globe and Mail | 06/28/2010

Garden centres launch plastic recycling week
by Canadian Nursery Association | 06/24/2010

Flower power makes tropics cooler, wetter
06/24/2010

Ontario’s pesticide ban lacks teeth
06/14/2010

Leamington greenhouses 'decimated' by tornado
by Sharon Hill, The Windsor Star | 06/09/2010