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Welcome to The Landscape Network DIY Learning Center. Here you will find helpful links, articles and how to's related to landscaping. Regardless if you are a seasoned professional or a weekend landscaping do it yourselfer (diy) the learning center is the place for you.

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Awards

British Columbia
British Columbia Landscape & Nursery Association:
http://www.bclna.com/bclna_awards.htm
Canadian Landscape Nursery Association:
http://www.canadanursery.com/
Alberta
The Alberta Association of Landscape Architects:
http://www.aala.ab.ca/awards.php
The Landscape Alberta Nursery Trades Association:
http://www.landscape-alberta.com/member_award.html
Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Association of Landscape Architects:
http://www.sala.sk.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=29
Ontario
Ontario Association of Landscape Architects:
http://www.oala.on.ca/articles.aspx?catID=285
Landscape Ontario Horticulture Trades Association:
http://www.loawards.com/

Education

British Columbia Society of Landscape Architects:
http://www.bcsla.org/education.htm
British Columbia Landscape & Nursery Association:
http://www.bclna.com/bclna_prof_development.htm
Landscape Alberta Nursery Trades Association:
http://www.landscape-alberta.com/events_workshops.html
http://www.landscape-alberta.com/certific.html
The Alberta Association of Landscape Architects:
http://www.aala.ab.ca/pdeducation.php
The Saskatchewan Association of Landscape Architects:
http://www.sala.sk.ca/index.php
Ontario Association of Landscape Architects:
http://www.oala.on.ca/articles.aspx?catID=323
Ryerson University, Ontario, Canada:
http://ce-online.ryerson.ca/ce_2007-2008/program_sites/program_default.asp?id=2598
Landscape Ontario Horticulture Trades Association:
http://www.horttrades.com/education/cld.shtml

Articles

Home Landscaping - How Big of an Asset

By Brian A Schmidt
Publisher, PrefabMetalBuildingKits.com
Guest Writer

When you are house shopping and driving around the neighborhoods what catches your eye first about a property? If the size appears to fit your needs what c...

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The Benefits of Landscaping

How much have you thought about landscaping? Do you know that a beautiful and well put together lawn has many benefits? Landscaping is lawn art and, like any other art form, it takes time, patience, and research to get your methods just rig...

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How To’s

Tips on Starting Plants from Seed: http://www.backyardagora.com/starting-plants-from-seeds.htm
Choosing Poolside Plants: http://www.backyardagora.com/choosing-poolside-plants.htm
Getting rid of Moss: http://www.backyardagora.com/getting-rid-of-moss.htm
10 Tips for Working with a Contractor: http://www.backyardagora.com/contractor-tips.htm
Gardening Tools for Women Designed by Women: http://www.backyardagora.com/gardening-tools.htm
Brighten Your Path By Installing decorative Landscape Lighting: http://www.backyardagora.com/landscape-lighting.htm
10 Tips to a Healthy Lawn: http://www.backyardagora.com/healthy-lawn.htm
Landscape Ontario Info you can use: http://www.landscapeontario.com/info.php

Articles

Choosing the right landscaping contractor for the job by Nicholas Tan

It is vitally important that you do your best to choose the perfect landscaping contractor to work on your yard or project. You cannot afford to choose randomly from the Yellow Pages when looking for a good landscaping contractor because wi...

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Five Landscaping Tips to Do It Yourself By Carol Stack

There are several reasons why you might want to do your own landscaping. For instance, the finished product of your landscaping creativity will give you great satisfaction and self fulfillment, and you will be rewarded well by your dedicati...

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Landscaping Equipment

Everyone’s home could use a little landscaping and if you want to do some landscaping you are going to need to have the proper landscaping equipment around in order to do it. There are a few integral pieces of landscaping equipment that you...

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Landscaping Projects: Landscape Your Backyard by Michael J Duffy

Landscaping Projects

Landscape Your Backyard

Or garden, as the British would say. You have looked at other homes gardens, compared theirs to yours, and decided to take the plunge. The waist-high weeds have to go, the fence ne...

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Test article submission - summer

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Instructional

College of the Rockies: www.cotr.bc.ca
Camosun University College: www.camosun.ca/learn/programs/horticult.html
Capilano College: www.capcollege.bc.ca
Horticulture Centre of the Pacific: www.hcp.bc.ca
Kwantlen University College: www.kwantlen.bc.ca/horticulture
Malaspina University College: www.mala.ca
North Island College: www.nic.bc.ca
Okanagan College: www.okanagan.bc.ca
Thompson Rivers University: www.tru.ca
University College of the Fraser Valley: www.ucfv.bc.ca
University of BC: www.ubc.ca