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Month: August 2021

By Red Seal Vas31/08/20213 min read

Come visit the Grow West Coast horticulture trade show

Re-branded CanWest Grow West Coast is a re-branded version of the old CanWest horticulture trade show. CanWest was a fantastic […]

  • education
  • events
By Red Seal Vas31/08/20214 min read

Tree volcano request in Cantonese

Tree volcano request This is a new experience: after years of reading and writing about the tree volcano epidemic, I […]

  • landscape maintenance
  • mistakes
  • trees
By Red Seal Vas31/08/20214 min read

Vas gets ghosted

Why? Oh why? It’s a strange feeling arriving on site and finding out that the new hire didn’t show up. […]

  • education
  • horticulture
  • landscaping
By Red Seal Vas24/08/20213 min read

Houseplant re-potting for beginners

FutureLearn I learned how to properly re-pot house plants from a gardening course I completed recently. I took the course […]

  • gardening
By Red Seal Vas22/08/20214 min read

Red-faced, not Red Seal

Bad news Let’s be honest, not everybody passes the Red Seal Journeyman Horticulturist exam. It’s a tough, four-hour long, trade […]

  • education
By Red Seal Vas12/08/20215 min read

Sonoran desert fight: Saguaros vs buffelgrass

Arizona saguaros in trouble The New York Times (Wednesday, August 4, 2021) reports that Arizona’s iconic saguaros (Carnegiea gigantea), pronounced […]

  • nature
  • plants
By Red Seal Vas11/08/20214 min read

Why tradeswomen need better workplaces

A bunch of old white dudes This past Saturday, August 7, 2021, the Globe and Mail newspaper published a great […]

  • landscaping
  • meditations
  • training
By Red Seal Vas09/08/20214 min read

What happens when a man stops drinking and mowing

Homeless dude A story in a Facebook group about a homeless man in the US inspired me to write this […]

  • education
  • lawn care
By Red Seal Vas08/08/20215 min read

Landscaper rescues a wedding reception

Ready to party? Ok, so, it wasn’t exactly as dramatic as a rescue but I did play a part in […]

  • events
  • gardening
By Red Seal Vas03/08/20215 min read

How landscape pros vacation

Wildlings resort If you read my blog regularly and religiously, you will know from my recent blog post about the […]

  • events
  • meditations
  • nature

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