Ornamental Landscape Industry Presentation to the Special Committee - PDF document

BCLNA Presentation to the Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides October 26, 2011 Slide 1 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Ornamental Landscape Industry Presentation to the Special Committee on Cosmetic ___________________________________ Pesticides Wednesday October, 26, 2011 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 2 ___________________________________ The BC Landscape & Nursery Association ___________________________________ Represents over 700 nursery growers, landscapers ___________________________________ and garden retailers in BC Provide education and training for industry, in partnership with HortEdBC and educational ___________________________________ institutions. Long history of pro-active issues management, including P. ramorum , ___________________________________ Landscape Standards, professional accreditation, IPM, Invasive Plant initiatives ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 3 ___________________________________ The World in Which We Live is Changing ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Environmental Sustainability Input Costs ___________________________________ Labour Costs Emerging Invasive Alien Species ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 5783 – 176A St., Suite 102, Surrey, BC V3S 6S6 ● T. 604.574.7772 ● F. 604.574.7773 ● www.bclna.com

BCLNA Presentation to the Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides October 26, 2011 Slide 4 ___________________________________ Incursion of Invasive Alien Species 1996 -1999 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ EUROPEN ___________________________________ GYPSY MOTH ___________________________________ Provided by North America Plant Protection Organization 4 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 5 ___________________________________ Invasives in 2009 ___________________________________ EMERALD ASH BORER ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ CITRUS CANKER CITRUS GREENING ASIAN CITRUS PSYLID 5 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 6 ___________________________________ Global Issues ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Urban forests for carbon sequestration ___________________________________ Plantings to mitigate climate change Plantings to offset greenhouse gases ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 5783 – 176A St., Suite 102, Surrey, BC V3S 6S6 ● T. 604.574.7772 ● F. 604.574.7773 ● www.bclna.com

BCLNA Presentation to the Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides October 26, 2011 Slide 7 ___________________________________ Health Benefits ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ • Study confirms lessening of symptoms of ADHD children when playing in green spaces (U of Ill, Aug, 201111) ___________________________________ • Horticultural Therapy • Exercise ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 8 ___________________________________ The Landscape Sector ___________________________________ About 350 landscape companies are BCLNA members About 3,400 landscape companies registered with WorkSafeBC. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 9 ___________________________________ PlantHealthBC ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Strategy to address public safety concerns about pesticides based on science ___________________________________ While addressing the threat and risk of emerging invasive alien pests ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 5783 – 176A St., Suite 102, Surrey, BC V3S 6S6 ● T. 604.574.7772 ● F. 604.574.7773 ● www.bclna.com

BCLNA Presentation to the Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides October 26, 2011 Slide 10 ___________________________________ PlantHealthBC ___________________________________ Purpose: ___________________________________ Promote plant health and responsible pest management Reduce pesticide use ___________________________________ Minimize harm to beneficial insects and organisms ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 11 ___________________________________ PlantHealthBC ___________________________________ Benefits of the Program – Minimizes pesticide use ___________________________________ Enables accredited professionals to control damaging pests and diseases in the landscape ___________________________________ Enables accredited professionals to control or eradicate invasive alien species including weeds such as Japanese Knotweed & Giant Hogweed ___________________________________ Takes regulated products out of the hands of untrained applicators ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 12 ___________________________________ PlantHealthBC ___________________________________ How it works: ___________________________________ Training to earn accreditation Self-sustaining when legislation in place ___________________________________ Independently accredited ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 5783 – 176A St., Suite 102, Surrey, BC V3S 6S6 ● T. 604.574.7772 ● F. 604.574.7773 ● www.bclna.com

BCLNA Presentation to the Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides October 26, 2011 Slide 13 ___________________________________ PlantHealthBC ___________________________________ Actions required: ___________________________________ Process of rolling out the program when effective date of legislation is set. ___________________________________ Time frame for companies to access training. Establish administration. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 14 ___________________________________ PlantHealthBC ___________________________________ Implementation : one year. ___________________________________ Status: Ready to take off the shelf. Good News for the public. ___________________________________ Good News for the environment of BC. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 15 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ BCLNA supports the pharmacy model for pest control products at the retail consumer level. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 5783 – 176A St., Suite 102, Surrey, BC V3S 6S6 ● T. 604.574.7772 ● F. 604.574.7773 ● www.bclna.com

BCLNA Presentation to the Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides October 26, 2011 Slide 16 ___________________________________ It’s all about Plant Health ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 17 ___________________________________ It’s all about Plant Health ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Slide 18 ___________________________________ Thank You ___________________________________ Presenting Today: Jeff Foley Blair Veitch CLP, CLT, ISA Certified Arborist Area Manager, Western Region ___________________________________ 2 nd VP, BCLNA Davey Tree Expert Co. of Canada Executive Vice President, Burnaby, BC ParaSpace Landscaping Inc, E-mail: Blair.Veitch@davey.com Burnaby BC E-mail: jfoley@paraspaceinc.com ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Hedy I. Dyck Industry Development, Nursery & Retail BC Landscape & Nursery Assn Surrey, BC Direct line: 604-575-3505 E-mail: hdyck@bclna.com ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 5783 – 176A St., Suite 102, Surrey, BC V3S 6S6 ● T. 604.574.7772 ● F. 604.574.7773 ● www.bclna.com