the Green Sward The word “sward” is defined as a grassy surface of land. Green sward is often used in other English-speaking countries as an alternate term for an open grassy area.
Board of Directors
Winter 2022
Articles
PRESIDENT, DARRYL GAIRNS Town of Oakville E: darryl.gairns@oakville.ca PRESIDENT-ELECT, DAVID WARDEN Town of Lincoln E: dwarden@lincoln.ca VICE PRESIDENT, GENE MATTHEWS City of Guelph E: gene.matthews@guelph.ca PAST PRESIDENT, KARA BUNN City of Hamilton E: kara.bunn@hamilton.ca TREASURER, MIKE MURPHY E: mimurphy@citywindsor.ca DIRECTOR, ADRIENNE JEFFERSON City of St. Thomas E: ckern@cityofwoodstock.ca DIRECTOR, DUSTIN MILBURN City of London E: dmilburn@london.ca DIRECTOR, JEFF SILCOX-CHILDS City of Waterloo E: jeff.silcox-childs@waterloo.ca DIRECTOR, MATT MINTZ City of Richmond Hill E: matt.mintz@richmondhill.ca DIRECTOR, DAVID PLANT City of Markham E: DPlant@markham.ca DIRECTOR, NETAMI STUART Waterfront Toronto E: nstuart@waterfrontoronto.ca DIRECTOR, KARLI FORGET City of Vaughan Karli.Forget@vaughan.ca DIRECTOR, JAMES DANN City of Toronto James.Dann@toronto.ca DIRECTOR, WAYNE GOULD City of Vaughan E: wayne.gould@vaughan.ca E: ajefferson@stthomas.ca DIRECTOR, CHRIS KERN City of Woodstock
Message From Our President 4 From the desk of the Office Manager 6 From the Parks Bench 7 OPA Greeting 9 Musings Winter 2022 10 65 th Annual Parks Education Forum 14 The Restoration of Paradise Grove 17 Happy Holidays Puzzle 21 Fighting Climate Change and 22 Honouring Heroes The Railway City 24 Bill 23 27 From the Training Desk 30 Dog Waste Water Emergency 32 Healthy Eating 34 Welcome New members 35
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The Ontario Parks Association is committed to educating parks professionals and enabling them to meet or exceed industry standards while actively advocating for the protection and enhancement of parks and open spaces. Our motto “Protecting Tomorrow Today”® is a commitment to civic beautification and the advancement, protection and conservation of parks, open space and the environment in the Province of Ontario.
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