TAB LE OF CON TEN TS O C T O B E R 2 0 1 7 WWW. OH I OLA N D SCA P E R S. OR G OH I O’ S P R OF E SSI ON A L G REEN I N D U ST R Y A SSOCI AT I O N OHIO LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION 9240 Broadview Road Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147 Phone: 440.717.0002, or 1.800.335.6521 Fax: 440.717.0004 Web: www.ohiolandscapers.org and www.myohiolandscape.com EDITOR Rick Doll, Jr.
COVER: Landscape Ohio! Award’s Honor Award winner Jackie Ansara Landscape, for their Specialty Gardens submission, The Libbey Monument, in Toledo, Ohio.
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