PVMA Blog

Results: 1 to 10 of 10
First Prev Next Last

Take Advantage of Your Membership Benefits

by Brandon Tupper

Tuesday, January 23, 2018


Take advantage of your PVMA Membership Benefits? Article 1Over the last couple of years, I have had the opportunity to work alongside some great staff and volunteers of the association. Your Board of Directors meet monthly to discuss the affairs of the ...

read more

Why We Need the PVMA. Why the PVMA Needs Us.

Conscientious Advocacy for the Vegetation Management Industry

Friday, February 12, 2016


(PVMA) The Professional Vegetation Managers Association is a dedicated group of hundreds of men and women who have knowledge regarding (and care deeply about) the plants that inhabit their local and regional environments.  Their goals are many-fold ...

read more

Tags: association; infrastructure vegetation; management

Announcing a new Scholarship.

The Keith Sanftleben Memorial Scholarship

Thursday, October 26, 2023


Keith Sanftleben Memorial Scholarship: (NEW)Keith Sanftleben was an active member of the PVMA for many years and had a passion for helping other people and communities. This scholarship has been set up to honour his memory and to highlight students that ...

read more

We need your help!

The PVMA Casino needs workers.

Thursday, October 5, 2023


The PVMA is a volunteer organization that puts on programming throughout the year as well as works behind the scenes for its industry with things like Alberta Environment updates. They are able to do this in part due to casino funds received for working ...

read more

Health Canada Seeking Consultations

Tuesday, May 3, 2022


Colleagues, As you may be aware, Health Canada currently has a 60-day public consultation open on Further Strengthening Protection of Health and the Environment: Targeted Review of the Pest Control Products Act (PCPA) (DIS2022-01). This consultation will ...

read more

PVMA adds insurance benefit to its membership

$3,000 Accidental Death & Dismemberment benefit at no-cost

Monday, January 24, 2022


The Professional Vegetation Managers Association (PVMA) is always exploring ways to provide more value to a PVMA membership.As a PVMA member you have access to the following financial benefits:1) Discounts on registrations for Workshops & Conferences2) ...

read more

2021 UTT-UTW Program Update

Important Date & Delivery Changes

Thursday, March 18, 2021


PVMA UTT-UTW Board of Governors along with Olds College have made important changes to course delivery in 2021 due to COVID-19. Click here to read the full letter with changes.

read more

How Long Is Your Town's Frost Free Period?

Frost Matters More to Some than Others

Thursday, March 3, 2016


The old joke goes, whenever any nervous service provider asks you for a tip, is to give them a life tip, rather than a monetary one, such as, “Plant your corn early”. Unfortunately for Albertans, “early” can be a difficult point ...

read more

5 Ways Trees Can Kill You

And they look so innocent, too.

Thursday, March 3, 2016


There are numerous threats to human safety from the Animal Kingdom which people are aware of in our region. These dangers range from mosquitos with a bad case of West Nile Virus (watch out for sneezing skeeters!), to maniacal deer that leap out of ditches ...

read more

Do You Own A Home or Business?

That Makes YOU a Vegetation Manager, Too!

Thursday, March 3, 2016


For some, the idea of a “Vegetation Manager” is either the lady at the greenhouse pushing petunias or the young clerk stocking the display bins in the produce department at the grocery store.  In reality, however, a vegetation manager ...

read more

Tags: association; infrastructure vegetation; management
First Prev Next Last