R. Gary Morton, P. Ag. - Gary has worked as a horticultural management consultant for over 20 years. He was also the Sr. Business Management Specialist with the NSDAM for six years and managed a garden centre, nursery, landscape business in Winnipeg for thirteen years. In 1989 as President of Landscape Manitoba he organized the merger of the Manitoba Landscape Association and the Manitoba Greenhouse Association. He also co-authored a study in 1994 on “New Opportunities for the Landscape Nursery Industry in N.S”. Gary is a certified process facilitator with the International Association of Facilitators. He has worked with many individual businesses and organizations to develop strategic visions and plans. Some of these include the NS Dairy Industry, Nova Scotia Fruit Growers Association and the Wild Blueberry Producers Association of NS and Kings Produce Limited. Gary has been involved in the planning, development, renovation and construction of numerous sports fields and golf courses. Gary holds a degree in Environmental Horticulture from the University of Guelph.

Jeff G. Morton, P. Ag. - Jeff worked as the provincial Landscape Industry for 9 years with the NSDAM. He is highly knowledgeable as a perennial and turf specialist and pioneered native plant introduction research in Nova Scotia. He also coordinated the introduction of the certification program, Canadian Certified Horticultural Technician to Eastern Canada. He has taught horticulture at Kemptville and Ridgetown Colleges in Southern Ontario and at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in Truro, Nova Scotia. Jeff regularly consults with sports field managers of turf management production and development issues. Jeff holds a degree in Ornamental Horticulture and a post-graduate degree in plant protection from the University of Guelph.