Paul Buikema
Progress Landscaping
I.S.A. Certified Arborist # PN-5482A
Certified Horticulture Technician
BC Nursery and Landscape Association Young (under 35) Member of the Year 2003
Awarded for outstanding effort and time dedication to helping further the Nursery and Landscape industry.
Volunteer for: Landscape Field Day committee, BCLNA fundraising auction committee and event volunteer, Regional chair of CHT (Retail) committee for BC, CanWest Hort show; BC Home and Garden show and Buildex booth volunteer. Regular attendance at: Landscape commodity meetings, BCLNA seminars and BCLNA social functions. Helping to rewrite CHT manual, articles printed in GardensWest magazine, HortWest magazine and Gardenwise Magazine.
Local company building towards success (Originally in the Burnaby Now, December, 2003)
Movers and Shakers column by Julie MacLellan
"Branching out
A Burnaby arbourist has been honoured by the B.C. Landscape and Nursery Association.
Paul Buikema captured the young member of the year award during a recent awards presentation at the BCLNA's annual general meeting and 50th anniversary celebration held at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel in Vancouver.
Buikema has worked in this 'growing industry' since 1989 and has turned his part-time landscape installation and maintenance work into a full-time business, including the retail consulting aspect.
He's also an active volunteer with the BCLNA.
The association represents nearly 600 businesses that collectively contribute approximately $800 million to the economy each year. It represents the nursery industry, wholesale growers, garden centres, landscape professionals and suppliers."