Dear Colleagues, 

Early in the morning, July 8 2015, Peter Olsen passed away peacefully.

Peter was born in Denmark in 1946, immigrated to Canada at the age of 11 with his parents, John and Elsebeth, who established the flourishing Royal City Nursery at the corner of Woodlawn Road and the Hanlon Expressway, back in 1962.

Peter was a horticulturalist at heart, always stopping to pull a weed or unsheathing his secateurs to prune just one more branch. The love and passion for all things landscape led Peter to become a student in the first Horticulture Apprenticeship program at Humber College. He went on to teach horticulture at Humber College for 35 years, until last winter.

The Olsen family has set up a scholarship fund in Peter’s name. To find out more about the fund or to donate click here: Peter Olsen Horticulture Apprenticeship Scholarship Fund, courtesy of the Ontario Horticulture Trades Foundation or contact us at 519.824.4998.