Vanden Bussche Irrigation

  Are you tired of constantly calling to keep track of your irrigation and landscaping supplies order? Are you a landscaping expert searching for an extra skill to polish your portfolio and gain a competitive advantage. At Vanden Bussche Irrigation, we know how frustrating the unknown can be when waiting on an order; and how challenging it can be, enrolling in programs to help gain basic skills to help improve your business and fellow employee knowledge. Convenience is a key factor for landscaping experts and their clients alike, and it is our objective to continue to help you find that balance through our Vanden Bussche Mobile App and Online Training Portal.   About Our Training Portal- Did you know? The willingness and readiness to learn new skills helps workers to remain employable in the foreseeable future. This favours any independent contractor or organization wishing to improve labour output.  As an expert in the agriculture and landscaping industry, being adept at...

Vanden Bussche Irrigation was fortunate enough to be highlighted in a feature of Business View magazine.  The article outlines how our organization began to where we are today as Canada's leading irrigation distributor.  We are a fourth-generation, family-owned-and operated business that has been built on the values of exceptional service and expert knowledge.  Our commitment to our customers, employees, suppliers and communities has carried us on this journey.  To enjoy the feature, please follow the link below: Business View Magazine Article - Strong Roots, Strong Results

Vanden Bussche Irrigation is pleased to announce the hiring of Phil Brown, Golf Territory Manager for Toronto and Northern Ontario. Phil comes from a strong history in the golf industry, having started his career in the eighties. We are happy to be adding Phil to our Vanden Bussche family. To find out more about Phil and his experience, please read the attached release. Phil Brown Press Release

Vanden Bussche Irrigation & Equipment is a fourth-generation, family-run, international, full-service irrigation business that now joins TD Bank Group as one of the first sponsors of ALUS Canada’s New Acre™ Project. President Marc Vanden Bussche is a farmer, agri-business leader and longstanding ALUS champion. His company’s $10,000 sponsorship contributes to the production of cleaner air, cleaner water and more wildlife habitat on more than 20 acres of ALUS projects in ALUS Montérégie (Quebec), ALUS Vermilion River (Alberta), ALUS WUQWATR (Saskatchewan) and in Marc’s home community, ALUS Norfolk (Ontario). “We are happy to sponsor the New Acre™ Project, because the ALUS program rewards farmers across Canada to use uneconomic parcels of their land in a better way,” said Marc.  [READ FULL ARTICLE HERE]

Over the course of the past few months, COVID-19 has resulted in many drastic changes in all aspects of our lives – including the way we go about our day to day work. Rules and regulations implemented to prevent the spread of this disease have limited many of us from going about our typical work days, leaving us scratching our heads on ways to remain productive and continue business. Luckily, the modern world we live in today offers many resources to make these times much more  manageable and productive. Here at VBI, we want to do what we can to make these trying times less difficult for you. To do this, we have compiled a broad collection of resources you can easily access to continue learning and expanding your knowledge and expertise during these times. It’s easy to get lost in this all, and we truly understand that change can be hard as it challenges us in unfimiliar ways. Please utilize these resources to up your game, as this unique time provides the perfect opportunity to do...

  Calculating 1" of Water Deciding how much water any plant needs can be difficult.  There are so many factors to consider.  The first seems obvious, what type of plant? Grass, a tomato plant, an apple tree?  Within each plant may be several varieties that may need more water than others. You also need to consider factors such as soil type and evaporation due to wind or sun.  Don’t forget about your limitations on how much water you can access and the irrigation infrastructure (pumps, pipe, filters etc.) in place to capitalize on this opportunity of water. In today’s age there are all kinds of “smart tools” that can help like soil moisture sensors, weather stations, and remote irrigation controls.  These types of tools come with a price tag… as you could expect for such powerful tools.  Some of these can also seem daunting in order to use the tools to its full capacity. At the end of the day, the key to designing an irrigation system is ensuring that i...

  If you read our previous article titled ‘Calculating 1” of water’, you’ll know that it can difficult to calculate how much water you need to deliver in order to effectively irrigate. But the general rule of thumb is 1”, and there are constant values that you can use as a benchmark figure out how much water you need to apply per week. If you are irrigating 1,000ft² of turf, you need 620 gallons/week. If you are irrigating 1 acre of vegetables, you need 27,200 gallons/week. Now the conversation becomes, where are we going to get this water? Typical water sources include a municipally supplied source, a well, lake, river or a pond. Municipally Supplied Source, you can use the chart below to get a good idea of the rate of water you have access to from that service line: If you are using water out of a well, your local well digger will be able to tell you how much water is available. Our staff, or that same well digger, would be able to tell you the rate of water you could pull from t...