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Art in the Garden: The Sculpted Landscape
What you'll learn
1. Create a sense of movement through the garden
2. Select materials and installation techniques that will withstand the elements (and the earthquakes)
3. Utilize specimen plants as living structural focal points
4. Integrate found objects into the story of the landscape
Free
Permeable Everywhere Workshop – Valley Water
What you'll learn
In this class, learn how to explore various opportunities for creating permeable surfaces in the garden, whether using plants or hardscape.
• Pathways of brick, flagstone, or decomposed concrete
• Walkable plant material
• Repurposing existing concrete and other permeable hardscape options
• Permeable concrete pros, cons, and maintenance
• Grading hardscape to capture rainwater
Free
Bugs? Ugh! Managing Weeds and Pests
What you'll learn
• Discover principles of integrated pest management (IPM)
• Develop strategies to prevent pest problems, highlighting mosquitoes
• Manage weeds and regrowth without chemicals
• Review non-toxic solutions for pest control
Free
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SoCal Gas Pro Series – Permeable Everywhere – Slow, Spread, & Sink on Every Landscape
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SoCal Gas Pro Series – Permeable Everywhere – Slow, Spread, & Sink on Every Landscape
What you'll learn
How much rain did our landscape get? This webinar addresses strategies for answering that question: “All of it!” Capturing rainwater passively in the soils of a landscape offsets future irrigation demand, reduces or eliminates polluted runoff from getting into our local waterways, cools the planet, and sets up a feedback loop of carbon sequestration, reduced energy use, and restoration of the local weather cycle Topics include:
• Difference between Active and Passive Capture
• Simple calculations necessary for creating permeability
• Why Nature-based solutions (Very Low Impact Design) are applicable in every landscape
• Ideas for increasing permeability in existing landscapes and updating historical gardens
• Installing and maintaining permeable hardscapes
• Steps to improve infiltration rates on every landscape
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Watershed Wise Landscape Professional Certification – EXAM ONLY – SECTION A
What you'll learn
This is the Final Exam - Section A Only
Free
Watershed Wise Landscape Professional Certification – EXAM ONLY – SECTION B
What you'll learn
This is the Final Exam - Section B Only
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Watershed Wise Landscape Professional Certification – EXAM ONLY – SECTION C
What you'll learn
This is the Final Exam - Section C Only
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Watershed Wise Landscape Professional Certification – EXAM ONLY – SECTION D
What you'll learn
This is the Final Exam - Section D Only
Free
Small Space Gardens – Monterey
What you'll learn
Above ground or in-ground, in a garden or on a patio, working with small areas can be a challenge and an opportunity. Want success? Learn more about:
1. Choosing when planter beds are your best choice
2. Working with outdoor patio spaces
3. Creating the right soil set-up
4. Manage the irrigation, minimize the plant loss
Free
Love It or Lose It: Rethinking Your Lawn – Valley Water
What you'll learn
In this class, learn how to remove your lawn and make the right moves for creating a gorgeous, watershed wise landscape including:
1. Removing turf without the use of chemicals
2. Replacing it with climate-appropriate plantings
3. Keeping it in place but maintaining it in an organic manner
4. Simple lawn care strategies to improve resilience
5. Managing the big three: weeds, pests, and disease
