Drip Irrigation

Wednesday, October 10th 9:00 - 11:00 AM   Presented by Mike Garcia, Irrigator Technical Training School CEU Accreditation: PLANET, 2; IA, 2 To reserve this seminar, Click Here.

Course Description:
As southern California endures its worst drought ever many conservation efforts are being enacted to ensure our environmental future. A large movement is happening which, in a nutshell, tells us to remove grass/lawns and replace them with native plants. Somehow, grass is now the enemy of the landscape. While there are merits to removing a lawn, there are also benefits that come with having a lawn. If you have kids or dogs, a lawn is a must. Now your clients can have a lawn and save more than half the water by replacing conventional spray heads with sub-surface or underground irrigation. In this course attendees will learn about sub-surface drip irrigation for lawns, how to install them, what it takes to get started and how to fertilize a lawn with a sub-surface drip irrigation system.

Biography:
Enviroscape founder Mike Garcia began his career in the horticultural field more than 30 years ago. After earning his college degree in Ornamental Horticulture, he earned his C-27 Landscape Contractors license and his D-49 Tree Service Contractors license. Under his leadership, Enviroscape has won numerous landscape and water feature awards at the local, state national and international levels. Some of these include awards from the California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA) as well as the National Association of Pond Professionals (NAPP) and the International Professional Pond Companies Association (IPPCA). Enviroscape has been featured in numerous magazines, such as PONDS USA and Pond and Garden Lifestyles Magazine, Water Garden News, California Landscaper magazine, National Landscape Contractor magazine. Guest appearances on the hit television shows "Extreme Home Makeover", HGTV's "Landscaper's Challenge and A & E's hit series "Fix That Yard". His work on Rain Water Harvesting was recently featured in a full-page article in the Los Angeles Times (4/12).

Mike Garcia, Teacher, Irrigator Technical Training School