Rain Bird Awards LAs and Contractors for Xerigation Design/Installation

From left: Craig Widmier (MHTN Architects), Mike Donoghue (v-p, Rain Bird) Randy Boudrero (MHTN Architects), Janet Reilly (Landscape Drip marketing manager).

Randy Boudrero and Craig Widmier of MHTN Architects, Inc. (Salt Lake City) are the winners of Rain Bird's 2005 Xerigation Design contest for their design and construction of the landscaped Davis Campus of Weber State University in Layton, Utah. Their use of Rain Bird drip irrigation saved an estimated 765,000 gallons of water in one month alone, about a 48 percent savings over the normal campus landscape water use.

Contractors Sid and Salle Morse of BIO Landscape & Maintenance, Inc. (Huston) won the installation portion of the contest. BIO contracts many jobs with the Texas Department of Transportation that require extensive watering.

Each winner was awarded a five-day, all-expense paid trip to Pasadena, Calif. to take part in Rose Bowl festivities with their families, including a visit to Disney's California Adventure Park, a New Year's Eve dinner/dance, watching the Rose Parade from grandstand seats and attending the Rose Bowl game. Winners were invited to help decorate Rain Bird's float, which won its sixth Rose Parade Sweepstakes Trophy for ?EUR??,,????'??most beautiful float,?EUR??,,????'?? and to view the floats prior to the Rose Parade and attend the float judging.

Entries for the 2006 Xerigation Design and Installation contests will be accepted starting March 1, 2005. For more info, visit www.rainbird.com

Matt, Melissa, Kyle, Salle and Sid Morse (BIO Landscape and Maintenance).