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1. The Science and Art of Sustainable Landscapes by Bob Perry

Bob Perry, FASLA, a landscape architect and Professor Emeritus from Cal Poly Pomona, and past adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture at USC, led a webinar discussing how to discover and apply 10 practices that are fundamental to achieving a sustainable landscape.

2. Our New Normal by Dawn Fluharty

Dawn Fluharty, Regional Technical Manager for Arborjet, led a webinar about basic plant health needs as it relates to water and plant health while also reviewing what pests and diseases may be present in drought stressed trees. The webinar then looked at drought solutions and IPM programs for pests and diseases.

3. Bringing Streams Back into The Landscape by Mary Scipioni

MaryScipioni, a licensed landscape architect practicing in the Finger Lakes Region of New York under the name Pebble-stream, led a webinar about understanding how stream structure changes as it moves through different landscape contexts, and helping attendees conceive designs that turn culverts and ditches into beautiful features while rebuilding freshwater systems.

 
4. Lighting Implementation in Landscape Design by David Oborn

David Oborn, specification manager for FX Luminaire, presented a webinar about discovering innovative design techniques, exploring next level lighting control, and understanding lighting for the modern lifestyle.

5. Firescaping: Protecting Your Family, Employees and Assets in California by Douglas Kent

Douglas Kent, a best-selling author and owner of Doulas Kent+Associates, spoke on firescaping by highlighting the essential qualities of a protected property and focusing on roads, structures, defensible space, and plants.

6. Nature Ignores Design That Ignores Nature by Tom Mortensen

Tom Mortensen, Landscape Architect and site planner with raSmith, led a presentation about various site planning and design techniques, approaches, principles, successes, pitfalls and roadblocks to designing, preserving and establishing the native landscape and how those landscapes can integrate with designed environments.

7. Landscape Inspections - Plan Review Through Project Acceptance by Greg Zoll

Greg Zoll, a registered California Landscape Architect with Landscape Dynamics and ISA certified arborist, led a webinar reviewing the ideal steps to observing, inspecting, and accepting a landscape installation.

8. Regenerative Landscapes and the Climate Crisis by Shawn Maestretti and Leigh Adams

Shawn Meastretti, principal with Studio Petrichor, and Leah Adams, designer and horticultural interpreter with Studio Petrichor, co-led a webinar diving into regenerative landscapes and the climate crisis. The webinar also went through current practices and how they relate to the environment, solutions and case studies about soil, carbon, water, biodiversity, and community.

9. Trees in Extreme Climate by Lisa Smith

Lisa Smith, registered Consulting Arborist #464, led a webinar about extreme weather and how to aid trees in becoming tolerant to events such as extreme drought, wind, and heat. The webinar also went through how to foster proper planting and growing conditions.

10. Designing, Implementing, and Maintaining by Joe Samnik

Joe Samnik, Expert Tree Consultants, LLC, led a webinar discussing why landscape architects, designers, installers, and maintenance companies are being sued for negligence or breach of contract. The webinar went through how to lessen their chances of litigation, National Standards that other criteria define, and used and applied specifications to each disciple that enable a revision of contracts.