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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2014 |
Media Contact Michelle Medaris Landscape Communications, Inc. Phone: (714) 979-5276 Ext. 136 mmedaris@landscapeonline.com www.LandscapeOnline.com |
Thursday, February 13th 3:30 - 5:00 pm Landscaping Sustainability with Native Plants, Reginald Durant Landscaping with natives conserves water - an increasingly scarce natural resource - and saves money. Using natives eliminates the need for pesticides, which harm beneficial insects and other animals, and reduces our exposure to toxic substances. Natives also require less mowing, pruning and fertilizing. A well-planned native plant landscape even attracts birds and butterflies. See examples of beautiful landscape quality native plants that can substitute for traditional landscape plants. Participants will learn at least three benefits of landscaping with native plants and will see at least 40 native plants that can replace traditional landscape plants in a landscape design. CEU Accreditation: LA CES, LEED Friday, February 14th 8:30 - 10:00 am 1 Trillion Reasons Why BioNutrition is the Future of Sustainable Landscapes, Dane Shota Bio-Nutrition Technology is a science-based approach to producing a complete and healthy soil environment that allows plants to reach their full potential. It is about creating sustainably healthy, beautiful and earth-friendly landscapes with minimal maintenance. CEU Accreditation: LA CES, LEED Friday, February 14th 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Bay Friendly Design for All of California, Leslie Golden, ASLA Bay-Friendly Landscape Design is a systematic approach to designing and managing vibrant landscapes that conserve natural resources, reduce waste and pollution, and provide wildlife habitat. Developed in the Bay Area but easily implementable anywhere, the Bay-Friendly approach is flexible and can be adapted to suit a variety of styles and scales, from residential properties to corporate and institutional campuses and urban parks. This session will cover the core principles of the Bay-Friendly approach and will also include cutting edge sustainable design, creative habitat integrated approaches and maintenance practices that will help you set yourselves apart as leaders in providing sustainable landscape solutions. CEU Accreditation: LA CES, LEED Friday, February 14th 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Wildlife Aware, Susan Sims Tree care professionals and landscape professionals are stewards of the environment in which wildlife depend on for shelter, food, and sites to rear their young. Laws exist that protect species that live in trees and landscapes. This course will educate tree care professionals on the laws and regulations surrounding the protected wildlife living in the trees and give them identification education to help them recognize active and protected habitats. CEU Accreditation: LA CES, LEED Friday, February 14th 1:30 - 3:00 pm Making Sense of ET Adjustment Factors in Landscape Irrigation Budgets, Dennis Pittenger Landscape water budgets are central to many urban development programs, green building codes, and conservation programs of water purveyors. These programs and regulations require various approaches to calculate and establish a site's a water-conserving irrigation budget and irrigation schedules based in part on estimated local reference evapotranspiration (ETo) data. The calculations typically involve an assortment of ETo adjustment factors associated with plant species, site characteristics, or other influences on how much water a landscape should be allocated. Depending on the program or policy, the adjustments to ETo may be fixed, variable, or some combination. Research on the water needs of landscape plants provides insight on which ETo adjustment factors make sense to apply and how values for them can be accurately estimated. An analysis of commonly used approaches for estimating landscape water budgets will be presented along with research-based ETo adjustment factors that should be employed in them. CEU Accreditation: LA CES, LEED Friday, February 14th 1:30 -. 3:00 pm Preserved Wood for Sustainable Landscape Design, Dallin Brooks Wood products are renewable and sustainable. Wood products reduce green house gases by storing carbon. Growing forests remove carbon dioxide, store carbon and produce oxygen. And by preserving wood, we can extend the life of the product. Landscape designers prefer wood because it is natural. Wood blends and complements the environment. Participants will learn how to specify landscape projects using the American Wood Protection Association's Use Category System. Attendees will learn how to correctly specify preserved wood; how to use Western Wood Preservers Institute's Best Management Practices for the use of preserved wood in sensitive environments; the many new preservative systems that are now available and the science of how wood is preserved. CEU Accreditation: LA CES, LEED For more information about LA Expo Seminars, please contact 714-979-5276 x. 136 |