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Smartscape is a training program for nursery and landscape professionals designed to encourage consistent horticultural practices compatible with the Sonoran Desert. The program is endorsed by statewide landscape organizations.
Energy and water efficient landscaping, also known as Xeriscape, is an increasingly marketable commodity. Becoming a skilled Smartscape professional will improve your ability to provide quality service to your customers or employer, enhance your business image, and allow you the opportunity to create beautiful and efficient landscapes compatible with our desert communities. Smartscape is presented as a series of eight 2½-hour workshops. Each workshop focuses on a specific topic including: Designing and Renovating Drip Irrigation Design and Installation Soils, Plants, and Water Water Management and Irrigation Controllers Desert Adapted Plants Maintaining Desert Adapted Plants Plant Selection and Installation Solutions to Plant Problems All participants who successfully complete the workshops receive a certificate proving that they have completed the Smartscape training. Smartscape is presented in both the Phoenix and Tucson areas. If you would like to be contacted for more information, please send an e-mail with your contact information to jcook@amwua.org or call (602) 248-8482. | 
SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS Arizona Certified Landscape Professionals www.azlca.com/ACLP.htm Arizona Landscape Contractors Association www.azlca.com Arizona Municipal Water Users Association www.amwua.org Arizona Nursery Association www.azna.org Tucson Water www.ci.tucson.az.us/water University of Arizona Cooperative Extension ag.arizona.edu/extension/ In the Tucson area: Contact the Pima County Cooperative Extension office at (520) 626-5161 or visit their Web site http://www.ag.arizona.edu/pima/smartscape | |
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