APLD-CA Advocacy & Sustainability Invites All California Members Please Join Us Friday, February 26, 2021 from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. for California Advocacy Training Presented by Environmental & Energy Consulting (EEC) is offering an advocacy training for the Association of Professional Landscape Designers—California Chapter and its members. The training will be offered via webinar, and will […]
As most of you know our beloved Debby Ruskin died March 28, 2020. Debby, founder of Ruskin Garden Design, for over 35 years created beautiful residential landscape designs in the Palo Alto area of California. Over time she partnered with her daughter Amy Palmer. Debby was an integral leader in the formation of our California […]
Biodiversity hotspots are home to unique flora and fauna, many of which are endemic to a particular environment. The City of Los Angeles is fortunate to be one of only 36 biodiversity hotspots on the planet.
APLD CA and its members have ardently embraced the principles of the Watershed Approach to Landscapes. In 2018, the California Watershed Approach to Landscape Design handbook was published and put into the hands of our members. This handbook is the foundation for the Watershed Wise Landscape Professional (WWLP) Trainings offered by APLD CA in collaboration […]
Today’s landscape professionals need to be more than water wise, we need to become Watershed Wise Landscape Professionals (WWLP) to manage limited resources without sacrificing the beauty and functionality of our landscapes. Find out more about what you will learn from this unique Green Garden Group course. (Continuing Education Units: APLD 12.75)
The APLD CA Chapter recently “signed on” to a letter that the Alliance for Water Efficiency and 72 other agencies, organizations, and interested parties submitted to support H.R. 2313, the Water Conservation Tax Parity Act.
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) published on March 6, 2019 their decision “to defer the update for 2020” of the Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO). You can read the DWR’s letter to the Landscape Stakeholders Advisory Group (LSAG) here.
In the video below Dan Maffei, President of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers, talks about the state of the organization as of 2018. Topics covered in this 25-minute talk include: Recent Conversations with Chapter Leaders Membership Organization Comparison Vision and Priorities
Here is just a brief sampling of the compliments about our 2018 Platinum and Gold Sponsors sent in by grateful APLD CA members: “My clients are always impressed…” “Thank you for your commitment to excellence…” “They stand behind their products…” “My go-to source…” “We are very happy and loyal customers!” To read them all in their […]
Imagine a gorgeous garden: one that requires less water, but doesn’t look dry. It is attractive, lush, and evergreen—because the designer followed the principles of the watershed approach to landscaping.
