Watch this follow-up video to the Fall 2022 APLD-CA/Advocacy Committee “Slow the Burn” Symposium on fire-resilient landscape design for industry professionals.
Archive | Water Resources
APLD CA Chapter and Advocacy Committee Offer MWELO Training for Landscape Designers
On Wednesday, May 17, 2023, Kim O’Cain, author of the Department of Water Resources (DWR) MWELO Guidebook, will cover MWELO 101, share best practices for submitting plans using APLD member example projects, and lead an interactive discussion.
The Gottlieb Native Garden—An Urban Oasis
A recent visit by APLD CA Chapter Board members to a guided tour of The Gottlieb Native Garden, a flourishing California native ecosystem, and home to more than 200 hand-selected plants and over 1,500 documented wildlife species.
Show the Flow Video Tour
“Show the Flow” is an educational video tour, held on October 13, 2022, of large- and small-scale watersheds to demonstrate how landscape communities can protect the health of local waterways and prevent storm water pollution.
Update & What’s Next?: Watershed Wise Landscape Professional (WWLP) Training
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 […]
APLD CA “Signs on” to Letter to Support H.R. 2313 for Tax Exempt Water Conservation Rebates
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.
California Model Water Efficiency Ordinance (MWELO) 2020 Update
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.
