Kimberly True

Henry, thank you for taking the time to look! I really appreciate it.

Have you by chance had any experience with the modular tray system roofs? If so, do you have any thoughts on them versus a ‘standard’ green roof?

No. I just explain to them that there are numerous layers generated by LandFX, and it hasn’t been a problem.

Landscape Plants for California Gardens by Bob Perry, available online: http://landdesignpublishing.com/index.html
Landscape Plants for Western Regions is out of print.
Bob’s book will get you up to speed on California climate considerations and water use in addition to plants.

Took the exam this morning and passed! Everything stated above is good to study, plus know your basic plant pathology (diseases). Good luck everyone!

I was only able to find LARE resources on the PPI2pass website. From what I hear, you need to just be fresh on all of the LARE multiple choice stuff, know you plants, water conservation, and bring lots of common sense. I hear that there are things you just can’t study for on the exam; you’ve either experienced it in practice or not. I hear there…[Read more]

Thank you Nanda! Mike, I’m also hoping to take the CA section at the end of the month and have been searching for study materials to no avail, other that Nanda’s post. I agree that the State guide is too vague to offer any meaningful benefit. I have some old multiple choice questions from a UCLA course for the LARE that was thrown in…the…[Read more]