Wes Arola, RLA

Check out old town fiberglass. They have some great planters !

Toro DL2000 is what we spec. They offer a drip zone valve kit with filter and all included in one product number which is convenient.

http://www.architonic.com/pmsht/factory-porcelanosa/1123148

There are ceramic tiles available now that look exactly like corten. You could form and pour small concrete pads the size of your pavers and then fix the tiles to the top of them…

Katharine – what container sizes do you offer in the larger specimen aeoniums, agaves and aloes? Are any of the aoniums more tolerant of cold…down below freezing?

pacific northwest. start in portland or eugene and work your way north

This may help..

http://www.fieldturf.com/en/

These are all great suggestions. Many firms are going towards BIM (Revit) and Civil 3D which there are courses in. Also if you already are a wiz at Sketchup, I’d look in to rendering programs and render some of your old projects from your portfolio.  If you could get some sort of certificate or credible experience with those programs, I would…[Read more]

You should be alright with those tree choices. If there is still concern you could use a root barrier…

You’ve got a lot to see on the West Coast! Hopefully you will have time for San Deigo all the the way north to Vancouver!

Since the area will be receiving some foot traffic, lounge chairs etc…It seems that maybe a grass paver type application may be applicable. If there is a light weight grass pave system you could use with the correct grass, that may be a solution. The pavers may take some of the abuse away from the grass. But… you will likely run out of gro…[Read more]

I think it looks great. You may benefit by summarizing your text into more of a summary of the project. One key item for each project I would include is the programs/process you used for each to show your experience and skills with handsketching,Photoshop,Modeling,CAD, Illustrator, InDesign etc..
People first want to see and look at the photos or…[Read more]

Are there any materials on site that could be re-purposed? Boulders, fencing, structures, concrete slabs etc..

stacking rectangular pieces of a saw-cut existing concrete slab could be a neat bench…

make a block for each plant which is named accurately. place all your blocks where you want them and then run ‘bcount’ command and it will generate a total count for you..

thats the old school, simple way to do it in CAD…

just looking for some plant material which is a bit different with some seasonality and interest to set the project aside from others
 

you can send the money you saved my way 🙂

the green exam prep practice tests are all you need! best of luck. if you can ace the practice tests you will pass the exam with flying colors.

I focused for a few weeks on the practice tests below, shooting for an average of 80% on all of them. It will let you know which topics you are weak on and then you can target those areas to perfect them.
 
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Those were all i focused on and passed the test. I didn’t do any r…[Read more]

Do you or anyone have a plant list or specific grasses that you would suggest for San Francisco bay area?

Spend a third or a quarter of the money on a nice PC that way you are not paranoid about scratching it or having it stolen etc… and you will be able to run… AutoCAD!

It is tought to come up with numbers untill you have some experience. My main suggestion would to be to start to develop a library or set of standards. Have all your linetypes and blocks setup, so that you can copy and paste those into your plans and that will speed up production a lot. Have the hatches you use, trees, etc. all setup so that you…[Read more]