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

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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.

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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…

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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?

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is the lighting strip a catalog item? please share the product info if so!

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

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This may help..

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

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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 think that would be just as valuable (if not more) than landscape construction or nursery experience. Both would be ideal.  Any entry level openings these days, in my opinion, are going to be for production/drafting work because of a surge in the workload. Thats reality. The faster and more experienced you are at CAD, Sketchup, Revit, etc… the more appealing you will be to those job openings in today’s environment. I would welcome other’s thoughts on my opinion.

Best of luck!

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I’ll buy anyone a beer who writes a lisp that populates a closed polyline (organic shapes) with triangularly spaced plant blocks…

Toby’s approach above is the most automated way I know of to get counts based on area. The key is to setup your excel file as a tool.

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

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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!

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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 growing/paving section pretty fast with your 3-5”.

Could you do a raised  walkway and seating area to gain a bit more section for your grass?

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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 plans, then if they want to know more they read SOME of the text and continue on to the next page.

Best of luck!

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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…

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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…

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