Puddle-Stompers

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More Online Classes Planned

Following is a list of possible classes planned for the future. We sent out a survey to landscape professionals asking them to choose the subjects they most wanted to learn more about. Over 100 respondents have taken the survey. Drip Design was the number one subject asked for, and the rest of the classes listed here show the order in which they were ranked by the survey respondents.

Results of the survey as of October 2020

The subjects with the links next to them are already active in the Flash Cards and Flash Quiz apps. Check them out!

1. Drip Design - 83% - Flash Cards | Flash Quiz | Irrigation IQ Exam
2. Renovation of Existing Irrigation Systems - 70%
3. Efficient Irrigation and Upgrades - 64% - Flash Cards | Flash Quiz | Irrigation IQ Exam
4. Drip Installation and Maintenance - 63%
5. Water Budgets and Water Management - 61%
6. Landscape Design with Water in Mind - 61%
7. Alternative Water Sources for the Landscape - 61%
8. Smart Controllers - Specifying them for Projects - 60% - Flash Cards | Flash Quiz
9. Irrigation Scheduling - 60% - Flash Cards | Flash Quiz | Irrigation IQ Exam
10. Irrigation Troubleshooting and Repair - 53% - Flash Cards | Flash Quiz | Irrigation IQ Exam
11. MWELO (including documentation for landscape designers, and water calculations) - 52%
12. Smart Controllers - General Info - 50% - Flash Cards | Flash Quiz
13. Smart Controllers - Programming them - 50%
14. Irrigation Assessments - 47%
15. Irrigation Hydraulics - 42% - Flash Cards | Flash Quiz | Irrigation IQ Exam
16. QWEL - 39% (note: most of the respondents have already taken QWEL class) - Flash Cards | Flash Quiz
17. Sprinkler Design - 30%
18. Irrigation Auditing - 21% - Flash Cards | Flash Quiz | Irrigation IQ Exam
19. Here's one that is not in the survey, but important
    Plant/Soil/Water Relationships - Flash Cards | Flash Quiz | Irrigation IQ Exam

Hands-On Drip Installation Workshop - November 2016

Following are the photos from the drip installation we did at a residence in Lafayette, California. It was the second day of a 2-day seminar. The first day was learning drip design in the classroom, at the EBMUD offices in Oakland. The following week, we all showed up to install this drip system that we designed and installed on top of a sheet-mulched front lawn. I co-taught this seminar with my friend and colleague, Scott Sommerfeld. The final product reflected his fantastic design and direction that day. Seth Wright, landscape contractor, was an instructor on the hands-on day, as well. He had installed the underground piping infrastructure that we connected the drip system to. This was so much fun! I tip my hat to Scott and Seth for helping to make this a wonderful event!

The materials for this drip installation were donated by Hunter Industries. Chris McNairy of Hunter gave a fantastic presentation on the Hunter Hydrawise controllers in the garage. Thank you, Hunter! Thank you, Chris! Wow, wow, wow!

Hover over the right and left sides of the photos to find the arrows to cycle back and forth through the album.

Photo credits to JorJa Bennett. Thank you, JorJa!