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• 1/23/2024 - How about a two-time college professor? Merritt College Lori was hired to teach the irrigation class (LANHT 17E). It promises to be a big class, with a full enrollment and a full waiting list. Cool!
• 12/30/2023 Irrigation Mastery Online School moves to a new LMS platform (Kajabi) With over 430 students in the school, this should be fun!
• 8/23/2023 - Lori's a college professor now! Monterey Peninsula College Lori is co-teaching the irrigation class (HORT 70) at MPC with colleague John Kern, who is also the chair of the Horticulture Department.
• 1/23/2022 - Announcing new courses! Landscape Design with Water in Mind is open for registration now. This is a series of three self-paced, online courses which launch on March 8, 2022, and are for sale now! Check it out here! These courses are still open for registration.
• 9/15/2021 - Announcing new course! Drip Design by Checklist is registering new students now. This self-paced, online course begins on September 27, 2021, and is for sale now! Check it out here! This course is still open for registration.
• 2/23/2021 - Mastering Drip Design course 4th wave begins! UPDATE: This is now an on-demand course, as are all of the courses in this online school. Go to Irrigation Mastery School This course is till open for registration.
• 10/5/2020 - QWEL comes back as a virtual training! Lori is a proud instructor of the QWEL training in the Bay Area and the Sacramento region. COVID-19 shut us down for over six months, but we're coming back with full classes and strong enthusiasm starting the first week of October.
• 5/22/2020 - Online school Irrigation Mastery with Lori Palmquist is launched! Announcement for enrollment in first course "Mastering Drip Design" was announced to members of Puddle-Stompers. The course sold out in a week! Go to the home page of the school to enroll and receive the announcement of courses as they launch. Go to Irrigation Mastery School
• 12/16/2019 - Hunter Industries publicly announces winners of Ann Hunter-Wellborn Circle of Excellence Award. Lori Palmquist is one of five recipients of this international award. See blog post
• 2/11/2019 - Announcing THREE in-person Irrigation Design Specialist classes at The Urban Farmer Store in Richmond.
• 12/20/2018 - Puddle-Stompers.com website launched!

Update of WaterWonk WUCOLS Phone App

When the official version of the WUCOLS list was updated to WUCOLS IV in 2014, we were unable to update the WaterWonk phone app to follow suit because the increase of the number of plants and the number of plant types made it logistically difficult to update the cell phone app to accommodate it. So we decided to leave the WUCOLS III list on the phone app.

In early October 2018, Lora Medina began updating the phone app to give the plants on the WUCOLS III list their updated (WUCOLS IV) water-use values. Most of the plants on the list had their values changed in at least one or two of the regions. She completed the task in mid November.

The WaterWonk WUCOLS plant database search phone app was programmed in large format for ease of use on cell phones. It is not meant to be viewed on anything larger than a cell phone. We created this app because of the difficulty of interacting with the list with cell phones. At this point in time, the cell phone app has the updated water use values of the WUCOLS IV list, but the limited number of plants of the WUCOLS III list. Go to phone app

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Upcoming Speaking Engagements in 2024 and 2025 - Lori Palmquist

• December 2 - 13, 2024 - QWEL training sponsored by California Water Efficiency Partnership (CalWEP) (6 sessions)
• January 21 - May 14, 2024 - Teaching the irrigation class at Merritt College (3-unit class)
• February 8, 2025 - Master Gardener Growing Gardeners in-person talk on Irrigation for Edible Gardens
• May 10, 2025 - Master Gardener Growing Gardeners in-person talk on Irrigation for Edible Gardens
• September 13, 2025 - Master Gardener Growing Gardeners in-person talk on Irrigation for Edible Gardens
• October 6 - 22, 2025 - QWEL training sponsored by Regional Water Authority (6 sessions)

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Past Classes, Workshops, and Talks Taught by Lori Palmquist
649 Events/Sessions since 2008

2024

• October 7 - 23, 2024 - QWEL training sponsored by Regional Water Authority (6 sessions)
• September 14, 2024 - Master Gardener Growing Gardeners in-person talk on Irrigation for Edible Gardens
• August 19 - 29, 2024 - QWEL training sponsored by Sonoma County Water Agency (8 sessions)
• August 2, 2024 - Water management talk for Master Gardener new volunteer training for Placer County
• July 27, 2024 - Master Gardener Growing Gardeners in-person talk on Irrigation for Edible Gardens
• July 16, 2024 - Master Gardener webinar The Magic of Mulch: Water Conservation at its Best
• June 22, 2024 - Hands-on irrigation installation workshop at private residence in Sacramento
• May 18, 2024 - Master Gardener Growing Gardeners in-person talk on Irrigation for Edible Gardens
• April 8 - April 18, 2024 - QWEL training sponsored by Solano County Water Agency (8 sessions)
• March 13, 2024 Water in Your Garden - Taking Control talk to Western Horticultural Society
• March 11 - March 21, 2024 - QWEL training sponsored by EBMUD (8 sessions)
• February 24, 2024 - Master Gardener Growing Gardeners in-person talk on Irrigation for Edible Gardens
• February 21, 2024 - Water management talk for Master Gardener new volunteer training for SF County and San Mateo County
• January 23 - May 21, 2024 - Teaching the irrigation class at Merritt College (3-unit class)
• January 22 - February 2, 2024 - QWEL training sponsored by Valley Water (8 sessions)

2023

• December 16, 2023 - Rainwater Harvesting lab talk for Contra Costa County Master Gardener new volunteer training
• December 5, 2023 - Guest expert on PG&E Plant Talk show
• November 28, 2023 - Irrigation for Edible Gardens talk to Merritt College Edible Landscaping class
• November 18, 2023 - Water management lab talk for Alameda County Master Gardener new volunteer training
• November 16, 2023, Talk to Moraga Garden Club - Water in Your Garden - Taking Control
• November 2, 2023 - Water management talk for Master Gardener new volunteer training for Contra Costa and Alameda Counties
• October 20, 2023, Follow-up webinar to PG&E hands-on drip workshop in June 2023
• October 2 - 18, 2023 - QWEL training sponsored by Regional Water Authority (6 sessions)
• September 16, 2023 - Master Gardener Growing Gardeners in-person talk on Irrigation for Edible Gardens
• August 23 - December 6, 2023 - Co-teach Irrigation class (HORT 70) at Monterey Peninsula College
• July 15, 2023 - Master Gardener Growing Gardeners in-person talk on Irrigation for Edible Gardens
• June 27, 2023 - Hands-on sprinkler-to-drip conversion workshop for PG&E Water Conservation Showcase
• June 12 - 23, 2023 - QWEL training (8 sessions) for Cal Water
• May 16, 2022 - Master Gardener webinar - Climate Change and Your Garden
• May 13, 2023 - Master Gardener Growing Gardeners in-person talk on Irrigation for Edible Gardens
• May 1 - 11, 2023 - QWEL training (8 sessions) for BAWSCA
• April 22, 2023 - Master Gardener Growing Gardeners in-person talk on Irrigation for Edible Gardens
• April 17 - 27, 2023 - QWEL training (8 sessions) for Cal Water
• April 12, 2023 - Webinar - Spring Irrigation Tune-Up for Zone 7 Water Agency
• February 17, 2023 - 15, Talk to Montelindo Garden Club - Water in Your Garden - Taking Control
• February 16, 2023 - Talk at Valley Water Landscape Summit, San Jose, CA

2022

• December 6 - 15, 2022 - QWEL training sponsored by City of Bozeman, Montana (6 sessions)
• December 2, 2022 Irrigation for Edible Gardens - talk to Merritt College Edible Landscaping class
• October 3 - 19, 2022 - QWEL training sponsored by Regional Water Authority (6 sessions)
• September 27, 2022 Webinar - Keeping Trees Thriving in a Drought for Zone 7 Water Agency
• September 17, 2022 Master Gardener Growing Gardeners in-person talk on Irrigation for Edible Gardens
• September 15, 2022 - Talk on how to Program Your Irrigation Controller at Trilogy HOA in Brentwood, CA
• September 12 - 23, 2022 - QWEL training sponsored by Valley Water (8 sessions)
• August 16, 2022 - Webinar for California State Library - Strategies for Gardening with Limited Water: Weathering the Drought in California
• August 4, 2022 - Webinar on commercial smart controllers hosted by Zone 7 Water Agency
• July 23, 2022 Master Gardener Growing Gardeners in-person talk on Irrigation for Edible Gardens
• July 21, 2022 - Talk Water in Your Garden - Taking Control at Trilogy HOA in Brentwood, CA
• July 14, 2022 - Webinar on Smart Controllers hosted by Zone 7 Water Agency
• July 12, 2022 - Irrigation installation workshop at Climate Discovery Garden at Gardens at Heather Farm
• June 21, 2022 Master Gardener webinar - Water in Your Garden - Taking Control
• June 20 - June 30, 2022 - QWEL training for BayQWEL, (8 sessions)
• May 7, 2022 Water in Your Garden, Taking Control talk to Hilltop Assoc. Richmond, CA
• April 30, 2022 Master Gardener Growing Gardeners in-person talk on Irrigation for Edible Gardens
• April 6, 2022 - CLCA MWEL Panel discussion of MWELO
• March 28 - April 8, 2022 - QWEL training for BayQWEL, Sonoma County (8 sessions)
• March 23, 2022 - CLCA MWEL Landscape design portion of MWELO talk
• March 12, 2022 - Irrigation talk to Alameda County Master Gardeners
• March 10, 2022 - Irrigation talk to Alameda County Master Gardeners
• March 1, 2022 - Merritt College Design Forum class - talk on Landscape Design with Water in Mind
• February 22 - March 4, 2022 - QWEL training for BayQWEL, Solano, Yolo, and Napa Counties (8 sessions)
• February 18, 2022 - UC Master Gardeners of Placer County training, Auburn, CA - Water Management talk
• February 17, 2022 - UC Master Gardeners of Nevada County training, Grass Valley, CA - Water Management talk
• February 16, 2022 - Irrigation talk to Mariposa County Master Gardeners
• February 10, 2022 - Irrigation talk to El Cerrito Garden Club
• January 20, 2022 - CLCA MWEL Panel discussion of MWELO
• January 4, 2022 - CLCA MWEL Landscape design portion of MWELO talk

2021

• December 7 - 17, 2021 - QWEL training for BayQWEL, online morning class (8 sessions)
• December 6 - 16, 2021 - QWEL training for BayQWEL, online evening class (8 sessions)
• October 22, 2021 - PG&E all-day workshop - WELO and the New Normal for the California Landscape, online
• October 16, 2021 Master Gardener Growing Gardeners in-person talk on Irrigation for Edible Gardens
• October 11 - 27, 2021 - QWEL training for Regional Water Authority, online (6 sessions)
• October 7, 2021 - In-person workshop at The Gardens at Heather Farm for Irrgation Mastery school course "Drip Design by Checklist"
• September 18, 2021 Master Gardener Growing Gardeners in-person talk on Irrigation for Edible Gardens
• September 13 - 23, 2021 - QWEL training for CalWEP members, online (8 sessions)
• August 21, 2021 - UC Master Gardeners - Spanish Growing Gardeners talk - Irrigación
• August 14, 2021 - UC Master Gardeners - Spanish Growing Gardeners talk - Preparando un Huerto de Vegetales
• July 17, 2021 Master Gardener Growing Gardeners in-person talk on Irrigation for Edible Gardens
• July 13, 2021 Master Gardener webinar - Water in Your Garden - Taking Control
• June 19, 2021 Master Gardeners Growing Gardeners training, irrigation talk on Zoom
• June 15 - 25 - QWEL class for Coachella Valley Water District (8 sessions)
• May 27, 2021 - ReScape MWELO talk to city planners
• May 15, 2021 - Spanish Growing Gardeners - Irrigación
• May 11, 2021 - Merritt College Design Forum class talk on irrigation controllers
• May 8, 2021 - Spanish Growing Gardeners - Preparando una Huerta de Vegetales
• April 26, 2021 - Master Gardeners talk on Engaging Online Presentations
• April 19 - 29, 2021 - QWEL training for BayQWEL, online evening session (8 sessions)
• April 20 - 30, 2021 - QWEL training for BayQWEL, online morning session (8 sessions)
• April 10, 2021 Master Gardeners Growing Gardeners training, irrigation talk on Zoom
• March 30, 2021 - Talk to APLD Greater Los Angeles district Coosing Smart Controllers - Taking Control on Zoom
• March 26, 2021 Irrigation for Edible Gardens - talk to Merritt College Edible Gardening class on Zoom
• March 8 - 24, 2021 - QWEL training for Regional Water Authority, online (6 sessions)
• March 6, 2021 - Spanish Growing Gardeners talk on Irrigación
• February 27, 2021 - Spanish Growing Gardeners talk Preparando una Huerta de Vegetales
• February 23 - March 3, 2021 - Mastering Drip Design online course Irrigation Mastery Online School
• February 2 - 12, 2021 - QWEL training for BayQWEL, online morning session (8 sessions)
• February 1 - 11, 2021 - QWEL training for BayQWEL, online evening session (8 sessions)
• January 30, 2021 Master Gardeners Growing Gardeners training, irrigation talk in Zoom

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