Water Management and Drainage

Date

December 17, 2008 (If needed - snowdate will be 12/19/2008)
9:00am-4:00pm

Description

This one-day course was redesigned to focus on the drainage problems and repairs of highest value to you, your customers and their plants. Learn how to evaluate site conditions to make better plant selections and maintenance decisions. Also, learn how to read the landscape, use proper site analysis techniques, maximize water usage with proper grading techniques, solve drainage problems on-site, and understand when and how to use different tools and techniques to solve drainage problems.

This is a core class in the Landscape Management Certificate program. Click to see a list of all the courses in the landscape certificate program

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Fees

Early Registration Fee	$195.00	9/19/2008 - 12/3/2008
Registration Fee	$225.00	12/4/2008 - 12/17/2008

Location

New Brunswick, NJ.

Online Registration

NOTE: If paying with a PURCHASE ORDER, online registration is NOT available. Please use our Registration by Mail or Fax option below

Mail / Fax / Phone Registration

Registration by Phone
Please call our Registration Desk: 732-932-9271

Registration by Mail or Fax
Print out our Mail / Fax Registration Form and mail or fax it back to us. Our address and fax number can be found at the top of the form.

Full Course Description

This one-day course has been redesigned to focus on the drainage problems and repairs of highest value to you, your customers, and their plants. Learn how to evaluate site conditions to make better plant selections and maintenance decisions. Also, learn how to read the landscape, use proper site analysis techniques, maximize water usage with proper grading techniques, solve drainage problems on-site, and understand when and how to use different tools and techniques to solve drainage problems. This course combines classroom discussions, handouts, a video presentation and outside field demonstrations to effectively convey the information.

Course Objectives

To identify landscape features that are relevant to successful water management
To understand how the planting process can make the site worse
To identify soil characteristics that are critical to water management
To understand how water moves through the soil
To be able to list factors that hinder and help drainage
To understand why some drains fail
To evaluate the site to plan a drainage system
To prevent common irrigation problems

Should You Take this Course?

This course is designed as a follow-up to Soil and Plants, but if you’re a member of one of the following professions, then this course is just for you!

Arborist
Athletic Field Facilities/Maintenance
Garden Designer
Horticulturalist
Landscape Architect
Landscape Contractor
Landscape Designer
Nursery Professional
Master Gardener
Parks Supervisor / Parks Crew
Property Manager
Public Works Manager / Crew

Course Evaluations

Here’s How Your Colleagues Rated This Program:
(2005 - 2007)
This is the tally of the responses we received:

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Unsatisfactory
Please Rate the Overall Content Of the Program	15	3	0	0
How Would You Rate The Usefulness of the Information You Received In Today’s Class?	14	3	0	0

Here’s How Your Colleagues Rated the Instructors of this Course
(2007)

Instructor	Excellent	Good	Fair	Unsatisfactory
Site Analysis Bruce Neary	16	1	0	0
Video Presentation Dr. Stephanie Murphy	9	5	3	0
Alleviating Compaction Dr. Jason Grabosky	11	5	0	0
Subsurface and Surface Drainage John Whiteman & Colin Fein	7	7	0	0
Economic Issues Marl Borst	6	2	0	0

Here’s What Your Colleagues Said About the Course & Instructors

About the course & Stephanie Murphy:

“I have pretty good common sense but I figured there might be some technical, professional, industry standard points that I could pick up. I gained more than I expected, the information given by Stephanie Murphy was amazing.”

About Bruce Neary:

“Very energetic and captured interest of the class.”

“Great presentation”

“Great speaker – passionate and dynamic”

About Jason Grabosky:

“Great information, great presentation, a true teacher”

“I wish I could take his class”

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