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IA 2023
Nov 29, 2023 - Nov 30, 2023

San Antonio, Texas

Irrigation Show Website

Irrigation Show


The annual Irrigation Show, put on by the Irrigation Association (IA), kicks off November 29 in San Antonio. Land F/X will be well represented at this meeting of the brightest minds of the irrigation world in the Lone Star State. We'll see you there!



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IA 2023 CAD Learning Labs
Nov 28, 2023 - Nov 28, 2023

San Antonio, Texas

IA CAD Learning Lab


Land F/X Irrigation Specialist Jake Lott will be presenting two valuable CAD Learning Lab workshops at the San Antonio IA Show. More details to come!



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Autodesk University 2023
Nov 13, 2023 - Nov 15, 2023

The Venetian Resort

Las Vegas, Nevada

Autodesk University Website

Autodesk University 2023


Autodesk University 2023, described as "the design and make conference for innovators everywhere," takes place at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas. You can bet on us anteing up a blue-chip team of Land F/X movers and shakers. Stop by our table and say hello.



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ASLA 2023 Party
Oct 28, 2023 - Oct 28, 2023

Lumber Exchange Event Center

Minneapolis, MN

ASLA 2023 After-party


Our spectacular annual ASLA Party is back for 2023. Join us in a journey down the rabbit hole for a night of splendor and mystery. Dress up as an Alice in Wonderland character, or simply come as you are. Our team will be on hand with our usual Cheshire Cat grins. Age 21 and older only. More details to follow.



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ASLA 2023
Oct 28, 2023 - Oct 29, 2023

Minneapolis, MN

ASLA Website

ASLA 2023


This year's American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Annual Meeting and Expo heads north to the winter wonderland of Minneapolis. We're excited to bundle up for the event, ready to meet old friends and new acquaintances from the landscape design field. Come see our booth and meet a few of our team members – and don't forget about our Alice in Wonderland after-party!



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ASLA Florida 2023
Jul 27, 2023 - Jul 29, 2023

JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort & Spa

Miami, FL

ASLA FL Website

2023 ASLA FLORIDA ANNUAL CONFERENCE + EXPO


The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Florida chapter is holding its annual conference in Miami, and you can count on seeing some familiar Land F/X faces there. Themed “Rise Above” and offering education credits for some programs, this year’s conference brings together industry professionals and vendors for several days of educational and networking opportunities sure to promote “a more equitable, resilient, restorative and innovative path for future landscape architects.” Come on down and say hi to our team!



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Grow Your Know! #179
May 30, 2023

• POWER TIP: F/X CAD Goes Subscription

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Making Text Work in CAD
Grow Your Know! # 179
May 30, 2023 
NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK
POWER TIP: F/X CAD Goes Subscription
POWER TIP: F/X CAD Goes Subscription
Recommended By: Land F/X

With the release of F/X CAD 2024, our Autodesk engine for Land F/X users has joined our plugins in moving to a subscription model. Find out how subscription licensing will work, how this new licensing approach will benefit Land F/X users, and why subscriptions are becoming the norm for software as a whole.
 
WATCH VIDEO
RECORDED WEBINAR: Making Text Work in CAD
RECORDED WEBINAR: Making Text Work in CAD
Previously recorded on May 19, 2023
Presented by Jake Lott

Text has historically been difficult to work with in CAD, with the intricacies of achieving proper sizing and font selection presenting challenges unique to the application. Join us to learn the essentials of how to use letters, numbers, and other characters effectively in CAD, including how to work with Text Styles and the Text Manager. We'll provide some handy techniques for standardizing and organizing your text, along with a tutorial on the wonderful world of TrueType fonts. This is one text message you won't want to ignore!

 
WATCH RECORDED WEBINAR


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Grow Your Know! #178
May 30, 2023

• POWER TIP: BatchMan Returns

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Making Text Work in CAD
Grow Your Know! # 178
May 23, 2023 
NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK
POWER TIP: BatchMan Returns
POWER TIP: Batchman Returns
Recommended By: Land F/X

BatchMan is back! Well, it never went away, but it's now better than ever! Witness the triumph of our newly improved and stronger BatchMan tool, and learn how you, too, can stop the spread of drawing corruption and instantly transform multiple files to meet your standards.
 
WATCH VIDEO
RECORDED WEBINAR: Making Text Work in CAD
RECORDED WEBINAR: Making Text Work in CAD
Previously recorded on May 19, 2023
Presented by Jake Lott

Text has historically been difficult to work with in CAD, with the intricacies of achieving proper sizing and font selection presenting challenges unique to the application. Join us to learn the essentials of how to use letters, numbers, and other characters effectively in CAD, including how to work with Text Styles and the Text Manager. We'll provide some handy techniques for standardizing and organizing your text, along with a tutorial on the wonderful world of TrueType fonts. This is one text message you won't want to ignore!

 
WATCH RECORDED WEBINAR


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Grow Your Know! #177
May 30, 2023

• POWER TIP: Fontastic Voyage: Exploring the World of TrueType

• WEBINAR: Making Text Work in CAD

• RECORDED WEBINAR: GIS and Flood Risk Management
Grow Your Know! # 177
May 16, 2023 
WEBINAR: Making Text Work in CAD
WEBINAR: Making Text Work in CAD
DATE: May 19, 2023
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
PRESENTER: Jake Lott

Text has historically been difficult to work with in CAD, with the intricacies of achieving proper sizing and font selection presenting challenges unique to the application. Join us to learn the essentials of how to use letters, numbers, and other characters effectively in CAD, including how to work with Text Styles and the Text Manager. We'll provide some handy techniques for standardizing and organizing your text, along with a tutorial on the wonderful world of TrueType fonts. This is one text message you won't want to ignore!
 
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POWER TIP: Fontastic Voyage: Exploring the World of TrueType
POWER TIP: Fontastic Voyage: Exploring the World of TrueType
Recommended By: Land F/X

We’ve expanded our database to include more than 1,400 high-quality, fully vetted plant photos for you to use in your plans. We’ll show off some examples of these awesome photos, explain why they’re generally a better option than the photos you might find in a browser search, and show you how to access them in both our Photo Callout and Plant Database dialog boxes.
 
WATCH VIDEO
RECORDED WEBINAR: GIS and Flood Risk Management
RECORDED WEBINAR: GIS and Flood Risk Management
Previously recorded on May 12, 2023
Presented by Hannah Conover

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology has proven to be a useful tool in flood risk management. In part 2 of our GIS webinar series, Hannah Conover will discuss how GIS can aid in the creation of accurate flood risk maps. You’ll learn how these maps can help decision-makers identify areas at risk for flooding and prioritize mitigation efforts, as well as inform future planning and response efforts by allowing for tracking and analysis of flood events over time.
 
WATCH RECORDED WEBINAR


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Grow Your Know! #176
May 12, 2023

• POWER TIP: Updated Plant Photo Callout

• GUEST WEBINAR: GIS and Flood Risk Management

• RECORDED WEBINAR: AI Generated Art for Concept Inspiration
Grow Your Know! # 176
May 9, 2023 
GUEST WEBINAR: GIS and Flood Risk Management
GUEST WEBINAR: GIS and Flood Management
DATE: May 12, 2023
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
PRESENTER: Hannah Conover

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology has proven to be a useful tool in flood risk management. In part 2 of our GIS webinar series, Hannah Conover will discuss how GIS can aid in the creation of accurate flood risk maps. You’ll learn how these maps can help decision-makers identify areas at risk for flooding and prioritize mitigation efforts, as well as inform future planning and response efforts by allowing for tracking and analysis of flood events over time.
 
REGISTER NOW
POWER TIP: Updated Plant Photo Callout
POWER TIP: Updated Plant Photo Callout
Recommended By: Land F/X

We’ve expanded our database to include more than 1,400 high-quality, fully vetted plant photos for you to use in your plans. We’ll show off some examples of these awesome photos, explain why they’re generally a better option than the photos you might find in a browser search, and show you how to access them in both our Photo Callout and Plant Database dialog boxes.
 
WATCH VIDEO
RECORDED WEBINAR: AI Genereated Art for Concept Inspiration
RECORDED WEBINAR: AI Generated Art for Concept Inspiration
Previously recorded on April 28, 2023
Presented by Paul Houchin

Have you heard of AI? It’s kind of a big deal right now, from writing essays to creating “art” automatically and in a matter of seconds. Is this the end of humankind, or a revolutionary tool for efficiency? We’ll look at some of the major players in AI image generation and see how they might help inspire landscape designs. You’ll learn how to access these tools and pick up some tips for generating images to help with conceptual design.
 
WATCH RECORDED WEBINAR


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Grow Your Know! #175
May 12, 2023

• POWER TIP: Lamp Color: The Temperature is Just Light

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• RECORDED WEBINAR: AI Generated Art for Concept Inspiration
Grow Your Know! # 175
May 2, 2023 
NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK
POWER TIP: Lamp Color: The Temperature is Just Light
POWER TIP: Lamp Color: The Temperature is Just Light
Recommended By: Land F/X

When choosing light fixtures and lamps for a landscape lighting plan, you'll encounter a number of electrical and photometric specifications such as watts, volt-amps, and lumens, as well as some more obscure ones, like color temperature. We'll go over the meaning of color temperature in the context of landscape lighting design, explain the color temperature scale, and show how to factor color temperature into your design effectively. We'll also discuss the role (or lack thereof) played by color temperature in wildlife-safe lighting.
 
WATCH VIDEO
RECORDED WEBINAR: AI Generated Art for Concept Inspiration
RECORDED WEBINAR: AI Generated Art for Concept Inspiration
Previously recorded on April 28, 2023
Presented by Paul Houchin

Have you heard of AI? It’s kind of a big deal right now, from writing essays to creating “art” automatically and in a matter of seconds. Is this the end of humankind, or a revolutionary tool for efficiency? We’ll look at some of the major players in AI image generation and see how they might help inspire landscape designs. You’ll learn how to access these tools and pick up some tips for generating images to help with conceptual design.
 
WATCH RECORDED WEBINAR


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Grow Your Know! #174
May 12, 2023

• POWER TIP: Polyline Tricks

• WEBINAR: AI Generated Art for Concept Inspiration

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Revit® for Planting Design
Grow Your Know! # 174
April 25, 2023 
WEBINAR: AI Generated Art for Concept Inspiration
WEBINAR: AI Generated Art
DATE: April 28, 2023
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
PRESENTER: Paul Houchin

Have you heard of AI? It’s kind of a big deal right now, from writing essays to creating “art” automatically and in a matter of seconds. Is this the end of humankind, or a revolutionary tool for efficiency? We’ll look at some of the major players in AI image generation and see how they might help inspire landscape designs. You’ll learn how to access these tools and pick up some tips for generating images to help with conceptual design.
 
REGISTER NOW
POWER TIP: Polyline Tricks
POWER TIP: Polyline Tricks
Recommended By: Land F/X

Working in CAD day in and day out, you can get stuck in your ways with how you draft – especially when it comes to working with commonly used items such as polylines. Over the years, we've picked up a few techniques that might make great additions to your drafting workflow, saving you even that much more time so you can get back to what you love: designing.
 
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RECORDED WEBINAR: Revit® for Planting Design
RECORDED WEBINAR: Revit for Planting Design
Previously recorded on April 21 2023
Presented by Amanda Marin

Let's continue our series on our new Planting F/X for Revit Plugin. This time, we'll focus on more tools and show how to tackle more complex workflows in Revit with Planting F/X. We'll go over customizing the defaults, implementing some labeling strategies, editing floor types, and working with multiple views. We'll also showcase some new tools and review our most recent development progress.

Revit® is a restricted trademark of Autodesk®.
 
WATCH RECORDED WEBINAR


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Grow Your Know! #173
Apr 24, 2023

• POWER TIP: Text Tools To Capitalize On

• WEBINAR: Revit for Planting Design

• RECORDED WEBINAR: GIS Technology - A Bright Future for Irrigation Design
Grow Your Know! # 173
April 18, 2023 
WEBINAR: Revit for Planting Design
WEBINAR: Revit for Planting Design
DATE: March 21, 2023
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
PRESENTER: Amanda Marin

Let's continue our series on our new Planting F/X for Revit Plugin. This time, we'll focus on more tools and show how to tackle more complex workflows in Revit with Planting F/X. We'll go over customizing the defaults, implementing some labeling strategies, editing floor types, and working with multiple views. We'll also showcase some new tools and review our most recent development progress.

Revit® is a restricted trademark of Autodesk®.
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POWER TIP: Text Tools To Capitalize On
POWER TIP: Text Tools to Capitalize On
Recommended By: Land F/X

To give your plan the professional look it deserves, you'll want to ensure your text is on point. We'll take a look at some of the best tools for modifying and standardizing text throughout your drawings. Whether you need to convert one font to another, update all text throughout your drawing, or standardize across multiple drawings, we're here to help bring your text to the next level.
 
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RECORDED WEBINAR: GIS Technology - A Bright Future for Irrigation Design
RECORDED WEBINAR: GIS Technology - A Bright Future for Irrigation Design
Previously recorded on March 17, 2023
Presented by Hannah Conover

Geographic information systems (GIS) provide data that can prove crucial in helping designers adapt their plans to real-world conditions. Join Hannah Conover for a presentation on GIS as a potentially vital companion to CAD in the irrigation design process. Currently a student at Cal Poly State University and a geospatial relations intern at Blue Diamond, Hannah will draw on her GIS experience with Land IQ and the U.S. Forest Service to showcase the benefits of GIS, including which types of data it can integrate into your designs, how it integrates with CAD, and how it can continue to support your irrigation systems through the construction phase and beyond.
 
WATCH RECORDED WEBINAR


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Grow Your Know! #172
Apr 24, 2023

• POWER TIP: Landscape Photography Tips

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• RECORDED WEBINAR: GIS Technology - A Bright Future for Irrigation Design
Grow Your Know! # 172
April 11, 2023 
NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK
POWER TIP: Landscape Photography Tips
POWER TIP: Landscape Photography Tips
Recommended By: Land F/X

Are you ready to up your landscape photography game? With the help of these suggestions, you’ll be taking pro-level shots of your sites in no time! We’ll go over camera and lens selection, lighting considerations, and nighttime photography. You’ll also pick up some valuable pointers on focusing your compositions, as well as using the rule of thirds to create a visually appealing and balanced final product.
 
WATCH VIDEO
RECORDED WEBINAR: GIS Technology - A Bright Future for Irrigation Design
RECORDED WEBINAR: GIS Technology - A Bright Future for Irrigation Design
Previously recorded on March 17, 2023
Presented by Hannah Conover

Geographic information systems (GIS) provide data that can prove crucial in helping designers adapt their plans to real-world conditions. Join Hannah Conover for a presentation on GIS as a potentially vital companion to CAD in the irrigation design process. Currently a student at Cal Poly State University and a geospatial relations intern at Blue Diamond, Hannah will draw on her GIS experience with Land IQ and the U.S. Forest Service to showcase the benefits of GIS, including which types of data it can integrate into your designs, how it integrates with CAD, and how it can continue to support your irrigation systems through the construction phase and beyond.
 
WATCH RECORDED WEBINAR


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Grow Your Know! #171
Apr 24, 2023

• POWER TIP: How to Know When It's Time to Upgrade or Replace Your Computer

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• RECORDED WEBINAR: GIS Technology - A Bright Future for Irrigation Design
Grow Your Know! # 171
April 4, 2023 
NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK
POWER TIP: How to Know When It's Time to Upgrade or Replace Your Computer
POWER TIP: How To Know When It's Time to Upgrade or Replace Your Computer
Recommended By: Land F/X

Keeping up to date on your hardware is one of the most important ways to ensure a successful CAD experience. To avoid running an underpowered or out-of-date system, it’s crucial to invest in a new computer and other hardware periodically. Want to find our whether or not it’s time to upgrade? We’ve put together some tips for finding out.
 
WATCH VIDEO
RECORDED WEBINAR: GIS Technology - A Bright Future for Irrigation Design
RECORDED WEBINAR: GIS Technology - A Bright Future for Irrigation Design
Previously recorded on March 17, 2023
Presented by Hannah Conover

Geographic information systems (GIS) provide data that can prove crucial in helping designers adapt their plans to real-world conditions. Join Hannah Conover for a presentation on GIS as a potentially vital companion to CAD in the irrigation design process. Currently a student at Cal Poly State University and a geospatial relations intern at Blue Diamond, Hannah will draw on her GIS experience with Land IQ and the U.S. Forest Service to showcase the benefits of GIS, including which types of data it can integrate into your designs, how it integrates with CAD, and how it can continue to support your irrigation systems through the construction phase and beyond.
 
WATCH RECORDED WEBINAR


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Grow Your Know! #170
Apr 24, 2023

• POWER TIP: Understanding Text: Get to the Point

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• RECORDED WEBINAR: GIS Technology - A Bright Future for Irrigation Design
Grow Your Know! # 170
March 27, 2023 
NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK
POWER TIP: Understanding Text: Get to the Point
POWER TIP: UnderstandingText
Recommended By: Land F/X

Most software involves working with text in one way or another, but each platform has its own distinct processes and intricacies. CAD is no exception. Understanding a few finer points will make your life much easier when using text in CAD. We'll answer some common questions about how CAD calculates text height, provide an overview of the Text Manager, and how Land F/X allows you to save and organize Text Styles.
 
WATCH VIDEO
RECORDED WEBINAR: GIS Technology - A Bright Future for Irrigation Design
RECORDED WEBINAR: GIS Technology - A Bright Future for Irrigation Design
Previously recorded on March 17, 2023
Presented by Hannah Conover

Geographic information systems (GIS) provide data that can prove crucial in helping designers adapt their plans to real-world conditions. Join Hannah Conover for a presentation on GIS as a potentially vital companion to CAD in the irrigation design process. Currently a student at Cal Poly State University and a geospatial relations intern at Blue Diamond, Hannah will draw on her GIS experience with Land IQ and the U.S. Forest Service to showcase the benefits of GIS, including which types of data it can integrate into your designs, how it integrates with CAD, and how it can continue to support your irrigation systems through the construction phase and beyond.
 
WATCH RECORDED WEBINAR


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Grow Your Know! #169
Apr 24, 2023

• POWER TIP: Explaining Custom Land F/X Dimstyles

• GUEST WEBINAR: GIS Technology - A Bright Future for Irrigation Design

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Understanding Irrigation Calculations
Grow Your Know! # 169
March 14, 2023 
GUEST WEBINAR: GIS Technology - A Bright Future for Irrigation Design
GUEST WEBINAR: GIS Technology - A Bright Future for Irrigation Design
DATE: March 17, 2023
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
PRESENTER: Hannah Conover

Geographic information systems (GIS) provide data that can prove crucial in helping designers adapt their plans to real-world conditions. Join Hannah Conover for a presentation on GIS as a potentially vital companion to CAD in the irrigation design process. Currently a student at Cal Poly State University and a geospatial relations intern at Blue Diamond, Hannah will draw on her GIS experience with Land IQ and the U.S. Forest Service to showcase the benefits of GIS, including which types of data it can integrate into your designs, how it integrates with CAD, and how it can continue to support your irrigation systems through the construction phase and beyond.
 
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POWER TIP: Explaining Custom Land F/X Dimstyles
POWER TIP: Explaining Custom Land F/X Dimstyles
Recommended By: Land F/X

In our Customizing Dimstyles Power Tip, we went through the process of creating custom Dimension Styles, or DimStyles, and saving them into the Preference Set. But what is happening in the background? We’ve had some users follow the instructions in that video but still get stuck, so we made this follow-up to provide some solutions.
 
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RECORDED WEBINAR: Understanding Irrigation Calculations
RECORDED WEBINAR: Understanding Irrigation Calculations
Previously recorded on March 3, 2023
Presented by Jake Lott

If you've done any irrigation design without the help of software, you're familiar with the staggering amount of effort and calculations required for sizing and otherwise configuring your system. Even when you're using tools developed specifically to help with these calculations, it's important to understand the calculations themselves – what to look for, how to read equipment performance charts, and how to make changes when something fails. Join us for a deep dive into exactly what our software is doing when sizing your irrigation design. We'll cover where losses occur in different types of equipment, which schedules are available to help you analyze your system, and how to make the proper adjustments for a successful final product.

 
WATCH RECORDED WEBINAR


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Grow Your Know! #168
Apr 24, 2023

• POWER TIP: Edit Tree and Shrub Information in Revit

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Understanding Irrigation Calculations
Grow Your Know! # 168
March 7, 2023 
NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK
POWER TIP: Edit Tree and Shrub Information in Revit
POWER TIP: Edit Tree and Shrub Information in Revit
Recommended By: Land F/X

We've made it easy to manage your plant family parameters with our Planting F/X Revit Plugin. Just add any species instantly and start assigning plant sizes, codes, cost and symbols from your office's curated standards. We'll show you how it all works and why it's an essential tool for landscape architects designing in Revit.
 
WATCH VIDEO
RECORDED WEBINAR: Understanding Irrigation Calculations
RECORDED WEBINAR: Understanding Irrigation Calculations
Previously recorded on March 3, 2023
Presented by Jake Lott

If you've done any irrigation design without the help of software, you're familiar with the staggering amount of effort and calculations required for sizing and otherwise configuring your system. Even when you're using tools developed specifically to help with these calculations, it's important to understand the calculations themselves – what to look for, how to read equipment performance charts, and how to make changes when something fails. Join us for a deep dive into exactly what our software is doing when sizing your irrigation design. We'll cover where losses occur in different types of equipment, which schedules are available to help you analyze your system, and how to make the proper adjustments for a successful final product.

 
WATCH RECORDED WEBINAR


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ASIC 2023
Apr 23, 2023 - Apr 25, 2023

DoubleTree Resort by Hilton

Scottsdale, AZ

ASIC Website

ASIC Conference


The Land F/X team will attend this year’s American Society of Irrigation Consultants (ASIC) National Conference in Scottsdale. This annual gathering brings together designers and other industry professionals from throughout North America for a chance to meet and chat irrigation while absorbing the educational, networking, and social opportunities offered by such a momentous event. Come find us and say hello.



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LABash 2023
Mar 29, 2023 - Mar 31, 2023

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

LABash Website

LABash Conference


LABash is always one of the high points of our year. The annual conference, which brings together a raucous yet studious crowd of landscape architecture students from throughout North America, gives our team a chance to hang out and talk shop with the future of our industry. LABash 2023, aptly themed “Trailblazers,” takes place at Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS, where the student-led conference will focus on leading-edge approaches to landscape architecture. Land F/X will be as well represented there as ever. Come say hi and talk landscape architecture with our team!



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CELA 2023
Mar 15, 2023 - Mar 18, 2023

Hilton Palacio del Rio

San Antonio, Texas

CELA Website

CELA (Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture) Annual Conference


In keeping with its “Align | Realign” theme, this year’s incarnation of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Annual Conference in San Antonio will examine the parallels and discrepancies between current academic approaches to landscape architecture and the requirements of the profession itself. Our in-house landscape architecture expert, Amanda Marin, is looking forward to visiting the Lone Star State to attend the Conference and catch up with faculty and students, including those from the hundreds of universities that work with Land F/X.



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Grow Your Know! #167
Mar 07, 2023

• POWER TIP: Scale Reference

• WEBINAR: Understanding Irrigation Calculations

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Getting Started with RefNotes
Grow Your Know! # 167
February 28, 2023 
WEBINAR: Understanding Irrigation Calculations
WEBINAR: Understanding Irrigation Calculations
DATE: March 3, 2023
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
PRESENTER: Jake Lott

If you've done any irrigation design without the help of software, you're familiar with the staggering amount of effort and calculations required for sizing and otherwise configuring your system. Even when you're using tools developed specifically to help with these calculations, it's important to understand the calculations themselves – what to look for, how to read equipment performance charts, and how to make changes when something fails. Join us for a deep dive into exactly what our software is doing when sizing your irrigation design. We'll cover where losses occur in different types of equipment, which schedules are available to help you analyze your system, and how to make the proper adjustments for a successful final product.
 
REGISTER NOW
POWER TIP: Scale Reference
POWER TIP: Scale Reference
Recommended By: Land F/X

The Scale Reference command provides a handy way to scale objects and images based on a known distance. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to figure out the exact steps needed for properly scaled results when using this feature. That's why we automated the complexity out of the process, as we've done with so many other native CAD commands, by introducing a dialog box and simplifying the prompts. We'll show you how just how easily you can now scale based on objects in your drawing without the worry of whether you've run through the proper steps.
 
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RECORDED WEBINAR: Getting Started With RefNotes
RECORDED WEBINAR: Getting Started with RefNotes
Previously recorded on February 3, 2023
Presented by Paul Houchin

Our Reference Notes (RefNotes) tool provides a quick way to spec and place site furniture, play structures, hardscaping materials, retaining walls, and pretty much any other item you need in your landscape plan. Even better, you can easily assign data to these RefNote objects for automated calculations, as well as keep track of them in callouts and schedules. We'll go over the basics of our powerful RefNote system and give you the scoop on how to use it to its fullest.
 
WATCH RECORDED WEBINAR


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Grow Your Know! #166
Mar 07, 2023

• POWER TIP: Behind the Software: Site Amenities Color Picker

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Getting Started with RefNotes
Grow Your Know! # 166
February 21, 2023 
NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK
POWER TIP: Behind the Software: Site Amenities Color Picker
POWER TIP: Behind the Software: Site Amenities Color Picker
Recommended By: Land F/X

Thanks to our content team’s many hours of hard work, our Site Amenities Color Picker allows you to preview color and material options for specific products in our manufacturer database. Land F/X content specialist Alex Zahn is here to walk you through how this powerful tool works and what it can do to simplify your design process.
 
WATCH VIDEO
RECORDED WEBINAR: Getting Started with RefNotes
RECORDED WEBINAR: Getting Started with RefNotes
Previously recorded on February 3, 2023
Presented by Paul Houchin

Our Reference Notes (RefNotes) tool provides a quick way to spec and place site furniture, play structures, hardscaping materials, retaining walls, and pretty much any other item you need in your landscape plan. Even better, you can easily assign data to these RefNote objects for automated calculations, as well as keep track of them in callouts and schedules. We'll go over the basics of our powerful RefNote system and give you the scoop on how to use it to its fullest.
 
WATCH RECORDED WEBINAR


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Grow Your Know! #165
Mar 07, 2023

• POWER TIP: Switch To Cloud Data

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Getting Started with RefNotes
Grow Your Know! # 165
February 14, 2023 
NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK
POWER TIP: Switch To Cloud Data
POWER TIP: Switch to Cloud Data
Recommended By: Land F/X

Cloud Data gives you instant access to your Land F/X projects and tools in any location with an Internet connection. That's why we highly recommend choosing our Cloud Data option not only to prevent issues like local office server crashes, but to enable you to work when inspiration strikes outside the office. We'll go over the steps required to switch over from Local Data and be up and running with Cloud Data in no time.
 
WATCH VIDEO
RECORDED WEBINAR: Getting Started with RefNotes
RECORDED WEBINAR: Getting Started with RefNotes
Previously recorded on February 3, 2023
Presented by Paul Houchin

Our Reference Notes (RefNotes) tool provides a quick way to spec and place site furniture, play structures, hardscaping materials, retaining walls, and pretty much any other item you need in your landscape plan. Even better, you can easily assign data to these RefNote objects for automated calculations, as well as keep track of them in callouts and schedules. We'll go over the basics of our powerful RefNote system and give you the scoop on how to use it to its fullest.
 
WATCH RECORDED WEBINAR


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Grow Your Know! #164
Mar 07, 2023

• POWER TIP: Site Amenities Color Picker

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Getting Started with RefNotes
Grow Your Know! # 164
February 7, 2023 
NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK
POWER TIP: Site Amenities Color Picker
POWER TIP: Site Amenities Color Picker
Recommended By: Land F/X

The days of painstakingly referencing color options are over. When adding a manufacturer's site amenity to your Land F/X project, you can now choose instantly from all available material and color combinations. Simply select your colors, check the preview image, and spec the amenity. Your color choices will show in your schedule and even be applied to your 3D amenities after exporting to SketchUp, where your amenities will be pre-set for rendering with the Twilight Render SketchUp extension. It's yet another way Land F/X removes the busywork from your design process.
 
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RECORDED WEBINAR: Getting Started with RefNotes
RECORDED WEBINAR: Getting Started with RefNotes
Previously recorded on February 3, 2023
Presented by Paul Houchin

Our Reference Notes (RefNotes) tool provides a quick way to spec and place site furniture, play structures, hardscaping materials, retaining walls, and pretty much any other item you need in your landscape plan. Even better, you can easily assign data to these RefNote objects for automated calculations, as well as keep track of them in callouts and schedules. We'll go over the basics of our powerful RefNote system and give you the scoop on how to use it to its fullest.
 
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Grow Your Know! #163
Mar 02, 2023

• POWER TIP: Shining Light on Shadow Copies

• WEBINAR: Getting Started With RefNotes

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Intro to the Planting F/X for Revit Plugin
Grow Your Know! # 163
January 31, 2023 
WEBINAR: Getting Started With RefNotes
WEBINAR: Getting Started With Refnotes
DATE: February 3, 2023
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
PRESENTER: Paul Houchin

Our Reference Notes (RefNotes) tool provides a quick way to spec and place site furniture, play structures, hardscaping materials, retaining walls, and pretty much any other item you need in your landscape plan. Even better, you can easily assign data to these RefNote objects for automated calculations, as well as keep track of them in callouts and schedules. We'll go over the basics of our powerful RefNote system and give you the scoop on how to use it to its fullest.
 
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POWER TIP: Shining Light on Shadow Copies
POWER TIP: Shining Light on Shadow Copies
Recommended By: Land F/X

Have you ever accidentally saved some unwanted changes when closing a file? Or maybe someone else made edits to your file that aren't quite what you were looking for? What if you could just overwrite the changes automatically by reverting to an earlier version? Shadow Copies enable you to do just that. This handy feature is built into your Windows operating system, so you already have access to the tools you need. We'll show you how Shadow Copies work and why they're so valuable.
 
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RECORDED WEBINAR: Intro to the Planting F/X for Revit Plugin
RECORDED WEBINAR: Intro to the Planting F/X for Revit Plugin
Previously recorded on January 27, 2023
Presented by Amanda Marin

We're excited to introduce the latest addition to our lineup, the Revit Planting F/X plugin. As always, our goal with this plugin is to bring the planting design learning curve as low as possible. To that end, we've strived to make Revit not just familiar to Planting F/X veterans, but easier to learn for Planting F/X novices. Initial user feedback indicate we're hitting the mark! We'll cover installation, Planting F/X projects, the Plant Manager, plant placement as families or floors, group labels, Verify Labels, instant schedules, and rendering options with our default family library.
 
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Grow Your Know! #162
Feb 28, 2023

• POWER TIP: Revit Color Render

• WEBINAR: Intro to the Planting F/X for Revit Plugin

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Irrigation Sheet Setup and Plotting
Grow Your Know! # 162
January 24, 2023
WEBINAR: Intro to the Planting F/X for Revit Plugin
WEBINAR: Intro to the Planting F/X for Revit Plugin
DATE: January 27, 2023
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
PRESENTER: Amanda Marin

We're excited to introduce the latest addition to our lineup, the Revit Planting F/X plugin. As always, our goal with this plugin is to bring the planting design learning curve as low as possible. To that end, we've strived to make Revit not just familiar to Planting F/X veterans, but easier to learn for Planting F/X novices. Initial user feedback indicate we're hitting the mark! We'll cover installation, Planting F/X projects, the Plant Manager, plant placement as families or floors, group labels, Verify Labels, instant schedules, and rendering options with our default family library.
 
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POWER TIP: Revit Color Render
POWER TIP: Revit Color Render
Recommended By: Babak Rastkar with OJB

Our Planting F/X plugin makes it easy to apply quick color to your plan view in Revit. Find out how easily you can set colors to different groundcover plants and then apply that color in the current view with the help of our Color Render tool. We'll also show you how Color Render works with transparent solid fill colors in our default plant families on the medium detail level.
 
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RECORDED WEBINAR: Irrigation Sheet Setup and Plotting
RECORDED WEBINAR: Irrigation Sheet Setup and Plotting
Previously recorded on January 13, 2023
Presented by Jake Lott

What better way to start the new year than with a refresher on the best methods for putting an irrigation plan together? We'll go over our recommended workflows for setting up your project and Preference Set and ensuring your viewports and layouts scale and plot correctly. You'll also learn some best practices for working with aerial images and PDFs.
 
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Grow Your Know! #161
Feb 28, 2023

• POWER TIP: Site Color Render

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Irrigation Sheet Setup and Plotting
Grow Your Know! # 161
January 17, 2023
NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK
POWER TIP: Site Color Render
POWER TIP: Site Color Render
In our last color render video, Planting Color Render, we showed how to add color to planting symbols and areas. But what about everything else on the site? This time we dive into colorizing RefNote Color Areas, Site Blocks, and the Site Color Tool.
 
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RECORDED WEBINAR: Irrigation Sheet Setup and Plotting
RECORDED WEBINAR: Irrigation Sheet Setup and Plotting
Previously recorded on January 13, 2023
Presented by Jake Lott

What better way to start the new year than with a refresher on the best methods for putting an irrigation plan together? We'll go over our recommended workflows for setting up your project and Preference Set and ensuring your viewports and layouts scale and plot correctly. You'll also learn some best practices for working with aerial images and PDFs.
 
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Grow Your Know! #160
Feb 28, 2023

• POWER TIP: Planting Color Render

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Design Like A Pro
Grow Your Know! # 160
January 10, 2023
NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK
POWER TIP: Planting Color Render
POWER TIP: Planting Color Render
Do you need to create a presentation of your planting plan but don’t have the time to re-illustrate your plan in Photoshop or with markers by hand? Land F/X gives you the ability to create a color planting plan in just a few easy steps. Check out this week's Power Tip to learn all about Color Render for plants.
 
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RECORDED WEBINAR: Design Like A Pro
RECORDED WEBINAR: Design Like A Pro
Previously recorded on November 18, 2022
Presented by Billy Goodnick

Billy Goodnick, a landscape architect in Santa Barbara, CA, who specializes in small-scale residential projects, as he shares his logical, holistic design approach. Billy will review some fundamental visual garden design principles and showcase some simple yet highly effective plant selection methods that play a crucial role in the creation of useful, sustainable outdoor living spaces. Whether you're a seasoned designer and would like a refresher, or you're just starting new, you're sure to benefit from this presentation!
 
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Grow Your Know! #159
Jan 02, 2023

• POWER TIP: A Quick Dive Into Pool Studio

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• CANCELLED WEBINAR: Using Lidar Point Clouds in SketchUp

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Design Like A Pro
Grow Your Know! # 159
December 20, 2022
NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK
POWER TIP: A Quick Dive Into Pool Studio
Power Tip: A Quick Dive Into Pool Studio
The complexities inherent in pool design can make it easy to feel thrown into the deep end. Luckily, Pool Studio by Structure Studios is a platform that can take you from treading water to swimming confidently through the design process. Pool Studio includes a suite of features sure to help you make a splash with your next project. Join us as we take a quick dive into this powerful tool.

Note: This video is not a paid placement, but rather a review of an unaffiliated product that might apply to our users.
 
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CANCELLED WEBINAR: Using Lidar Point Clouds in SketchUp
The Using Lidar Point Clouds in SketchUp webinar, that was scheduled for Friday, December 16, has been cancelled. Please check future newsletters for announcements of upcoming video presentations, including a possible new date for this webinar. Thank you for your understanding, and have a great holiday season!

The Land F/X team
RECORDED WEBINAR: Design Like A Pro
RECORDED WEBINAR: Design Like A Pro
Previously recorded on November 18, 2022
Presented by Billy Goodnick

Billy Goodnick, a landscape architect in Santa Barbara, CA, who specializes in small-scale residential projects, as he shares his logical, holistic design approach. Billy will review some fundamental visual garden design principles and showcase some simple yet highly effective plant selection methods that play a crucial role in the creation of useful, sustainable outdoor living spaces. Whether you're a seasoned designer and would like a refresher, or you're just starting new, you're sure to benefit from this presentation!
 
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Grow Your Know! #158
Jan 02, 2023

• POWER TIP: New Features: Planting

• WEBINAR: Using Lidar Point Clouds in SketchUp

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Design Like A Pro
Grow Your Know! # 158
December 13, 2022
WEBINAR: Using Lidar Point Clouds in SketchUp
WEBINAR: Using Lidar Point Clouds in SketchUp
DATE: December 16, 2022
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
PRESENTER: Amanda Marin

Point cloud scanning is an increasingly accessible technology, available right in the palm of your hand via LIDAR-enabled mobile phones and tablets. Using an iPad, we'll test out a few popular iOS apps: 3D Scanner (available for free), and LidarCad and SiteScape (both available for purchase). We'll compare learning curves, ease of use, and final result for the purpose of importing an existing terrain model into SketchUp.
 
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POWER TIP: New Features: Planting
POWER TIP: New Features: Planting
We've introduced quite a few new planting tools for both AutoCAD and Revit this year with our Planting F/X toolset, and we can't wait to show them off to you! Tune in and catch up on Mimic and Clone (formerly known as Match Properties and Match Plant, respectively), updated Color Render options, a new master plant database window, plant label improvements, elevation plant graphics, and plant group layer suffixes.
 
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RECORDED WEBINAR: Design Like a Pro
RECORDED WEBINAR: Design Like a Pro
Previously recorded on November 18, 2022
Presented by Billy Goodnick 

Join Billy Goodnick, a landscape architect in Santa Barbara, CA, who specializes in small-scale residential projects, as he shares his logical, holistic design approach. Billy will review some fundamental visual garden design principles and showcase some simple yet highly effective plant selection methods that play a crucial role in the creation of useful, sustainable outdoor living spaces. Whether you're a seasoned designer and would like a refresher, or you're just starting new, you're sure to benefit from this presentation!
 
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Grow Your Know! #157
Dec 14, 2022

• POWER TIP: ASLA Expo 2022 Recap

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Design Like A Pro
Grow Your Know! # 157
November 22, 2022
POWER TIP: ASLA Expo 2022 Recap
POWER TIP: ASLA Expo 2022 Recap
The Land F/X team had sadly missed the annual ASLA Expo for two straight years, but we came back better than ever for the 2022 incarnation. We relished the opportunity to throw our renowned, extravagant after-party again, and this year it went down at the San Francisco Mint. Guests were greeted by casino games, food, drinks, music, a magician, and even empty bank vaults from the days of yore. Tune in to relive the memories, or see what you missed. Either way, the night was soooooo money!
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NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK
RECORDED WEBINAR: Design Like a Pro
RECORDED WEBINAR: Design Like a Pro
Previously recorded on October 18, 2022
Presented by Billy Goodnick

Join Billy Goodnick, a landscape architect in Santa Barbara, CA, who specializes in small-scale residential projects, as he shares his logical, holistic design approach. Billy will review some fundamental visual garden design principles and showcase some simple yet highly effective plant selection methods that play a crucial role in the creation of useful, sustainable outdoor living spaces. Whether you're a seasoned designer and would like a refresher, or you're just starting new, you're sure to benefit from this presentation!
 
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Grow Your Know! #156
Dec 14, 2022

• NO POWER TIP THIS WEEK

• GUEST WEBINAR: Design Like A Pro

• RECORDED WEBINAR: A New Approach to Parks and Recreation Planning
Grow Your Know! # 156
November 15, 2022
GUEST WEBINAR: Design Like A Pro
GUEST WEBINAR: Design Like a Pro
DATE: November 18, 2022
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
PRESENTER: Billy Goodnick

Join Billy Goodnick, a landscape architect in Santa Barbara, CA, who specializes in small-scale residential projects, as he shares his logical, holistic design approach. Billy will review some fundamental visual garden design principles and showcase some simple yet highly effective plant selection methods that play a crucial role in the creation of useful, sustainable outdoor living spaces. Whether you're a seasoned designer and would like a refresher, or you're just starting new, you're sure to benefit from this presentation!
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NO POWER TIP THIS WEEK
RECORDED WEBINAR: A New Approach to Parks and Recreation Planning
RECORDED WEBINAR: A New Approach to Parks and Recreation Planning
Previously recorded on October 14, 2022
Presented by Carlos F. Perez, Planning + Design, LLC

A thoughtfully planned, designed, and managed parks and recreation system can provide profound and wide-reaching benefits not only to the local community but to the greater public realm. Join Carlos F. Perez of Perez Planning + Design, LLC, for an inspiring presentation detailing these public open spaces’ potential to help improve everything from transportation to stormwater and utility systems. Drawing on a few of his firm’s projects as examples, Carlos will outline a deliberate, reasoned, and highly effective approach to sustainable park design that will offer valuable insight to creators of all outdoor spaces.
 
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Grow Your Know! #155
Dec 14, 2022

• POWER TIP: Our Favorite PC Productivity Software Tools

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• RECORDED WEBINAR: A New Approach to Parks and Recreation Planning
Grow Your Know! # 155
November 8, 2022
NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK
POWER TIP:  Our Favorite PC Productivity Software Tools
POWER TIP:  Our Favorite PC Productivity Software Tools
As you may know, we're all Mac users here at Land F/X – but we're no strangers to the PC world. Not only do we run CAD in a Windows environment on those Macs with the help of an app called Parallels, but we use a whole slew of other PC-based apps, plugins, and other tools. Join us for a peek through the Windows.
 
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ASLA 2022 Expo
ASLA 2022 Party
Come see us at the ASLA 2022 Expo at booth 237. Be sure to pick up your ticket to our annual ASLA Party on Saturday, November 12, 2022.

San Francisco Mint
88 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
6 – 11 p.m.
MORE INFO
RSVP FOR PARTY
RECORDED WEBINAR: A New Approach to Parks and Recreation Planning
RECORDED WEBINAR: A New Approach to Parks and Recreation Planning
Previously recorded on October 14, 2022
Presented by Carlos F. Perez of Perez Planning + Design, LLC

A thoughtfully planned, designed, and managed parks and recreation system can provide profound and wide-reaching benefits not only to the local community but to the greater public realm. Join Carlos F. Perez of Perez Planning + Design, LLC, for an inspiring presentation detailing these public open spaces’ potential to help improve everything from transportation to stormwater and utility systems. Drawing on a few of his firm’s projects as examples, Carlos will outline a deliberate, reasoned, and highly effective approach to sustainable park design that will offer valuable insight to creators of all outdoor spaces.
 
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Grow Your Know! #154
Dec 14, 2022

• NO POWER TIP THIS WEEK

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK