Smartscape

Overview

Smartscape is a comprehensive training program that instructs landscape and irrigation professionals in the fundamentals of design, installation, irrigation, and maintenance of desert-adapted landscapes.

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Learn from industry experts Ursula Schuch, Judy Mielke, Jeff Lee, Bill Casenhiser, Rick Robinson, Shannon Scott, and Donna DiFrancesco in this course created for landscape industry professionals, including landscape architects and designers, installation and maintenance supervisors and crews, nursery employees, municipal employees, property managers, and HOA committee members.

CEUs have been applied for with the Western Chapter of the InternationalSociety of Arboriculture (ISA), the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD), the Arizona Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (AzASLA), and the AZ Dept. of Agriculture (for both Ag and PMD/structural certified applicators).

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Smartscape Spring 2026 Schedule

 

Smartscape Course Schedule (subject to change):

February 10 - Orientation & Intro to plants
February 12 - Plants, soil and water 
February 17 - Landscape Design & Renovation
February 19 - Plant selection & Installation
February 24 - Drip Irrigation &I nstall Plant
February 26 - Landscape Water Management & Irrigation
March 3 - Maintaining Desert Adapted Plants
March 5 - Plant Disorders
March 10 - Desert Adapted Plants
March 12 - Exam/Short topics 

 

Events

There are currently no upcoming events for this program.

Maricopa County

Emily Webb, Assistant in Extension
602-827-8203.
ewebb1@arizona.edu

Maricopa Smartscape

Pima County

Stephen Spikes, Program Coordinator
520-626-5137
sspikes@arizona.edu 

Pima Smartscape

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