Back for fall
On October 3rd UF/IFAS Extensions from Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties are joining forces once again for a day of information sharing and product demonstrations at the fall edition of the South Florida Landscape Irrigation Symposium.
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| SFLIS in April: Standing room only! |
If you were fortunate enough to attend last spring’s sold
out event, you know it was teeming with property managers, municipal workers, and
technicians, and that it showcased seven vendor booths with reps answering
questions and sometimes giving away product samples.
Experts also presented about smart irrigation technology, low-maintenance landscaping and irrigation basics. You can watch the video above and relive the magic, or register for October to experience it live!
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| Dr. Migliaccio on the mic in April |
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| They still make those? U.C.U. tech Jesus Lomeli evaluates a potable system |
Miami-Dade’s Urban Conservation Unit (U.C.U.) will also be
in attendance. And of course cameras will be rolling for a video project
filming in different corners of the U.S. at the same time.
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| UF/IFAS Extension: Solutions for your life! |
The fall edition of the South Florida Landscape Irrigation Symposium takes place in West Palm Beach. The complete agenda can
be found here. Register now!
WaterSmart!
This month to celebrate Labor Day one of the largest
landscape management firms in the country recommended several videos to its web audience
for engaging leisure viewing. The list included shorts from several western
U.S. water utilities and a U.C.U. production!
I mention this because those utilities we were grouped with
are some of my water heroes – developing successful conservation initiatives and promotional
campaigns in the context of severe droughts. During the first week of October, I’ll
be attending the 2013 WaterSmart Innovations Conference (WSI) in Las Vegas,
Nevada, and meeting them all.
WSI is the premier west coast water event uniting vendors, utilities, non-profit organizations and academics. Attendees will include many forward-thinking municipalities whose water conservation programs have not only changed the way homeowners think about landscapes and conservation, but also resulted in significant water savings. There are hundreds of presentations planned over several days, including those of UF graduate students Stacia Davis and Mackenzie Boyer.
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| EXT. DAY - EL PORTAL VILLAGE: Michael Gutierrez doing work! |
