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California Landscape Contractors AssociationSan Fernando Valley Chapter
Volume 36, Number 1March 2018
Valleyscape is now available online! www.eldoradocommunicationspublications.info
THE NEXT EVENT
‘How to Prepare Your Landscape Projects to be Award Winners’• Dinner Meeting March 22 at
BrightView’s Offices in Calabasas• Landscape Judge Richard Cohen to Keynote• All Area CLCA Members Invited• Story on page 3
MOVING A GIANT – BrightView Tree Company showed its tree relocation expertise once again, by recently boxing and moving this 380,000 pound Coast Live Oak for a northern Los Angeles County project. See details on page 11.
COVER PHOTO:LIS Entry Garden welcomes attendees to the Landscape Industry Show held January 31–February 1 at the Ontario Convention Center. (More LIS photos pages 6–7.)
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Business Management
SALAZAR BROTHERS Ivan and Francisco Salazar of The Salazar Landscape Company get the insight they need to continue growing their
company safely, and without hassles from OSHA.
GOLDHILL GROUP’S Jonathan Goldhill stays involved in CLCA activities and continues to make valuable editorial contributions to these
newsletters.
LANDSCAPE LEGEND Oliver Holt is always open to learning more about the safe operation of
his Green Industry ventures.
COMING EVENTS are announced by VP Programs Francisco Salazar, including the “How to Prepare to be Award Winners” presentation by Richard Cohen March 22 at BrightView’s offices
in Calabasas.
MSE LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONALS reps soak in the valuable information to take back to
the company.
TACO TEAM from Taqueria el Tapatillo served up plenty of delicious Mexican food favorites at
the February Cal/OSHA event. Attendees left the event full of great food and excellent information.
KEYNOTER Dan Leiner, Area Manager for the Department of Industrial Relations, Cal/OSHA Consultation Service, gave an interesting and
informative presentation full of valuable do’s and don’ts.
CLCA VIPS attending included VP Programs Francisco Salazar, LA/SGV President
Dan Dvorak, CLCA Ambassador Charles Nunley, SFV President Julio Lopez, Secretary Luis Casas,
and many more.
EVENT HOSTS – Many thanks to Ewing Branch Manager Jonie Lopez and Account
Manager Ignacio Provincia for opening their facility and excellent meeting room to the
SFV Chapter.
PAST STATE PRESIDENT Chuck Carr and SFV Secretary Luis Casas were among the early arrivals at the Cal/OSHA Information Dinner Meeting held Feb. 22 at Ewing-Chatsworth.
NEW ATTENDEES Matt and Steve Davis of Cal State Landcare came to learn more about the workings of Cal/OSHA and how to avoid possible
penalties and fines.
LARSON LANDSCAPING’S Wayne Larson and Boething Treeland’s Greg Sullivan network
at the well-attended event.
Cal/OSHA Do’s and Don’ts Told at February SFV Dinner
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Coming Events, Contact Numbers & More
Subject to Change – Check with Chapter Office First
Mar 22 Dinner Meeting, Preparing Award-Winning Landscape Projects, BrightView’s Offices in Calabasas, 6:30 p.m; Richard Cohen to Keynote, $20 per person
Apr 12 NEW DATE! Board Meeting, Denny’s Restaurant, 9001 Tampa, Northridge, 7:30 a.m.
26 Dinner Meeting, tentative Membership event and Business Speaker TBA
May 3-5 Beautification Awards Judging
Board Meeting TBA
19 Green Industry Hall of Fame dinner, Los Alamitos Race Course
June 16 Beautification Awards Dinner, Airtel-Van Nuys, $95 per person
Board Meetings are held the 1st Thursday, 7:30 a.m. or 6:30 p.m.; locations vary. Dinner Meetings are 4th Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted.
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Steven Kinzler
S K Landscape Design, Inc. 818-345-0492
818-345-0494 fax 818-266-3828 cell
VICE PRESIDENT PROGRAMS Francisco Salazar
The Salazar Landscape Company 818-970-7592
VICE PRESIDENT MEMBERSHIP John Hernandez 626-965-5015
626-715-1757 cell [email protected]
SECRETARY Luis Casas
Luis Casas Tree Service 818-618-7703
TREASURER Ken Millius
KRM Garden Management 818-612-9431
AMO REP Ted Sirkin
Valvette Systems 818-887-1866
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Nelson Colvin Life Member
818-400-9674 [email protected]
Rene Emeterio Specialized Landscape
Management Services Inc. 805-520-7590
805-823-5603 cell [email protected]
Tommy Endres Hollywood West Electric
800-314-3756 / 818-735-0564 805-910-5949 cell
Mickey Strauss MSM Landscape Services, Inc.
818-402-4500 818-341-9236 fax
VALLEYSCAPE PUBLISHER John Hernandez
626-715-1757 cell 626-965-5015
19055 Abdera St. Rowland Heights, CA 91748 [email protected]
FAX 866-591-5093
ASSOCIATE EDITOR/ ART DIRECTOR
Jerry Robin 626-644-4239 [email protected]
San Fernando Valley Chapter
2018 Board of DirectorsPRESIDENT
Julio Lopez Cadre Landscape
818-808-7417 [email protected]
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY CHAPTER Jan Veis, Executive Secretary
16350 Ventura Blvd. Suite D#367, Encino, CA 91436 818-772-7233 • [email protected]
www.clcasfv.org
LEARN FROM THE EXPERTS!
‘How to Prepare Your Landscape Projects to be Award Winners’• Dinner Meeting March 22 at BrightView’s
Offices in Calabasas
• Landscape Legend Richard Cohen to Keynote
• All Area CLCA Members Invited
Learn from one of the industry’s most honored and respected experts on all things landscaping…who will share his secrets
on how to prepare your projects to be winners in local and state competitions. Richard Cohen of Richard Cohen Landscape & Construction, based in Orange County, will be the Keynote Speaker at SFV’s very special Dinner Meeting on Thursday, March 22 starting at 6:30 p.m. Local award winners may also contribute a few tips as well.
The meeting will be held at BrightView Landscape Services beautiful facility at 24151 Ventura Blvd., Calabasas, CA 91302. Please RSVP to SFV Executive Secretary Jan Veis (818) 772-7233, or email [email protected] by Tuesday, March 20. Thank you to Katie Moldenhaur and BrightView Tree Company President Robert Crudup for securing the site.
This is truly a “must attend meeting.” For $20 per person you will not only learn how to make your landscape projects big winners, but you will enjoy a fantastic BBQ chicken and tri-tip dinner with “all the fixin’s” from Stonefire Grill. What a winning combina-tion!
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Spring Brings New Life…and the Chance to Plant and Nurture Our Industry’s Future
The rains that leach-out the soils of salt and accumulated poisons, also
releases new life and growth alongside with dormant seeds of both flowers and weeds. While we as landscapers manage the beauty and challenges of our business, we also get to work with nature to create and maintain pleasant scenery and environments. For me it is
an honor to be part of it all! This is truly an industry that deserves to be shared with future generations of contractors, clients and employees…and anybody that will listen.
This year the San Fernando Valley Chapter is going to help plant seeds of thoughts, dreams and goals to help younger minds and potential-future contractors, clients and employees. We have launched a campaign to reach out to area high schools and colleges that have a Horticultural program, with the possible goal of estab-lishing a strong Student Chapter program.
We have already begun dialoging with instructors, contractors and anyone that has any connections to student-related Green Industry opportunities. Our first event will be participating in the Birmingham Community Charter High School’s Career and Job Fair on April 5. I am part of a group of SFV members who will staff an information table at the event, in support of the school’s Horticulture Pathway program. This is an opportunity to reach out to younger kids to show them that the Green Industry is more than just cutting grass from the back of a pick-up truck! (Nothing wrong with that, by the way!)
We need to give our Green Industry a boost! The general public is becoming more and more “green.” They are sophisticated and environmentally aware, and yet, we are not doing enough to promote our Industry! We need to start somewhere, and with spring just days away, we need to be the rain that leaches the salts and poisons and release new life and growth to our Chapter and the Green Industry in general.
Support your local Chapter and get involved to help and promote the Green Industry’s future. – Julio
President’s Message
JULIO LOPEZ SFV President
Cadre Landscape
POSSIBLE STUDENT CHAPTER???
SFV to Take Part in Birmingham Community Charter High School and Job Fair April 5
Birmingham Community Charter High School’s Career and Job Fair will take place on Thursday, April 5, 2018 from 9:00 a.m.
to12:15p.m. The school’s Career Counselor, Angela Zook has invited members of the SFV Chapter to participate in the event. Chapter President Julio Lopez (and others) will staff an informa-tion table at the event, in support of the school’s Horticulture Pathway program.
Birmingham’s Horticulture teacher, Craig Marsden, brought a group of students from his Horticulture 2 class to the recent Landscape Industry Show at the Ontario Convention Center, where he connected with Dan Dvorak and CLCA staff to open up the dialog.
All 800+ of the school’s seniors will participate in the Career and Job Fair, as well as several juniors who can attend during their lunch period.
SFV’s participation in this event is part of the Chapter’s effort to establish a Student Chapter as has been recommended by CLCA State HQ.
For more information, contact Angels Zook at (818) 758-4401, or contact President Julio Lopez at (818) 808-7417 to participate in the event. Birmingham Community Charter High School is located at 17000 Haynes Street, Lake Balboa, CA 91406.
Do Our Students Need More Green?
LEAF Scholarship Application is Online Now• Deadline to apply is April 13, 2018
• Please share this information with students and encourage them to apply!
• Have them visit http://www.clca.org/clca/downloads/leafapp.pdf for the application
How many students in this area struggle with funding their education?
LEAF is here to help!
Since 1972, CLCA’s Auxiliary has offered scholarships to college and university students majoring in landscape-related programs. In 1988, the Landscape Educational Advancement Foundation (LEAF) was formed to carry on the tradition of awarding financial aid to deserving students.
Any student attending an accredited California community college or state university majoring in a landscape-related program and taking a minimum of six units is eligible. Encourage students to apply. Application deadline is April 13, 2018.
Deadline to apply is April 13, 2018. Please share this information with students and local schools. The application is available at http://www.clca.org/clca/downloads/leafapp.pdf
For LEAF scholarship posters or more information about LEAF, please visit their website or email [email protected].
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CLCA Advantage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Advertising Index
LA/SGV Chapter Educational EventWednesday, Mar. 21, in Carson!
Where: Kellogg Garden Products350 W. Sepulveda Blvd., Carson, CA 90745
When: Wednesday, Mar. 21, at 3:30 p.m.Questions: Call Brandy at (213) 294-9181
As a landscape contractor, you know that organic gardening is on the rise. Whether you’re looking to help your clients grow healthy vegetable gardens, beautiful flower beds, or care for their organic lawn, Kellogg has the proven organic soils and
organic fertilizers to help.
Join us on March 21 to learn more about Kellogg’s organic soil, fertilizers and G&B line, and how these products can help you in your business. Kellogg will also be giving away product samples and merchandise to attendees. Following the presentation, we’ll enjoy award-winning food from Gringo Urban Assault Catering
(GUAC). You don’t want to miss it!
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GRO-POWER Product Consultant David Diehl explains the benefit of their soil amendments to
LIS visitors.
RAINBIRD reps Jim Dansby and Anita Matlock talk irrigation with
visitors to their large LIS booth.
A-G SOD reps Mark Hommel and Paul Gaudet enjoy these shows and meeting the needs of landscapers with their extensive sod line.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Sandra Giarde gets a warm hug from State Ways & Means Chair
Gordon Larson.
EWING booth is staffed by IA President Warren Gorowitz, Jennifer Michalik,
Rigo Lopez and Jason Paulson.
CLCA INFO BOOTH is visited by SFV Past President Steven Kinzler, and staffed by Gothic
Landscape’s Stacey Sturnot, with HQ’s Maria Abero and Allison LoDolce.
CLCA INSURANCE SOLUTIONS reps Dan Dvorak, Lisa Isom, and Bill Deeble answer
questions and solve insurance problems from LIS attendees.
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SPJ LIGHTING booth is visited by Past State President Eric Watanabe, shown chatting with
SPJ’s Bob Klaidman and Tommy Endress.
WEST COAST TURF reps Tom Stafford, Lisa Dominguez, Carlos España, John Marman, Dani Booth and Anthony Pulizzano, brought a large team of sod experts to talk to LIS visitors.
KELLOGG GARDEN PRODUCTS reps Toby Lebron, CEO H. Clay Kellogg IV,
Ty Hall, Jim McAllister and Miguel Collado display their fine line of products at CLCA’s
Landscape Industry Show.
HORIZON reps Brian Bailey and Mike McClintock greet LIS attendees
to their booth.
BRIGHTVIEW TREE COMPANY reps Jamie Mynatt and Mike Poteet welcome attendees
to their large display booth.
LIS Show in Ontario Spotlights Suppliers
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PACIFIC SOD reps Tony Prater and Scot Smalley talk about the many benefits of sod
with LIS attendees.
MSM LANDSCAPE’S Rene Emeterio, Past SFV President, walks the isles of the LIS Show with
Ramon Salgado and Rene’s son Josh.
GREEN INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME booth is staffed by Irrigator Tech’s Marcie Daigle and
Hall of Fame Co-Founder Charles Nunley.
DELTA BLUEGRASS / S&S SEEDS booth is staffed by Jeff Henninger, Jim Culley
and Ben Miller.
TOR INSURANCE SERVICES reps Diego Marquez, Jose Laris and Jenee Bell renew old friendships and make new ones at the LIS
Show at the Ontario Convention Center.
NETAFIM’S Omar Alcantara talks drip irrigation with show-goers at the Ontario
Convention Center.
LCIS reps Robb Hubbard, Kim Ayala, Ashley Hissong, Tim Nord and Terry Mahlman
proudly display a giant check representing the $996,000 in rebates LCIS presented to their
insured clients in 2017.
PERFORMANCE NURSERY’S Brad Fickes and Tom Lucas greet attendees. Performance
plant materials could be seen throughout the LIS, helping to dress up the Show floor.
SITEONE reps Frank Lopez, Joseph Moreno and Gustavo Zendejas talk landscape supplies with
show-goers.
SOUTHLAND SOD reps and long-time CLCA supporters John Domenici and Norm Lopez chat with attendees about the several varieties of sod
they offer.
PAST STATE PRESIDENTS Mickey Strauss, Nelson Colvin, Dave Norred and Rich Angelo take a presidential walk around the LIS floor.
GREEN INDUSTRY VIP Judy Guido wishes good luck to Publisher Denne Goldstein upon his recent retirement, which was celebrated at the LIS
Vendor Reception Jan. 31.
CLCA’s Associate Members’ Time to Shine at LIS
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Essential Characteristics of a Leader
Leadership means different things to different people around the world, and different things in different situations. For example,
it could relate to community leadership, religious leadership, political leadership, and leadership of campaigning groups. We’ll deal with those characteristics that most apply to leadership in a business or an organization.
Leaders help themselves and others to do the right things. They set direction, build an inspiring vision, and create something new. Leadership is about mapping out where you need to go to win as a team, an organization or a business; and it is dynamic, exciting, and inspiring.
Yet, while leaders set the direction, they must also use manage-ment skills to guide their people to the right destination, in a smooth and efficient way. One trait you will find in every leader: they have a vision.
An effective leader is a person who does the following:• Creates an inspiring vision of the future.• Motivates and inspires people to engage with that vision.• Manages delivery of the vision.• Coaches and builds a team, so that it is more effective at
achieving the vision.
Leadership brings together the skills needed to do these things.
In business, a vision is a realistic, convincing and attractive depiction of where you want to be in the future. Vision provides direction, sets priorities, and provides a marker, so that you can tell that you’ve achieved what you wanted to achieve.
To create a vision, leaders analyze and focus on an organization’s strengths. They think about how their industry is likely to evolve, and how their competitors are likely to behave. They look at how they can innovate successfully, and shape their businesses and their strategies
to succeed in future marketplaces. And they test their visions with appropriate market research.
Once they have developed their visions, leaders must make them compelling and convincing. A compelling vision is one that people can see, feel, understand, and embrace. Effective leaders provide a rich picture of what the future will look like when their visions have been realized. They tell inspiring stories, and explain their visions in ways that everyone can relate to.
Therefore, leadership is proactive – problem solving, looking ahead, and not being satisfied with things as they are. Leadership combines the analytical side of vision creation with the passion of shared values, creating something that’s really meaningful to the people being led.
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Irrigation Tips
6 Tips for a Better Spring Irrigation Startup By Richard Restuccia, Jain Irrigation
You want to be a better water manager right? Over the winter cold weather can take a toll on your irrigation system. Below
are a few tips to make sure your irrigation system is giving you the best performance, and you will be the best water manager you can be. These tips will help you save water, save money and have a beautiful landscape.
1. Visually inspect all your irriga-tion components to ensure they will operate correctly when the water is turned on. Pay particular attention to the backflow preven-tion device and have it tested if required.
2. Make sure all your valves are closed. If you drained your system before winter many of these valves will still be open. You can quickly do this as you make your visual inspection.
3. Clean your filters. This is critical to the success of drip irrigation systems. You can clean your filters by removing them from the filter body and wiping off any sediment. You should also swish the filter in a small container of water to remove any debris that remains.
4. Turn the main water valve on slowly. Slow and easy is the key here because you don’t want to cause any damage due to the surge of water. Water is heavy, and when it moves at a high rate of speed, it can cause damage to your system. Listen for water to flow and then stop after a few seconds. Visually inspect your system again now and look for leaks.
5. Spring is a great time to reprogram your controller or replace your conventional controller with a smart controller. Be sure to check with your water agency to see if any water restric-tions are in place and adjust your controller accordingly.
6. For your drip systems now is a great time to remove your end caps and flush the system.
Once you remove the end caps run water through the system for two to three minutes to remove any debris that could clog your emission devices.
Start the season off right by performing these activities. These are not the only activities you will need to complete to ensure proper watering all through the season, but they are a good start.
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Atlantic Irrigation Joins Forces with SiteOne Landscape Supply
SiteOne Landscape Supply Inc., a large national wholesale distributor of landscape supplies in the United States,
announced the acquisition of Atlantic Irrigation. Started in 1976, Atlantic is a leader in the distribution of irrigation, lighting, drainage and landscaping equipment with 33 locations across 13 states in the eastern U.S. and two provinces in eastern Canada.
“Atlantic significantly expands the scale of our irrigation and lighting business in the eastern U.S. and Canada markets. This transaction represents the largest number of locations that we have acquired in a single acquisition in more than a decade. The addition of Atlantic complements our existing branch network, and strengthens our full-line offering of nursery, hardscape, agronomic, irrigation and landscape lighting products. Atlantic has a very talented and seasoned team with a rich history of providing exceptional customer service that spans more than 40 years. Overall, this is a terrific addition to the SiteOne family,” said Doug Black, chairman and CEO of SiteOne Landscape Supply.
“We are building upon the strong momentum from last year with two acquisitions so far in 2018 and a healthy pipeline as we look to add more leading companies to our team in the remainder of the year,” said Black.
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BrightView Tree Company Boxes and Moves a 24’ Box Quercus Agrifolia!• The Coast Live Oak tree weighed around 380,000 lbs.!
On January 25 BrightView Tree Company’s Specimen team moved a 24’ box Quercus agrifolia (Coast Live Oak) in
northern Los Angeles County. The tree weighed approximately 380,000 lbs. It took the team approximately 2 days and a crew of 8 to box the tree and an additional week and a half to excavate and install the bottom boards for the box.
The team worked alongside a Native American archiologist to protect any artifacts uncovered and environmental experts to protect the nearby sensitive ecosytem.
Lifting the tree required a great deal of planning and experience because its natural lean created a center of gravity challenge. The team used four 100-ton jacks, and four 50-ton jacks to raise the tree approximately 50” in order for the trailers to fit underneath. Moving the tree took 3 full days, 1 day to move it to its storage location, and another 2 days to lower the tree to the ground.
This oak will be maintained until the grading of the project is completed. It is part of a new project in Northern LA County and will perhaps be used in a roundabout or prominently featured somewhere in a park. Its final location is yet to be determined.
There are approximately 23 additional trees on this project that will go through the same process, however, this was the largest of the group.
Sal Ponce is leading the project, supported by the BrightView Tree Company Specimen Team.
For more information, or if you need a tree relocated or have questions about our process, you can call BrightView Tree Company Specimen Division at (818) 951-5500.
Continued on Page 12
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NMSU Compares Water Use for Artificial Turf and Real Grass• Results are Astonishing From an article by Melissa R. Rutter, for the Sun-News, in Sports Turf Insider
As a turfgrass specialist, New Mexico State University professor Bernd Leinauer is asked a lot of questions relating to artificial
grass and whether it actually is a water-conserving alternative to real grass, as is marketed and portrayed to the public. So, he sought the help of a Ph.D. engineering student and his mentor to ask the question, is artificial turf actually saving water compared to real grass? When Leinauer approached Ahmed Kanaan and NMSU engineering professor Igor Sevostianov, he was told a small equation could calculate the answer to his question.
“I’m usually a little bit skeptical about (theoretical calculations), so we agreed that Ahmed would first do the equation so we can see what the model tells us and how much water would be needed to keep the artificial turf cool. Then we will actually go out and measure and see if the model holds true and if the two numbers line up,” Leinauer said.
After receiving his answer from the equation, Kanaan set up his experiment over the summer on the artificial turf located on the infield of NMSU’s baseball field. He set up a parameter of 40 by 40 feet on the turf and installed a temporary irrigation system.
“After I set everything up, I decided to run the irrigation system for 20 minutes to see how long it would take to heat back up. I took two readings each day, one in the morning and one at noon, just to see the distribution of temperature,” Kanaan said. “The model I used calculated the amount of water required to cool the
artificial turf correctly with an acceptable margin of error but there was no informa-tion how long it takes for the field to heat up again.”
“He measured the surface temperature and one and two meters above the ground, so you could see the heat buildup over the field. He turned on the irrigation and cooled the turf and then measured and documented how long it takes to cool,
when the artificial turf gets hot again and how long does it take for that to happen,” Leinauer said.
Reports have been published that artificial turf can reach tempera-tures as high as 180 degrees, making it a concern for athletes who face the possibilities of getting injuries while playing on the field. While artificial turf can withstand more traffic from play compared to real grass that faces wear and tear and needs recovery time, the question remains, does it need less water than real grass?
“At the end of the day what was still stunning to me was we irrigated for 20 minutes and in these 20 minutes we cooled the artificial turf down to more or less body temperature so that it would be comfortable for any athlete but within an hour after irrigation we were up at the high temperature again. So, if we irrigated at the beginning of a soccer game, the cooling wouldn’t even last the entire soccer game and then we’re hot again. And in these 20 minutes, we put out enough water that would last for a Bermudagrass field for an entire day.”
Not only would the artificial turf need to be irrigated multiple times a day to keep it cool, anything surrounding the turf would also be impacted by the heat.
“I had Bermudagrass next to the artificial turf and the Bermudagrass increased in heat causing it to be damaged by the heat.” Kanaan said. “When I would go to the field to get measure-ments I could not stay on the ground to do it. I burnt the back of my neck and my wrists, but I had no other choice I needed to sit down there and get the measurements. When the heat is reflected on to you, you cannot breathe,” Kanaan said.
Sevostianov said there was no previous literature on this topic and said more research is needed to investigate in more detail.
“When we started looking for literature, we found many aspects of artificial turf discussed in literature, mostly economical ones. But nobody considered aspects of watering and nobody compared it to natural grass,” Sevostianov said. “So, it definitely opens a lot of possibilities, we are definitely thinking about going deeper and asking for external support. It was also a nice example of collabora-tion between two completely different disciplines in two colleges.”
Not only would the artificial turf need to be irrigated multiple times a day to keep it cool, anything surrounding the turf would also be impacted by the heat.
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Rain Bird Introduces Alexa-Enabled Controllers• Gives users voice-activated irrigation system control
Users of Rain Bird controllers featuring the company’s LNK™WiFi Module can now “talk” to their irrigation
systems, thanks to Amazon’s popular voice-activated personal assistant, Alexa.
“Enabling Alexa opens up a whole new world for customers using our WiFi-enabled controllers,” said Nick Kelsch, senior product manager for Rain Bird controllers. “Now, homeowners can manage their irrigation systems with simple verbal commands. And with 130 commands available, Rain Bird is changing what you can ask of your irrigation controller.”
In the U.S. and Canada, Alexa commands can now be used with Rain Bird’s professional series controllers, the ESP-TM2 and ESP-Me, when outfitted with a LNK WiFi Module, as well as with ST8-WiFi control-lers offered through retail channels. International avail-ability is being planned for a future release.
After installing the free Rain Bird App on an Android or iOS smart phone or tablet, new users simply need to enable Amazon Alexa within the Rain Bird App settings, and log into their Amazon Alexa account to enable the new Rain Bird Skill. The Rain Bird App allows users to give watering programs and
zones unique names of their own choosing. They can also request local weather forecasts and manage their rain sensor.
“Personalization is key for us, which is why we wanted to ensure that we can provide both custom program and zone names that
mean something to our customers,” said Randy Montgomery, Rain Bird engineering manager. “Saying, ‘Ask Rain Bird to
water the front yard’ is much more intuitive than saying, ‘Ask Rain Bird to water Zone 4.’”
With Alexa, help is also just a quick question away. Users can ask Alexa how to start managing their Rain Bird irrigation system, to list available commands, to list their property’s irrigation zones or watering schedules, to inquire on watering time remaining, or to ask about the status of current seasonal watering adjustments.
“Rain Bird’s WiFi controllers are backed by an extensive contractor network; easy-to-install, proven, high-quality hardware; and a simple, intuitive mobile
app,” Kelsch said. “Those are advantages you simply can’t get elsewhere. And now, with Alexa voice control, we’re offering property owners yet another way to easily and efficiently manage their irrigation systems.”
To learn more about Rain Bird’s complete line of irrigation system components, visitwww.rainbird.com, contact your nearest distrib-utor or contractor, or call 1-800-RAIN BIRD.
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Spring: A Time for New Growth and New IdeasReprinted from One of Dave’s Great March Messages from the Past, it is as timely today as it was in 2014.
This is the special time of the year that we most look forward to, as March ushers in the panorama of new growth and rewards
our patience with endless colors. And – what is this promise of “wet stuff” falling from the sky? We did receive a teaser of it…but let’s hope that there is more to come.
The part of spring in which I find hidden value is the fact that, as the new canvas of life presents itself, so too we are encouraged to find new vision that stimulates creative ideas for our landscape vocations and our personal lives. I believe we all look for opportunities to move ahead or to change direction – it’s the same part of nature that spring inspires in us to move forward.
It will be interesting to see the impact that our member association has had as to newer ideas of building professionalism within our chapters. I understand many hours with input from committee members have gone into this new profile that is to be a benefit for all members – working together to reinforce our professional status not only for us, but for the public to identify with CLCA. So, I ask: how is this coming along?
My experience has taught me that when you maintain focus and clarity of your vision you rise up to meet the demands
of the times. You do your darndest to redirect your energy to let go of any out-moded thinking and to persevere through doubts to achieve your vision and objectives. And, yes, it’s hard to accept the answers that keep coming up because you “wish” to go in “another” direction. It’s like trying to push a square peg into a triangle.
I have believed for a long time now, that there is an inner spiritual presence that works – or, better said, that works through us and guides us in all situations. It is an essence that goes to us and goes out from us only to return treble fold. God’s love does! Looking for the good that surrounds us…
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