Smartscape Continues to Evolve and Expand!
By Kirti Mathura
The Smartscape program depends on an array of quality instructors to deliver information compatible with The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension System’s standards.
We were sorry to have to say goodbye to a couple of our extremely popular instructors who retired this year. Steve Priebe had been with the program since the first course was offered in 1994! Rick Templeton was involved in both our basic Smartscape and Advanced Smartscape: Irrigation courses for many years.
We are fortunate that many individuals associated with the landscape industry have great respect for the Smartscape program and were eager to join our team. Rick Robinson, Bill Casenhiser and Josh Dupper have stepped in to fill the gaps! They each bring great knowledge, diverse experience, and talent for sharing information which will keep our participants engaged in learning best practices for water-efficient landscapes throughout Maricopa County.
We are also excited to announce that a new course will be added to the Smartscape program here in Maricopa County! Advanced Smartscape: Plant Materials will be offered in both English and Spanish. More information on this later…
