Based on ReScape’s 8 Principles, this training provides landscape design professionals with practical tools for designing and constructing healthy landscapes that protect local watersheds, conserve resources and address our changing climate. Participants will learn about regenerative landscape practices from leading experts in soil health, stormwater, plant selection, landscaping policy, integrated pest management, and more. The Design Qualification Training also provides in-depth information about our Rated Landscape Program and serves as a pre-requisite for becoming a ReScape Rater. 

BENEFITS OF DESIGN QUALIFICATION TRAINING 

The Design Qualification Training is offered as a 4-day course and provides design professionals with: 

• Understanding of ReScape’s ecologically based, whole systems approach to the design and construction of public and private landscapes 
• Technical information for meeting local and state landscape ordinances and policies 
• Information about habitat restoration, local plant communities, and the benefits of biodiversity 
• Interactive experiences with practical, effective techniques such as sheet mulching, building living soil, and irrigation installation 
• Recognition of the connections between soil health, waste management, water conservation, air and water quality, greenhouse gas reduction, urban forestry, and carbon sequestration 
• Tools and resources for choosing materials that sequester carbon more quickly, and decrease GHG emissions.  
• Competitive advantage as a ReScape Qualified Professional in the landscape design marketplace 
• Prerequisite to apply to be a ReScape Qualified Rater 
• Continuing Education Units for external certifications and qualifications from the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD), International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper (QWEL) and more. CEUs pending approval. 
  

Attendees from all areas of California are welcome. Download Design Training overview.

ReScape Regenerative Education Fund : Scholarships available for anyone.

StopWaste Scholarship: You are eligible for a full scholarship to one of all of our professional trainings if you are an employee of a public agency located in Alameda County.

SSQP Scholarship: You are eligible for a full scholarship to our Design or Maintenance Qualification Training if you are an employee of a public or water agency located in Sacramento County.