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Sustainable Water Workshops in Yelapa
 Chrissi Brewer - PVNN
September 14, 2010
| | El Jardin in Yelapa, Mexico is presenting sustainable water workshops from October 21-26, 2010. For more information, visit YelapaGardenRetreat.com. | |
El Jardin in Yelapa, Mexico is presenting sustainable water workshops from October 21-26, 2010.
Workshops will include start to finish design and installation of stepped pools and pond. Included will be landscaping ideas for water plants and areas surrounding a feature. Also learn how to utilize gray water from sinks, showers and laundry as a way to reuse water in sustainable backyard ecosystems.
Water Feature/Landscaping
Workshop focuses on design, installation, and maintenance of residential water features. Learn basic water feature design with hands-on instruction. This workshop will include start to finish design and installation of stepped pools and pond. Combined water feature design with landscaping ideas for water plants and areas surrounding a feature. Water used for the fountain will be from a rainwater harvesting system.
Gray Water Landscape Irrigation
Learn the basics of utilizing the water that is so oftened misused, mishandled or allowed to runoff into waterways, further polluting our oceans and streams. We will be exploring ways of turning waste water into a valuable and ecological resource, with hands–on instruction and installation of a laundry and shower graywater irrigation system.
About the Presenters
Nadine Nemec has worked with CMS Fountain Design in Santa Cruz for over 25 years. She explores innovative aesthetic and technical solutions with clients, and is the lead designer and manager of water effect and lighting mock-ups. She has helped to refine solutions for such projects as Chicago’s Lurie Gardens, the Seattle Civic Center, and The Pentagon Memorial. Nadine is a true world traveler and has become an enthusiastic student of the symbolic and artistic importance of water throughout many diverse cultures.
Ann Chase has been in love with gardens since 1974 when she moved to Santa Cruz and started her one woman landscape design and installation business. She has worked in the architectural and landscape field since that time, She has been self employed for over 25 years. Her current passion is the reintroduction of amphibian habitat to local backyards and using water features as an attraction for migratory birds.
Sherry Lee Bryan is the co-owner of a landscape and agricultural water management consulting company and is a pollution prevention and zero waste senior program specialist at Ecology Action of Santa Cruz. Sherry is the regional coordinator and an instructor of the Monterey Bay Green Gardener Certification Program, a spanish-bilingual ecological landscape training program.
Hands-on workshops will be held in the Tropical paradise of El Jardin Retreat Center, Yelapa, Mexico. Space is limited. Make your reservation now!
Price for Workshops
Workshops - $225 USD for 6 days
Workshop Fee Includes:
Workshops, hands-on instruction and educational materials
Lodging - $225 USD
Lodging Fee includes:
Bed in one of the casas - first come, first pick - breakfast and lunch
El Jardin is nestled in a small cove on the edge of Banderas Bay, surrounded by the Sierra Madre mountains. It is a short 10 minute hike to Yelapa pueblo. The center consists of a large kitchen and living area, four open-air palapas for sleeping and two separate bathrooms. El Jardin is rustic but comfortable. We are surrounded by coffee, banana and coconut trees with the Pacific ocean lapping at our front door.
Registration
To register, please call (322) 209-5284 in Yelapa or (831) 535-3059 in the US, send an email to chrissibrewer(at)gmail.com, or visit YelapaGardenRetreat.com.
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