| El Jardin Retreat Center |
| Sustainable Water Workshops: WaterFeatures/Landscaping Gray water Irrigation October 21-26.2010 |
| Learn |
| 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 a combination of roof run-off and filtered Gray Water . ALSO Gray Water Filtration and Irrigation Learn the basics of utilizing the water that is so often 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. Installation of a graywater system is planned. It all takes place in one of the most beautiful settings in tropical Mexico. |
Registration
Registration fee:
Workshops--$225.00 for 6 days
Lodging- $225.00
Workshop Fee Includes:
Workshops, hands-on instruction
Educational materials
Lodging Fee includes:
Bed in one of the casas- first come, first pick
Breakfast and lunch
Day Trip to Marietas Islands- Optional $45.00
To Register:
email: chrissibrewer@gmail.com
Mail check or money order to:
Chrissi Brewer
426 Locust St
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
or
pay through PayPal:
Registration fee:
Workshops--$225.00 for 6 days
Lodging- $225.00
Workshop Fee Includes:
Workshops, hands-on instruction
Educational materials
Lodging Fee includes:
Bed in one of the casas- first come, first pick
Breakfast and lunch
Day Trip to Marietas Islands- Optional $45.00
To Register:
email: chrissibrewer@gmail.com
Mail check or money order to:
Chrissi Brewer
426 Locust St
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
or
pay through PayPal:
| Thursday, Oct. 21 8:00 Breakfast 9:00-1:00 Basic Water Feature Design Friday, Oct. 22 8:00 Breakfast 9:00-1:00 Hands on Water Feature set up Saturday, Oct 23, 8:00 am Breakfast 9:00-1:00 Hike to local water plant grower Landscaping Sunday. Oct. .24 8:00 am Breakfast Optional day trip to the Marientas Islands Monday, Oct. 25 8:00 Breakfast 9:00-1:00 Gray Water workshop Tuesday, Oct 26 8:00 Breakfast 9:00-1:00 Gray water irrigation system installation Schedule may change according to instructors. |
Upon your arrival at Puerto Vallarta airport make your way to a water taxi where you embark on an exciting
45-minute ride to the unique little village of Yelapa, Mexico. Watch for whales, sea turtles and dolphins!
Sleeping accommodations are in open air palapas. Wake to the sounds of the ocean lapping on the rocks
and parrots chattering in the trees overhead. Mornings will be spent at workshops on site The afternoon is
free time to hike, snorkel, kayak, para sail or simply read beneath the coconut tree. Night life could include a
hike into the pueblo for the Wednesday night disco, a lecture on medicinal herbs or a relaxing swim in the
ocean among phosphorescent tides. One day is an optional day trip to the Marietas Islands.
45-minute ride to the unique little village of Yelapa, Mexico. Watch for whales, sea turtles and dolphins!
Sleeping accommodations are in open air palapas. Wake to the sounds of the ocean lapping on the rocks
and parrots chattering in the trees overhead. Mornings will be spent at workshops on site The afternoon is
free time to hike, snorkel, kayak, para sail or simply read beneath the coconut tree. Night life could include a
hike into the pueblo for the Wednesday night disco, a lecture on medicinal herbs or a relaxing swim in the
ocean among phosphorescent tides. One day is an optional day trip to the Marietas Islands.
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| About the Presenters |
| 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. She lives on a small city lot with thousands of frogs and many other creatures. |
| 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. |
| 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 for landscape industry professionals that includes a 50-hour certification course in graywater design, installation, and maintenance. She is a founding member of the Central Coast Graywater Alliance. |
