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APLD California Chapter
Sponsors

Through sponsorship of APLD California Chapter, these industry leaders declare their support for best practices, educational programs and events, and the highest standards in landscape design. From veteran materials suppliers to producers of cutting-edge landscape products, these companies have committed to connecting with professional landscape designers and our clients.

The APLD CA Chapter 2020 Sponsorship Drive has begun
and we would like to welcome two brand new sponsors!

our newest Platinum Level Sponsor:

At Humboldt Redwood, we grow more redwood than we harvest annually while practicing wildlife habitat conservation that provides clean air, fresh water, and natural habitats for plants and animals.

We are working to cultivate a lasting legacy of environmentally responsible forestry. Our commitment is to the environment first and foremost. With great care and effort, sustainable redwood is produced for your projects.

Redwood is a favorite material among architects, designers, builders, and other specifiers because of its natural strength, beauty, and overall performance characteristics as a sustainable building material. Humboldt Redwood is pleased to provide the following redwood architectural information resources for building professionals to learn more about application details, technical and engineering data, as well as AIA courses that provide insight into specifying redwood as a sustainable building product.

Find out more about this great vendor at https://www.getredwood.com/

our newest GOLD Level Sponsor:

Bamboo Sourcery received the Environmental Business Alliance’s Best Practices Award of 2010 in recognition of our efforts to reduce our environmental footprint, while enabling us to save money at the same time. Over the years we have initiated a number of water and energy conservation efforts, as well as waste reduction efforts, and it is wonderful to receive recognition for them.

Here is a partial list of our environmental efforts:

In late 2006 we installed a large PV solar system that powers our sizable irrigation system and 3 households on the property. It saves us approx. $7,000 per year, and it paid for itself in 8 years! You can see our solar system up the hill and directly above the main greenhouses.
We hand water our entire 7.5 acre farm. Hand watering, though labor intensive, is by far the most water-efficient irrigation system due to our variable and uniquely steep terrain.
We reuse and recycle plastic nursery pots and rarely purchase them new. We buy used nursery pots from local landscapers and continue to reuse them as long as possible. This reduces the amount of petrochemicals used in our operation and takes a large number of pots out of the waste stream.
We make it a priority to buy locally whenever we can, and to buy post-consumer recycled materials whenever possible. All of our root barriers are made of 100% post-consumer recycled polyethylene.
Bamboo Sourcery uses no pesticides or herbicides. When necessary, we spray very dilute laundry detergent for aphids and mites, and we pull and mow weeds as needed.

In addition, bamboo itself has many environmental benefits. Bamboo is very effective at removing excess nitrogen, metals and other toxic substances from soils and water. Bamboo also produces 35% more oxygen and consumes 4 times more carbon dioxide than a forest of young trees. So planting bamboo, in addition to growing a beautiful plant for privacy screens and garden highlights, can actually help slow global warming!

Learn more about our NEW GOLD SPONSOR at http://bamboosourcery.com/

OUR PLATINUM SPONSORS:

Bay Scenery specializes in delivering high-quality landscape construction services in and around Silicon Valley. Through the acquisition of well-known companies such as Harris Landscaping Company, we have cultivated a reputation for excellence in landscape construction for over 30 years.