Become a Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper!

Published on May 01, 2023

Do you want to become a recognized industry leader in sustainable landscaping and efficient irrigation? You can register online today to earn your Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper (QWEL) certification through the Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency (BAWSCA). The QWEL professional certification course offers education on water-saving sustainable landscaping principles, soils, plant water needs, irrigation system troubleshooting, landscape audits, controller programming and more. The certificate is recognized as a U.S. EPA WaterSense labeled Professional Certification Program for Irrigation System Auditing and is a multi-year WaterSense Sustained Excellence award winner. Learn more at the QWEL website.

The two-week course features live online instruction four days per week with a sustainable landscaping and irrigation expert. Class sessions will be offered Monday, May 1 to Thursday, May 11 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend, including landscape contractors and irrigation technicians, park and public agency maintenance staff, landscape architects and designers, and others interested in landscape water conservation. Space for the course is limited, so register today!

Menlo Park also offers multiple rebates and programs to help you save water with residential landscaping, including the Lawn Be Gone program which offers a rebate of up to $2 per square foot to customers opting to convert their water-intensive lawn into a water-efficient landscape. For more information about water conservation, visit the City's conservation webpage.