The Xeriscape Council of New Mexico is pleased to team with the ABQ Home Expo to provide the following seminars given by experts in their field. All presentations in Lujan Room B will be approximately 60 minutes. The presentations  in Lujan Room A will be less formal and run about 20 to 30 minutes. Please feel free to drop in and out of the sessions as your time allows. 

Saturday, March 15th

Lujan Room B 
Lujan Room A 

11:00-12:00: Terrain First!
Jim Brooks, Soilutions, Inc.
11:00 – 11:20: Strategies for Producing Food with Less Water
Sean Ludden, ARCA
Organics and Nepantia Farms

1:00 – 2:00: Good Bugs: Attracting and Sustaining Beneficial Insects
Tess Grasswitz , NMSU
12:00 -12:20: Q & A - Soil amendments and mulches
Walter Dods, Soilutions, Inc.

3:00 – 4:00: Beautiful Plants for Harsh Conditions
Hunter Ten Broeck, Waterwise Landscapes, Inc
1:00 -1:20: Q & A - Design and Climate Adapted Plants 
Judith Phillips, Design Oasis

 2:00 – 2:20: Q & A - Good Bugs
Tess Grasswitz, NMSU

 3:00 -3:20: Q & A - Skilled pruning
Barbara Russell, ISA certified      
arborist

Sunday, March 16th

Lujan Room B 
Lujan Room A 

11:00-12:00: Smart Use Water and Energy Conservation Corner 
Richard Chapman, Smart Use, Inc
11:00 – 11:20: Q & A with Hunter Ten Broeck, Waterwise Landscapes, Inc

1:00 – 2:00: Extreme Gardening: Coping with Climate  
Judith Phillips, Design Oasis
12:30 -12:50: Q & A Watering Trees from Transplanting to Maturity
Richard Chapman, Smart Use, Inc. 

2:30 – 3:30: Effective, Efficient Landscape Watering 
Lonnie Burke, ResourceWise, Inc.
1:00 -1:20: Q & A - Watering Lawns As Efficiently as Possible 
Richard Chapman, Smart Use, Inc

 2:00 – 2:20: Q & A - Skilled pruning
Barbara Russell, ISA certified      
arborist

 3:00 -3:20: Q & A with George Radnovich, Sites Southwest

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