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Dates: Jan 13, 15, 20, 22, 2026  9:00 AM - 3:30 PM PDT Category: ReScape Professional Trainings Cost: $695 Early Bird Price - last day December 13th $695 Group Rate (please email [email protected]) $745 Regular Price - starting December 14th Format: live online via Zoom  Grounded in ReScape’s 8 Regenerative Principles, this training provides landscape maintenance professionals with cutting-edge tools and expertise to create healthy, climate-resilient landscapes while protecting local watersheds. Taught by leading experts, the MQT offers hands-on learning in soil health, irrigation, plant care, integrated pest management, and more. The MQT is open to everyone interested in expanding their knowledge of regenerative practices. It equips participants with actionable strategies to address climate change, improve professional skills, and enhance business prospects. Participants gain: -Cost-Reduction Techniques: Strategies to minimize maintenance expenses, chemical inputs, water, and energy consumption. Information on ROI -Expert Training: Insights from industry leaders on Integrated Pest Management, firescaping, irrigation efficiency, soil health, and water conservation. -Regenerative Practices for Increased ROI: Best practices for using recycled and salvaged materials, carbon sequestration, selecting plants suited to local conditions, and sourcing sustainable, local products. -Hands-On Knowledge: Practical skills like sheet mulching, soil sampling, managing leaf debris/green waste, and irrigation system maintenance. -Checklist and plantings tools: a deep understanding of the watershed whole-systems approach to regenerative management. -Competitive Edge: Status as a ReScape Qualified Professional (RQP), offering credibility and expertise in regenerative landscape practices. -Professional Benefits: A complimentary one-year ReScape Qualified Professional membership with an option to be listed in the Professional Directory for increased business visibility. ReScape Qualified Professionals – remember to use your Membership Discount Code to register with a discount. SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE - For Scholarship questions or information please reach out to us - [email protected] https://www.rescapeca.org

Curriculum

19 Chapters · 74 Lessons

  1. 1

    Pre-Training Survey

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      Pre-Training Survey

  2. 2

    Agenda

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      MQT Agenda - January 2026

  3. 3

    Live Zoom Links

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      MQT - Day 4

  4. 4

    ReScape Climate Change Fact Sheets

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      ReScape Climate Change Fact Sheets

  5. 5

    ReScape Sacramento Watershed Fact Sheets

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      Act Local

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      Reduce Waste

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      Nurture Soil

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      Sequester Carbon

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      Save Water

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      Conserve Energy

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      Protect Water and Air

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      Create Habitat

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    ReScape Resources

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      Plant Lists

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      ReScape Documents

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      ReScape-Landscape Guidelines

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      ReScape-Scorecard Practices

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    Additional Resources

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      Planetary Health Check 2025

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      CA 4th Climate Change Assessment-2018 Statewide Summary Report

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      Pest Prevention by Design-Landscapes

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      Accelerating Sustainable Pest Management (SPM) Roadmap

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      Recycled Water Plant Information (EBMUD Plant Book)

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      SSQP Design Manual

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      StopWaste Climate Change Adaptation Measures

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      UC ANR / UC Statewide IPM

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      Bio-Integral Resource Center (BIRC)

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      StopWaste MWELO Tool Kit

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      Soil

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      Plant-Selection-Guidelines LA County

  8. 8

    MQT Course Supplemental Reading List

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      Supplemental Reading List

  9. 9

    Day 1 - Presentations

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      1. ReScape Overview

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      1.1 ReScape 8 Principles

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      1.2 Introduction to Act Local

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      1.3 Firescaping

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      1.4 Plant Selection

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    Day 2 - Presentations

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      2.1 Plant Selection Activity

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      2.2 Soil & Nutrition Management

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      2.3 Soil Food Web

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      2.4 Virtual Site Analysis Activity

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      2.4.1 Site Analysis Document

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      2.5 Soil Assessment Activity

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      2.6 Intro to Sequester Carbon

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      2.7 Carbon Calculator Activity

  11. 11

    Day 2 - Soil Assessment Activity + Homework

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      2.5.1 Jar Test Homework Assignment Instructions

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      Jar Test Homework Submission

  12. 12

    Day 3 - Presentations

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      3.1 Maintenance Manual Review

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      3.2 Intro to Save Water

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      3.3 Irrigation Equipment and MWELO

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      3.4 Eval, Design, Maintain, Managing Irrigation Systems

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      3.5 Calculating Weekly Water Times - Activity

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      3.6 Reduce Waste

  13. 13

    Day 3 - Maintenance Manual Review Activity

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      ReScape Maintenance Manual

  14. 14

    Day 3 - Calculating Weekly Watering Times - Activity

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      Calculating Weekly Watering Times

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      Calculating Weekly Watering Times - Hydrozone Map

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      California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS)

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    Day 4 - Presentations

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      4.1 IPM Principles and Regulations

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      4.2 IPM in the Field + Activity

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      4.3 Create Habitat - Biodiversity & IPM

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      4.4 GSI Regulations

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      4.5 GSI Maintenance

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      4.5.1 GSI Case Studies

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      4.6 Course Wrap-Up

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    Day 4 - IPM Activity

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      Group 1 - Lawn Weeds

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      Group 2 - Planter Weeds

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      Group 3 - Nandina Weevil

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      Copy of UC ANR / UC Statewide IPM

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    MQT Study Guides (Available in English & Spanish)

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      MQT Study Guide Day 1

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      Guía de Estudio de MQT Día 1

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      MQT Study Guide Day 2

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      Guía de Estudio de MQT Día 2

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      MQT Study Guide Day 4

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      Guía de Estudio de MQT Día 4

  18. 18

    Post-Training Survey

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      Post-Training Survey

  19. 19

    MQT Exam

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      Exam Instructions

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      MQT Final Exam