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Grading and drainage, soils, planting, irrigation and backflow, turf, pavers and retaining walls, low-voltage lighting, erosion control and estimating. Every topic gets its own page: the drawing first, then what you need to remember. 66 illustrated pages.
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 9 parts and 62 topics.
You're in a client's backyard holding a plant tag that says Zone 9, and the client asks you: will this make it here?
You read about it last week. The handbook gives you two pages of paragraphs on average extreme minimum temperatures, map updates and local climate. By the next morning, none of it is left.
In the book it's one page: the USDA 2023 map drawn with its 13 zones, 10 °F per zone, split into 5 °F a and b halves, and right beside it, how a climate zone is different.
The backflow preventer, the paver base, slope in percent, cubic yards of mulch, the 811 call: each one has its own page too.
You look at the tag, you know the answer, and you tell the client without going back to the handbook.
Site and grading, soils, plants, irrigation and backflow, turf, hardscape, lighting and erosion, estimating, and a final exam review: 66 pages, all illustrated
Think of it this way:
A homeowner wants a price on a bed that's part rectangle, part triangle, part curve. Or the exam hands you the same shape. You need the square feet, and you need them right.
In the book you open the page on odd shapes: the yard split into a rectangle, a triangle and a half circle, each with its area, added up to 269.3 sq ft.
Same with the backflow preventer, the paver section, the low-voltage transformer, the 811 ticket and warm-season grass: each one on its own page.
Landscaping Contractor Illustrated is 9 parts and 62 topics, all drawn, and it ends with the numbers page, the formulas and an exam-week checklist.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
Calling 811, reading a plan, the 3-4-5 layout, slope in percent, ratio and degrees, grading away from the foundation, cut and fill, shooting grades and surface drainage.
Sand, silt and clay, the perc test, soil pH, reading N-P-K, amendments vs. mulch and soil prep for planting.
Hardiness and climate zones, right plant in the right place, hydrozones, planting and staking a tree, root-ball types, mulch depth and correct pruning cuts.
The system from meter to head, PSI and GPM, backflow and the four devices, mainline and laterals, valves and wiring, head-to-head coverage, sprays and rotors, drip and controllers.
Cool- and warm-season grasses, seed, sod or hydroseed, laying sod, the one-third mowing rule, aeration and thatch.
The paver section layer by layer, slope and edge restraint, segmental walls and when they need an engineer, flatwork, flagstone and gravel, fences, decks and water features.
Low-voltage lighting, voltage drop and wire gauge, lighting techniques, French drains, erosion and sediment control, and safety in trenches and around equipment.
Square feet of odd shapes, the cubic-yard formula, mulch, soil, gravel and base takeoffs, concrete, pavers and block, triangular spacing, and contracts, permits and liens.
The numbers page, the formulas, the things that get mixed up and an exam-week checklist.
At the end of the book: A numbers page, the exam formulas, the things that get mixed up and an exam-week checklist.
Test yourself with exam-style questions on every chapter, each with the answer and the page that explains it, so you know what to review again.
See the 15 most common job-site mistakes drawn side by side with the right way, from slopes that send water to the foundation to paver bases that sink.
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PDF by email: We email you Landscaping Contractor Illustrated as a PDF, together with the two free books. It's a single payment: no installments, no extra charges.
You review the trade in the order you build a job, one page per topic, after work or on the weekend.
The numbers page, the formulas and the things that get mixed up, all in one place for the last review.
Print it and keep it in the truck: the slope, the paver base or the material math, ready when a client or inspector asks.
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Yes. It's built for people who already do the work and need to review it for the exam, not for beginners. It follows the California C-27 study guide. The trade itself (grading, soils, irrigation, pavers, lighting, estimating) works the same in every state. The values that change by state, like 811 notice and the hand-dig zone, water-use rules or the wall height that needs an engineer, are flagged on the page so you can check them against your own board's handbook.
From the CSLB C-27 study guide and the codes it points to: the IRC, California's MWELO, California 811, OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart P and the EPA Construction General Permit.
No. It's independent study material. It isn't published or endorsed by the CSLB or any state licensing board, and it doesn't come with a certificate or count toward your license: the license comes from your state's exam.
No. It covers the trade side and only the basics of contracts, permits and liens. Study Law & Business separately and use your board's official handbook.
No. They're written for this book, in exam style, each with the answer and the page that explains it.
The book and the 2 bonus books arrive as a PDF by email, to the address you enter at checkout.
No. It's a one-time payment.
Yes. The PDF is ready to print, so you can keep a copy in the truck.
You have 30 days. We refund everything if the file won't open, if the book isn't what you see on this page, if you were charged twice or if the email doesn't arrive: just email us.
No more rereading the handbook with nothing sticking.
The backflow preventer, the paver base, the slope: you see them drawn, and it clicks.
You walk into the exam knowing where everything is.
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