We believe that an educated and knowledgeable staff yields higher quality and a more efficient work process for our clients. Our work mantra—know where you are, where you’ve been and where you’re going.
Continuing education and weekly company meetings at Spiegelberg Landscape Design include training in:
Proper pruning procedure
Planting procedures
Proper plant placement
Power Equipment
STARS safety program through PLANET
Safety
Respecting the customer and their property
Coursework, Workshops, Symposiums
and Conferences
Following is a list of training courses SLD management has attended:
The Kinman Institute: Focus on Professionalism
The Kinman Institute: Symposium at Sea. Featuring John Brookes
Mike Lin Graphics Workshop
(Rendering and Designing, 12-day intensive)
Pruning for Landscape Professionals
Holiday Lights
Soils: Where are your roots?
Selecting and Using Hardscape Materials
Garden Design: Planting Bed Composition
Espalier Basics
Natural Plantings and the Illusion of Nature
Woody Plants for Midwest Landscapes
Trends in Residential Landscape Design
Residential Landscape Design: Imaginative Ideas
Staying on Track: Maintaining Design Integrity
Landscape Lighting Symposium
Perennial Plants as Architectural Elements
Marketing in the Green Industry
Landscape Photography with Linda Oyama Bryan
Government Policy and Perspectives on Invasive Plants
Invasive Plants and their impact
Creating Private Spaces (Horticulture Magazine)
Design for Professionals
Rapid Design Process
Small Engine Repair
Gardening in a Pot
Gardens of the Midwest: A Landscape Legacy
Color in the Landscape
Running a Smart Business
Coaching Employees to Greater Success
Teaching How to Teach Service
Groundcovers: Living Carpets in the Landscape
Hardscapes
Designing with Perennials (Horticulture Magazine)
Garden Design (Gary Koller, Harvard University)
Landscape Graphics
Growing and Maintaining a Business
Entrepreneurial Thinking in the Green Industry
Great Ideas, Great Estates
The New Oasis Garden: Making Havens that Nurture the Senses (Horticulture Magazine)
Paths and Paving in the Garden
Perennials for Shade
Pruning for Professionals
Reshaping Your Garden
Road Safety
Stone in the Garden
Stream Restoration
Foliage in the Garden
A Wildflower Workshop
Gardening in the Shade
20 Minutes in the Life of a Tree
How to Build Your Dream Workforce
How to Garden with Light and Color
The Practice of Gardening
Garden Design Basics: Unity and Harmony
Designing for Small Spaces
Of Time and Place: Designing Gardens for the 21st Century
America’s Gardens: Reflecting and Enhancing the Value of Life
Colonial Garden Design
Alain Gavin Studio: Small Workshops in Watercolor, Oil Painting and Drawing (Faculty from the School of the
Art Institute of Chicago)
Continuous Learning
Staff benchmarks a Japanese garden structure at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
