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To make a purchase, please complete the online order form. If you need assistance with placing your order, email ALCC at [email protected] or call 720-307-5515. 

Landscape training manuals - The Landscape Training Manuals offer industry information in conservation and sustainability; new topics such as aquatic plant maintenance in water features; greater emphasis on safety and communication; and more practice problems, graphics and photographs! The manuals include access to web-based videos in English and Spanish that demonstrate important technician tasks like sod installation, tree planting and pruning. This is a great tool for training employees and preparing for the Landscape Industry Certified Technician test.

There are three manuals, each available in English or Spanish: Installation, Irrigation, and Maintenance.

Cost: $80 per manual for ALCC members, $120 per manual for non-members

Buy any 3: $240 per set of 3 for ALCC members, $360 per set of 3 for non-members.

Electronic Resources:
Sample design/build contract
Free for ALCC members (click here), $200/non-members (Call 303 757-5611 to order)
No shipping. Members can link to free download, non-members will receive via email.

Sample installation contract
Free for ALCC members (click here), $200/non-members (Call 303 757-5611 to order)
No shipping. Members can link to free download, non-members will receive via email.

Sample maintenance contract
Free for ALCC members (click here), $200/non-members (Call 303 757-5611 to order)
No shipping. Members can link to free download, non-members will receive via email.

Sample snow removal contract
Free for ALCC members (click here), $200/non-members (Call 303 757-5611 to order)
No shipping. Members can link to free download, non-members will receive via email.


Killer contract clauses 
Free for ALCC members (click here), $100/non-members (Call 303 757-5611 to order)
No shipping. Members can link to free download, non-members will receive via email.



More books:
The Rocky Mountain Landscape Design Guide - A manual to help Colorado residents develop landscapes well suited to the state's environment. 45 pages of detailed descriptions along with more than 350 full-color pictures of 200+ trees, shrubs, perennials, fruits, grasses and water plants. 

Additional resources available elsewhere:

Perfect Phrases in Spanish for Gardening and Landscaping (2008, paperback or electronic, 176 pages)
By Jean Yates













The Complete Irrigation Workbook, 2nd edition (2013, paperback, 186 pages)
By Larry Keesen

Pricing for the Green Industry, 3rd Ed. (2012, paperback, 208 pages)

By Frank Ross for NALP

Written by one of the nation’s most highly regarded green industry consultants, this popular pricing publication features hands-on explanations, how-to examples and formats, and more insight into how to deal with today’s competition. Topics include packaging your prices, valid pricing methods, and the tools you need to price successfully.

 2016 Operating Cost Study (2017, electronic only)

Prepared by Turfbooks for NALP and Landscape Management Magazine

How does your company's financial performance compare with other lawn and landscape companies in your area - across the country for that matter? Find out in the 2016 Operating Cost Study for the Landscape Industry Companies nationwide contributed data from their 2015 income statements, balance sheets, and operating costs to this report, which features trending analysis for the industry.

Best Perennials for the Rocky Mountains and High Plains (2002, paperback, 128 pages)
by Celia Tannehill and James E. Klett

Planning a successful perennial garden in Colorado, the Rocky Mountains and High Plains comes with its share of soil and climate challenges. Best Perennials for the Rocky Mountain High Plains is a comprehensive guide to the best performing perennials based on performance results from Colorado State University's W.D. Holley Plant Environmental Research Center (PERC). This book is a necessary tool for the horticulture industry, landscape architects and designers, park personnel, the home gardener, and horticulturists in the Rocky Mountain-High Plains region.

Xeriscape Plant Guide: 100 Water-Wise Plants for Gardens and Landscapes (1996, paperback, 192 pages)
by Rob Proctor (Author), Denver Water (Author)

This guide takes the mystery out of Xeriscape gardening, referencing more than 100 water-wise trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, vines, ground cover, grasses, and shade plants chosen to add color and diversity to any landscape. Each portrait is illustrated with color botanical illustrations and photographs, detailing the characteristics, landscaping use, and growing conditions of the plant. With the increasing national concern over water consumption, gardeners and landscapers will find Xeriscaping a practical approach to creating a landscape in tune with the environment.

Xeriscape Colorado: The Complete Guide (2013, paperback, 275 pages)
by Connie Lockhart Ellefson and David Winger

With lavish full-color photography, wide-ranging advice, and comprehensive charts, water-wise experts showcase the Xeriscape principles that will let you enhance your property with less work and less water.Xeriscape Colorado's remarkable before-and-after illustrations help you visualize solutions to your own home-landscape challenges.

How to Price Landscape and Irrigation Projects (Hardcover, audio book or CD, 600 pages)
by Jim Huston

This in-depth book provides instruction on contract management, establishing annual budgets, estimating projects, special bidding situations, understanding market predisposition, tracking, reporting and more.

How to Price Landscape and Irrigation Projects (Hardcover, audio book or CD, 600 pages)
by Jim Huston

This in-depth book provides instruction on contract management, establishing annual budgets, estimating projects, special bidding situations, understanding market predisposition, tracking, reporting and more.