California C-27
Landscaping License Exam Book
Learn the landscape. Build your confidence.
Start with soil, plants, water and the whole landscape. Build toward plans, estimating, grading, hardscape, drainage, irrigation, lighting, maintenance, safety and the business side of the trade.
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Includes the full table of contents, Clifton’s introduction, worked landscape math, drainage and irrigation lessons, and original final-practice questions with explanations.
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What's inside all 36 chapters
Start with the basics, connect the ideas to a job, then practice explaining your answers. Expand each group to see the complete table of contents.
Chapters 1–6 · Build your landscaping foundation
- You can start here. Then build it right.
- A study plan that makes the lessons stick.
- The yard is a system. Learn the parts first.
- The math is learnable. Keep the units attached.
- Read the plan. Then walk the site.
- Design for people, water, and growth.
Chapters 7–18 · Plan and build the landscape
- Estimate the whole job. Price the responsibility.
- Good work starts below the surface.
- Set the elevations. Control the earthwork.
- Keep soil on site. Keep people out of danger.
- Build flatwork that stays useful.
- Masonry and stone: make the connections count.
- Posts, fences, decks, and retaining walls
- Water features: follow the complete loop.
- Drainage: give the water somewhere to go.
- Irrigation math you can actually use
- Valves, controllers, and clean water
- Landscape lighting: see the circuit clearly.
Chapters 19–29 · Establish, maintain and run the business
- Plants, trees, mulch, and turf that establish
- Maintain the landscape. Do not just trim it.
- Troubleshooting: prove the cause first.
- Safety is part of every single answer.
- The license and the company are your responsibility
- Money: revenue is not your paycheck
- Build a crew you can stand behind
- Contracts and changes: put the agreement on paper
- Insurance, bonds, liens, and getting paid
- Public works: different money, different rules
- The Bayview project: put the systems together.
Chapters 30–36 · Practice, review and keep growing
- Two practice exams. Find your weak spots.
- C-27 Landscaping final practice exam
- Law & Business final practice exam
- The answers matter. The reasons matter more.
- Your field of study: maps, terms, and worksheets
- Go to the source. Keep your knowledge current.
- Learn the craft. Build your own future.
Built for study that sticks.
Learn and practice
- Beginner foundations, illustrated explanations and worked examples.
- Landscaping trade topics plus Law & Business study material.
- Chapter checks, practice exams and final practice exams.
- Original questions with answers and explanations.
- Study planning, licensing steps and reference resources.
Your $79.95 package
- One comb-bound printed C-27 Landscaping exam-preparation book with 300+ pages.
- Free shipping for the printed book. Ships the next business day via FedEx.
- The matching downloadable PDF edition included.
- Access your included PDF through your Construction Guys student library after purchase.
The printed book has 308 pages. The matching PDF has 293 pages because digital reading does not need the print-layout blank pages. Both contain the same lessons; you do not need to buy a separate PDF.
Use this book to build understanding, find weak spots and prepare with a plan. It is independent exam-preparation material, not an official CSLB publication. Passing and license approval depend on your preparation and meeting CSLB requirements; no book can guarantee either.
Learn the trade.
Build your future company.
Clifton started Construction Guys in 2015 with two friends and learned through real business challenges. That experience is the reason behind this school: make the path clearer for the next person starting out.
The teaching style is direct, practical and focused on understanding the work and the business behind it. Read Clifton's story in the free preview.
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