The mission of the Ohio Landscape Association is to encourage professionalism and ethical standards among landscape contractors through educational opportunities and to promote and improve the public image of the landscape industry.
The Ohio Lawn Care Association serves the lawn care and affiliated industries by providing essential agronomic, business, education, and legislative resources.
OLCA is the voice of the lawn care industry in Ohio.
The Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association (ONLA) is a non-profit association, incorporated in the State of Ohio, representing the interests of the state’s nursery, garden center, and landscape industry. Membership is comprised of nursery stock growers, landscape contractors and maintenance firms, garden centers, arborists and allied suppliers.
A professional trade association dedicated to improving the perennial plant industry by providing education to enhance the production, promotion and utilization of perennial plants.
PLANET, the Professional Landcare Network, is an international association serving lawn care professionals, exterior maintenance contractors, installation/design/build professionals, and interiorscapers. PLANET provides its members with a good business foundation to help them evaluate, plan, and better manage their companies. Member firms have direct access to marketing tools, industry specific business publications, updates on legislative issues, and networking opportunities that can assist them in becoming more profitable.
Landscape Design involves analysis, planning, design and creation of exterior spaces using plant material and appropriate hardscape elements.
The goals of the APLD® are to advance landscape design as an independent profession and to promote the recognition of landscape designers as highly qualified, dedicated professionals.