Prairie and Natural Landscapes will provide designers expanded references for this unique segment.

Reach Midwest APLD members via our Find A Designer page. Reach APLD Designers in other states via the APLD membership directory.  Some of the most talented landscape designers in the Midwest are our members.  You can be completely confident in excellent results when choosing an APLD Certified Landscape Designer.

Additional information on the landscape design profession and some online resources used in the industry are available below.  Numerous educational opportunities are available to achieve professional credit.

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Articles
A Second Career as a Landscape Designer (Greg Pierceall, UIUC)
Sketching - its importance to design (Spring  2008)
Bagworm as a Landscape Pest (Winter 2008)
Garden Conifers: The Bones of Every Garden (Rich & Susan Eyre)
Leadership: Living a Dream (Lawn & Landscape 2007)
Ten Unusual Annuals (Fine Gardening)
Designing with Dwarf Conifers (Fine Gardening)
Chicago's Millennium Park (APLD Miwest)

Architects / Landscape Architecture Firms
Brickman
Terry Guen Design Associates (Millennium Park)

Books
Roy Diblik's Small Perennial Gardens The Know Maintenance™ Approach
400 Trees and Shrubs for Small Spaces By Diana M. Miller
Gardening with Conifers By Adrian Bloom
Great Flowering Landscape Shrubs By Vincent A. Simeone
IPM (Integrated Pest Management) of Midwest Landscapes By Vera Krischik, University of Minnesota and John Davidson, University of Maryland
Manual of Woody Landscape Plants By Michael A. Dirr
Outside the Not So Big House By Julie Moir-Messervy and Sarah Susanka
Out of the Shadows By Rinda West
Perennial Reference Guide by Nicole Lloyd and Karleen Shafer, 2007
Perennials for Midwestern Gardens By Anthony W. Kahtz
Professional Planting Design by Scott Scarfone

Education
American Academy of Landscape Design
 Short, intensive courses that meet a few times over the course of a year
APLD
 Online courses and links to many college programs
Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Chicago Botanic Garden - Events Listing
 Meeting a wide range of educational needs and desires
College of DuPage - Glen Ellyn, IL
College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
Morton Arboretum
 Meeting a wide range of educational needs and desires
Northwestern University
Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN
Triton College, River Grove, IL
University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign, IL
University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI

Industry Organizations
All American Rose Selections (new, updated website)
American Conifer Society
American Horticultural Society
American Nursery & Landscape Association
American Society of Landscape Architects
Garden Conservancy
  Preserving America's Exceptional Gardens
Garden Writers Association of America
Illinois Arborist Assoc.
Illinois Green Industry Association
Illinois Landscape Contractors Association
Indiana Nursery & Landscape Association
International Society of Arboriculture
Irrigation & Green Industry Network
Landscape Leadership
  An online community of professional landscape designers serious about building
  their design skills and committed to growing their business.
Michigan Green Industry Association
Michigan Nursery & Landscape Association
Midwest Ecological Association
National Gardening Association
Ornamental Growers Assn. of Northern IL
Perennial Plant Association

Sustainable Sites Initiative

Magazines
Chicagoland Gardening
Fine Gardening
Horticulture

Newsletters
APLD Midwest - 2006
 - Previous Issue
Landscape Management
www.floridata.com

Other
Garden Scout.com
IL Pesticide Safety Education & Licensing Info
IRS Small Business/Self-Employed Resource
State of IL Business Service Center
USDA  - Soil Biology Information

Plants and Landscape
Riverside Native Trees
Chicago Botanic Garden's Plant Evaluation Database

City of Chicago - Green Roof Information

Great Plant Picks
Landscape Plants of Upper Midwest
Longwood Gardens
National Arboretum Plant Hardiness Zone Map
National Plant Database
New York Botanic Garden
Prairies and Natural Landscapes
U of IL Extension Services-Hort Page
Michigan State University - Ornamental Plants Database
Minnesota Sustainable Plants Database

APLD Midwest members are highly qualified professional designers who can assist you in the production of a quality, enduring landscape. 

Each is experienced and uniquely qualified to handle your Midwestern landscape needs.

Whether your concern is environmental, monumental, privacy or smaller in scale, you will find just the right professional landscape designer for your needs.