The Midwest Regional Chapter of APLD - The Association of Professional Landscape Designers® welcomes landscape designers from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan.

The Midwest Chapter adds only $20 to your annual APLD dues - an undeniable bargain.  Our members form a regional coalition of designers, contractors and artists and receive additional networking opportunities, forums for discussion and high quality educational opportunities not currently available through other Midwestern organizations. 

There are numerous benefits to becoming a member of APLD and being part of the Midwest Regional Chapter.  Members are categorized as either Certified,  Associate, Allied or Student.  A copy of The Designer - the official APLD publication and additional free industry publications are part of the value of APLD membership. Prospective members should review the membership benefits of APLD as defined on the application form.  If you're ready to become a member now, use the link to the right to join online, today.
 

The Midwest Chapter, like APLD® international, seeks:

• to provide information about finding and working with a qualified professional landscape designer;

• to provide Chapter members with education and training opportunities by sponsoring workshops, speakers, and other activities; and

• to build a community of landscape design professionals dedicated to providing mutual support and the exchange of information and ideas.

• provide access to web-based information pertinent to landscape designers and green industry professionals

Get involved!  Read about the responsibilities of being a Board of Directors member, or coordinator for your home state.

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Membership in the Midwest Chapter is required for new and renewing members of APLD in our service area.  Chapter dues are automatically included in your annual membership.

Students may also be members.  Beginning in 2009, APLD will not charge a fee for full-time 'traditional' student members, but Chapters may.  Professional Education and Certificate students who are part-time students in a program requiring at least 24 credits are offered a discounted membership.  To accommodate students, the Midwest Chapter has adopted a policy called "20/20".  Students provide 20 hours of volunteer time in support of the Midwest Regional Chapter, or pay $20 in dues instead.  Specifics of this policy will be available upon request via this link:  Student Info

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APLD

 4305 North Sixth St.
Suite A
 Harrisburg, PA 17110
www.apld.org

Tel: (717) 238-9780
Fax: (717) 238-9985

Applicants for Certified Membership in APLD™ must be current Associate Members and have a minimum of four years of professional landscape design experience.  Only certified members may use the APLD designation behind their name.  To become certified, a separate certification application and associated payment must be assembled and submitted.  Review the certification process for more detail.  A Certification Binder Kit may be ordered directly from APLD.  

Use this link to see the latest Certification Brochure (PDF).

APLD Certification Review Panels convene four times a year.  Deadlines are January 1, March 1, August 1 and November 1.

Marti Neely, APLD
Chair, Certification Committee
9811 Sprague St.
 Omaha, NE 68134-3712
Tel: 402-963-0763
mneely@mulhalls.com

Members in the News --
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Posted 6/1/2009

Adam Woodruff
Adam Woodruff Landscapes, LLC
Clayton, MO
adam.woodruff.landscapes@gmail.com

LOCAL GARDEN DESIGNER'S WORK RECOGNIZED IN
NATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION

	Bank of Springfield Chairman and CEO, Tom Marantz had a visionary idea ... to envelop his bank’s building with lush gardens. In 2004, when he was doubling the size of their flagship facility at 3400 West Wabash Avenue in Springfield, Illinois APLD Midwest member and award winning landscape designer Adam Woodruff was engaged to translate Marantz’s vision into a reality. The chief consideration of the design process was to boldly impact the streetscape.
Tom Marantz, BOS Chairman & CEO with Adam Woodruff; Photo credit- TJ Salsman.
To accomplish this, Woodruff created a naturalistic, yet vibrant flower border covering 22,000 square feet that includes a massive perennial and annual bed running the length of the Wabash Avenue façade. Several auxiliary flower beds dot the property echoing color and texture rhythms found in the main bed. The annual plantings are redesigned each year to allow for variety and changes in the color palette.

Adam Woodruff has been practicing landscape design since 1995. He specializes in the design and installation of modern, grand scale gardens for commercial and residential spaces. Taking cues from nature, Adam's gardens are less formal and include masses of flowering shrubs, roses, annuals, perennials & grasses. Designs are thoughtfully conceived and orchestrated to insure a natural and uncontrived look. His business can be found on the web at http://www.adamwoodruff.com

Before:  looking west

After: looking east

After: looking west
 

Awards of Adam Woodruff

(2009)

Honor Award

Commercial Category

Perennial Plant Association

(2007 )
Best in Show
 "Great Streets, Great Neighborhoods" Sponsored by Springfield-Sangamon County Regional Planning Commission, Springfield in Bloom

(2006)
 Plants of Merit
Garden Recognition Award Program- Missouri Botanical Gardens,
Yard to Yard Challenge

(2005)
 1st Place Commercial
Yard to Yard Challenge