
The Association of Professional Landscape Designers
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Midwest Region
Illinois - Iowa -
Indiana - Michigan - Wisconsin
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Membership
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The Midwest Regional Chapter of APLD
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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.
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The Midwest
Chapter, like APLD® international, seeks:
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to provide information
about finding and working with a qualified professional landscape
designer;
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to provide Chapter
members with education and training opportunities by sponsoring
workshops, speakers, and other activities; and
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to build a community of
landscape design professionals dedicated to providing mutual support and
the exchange of information and ideas.
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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
Click here for more
Landscape Design education
information.
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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
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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.

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Marti
Neely, APLD
Chair, Certification Committee
9811 Sprague St.
Omaha, NE 68134-3712
Tel: 402-963-0763
mneely@mulhalls.com |
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Members in
the News --
To be posted here, send
your details to
info@apldmidwest.org
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
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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. |
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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.
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April, 2009 - The Perennial Plant Association (PPA) has
recognized Adam Woodruff, principal of Adam Woodruff Landscapes,
LLC, Clayton, Missouri with a Landscape Design Honor Award for
his elaborate flower borders at the Bank of Springfield (BOS).
The gardens cover 22,000 square feet on the 3-acre site and
include a massive perennial and annual bed running the length of
the building’s façade, as well as, several auxiliary flower beds
echoing color and texture rhythms. |
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“The Bank of Springfield has certainly set the
bar high with its Wabash Avenue landscaping project. The bank’s
gardens are truly the talk of the town and demonstrate what a
dramatic impact well-designed landscaping can have on a
property.”
~Mayor Timothy J. Davlin |
Each spring PPA members submit landscape designs they have
created to be judged for a high level of excellence. Judges
evaluate the designs and select the winning entries based on the
creative and effective use of herbaceous perennial plant
material. Entrants were encouraged to highlight new cultivars
and introductions, unique planting combinations, and to
illustrate the successful manipulation of color and texture in
their designs.
The entries were separated into categories based on residential,
commercial, educational. |
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
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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
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Last Update:
06/04/2009
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