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Being Green means lots of things.
Here is a list of terms you're likely to
encounter.
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)
A Beginners Tutorial on Landscape Architecture
(UK Flooring Direct)
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
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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 |
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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.
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