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Join APLD ~ Categories of Membership & Dues Structure

Certified - requires a judicial process that looks at a designer's work as well as references. You must first join as an Associate member.

Dues:  $190 plus $75 one time non-refundable filing fee or $85 for return of submittal package

Emeritus - Permanently certified members who have reached the age of 70 and are still working in some capacity as a landscape designer.

Dues: $100

Associate - standard level of membership. Information on certification is included with member packet

Dues: $200

Educator - A professional landscape design educator or teacher who is not a practicing Landscape Designer.

Dues: $125

Student - This individual must be actively enrolled in a landscape design, landscape architecture, or horticulture program that requires at least 37 credit hours or 600 contact hours of design and horticulture related coursework to graduate. (A contact hour is a unit of measure that represents one hour of scheduled instruction given to students.) A student member may not be practicing landscape design for free or in a fee-generating capacity unless it is part of a student internship related to their design program.

Dues: $50 (with photocopy of student ID)

Allied - companies or individuals that provide services and/or products that are resources for the landscape design profession

Dues: $300

Chapter Dues, if applicable: (Must be an APLD® member)

  • Arizona State Chapter $40
  • California State Chapter $40 | REQUIRED
  • California Student $20 | REQUIRED
  • DC-MD-VA Chapter $40
  • DC-MD-VA Student $20
  • Georgia-Carolinas Chapter $30
  • Inter-Mountain Regional Chapter $40
  • Midwest Regional Chapter $20
  • Minnesota State Chapter $20
  • Minnesota Student $10
  • New Jersey State Chapter $40
  • New Jersey State Student $20
  • New England Regional Chapter $30 | REQUIRED
  • New England Regional Student $20 | REQUIRED
  • Oklahoma State Chapter $30
  • Oklahoma State Student $20
  • Oregon State Chapter $30
  • Oregon Student Dues $20
  • PA-DE Regional Chapter $40
  • PA-DE Regional Student $20
  • Southwest Regional Student $20
  • Southwest Regional Chapter $40
  • Washington State Chapter $45

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