Becoming a VSLD
VIRGINIA CERTIFIED
LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
has many benefits . . .
The VSLD Certified Landscape Designer designation identifies
you as a professional to your clients and the Virginia public
VSLD website, brochures, consumer information booth, and
statewide print advertising promote your profession and your
business
Educational tours and seminars keep you current with horticultural
advances and market trends
Quarterly newsletter, member directory, member web-page,
and networking opportunities let you stay in touch
Legislative 'watchdog' efforts alert you to potential changes
in Virginia law affecting us all
Annual VSLD-wide design contest affords winners the opportunity
to be promoted via press releases, magazine articles, and website
acknowledgement
The VSLD has promoted our profession since 1964
For more VSLD membership information please contact:
VIRGINIA SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE DESIGNERS
c/o
Leigh A. LaClair
1773 Fox Downs Lane
Oilville, VA 23129
(804) 784-0185
VSLD ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS
PROMOTION AT TRADE SHOWS AND OTHER HORTICULTURAL AND PUBLIC
EVENTS
Maymont Flower & Garden Show, Richmond VA
Advertising in statewide publications
Virginia Flower and Garden Show
SEMINARS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
Improving Business and Time Management Skills
Advanced Design and Graphics
LandCAD and other Computer Design Applications
Horticopia Demonstration
ECONOMICAL TOURS AND TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES
University of North Carolina Botanical Garden
North Carolina State University Arboretum
Tony Avents 'Plant Delights Nursery'
Longwood Gardens
Winterthur
Sir John Thuron Estate
Maymont Park
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
Landscapes of the Loudoun Hunt Country
Monticello and Charlottesville area gardens
Colonial Williamsburg Area Gardens
Gardens of Madison, Orange, and Hanover Counties
“Top of Virginia” Garden Tour, summer 2001
“Gloucester Gardens” Tour, summer 2002
“Philadelphia, PA” Tour (Chanticleer, Grounds for
Sculpture, Scott Arboretum), summer 2003
DC and Alexandria, Va. Garden Tour, summer 2004
‘Mountain and Valley” Garden Tour, summer 2005
SPONSORSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Sponsor of Landscape Design Award, Maymont Flower & Garden
Show
Sponsor Landscape Speakers at the Maymont Flower & Garden Show
Annual scholarship given to a Landscape Design student at a VA
Community College
ONGOING REVIEW OF PENDING LEGISLATIVE ACTION
AS IT RELATES TO
AND AFFECTS OUR PROFESSION
Types of Membership
A. Certified Landscape Designer
Applicants must submit a complete landscape
plan, specifications and written presentation about the design intent.
This must be prepared in it entirety by the applicant. The plan
may be for a residence, business or commercial establishment, industrial,
or governmental project, or other suitable project, which generally
demonstrates the applicant's professional capabilities.
The Certification Committee will review
application materials for suitability under five basic categories:
1. Design appropriateness and competence
2. Plant suitability and design
3. Graphic communication and competence
4. Education
5. Work experience.
Click here
for a copy of the Certification Process
for the Applicant for more guidelines.
A $25.00 nonrefundable application
fee must accompany the above. Upon acceptance, annual membership
dues will be $75.00.
B. Associate Member
Membership is available to those interested
parties who wish to support the VSLD and who are engaged in related
professions, but who are not actively involved in landscape design.
Enclose a check for the annual membership dues of $50.00.
C. Student Member
Membership is available to any student
of landscape design. This category of membership is available to any student of landscape design. A student member may keep the student membership for two years after graduation to allow time to gain the experience and work references necessary for the certification process. Enclose a check for $25.00 and include a reference
from at least one professor under whom you are studying. Plan submitted
from students is optional. This is a nonvoting membership.
Certification
