The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) is an international association serving lawn care professionals, landscape management,
design/build/installation professionals, and interior plantscapers. The interior plantscaping specialty group works to ensure that the needs of interior plantscaping company members are met and represented on each committee. Additionally, the group supports the Green Plants for Green Buildings initiative and helps raise awareness of interior plantscaping within the membership and externally to consumers. With nearly 3,500 member companies and affiliates, PLANET members and their employees represent more than 100,000 green industry professionals.
www.landcarenetwork.org
Bringham Young University offers an extensive interior landscaping program that includes courses in design, installation and management. The university has been a strong supporter of the Interior Industry Coalition. www.byu.edu
The National Interiorscape Network (NIN) is an international alliance of
companies that have united to set the standard for ethics, integrity, and
service in the interior landscaping industry. NIN represents interior
landscaping companies from the entire United States, as well as Canada
and the United Kingdom. Partnership is open to companies of any size,
from small annual revenues to multi-million dollar operations.
Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association (FNGLA) is Florida’s
oldest and largest association, targeting the needs of the Florida’s
environmental horticulture industry, which has an estimated $15.2 billion
annually in industry-wide sales. In 2007, FNGLA celebrated its 55th year.
FNGLA strives to advance members’ business interests and enhance their
success.
Created in 1987, the National Foliage Foundation (NFF) is a non-profit
corporation, organized exclusively for charitable, educational and research purposes. NFF is headquartered at the Florida Nursery, Growers and
Landscape Association’s (FNGLA) office in Orlando, Fla. The goal of NFF is
to organize concentrated programs that address specific problems affecting
the foliage industry. With sufficient funding from a large base of contributors,
the board’s efforts will attract the most skilled researchers, dedicated educators and promising students.
www.nationalfoliagefoundation.org
Green Plants for Green Buildings is committed to informing decision makers about the significant environmental, psychological, health and productivity
benefits inherent with having plants in indoor environments. To implement its educational objectives, Green Plants for Green Buildings engages in a wide
variety of communications, and has committed the last ten years to educating, and encouraging building professionals to put plants to work as a vital element in sustainability practices.
www.greenplantsforgreenbuildings.org
The Plantscape Industry Alliance is an organization of professionals who
design, install and maintain plants in the interior environment. Dedicated to
bringing nature indoors, it advocates the use of living plants in interior
landscapes to enhance human well-being. The Alliance’s mission is to
advance the professionalism of interior plantscapers and industry affiliates
through quality programs, educational material and networking opportunities.
www.piagrows.org/CalScape/seminar_info.htm
Since 1934, the Maryland Nursery Landscape Association has supported
promoted, and provided services and assistance to member businesses.
It supports all groups of the horticulture industry, including
landscape, garden centers, interiorscape, grounds maintenance,
nursery, greenhouse, arboriculture, botanical gardens and other allied
businesses. MNLA also provides a unified voice to communicate to the
public about the vital role of the green industry in improving the quality of
life. MNLA membership totals 300.
OFA is a well-respected horticulture educational association in the United
States. It serves industry sectors, such as greenhouses, nurseries, retail and wholesale florists, garden centers, and interior plantscape. A 20-member
board of directors and more than 150 industry leaders serve on more than 17
committees that guide all the association’s activities. The Ohio State Florist Association was formed in 1929. By 1938, the name was changed to the
Ohio Florists’ Association. In 2002, the association was re-branded to OFA –
an Association of Horticulture Professionals.
With more than 2,000 professional members, Landscape Ontario is the
province’s premier horticultural trades association. Its mission is to be the
leader in representing, promoting and fostering a favourable climate for the advancement of the horticulture industry in Ontario. Interior Plantscapes is
one of ten sector groups that make up Landscape Ontario. To locate the
interior plantscape website, look under the Sector menu on
