Events & Conferences

Our conferences and events provide the best education for landscape and lawn care professionals. Learn from top industry experts who have insider knowledge and connect with CEOs owners and managers who are dealing with the same issues that you face.

Signature Event

ELEVATE Conference & Expo

ELEVATE

November 2024 - Charlotte, North Carolina

If you only attend one event a year, this is the one: the national conference for landscape, design build, and lawn care professionals! We are bringing together industry icons, thought leaders and new partners to reimagine the future of the profession and the needs of the green community. It's the most compelling, engaging and best reviewed conference in the industry. 

NALP Annual Events

Leaders Forum

January

Leaders Forum is the premier executive-level conference for landscape and lawn care company owners, CEOs, and senior managers. Network with award-winning leaders, emerging talent in the field, and address challenges and opportunities impacting your career, your team, and your business.

Legislative Events

Various

NALP works year-round with members of congress and the administration representing your professional interests. However, in today’s political world, that is simply not enough. Your voice carries the most weight with politicians. Join your peers - learn more about the issues that impact your business and come together to make sure our industry's issues are heard. Legislative events are scheduled when advocacy is needed most on key issues.

National Collegiate Landscape Competition

March

The National Collegiate Landscape Competition is an annual, three-day powerhouse event which brings together the top landscape and horticulture students, top industry companies, and dozens of the biggest industry manufacturers and suppliers. Each year more than 700 students from two- and four-year colleges demonstrate their skills in real-world, competitive events and network with top companies at the largest Career Fair in the industry.

NALP Field Trip

June and September in 2024

Go BEHIND THE SCENES at our extremely popular Field Trip event. A mix of interactive facility tour and education sessions, that gives you an in-person inside look at some of the most successful landscape companies in the country. 

Renewal & Remembrance

July

This event, held annually to honor America's veterans and leaders and to assist in keeping beautiful some of our nation's most sacred grounds, is a true celebration of dedication, honor to our country's fallen heroes and opportunity for landscape professionals across the country to give back in the most meaningful way possible for our industry. 

ELEVATE

November in 2024 - Charlotte, North Carolina

The national conference for landscape maintenance, design build, and lawn care professionals! We are bringing together industry icons, thought leaders and new partners to reimagine the future of the profession and the needs of the green community.