Press Releases

Archived Press Releases

2026

June

• Registration Now Open for NALP's ELEVATE Conference in Tampa

April

• NALP and PGMS Announce Co-Location of Transform with ELEVATE
  

February

• NALP Hosts the 50th Annual National Collegiate Landscape Competition at Michigan State University, March 18-21
• National Association of Landscape Professionals Takes its Field Trip Event to Timberline Landscaping June 17-18
• Kevin and Lorraine Kehoe Foundation Pledges $750,000 to the NALP Foundation in Historic Commitment

2025

December

• 2,200 Businesses Call for the Immediate Release of the Nearly 65,000 Supplemental H-2B Visas 

October

• National Association of Landscape Professionals Announces 2025-2026 Board of Directors

September

• NALP Announces 2025 Leadership Award Recipients
• 2025-2026 National Association of Landscape Professionals Foundation Board of Directors Appointed; Term Begins in October

August

• Healthy Green Spaces Coalition Launched to Promote Smart Water Use in Landscapes

July

• National Association of Landscape Professionals Names Wilson360 Preferred Provider for Industry Peer Groups

June

• Landscape and Lawn Care Professionals Unite in Service at Annual Renewal & Remembrance on the National Mall (FDR Memorial) and at Arlington National Cemetery on July 14
• NALP Has Opened Registration for ELEVATE, Taking Place in Phoenix, Arizona, in November

May

• NALP Announces its 2025 Field Trip Event at McHale Landscape Design, Sept. 23-24
• NALP's ELEVATE Expo Recognized as One of the Fastest Growing Trade Shows in the Nation

April

• NALP is Now Offering Online Technician and Business Management Training as a Free Member Benefit

March

• Call for Speakers: NALP Now Accepting Proposals for ELEVATE 2025 Sessions

February

• NALP & Allied Industry Groups Sue DHS Over New H-2 Visa Rules on behalf of H-2 Community
• NALP's National Collegiate Landscape Competition to be Hosted at Colorado State University March 19-22
• National Association of Landscape Professionals Opens Applications for its 2025 Safety Recognition Awards Program

2024

November

• National Association of Landscape Professionals Foundation Partners with STIHL to Expand “Landscape Design Empire” on Roblox, Bringing Real-World Landscapes to the Digital Generation
• NALP’s ELEVATE Conference and EXPO in Charlotte Saw Record Attendance and Raised more than $115,000 for the NALP-PAC and $158,000 for the Foundation

October

• NALP Rolls Out Nearly a Dozen New Landscape Business Management Certificate Courses
• NALP Awards Jeff Buhler, Brigitte Orrick, Nick Brummel, and Nate Farley with 2024 Leadership Awards

September

• National Association of Landscape Professionals Announces 2024-2025 Board of Directors

August

• 2024-2025 National Association of Landscape Professionals Foundation Board of Directors Appointed; Term Begins in October

July

• NALP Unveils Executive Leadership Program in Partnership with the University of Virginia Darden School of Business

June

• NALP Endorses Ranking Member Boozman’s Farm Bill Framework That Includes Priority Pesticide Provision to Empower State Authority Over Localities Concerning the Sale and Use of Pesticides
• The National Association of Landscape Professionals Registration Now Open for ELEVATE NALP’s Annual Conference Happening November 3-6
• NALP's Annual Renewal & Remembrance Event Will Take Place on July 15, at Arlington National Cemetery and The American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial

April

• National Association of Landscape Professionals Unveils New Elite Partner Program, Welcomes Industry Partners Aspire, Caterpillar, Stanley Black & Decker, and STIHL

March

• National Association of Landscape Professionals Foundation Launches Roblox Experience
• NALP Opens Registration for Two New Field Trip Events Being Held at Landscape Workshop in June and Sebert Landscape in September

January

• The National Collegiate Landscape Competition and Career Fair Heading to Brigham Young University, March 13-16, 2024

2023

December

• NALP Releases New Quarterly Economic Forecasts for Landscape Industry Business

October

• NALP Endorses Rep. Correa’s Federal Tax Credit for the Purchase of Zero-Emission Equipment for Landscape Businesses
• NALP Partners with AGZA on Battery-Powered Equipment Training
• National Association of Landscape Professionals Designates Labor Consultants International as Strategic Provider for H-2B Services

September

• NALP Award Recipients Honored at the ELEVATE Conference and Expo in Dallas

July

• Hundreds of Landscape & Lawn Care Pros Will Volunteer to Enhance the Grounds at Arlington National Cemetery and The National Mall

June

• National Association of Landscape Professionals Designates FEWA as Strategic Provider for H-2B Services

May

• NALP Opens Registration for ELEVATE
• 2023-2024 NALP Board of Directors Appointed; Terms Begins in September
• 2023-2024 National Association of Landscape Professionals Foundation Board of Directors Appointed; Terms Begins in September
• National Association of Landscape Professionals Designates másLabor as Strategic Provider for H-2B Services

January

• The National Collegiate Landscape Competition and Career Fair Heading to Mississippi State University, March 15-18, 2023