APLD Member Outreach
Community outreach benefits us individually as landscape designers, the communities in which we live, and the environment as a whole. This website is a springboard to reach out to and promote our members, our causes, our accomplishments, and our activities.
There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.
— Margaret J. Wheatley
Who Are We, and What Do We Do?
We are dedicated to our craft. We are talented and creative. We are leaders and contributors.
We are educators, mentors, and problem solvers.
We advocate for our right to practice and for the planet.
We are communicators, always helping our clients understand the importance of regenerative landscapes.
We are collaborators. We know that the only way to influence is to reach out, so we build alliances with a broad range of agencies, companies, vendors, and like-minded individuals and organizations.
Lisa Port, FAPLD, and Richard Rosiello Share How They Connected Through APLD
California Landscape Design Magazine
Our members, our board and our sponsors get featured in our seasonal magazine online. If you want to submit articles or photos to the magazine, contact newsletter@apldca.org. Check out are our past issues. Find your colleagues, our sponsors, and design-related articles:
Read past issues of CLD magazine
Healthy Pots Healthy Planet
The APLD Healthy Pots, Healthy Planet (HPHP)Initiative wants individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations to share our passion in reducing plastic use in the horticultural industry. The California Chapter Advocacy Committee’s HPHP Working Group is actively involved with this APLD nationwide effort. Please sign your name to support this Initiative. To go beyond a signature, learn more about being a HPHP Ambassador.
The HPHP Initiative needs a volunteer webmaster for the website and a volunteer Social Media Coordinator. Do you have just the right skills? Please contact the HPHP Committee committee at healthypotshealthyplanet@gmail.com.
APLD CA Partners
Meet our Partners Pacific Horticulture for mutual discounted benefits:
The Outreach Committee continues to forge and strengthen new relationships with other organizations, such as:
- The Xerces Society;
- California Native Plant Society (CNPS);
- ReScape California;
- California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA)
DISTRICT SPOTLIGHT
What Is Your APLD CA District Doing?
Districts are encouraged to submit highlights and photos from activities, events, and collaborations to advocacy@apldca.org for posting on this Outreach page.
Bay Area District Holds Designer Plant Fair
After taking a break during Covid, we have been back to holding our annual plant fair. In 2022-2023, we were at the lovely Ruth Bancroft Garden & Nursery and at the Lakeside Park Garden Center in 2024-2025. Thanks to all the vendors, the Ruth Bancroft Garden crew, and APLD CA Bay Area Programs Committee, we always learn something while having fun in the garden! Contact Bay Area District at BAdisttrict@apldca.org.
San Diego District Holds a Webinar on Morpholio
The San Diego District held a webinar with Henry Gao on how to use Morpholio Trace on the iPad and help designers maximize their design flow. Contact San Diego District at SDdistrict@apldca.org. for on-going events and how to get involved!
Sacramento District Holds Webinar
The Sacramento District held a webinar to go with our current Firescaping theme on “Landscape Material Options for Fire resiliency” recently as well as “Green Cities of the Future!” Contact the SAC district at sacdistrict@apldca.org for in-person events and to get involved with the Board!
Photo by Martin Carrion
Greater Los Angeles District Holds Fire Webinars
Generously GLA District has provided their recent FireScaping webinars on our YouTube Channel for free. Did you know “Everything you Think you Know about Native Landscapes and Fire is Wrong”? Contact gladistrict@apldca.org for details.
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