Application

You can complete your VNLA/Green Works membership application right here online. After you complete the form below, you’ll be given the option to also pay your dues online via Stripe.  You will also be able to add portfolio pictures and a business description to your profile page.

If you prefer to join by mail, you can become a new member by downloading this application: 2023 Membership Application

Types of Membership & Fees

• Active Member: Any individual or organization with a principal place of business in Vermont and engaged in growing,designing, selling, distributing, installing and/or maintaining plants and landscape related products and services. Vermont based organizations which are wholesale or retail distributors of hard goods such as irrigation equipment, garden structures, hardscaping or mulching materials may be active members while manufacturers may be Associate members. Only Active members, current in dues, are eligible to vote or hold office in the Association.Annual Fee Structure: (Annual dues for renewal memberships are based on a firm’s annual gross sales.)

Less than $100,000 –  Annual Fee $140.00
$100,000 to $499,999 – Annual Fee $225.00
$500,000 to $999,999 – Annual Fee $300.00
$1,000,000 and over – Annual Fee $420.00

Information about a firm’s dues level is never disclosed to the public or other VNLA members.

• Associate Member –   $180.00 Annual Fee:  1.  Any individual or organization engaged in the production or sales of allied horticultural supplies and equipment. Examples of allied products are machinery and equipment, products used in plant production, trade magazines, insurance firms, and manufacturers of hard goods for the landscape industry. (or)  2.  Any individual or organization with a principal place of business outside the State of Vermont and engaged in growing, designing, selling, distributing, installing and/or maintaining  plants and landscape related products and services. (or) 3.  Faculty and staff of educational, research, or government institutions with activities related to the horticultural industry. (or) 4.  Previously Active members who have retired.

• Retired Membership $50.00 Annual Fee:  Any active member 62 years or older, who has retired from their principal place of business in Vermont and was engaged in growing, designing, selling, distributing, installing and/or maintaining plants and landscape related products and services. Retired active members, current in dues, are eligible to vote or hold office in the Association.

• Student Membership – $30.00 Annual Fee:  Any student actively pursuing a degree in the science of horticulture or landscape design and development.