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Membership

We are diverse in many ways but united in common purpose.
Our members align around these fundamental principles:

  • We believe in using landscaping practices that are environmentally safe.
  • We understand that natural systems are the best guide for learning how to develop and maintain healthy landscapes.
  • We value landscaping methods that are based upon scientific studies and practical experience.
  • We are committed to educating ourselves and others about ecological landscaping methods.
  • We strive to create a network of dedicated people who can be a powerful agent for change.

Find the membership level that is right for you. 

Student Membership

For full-time students who want to become an active part of ELA’s mission

Benefits include:

  • Discounted registrations
  • Free registration for webinars
  • Access to member’s only area on the ELA website (includes all archived webinars)
  • Access to Into the Weeds, ELA’s quarterly members-only publication

* Gift memberships now available!

$25

Community Membership

Benefits include:

  • Discounted registrations
  • Free registration for webinars
  • Access to member’s only area on the ELA website (includes all archived webinars)
  • Access to Into the Weeds, ELA’s quarterly members-only publication

* Gift memberships now available!

$50

Professional Membership

Enjoy Community benefits, plus:

  • Professional level gets 1 discounted ticket
  • Listing in ELA Speaker’s Bureau
  • Membership directory listing
  • Listing in Eco-Pro Directory
  • Access to Into the Weeds, ELA’s quarterly members-only publication (contact staff for advertising opportunities)

* Gift memberships now available!

$100

Company Membership

Enjoy Professional benefits, plus:

  • Up to 4 discounted registrations for all ELA events
  • Listing in ELA Speaker’s Bureau
  • Your company’s profile featured in one month of the ELA Monthly Bulletin, and one issue of ELA’s quarterly members-only publication, Into the Weeds
  • 10% discount off ELA website advertising
  • Inclusion in PR efforts and specialty outreach

$250

Meet some of our ELA Members

Holly Greenleaf

Holly Greenleaf, Greenleaf Design, LLC

Greenleaf Design, LLC is an ecological landscape design studio located in Huntington, Vermont, offering services in landscape design and build, illustration and landscape visualization, graphic design, research and program development, and community outreach. Greenleaf Design was founded in 2019 to help connect people to landscapes and offer ecological design solutions to improve our relationship to the ecosystems around us. We specialize in shoreland restoration, green stormwater infrastructure, native plant design, and visual renderings.

Diana Rice-Sheahan

Diana Rice-Sheahan, Monarch Meadows and Ecogardens

With the right plants in the right place, you can enjoy a vibrant, beautiful yard that restores a healthy water cycle, draws down carbon, builds the soil, and supports biodiversity. Monarch Meadows and Ecogardens provides garden consultation, coaching, teaching, design, installation, and maintenance in Lincoln, MA and surrounding towns.

Shoma Haque

Shoma Haque, SHaque Designs

SHaque Designs focuses on creating sustainable, eco-friendly and place-centered gardens in greater Boston. SHaque Designs highlights plants that are native to New England, are adapted to the seasons, and provide habitat and nourishment to local pollinators. We are experienced in creating beautiful and functional gardens that bring life and sustainability to urban spaces.

Rie Macchiarolo

Rie Macchiarolo, Mount Auburn Cemetery

Mount Auburn Cemetery inspires all who visit, comforts the bereaved, and commemorates the dead in a landscape of exceptional beauty.

Ruth Consoli

Ruth Consoli, Ruth Consoli Design

A woman-owned-and operated business, established in 2012, offering ecological design, consulting and custom seasonal container services to residential clients. Design services include partial or master landscape planning from concept through completion including project management of bidding, plant and material procurement, installation, working with landscape professionals and clients through establishment and stewardship of completed gardens.

Ivonne Vazquez

Ivonne Vazquez, Bas Rouge Farm & Forge

Ivonne Vazquez owns Bas Rouge Farm & Forge in Orono, Maine, established in 2022. There are several enterprises including a native plant nursery, wholesale culinary mushrooms, permaculture design consulting and blacksmith forge. The primary enterprise is the native plant nursery. The farm was the recipient of the 2022 North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) Farmer-Rancher Award USA (pollinator.org) for their work in pollinator conservation. Bas Rouge Farm & Forge grows and sells native herbaceous perennials, shrubs, sapling trees and seeds.

Lucy Dinsmore

Lucy Dinsmore, Plant Lady Lucy LLC

Plant Lady Lucy provides ecological garden design and consulting services with a focus on native plants. She offers solutions to the varied issues of our landscapes, including adding more native plants and seasonal interest to the garden; creating wildlife habitat and attracting pollinators; converting lawn into garden; and solving stormwater problems. She serves New Castle County, DE and Chester County, PA.

Barry Draycott

Barry Draycott, Tech Terra Environmental

Tech Terra Environmental services the green industry as a single source for a wide range of biopesticides and organic based soil amendments natural at manufacturer prices that would meet the needs of professional landscapers and lawn care providers.

Sophia Johansson

Sophia Johansson, Cape Ann Gardens,LLC

The mission of Cape Ann Gardens is to develop landcare plans and designs that increase biological diversity, build soil health, and bring joy while providing meaningful work paid out at a livable wage. Our vision is that we accomplish this by engaging deeply with clients, basing our decisions and recommendations on evidence-based practice, valuing our employees, and nurturing a culture of life-long learning.

Toby Wolf

Toby Wolf, Wolf Landscape Architecture

We design landscapes that are authentic, welcoming, and alive.