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Expanding Knowledge
Monday, November 22, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
Sow the seeds of success with Penn State Extension’s online landscaping courses »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As the last leaves fall from their branches, professional landscapers face a well-deserved slower w...
Friday, September 13, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
Penn State Extension Rolls Out Online Training Video Series for the Industry »
Penn State Extension has rolled out some new online video training series that will help landscape businesses train beginn...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018   (0 Comments - view/add)
New PCH Associate Program for Employees »
Are you looking for a way to encourage your crew members, production workers or sales people to learn more and advance the...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018   (0 Comments - view/add)
Sustainable Landscape Certification Program No Longer Tied to PCH »
When PLNA created the Sustainable Landscape Certification (SLC) program in 2013 one of the requirements to take the exam w...
Friday, June 22, 2018   (0 Comments - view/add)
PCH Associate Exam Launches - Students Take the Exam this Spring »
Seniors in the horticulture program at W. B. Saul in Philadelphia were the first this spring to take the new high school v...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018   (0 Comments - view/add)
PLNA Promotes Horticulture at the PA Farm Show »
Thousands of kids and “kids at heart” visited the PLNA booth at the 2018 Pennsylvania Farm Show and showed off their knowl...
Wednesday, March 9, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
PLNA Creating High School Certification Exam for Horticulture »
PLNA is working with the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to create a certification exam for high school/vocatio...
Friday, February 5, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
PCH Emeritus Category Established »
In 2015 the PLNA Board of Directors voted to create a Pennsylvania Certified Horticulturist (PCH) Emeritus category, honor...
Monday, January 13, 2014   (0 Comments - view/add)
2014 Awards for Landscape Excellence Results »
Recognizing Excellence in the Landscape & Nursery Industry – 25 Awards Given; 6 Achieve Highest Honors! Congr...
Friday, January 18, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
New Sustainable Landscapes Certification Announced »
HARRISBURG - PLNA announced a new certification for sustainable landscapes that will piggy-back on the Pennsylvania Certif...

The Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association (PLNA) is the leading trade association representing Pennsylvania's $6.8 billion green industry. Its member landscape contractors, retail garden centers, wholesale nurseries and greenhouses produce outdoor living environments that improve economic value, air quality, water quality and human health.