ASLA Membership Levels

Full ASLA Member*

A full member has graduated from an accredited landscape architecture program or a program recognized by the Society and/or is licensed to practice landscape architecture and has three or more years of professional experience.

Associate ASLA Member*

An associate member has graduated from an accredited landscape architecture program or a program recognized by the Society and has less than three years of professional experience. National dues are discounted the first through third years of membership. After the third year of membership, associate members are automatically upgraded to full membership.

International ASLA Member

An international member is a land- scape architect residing outside the U.S. and its possessions, Canada, Mexico, and the islands of the Caribbean.

Affiliate ASLA Member*

An affiliate member does not have a degree in landscape architecture and is not licensed to practice landscape architecture, but is employed in a related field such as planning, design, or construction or provides products or services to the landscape architecture profession.

Student ASLA Member

A student member is enrolled in an accredited landscape architecture program or a program recognized by the Society leading to an undergraduate or graduate degree or certificate in landscape architecture.

Student Affiliate ASLA Member

A student affiliate member is enrolled in a nonaccredited landscape architecture program or a related course of study, or may be considering a career in landscape architecture.

Corporate ASLA Member

Any company that supplies landscape architecture products or services is eligible for corporate membership, which includes one free Affiliate ASLA membership (and chapter dues) for an individual company representative and many marketing benefits.

* Chapter dues are required for U.S. members in these categories at a cost determined by each chapter.