MELA membership has its benefits!

MELA is the first trade association of green industry professionals in the Midwest dedicated to adopting sustainable designs, methods and materials as standard practice throughout the industry.

Joining MELA puts you and your company in the position to network and learn about sustainability in landscape design, installation and maintenance! We can help you and your company prepare for a new and more sustainable way of doing business—it’s the trend of the future!

Your membership entitles you to many benefits—especially if you join as an organization.

Our membership fees remain unchanged from 2009.

Organizational member benefits include:

Promotion of your business on our website and a link to your own company website—this is the #1 benefit our organizational members enjoy.

Discounted fees for up to five people in your company for all MELA conferences, networking events and educational seminars.

Last year, in addition to our Annual Conference, this included two educational and networking events
• Summer Fiesta at the Shedd Aquarium
• Fall Members Meeting at Cantigny Gardens
• All-day Natural Lawn Care Seminar

Full access to a members-only section of the website, which will be launched in 2010 to provide interactive education on sustainability.

Eligibility for the MELA Speaker’s Bureau

Individual member benefits include:

Discounts for one to all MELA events as listed above

Full access to a members-only section of the website, which will be launched in 2010 to provide interactive education on sustainability.

Eligibility for the MELA Speaker’s Bureau

This level of membership does not include business promotion benefits.