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The
LMA Works For You…
The
primary goal of the Landscape Maintenance Association is to promote the
use of sound landscape and horticultural practices throughout the state
of Florida. The membership of LMA encompasses participation from
landscape professionals from every segment of the industry.
Contractors,
designers, manufacturers, suppliers, technical experts and many more
are
cooperating to insure that the landscape profession will continue to
pace
forward in the attainment of our goal.
The Landscape Maintenance Association is your voice in your future. No one else speaks solely for the landscape industry. No one else fights the battles for landscape specialists. Achieving recognition as a viable, professional industry will insure control over the direction of the future and the livelihood of your chosen field. Your membership, your talent, your participation, is needed. We invite you to join us. The LMA Provides For You…
Landscape Maintenance Association History The Landscape Maintenance Association (LMA) has been making a place for the dedicated maintenance professional since January 1988. Among all the groups that make up Florida's "Green Industry", the Landcape Maintenance segment is largest in numbers and first in revenue production. At the same time, however, the landscape maintenance industry is in need of improved education and greater professionalism. The LMA was formed to serve the educational, commercial, and political needs of maintenance professionals across the state.
From its' beginning, the Association has made great strides in its'
endeavour
to raise industry professionalism and promote education throughout the
state. The Association has established a certification program which
ranges
from "Best Management Practices" in horticulture to the elements needed
to run a successful business. LMA coordinates numerous seminars
around
the state to promote the concepts of Environmental Landscape Management
and Integrated Pest Management as created and supported by the
university
of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS).
Through lobbying efforts, LMA has been instrumental in establishing new
laws governing the safe and effective application of pesticides and
herbicides.
In conjunction with IFAS, the LMA has designed an eight-hour CEU course
that prepares maintenance professionals to meet the criteria for the
requisite
licensing.
LMA holds
quarterly meetings in conjunction
with the "Give Kids The Wolrd" Workday and is dedicated to helping keep
Kids Village (facility for terminally ill children) beautifullly
maintained.
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