Horticultural Professionals
Join our exclusive membership scheme for lawn and other horticultural professionals today!
Gain access to our resource library, knowledge builder, buying group and online lawn care course for just £199.99!
Lawn care is an already crowded sector and will continue to grow even more competitive as the UK’s economy reshapes itself.
So how do you stand out from others and establish a steady growth for the future? How do you show clients you have what it takes to take on their project?
The Lawn Association’s Professional Membership gives you access access to the best knowledge, tools, skills and products available within the UK.
You will be joining a group of fellow professionals committed to driving the highest modern standards in sustainable lawn management, securing the future demand for skilled lawn care professionals.
Benefits include:
- Access to our Online Lawn Care Course
- HUGE discounts on leading lawn care machinery, products and fertilisers.
- A resource library to help with regulatory compliance and efficient working practice.
- Our knowledge builder articles
- Enhanced reputation as a member of the ONLY lawn care organisation leading on sustainable practice
- Use of the Lawn Association logo, available to download via your professional hub.
- An introductory live chat with our chairman David to discuss your business, its goals and any issues.
Selective buying power from leading brands
No more low-grade, inefficient machinery and products letting you down!
Our association with the very best brands and our collective buying power means that if you’re after a quality scarifier, an accurate pedestrian sprayer, a tonne of premium fertiliser – or even sourcing a mower for a client – we can get great savings.
You’ll recoup your membership fee on just your first purchase!
The buying group has many benefits. Our discount bulk-buying scheme runs on ‘optimum purchase windows’ based on lawn seasons and our lawn care programmes (though of course you can buy at other times too). We can also obtain discounts on machines, from scarifiers to aerators – the very best machines at the best prices! We’ll be saving you money season after season. But there’s more…
The Lawn Association mantra is ‘sustainable lawn care’ – the emerging benchmark of responsibility and quality across the industry. Through our sponsors Aitkens and Terralift, we’ll be helping you select organic products, and will never sell any polymer-coated products. By using Terralift Organic fertiliser, for example, derived from waste food, you can build your business on your sustainability credentials, reducing your carbon footprint and enhancing the soils under the lawns you tend. There’s no more compelling message to give your future customers.
And finally, even your customers can benefit from buying mowers, through our sponsorship brands, Mountfield, Atco and Stiga – machines that will suit the homeowner and the professional, alike.
Resource Library
We want to help you stay the right side of regulations and requirements.
Calibrating machinery and maintaining adequate records is a constant headache for the busy practitioner.
So, we are building a Resource Library giving you instant access to templates for keeping your own records as well as easy-to-use tools for calibration. This won’t just improve your performance and avoid wasting fertilisers, herbicides, etc – it will ALSO demonstrate your professionalism, helping you to retain existing clients and to grow your customer base.
We also include essential field and equipment safety information and advice to keep you, your business and your clients out of danger!
Knowledge Builder
How do you maintain – and improve – your knowledge while on the job?
Correct winter feeds – accurate sprayer calibration – post-winter recovery – just some of the knowledge you need to remain competitive.
And with our Knowledge Builder articles you can continually add to your own professional knowledge base.
Leading lawn expert David Hedges-Gower, the Association Chairman, is adding concise tutorial articles and videos to help you expand your knowledge of important but often misunderstood lawn care topics.
This is knowledge you can take out into the field immediately, or draw on when you hit a problem. But it’s also an essential part of your ongoing professional development – a practical and valuable part of your membership.
Helping to improve demand for high-quality sustainable lawn care
Do you care about your profession’s reputation? Well, you should! And we’re constantly working hard to improve it – so that you can promote your business with pride and confidence.
Our work with the public, the media and with other professional organisations is vital in reinforcing a positive image of the lawn, and ensures that everyone understands the key role that well-maintained lawns play in our lives – better health, better recreation, and better biodiversity and sustainability.
This essential work ensures that demonstrably-skilled lawn care will always be in demand – sustainable lawn care certified by the best professional training available.
How much does it cost?
Annual membership costs just £199.99, offering fantastic value!
With exclusive access to our buying group you might make that back in savings on your first order! (Subject to order).
The Lawn Association's values are established and respected
David Hedges-Gower – Chairman, author, trainer and consultant – has worked in the lawn and sports industry for 40+ years.
Widely regarded as the UK’s leading lawn expert, David advises the National Trust, English Heritage and previously taught for the RHS. He helps to guide manufacturer’s R&D to create better tools and products. And his influence in the media has seen modern lawn care respected for what it is, an environmental win-win for everyone.
This is why being a professional member of the Lawn Association puts YOU on the right track to take your business forwards.
