Landscape professionals are at the forefront of tackling some of society’s biggest challenges. To face these challenges the Landscape Institute is raising its profile externally, increasing its impact, and attracting a new generation of landscape professionals. But we can’t do that without the combined knowledge and expertise of you, our members.

Volunteering with the Landscape Institute will help us make a positive difference to people, place and nature and comes with many additional benefits, including:

• Building your professional network within the landscape sector and beyond
• Gaining professional experience and developing your career
• Making a difference to the biggest challenges facing society today
• Shaping the future of the Landscape Institute and the landscape profession

Have a look at the opportunities below to see where you can get involved.

Stand for Election

Nominate yourself for election this year to the Council and Board of Trustees to play a part in shaping the overall the direction and strategy of the Landscape Institute.

Our New Ways of Working is fostering a culture of collaboration and consultation, so we need a diversity of views, experiences, knowledge and expertise from across the membership to drive us forward, keep us aligned with our Vision, Purpose and Values, and put members at the heart of our decision making

Whether you are currently involved in the LI’s work, or haven’t been involved before, we want to hear from you. Share your experience and knowledge to make a difference across the landscape profession and beyond.

Join Standing Committees

Apply to become a member of one of our new standing committees to have regular, tangible impact on our work. The standing committees are:

• Policy & Public Affairs
• Knowledge & Practice
• Membership & Professional Standards
• Education & Careers

The committees ensure that the overall direction of our work, our priorities and outputs, are led by members’ views. They are the bodies guiding, leading and delivering much of the LI’s member and external facing work.

Showcase your work

We always want to hear what you are up to, so that we can promote your work to the industry, the media, policymakers, and other members to demonstrate the value of landscape professionals.

Here are just some of the ways you can showcase your work:

Contribute to a CPD event

Share your skills and expertise and help other landscape practitioners boost their knowledge? Present or chair a webinar or masterclass across a broad range of subjects. We’d love to hear from you if you are an expert in:

• Biodiversity and green infrastructure
• Water management, including SuDS and NFMs
• EORs and the planning system
• Infrastructure
• Landscape and carbon
• Expert witness training