BCLNA
membership offers
valuable benefits to companies who are committed to creating
a positive and profitable future for their business.
Read below for details on how you can become a member.
Click
here to download the BCLNA Application Form...
Membership
Categories & Dues
Membership dues are renewed on a
yearly basis on July 1st. Payment of a full year is due at application.
(First year renewal invoice will be pro-rated as appropriate).
Active: Individuals, partnerships or corporations
actively engaged in horticultural business in BC for at least 2
years, with a reputation for trustworthy dealings. Includes Nursery
Growers, Garden Centres, Landscape Professionals, Sod Growers and
Arborists.
Active membership
dues are based on last year's gross sales:
$ Less than $100,000........................................................
$ 370.00
$ 100,000 - $299,999........................................................
$ 530.00
$ 300,000 - $1 million........................................................
$ 830.00
$ 1 million and over............................................................
$ 980.00
Satellite
Operations: Any active member with full membership can
also obtain membership for their other locations.
Satellite Dues.....................................................
$ 270.00/ location
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Associate:
Individuals, partnerships or corporations which are actively engaged
in work allied to horticulture, but not engaged in an “active”
landscape nursery business.
Associate
membership dues are based on last year's gross sales targeting
or specific to the landscape nursery industry:
$ Less than $100,000 .......................................................
$ 370.00
$ 100,000 - $299,999........................................................
$ 530.00
$ 300,000 - $1 million........................................................
$ 830.00
$ Over 1 million...................................................................
$ 980.00
Interim:
Individuals, partnerships or corporations that have been in business
in BC for less than 2 years.
Interim Dues......................................................................
$ 370.00
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Individual:
Employees or ex-employees of a consenting Active Member. Or,
an employee or ex-employee of a government agency or educational
institution allied to the nursery and/or landscape business.
Or, an employee or director of a botaincal garden, municipal
parks department, golf course, or horticulture related not-for-profit
organization.
Individual
Dues..................................................................
$ 270.00
Out
of Province: Individuals, partnerships or corporations
as that have been a member in good standing of a nursery association
or similar entity, in their area.
Out of Province
Dues........................................................
$ 270.00
Student:
Any person attending full-time high school, vocational school, college
or university, or indentured in the Provincial Horticultural Apprenticeship
Program. Limited membership benefits.
Student Dues.......................................................................
$ 35.00
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Membership Approval Process
Send
your completed application form to the BCLNA office. Your
sponsors will be contacted (call the BCLNA if you don’t
know two members.)
Your application
will be submitted to the Board of Directors for tentative approval
(meetings are the 3rd Monday of most months). If pre-approved it
will be listed
in the monthly HortWest magazine.
Final approval
will be given at the following month’s Board meeting, provided
there is no substantial reason for why you should not become a member.
The BCLNA
office will notify you when final approval is granted. You will
receive your membership package with information and benefits applications
shortly thereafter.
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BCLNA
Logo Use Policy
From
an association's point of view, there is great value in encouraging
members to use its logo appropriately and often. In turn, members
should acknowledge that the logo has considerable goodwill and is
valuable to the BCLNA. The result of frequent and appropriate use
of the logo will generate greater awareness of the BCLNA, which in
turn increases the value of being recognized as a member.
The purpose
of this policy is to ensure appropriate and professional use
of the BCLNA logo. It applies to all applications of the logo,
whether it be print media, online, digital, video or other
uses.
Download
the logo use policy ...
Contact Karen DeJong
to request logos or permission for use.
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