The inaugural class of ANLA's Masters in Landscape Business Management will begin in February of 2008. There are 5 semesters over the course of a 2 year period. Five semesters totaling twelve days (three two-day semesters and two three-day semesters) of interactive learning and systems training, taught by Marcus vandeVliet, a landscape business management systems expert with more than twenty years of successful experience in the industry. The first semester will be held on February 7 and 8, 2008 in Louisville, KY. Click here to register for the first semester (or receive a 10% discount if you sign up for all 5 semesters at once)! For more information, you can email Colleen at cbeirne@anla.org or call 202-789-5980 ext. 3019.

About the Instructor
Prior to emigrating from South Africa to the United States in 1985, Marcus vandeVliet obtained a degree in Horticulture, managed a garden center in Johannesburg, and served in the South African Intelligence Corps during the Angolan/Namibian War. Over the next 20 years, Marcus worked with several landscape companies and started his own consulting firm, MV Consulting, in 2004. By leading the Masters in Landscape Business Management Program, he is again showing his commitment to improving the professionalism and profitability of the landscape industry.

About the Program
The Masters in Landscape Business Management program is targeted towards owners and General Managers of small-to-medium landscape installation firms. This program is built on the core principle of ensuring you walk away with real world tools and knowledge that will immediately improve your business. More than theory, you will learn systems and ideas that are already used in many successful companies.

"The ANLA Landscape Division Board is proud to offer this unique educational program to ANLA members. Working with Marcus, we have developed a program that addresses the issues that we as owners and managers of landscape design build firms face every day. The Landscape Masters in Business Management is for anyone who is ready to take their landscape design/build firm to the next level."

Joseph Hillenmeyer, Owner
Joseph Hillenmeyer & Associates
Lexington, KY

Click here for full details of all five semesters of ANLA's Masters in Landscape Business Management program.

For registration information, contact Colleen at 202-789-5980 or cbeirne@anla.org.