Why Specify a Registered Landscape Contractor?
A North Carolina Registered Contractor has:
- Contracting experience - Three years
experience is required before examination is permitted by the NCLCRB.
- Knowledge of Landscaping and Plants
- Professionalism - Job references are required before an examination
is permitted.
- A
good Reputation to Uphold - Applicants for examination must be of
acceptable moral character.
- An Interest in Environmental Landscape Excellence - Every Registered
Landscape Contractor has passed a knowledge examination and have proven
their ability to read and understand landscape plans.
If you take a chance and hire an unregistered landscape contractor you may have to worry about:
- A lack
of landscaping knowledge
- A lack of experience
- Their reputation
- Performing undesirable work on your homesite
Consumers Are Protected...
The North Carolina General Statute 89D requires that a person holding his or herself
out in any way as a landscape contractor must be duly registered under the
terms of the law.
A nine
person board administers the requirement. Board members are appointed by
the Governor, Commissioner of Agriculture, N.C. Association of Nurserymen's
Board, N.C. Landscape Contractors' Association Board, and the Board of the
N.C. Chapter of American Society of Landscape Architects.
The N.C.
Landscape Contractors Registration Board examines all applicants qualified
for examination and maintains a registry of all Registered Individuals along
with their place of employment. Registration is on an annual basis.
To find
out if a landscaper fits these requirements, you can check the Registry
by calling or writing:
NCLCRB
PO Box
41225
Raleigh, NC 27629
Phone: (919) 266-8070
Fax: (919)
872-1598 | 
