Northern Green will provide you the opportunity to maintain many common green industry certifications and licensures. Check below for the continuing education units (CEUs) for your industry certification or license included in our program.
Minnesota Nursery & Landscape Association Certified Professionals (MNLA-CP)
Every Village session and trade show stage session at Northern Green 2027 qualifies for 1 MNLA-CP recertification point.
Irrigation Association Recertification
Click here to see full recertification details on the Irrigation Association website. IA Certified Professionals must earn and submit 20 continuing education units every two years.
These courses at Northern Green may qualify for recertification based on the activities and requirements listed on the Irrigation Association website.
1/18/2027 | 7:30 PM – 4:30 PM
PLT Relicensure
1/19/2027 | 9:00am – 10:30am
Water/Irrigation Village: Horticulturally Based Watering Practices
1/19/2027 | 10:45am – 12:15pm
Water/Irrigation Village: Selling, Designing, and Installing Drip Irrigation in the Landscape
1/19/2027 | 1:00pm – 1:50pm
Water/Irrigation Village: Pressure Regulation Policy Changes with Municipalities
1/19/2027 | 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Water/Irrigation Village: Ensuring Water is Readily Available for the Landscape
1/21/2027 | 9:00am – 9:50am
Turf, Grounds & Snow Management Village: Details Matter: Lessons from Irrigation, Site Assessment, and Species Selection
Continuing Education – Landscape Architects
The Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior Design (AELSLAGID) does not pre-approve any courses or activities for continuing education. It is up to each licensee or certificate holder to become familiar with the statutory requirements and to determine for themselves whether or not a particular course or activity meets those requirements.
Several Northern Green seminars may meet the continuing education requirements outlined in MN Statute 326.107. Final discretion is up to the Board. Click here to download the AELSLAGID Continuing Education Assessment Form to assist you in determining which courses or activities will meet the statutory requirements.
Visit this link to learn more about AELSLAGID continuing education requirements.
International Society of Arboriculture CEUs
Click here for a link to “Maintaining Your ISA Credentials.”
Courses have been submitted for approval. A full list coming soon!
Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) CEUs
Visit https://www.apld.org/certification to learn more about APLD continuing education requirements.
Courses have been submitted for approval. A full list coming soon!
MDA Pesticide Recertification
There will be a Pesticide Recertification course offered as a pre-conference session on Monday, January 18, 2027 of Northern Green week.
Category L (Mosquito Control)
This course begins at 7:30 a.m. and will end at approximately 9:00 a.m. For licensed applicators to receive credit for or Category L (Mosquito) they must also attend the Category A & E Pesticide Recertification track from 9:15 AM – 4:00 PM (details below) and have their license scanned in and out.
Category A & E (Core & Turf and Ornamentals)
This course begins at 9:15 a.m. and will end at approximately 4:00 p.m.
By attending the Pesticide Recertification workshop at the Northern Green on Monday, January 18, you are completing the recertification requirements in Categories A – Core and E – Turf and Ornamentals. This workshop has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA). Licensed applicators with Categories A and E who last attended a recertification workshop in 2025, and newly-licensed pesticide applicators in 2026, must attend an MDA-approved workshop by December 31, 2027. By attending the Pesticide Recertification track and scanning in and out onsite with staff of the Department of Agriculture, applicators will obtain recertification credit.
Applicators must attend the entire Pesticide Recertification track to obtain MDA recertification credit. Attendance will be monitored. The MDA reserves the right to deny recertification credit to participants who arrive later than 30 minutes after the start of the program or who are absent during substantial portions of the program. Workshop participants should bring license and photo identification cards to the workshop.
Power Limited Technician Relicensure
Northern Green will feature a pre-conference session on Monday, January 18 with the opportunity to obtain re-licensure hours towards the Dept. of Labor and Industry Power Limited Technician License.
The course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry as satisfying eight hours of continuing education requirements for the Power Limited Training Licensure, including 2 hours of code, and 6 hours of technical training.
Course Approval Code #: CRSE2609-0012
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) CEUs
MGCSA received approval from GCSAA for Education Points at Northern Green 2027. (Copies of the Approval Code Notice attendance sheets to submit to GCSAA will be available in the Golf Village room at Saint Paul RiverCentre.)






