Welcome to PGMS

The Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) was established in 1911 as a professional society for the individual with the purpose of education and professional advancement. The majority of PGMS members are institutional grounds managers who work for organizations such as colleges and universities, municipalities, park and recreation facilities, office parks, apartment complexes, hotels/motels, cemeteries, theme parks, and landscape management companies.
What's New?

Ed Harman Becomes 126th CGM!

"Do the Charleston" in March 2010

PGMS Announces 2010 Scholarship Winners!
PGMS Member Anthony Williams, CGM named Superintendent of the Year


Show your commitment to grounds
management and your career by becoming a Certified Grounds Manager (CGM). Developed and offered by the PGMS, the CGM program is the first of its type in the Green Industry. Certification proves that you are dedicated to your profession by expanding your goals and continuing your professional development. It also means that you manage your grounds maintenance operation by using organizational, financial, and management skills. Find out how the CGM program can help YOU!

ALSO:
 Download the CGM Application Form Now!
 Information on Maintaining Certification.
 PGMS also offers CGT program for professionals directly involved with performing the day-to-day tasks of grounds maintenance.

  

Show Your Pride in PGMS Membership
With the Clothes on Your Back
Cutting edge grounds management professionals can now show their pride in PGMS membership by purchasing all-new PGMS products. PGMS has always offered its latest publications online, but now the Society is also featuring PGMS products for sale via the web. Click here to take a look!



The March/April Issue of The Forum is Here!
Welcome in spring with the latest issue of the PGMS Forum. This issue is chock full of the latest happenings in PGMS and the grounds industry including PGMS Branch Updates, a member profile and feature articles on two of the 2009 Green Star Award winners so read your copy now!

What are Top Grounds Professionals
Talking About?
PGMS Members Can
Find out Now at the PGMS E-Forum
Want to know how much to pay your horticulturist or have a question about liquid anti-icing applications? Tap into the collective knowledge of PGMS membership at your fingertips 24 hours a day, seven days a week with this new PGMS Member Benefit. PGMS Members can learn more about this exciting, new tool!


Member Responds to Call for Guest Article
Juan Ortiz, Athletics Crew Leader for the City of Denton, is the first member to respond for the call for guest feature articles! Click here to read his article on winterizing your landscape now!

There is currently an open discussion on this topic in the E-Forum under Member Pool - Winterizing. Click here to access the E-Forum. You can receive updates when members respond to this posting by clicking the "Watch Topic" button at the top of the post.

2009 School of Grounds Management & GIE+EXPO Recap!

Click here to view photos from the event!

PGMS Elects and Install New Board of Directors

PGMS Presents 2009 Awards to Grounds Professionals
2009 Green Star Award Winners Announced!
PGMS would like to congratulate the 16 landscapes that were determined to be this year's best maintained landscapes. The 2009 PGMS Green Star Award winners were formally announced and recognized during the PGMS Awards Dinner that took place Saturday, October 31 in Louisville, Ky. as part of the School of Grounds Management & GIE+EXPO. Click here to see who the 2009 winners are!


 

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