North Carolina Landscape Contractor License

The Landscape Contractor License allows you to complete the following tasks:

• Finish grading
• Planting design
• Horticulture consultation
• Install, plant, repair, and manage:
  • Trees and vines
  • Lawns, shrubs, and gardens
  • Other decorative vegetation
• Preparation of plots and land areas for:
  • Arrangement and decorative utilitarian treatment
• Design, construct, install, and maintain:
  • Walks
  • Patios
  • Cisterns
  • Garden pools
  • Retaining walls
  • Landscape drainage systems
  • Low-voltage landscape lighting systems
  • Other decorative landscape features

  How to Get the Landscape Contractor’s License in North Carolina?

  1. Meet the eligibility requirements
     • Be at least 18 years of age
     • Be of good moral character according to the NC Code of Conduct
  2. Complete the Notarized North Carolina Landscape Contractors’ License Exam Application and send it to ​​PO Box 20875, Raleigh, NC 27619, with the following documentation:
     • Correspondent fee
     • Three (3) signed personal reference letters and Two (2) professional signed references letters

       • Add complete contact information, including name, zip, state, city, address, telephone number, and email address
       • Personal and professional letters must be different
     • Evidence of Business Identification
     • Original, signed $10,000 NC Landscape Contractor’s Surety Compliance Bond, or an Irrevocable Letter of Credit from a financial institution with the according criteria
  3. Submit the fee and pass the Licensing Exam administered by the NC Landscape Contractors’ Licensing Board
     • The exam must be taken and passed within one year from the date the application is approved
  4. Receive the Board’s notification of the approval of the exam and submit the licensing fee to become officially licensed

  The applicant who holds an individual license and aims to open their own business may be required to apply for a Corporate License

  North Carolina Landscape Contractor License Exam Prep Course

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  North Carolina Landscape Contractor License Exam

  Below is all the information related to the trade exam, including the official reference list.

  North Carolina Landscape Contractor Trade Exam

  • Testing Method: Paper-based testing; closed book
  • Testing Company: NCLCLB
  • Number of Questions: 275
  • Types of Questions: Multiple Choice/Identification of Plant Photographs
  • Time Allowed: 6 Hours
  • Minimum Passing Score: 70%
  • Subjects Involved (No. of Questions):
    • Landscape Design (30)
      • Interpreting a Landscape Plan
    • General Knowledge (120)
      • Horticulture Practice
      • Landscape Construction
      • NC Business Practices and Licensing Law
    • Plant Identification (125)
      • Plants
      • Pests
      • Specimens
  • NCLCLB Landscape Official Content Outline

  North Carolina Landscape Contractor Book Set

  This set of books includes all required references for the Landscape exam. Orders placed before 2 PM are shipped the same day via UPS and a tracking number is emailed before 3 PM.

  • NORTH CAROLINA LANDSCAPE - BOOK SET WITHOUT TABS INCLUDES ALL BOOKS FOR TRADE AND BUSINESS EXAMS

    Sales price: $396.41

  • NORTH CAROLINA LANDSCAPE - BOOK SET WITH TABS INCLUDES ALL BOOKS FOR TRADE AND BUSINESS EXAMS

    Sales price: $426.41

  North Carolina Landscape Contractor Exam Books

  Books Not Allowed in Testing

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