The bdla sees itself as the mouthpiece for self-employed, employed and civil servant landscape architects, experts from related disciplines and young professionals. It represents the interests of the profession in public, in politics, in business and administration. In this way, the bdla fulfils an important joint task for a numerically small professional group whose knowledge and experience are becoming increasingly important in the design of our living spaces.

The bdla offers its members a platform for the exchange of experience among themselves and for joint professional commitment. With the Garden Worlds, the North Rhine-Westphalian Landscape Architecture Award or the Young Architects Competition, the NW regional group creates a forum that is also noticed by the media and the public.