Representatives of twelve national member associations⁽¹⁾ of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) formed the European Federation for Landscape Architecture (EFLA)⁽²⁾ on 4 April 1989 in order to specifically address European landscape architectural educational and professional issues. Membership of EFLA is now open to national associations of landscape architects in the European Union, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the Associate Countries (those countries formally applying to join the EU) - the latter on a non-voting, observer basis.
(1) The original twelve (1989) EFLA member national associations were those of : Belgium, Denmark, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and The United Kingdom, plus Ireland and Greece , not present at the meeting.
(2) EFLA was titled a "Foundation" in order to distinguish it from IFLA.

Executive Council members

Nigel Thorne (UK)	Marina Cervera (Spain)	Andreja Tutundzic (Serbia)	Carlo Bruschi (Italy)	Poul Pedersen (Denmark)
President	Secretary-General	Vice-President Education	Vice-President Professional Practice	Treasurer

Past Executive Council members

Past Presidents:
Michael Oldham, UK (1989-1991); Jef De Gryse, Belgium (1992-1997); Lars Nyberg, Sweden (1998-2003); Teresa Andresen, Portugal (2004-2008), Fritz Auweck, Germany (2008-2009).

Past Secretary-Generals:
Stef Stegen, Belgium (1989-1992); Michael Downing, UK (1993-1998); Karin Helms, France (1999-2000); Martina Nath-Essen, Germany (2001); Trygve Sundt, Norway (2002-2004); Robert Holden, UK (2005-2008); Catherine Szanto, France (2009).

Past Vice-Presidents Education:
Annalisa Maniglio Calcagno, Italy (1989-1995); Teresa Andresen, Portugal (1995-1996); Fritz Auweck, Germany (1997-2000); Robert Holden, UK (2001-2004); Karen Foley, Ireland (2005-2007).

Past Vice-Presidents Professional Practice:
Arno Schmid, Germany (1989-1992); Tony Edwards, UK (1993-1997); Trygve Sundt, Norway (1998-2001); Antonio Sopesens, Spain (2002-2004); Hans van Kempen, The Netherlands (2005-2006); Bernard Capelle, Belgium (2007-2008), Nigel Thorne, UK (2008-2009).

Past Treasurers:
Jérôme Espargilière, France (1989-1991) ; Karen Lacey, Ireland (1992-1997) ; Michael Cregan, UK (1998-2002) ; Anneli Wilska, Finland (2003-2007).