LANDSCAPE DESIGN SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL
Landscape architects have advanced education, professional training, specialized skills and licensure in 46 states. Activities of a landscape architect include creating public parks, site planning for commercial and residential properties, reclaiming blighted areas, designing towns and historic preservation.
Landscape architecture is the profession that encompasses the analysis, planning, design, management and stewardship of the natural and built environment. Landscape designers tend to have horticulture backgrounds or nursery experience and can design a landscape for a new home or renovate an existing area. Participation in at least one Student Career Days and completion of the Certified Landscape Professional exam (CLP) prior to graduation is highly desired. To expand professional opportunities, many BYU graduates pursue a master’s degree in landscape architecture (MLA) following graduation. The Plant & Landscape Systems degree includes four design courses which qualify students as landscape designers.ĭue to complexity and legal regulations, landscape designers are not allowed to work on public and commercial property design unless he/she can have them approved and stamped by a landscape architect. Nearly all employment opportunities in landscape design require skills in sales, and the ability to confidently interact with clients is a must. Extensive knowledge of plants (horticulture), construction materials, and landscape contracting methods is required.
Landscape designers are typically employed by a landscape contracting firm, although many are often self-employed. A landscape designer works with residential and occasionally commercial clients to create property designs that meet functional and aesthetic requirements.
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