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So You Want to Be a Garden Designer: How to Get Started, Grow, and Thrive in the Landscape Design Business
Love Albrecht Howard (Hardcover) Timber Press 2010-03-25
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My boyfriend wants to start his own landscaping business like his father did but he doesn't know which is better... What type of schooling does each require and licenses? Thanks!
A landscape architect has 5 years of college in Landscape Architecture and has passed a rigorous several day exam to get a license. Anyone can call themselves a a garden designer. If your boyfriend wants to install plant material, he will probably need a landscape contractors license or horticulture license, both administered by the state and so easy to pass, a second grader could do it.
Landscape Architects can draw and sell plans. No one else can. Landscape Architects are not only designers, but also engineers.
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The angle opposite he 4 ft side is 30 degrees, how man distinct triangular gardens can the designer make using these measurments?
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I love to garden. I read A LOT of books and magazines on gardening, landscaping just plants in general. I have some landscape software that I enjoy and thought that I could peruse my interest and make a career out of it. What steps do I need to take??
You should look into programs at your local University.. all reputible landscape designers are Regisered Landscape Architects, so look into that too.
I think all really good LA's have knowledge of the plant material that they are using. Too many times I see landscapes with plants in the wrong place, which causes problems for the plant in the long run...
Definitely take a lot of plant ID courses, work in gardens or garden centers to get hands on experience, and get registered as a landscape architect! (http://www.asla.org/)
Good luck and have fun!!
I am thinking about starting an organic garden center business. I do not have any experience with retail. Another option that I am considering is to become a landscape designer. It seems like going the landscape designer route would be less risky than entering the retail world, but I have to say I am drawn to the garden center business. Any ideas, advice? What should I consider before making my decision? Any advice would be helpful and appreciated.
I would like to add that I feel fairly confident as far as gardening is concerned. I am planning on taking classes on landscape design.
Well, I applaud you first of all for wanting to open an organic center. Depending on where you live will determine the marketability. I would advise to start with the center and offer design/installation as well. That way you will cover both areas of interest and generate leads on both ends.
There are probably lots of designers/installers around you, but not many if any organic supply centers. You can do wholesale to public as well, and if you do it can be operated as a farming business as long as you are growing things yourself even if from plugs (if you can find a supplier of organic plugs) to save on taxes.
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Creating a traditional dry stone wall with local resources ...
As you travel from place to place in the UK (or the world) there is much historical evidence of localised material production and use.
In areas such as Wales, Scotland and Cornwall, local stone, often only hauled across a field from a quarry adjacent to its final resting place, has been used for whole villages, including boundary walls and even roofs.
Wood was cut in the local woodland with straw and mud taken from neighbouring farmland. Often, clay pits would be opened up and the clay fired to produce bricks and tiles.
On land that has high flint content, the flint was knapped and used in conjunction with brick and stone to build houses - all in all, a sensible way to utilise natural resources as close as possible to the building site.
I think that garden designers and landscapers (and house builders) are faced with an increased challenge of sourcing and using local materials in new gardens or additional features in existing schemes.
In this You Tube video, Cornwall Landscaping demonstrates how local stone is used to build strong but, aesthetically pleasing, boundary walls.
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That sort of reminds me why the turf farms also can't produce greener turf in winter of many types. Turf farms are generally located in open flat areas. Therefore they tend to be prone to frosts. A frost will harm the cells in a leaf causing them to die and that creates brown leaves. If you use fertiliser to make something grow you get lush growth (is lush growth on your tummy good?) and that has very thin cell walls that lose water easy in summer and are susceptible to disease, pests and stress and damage from frost. that is why i say, even if it looks like poo now, get it anyway, persevre with the look. It will recover. It won't die. Good turf has heaps of energy stored in the root systems and dead leaf means little in new roll on turf. It will go green and Empire Zoysia will become a strong, waterwise turf that needs very little attention over the years to come.
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