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What's the difference between a landscape designer and a landscape architect? Also, how do you become a landscape architect/landscape designer?
Well this is one of those questions where the answer has to be a bit vague...
A landscape designer is someone that generally only works with plants and 'softscaping' only theoretically designing or including structures such as walls and pathways. A designer can provide you with a quite complex landscape plan.
A landscape architect is more inclined to include very detailed information on the 'hardscaping' specifying details about the structure of a wall or paving. An architect will provide a highly detailed landscape plan drawn to scale & including specification etc.
Add to this a landscape engineer who will add construction detail & absolute specifications (e.g. - pier holes to be 300mm wide by 500mm deep with 100mm bed of 20mm clean drainage aggregate in the base etc etc)
Soooo... a landscape designer may well be a landscape architect & vice versa.
It could also be said that all landscape architects are landscape designers but not all designers are architects...
Hope this helps :)
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I'm in gr.9 rite now and I'm having trouble figuring out what courses I should take next year if i want to become a landscape designer. I'm taking tech this year, because we get to learn how to design stuff on the computer, but I'm not taking art and i don't know if i should next year. There's an art - computer course, but I'm not really sure what it's about. And I know I should take biology in gr.11 too. I need to book an appointment with my guidance counselor, but until then if anyone has any ideas on what courses i should take, please help.
Hi
I am currently at Keystone College majoring in Landscape Architecture
My best suggestions is to load up on science and art
take Biology, chemistry, enviornmental science, and Horticulture if your school has it. Horticulture is the study of plants.. (pretty big deal with landscape design)
load up on art.. figure drawing, 2-D and 3-D design, drafting
Take some computer/ drawing classes as well. Alot of the new designs for landscaping are now being done on computer
Hope this helps
Can someone tell me the differences in those fields as in what their job responsibilities are, skill requirements, salary, etc? Thank you very much! :) I am incredibly interested in Landscape Architecture, however, there are limited colleges near me (I already have to drive 2 hours to Tampa for LA college). Also, I am currently a concept artist/illustrator and skilled with Photoshop, so maybe landscape designer is best for me?
Landscape Architects design the landscape which is the outside for example around the house, flowers, driveway design ponds, etc. They must be skilled in visual arts and computer applications if neccessary. They make at least $75,00-$100,000 a year depending on skill level and reputation. Contractors get the workers for the jobs and oversee the project. Designers design the inside from rooms to kitchen accessories.
My husband wants to be a landscape designer. He has a lot of skills but no formal training. He does not want to go to school for 4 years. What options does he have?
Good question because that is exactly the same dilemma that I am in. Since we are now down to 1 income in our family, I don't have the option of going to college and next year is also out of the question because my daughter graduates and she plans on going to college. Anyway, what I will be doing is taking the State Extension Service "Master Gardener" course and will be then certified as a Master Gardener. This course covers a lot about gardening and some about landscape design. Next, I have designed my own gardens in my backyard and by word of mouth and from pictures and people seeing the yard, I have received 2 requests from friends to design their yard. As soon as those jobs are complete, hopefully be word of mouth, I can get more jobs. I am taking it slow, and maybe your husband does not want to take it as slow as I am, but for me, this is a start! Good luck to your husband!
Does any one have any advice or links I can use in becoming a Landscape Designer?
I would check out a local college to see if they offer any programs in landscape design. That would be the most straightforward route. Some landscape companies might allow a person to work into a position like that after a few years working experience. Good Luck!
Some Problems With Landscaping | Home and Gardening
Everyone dreams of having an almost-perfect landscape . With perfect greenery, impressive patios and fascinating gazebos, such landscapes are to create ambiance. But landscaping is not as easy as it sounds. Creating one attracts these common landscape problems.
What are the problems? And how does a landscape designer and planner avoid them?
1. Making the house look displaced in the landscape
The landscape designer should remember that the front yard or back yard and the house must coordinate. It is inappropriate to landscape without considering the house first. Style and the colors of the landscape must go hand in hand with the design of the house.
2. Underestimating the landscaping costs
People must face it – landscaping is a pretty expensive project. From choosing the materials to hiring laborers, it is going to be more costly than one could ever imagine. One must be realistic enough to know how much he can afford.
3. Forgetting all about landscaping lights
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