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opment occurring throughout the country, demand is growing for professionals who can plan the location and arrangement of buildings, walkways, roads, water features, site furnishings, flowers, trees and plantings. Landscape architects make sure a site functions as intended, is aesthetically pleasing, and minimally affects the natural environment.
The field is wide open, with just 30,000 (in business terms, a mere handful) landscape architects currently practicing in the United States, according to ASLA. Practitioners are most often selfemployed (more than 70 percent) and make an average of $80,000 per year, with experienced professionals and firm principals earning much more. Four or five years of college study are usually required to acquire, a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture. Master’s programs are also available. Most states require landscape architects to pass a national licensing exam.
“It’s a very good time to be a landscape architect,” said Dennis Carmichael, FASLA, president of ASLA and a partner with EDAW, the largest landscape architecture firm in the world. “Not only is the profession growing rapidly in terms of impact and prosperity, but what we do touches people’s lives every day in hundreds of different ways by improving our communities, protecting our environment, and increasing property values through creative, sustainable design.”
April is National Landscape Architect Month. To learn more about a career in landscape architecture, visit www.asla.org or call 202-898-2444.
—Courtesy of ARA Content
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