Career Opportunities

The public concern for the natural environment and for high quality built environments has increased professional employment opportunities in landscape architecture. Currently landscape architecture is among the fastest growing design careers in the nation.

Types of work that landscape architects design and plan include:

  • Public parks and recreational areas
  • Urban areas, including streetscapes, plazas, and urban farms
  • Green infrastructure
  • Regional greenways and trail systems
  • Restoration of natural areas
  • Private gardens and site design
  • Cultural landscapes management and planning
  • Historic preservation
  • University campuses
  • Residential developments
  • Green roofs
  • Resort developments
  • Golf courses
  • Coastal facilities (developments and protection)
  • LEED-Certified Landscapes/Sites/Ecological projects
  • Design-build enterprises
  • Land trusts and environmental organizations
  • Commercial, corporate and institutional centers

As implied above, landscape architects work at a range of scales and interests. They are employed in private practice, in public agencies, and in academic practice.